Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Twisted Love ❯ Struggling for Life ( Chapter 7 )

--I love cliff hangers…wait, I've already said that, right? Oh well. Now is the time of Chapter 7 of Twisted Love. Will the Pharaoh survive? Well with three stab wounds to the chest, who can say? I can, by golly! XD

Chapter 7 - Struggling for Life

The gypsies were starting to regroup after the raider attack. Grandpa made sure no one was injured before they assessed the damages. Nothing was completely destroyed except for a couple tents and several wounded fighters. The women were safe and untouched by the raiders' filthy body parts. But there was one who was close to death and Yugi was kneeling over him.

Grandpa hurried to them and nearly fainted dead at who the dying figure was. "Th-th-the Pharaoh…"

Yugi was clutching his dying lover's arm in one hand and dabbing at his chest wounds with a cloth in the other. The blood was drying quickly in the heat of the rising sun, making it hard for the wounds to heal, if they could. Yugi's face was wet with tears. He knew the Pharaoh would not last, but he had to keep Yami alive no matter what.

Yami was shaking with the effort to breathe. He dared not die and leave his fragile lover alone in this world. But the wounds felt like a camel stepping on his member again and again. Just dying to relieve the pain would be bliss. But dying without Yugi was Hell. The Pharaoh held Yugi's hand tightly and the boy kissed his forehead.

"Please don't die, Yami. I need you." Yugi said.

The Pharaoh tried to laugh, but it hurt too much. "I'm…trying…as hard…as…I can."

"Yugi, we must get him back to the palace." Grandpa said.

Yugi nodded. He tied strips of cloth around the Pharaoh's wounds and helped to carry him back to the palace. People of the city stepped back and watched in horror and sadness as they saw their beloved Pharaoh being cared through the streets, bleeding and dying. The women wept and the men hung their heads, wondering how in the world this could happen to their ruler.

The High Priest and Priest Shimon were in shock when Yugi told them about the raider attack on the gypsies and how the Pharaoh had come to their rescue. Yami wanted to volunteer some details, but Yugi refused to let him speak.

"B-b-but why did he risk his life like that?!" Shimon exclaimed.

Yugi hung his head and clutched the Millennium Puzzle, which he was still wearing. "He loves me and I love him."

The court room was dead silent, except for Yami's harsh breathing. Priest Seto gripped the Millennium Rod until his knuckles turned white. "What in hellfire are you idiots waiting for?! Don't stand around gawking like little girls! Tend to the Pharaoh's wounds immediately!"

Immediately several guards rushed to Pharaoh Yami's side and picked him up. Yugi followed them, looking back at the High Priest. Seto already knew, Yugi thought. He mouthed the words, "thank you" as he left.

Priest Shimon turned to Seto and said, "You already knew about this, didn't you?"

"Yes. It's my fault the Pharaoh's dying." Priest Seto said, stroking his Millennium Item for comfort. "Last evening, when the Pharaoh snuck off to his chambers, I knew he was planning to visit the gypsy boy. But when I tried to stop him, I saw this determined look in my cousin's eyes and realized that no power in this world could make him forget that boy Yugi. So I decided to let him go."

"Love is a powerful force." said Yugi's grandpa. "Though it can be twisted sometimes, love is love. No one can change it. I only hope the Pharaoh will live. He saved my grandson's life and mine. I will never forget that."

Yugi wept as the healers tried everything to save the Pharaoh. But the blood was half dried and he'd already lost so much blood. One attempted to heal Yugi's shoulder wound, but he pushed them away. "Work on the Pharaoh, damn you! Forget about me!"

(Healers are like doctors, only they sort of use magic to heal people.)

Yami cringed as the healers worked. Yugi held his hand as the ordeal continued for hours. None of them realized that the entire kingdom was on edge, waiting and hoping their Pharaoh would live. Finally, as the sun was setting, the healers emerged and announced to the High Priest that the Pharaoh was dying. His strength was fading and they could do nothing to repair the wounds in his chest.

Grandpa tried to take Yugi away to get some rest, but the boy lashed out at his grandpa and screamed at him to go away. Grandpa backed off and left the lovers alone. Yugi buried his face into Yami's arm and his body shook with his tears.

The Pharaoh couldn't feel a thing. The healers were right; his strength was leaving his body. He really was dying. No, he thought weakly. I cannot leave my Aibou! Please don't let me leave him. I love him with all my heart. I will not die before him. I cannot! He fought death for a little longer to feel his Aibou's lips against his. They shared one last passionate kiss before the Pharaoh's eyes closed and he took one last breath.

Yugi was shaking all over. His lover was…gone. "Yami, no please. Don't leave me! YAMI!!!!" He cradled the Pharaoh's body in his arms and cried so loudly the whole court heard him. "Oh Ra, NO! YAMI, YAMI!" Yugi held his lover tightly against his body as if he could somehow raise the dead just by thinking it. Yugi wept and mourned and wept. Was this a nightmare? It had to be!

"I can't survive in this world without you, Yami." Yugi said, kissing the Pharaoh's cheek and neck. He laid the Pharaoh down and took up his dagger. "I don't want to live without you, my Pharaoh, my love." He held the dagger ready to pierce his broken heart. Death seems so beautiful now, he thought as he aimed the red stained blade. I'm coming Yami…I'm coming…

--CLIFF HANGER! I am so evil. You people are gonna hate me now. Mwhahaha…I'll hurry and finish Chapter 8 then. See ya around, fellow fanfic readers!