Hey guys! Here is the second story, Summer Love! The pairing is fem. YugixYami. Hope you all love it! Check out the sequel of More Than Friends if you haven't yet. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.
I don't know how I got into this situation. Everything was going well as always in my life, until yesterday. My friends were suddenly taken away from me. I was chased down by knights on horses. Now, I'm at a beach house where the stranger that rescued me lives. I guess I fainted.
I'm a good person. How could this happen to me?
Yesterday…
It was a typical sunny day on Full Moon Island. The weather was the same all year long. Clear blue skies, palm trees swaying in the gentle breeze, waves crashing against the sandy shore. On Full Moon Island's coasts, there are numerous beach houses, all in white with tropical flowers in the front of a windowsill and porches. And being on an island, you always get an ocean view.
I walked down the white wooden stairs into the kitchen where my friends, Jou, Ryou, and Malik were preparing breakfast. They always get up an hour early before I do.
"Morning Yugi," Ryou greeted.
"Good morning," I said, stifling a yawn.
"We're going to the beach," said Malik. "Wanna come with?"
"We go to the beach every day."
"This time we're going to collect seashells to make seashell necklaces for people," Ryou responded.
"Sure," I said, fixing my bedhead. My tri-colored hair was sticking out all over the place. "What are you going to do Jou?" I asked him, turning my head towards him.
"You know, the usual. Just sitting around, wondering where my boyfriend is," he said, sighing dejectedly as he set down his plate to eat. Jou's lover, Seto, suddenly disappeared a couple of months ago. Nobody knew where he was. There wasn't a single trace of his disappearance and Jou has been depressed ever since. Ryou, Malik, and I looked at him with sympathetic looks as we ate with him.
After we all ate, Ryou, Malik, and I left the beach house to do our errands. As we stepped onto the beach, our sandaled feet sunk into the soft, silky sand. The waves crashed softly against the shore, bringing in the salty aroma and treasures from the sea that was interesting to me.
For the rest of the morning, we collected a whole bunch of seashells. We even found a couple of sand dollars. We went to Seaside Square and tied the shells into necklaces. Lots of people came up to take one that fit their interests. It took the whole day so once we sold all of them, we went straight home.
When we got home, Jou was sitting on the living room couch, watching the news on the television. "Have you guys heard of anything strange lately," he asked as soon as we closed the door behind us.
"I don't think so," I said.
"I think I heard something unusual," Ryou said softly.
Everybody turned to look at him. "Like what?" Jou asked.
Ryou shuffled his feet nervously. "I heard a couple of people talking about seeing the king's knights roaming around the coast, looking for something…or somebody."
"Why would he be looking for somebody," I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know but I have a terrible premonition about this." He said, loosely wrapping his arms around himself.
I'm not the kind of person who dwells on things too long but what Ryou said might be true. From time to time, somebody would disappear and rumor has it that the king has something to do with it. Nobody knows why, not even his closest advisors. That would explain why Seto wasn't around.
After a minute of eerie silence, there was a hard knock on the door. The sound of armor clanking and horses snorting was heard through the door.
"It must be the king's knights," Malik whispered harshly. "What are they doing here?"
"I think I know," Jou said, standing up. "Yugi, they're after you. You have to get out of here!"
I looked at him with an apprehensive expression. "What! Why me!?"
"The king is after you for something. Just go!" He pushed me out the back door and started to bark out orders. "Ryou, you go with Yugi and protect her. Malik, you stay with me to stall the knights."
"I have no idea what's going on, but okay," Malik said, obviously getting fired up.
Ryou and I ran out to the hills behind the beach houses. We ran for a few seconds but eventually I slowed down to a light jog. I looked back at the house and nothing has happened.
I looked back at Ryou. "Do you even know what's going on?"
"No," he said, trying not to hyperventilate.
"Then why are you doing this?"
"I don't know. I'm just doing it just to protect you."
There was a second of silence and then as we reached a hill crest, we heard glass shattering and screaming.
"That sounded like Malik," I said, worry filling my voice.
Suddenly we saw the knights and their horses circling around the house and started to charge towards us.
"Let's go," Ryou said, nudging me to go faster.
We ran as fast as we could. Adrenaline was pumping throughout my body, pushing me to run for my life even when I started to feel exhausted and my muscles feeling sore.
They eventually caught up to us. Hooves thundering became louder like a hurricane was once they were right behind us. One knight leaned down and picked up Ryou by his shirt.
"Aaahhh," he screamed, struggling in the knight's grasp, dangling in the air.
"Ryou!" I shouted, trying to get in between the horses without getting trampled. "I'm coming!"
He squirmed until his legs were close to the horse's leg. He kicked at it, making the horse stumble. The horse neighed in pain and tumbled down, causing the other knights' horses to fall also. I jumped out the way just in time. Ryou rolled out the way but stood right in front of them in an attack pose.
I skidded to a stop. "Ryou, what are you doing? Let's go," I said, waving him over.
He looked back at me. I expected his eyes to have fear in them. Ryou usually doesn't like to fight but what I saw was something that was rare in him, determination. There was a small kindle of fire in his soft, brown eyes.
"You're going to have to leave without me. I have to follow Jou's order. Go!" he said, turning around.
I took a step back, hesitating to leave him but I knew that he got this. "Alright. Good luck." I ran from him, looking back for the last time before disappearing behind the hill.
It wasn't after a few minutes that I left Ryou that I heard protests and sounds of struggling from a mile away. He must have been captured. Suddenly, I felt the ground shaking and hid behind an outcropping of rocks. The thundering of hooves got louder. My heart jumped when the knights jumped over the outcropping on their horses. They were facing the other way so they didn't see me.
"Where did she go this time," one of the knights asked.
"She couldn't have gone far," the other responded.
I was trembling against the rocks. I didn't dare move or breathe. The only thing that was running through my mind was don't turn around, don't turn around. But I knew that if I stayed any longer, I would get caught. I forced myself out of my paralyzed state and quietly crept around the rocks. As I reached the top, my foot slipped and a rock fell with a thud. The knights turned around and saw me running in the opposite direction.
"There she is! Get her!" The knights charged full speed at me. I ran with all my might. I didn't need to look back to see how far or close they were. They were right on my tail!
I didn't know what came over me. The only thought that was in my mind was running away. Suddenly, I found a new surge of speed. I wasn't paying attention as to how I was suddenly running very fast but I'm glad because now I've put a fair distance between us but my luck didn't last long. The knights eventually surrounded me on all sides. I was looking for an opening but if I tried to get through the horses' legs, I'll be stomped to death especially at this speed.
While I was thinking of an escape plan, one of the knights tied a rope into a lasso and threw it at me. I didn't notice it until it got around my neck and he pulled very hard on it. I choked and forced myself to stop before I started to drag along with him or in a worst case scenario, snap my neck. I felt a sharp pain in my right ankle and slightly tripped, probably sprained my ankle.
The knight that had the lasso around my neck stopped and also the others. As I was pulling on the rope, the other knights threw several more ropes at my arms and legs. I was completely immobilized.
"There is no use fighting little girl," one of the knights said to me as I continued to struggle.
I knew that there was no hope left for me. My friends are gone, I'm captured, and there is no one else to help me. I cried silent tears, sending a silent prayer.
Please, someone help me!
Suddenly a shadow passed over me very fast. Before I could register what it was, the ropes were suddenly cut and the figure stood over me protectively. I looked up at my rescuer but the sun was blinding me.
"I've got these guys," the stranger said with a deep, baritone voice. "Get going!"
I obeyed without hesitation. I quickly took off the remainder of the ropes and high-tailed it out of there.
"You wench! You will pay for your insolence!" The knights drew their swords and charged at him.
I stopped and looked back at him, worried that he might get killed risking his life for me, but what I found behind me wasn't what I was expecting. Instead, I was amazed.
Before the knights could urge their horses toward him, he dashed at them in a blink of an eye. One minute they were on their horses and then the next, they were on the ground. The knights got up furiously and attacked him at the same time. He was dodging them so fast you could barely see him. Every second he was with them, one of the knights would fall on the ground, groaning in pain.
When there was only two left, he took a quick glance at me, sending me a silent message in his crimson eyes, saying go already!
I snapped out of my trance and quickly turned around to leave. What I didn't notice was that one of the fallen knights took aim at me with a crossbow and fired at my arm. I heard a whistling sound like something was moving very fast in the air. Before I could figure out what it was, the arrow hit me in my right arm. I let out a scream as the pain was coursing through my arm. I quickly pulled it out while biting my bottom lip so that I wouldn't let out another scream. I held onto the wound, putting pressure on it to stop the bleeding. I didn't dare look at the state of my arm. From the stickiness of the blood on my hand and the strong aroma of iron, I must be bleeding very badly like an artery has been struck. I easily faint when I see blood.
Suddenly a wave of nausea came over me. I wasn't able to cover my mouth since both of my hands were bloody so I just threw up. I tried to walk (more like wobble) away but my legs gave away and I fell on my side. I started to see black spots everywhere. I was too weak to move.
What's happening to me, I thought to myself. I started to panic.
The stranger saw my predicament after he took out the two knights. He growled at the knight that still held the crossbow.
"What did you do to her," he snarled at him angrily. His eyes seemed ablaze with anger with a mix of concern.
The knight smirked. "I shot an arrow with poison at the tip. In a few minutes, her organs will become unresponsive and then she'll die." He laughed manically.
In an instant, he was put to eternal slumber by the stranger snapping his neck. There was an eerie silence now. After he looked over the dead bodies to make sure they were really died, he walked over to me.
I was in a full blown panic attack. After I heard about the poison, I panicked more. I tried to stay calm knowing the poison would spread faster but I couldn't. My vision was getting darker and darker with each passing second. The last thing I saw was my rescuer's pointy, leather shoes and then I blacked out.
And that's it for now, took me forever but I finally got it done. I already have some details written for this story so I'll be updating this more often than Haunting Darkness but I'll try to update both of them on the same day. No promises though. Review!