Bound by Destiny

Well thank you everybody for your reviews. I didn't expect to be working on this second chapter so quickly, but you guys convinced me to continue. For any of you who are waiting for my other Yusei and Akiza story to be updated, i am very sorry. I am just writing chapters as I continue the story. None of it had been planned out. I am going to write more on this story, but will soon be getting back to my other story. Anyways, on with the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds nor will I ever.

Chapter 2: First Encounter

Normally Akiza was a cool, calm, and collected person, but what she had just heard threw her for a loop. She was expected to kill a prince? Not just any prince, either, but the heir to the throne that rules the land she calls home. Sure, she had never met Yusei Fudo, he would just be another target, but she couldn't think of anything he had down wrong that would cause Sayer to have to order his death. The king and queen of New Domino, Yusei's mother and father, had always been good rulers over the land. Villagers, for the most part, were happy with their current rulers.

"Why?" It was the only thing she could think of to say and it came out as little more than a whisper.

"Yes, I figured you may be surprised. The Fudos have, so far, been relatively good rulers." There was a hint of sarcasm and malice in his voice which Akiza still did not pick up on. "But, we have heard disturbing rumors from an inside source in the castle. Yusei Fudo is about to inherit his father's throne, but he needs to find a bride to share the throne with him first. Normally this would not be a problem, except for one thing. From the same informant, we have learned that Yusei Fudo is not like his parents. He has decieved them into believing he will be a good ruler but, as soon as he takes the throne, he will have his parents and wife assassinated so he can rule with an iron fist, without anyone to get in his way."

Akiza was surprised at first. She didn't even know that they had any people living as a spy in the castle. Then she started to grow angry. How dare this selfish prince try to take over the throne from good people like the Fudos. How dare he try to undo the good influence that his parents have had on this land. She had never seen the prince, but already she despised him more than any of her past targets. She also swore to do everything in her power to stop him. "So where exactly do I fit into the plan to stop this prince?" She spat out the last words. He didn't even deserve the title of prince.

Sayer smiled at her dedication to the mission. "It will not be easy, but the plan is relatively simple. You will take the place of a princess, become Yusei's lover, kill him, and then leave."

For the second time in less than five minutes, Akiza had been surprised. "How exactly is this supposed to happen?"

"The Fudos are throwing a festival of sorts and will present Yusei with princesses from other countries. He will decide who he wants to be his bride after that. We have already made a deal with the king and queen of another country. It is the older sister and brother-in-law of the king. The sister feels she was cheated out of the throne by his Yusei's father. Though their intent is to get rid of the heir to the throne is out of pure malice and they simply wish to have their child inherit the throne, they are our only ticket to the festival. After the Fudos took the throne, the king lost all contact with his sister. He doesn't even know she is ruling a kingdom and therefore will never think that the princess his son will be meeting would have been his niece and won't suspect anything."

Akiza did not like the thought of another family taking over the throne, but it seemed that it would have to be necessary in order to complete the mission. That's when the full realization of what she would have to do hit her. She would have to act like a princess. She would have to learn all about how to act like royalty.

"How long do I have until the festival?" she asked, thinking she would need at least a month to learn all the customs.

"The festival is scheduled to happen in one week" stated Sayer calmly. Akiza, on the hand, had a minor freakout.

"HOW IN THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO LEARN ALL THAT ROYALTY CRAP IN JUST ONE WEEK. I WOULD NEED AT LEAST..." Sayer held her to calm her down. She was able to calm down. He always was able to calm her down with this one simple action. Strangely, there was always a small part of her that completely loathed this man. This part of her hated him even brushing up against her, let alone holding. But, she always shooed that little part away, thinking it was just paranoia. "This man was her friend" was what she told herself every time, but she couldn't help but wonder, at times, if there really was something to that little part of her.

He let go after a few seconds. "It will be fine, Akiza. You will be able to learn how to be a princess and you will be able to complete this mission. I have absolute faith in you." He gave her a few more details about how she will get to the castle and who to talk to, etc. Then she smiled at him and left the room to prepare for her departure to the castle, fully confident that she would kill Yusei Fudo.

"I will kill him. I must do it for the whole country" she said to herself. "Then I will figure out how I really feel about Sayer."

Meanwhile...

A man with black hair and gold highlights was zoning out while trying to listen to his father talk about the festival that will be thrown for him. His father, the king, had been going on and on about it for nearly an hour already. "...and then the princess of your choice will be brought here to live in the castle so you can learn more about each other in the coming weeks." Yusei, realizing his father was done, fully woke up to respond to his father.

"Okay, father. I will do as you say" said Yusei in a bored tone. His father had picked up on it.

"Yusei, you are going to inherit this kingdom very soon. But before that, you need to find a princess to be your wife and the queen" he said to his son sternly. "You need to start being more responsible. Once you pick out your future wife, you will have to stop going off with Jack all and your other friends all the time. I don't mind your friendship with Jack those two villagers, but you need to start acting like an adult."

Yusei couldn't believe it. Jack was part of another royal family and his friends Crow and Kalin were two villagers from the village that he had been friends with since they were young. Sure, he often went off with his friends every day, but he was far from irresponsible. But, he bit back the retort he had. Not only would it be pointless to argue with his father, but explaining how things really were would get him into major trouble. So instead, he just mumbled "okay," was dismissed, and walked out of the room.

He walked through the castle until he got to his room. His room was, unsurprisingly, huge. Being a prince, he had all the best clothes, furniture, etc., but Yusei didn't care about any of that. He would have rather been a regular villager, where he could work and hang out with his friends.

Yusei completely ignored all his fancy prince clothes as he walked to the back of his closet and reached into a hidden compart beside the laundry chute. In it, he found his favorite outfit. It consisted of blue jeans, a black shirt muscle shirt with a strange, red design on it, and a blue jacket. He quickly slipped this on, hid his prince's clothes, and went back into his room, near his bed.

He looked underneath his bed and slid open a hidden crevice that he could just barely fit through. The passageway widened as he got further, until it was big enough for him to walk in it. Eventually it led out of the castle and in to a forest. Yusei smirked as he looked back at the passageway. Only he and his friends knew about it. No one would ever know he was out of the castle. He had found it when he was eight years old and had used it to sneak his friends in and to sneak out. The boulders near the castle hid it well enough thata passerby, unless they knew what to look for, would never even notice it.

Yusei ran through the forest until he reached a small clearing, where he found his friends waiting for him. The first was a tall, blonde-haired man that wore mostly wait, though the long white jacket he usually wore was missing. The second one was shorter and had long, silver hair and wore a brown duster over black clothes. The last one was the shortest, had crazy, orange hair, and wore a brown jacket with black pants.

Unbeknownst to anyone else, the four of them made up a group called Team Satisfaction. They were a four-person team of mercenaries who helped out nearby villages with any problem people, like rogue mercenaries, ultra-violent drunks, etc. They just tried to keep the peace.

"Well, look who finally showed up" said the blonde-haired man, Jack.

"Hey, Yusei" said the orange-haired one, Crow.

"What took you so long to get here?" asked the final one, Kalin.

"Sorry for being late, you guys. My dad had to talk to me about my future." He then went on to explain about the upcoming festival and how he had to pick out his bride-to-be out of the princesses that were to show up. Jack started laughing his ass off halfway through the princess bit, and both Crow and Kalin had to try hard to contain their laughter. After they stopped laughing at Yusei's misery, Kalin cleared his throat to speak.

"Enough of the laughter." Everyone stopped and listened as Kalin, their leader, talked. "We have a new assignment. We are going into the woods near Satisfaction Village (A/N: the town in which they named themselves after, also Crow and Kalin's home) to hunt and kill the Black Rose Witch." Kalin stopped to let the woods settle in.

"Sounds like an arrogant chick who thinks she's some kind of hot stuff" scoffed Jack.

"Don't underestimate her" warned Yusei. "One time while I was eavesdropping in on my father, I heard him mention something about the Black Rose Witch. Apparently, she's an extremely good mercenary who has killed many people. This isn't just a regular rogue mercenary. She is good and knows exactly what she's doing."

"Yeah, rumor has it that she was heard to be in these woods lately" added Crow.

"Well, then its settled." Kalin stated. "Team Satisfaction, move out! Meet back here in about three hours. If no one is here the minute you arrive, leave us a sign that says you are still alive." With that said, he rushed off into the woods. The other three just looked at each other, shrugged, and followed their leaders example.

2 and a half hours later...

Yusei was tired from searching the woods for so long without finding so much as a trace of the Black Rose Witch. He realized then just how pointless the whole search was. She has probably already left. The rumor was probably days old by now. He was thinking these thoughts as he stumbled onto something strange.

Multiple thorns had sprung up from the ground and acted like an enclosure, hiding something from view. He also noticed blood still dripping from the thorns. His curiosity getting the better of him, he took out his machete and started hacking away at the thorns. What he saw inside made him want to puke. There was a mangled corpse with his entrails outside of his body, caught in the thorns.

The sight triggered something in his memory. He remembered, when he was eavesdropping on his father, that his father had mentioned something similar to this. They had said something about the Black Rose Witch possibly being able to manipulate nature itself. Yusei, scared more than he wanted to admit, ran back to the clearing where they had had the meeting. Seeing no one was back yet and not wishing to tell the horrific scene he had seen, he left behind a shred of his jacket and ran back to the castle. He went through the secret passage, went back to his room, changed into a pair of boxers and went to sleep.

His last thoughts were of the scene in the forest and the Black Rose Witch. For once in his life he was truly afraid.

One week later...

The festival had begun and everyone had gone all out for it. The country's prince was about to meet and select his bride-to-be. It was a joyous occasion and everybofy seemed to just let loose. The bakers sold the finest bread, the smiths sold their finest wares, the jesters seemed happier and more agile than usual, etc. Akiza was amazed at all the colors and happy people who were partaking in the festival. After being copped up in the castle for a week having to study formal etiquette, it felt good for her to finally be free.

Then she remembered exactly why she was here and grew more serious. She should not be happy and she should be focusing on her goal. Prince Yusei was an evil man that needed to be eliminated. But, seeing all these happy people, she couldn't help but smile. It made her happy to see them happy, a quality that rarely, if ever, occured in the Arcadia Movement.

She was thinking on all this as she was led to the castle for the ball in which the princesses would be shown to Yusei. He would dance with them all and talk a little bit with each of them. Then, at the end of the night, he would announce his selection to the entire room. The princess selected would stay, while the others left. She had to make sure she made a good impression. She hoped the dress she had chosen would suffice. It was a scarlet red strapless dress with gold embroidery filled with gems that showed just enough cleavage to tempt a man, but covered enough to make her seem modest. With it, she had dark shoulder-length gloves and multiple gold necklaces.

She sat, eating and drinking with a couple other princesses while waiting for Yusei to arrive. She learned that most of the princesses had come here willingly, have heard that Prince Yusei was quite handsome and very powerful. They made a few futile attempts at conversation, but secretly knew that every other girl was their competition. There was about thirty in all.

Finally an announcer blew a trumpet, quieting the few who had continued to talk. He announced that the king and queen were coming first. A man wearing a charcoal black tuxedo and a crown came down arm-in-arm with a woman wearing a simple silver strapless dress with a smaller crown. The king and queen had arrived.

The trumpeteer announced the prince was now coming. Akiza's breath caught as she saw him. She had expected a twisted, sneering man with an aura of arrogance seeming to exude from him. Instead, a man with black hair and gold highlights wearing a simple, yet extravagent midnight blue tuxedo appeared. She was caught and held by his startling sapphire eyes. To Akiza, he was perfection. While she frantically tried to keep her jaw from dropping, she thought to herself, "How am I supposed to kill a man who I can't even look at for two seconds without drooling over?" She knew this mission would be her toughest yet. She had no idea how right she was.

Well, that's the second chapter. What do you guys think? Anyways, looks like Akiza is going to have her hands full with trying to keep to her mission. Find out what Yusei thinks in the next chapter. Also, don't judge me on any of the clothes the people were wearing, especially the dresses. I didn't really feel like looking up exact descriptions and I am not a girl so I have no idea what dresses look good. That's all, so please leave reviews. See ya!