Chapter 7
Protect the Prince
And so, out on the country side of beautiful France, Marik is driving the carriage with the prince and his adviser inside and Yami and Bakura hanging off of the back. Breathing in the perfect fresh air, Yami said with a pat on Bakura's back, "I gotta say; being a musketeers is just great!" with the prince on his mind.
"No kidding!" reply Bakura while having the prince's adviser on his mind.
Inside the carriage, Yugi and Ryou are relaxing now that they are being protected. With a sigh as he thought about Yami, Yugi couldn't help but say in a swooning tone, "Don't you think that it's wonderful we're being protected by three dashing musketeers? And the one with tri-color hair and those deep crimson eyes is so handsome!"
As much as he wanted to agree by what he wanted to say about the albino musketeer, Ryou had to keep the prince's royal duties in mind. "He is cute along with that albino friend of his. But you're forgetting something; those three are musketeers, simply commoners. And you do know what that means?"
Thinking it over, Yugi said with his heart beginning to race, "Our love is forbidden, Ryou?"
With a snap, Ryou reply, "Bingo."
As he thought about their 'forbidden' love, Yugi couldn't help but swoon at the thought with Yami on his mind. As the carriage just stroll around the country path, three feminine figures are waiting in a tree with their horses near-by, grazing. Just as the carriage rode up underneath the branch they are perched on, Anzu, Vivian and Rebecca jump off the branch and land right on top of the carriage, taking Yami, Bakura and Marik by surprise.
Sensing something wrong, the two horses start to freak out and gallop hard, giving Marik a hard time controlling the horses, leaving Yami and Bakura to fight the rogue girls. Taking a good look at Yami, Anzu could easily feel her heart race as she admired how handsome he is. As much as she wanted to, she knew that she shouldn't be flirting with any of them since she has a job to do with Vivian and Rebecca. And so, with Vivian going to take care of Marik and Rebecca fight against Bakura, Anzu simply decides to distract Yami.
Seating next to Marik in the driver's seat, Vivian falsely bobs her eyelashes at the tan, sandy-blonde teen until she kung-fuu kick him out of the seat and into a muddy slope. More distracted by his friend's fall from the carriage than Anzu's flirtatious look, Yami soon realized he was too close to edge and lost his footing, also falling into the muddy ditch that Marik ended up in. Now seeing both his best friends knocked off the carriage, it wasn't long before, Bakura felt Rebecca push him off as well.
Now with all three of them being knocked off the carriage, Yami saw Yugi's expression through the window of the carriage as those three girls drove the carriage away. Shaking the mud off him like a dog, Yami climbed out of the ditch using a boulder and helped Bakura and Marik out of the muddy ditch after they too shook the mud off. "That attack may have taken us by surprise from those three, but they'll have to do better than that to keep us from protecting the prince." said Yami now that the three had straightened up from that surprise attack.
"No kidding, I can't believe a girl had gotten the best of me like that." reply Bakura as he thought about how the little blonde had managed to push him off the carriage after her partners had gotten Marik and Yami off so easily.
"You can say that again. There's no way I'm letting my guard down around a single damn female!" added Marik really hating how Vivian had gone around his guard the way she did.
Shivering at the thought of that look in Anzu's eyes, Yami agreed, "Not to mention that brunette. Anyway, let's get going guys. We will protect the prince or we will die trying."
"YEAH!" And so, they three followed the carriage's trail to an old abandoned tower. Just as Yami and Bakura were going to open the door, Marik, being the insane guy he is, charged at the door at full speed and used his hard head to open the door. With the door open, Marik stood up with Yami and Bakura's help while seeing stars flutter around his head. "Well, that was easy encase those three had locked the door." said Bakura.
"No kidding." Yami agreed. Now that Marik had cleared his head with a good shake, the three ran inside and up the stairs to catch up with the girls with the prince and his adviser. When the three had finally caught up with them, Yami pulled out his sword and exclaimed, "Hold it right there, you fiends!" and the other two soon drew their swords, prepared to fight.
When Vivian flung a tied up Prince Yugi and Ryou into the room at the top, the three girls started to be all flirtatious. The moment they noticed that the three musketeers were not fazed by their body language and seductive expressions, the girls became serious and drew their own weapons and the six began to fight; well, four of them with Anzu going to flirt with Yami again.
Really hating the fact that this girl wants nothing but to flirt with him, Yami glared at Anzu while she just bat her eyes at him with her face too close to his for comfort. "Are you sure you want to protect that wimpy prince? We could just return to my room and get to know each other better instead." said Anzu with a very annoying seductive tone.
"Hate to break it to you," which he does not feel bad toward her while his mind went to the innocent prince he's been assign to protect, "but I'm not interested." and Yami forced Anzu off him and the two soon got into a sword fight.
Eventually, once again, the girls had gotten the best of the boys, which really annoyed them. With Anzu, Vivian and Rebecca cornering them into the room and close to a window, Marik tried to think of something quick as the girls just pushed them toward the window. Glancing out the window, Marik saw that there was a river below the tower. Then Marik just came up with something.
Noticing the look on Marik's face, Yami and Bakura turn toward him and Yami said, "What do you have planned, Mar?"
Whispering to his best friends, Marik said, "I have an idea. You guys with me to piss these girls off?"
"You bet, Marik!" said Yami.
"Anything to get the best of these bitches." added Bakura.
Putting on an act with Yami and Bakura following his lead, Marik said with a mocking tone, "You girls believe you've gotten the best of us, huh?"
"Well of course we did, that's why were able to force you three off the carriage and corner you here." said Vivian.
"Oh pu-lease, you three couldn't force anything without breaking a nail and hurting your little clinging selves." added Marik with Yami and Bakura started to fake crying and acting like they hurt themselves.
"There's no way we are like that." reply Rebecca.
"Oh, says the girl who has to always have her teddy bear wherever she goes and clinging to it like a big baby." says Bakura, referring to the stuffed bear she has strapped to her belt.
With Rebecca clutching her bear close, Anzu then reply, "You three are really going too far."
"As if you don't go too far with your flirting? Let me tell you; your flirting skills is worst than your fighting skills and you are a terrible fighter." reply Yami. Seeing that he had struck a nerve with the, brunette, Yami smirked and he could hear Yugi and Ryou giggling at all of the comments the musketeers were giving to the girls.
Having enough of their comments, Vivian rushed at them, her weapon drawn with Marik side-stepping away from the window, making Vivian crash through the window and falling into the river. To see that Vivian missed getting Marik, Rebecca placed her bear back on her belt and went to attack them when Bakura went underneath the girl, lift her off her feet and throw her behind him, also making her fall out the window. Being the only one left, Anzu rushed at them with Yami twirling around her to her back and pushing her out the window.
After watching the way the musketeers got those three to leave the tower, Yugi and Ryou couldn't help but burst into laughter. Turning toward the tied up boys, Yami said with a playful smirk, "Amused?"
"You have no idea how much we enjoyed that." said Yugi as Yami untied him and carried him out of the tower with Bakura doing the same with Ryou.
"Glad you enjoyed the show." reply Bakura as they descended the stairs.
"Really liked those comments. They really struck a nerve for those three." added Ryou as he blushed at the fact Bakura is carrying him.
"That felt good to get rid of them that way." says Marik.
For the rest of the way out of the tower, everyone remained silent. Looking up at Yami, Yugi couldn't help but blush as he looked at his handsomeness more closely. Looking down at the prince, deep crimson eyes locked with innocent amethyst, Yami couldn't help but admire how innocently cute the prince is.
Upon exiting the tower, placing Yugi back on his feet while still holding his hand, Yami turned toward his friends and said, "I'll walk the prince home and I'll meet you guys back at our posts at the palace."
Understanding why Yami wants to be alone with Yugi, Bakura and Marik simply nod their heads. With the two leading him to the carriage, Ryou turned back toward his friend, who simply shrugged. Sensing that this is his chance to get to know Bakura more, Ryou blushed more at the thought but he liked it as Bakura and Marik took him home to the palace.
