(A/N: Hey everyone thanks for the encouragement to write the next chapter….=^.^= LOL I really appreciate and thanks extra much to Jory014 for all her support…XD)
Chapter 8: Trouble's coming part 2
~Tara's P.O.V. ~
*(Atem-2500, Tara-1100)*
"Are you ready for my ultimate monster because here she comes?" I looked at my hand with glee, Yes I've got my ultimate trump card and I know exactly how to use it.
"First I sacrifice all of my knights in order to special summon the one, the only Athena!" All of a sudden a beautiful warrior draped in shining silk tunics holding a glimmering spear and shield. She had a beautiful bejeweled helmet on and stood proudly awaiting orders.
"She's pretty cool isn't she? But, I'm not done. For every knight in my graveyard she gets 500 attack points to her 100, thus giving her 2600 attack points, and she can't be destroyed on the turn she was summoned." I smiled with glee, this was my best monster and I know for sure she can beat him.
"Nice warrior, pretty too. But, try beating this; I summon my curse of dragon to the field. And I summon Gaia the fierce knight. I saw his monsters arrive with such strength and intimidation that if I wasn't so sure my monster could beat his that I might actually be scared. "Uh….I don't mean to tell you your business but my monster is far stronger than yours."
He just chuckled, obviously amused at something. "Honestly what is so funny?" He smiled such a charming smile, my heart was fluttering completely. "It's just that you assume that I'm attacking you with Gaia or the curse of dragon, but I'm not finished. Don't count me out yet, I'm not finished yet."
I waited for the rest of his move, but now I'm wishing he'd kept talking "Now I use my polymerization card to fuse my curse of dragon with my Gaia the fierce knight to form Gaia the dragon champion! And lucky for me Polymerization gives my champion a power boosts so now it can match your goddess point for point."
Oh crap he's right! There goes my smoking gun; hmmm what am I going to do???? Maybe my goddess will survive if they battle. "Now dragon champion attack Athena" I shouted at him "What's the point of attacking? They have the same attack point, that's a waste of a turn."
He was smiling smugly as if what I was saying was complete rubbish. And I have to say it was pissing me off bit by bit. "What!?!?!?!?" "Apparently you don't remember the effect my dark Magician has on my opponent's monsters."
Then it dawned on me Oh crap! That means my monsters attack points are lowered, ohh that cannot be good at all. If their powers aren't equal than……Before I could finish my thought my strong monster was destroyed. And it took most of my life points with it.
*(Atem-2500, Tara-300)*
"And now that your field is wide open I can take the rest of your life points down." He ordered his monster to directly attack me, and my life points dropped to zero.
(Yayyyyy!!!!!!!ATEM Won!!!!!)
"That was an amazing duel Tara….You're really good." I smiled at him with my confidence a little dead……and said "Thanks I had a lot of fun." I looked over at my clock and saw the time. "Ohhh crap! I just forgot that I have to go return my library book. I'll be right back, don't go anywhere." I smiled and grabbed my backpack and dashed out of there before he could object.
I was running through the girls' commons in a hurry, I didn't want to miss out on hanging with Atem. I have to hurry and return this book.
I saw the library and ran straight for the door and someone from the other side smacked me in the head with the….door of all things. What? Do I have Hit me tattooed on my forehead? Well whoever hit me in the face isn't as strong as Atem because I'm still conscious.
I liked up and saw Tea, she seemed embarrassed. I sat up and rubbed my forehead as she said "Oh my gosh Tara are you ok? I am sooo sorry it was a total accident." I stood up and said "Yeah its ok, I'm alright. It's not the first time and probably won't be the last." I smiled to reassure her mostly because I didn't want it to carry on.
I smiled and said "I just need you to check my book back in." She smiled and said "Yeah sure, just follow me."And I did, I just wanted to get back to my room mostly because I still don't like being out in the campus.
But, at least Tea was with me. I followed her to the counter and put my book in the return slot, it was a pretty brief hang out. I waved goodbye and walked towards the door, but what can I say I am a very danger prone girl because when I was outside I was pushed into the wall by some passing girls and ended up cutting my arm on a nail or something. It really hurt too, I was used to hurting myself but this was just downright painful. And a trickle of blood ran down my arm followed by more blood, and I think every head in the courtyard turned and looked at me with hungry eyes.
I couldn't believe that I had done it again; I was grasping my arm trying to cover it. I could smell the blood myself; it smelled like salt and rust. I was thoroughly disgusted by the sight smell and feel of blood.
A sudden panic shot through me and I had a good reason to panic because I was a bleeding human in a courtyard full of blood sucking vampires. I felt like they were starting to close in on me and I could feel my heart speeding up and they were enjoying it.
I could almost feel the fear growing on my face; I was scared out of my mind. When a flash of white passed in front of me and picked me up bridal style and carried me away. All I could think is that someone couldn't hold back and decided to take my blood for themselves. My heart continued to race to the point where the blood was dripping quickly, I looked at my hand, it was smeared in blood.
But, for some reason I wasn't scared, I had completely lost my sense of fear. I guess if I'm going out I'm taking whoever this is out with me or maybe I just wasn't scared of whoever this is.
I wonder who this is I'm being carried by, He is really strong. I guess I'm really danger prone, what am I going to do? I was far passed being afraid, I was now laughing at how ridiculous I am. All I do is cause trouble for everyone else, why anyone puts up with me is unbelievable.
I had my eyes closed the whole time I was being carried because of how embarrassed I was. My arm was stinging so I took a peek at my arm and it was dripping with my red sticky blood, but strange enough my mysterious captor didn't even notice.
I thought for sure he would have stopped to taste my blood, but he didn't. Maybe he wasn't taking me to drink my blood, maybe he was trying to save me. I opened my eyes fully and my heart about stopped. It was………Bakura!!!!!! The boy who hardly knew me was risking his life for me
I could feel the wind rushing through me as his incredible speed forced my eyes shut, but I couldn't get the image of him carrying me away out of my head. His grip was tight around my body, yet his hands were so gently holding me. My heart couldn't stop speeding up, but why did this feel so familiar to me. This sensation of his hands snuggling my body close to his, it sparked something in me that I haven't felt before in so long.
I was completely blown away; I never expected this from him. But, then I don't know what he would do for someone he liked, he did say he thought I was cute. But, how far does being cute push this boy, I don't know and I don't think I want to know.
I could feel him slowing down as we were far from the campus into the forest. I saw ahead that there was a small cabin in a secluded glade. I looked around and I couldn't see anything else, we were in complete isolation. Although I smelled the most beautiful flowers, I couldn't quite tell what they were, but I know I've smelled them before. When I was a little girl, mother had a beautiful garden of many flowers.
*Flashback*
"Mommy….what are these flowers called?" My mother looked me in the eye with such endearment. "Those are called Lilacs sweet heart; did you know that every flower has a specific meaning?" I smiled up at my mom and said "No I didn't know that, so what does a pink rose mean?" I inquired innocently. "A pink rose means friendship." I smiled at her with glimmering eyes. Momma continued to ramble on about flower meanings, but I couldn't take my eyes off the lilacs. They were so pretty with their deep blue color and their flawless shape. I picked one and thought about how beautiful the meaning must be…"Hey momma…..what does a lilac mean.." She was about to tell me when her phone rang……she answered it and said 'Darling we have to go, put that flower down so it can grow up to be beautiful." I frowned because I really didn't want to put my flower down, but I did anyway….."
I wasn't sure what was going to happen next, but I don't think he is going to hurt me. He reminded me of safety and I think I can trust him. I relaxed a bit and became weightless in his arms.
We entered the small cabin, and he sat me down in the corner. I was quiet while I looked at him listening quietly, he seemed to calm down and he slumped against the wall and looked at me with his golden brown eyes.
He spoke to me softly "Well that was a close one eh? You seem to have a problem with bad luck, don't you??????" I blushed from embarrassment, so I wasn't the only one who noticed it.
"Yeah, well thanks for saving me." He smiled and said "My pleasure, I just couldn't stand by and watch you be killed. I kind of like you, I don't know why but I really like you. And I will make sure that headmaster knows that this is all Atem's fault."
My head shot up and I said "NO! It was my fault, he was watching me and I left without permission." He looked at me and smiled"It doesn't matter, his responsibility was to guard you and to make sure nothing like what just happened happens. And he failed so he must be punished. Love don't worry maybe I'll be assigned to be your protector."
He was grinning sweetly and for some reason my heart was beating quickly, I could feel my face getting hot. He reached for my arm and I pulled away "Don't worry love; I'm just going to fix your arm." I relaxed a bit and allowed him to hold my arm.
He pulled a first-aid kit out of a cupboard and sprayed my arm with a disinfectant. It stung for a moment, but I felt better after a while. Then he wrapped my arm in some cloth and I felt way better, and then……he kissed it.
I felt my face turning red "There we go, does that feel better?" he was smiling sweetly and all I could say was "Uhuh…." I was completely nervous; no one had ever done anything like that. But, I couldn't get this one question out of my mind. "Uh…..why can you be around me?"
He looked extremely confused "What do you mean?" I answered slowly "Well how come you didn't react to my blood like everyone else did?" He smiled for who knows why and said "I don't know." All I could do at that point was nod and say "Alright, well I have to get back to school. Someone is waiting on me and he can get really irritated when I'm late."
I smiled and headed for the door when Bakura grabbed my arm and said "I'm afraid the smell of fresh exposed blood is still strong on you, if anyone within a mile radius smells you it will turn into frenzy."
I tried to argue but he wouldn't have it "Love, listen to me, if you leave you will be attacked by whoever smells you first. I bet your friend would rather see you late then a bloodless carcass in the middle of the campus." I nodded and sat back down.
I leaned against the wall and relaxed, but Bakura never took his eyes off me.
~Bakura's P.O.V. ~
My god she is beautiful, even when she looks embarrassed. Her face turns such a gorgeous pink; Atem truly is a fool for not taking her for himself. Of course I'm experiencing my first love at first sight moment.
I watched her as she watched me watching her; she really does have amazing amber eyes. I didn't think anyone had that color, but then most vampire girls have the same colored eyes: brown (Or black depending)
I could see she was falling asleep, she seemed exhausted from today and she probably should be. Though she is pretty strong for a human, she went through that without fainting, that is completely abnormal.
I returned from my thought and saw that she was fast asleep and I placed a lilac next to her as she slept, she seemed so peaceful. Just like I remember……….
*Flashback*
"Bakura! Do you want to play tag with me? Momma said I can play for a little while, and I want to play with you." I looked over to the smiling girl, her amber eyes sparkling with anticipation. "Sure" I said as we chased each other around the yard of the large mansion. But, her luck was never very good, she tripped over a rock and scrapped her knee and began to cry. "Tara-san, why can't you ever be careful?" She stopped crying for a second and said "I'm sorry Bakura-san…." I smiled at her and without warning I hoisted her over onto my back. She seemed shocked at how strong I was being that I was only five. "Well it helps when I'm a vampire and you're a human, anyway let's get you home." She smiled and stopped crying completely and said "Okay!"
*End of flashback*
I haven't seen her in so long, but I could never forget her. She was my best friend up until I had to attend this horrible school, but it doesn't seem like she remembers me at all. Ohhh well I'll just have to remind her.
*Back at school with Atem's P.O.V.*
I wonder what is taking her so long. It's been over half an hour since she left and isn't the library like five minutes. She could have stopped to talk to tea, I know how girls are. Hmmm maybe I should go check on her just to be sure.
I got up and carefully opened the door to make sure there wasn't anyone behind it, luckily there wasn't anyone. This of course was making me far more nervous by the second.
I decided to run straight to the library, but as I was running the faintest smell came into view, a smell I had hoped I would never have smelled in this school…………….Human blood! That made me pick up my speed immediately, I was in a mad dash towards the library. When I got there I saw everyone in a crazy group smelling the air around the library door, I got closer and saw a tiny puddle of bright red blood.
And I saw tea looking at the blood with a panicked expression on her face, I ran straight to her and said "What's going on here?" She looked up with the bloodlust still visible in her eyes and said "Atem it was horrible, Tara somehow cut her arm and of course as soon as the smell was around every vampire in school came running. They were closing in on Tara and because of my own needs I couldn't do anything, but some flash of white grabbed Tara and carried her away!"
My heart sank, what if she's already………And I mentally slapped myself. I should have followed her Dammit! I'm such an idiot, I can't do anything right. I stopped cursing myself long enough to sniff around in high hopes that maybe I could find her….but I'm afraid I couldn't even find the slightest whiff. All I could smell was the slightest scent of flowers.
(A/N: OKAY! Cool huh? I was really excited about writing this so I hope you enjoy it!!! R&R please be kind Btw I might not be updating do to testing but ill try.=^.^=)
