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Chapter 11- Anything for You.

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These were the sounds reverberating through the halls of the palace of darkness. The feared king, Yami Atemu, was torturing another poor soul. His anger was insurmountable. How dare Aidan claim Yugi as his? Yami growled and broke another bone in the poor shadows body. The miserable creature had the unfortunate luck to be caught spying for Aidan. Yami stood back to admire his dirty work.

The body was battered and bloody. The skull was tender and bleeding torrents of blood down the creatures face. The shadows arm was sitting at an unnatural angle and a sliver of white could be seen through the mass of red gore. Both of its legs were obviously broken and a sword was sticking out of its stomach. Blood was already pooled around the victim; the dark colour staining the floor.

Yami smirked viciously, blood red eyes glowing in the darkness. Such a beautiful sight. Blood dripping onto the floor, seeping into cracks. Screams of torment and agony bouncing off the walls, surrounding him in crimson pain. The smell of tears and fear mixing in the air was simply intoxicating. Beautiful. Simply beautifully perfect in its creation. He closed his eyes briefly and imagined he was on the battle field.

A soft whimper of pain snapped him to his senses and he directed his attention to the miserable figure on the floor. He sighed. "I suppose I should ease your suffering, hmm?" Yami inquired. "Would you like that, pitiful creature?" his eyes slowly lightened, loosing their blood-like colouring. The shadow gave out a chocked 'yes' as it convulsed in pain.

Yami nodded and pulled a katana from its sheath. In one swipe, he had separated the head from the rest of the body. The blood shot out in a fountain of red, showering all that was nearby with its colour. "Be thankful I can be merciful, shadow, or you would have suffered for longer." He turned on his heel and left the cell, stopping to order a servant to clean up the area.

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Aidan glared at Milana through the bared doors. "Are you going to tell me what he did to piss you off?" he asked, tapping his foot impatiently. He didn't receive a reply, only a raised middle finger. "You do know I hold your life in the palm of my hand, don't you?" he tried again. Once more he received no reply. He growled low in his throat. "Damnit Milana! Tell me what's going on!" he yelled in frustration.

Milana scowled. "Go screw yourself in hell." She spat. She lent back against the cold stone wall and closed her eyes. 'In here again.' She thought. 'I honestly need to stop losing my temper. But the dickhead always pisses me off!' she sighed in frustration. 'When I get out of here I'm gonna kill him.' She swore.

Aidan kept glaring daggers at the girl in the cell. He raised his left hand and slowly the shadows began to rise with it. They wrapped around the still girl and began to tighten, causing her eyes to snap open. "You try my patients, little girl." He hissed, tightening the shadows more. "Explain why you saw it fit to destroy my library." His eyes narrowed into cold blue icebergs.

Milana gasped, attempting to bring air into her lungs. She struggled against her invisible capturers, trying to claw them off. Her vision started to darken and she knew if she didn't agree he'd kill her. She couldn't die, not now anyway, she needed to help Yugi. To help her people. Her friends. Everyone she had ever cared for. With great effort, she nodded to Aidan; showing she had relented. Almost immediately, the shadows relinquished their hold on her and air flooded into her lungs again. She gasped wildly as her vision started to come back. "God. You just get worse don't you?" she rasped through her chocked air way.

Aidan glared, "Speak girl." He hissed. "That library has stood for 10 000 years and yet you destroyed it in 10 minutes. The books you have destroyed can never be replaced. Now tell me, why should I not kill you? Why should I spare your pathetic life?" his eyes were glowing an eerie blue.

"Because I'm the best fighter you have." She told him impassively. "Your wonderful Lieutenant has crossed the line. He was trying to make me tell him things about Yugi. I do not know why. But he refused to leave my rooms when I instructed him to. Then he had the audacity to destroy the only thing my parents ever left me." She seethed in the darkness at Mathew's nerve.

Aidan looked impassive, "I see no problem. Surely it would have been something of greater value."

Milana growled, "And what if it had been something of Amelia's? Would you have cried then? Would you have destroyed the library as well? You cannot deny what is true forever Aidan. You know what it means to feel empty." She hissed her eyes flaring.

"Never speak of Amelia again!" he yelled. "You know nothing of emptiness. You were alone. I took you in! I cared for you! I made sure you knew how to fight! I kept you safe! I did all this for you. So you have never truly alone. But I lost Amelia. She left me alone here! I watched her die and screamed!" he was frustrated beyond all belief.

Milana glared right back. "You did nothing! You are the reason I have no parents! You killed them!" she yelled smashing her fist onto the floor.

Aidan glared coldly, "I do not know what your parents did child but they deserved it. And I am glad they died. I just hope it was painful." He turned swiftly to leave. "You will learn, girl. I am the absolute here. The only one who can run this civilization. And soon the rest of the world will be mine, just like the small angel currently sleeping in my room. You will fall into line or you will die. Either way I do not care." He walked off, his shoes clicking on the stone floor.

Milana glared at the empty hallway, tears falling down her cheeks. 'You won't have him for much longer. I'm gonna get him out of here. I'm going to help bring you down. Because you killed them. My parents. And you deserve your pain.' She raised her head to the roof of her cell. 'I just hope Amelia's soul will forgive me.'

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Yami sighed restlessly. 'I can't stay here. I have to go. I have to get yugi back.' He nodded once and stood up out of his throne. 'I didn't move before because yugi told me not to. But I will no longer just sit here. I will go get him back, no matter what it takes.' He walked out of the throne room towards the gates of his city.

A voice stopped him, "Yami, where are you going?" Seto called. He looked worried.

"I'm going to get my angel." Was the only reply he received. "You are in charge until I return. Protect my people with your life, Seto. I expect them to be alive when I return."

"Of course, my king." Seto said, watching his king, friend and cousin walk off out of his own lands. "I pray you will return safely with your angel." Unbeknownst to them a cold brown eye was watching the happenings and laughing silently.

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Yugi sighed and walked around the palace halls. 'Great.' He thought. 'Matt's busy and I've got nothing to do.' He sighed again rubbing his temples. 'I wonder what Ryou's doing.' His eyes became sadder. 'I miss him. We had so much fun together. I remember the time we went to training together. His foot got stuck in the tree.' He giggled abit, then looked wistfully around him. 'I wish there was a training area around here.'

Not realizing where his feet had carried him he found himself in the dungeons. The walls were damp and covered with moss. He could here water dripping somewhere in the distance. This place was, in short, horrible. Everything was dark and dank and Yugi could smell decay and stale air.

'What possessed Aidan to keep his dungeons in this condition?' He wondered disgustedly, stepping over a hunk of moldy bread left festering in a pile of grim in the middle of the floor. He swore he could see tiny cities on the molded surface. He shivered and kept going further in. He didn't know why but his heart kept pulling him in further.

The pull stopped infront of a barred cell, far below. Yugi looked in, curious as to why he had come here. In the small cell sat a girl with long blonde hair, her clothes ripped. He recognized her as the one who yelled at Aidan earlier at the meeting. 'I think her name was Milana.' She looked as though she had been crying.

"Ummmm, excuse me miss?" Yugi called timidly through the door. Her eyes snapped open and her piercing blue eyes fixed on him. He felt as though he was being x-rayed. It was creepy. "Uhhhh, why are you down here in this horrid place?"

"I dis-respected my Lord and destroyed an age old library. This is my punishment." Her voice was soft but commanding. It was like he could bring you to your knees with one word. No wonder she was a Lieutenant.

Yugi's eyes widened a bit larger. "You're the one the guard was talking about. He said you said something in a different language." He proclaimed in wonder. The girl simply nodded her head. "What did you say?"

Milana looked at him wearily. "I was speaking in an ancient tongue used by the shadows. The words I spoke were 'Mihera lasbit tuno gahett smili. Sando memace yakito usaima eris bani, semo kelj wesetti.'" She explained. "It means 'the god of sun shall strike you down. For you deserve not what you have stolen, the soul of your kin shall not forgive.' It is meant for Aidan. He will know the meaning if I were to tell him. I will not though. I cannot risk it." She tugged at one of the chains restraining her wrist.

Yugi looked on perplexed. "But what does it mean? Why is it in riddle form?" he pressed on, hoping for a clearer answer.

Milana sighed, "All the ancient language was in riddle form. It was the way it was taught. I believe that is why they changed it, because very few could understand." She studied him. "Child, why are you here? Why aren't you in the garden?"

Yugi looked down embarrassed, "I uhhh, got lost. I was actually wondering if there was a training area around here somewhere." He said hopefully. He felt as though he really needed the exercise to just lose himself in the vigorous movements.

She nodded looking thoughtful. "Why would an angel need to know how to fight?" she asked him, gazing at him with a calculating look.

"I'm a guardian. I'm supposed to know how to fight. I just….. prefer not to hurt people." He answered hesitantly. Very few people knew he could actually fight. He would have prefered to keep it that way.

Once more Milana nodded, "The training grounds are just beyond the garden. You have to walk past the garden entrance and turn left. That is where the warriors go to train." She told him, sighing. "I'd take you but unfortunately I'm stuck in here." She tugged on the chain for emphasis.

Yugi nodded, smiling brightly. "Arigato, Milana-san. If there is anything I can do to repay you don't hesitate to ask." He chirped happily. She smiled back and tilted her head in acknowledgement. "I'll come back to see you later. Bye!" he called running off.

'Anything you say?' she thought mischievously. 'I think I've just found something to help him escape from this prison.' She laughed mentally and started going over her plans. 'Oh yes, Aidan won't know what hit him.'

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Kyari sighed and slid out of her warrior uniform. Her hands and face were caked with dried blood and her dress was stained. 'Note to self: wash dress when get the chance.' She thought, mentally storing it in a separate file. She quickly wrapped a towel around herself and walked into the bath room to clean up.

When the bath had filled, she slipped into the water and sighed. It was nice to finally be able to have a bath after 2 weeks of nothing. She stunk horribly and was covered in blood and grime. After 2 weeks of none stop fighting, they had finally driven the damn bastards back. And now she could enjoy a relaxing bath in peace. Ahhh comfort, how she took it for granted.

'Stuiped Aidan. Stuiped Yami.' she seethed mentally. 'Dragging me and my family into their damn feud. How did I get into this mess?' she wondered for what seemed the 100th time. She remembered the bet she made. 'Oh yeah that's right.'

Her mind drifted off to her family. They were lucky they were all still alive. The battle was grueling and extremely dangerous. Well really in actual fact they weren't her proper family. Well, Sharna was but the other two weren't really. Akira should have been counted though.

They had known each other for years. Ever since they were 16. They had met on the streets. Kyari was wearing her tiara with the eye of Horus on it while walking in the market. Akira, a thief at the time, had stolen it before Kyari had even known what had happened. She chased after her and tackled her to the floor, demanding her tiara back. They had wrestled for a good 5 minutes before their rolling caused them to fall in the river. When they both emerged they looked at each other for a few seconds before bursting into hysterical laughter. They had been friends ever since.

Kyari sighed and sunk under the water to wash the blood off her face. The water turned red quickly and she emptied and filled it again. She grabbed a bottle of shampoo-and-conditioner in one and lathered her hands with it. She gently massaged it into her hair and once again went back to her ponderings.

This war was turning into hell. Too many dead. Not enough to fill their places. No one to tell their families they had died; died for a selfish cause. Yes, she did believe the cause was stuiped and selfish. A war started on revenge. The vampires really showed no threat but the demons would follow the king blindly. So many dead. Dead for a cause that was never their own. She would mourn them. She would bring her 'family' to the battle field and they would bury ever body with a name. These people deserved respect for what they sacrificed.

She rinsed her hair out, grabbed a towel and got out of the bath. Walking to her dresser she grabbed her brush and gave her hair a quick brush before looking in her draws for something she could wear. She heard a knock at the door. "Just a minute!" she called, still searching for some clothes. The person knocked again. "Wait a second!" she yelled, still searching through her draw.

The door swung open. Kyari turned around to yell at who ever had come in, to get out until she was dressed but all insults and yells died in her throat. "Hello, love. It's been awhile." Said a smooth voice.

"What…… what are you doing in here?" she demanded, although her voice wavered slightly. The person moved closer to her. "Get out of here, Pegasus." She hissed, her words like venom.

"Aww, love, you drill a hole through my heart. Aren't you glad to see your husband?" he asked with mock hurt, an evil gleam shinning in his only visible eye.

She shook her head and backed up. "You can't be in here. Orders from the king. You're not aloud to be here. Go before the king discovers."

Pegasus laughed. "The king isn't here, dear Kyari. He left. So now it is just you and me." He reached out and twirled a lock of her hair between his fingers. "I never did get my honey-moon night because of that meddling fool's rules. We have to alleviate that problem, now don't we." He said sinisterly.

Kyari gasped and pulled away from him, running for the door. Just as she got there he caught her and pushed her back onto the floor. He then grabbed her and threw her on the bed, before kicking the door shut. "Let's have some fun!"

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Akira sat in her room polishing her Sais. She had already had a shower and was dressed in her night clothes. She looked at her clothes that had been simply dumped on the floor. They were blood stained and dirty. "Hmmmmm, not to self: make Kyari clean those when get the chance." She said laughing lightly.

The blood staining her clothes was from vampires. All the souls lost. All of her kin. 'They deserved it. Filthy vermin.' She spat. She had always hated vampires. Her entire life. It had all started with her mother.

(flashback)

Cina Mysita glanced nervously around the area she was in. There had been reports of vampires attacking near the place she stood. She shivered and clenched her hands tightly around the bag she held. Her long, wavy brown hair fanned out in the breezed and black eyes shined with fear. Her pale skin raised in goose bumps. She didn't want to be here.

"So why are you here, young miss?" whispered a throaty voice behind her. She whipped around to see a man standing there. Only it wasn't really a man. The long canines and sharp claws indicated that fact.

"Please, kind sir. Have mercy." She said falling to her knees. She knew what the vampire wanted; her blood. "Please, I am with child. To kill me would be to kill us both. Please have mercy on my child."

The vampire laughed. "I steal children from their beds and feed on them. What would the life of one measly baby mean to me?" he asked, his fangs flashing in the light. Cina sobbed as he walked closer. She didn't want her child nor herself to die. Why would the vampire not listen to her reasoning? How could it be so cruel as to take the life of an innocent that had not had a chance at life yet? 'Because he is a vampire' her mind supplied, 'A blood sucker. They do not care who they kill. They are monsters.'

The man picked her up and placed his mouth at the junction of her neck. "Worry not. It will only hurt for a little while. After that you will feel nothing." He murmured into the skin before biting down.

Cina cried out in pain and tears started trailing down her cheeks again. 'Please.' she begged. 'Make it stop. Save my child.' She heard shouts from around her but couldn't distinguish them. Her world became black.

(6 months later)

Cina screamed in pain. She couldn't believe she had survived the vampire attack. Nor could she believe her child had. But here she was giving birth to her first child. With one last push the baby came out. The nurse picked up the child and took it into the other room to bathe.

Her husband, Herit, knelt beside her and held her hand. His short black hair falling infront of his face, shielding his sparkling blue eyes from view. He had been with her all the time she was giving birth, he had saved her that night months ago. They truly loved each other.

Ther nurse entered holding the child wrapped up in the blanket, "It's a girl." She told them smiling at the precious bundle. "Congratulations." She handed the baby to them and left; giving them some privacy.

"What shall we name her?" Cina asked looking adoringly at the little bundle cradled in her arms.

"What about Akira?" Herit sai, also looking at the baby.

"I think it sounds beautiful." Cine smiled gently. "Welcome to the family, Akira Mysita." She said gently rocking the baby.

(8 years later)

A young boy with black hair and grey-blue eyes climbed up a tree. He had been climbing for a while now. He didn't know how far up he had gone, but he knew it was far. Down below, 5 others with black hair waited watching him climb up the tree. Some had black eyes, others blue and one green. He reached for another branch. His hand closed around it and he started to pull himself up. However, he didn't know there was moss of the branch and lost his grip.

Down below the other children saw him fall but all knew they wouldn't be able to there in time. They watched with baited breath, some of the younger ones closed their eyes, as their brother plummeted to the ground.

Suddenly a blur came out of no where and caught the boy just before he hit the ground. It was a young girl with wavy brown hair and calculating blue eyes. The 8 year old Akira looked at the little in a scolding manner. "Yoshino, what have I told you about climbing the trees? It's dangerous." She told him.

"But sister! My toy is stuck in the tree! I want to get it down." He whined.

Akira sighed. "You should have asked me, Yoshino." She said. "I will go get it if that makes you happy." She quickly hopped onto the lowest branch. She put her hands onto the surface and pushed her feet off the ground. Hooking her legs around the branch above her she flipped her self up and grabbed onto the branch above it. Before repeating the cycle. Eventually, she got to the branch where his kite was and pulled it out. She threw it to her younger brother and began to climb down.

When she reached her brother she smiled and flashed him the victory sign. "Next time you need help come and get me, ja?" she instructed. "Now everyone inside! It's time for bed." There was a collective groan from the other children.

(Around midnight)

Akira was roused from her sleep by the sound of a scream. 'Who was that? What's going on?' she wondered getting out of bed. She heard another scream coming from the room next to her. It was the twins' room. "Mina! Shamiko!" she yelled, running out of her room.

The door was open and she ran in. The floors were smeared with blood and the two little girls bodies lay in 2 mutilated heaps. They were only 3. Another scream came from the next room over. That was Jacoto's room. Akira quickly ran there also. But it was just like the other room. She ran to the room next door. Marica was dead as well. The same with Kalimu.

The last room was Yoshino's. She prayed he was still alive. As she entered she saw a man standing by the door way. He was dripping with blood. Obviously he had been the one to kill them. In his arms she saw the sleeping Yoshino. She glared at him, her eyes turning red. "What are you doing with my brother?" She hissed.

The vampire looked skeptical. "You're eyes………they're red. How can this be?" he wondered.

Akira's glare darkened, "I do not know what you are talking about but you have not answered my question. What are you doing with my brother?" she was speaking in a demanding tone. Slowly her canine teeth began to elongate and her nails grew.

The vampire studied her, "You are a half vampire. From the looks of it, one of the darkness. Interesting. I have never met a darkness before." He said quietly. "As to what I am doing to your brother. I feel in need of a companion. The rest of the children were too young, they were of no use to me. But this one is older. He will be a great vampire when he matures."

"I will not let you take my brother away! Not like you did my family!" she yelled at him. "I will wake my parents and we will go straight to the town and tell them!"

The man laughed, "Your parents are dead girl. I killed them myself." He told her. "I shall be taking my leave with your brother. One day, you too shall be a great vampire. I look forward til then." He disappeared in a cloud of dark smoke.

Akira sunk to her knees and cried. She was an orphan. Her family was dead. All but one. 'One day, Yoshino, I will find you and set you free.' She vowed. "I promise."

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"I still swear I will find you Yoshino. Even if it is the last thing I do." She said, looking at a torn bear that had once belonged to him. He had loved it and had carried it around with him everywhere. It was his favorite toy. One day, when she found him she'd give it back. Til then it would serve as a reminder.

Her musings were cut short when she heard a scream coming from down the hall. Down the hall……… that was Kyari's room. "Kyari!" she screamed. 'Not again! Please not again!' she prayed. 'Kyari I'm coming for you!'

Me: well there you have it. Hope you enjoy! Read and review peoples! Ja ne!