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Hello everyone. I'm here to write the next chapter to your delight. What happens to Hazari in this chapter has a point so stay with me.
Sorry it took so long I had a project I had to finish for school but here's the chapter. Short but here.
And on with the story.
Yugi yawned and stretched as he walked down the complicated hallways of the Western palace. Passing Reeka's room he heard covers being thrown around forcefully. Not sensing Reeka inside he came to the conclusion it was Hazari making all the noise. He opened the door to see if he was all right. Hazari was lying on his back covered in sweat and his face showed pain. His legs were tangled in the covers. Suddenly he grabbed his head and yelled for Reeka at the top of his lungs.
Yugi took a couple of steps back as the loud yelling made his sensitive ears ring. Hazari began shaking his head violently. His eyes and head hurt so badly. He felt sick and had a high fever. Tears began to run from his eyes uncontrollably as he yelled for his guardian again.
I pulled from Nasuku when I heard what sounded like someone shouting my name. "What was that?" I asked Nasuku, not sure I had really heard it.
"It was nothing." Nasuku responded.
"Reeka!" I heard Hazari's voice shout.
I knew I had heard something. I threw open Nasuku's door and ran from his room. Nasuku quickly followed. I ran through the hallways pushing people aside when they got in my way. I spotted Yugi standing in the hallway outside of my room. I walked past him as I asked, "What happened?"
Yugi shrugged quickly. "I-I don't know. Hazari was rolling around then gripped his head and yelled for you." He told me.
I quickly kneeled at Hazari's side. I pressed my hand to his forehead. He had a very high fever. Hazari grabbed my hand and tried to push it away. He yelled my name again.
"Hazari. Hazari, I'm here. It's alright." I told him.
He pushed on his eyes. "R-Reeka! It hurts! It hurts so badly!" He cried.
"What hurts Hazari? Tell me." I said quickly. By now Nasuku was kneeling next to me.
"My head! My eyes! They hurt Reeka! Please make it stop!" Hazari yelled, shaking his head frantically.
"Hazari. Hazari! It's going to be alright!" I told Hazari. I turned to Yugi. "Get the medic!" I shouted at him. He nodded and ran down the hallway.
"Hazari, open your eyes." Nasuku commanded. I stared at him confused.
Hazari shook his head again. "No it hurts! It hurts!"
"I know but do as I say." Nasuku told him again.
Hazari removed his hands and opened one eye as much as he could, which was only about half way. I gasped when I saw his eye. It was different. It was focused and had a bluer color. Hazari closed his eye again and covered it with his hands. He began calling out again.
Nasuku quickly grabbed a bottle from his pocket and took out the cork. Waving the bottle under his nose he made Hazari smell it. Hazari's actions slowed until they stopped completely.
I grabbed Hazari's wrists and pulled his hands from his face. He didn't respond to my action his head merely rolled to the side lazily. I dropped Hazari's hands and grabbed Nasuku's shoulders. "What did you do to him?" I shouted as I shook him. My mind didn't allow me the chance to make reason of what Nasuku had done. I panicked.
"Reeka. Reeka! Stop it!" Nasuku said sternly when I didn't stop shaking him. He grabbed my wrists and held them about my head. "Calm down. I merely knocked him out so he wouldn't feel the pain. I put him in a deep sleep. He'll be fine." He reassured me letting go of my wrists.
I returned my attention to Hazari. The medic ran in only a moment later Yugi following her. She ran over to Hazari and placed her hand on his forehead before asking what had happened. We told her all we knew then she said, "Please leave while I treat him."
Nasuku stood and was about to leave when he noticed I was still kneeling next to Hazari. "Reeka we must leave." He said. I shook my head. "Reeka…"
"I'm not leaving him." I responded firmly.
"But My Lady, it's not ladylike to st…" The medic tried to talk me into leaving.
"Don't instruct me on what is and isn't ladylike." I snapped at her. "You forget your place. I'm the lord's daughter. I decided on where I go and stay."
Yugi sighed in irritation and walked over to me. Without any indication of what he was going to do, he scooped me up off the floor and into his arms. Then he turned and left the room. As we passed Nasuku he glared at Yugi. "She can walk on her own." He said.
"Well too late now." Yugi replied already half way down the hall. I struggled in Yugi's grasp and he tightened his hold. "You really do fight a lot don't you?" He asked.
"Put me down!" I commanded him. When he didn't respond quickly enough I started pushing on his chest and struggling even more.
It was hard for Yugi to keep his hold on me. "Reeka. Stop moving so much." He said as he tried to get me to stop struggling. I refused and soon I rolled from his grasp. I landed kneeling with one leg out strait. Then I flexed my claws and lunged at him. His eyes widened and he jumped back. "Reeka."
I ran at him again. My rage rising. "I told you to put me down." When I was about to strike Yugi he predicted my move and grabbed the wrist that was about to strike him then he grabbed the other wrist. He pinned me to the hallway wall with my wrists above my head.
"Why the hell are you so angry?" Yugi shouted.
"Let me go!" I said. I tried to get away from him but he was too strong. By the way I tried to jerk from Yugi's grasp I silently told him I wanted to go back to Hazari.
Yugi's tone softened. "Reeka calm down. Hazari is going to be fine. The medic needs peace and quiet to help Hazari. She can't work with people staring at her." He explained. Placing his hand on the side of my face he continued, "He'll be just fine. Don't you worry."
I glared at Yugi for a moment more before suddenly pulling from his grasp. I hugged him and burying my face in his chest. He wrapped his arms around me hesitantly. "Yugi, his fever was so high! He's just a boy! How can he survive such a sickness?" I cried. He tightened his grip and made a low grumbling come from his chest. The sound was very comforting and my worried muscles loosened slightly.
Yugi closed his eyes and rested his head on mine. "Shhh… It's all right. Hazari is going to be fine. Shhh." He said softly. "Everything is going to be fine."
"But…"
"Shhh."
"He…"
"Shhh."
Every time I was going to say something Yugi would quiet me. He calmed me easily. Soon my mind began to wander away from Hazari and to other things. I was brought back to reality when Yugi loosened his grip on me. He pulled away from me and I gave him a confused look. He smiled. "Would you go for a walk with me?" He asked.
"Sure."
Mushi smiled as he walked around the palace. It had been so long since he had last been there. He began humming a random tune and turned the corner. He hit something and it fell. Mushi fell as well.
Mushi looked down at the startled person underneath him then jump off as quickly as he could. "I-I-I'm sorry, Lady Keema." He said blushing. He helped her up then bowed. "I didn't know you were there." He apologized as he looked at the floor.
Keema brushed off her clothes then gently placed her thumb under his chin and raised his head. "It's fine Mushi." She told him. He smiled and she removed her thumb. "Mushi."
"Yes?"
"Right before you left to go to war you were trying to tell me something. What was it?" Keema asked as she rubbed her hand against the letter in her pocket. 'Was it from him?'
Mushi's stomach clenched. He was hoping she wouldn't bring that up. "I was…uh…" He sighed. "I was going to tell you…"
Evil. Evil. That's me.
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The next chapter's going to be almost all Yugi/Reeka. Nasuku will only pop up here and there.