Author's Notes:
DaWiofFaith: "…………… Boy do I want to smack my head to a frying pan for uploading this but then stupid FF.Net banned me to have any uploadings or submitting new stories. Oh snap."
Violingirl92: "Same here."
Talia: "Can you make anything more weirder than this?"
DaWiofFaith: "You know I'm feeling wise and here's a bit of my wisdom= every girl needs to know how to defend herself, however there are some like me who just like to fight, spar and KICK BUTT!"
ViolinGirl92: "That's err… nice."
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DaWiofFaith: *sniffs*:( "Santa didn't get me the Yu-gi-oh television show"
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Rose of the Desert- Chapter 3 "People get mad when there are thorns in their roses, I'm just glad that thorns have roses… As they somehow represent each and every human being with their inner beauty of a rose… and barriers full of thorns…" Midnight… the advanced, ultimate darkness. The stars… the constellations… decipherable in this time. It was a perfect time to strike, nothing but silence of oblivion would soon be heard. With the stars pinpricks of glittering ice, throbbing with their melodious song as it laid against the dark velvet sky… and the graceful moonlight with illuminating silver… as from an endless dream. Quiet as it is, everyone had fallen all asleep at this point in time… except for one. Anzu removed her servant uniform and clothed herself back into her dark thin fabric, covering all of her except her eyes. It would at least help her camouflage herself among the dark making it easier to pass the corridors of the palace to the Pharaoh's chamber unnoticed. Placing her jagged dagger in its sheath she left the servant's quarter and quietly walked through the hallway lit with torches that led to the chamber. Anzu discontinued her stroll noticing the Pharaoh's two guards standing on either side of the door. Both still awake and alert. 'This could be a bit of a problem, no matter its nothing that I can't handle,' she mentally assured to herself.It was just another normal night watch for the two guards or so they thought. One of the guards leaned to the wall trying hard not to fall asleep for if he got caught sleeping on duty; his life was to be the consequence for his actions. A faint slight sound was heard in the right antechamber.
"Did you hear that?" The guard next to him said with attentiveness, he took out his sword situated in his scabbard.
"Hm…? I didn't hear anything." The other said in reply but still he too grabbed his sword just in case.
"I heard something coming from there, wait here I'll check it out," said. He went to where he heard the sound, some reason the torch that had been lit in this corridor had been blown.
He clutched his sword tightly realizing that something was suspicious as he continued to walk into the dim indistinct hallway. Abruptly he felt a swift of air behind him, he turned considering that something or someone was behind him.
"Strange, I thoug…" he stopped as suddenly an arm was wrapped brusquely and tightly around his neck in a headlock, a piece of cloth was placed roughly on his mouth and nose making him inhale a vile substance.
He dropped his sword and grabbed the arm around his neck and in attempt to remove the hand, which held the cloth to his face. His vision became overcast and hazy and fell unconscious and collapsed to the hard ground as Anzu let go of him.
"Sleeping like a baby," Anzu smirked as she dropped the piece of cloth seeing that it was no longer needed and walked over the unconscious body of the guard. It was toxicated with a lucid liquid that she had made herself, rarely she would use such a toxin but this time she made an exception.
"One down another to go," Anzu mentally checked off at the same time as she walked to toward the immense intricate ornated door that accommodated the Pharaoh's bedchamber.
"You there stop!" Anzu ceased from moving any further. The other guard who was guarding the entrance to the Pharaoh's chamber. He clutched his sword eyeing on the figure clothed in black.
Without any further moment he ran straight toward her and swung his sword at her, Anzu summarily dodge the sword under and at the same time punched the guard in the pit of the stomach under the chest plate with her fist. His eyes practically bulged out from the pain and bent over clutching his stomach. He then collapsed on the ground. He was out cold.
She looked down at the unconscious body lying on the ground. This was all too easy, it was hardly any intricacy or any difficulty for her handling with the guards so how can it be any harder now that the Pharaoh is now vulnerable for any attack.
"And I thought this could've been a great challenge to test my abilities," Anzu smirked sarcastically. She turned from the unconscious body and walked to the door, now no one can stop her from what she came for.
She kept her intense gaze on the bedchamber door; she ignored the marked carvings of hieroglyphics. In point of fact she was concentrating on what or rather who was behind the door. Anzu closed her eyes and took a deep breath and silently opened the door.
It was a dark and a bit vague for her to see but however it was enough for her to distinguish the large room. It was no surprise for her to see how largely decorated the room was, colorful as it is with trinkets such as the ankh or amulets which was to protect those who wore it and animal skins.
Mostly to make it short Anzu was hardly amused or rather she was less than impressed with the marvels of workmanship of the decors.
She held her gaze to the large bed however her attention quickly caught to the form on the bed within the thin silky sheets. It was a bit hazy and indistinguishable for her to see but it was enough for her to see that the Pharaoh was still asleep. Calmly as she is, she reached backed to the door pushing the door shut in a steady movement.
It closed with a soft thud but not enough to be heard, Anzu relaxed and quietly walked up to the bed grabbing her dagger from its sheath as walked closer to the bed. Without any further moment to spare she plunged the dagger into the center.
Just when she thought it was over she instantly noticed that something wasn't right for there wasn't any trace of blood whatsoever. She removed the dagger from its resting spot and grabbed sheets, which covered the sleeping form. It was then she realized that under the sheets were just pillows hidden underneath.
Anzu dropped the sheets she held and backed away from the bed in shock, 'Wait, if the pharaoh isn't sleeping… then that means he…'
Anzu spun around and blocked the blow by Yami from behind. Yami knew warningly that the assassin would come for him at this night. He heard a faint noise outside of his chamber and came up prepared just incase if the assassin was to approach and there she was all clothed in black.
"Did Bakura send you?" Yami said firmly, he had a look of determination. From the hint in his voice, he meant business.
"I answer to no one especially not to you!" Anzu grabbed her dagger from the ground and lunged at him. Armed with her dagger, she slashed his right arm.
Yami was able to swiftly dodge it and in advance that he was prepared, he grabbed his own dagger embedded in his sandals on his feet he kept for his own defense and aimed his dagger at her.
The knife set in the side of her abdomen. Anzu clutched to the side of her stomach in pain. Slowly she removed her hands from her side and stretched out her hand enough to see her own blood. She looked up at Yami with rage and shock. No one had ever injured her before, heck they couldn't even leave a slightest mark or scare on her… not until now.
Yami stood there tightly gripping on to his knife that was covered with her blood. His face showed a hint of shock as well. All this time he had never thought that this assassin who was known to be the most dangerous of all was happen to be a girl. It felt strange for him to think that a female would know how to defend herself let alone the knowledge of warfare as well.
"Y-you're a girl?" Yami stuttered.
"What? You never heard of a girl who knows how to fight?" Anzu mocked ignoring the pain from the side of her abdomen, she began to encircled him, playing with her dagger just enough to intimidate him.
Yami eyed on her closely as she walked around him like how a predator would be with its prey. There wasn't much for him to look at; she was completely covered from head to toe, either that or the darkness blurred his sight for him to see any details. Sure she didn't look much like a professional but that was just the exterior. There are more than what meets the eye.
"So the Pharaoh can defend himself without his pathetic guards around to help him," Anzu mocked, coercion and intimidation was one thing she enjoyed when it comes to killing your helpless victims.
"What is a Pharaoh if he can't defend himself at all?" Yami kept calm in this situation, he couldn't let her intimidation get to him.
"Hmm… it really wouldn't be any matter," Anzu said, "This will only make this mission even more interesting than the others that I have encountered."
"The others?" Yami questioned, "Then there are probably more about you than it seems."
"There's nothing more about me than what you see right now," Anzu said, "I am called none other than the Desert Rose."
"The Desert Rose? So you were sent from Bakura."
"I came just for you and I'm not going to leave until I finished what I came for!" Anzu immediately began to strike without warning and strucked successfully at his arm.
Yami tried to dodge the strike but failed to avoid the contact of the knife, he grimaced in pain as his arm bleed seeping through his clothes. He bent down and did a low kick causing the assassin to fall down, Anzu fell hard on the ground on her back, her dagger was no where to be found as she looked.
Mentally she cursed herself for losing her dagger especially since it would be hard to find in the dark. Yami took this time as chance of an advantage and plunged the knife to her chest, quickly she rolled to the side and got up and spun around to back kicked him. The blow on his torso caused him to drop his dagger as well.
Yami soon found himself in a hand-to-hand combat, he threw a punch at her. Anzu dodged the punch and grabbed his wrist and flipped him to the ground. Yami got up quickly and threw her another punch, Anzu jumped back in recovery.
She an attempt to punch him however he high blocked it and did a side kick making her to hurtle to the wall on her back. Keeping herself steady from falling, sweat was already trickling down her forehead. she breathed heavily and looked up at the pharaoh.
Yami too respired still gasping for breath; he still however kept himself in combat position his hands held ready for blocking any strikes. He wasn't going to give up that easily from fatigue and neither was she. Anzu tried again an another shot and swung her fist at him. Yami dodge it again but this time he caught her fist, Anzu made no effort to remove it from his grasp. Instead she halfway spun and did a high kick to the side of his head causing him to back down. Yami clasped his hand to the side of his head; he could feel his own blood dripping down on his forehead from that unexpected blow. 'Anymore of that and I'm done for' Yami mentally deliberated, 'Seth was right, this assassin isn't like the others.'
"Ready to give up Pharaoh?" Anzu smirked, she can tell that now he was getting weaker though she can't deny the fact that she too was the same.
"I don't give up that easily," Yami said.
"Give up now and I'll generously give you a quick death instead of slowly painful. I don't usually give people these choices."
"Over my dead body!"
"Figures," Anzu cocked her head to the side, "Do you have any last words before I kill you?"
"We'll see who gets the last word!" Yami charged at her with another punch.
Anzu tried again to dodge it, missing it as his fist almost aimed straight at her jaw. At the same time she punched him as well. Yami caught her fist again and copied the move that she did to him a while ago and grabbed her wrist and flipping her to the ground. Anzu crouched and low kicked him, Yami jumped back before she could. She tried again and spun to do a sidekick but Yami then parried to the side.
She tried again but this time Yami grabbed her leg before it could hit him and did a powerful back kick which pushed her across the room. Anzu weakly got up, blood was slightly dripping from her mouth. She wiped it off with her arm and got up. Yami grinned, just as he thought she was beginning to become weaker than before. Anzu noticed a small glint coming from the side; she turned her head seeing that it was her dagger she couldn't find a while ago. As Yami charged at her, she moved away again and darted to the side grabbing her dagger. She turned to Yami who was now aware that she now has a weapon. Yami knew instantly that she know has the advantages against him now. Without further ado she rushed at him and attacked. Yami tried to dodge the dagger from its sharp blade however with aim yet difficulty she plunged the dagger slashing his chest. Yami backed down gripping his chest that was bleeding uncontrollably. His eyes opened slightly and teeth clenching, throbbing pain was unbearable. He looked up at Anzu who was looking down at him with a smile of contentment and satisfaction.
"Looks like I got the last words eh Pharaoh?" Anzu assumed. Her dagger held ready for sending another strike to come.
Even though Yami was now vulnerable to her, his face showed no fear, "It's not over yet."
"Oh really? I think its time for you to join with the Pharaohs before you," Anzu said as she held her dagger in front of her for one final blow.
"Quick, there's something happening in the Pharaoh's chamber!" a voice outside shouted, distant but clear enough to know that the guards were coming near. Anzu, still remained where she was, was distracted having her face turned to the doorway. Yami found that it was the just right time, a now or never chance, and with a bit of his energy ran to where he saw his own dagger discarded, grabbed and threw the dagger at her praying silently to the gods that it would aim right into her before she would notice.
Anzu turned sharply to him realizing that a knife was aiming right to her. She moved aside in attempt to avoid however there was not mush avail as the sharp metal of the dagger pierced the flesh of her right arm. Anzu clasped her injured arm, she tried to get her arm to move unfortunately it was numb. "Damn, I can't fight him now not without my right arm like this," Anzu muttered under her breath.
"It seems that now it is I who would get the last words," Yami smirked, as if from a victory he shortly achieved.
The door to the chamber busted opened, a swarm of guards came in. She knew exactly that she wouldn't be capable to hold off all of them. Anzu looked around to see if there was anything that would get her out of her situation and noticed there was a balcony behind her.
"It's the assassin! Get him!" The High Priest she recognized as Seth shouted to the guards holding a torch, which lighted the chamber. Anzu faced them removing her hand that was placed on her arm and walked back leaning on the rail of the balcony.
'You won't capture me that easily,' Anzu thought and unexpectedly pushed herself off the balcony.
"The assassin is getting away!" They went to the balcony looking down to finding nothing or anything that would indicate that the assassin was still there.
"Dammit we lost him!" Seth cursed under his breath. He turned to Yami who was fatally wounded yet he still managed to remain standing.
"Looks like I won the first round," Yami whispered, as soon as he gave one step forward he became off balanced and fell down to his knees. The gash she had inflicted on him was unfathomably deep, blood was still trickling down from his chest.
"Your highness!" Seth went quickly helping him up, "We have to get your wounds treated quickly."
"It's not a bid deal!" Yami stubbornly moved himself out of the priest's support, "It's just a mere scratch, I'll get over it."
"No, it's getting worser by the minute. You there! Go get the royal healer, quickly!" Seth commanded to a guard nearby him.
The pain began to become intolerable to him as it overwhelmed every inch of his body. Yami grew drained and weak as he fell to the ground on his back. His vision became blurry as he fell unconscious…
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Anzu fell to the ground on her feet in a crouching posture from the tree that was planted outside near the side of the balcony of the Pharaoh's chamber. She was lucky enough that the guards didn't find her, though they probably wouldn't since she wasn't really on the tree in the first place, but she couldn't say the same for the injuries inflicted to her. She clutched her wounded arm tightly; it was still bleeding badly from the assault he did to her. What was worse was that the wound on the side of her abdomen was opening again causing her bleeding to be even more worse than before. She feebly got up, becoming off balanced she leaned to a pillar for support.
'Damn that Pharaoh! Next time I won't be letting my guard down that easily!' she thought angrily. Anzu quietly ran to the servant's quarter to her room where she was to sleep. Carefully she tried to enter without waking anyone up and tried to avoid making any tracks from her injuries.
She closed the door to her room and as she did she took off her bloodstained clothes and discarded it to the side and changed to another. She grabbed a random cloth and tied it around her arm; she couldn't really do much for the wound on her side for now except to cover it hoping that it would soon stop bleeding. Tired she went slowly to her small bed and laid on the mattress hoping that she would regain back her energy for a while.
Before she went to sleep an abrupt noise came about outside of the quarters, weak from her injuries and blood loss Anzu stayed where she was not bothering to go outside to see what was the ruckus and commotion about for the reason that she already knew from hearing the voices of the other servants outside of her door.
"Didn't you here? The Pharaoh has been attacked!"
DaWiofFaith: "I hope this will make up for the shortness of the other chapter …… *sighs* I'm bored and boredom equals making many Y/A plot ideas such as Anzu and Yami are two duelist who are rivals in claiming the title as the King/Queen of Games or they end up getting paired up in a baby project or they get accidentally handcuffed together or they're both best friends but one of them secretly loves the other unfortunately the other is getting married or I could use the demon/angel idea thing or they're strangers who cant get along at all and unfortunately gets stuck together in a stranded island or Anzu is the ruler of Uppe…"
ViolinGirl92: "STTTTOOOOPPPPP!!!!! MY EARS THEY BLEED!"
Talia: "-_-;;;; Your not gonna try all writing all these in one sitting are you??"
DaWiofFaith: "Who knows, its something we'll never know." (Looks at the blank space)