Author's Notes:

            This chapter might become shorter than the usual. I've been a bit busy so I don't have a lot of time to work on my stories. I do have things to do for school. -_-;; *Sighs* it's times like these where I wish I can be home schooled BUT NOOO I HAVE TO BE IN STUCK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!! Seriously anybody care to switch lives with me?

Disclaimer

            Again like I said before I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. It all belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.

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Rose of the Desert- Chapter 6

            Anzu walked outside to the courtyard, the same exact place where she was on the night of her first encounter with the pharaoh. It was basically dark, but the moon was full becoming a source of light for her. She couldn't sleep some reason; something inside her wouldn't allow her to fall asleep. Even her herb concoction wouldn't help her with her problem to fall asleep. "I can't believe I'm starting to develop insomnia," Anzu yawned.

Tired to walk she sat on the ridge of the fountain. She looked up at the sky, the stars were twinkling brightly; she could see some of the constellations she had seen back when she little.

Anzu looked at the bloodied bandages that wrapped the wound on her right arm. It still hurt in some way, but it got better during these couple of days that had just passed. As she removed it some bits of stinging felt through her as she removed the wrapping one by one. Her own wound had finally healed leaving a scar as a remembrance of her carelessness in the night when she first came here.

It has been at least five days she had been tending to Yami and his injuries despite of all the times she cursed herself for actually doing such thing. Everyday she would come into his chamber helping his wounds to heal with permission of Seth however she noticed day by day the high priest would always watched her like a predator to its prey. She couldn't really blame him though, it was pretty suspicious when she came but she knew Seth could not really accuse her of being the assassin who tried to kill Yami, not without being ridiculed of course. So she was safe for now.

She looked up to the full moon; many times she would gaze to its glowing brilliance. A lot of people wouldn't understand why she would often do that, a moon is just a moon and nothing else but to her it was a silver orb that was hung in the sky, following to the moon path where the stars shines bright into a place where dreamers play. She would lose herself in meditation looking at the sky as for help of guidance in some way…  

Yami took a stroll around the palace. His gashes and wounds were finally no longer a bother for him as it had irrevocably healed. Since he had stayed in his bed so long, he was starting to become sick of staying in his chamber any longer; beside he had slept enough already so he was basically wide awake. Sure he should've stayed where he was because of the high chances of him being assassinated again but what the hey.

From what he had heard, the servant Anzu had been coming into his room nursing his wounds while he was sleeping all these days. In a way he felt a bit guilty for his sudden outburst at her last time he had saw her. He could've at least said a little 'thank you' to her for what she had done but maybe it was just his stubbornness that got hold of him. 

One soundless mid-day,
the wind was so cheerful.
Flower petals sway in the breeze

as if they were sleepy.

He stopped where he was as soon as he heard the sound that had destroyed the silence. 

This serene feeling...

Tell me, what's the word people use for it?

'Who would be awake at this time?' Yami followed to the direction where he had heard the sound coming from.

Tell me a story that's locked away
in the white-sand moon.
Let me hear it

as gently as light shining down...

He could hear it coming from outside in the courtyard, the sound was of a voice singing as he walked closer to where the owner of the voice was. He took steady footsteps as he approached. He could see a figure sitting on the rim of the fountain. The owner of the voice was Anzu, he recognized her anywhere.   

Will the time come? When you will know the pain in my heart?

Then you'd be able to be gentler than you are now.

He kept himself hidden in the shadows so that she wouldn't notice him. Her singing was absolutely heavenly no doubt. How the moon shines on her seemed as if she was glowing as if she was an angel. 
Such a warm feeling...
Tell me, what's the name that people give to it?
Softly, let me hear
of the distant future,
so bright it can't be seen,

like a white-sand moon…

Anzu ended the last verse with a small exhale. It was now all quiet now without her singing, it was something she would do in times when she was in stress. She placed her hand under the cascading water of the fountain finding herself lost in thought. Yami decided that he should leave but as he took a footstep back, he accidentally stepped on a broken part of a branch causing a sound of a snap. Funny how something so small could break the silence so loud. Anzu turned her head to where the sound was coming from, standing up in caution, "Who's there?" 

Yami came out seeing that he was now caught. As soon as Anzu found out it was him she felt her face burning. Was he there listening all along?

"What are you doing here?"

"I should be asking you the same," Yami said unperturbedly. Anzu shrugged as her reply and sat back down. "I couldn't sleep."

"I guess it's the same with me," Yami sat next to her on the fountain rim. There was just silence between them, Anzu just stared at the ground. What else could she do, just go talk to him like how she did with the others? The guy is a ruler not to mention the guy she was supposed to kill for Ra's sake. Oh what in the world is happening to her, last time she could care less about him but at the same time, she kind of felt… what was that word? Drawn to him?

"T-thank you." Anzu snapped out from her thoughts. Did she heard right? Was that actually coming from Yami? She turned her head to him, he didn't look like he was exactly comfortable with saying that to her, especially since she was a commoner so in a way it was sort of embarrassing for him.

"What for?" Anzu asked. Yami looked at her, "For… nursing me back to health."

"It wasn't really an option," Anzu said. "But your welcome my phara-"

"Just call me Yami," Yami interrupted her. "I never really enjoy being called Pharaoh much so just call me that. The title makes me feel like I'm not like everyone else."

"Ok… Yami," it felt kind of weird for her to say his name. It was usually irrespective if you call the wealthy by their real names then the title you should be calling them as. What was really strange to her was that at first when she met him he seemed arrogant and haughty… now he seemed almost like a normal person.

"The moon looks very beautiful tonight isn't it?" Yami asked. He looked at the moon but his eyes were mostly directed to the stars instead.

"Yeah it does, that's why I came out here," Anzu alleged. "It isn't very much to look at but it's something."

"Can you make out some of the constellations?" Yami pointed one out in particular. "There's one right there."

Anzu moved close to him to get a look in his perspective, now it was his turn blush. He was lucky though that Anzu didn't notice it. She looked to where his finger was pointing, "I can't see it."

"Its right there," Yami pointed, "It's the constellation Osiris, you can see him placing the white crown of Egypt on his head. And the one on the left should be the seated Goddess Hathor, and there's the crocodile…"

Anzu watched him as he pointed out each of the constellations and their patterns that made their form. The Egyptians were one of the firsts to map the constellations. However the constellations were different yet in a way were the same comparing to those of the Romans or the Greeks. The constellation Osiris was actually represented by the constellation Orion, or Isis being represented to the constellation of Virgo, Sirius King of the Seben was also represented by the constellations of Canis Major however there were some that were the same as the original of today.  

"I didn't think you would actually be interested in this thing," Anzu turn away her eyes back to him. 

"I like to do this sometimes when I have a lot of things in my mind especially since now that there's more problem to deal with. You could say that my life isn't 'that' very grand as it seems."

"It doesn't really seem like that to me," Anzu said. "A life you live in is everything that everyone would want."

"Many people would say that but you have a lot of responsibilities hanging over you and how high risks in every decision you make." Yami said staring straight as if he was in train of thought, "I rather live a normal life but this was the life that was chosen for me so I can't complain about it. Every life has its ups and downs."

"I guess so…" Anzu replied quietly. Its too bad hers had mostly downs rather than ups. "But at least you're respected highly than most."

"Yeah right," Yami grunted, "The only reason why for that is so that their lives would be spared."

"In a way I kind of understand, I guess you want people to know you for who you are. Not by your rank," Anzu stated.

"Exactly, there are only few people who really know me inside out. So I guess you could say, its sort of lonely being on the top if you know what I mean," Yami looked at her, in a way it seems as if he knew her for a long time. Yami couldn't understand himself. Why was HE opening up to her? To a low commoner? Servants were just servants and they should not be treated any more than that, that was what he had learned all these years. But this girl… she was different…

"I do know what you mean, no one could actually live off their life being lonely," Anzu whispered as she shuffled her feet on the grass. She gave a small smile, "I mean I never exactly lived being alone by myself, I guess in a way… you can't completely be lonely."

Yami found himself turning red seeing her smile at him. Who can believe that a Pharaoh was practically melting over a servant? This can't be happening to him it just can't… unfortunately it is.   

DaWiofFaith: "Ok I really think that this story is slowly becoming short, and a bit more boring too. Is that a bad thing?"

ViolinGirl92: "Your losing it, Thien Huong."

DaWiofFaith: -____-;;;;; "I know… but I'll try to make it more better. Its just that I'm trying to write but this is all I can get from this stupid writer's block. STUPID STUPID!" *bangs head to a wall* Oh and another thing to say before banging my head against the wall makes me forget. The whole constellation thing is based on the earlier Egyptian sky charts.