AN - Left you on a bit of a cliffhanger didn't I? He he, I love doing
that!
Lara moved slowly through the palace, her mind finally made up. What the man at the market had suggested was wrong, very wrong. Lara passed a guard who let her through without any questions. She had told Yami that she wanted to see him tonight and all the guards had been instructed not to hinder her movements throughout the large palace. She had to talk to Yami and tell him everything, she had to warn him.
Her pace quickened as she made her way to Yami's chambers. He had given her directions to them when they had spoken briefly that afternoon, when she had returned from the shopping trip. She turned another corner and found herself faced with two guards standing outside a large door. Inscribed on the door was the millennium symbol. She had arrived!
Lara walked over to the two guards who did nothing to bar her entrance.
"You may go now." She ordered, acting superior but knowing that under any other circumstances they would have knocked her flying in an instant for being rude.
"I am sorry ma'am." Replied the taller of the two guards. "But our duty is to guard these doors so that no one unauthorised may enter and harm King Yami."
"Are you suggesting that I am going to hurt Yami?" Asked Lara, shocked.
"No ma'am." Said the other guard quickly.
"Yami will not be pleased to know that his guards distrust me. He would trust me with his life, his explicit orders were that you all do exactly as I say!" Lara said angrily.
"Sorry ma'am. We will go now!" Said one guard, walking away with the other guard.
"And make certain there are no other guards around. I don't want us to be interrupted!" Came a voice from within the chamber. Yami emerged dressed in his simple white robes and held open the door for Lara as the guards bowed deeply before leaving. "I'm glad you came." He said, shutting the door behind him.
Moving over to where Lara was standing he embraced her. They kissed for a few moments before breaking away and moving over to the bed. Yami pulled the curtains on the king sized bed around so that they were concealed.
Later that night Lara walked around the moonlit room. Yami lay sleeping in his bed, satisfied and exhausted. Lara was wearing Yami's white robe that she had pulled on when she had got out of bed. It had been the first thing that she had found among the clothes strewn on the floor after she had gently disentangled herself from Yami's warm arms where they had laid, sleeping. Now she walked to where her clothes lay and pulled out a small bag. She crossed to the side of the bed and looked fondly at the sleeping form on the mattress.
"Oh Yami." She sighed, stroking his hair fondly. "You are so sexy. It is a shame that no one else will ever know you in the way that I have!" She whispered, pulling out a glinting silver object from her bag. The sharp knife gleamed in the moonlight as she raised it above her head.
"Sweet dreams Yami!" She said. Yami awoke with a start as the knife plunged downwards.
"No!" He shouted.
With lightning quick reflexes he rolled out of the way of the falling knife, so it only glanced off of Yami's face, ripped the flesh of the mattress, sending feathers everywhere. Lara pulled the knife out of the bed and lunged forward, on top of Yami. Yami, with his back on the mattress, caught her wrists in his hands and managed to hold her off. She lay on top of him; her face grimaced, trying to force the knife downwards. Yami strained to keep the surprisingly strong girl off of him. With one almighty burst of effort Yami managed to roll her over so that he was now on top. She screamed in anger as Yami sat astride her stomach, his hands wrapped around her wrists.
Yami now had the edge in this battler. With great force he banged her hand against the bed head, causing her to drop the knife. It clattered across the stone floor, coming to rest at the other side of the room. Yami's blood glistening on its blade. The cut on Yami's cheek dripped blood onto the white sheets as he fought with Lara. When he finally had her pinned down he said. "Lara, why are you doing this?"
Lara began to laugh, except it wasn't her usual, sunny laugh but a cold and sinister one.
"GUARDS!" Called Yami, using one hand to quickly pull on the cord by his bed that summoned his guards. Within a minute the door burst open and ten armed guards flew into the room, surrounding the bed.
"You called sire?" Asked Joey, the head guard, trying not to look surprised at the sight in front of him.
"Yes." Panted Yami, not letting go of Lara. "This woman tried to murder me. Take her!" He ordered the guards. Two of them grabbed hold of Lara, who struggled to free herself, but they were too strong. They pulled her upright to face Yami, who stood before her in his skirt/robes, fury written across his face. (AN - You know what I mean. When Ishizu shows Seto Kaiba his past and you see Yami in the shadows his is wearing a skirt and a bare chest. And when he is really angry and has a million black lines down his forehead, get the picture?)
"Lara, why did you do this?" Roared Yami.
Lara laughed again, a cold, high laugh. "You fool!" She said, except the voice was not her own, but that of someone else. It was deeper and cold. "Did you really think that I was Lara? I fooled you Pharaoh. Lara never returned from the market, she is with me. You will just have to find her, won't you. And you had better hurry, Yami. She is in a bad way, I don't think I will bother keeping her alive much longer!"
"You are a fraud!" Shouted Yami as the imitation Lara. "Who are you?"
"I am your worst nightmare!" Cackled the imitation Lara, bursting into black flames. The guards who held her cried out and backed away, their hands scalded. "Better find her Yami!" Said the body as the flames disappeared, leaving only a pile of ash.
"Guards, check the grounds for any other intruders. Alert the entire army, code seven!" Ordered Joey, dispersing the guards. "You two, go straight to the hospital wing!" He said to the two guards who were nursing their hands. "Yami?" He said when the guards had gone. Yami said nothing, but he crossed to where the knife lay.
"This belongs to Bakura." Said Yami, fingering the inscription on the knife's hilt, the millennium symbol, but with a ring around it.
"But as far as we know Bakura has no special powers, or not enough to do that!" Said Joey, motioning to the pile of ash on the floor.
"Marik." Said Yami, turning to face Joey.
"Sire, your face. You should go to Nurse Serenity, my sister. She will fix you up."
"No!" Said Yami. "We need to send out a search party at once. You heard what that thing said. Lara is in terrible danger and I have to find her. I should have known that it wasn't her." He said, pushing past Joey and pulling out some robes, which he threw on.
"No one knew Yami. Not even her best friend. The impostor was too convincing." Soothed Joey. "Come on, it will take two minutes to clean up that cut."
"Fine." Said Yami, allowing Joey to guide him towards the hospital wing. "Have my armour and horse ready. If it is a fight Marik wants he is going to get one! He should know better than to attack me through my loved ones."
Yami sat in silence as Serenity bathed his cut. He could hear Joey preparing a small army to go and find Lara, Marik and Bakura with Yami leading them.
'I will find you Marik.' He vowed. 'And if you have so much as laid a finger on Lara I will kill you with my bare hands.'
AN - Whoa, action and adventure. In case you hadn't realised something big happened between these chapters, but you will have to wait to find out what! He he, I love it when I do this, but I hate it when other people do it! Find out what happens next, next!!!!
PS - Yolande I am really sorry if the previous chapter upset you, but it is only a story. Hopefully you can see why I had to do that and all will be revealed later, I promise. Please don't hate me for almost killing Yami and please do tell your friends about this story. I wasn't trying to be selfish by suggesting that Lara could kill Yami.I'm afraid I can't explain it all yet. But anyway don't take it to heart that there was a threat on Yami's life, just because I put that in does not mean that I am selfish.
Lara moved slowly through the palace, her mind finally made up. What the man at the market had suggested was wrong, very wrong. Lara passed a guard who let her through without any questions. She had told Yami that she wanted to see him tonight and all the guards had been instructed not to hinder her movements throughout the large palace. She had to talk to Yami and tell him everything, she had to warn him.
Her pace quickened as she made her way to Yami's chambers. He had given her directions to them when they had spoken briefly that afternoon, when she had returned from the shopping trip. She turned another corner and found herself faced with two guards standing outside a large door. Inscribed on the door was the millennium symbol. She had arrived!
Lara walked over to the two guards who did nothing to bar her entrance.
"You may go now." She ordered, acting superior but knowing that under any other circumstances they would have knocked her flying in an instant for being rude.
"I am sorry ma'am." Replied the taller of the two guards. "But our duty is to guard these doors so that no one unauthorised may enter and harm King Yami."
"Are you suggesting that I am going to hurt Yami?" Asked Lara, shocked.
"No ma'am." Said the other guard quickly.
"Yami will not be pleased to know that his guards distrust me. He would trust me with his life, his explicit orders were that you all do exactly as I say!" Lara said angrily.
"Sorry ma'am. We will go now!" Said one guard, walking away with the other guard.
"And make certain there are no other guards around. I don't want us to be interrupted!" Came a voice from within the chamber. Yami emerged dressed in his simple white robes and held open the door for Lara as the guards bowed deeply before leaving. "I'm glad you came." He said, shutting the door behind him.
Moving over to where Lara was standing he embraced her. They kissed for a few moments before breaking away and moving over to the bed. Yami pulled the curtains on the king sized bed around so that they were concealed.
Later that night Lara walked around the moonlit room. Yami lay sleeping in his bed, satisfied and exhausted. Lara was wearing Yami's white robe that she had pulled on when she had got out of bed. It had been the first thing that she had found among the clothes strewn on the floor after she had gently disentangled herself from Yami's warm arms where they had laid, sleeping. Now she walked to where her clothes lay and pulled out a small bag. She crossed to the side of the bed and looked fondly at the sleeping form on the mattress.
"Oh Yami." She sighed, stroking his hair fondly. "You are so sexy. It is a shame that no one else will ever know you in the way that I have!" She whispered, pulling out a glinting silver object from her bag. The sharp knife gleamed in the moonlight as she raised it above her head.
"Sweet dreams Yami!" She said. Yami awoke with a start as the knife plunged downwards.
"No!" He shouted.
With lightning quick reflexes he rolled out of the way of the falling knife, so it only glanced off of Yami's face, ripped the flesh of the mattress, sending feathers everywhere. Lara pulled the knife out of the bed and lunged forward, on top of Yami. Yami, with his back on the mattress, caught her wrists in his hands and managed to hold her off. She lay on top of him; her face grimaced, trying to force the knife downwards. Yami strained to keep the surprisingly strong girl off of him. With one almighty burst of effort Yami managed to roll her over so that he was now on top. She screamed in anger as Yami sat astride her stomach, his hands wrapped around her wrists.
Yami now had the edge in this battler. With great force he banged her hand against the bed head, causing her to drop the knife. It clattered across the stone floor, coming to rest at the other side of the room. Yami's blood glistening on its blade. The cut on Yami's cheek dripped blood onto the white sheets as he fought with Lara. When he finally had her pinned down he said. "Lara, why are you doing this?"
Lara began to laugh, except it wasn't her usual, sunny laugh but a cold and sinister one.
"GUARDS!" Called Yami, using one hand to quickly pull on the cord by his bed that summoned his guards. Within a minute the door burst open and ten armed guards flew into the room, surrounding the bed.
"You called sire?" Asked Joey, the head guard, trying not to look surprised at the sight in front of him.
"Yes." Panted Yami, not letting go of Lara. "This woman tried to murder me. Take her!" He ordered the guards. Two of them grabbed hold of Lara, who struggled to free herself, but they were too strong. They pulled her upright to face Yami, who stood before her in his skirt/robes, fury written across his face. (AN - You know what I mean. When Ishizu shows Seto Kaiba his past and you see Yami in the shadows his is wearing a skirt and a bare chest. And when he is really angry and has a million black lines down his forehead, get the picture?)
"Lara, why did you do this?" Roared Yami.
Lara laughed again, a cold, high laugh. "You fool!" She said, except the voice was not her own, but that of someone else. It was deeper and cold. "Did you really think that I was Lara? I fooled you Pharaoh. Lara never returned from the market, she is with me. You will just have to find her, won't you. And you had better hurry, Yami. She is in a bad way, I don't think I will bother keeping her alive much longer!"
"You are a fraud!" Shouted Yami as the imitation Lara. "Who are you?"
"I am your worst nightmare!" Cackled the imitation Lara, bursting into black flames. The guards who held her cried out and backed away, their hands scalded. "Better find her Yami!" Said the body as the flames disappeared, leaving only a pile of ash.
"Guards, check the grounds for any other intruders. Alert the entire army, code seven!" Ordered Joey, dispersing the guards. "You two, go straight to the hospital wing!" He said to the two guards who were nursing their hands. "Yami?" He said when the guards had gone. Yami said nothing, but he crossed to where the knife lay.
"This belongs to Bakura." Said Yami, fingering the inscription on the knife's hilt, the millennium symbol, but with a ring around it.
"But as far as we know Bakura has no special powers, or not enough to do that!" Said Joey, motioning to the pile of ash on the floor.
"Marik." Said Yami, turning to face Joey.
"Sire, your face. You should go to Nurse Serenity, my sister. She will fix you up."
"No!" Said Yami. "We need to send out a search party at once. You heard what that thing said. Lara is in terrible danger and I have to find her. I should have known that it wasn't her." He said, pushing past Joey and pulling out some robes, which he threw on.
"No one knew Yami. Not even her best friend. The impostor was too convincing." Soothed Joey. "Come on, it will take two minutes to clean up that cut."
"Fine." Said Yami, allowing Joey to guide him towards the hospital wing. "Have my armour and horse ready. If it is a fight Marik wants he is going to get one! He should know better than to attack me through my loved ones."
Yami sat in silence as Serenity bathed his cut. He could hear Joey preparing a small army to go and find Lara, Marik and Bakura with Yami leading them.
'I will find you Marik.' He vowed. 'And if you have so much as laid a finger on Lara I will kill you with my bare hands.'
AN - Whoa, action and adventure. In case you hadn't realised something big happened between these chapters, but you will have to wait to find out what! He he, I love it when I do this, but I hate it when other people do it! Find out what happens next, next!!!!
PS - Yolande I am really sorry if the previous chapter upset you, but it is only a story. Hopefully you can see why I had to do that and all will be revealed later, I promise. Please don't hate me for almost killing Yami and please do tell your friends about this story. I wasn't trying to be selfish by suggesting that Lara could kill Yami.I'm afraid I can't explain it all yet. But anyway don't take it to heart that there was a threat on Yami's life, just because I put that in does not mean that I am selfish.