Okay, here is the chapter you've been waiting for. Neferet is back! Well, she will be. I do not own
YGO but I do own all the characters not in the anime or manga.
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Yami made sure that he woke up before Rae so he could talk to Malik. He went upstairs into
his room. There Malik was, sitting on his bed. "Did you get any sleep last night?"
Malik looked up with tired eyes. "No, not at all. I couldn't stop thinking about Rae. Did you
tell her? What did she say?"
"She was a little upset that you didn't tell her yourself, but I calmed her down."
"I'm such an idiot. I should have done it myself." Malik told him.
"Yami!" Rae cried from downstairs suddenly. Both of them ran down to her. Before they
walked into her room, they saw a trail of blood leading inside. They went in and saw Rae sitting
on the middle of the floor.
"Rae, what happened?" Yami asked, looking at her hair, that had once been waist long but was
now shoulder length.
"It was.... Ryou." she managed to say, in-between tears. "He cut my hair and carved into my
back."
Yami read it and it said that if he did not give up the Millennium Puzzle and his title as future
Pharaoh, everyone he cared about would die, including Neferet. "Because of me," he said,
"Everyone has to suffer. If I were dead, this would be over."
"Don't say that!" Rae shouted. "All of us care about you! If you were dead, we'd all be worse
off!"
"Whatever you say," he said, helping her to her feet. "You should get cleaned up before we do
anything else." Yami took her to the river and she was washed. When they returned, Malik had
already cleaned up the mess. Yami heard his parents calling him. "I'll be back in a minute."
Yami left and Malik and Rae were left alone. "Rae," said Malik, "you're hair doesn't look that
bad when it's short."
"Do you really think so?" she asked and he nodded. "Yami said that you loved me. Is it true?"
Malik looked away, "Yes," he said quietly. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you myself."
"I guess it's alright." she said, coming closer to him. "Could you-" Rae didn't finish because
Malik kissed her. "Malik!" she said in surprise and pulled away from him, blushing. After she saw
the sadness on his face, she realized that he was who she really wanted, and she returned his kiss.
Yami came back but quickly walked back out when he saw them.
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Later that day, when Malik was alone, Yami went to go see him. He was lying on his bed,
smiling. "Malik, we need to talk."
"About what?" he asked happily.
"About you and Rae."
"What about us?" Malik no longer sounded happy. "Do you have something against me loving
her?"
"No," said Yami, "Of course not. But my parents do. They won't allow you to love as a
servant. They especially wouldn't want you to like her. I want to free you but I can't"
"Why not?" Malik was mad now. "You need me as a servant too bad to let me go? Are you
too lazy to do things yourself?"
Yami was getting upset with what Malik had said. "What are you talking about?" he shouted.
"I don't make you do everything! I help you all the time!"
"No, you don't! You're just a selfish slave driver!" Malik said and slapped Yami's neck as hard
as he could. Malik was shocked at himself. Never in his life had he ever hurt anyone. "Yami.... I-
I'm sorry."
What Yami did shocked him more. He grabbed Malik's arm and drug him into the dungeon.
"Get in there!" he shouted and slammed the stone gate behind him. "I dare you to say it again!" he
turned around and began to leave.
"Yami, wait!" Malik called after him. "I didn't mean it!"
"Shut your mouth if you know what's good for you. If I hear you speak again, I'll kill you." he
left the dungeon without looking back.
Rae saw him exiting. "What did you do to Malik? Why did you lock him up?"
"I can no longer trust Malik. He has betrayed me, Rae." Yami answered. "I don't want to see
you around him anymore."
Rae didn't know what to say at first. "But, Yami, I love him. It would just be like me telling
you that you could no longer love Neferet."
Yami put his hand over her mouth. "Don't talk back to me or you'll have the same fate as
Ryou and Malik."
She knew what he was going to do to Ryou. "No! You can't kill Malik too!"
"I told you not to talk back to me!"
"It's all Neferet's fault! If you would have just married me like you were supposed to, she
wouldn't have gotten kidnaped and none of this would be happening!"
"Get out of my sight now!" he yelled and she quickly left. Yami ran up to his room and cried
for his love. "Neferet!" he shouted. "My Neferet, where are you?" he tried to wipe his tears away
but they kept returning. "Why must I suffer from your absence?" Yami stood up and grabbed a
dagger sitting on a desk, then went out into the rain. "I will end this pain now!" he shouted as he
held it above his body.
"Yami....." he heard a strange ghostly voice say to him, and he immediately recognized it.
"Neferet?" Yami called out. "Neferet, is that you?"
"Follow the light...." she said again. "And you will find me...."
Yami glanced around but didn't see what she meant at first. The entire city was darkened from
the storm- except for one place. It was a shrine dedicated to him. The fire from inside was still
burning. He walked slowly towards it and inside he saw Neferet. She looked nothing like what she
used to. Her ripped clothes barely clung to her body, her eyes were bloodshot, and she had cuts
and bruises all over her body. "Neferet.... what has Ryou done to you?"
Neferet hadn't noticed his arrival but when she saw him, a weak smile appeared on her face.
"Yami, you came!" she tried to sound excited but she couldn't talk very loud. "Ra has answered
my prayers. I prayed to him everyday for you to fine me." Neferet stopped to catch her breath. It
was the most she had talked in weeks. "Ryou is gone now. Please take me home." Yami picked
up her fragile body quite easily. She had lost at least twenty pounds since he had last seen her.
"Ryou never feeds me anymore. All he will give me is water."
"You don't have to worry any longer, Neferet. I promise Ryou will never get his hands on you
again." he said and took her to the palace, where she was placed on his bed. "While you sleep, I'll
watch for Ryou."
"Hold me, Yami." she told him and he did. "I've missed you so much. I thought I was going to
die if I had to wait another day without you."
"I missed you too." he answered, and held her the rest of the night."
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Well? The next chapter is the last so I'll try to get it up as soon as possible.
YGO but I do own all the characters not in the anime or manga.
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Yami made sure that he woke up before Rae so he could talk to Malik. He went upstairs into
his room. There Malik was, sitting on his bed. "Did you get any sleep last night?"
Malik looked up with tired eyes. "No, not at all. I couldn't stop thinking about Rae. Did you
tell her? What did she say?"
"She was a little upset that you didn't tell her yourself, but I calmed her down."
"I'm such an idiot. I should have done it myself." Malik told him.
"Yami!" Rae cried from downstairs suddenly. Both of them ran down to her. Before they
walked into her room, they saw a trail of blood leading inside. They went in and saw Rae sitting
on the middle of the floor.
"Rae, what happened?" Yami asked, looking at her hair, that had once been waist long but was
now shoulder length.
"It was.... Ryou." she managed to say, in-between tears. "He cut my hair and carved into my
back."
Yami read it and it said that if he did not give up the Millennium Puzzle and his title as future
Pharaoh, everyone he cared about would die, including Neferet. "Because of me," he said,
"Everyone has to suffer. If I were dead, this would be over."
"Don't say that!" Rae shouted. "All of us care about you! If you were dead, we'd all be worse
off!"
"Whatever you say," he said, helping her to her feet. "You should get cleaned up before we do
anything else." Yami took her to the river and she was washed. When they returned, Malik had
already cleaned up the mess. Yami heard his parents calling him. "I'll be back in a minute."
Yami left and Malik and Rae were left alone. "Rae," said Malik, "you're hair doesn't look that
bad when it's short."
"Do you really think so?" she asked and he nodded. "Yami said that you loved me. Is it true?"
Malik looked away, "Yes," he said quietly. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you myself."
"I guess it's alright." she said, coming closer to him. "Could you-" Rae didn't finish because
Malik kissed her. "Malik!" she said in surprise and pulled away from him, blushing. After she saw
the sadness on his face, she realized that he was who she really wanted, and she returned his kiss.
Yami came back but quickly walked back out when he saw them.
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Later that day, when Malik was alone, Yami went to go see him. He was lying on his bed,
smiling. "Malik, we need to talk."
"About what?" he asked happily.
"About you and Rae."
"What about us?" Malik no longer sounded happy. "Do you have something against me loving
her?"
"No," said Yami, "Of course not. But my parents do. They won't allow you to love as a
servant. They especially wouldn't want you to like her. I want to free you but I can't"
"Why not?" Malik was mad now. "You need me as a servant too bad to let me go? Are you
too lazy to do things yourself?"
Yami was getting upset with what Malik had said. "What are you talking about?" he shouted.
"I don't make you do everything! I help you all the time!"
"No, you don't! You're just a selfish slave driver!" Malik said and slapped Yami's neck as hard
as he could. Malik was shocked at himself. Never in his life had he ever hurt anyone. "Yami.... I-
I'm sorry."
What Yami did shocked him more. He grabbed Malik's arm and drug him into the dungeon.
"Get in there!" he shouted and slammed the stone gate behind him. "I dare you to say it again!" he
turned around and began to leave.
"Yami, wait!" Malik called after him. "I didn't mean it!"
"Shut your mouth if you know what's good for you. If I hear you speak again, I'll kill you." he
left the dungeon without looking back.
Rae saw him exiting. "What did you do to Malik? Why did you lock him up?"
"I can no longer trust Malik. He has betrayed me, Rae." Yami answered. "I don't want to see
you around him anymore."
Rae didn't know what to say at first. "But, Yami, I love him. It would just be like me telling
you that you could no longer love Neferet."
Yami put his hand over her mouth. "Don't talk back to me or you'll have the same fate as
Ryou and Malik."
She knew what he was going to do to Ryou. "No! You can't kill Malik too!"
"I told you not to talk back to me!"
"It's all Neferet's fault! If you would have just married me like you were supposed to, she
wouldn't have gotten kidnaped and none of this would be happening!"
"Get out of my sight now!" he yelled and she quickly left. Yami ran up to his room and cried
for his love. "Neferet!" he shouted. "My Neferet, where are you?" he tried to wipe his tears away
but they kept returning. "Why must I suffer from your absence?" Yami stood up and grabbed a
dagger sitting on a desk, then went out into the rain. "I will end this pain now!" he shouted as he
held it above his body.
"Yami....." he heard a strange ghostly voice say to him, and he immediately recognized it.
"Neferet?" Yami called out. "Neferet, is that you?"
"Follow the light...." she said again. "And you will find me...."
Yami glanced around but didn't see what she meant at first. The entire city was darkened from
the storm- except for one place. It was a shrine dedicated to him. The fire from inside was still
burning. He walked slowly towards it and inside he saw Neferet. She looked nothing like what she
used to. Her ripped clothes barely clung to her body, her eyes were bloodshot, and she had cuts
and bruises all over her body. "Neferet.... what has Ryou done to you?"
Neferet hadn't noticed his arrival but when she saw him, a weak smile appeared on her face.
"Yami, you came!" she tried to sound excited but she couldn't talk very loud. "Ra has answered
my prayers. I prayed to him everyday for you to fine me." Neferet stopped to catch her breath. It
was the most she had talked in weeks. "Ryou is gone now. Please take me home." Yami picked
up her fragile body quite easily. She had lost at least twenty pounds since he had last seen her.
"Ryou never feeds me anymore. All he will give me is water."
"You don't have to worry any longer, Neferet. I promise Ryou will never get his hands on you
again." he said and took her to the palace, where she was placed on his bed. "While you sleep, I'll
watch for Ryou."
"Hold me, Yami." she told him and he did. "I've missed you so much. I thought I was going to
die if I had to wait another day without you."
"I missed you too." he answered, and held her the rest of the night."
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Well? The next chapter is the last so I'll try to get it up as soon as possible.