A/N: Okay, so as last chapter's ending sucked... this one will kind of surprise you. *grins* How, you ask? Okay, so if the Seto/OC already made you want to kill me, no worries... All the reasons why everything back in that chapter happened will be explained in this one, k? So on with this.
Disclaimer: Lily does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or anything related to it. If you think so, you may look into her birth documents, so you may see that her name is NOT Kazuki... okay, so it's not Lily either, but you don't really need to know that... =P
Warning: This fic contains shounen ai, that meaning boyxboy relationship. Don't like it, don't read it. Also, there'll be OCs....Aaaaaaaaaaand future Anzu bashing ^_^
Pairings: Yami/Yugi, Bakura/Ryou, Seto/OC
Keys: "__" is talking, '__' is thinking, and ~^:^:^:^:~ means change of POV
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Wings of ruby and amethyst
Chapter 5: Trapped for good
By: Lily Maxwell
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"Get out of me." I told the stranger, and for my happiness, he did so. I sat up on the bed, and glared hard at him.
'What. The heck. Was. He. THINKING!?' I thought angrily, and then, the playful smile on his face faded, and he began to glare at me.
"You are no mage, for if you did have magic, you would have already used it." He said, and I rolled my eyes. What was he saying?
"Look, you're crazy- HEY!" I was saying, when he grabbed my arm - very tight- and pulled me out of the bed. He pushed me towards the door, eyes narrowed.
"I'll take you to the Pharaoh. He'll know what to do with you." The guy said, and I frowned.
Till when would he keep this strange thing about pharaoh, and-
'Wait right there...' I thought, my eyes going wide. 'Pharaoh... High Priest... Egypt...' I was finally being able of understand what was going on.
But it was craziness.
'I'm damn trapped in the goddamned book!' I thought, and then shook my head. It was strange, really, but it was the only clear answer I had at the moment. While I was deep in my thought, the guy with the strange staff pushed me towards another corridor, and I glared at him.
"Look, High Priest, quit pushing, okay? Just tell me where to go and I'll gladly go by myself." I said through gritted teeth. He raised one eyebrow. Just then someone came to us.
"Hey, are you High Priest Seto?" a girl asked him, and I raised my eyebrows. I knew that girl.
"Elle? Elle Mayani?" I asked her, and she jumped. Looking at me, she let out a scream.
"You're Chris Daisuke!!" she said, and I frowned.
"What is going on?" I asked, but the guy cut our talk off.
"I am High Priest Seto Kaiba, and who are you?" he asked Elle, who looked slightly perturbed with the question.
"I'm... I'm the Pharaoh's new slave." She said bitterly, and looked at the ground.
'Elle's the Pharaoh's slave?' I thought. Everything was getting stranger and worse as the minutes flew by.
"The Pharaoh wants to talk to you, Kai- Err, High Priest." Elle told the High Priest, now known as Seto Kaiba, who nodded.
"I wish to talk to him as well. Where is he?" Seto asked, and Elle shrugged.
"I have no idea." She said simply, and Seto frowned.
"What? What do you mean by 'I have no idea'?" he asked in an angry tone.
"Last time I knew, he was in his chambers." Elle said normally, and I questioned myself if she was nuts. She knew whom she was talking to? She knew where she was?
If she claimed to be the Pharaoh's slave, then she probably knew. But didn't really look like it.
~^:^:^:^:~ Elle's POV
As that annoying High Priest glared at me, I felt really angered. Being stuck in this stupid palace wasn't my idea when I followed Yugi inside that stupid forbidden room. Now, I had to deal with a spoiled Pharaoh and an arrogant High Priest.
Not to say Chris was somehow trapped in there along with us, I don't know how. I planned on finding out.
The High Priest pushed her to the left, and she glared hard on him.
"I told you to qu-" she was unable to continue, for he had hit her in the stomach with his staff, making Chris fall to the floor in pain. I watched wide-eyed as he kneeled in front of her, eyes narrowed.
"You are an intruder in here, and I'm taking you to the Pharaoh to decide your punishment. You have no right on saying what I must or not do." Seto said, and Chris nodded, holding her stomach. She suddenly chuckled.
"I guess you didn't like my kiss?" she asked, and I did not know what she was talking about, but her joke made the High Priest frown. He grabbed her arm, and pulled her up, making she walk towards Yami's chambers.
Finally done with my job, I was to find Yugi and try to find a way to get out of there. I did not plan on living in a palace, being a stupid Pharaoh's slave, accomplishing his every want and need.
~^:^:^:^:~ Yugi's POV
I relaxed in the warm water, forgetting for mere instants the entire situation I was trapped in. I frowned, finally deciding not to ignore such important subject as my presence in this palace, and buried my head underwater.
When I emerged my head from the water, I looked at the nothing, deep in thought. I still wasn't able to believe that I was trapped in a book.
In truth, the whole thing was unbelievable. Even that pharaoh...
He kept looking at me with such strange glance. In a.... very lovely way. Seemed like he cared so much for me, and would even smile to me... And that sounded really out of character. The way he talked, the way he acted...
He looked like a very mean pharaoh. Just the pharaoh the book mentioned, evil and cold, ready to kill anyone who was against him. But then again...
His glance looked so nice towards me. I closed my eyes, deep in thought. I never imagined the pharaoh would look so much like myself. All but his ruby eyes, looking as brave as cold, but sometimes soft... The soft crimson I've seen locked into mine lavender eyes.
I remembered what the book said. The Angel of Light sent by Ra to melt the ice around the pharaoh's heart... who would it be? Would it really come?
I frowned. I was feeling rather envious of the person who would come and turn Yami into a good self. Because I knew he wasn't at all bad... I've seen it. When he looked at Ellian, and when he looked at Elle... it wasn't in the same way. He looked that way just for me.
What was this feeling? Was it really... jealousy? Because I thought I was the one who could finally make the Pharaoh get out of his shell? Maybe... It didn't seem fair... I wanted him to act like he really was...
A knock on the door made me trail off in my thoughts, and taking my bangs out of my eyes, I looked at the person who was now entering the bathing chambers. I blushed when I noticed it was Ellian, and then looked away, getting deeper in the water.
"I've brought you your new clothes." She said, and I nodded, still looking away. She must have noticed my blushing, for the next thing she said, she giggled. "Don't be ashamed, okay? It's not like I haven't seen my brother bathing before... Anyway, I'm going out." I heard her silent footsteps walking out of the door. "Don't take too long, okay Yugi?" she said, before closing the door.
After a few more minutes, I got out of the water, and walked towards where Ellian had put my new clothes. Wrapped in a towel, I took the silk cloth in my hands, burying it against my cheek. It was so soft, I loved silk.
The color of the tunic was navy-blue, and there was some silver jewelry too. I dressed myself, and walking into the room, I blinked at my reflection on the mirror. The boy staring at me looked quite nice in all that dark-blue Egyptian vest, and the black band I wore on my forehead, along with the tight band I wore on my neck, and with all those silver jewelry looked... really nice. (A/N: I'm bad at descriptions, so I'm not even going to try...)
Smiling, I walked out of the room, only to see Elle turning on a corner. I waved to her, and with a wide smile, she hurried to my side.
"Whoa, Yugi!" she said, gasping. "You look cool!" I smiled.
"Thanks. So... what were you doing?" I asked her, and she crossed her arms.
"While someone was taking a nice bath and relaxing..." I blushed. "... I was out doing something that stupid Pharaoh told me to do." she said, and I frowned. Yami wasn't stupid. He was bad and all... but not stupid.
"Look, Elle..." but before I could finish, I felt someone touching my shoulder, and looked up, finding Ellian just beside me, smiling.
"You look nice in those clothes, Yugi." She said, and I looked away, blushing, while Elle nodded, smirking. "Oh Elle, where's my brother?" she asked Elle, who looked slightly disturbed with the question.
"Uh... I suppose he's in his room... The High Priest was going to see him." Elle said, and Ellian nodded, walking away. Just as she disappeared in a corner, Elle grabbed my shoulder, looking preoccupied.
"What is it, Elle?" I asked her, and she gulped.
"Chris Daisuke is here." She said, and I widened my eyes.
"What?!" I tried not to scream, and that came out half-yelled-half-whispered.
"She's here somehow, and the High Priest dude, who look EXTREMELY like that rich dude, Seto Kaiba, was taking her to Yami!!" Elle told me urgently, and I felt my jaw drop.
"You're serious? But... how did she get here?!" she shook her head and shrugged. "Hmm... Let's go to Yami's room, maybe we can hear something important." Elle nodded, and we both headed towards his chambers.
~^:^:^:^:~ Yami's POV
I was looking down at my land, the Egypt, standing in the balcony, when I heard someone knock on my door. I knew exactly who it was, for I did ask him to come here.
"Come in, Seto." I told my High Priest, and then I re-entered my room, facing him.
He was not alone though. Along with him was a girl, with black hair and crimson eyes, looking really angry. Raising an eyebrow, I asked Seto a silent question, that luckily he knew of.
"This girl invaded the palace, using some kind of magic. Doesn't look like she can manipulate it though." He said, holding the girl's wrist. "What are we to do with her?"
I blinked. Another invader? She's the third one within the last 3 hours. That was strange, really strange.
"What were you doing, invading the palace?" I asked, and she glared at me.
"I wasn't invading this palace, I didn't even want to come here! And let go of me!" she said, while pulling her wrist out of Seto's grasp. I closed my eyes, deep in thought.
Took me a few minutes to sigh, and tell them my final solution.
"Keep her as a slave, for punishment. Wanting or not, you invaded the palace, and without stealing anything important from within the royal walls, you'll be punished with only that... for now." I told both, looking at the girl with a warning look.
She looked really disturbed with the notice at first, and angry when Seto chuckled.
"I have a new slave, then." He said, pushing her out of the room.
~^:^:^:^:~ Yugi's POV
We ran towards Yami's room, and stopped abruptly, eventually bumping on each other and falling down, almost passing the door. Finally up and straight, we listened close to the door.
"Keep her as a slave, for punishment. Wanting or not, you invaded the palace, and without stealing anything important from within the royal walls, you'll be punished with only that... for now." I heard Yami's voice say, and then someone chuckling.
"I have a new slave, then." Came another voice that I did not recognize.
"They'll keep Chris as a slave just like us!" Elle whispered, just before the door opened, startling us.
Looking up, I met two icy blue orbs looking down hard on me, frowning.
"What are you doing here?" the man just before us said, raising one eyebrow. The girl beside him looked at me, and then gasped.
"You're Yugi Muoto!" she said, and I gulped.
Looking over Seto's shoulder, I spotted Yami looking at us. His eyes were wide when he looked at me, and I looked at the ground.
Was I in more trouble?
~^:^:^:^:~ Yami's POV
I looked over Seto's shoulder, and saw that Yugi and Elle were there, both looking slightly afraid of my High Priest. My eyes went wide as I got fully sight of Yugi. Gods... he looked so beautiful. The clothes, royal ones for he was the slave of my sister, were so perfect on him. I just wished there was something purple... So it could fit with his eyes, naturally big and with an adorable shade of lavender...
"You're Yugi Muoto!" the girl said, taking me out of my trance, my eyes still wide. Looking at Yugi again, he looked at the ground.
"You know each other?" I asked, and Seto walked to the side, walking out of my way.
"Yes."
"Kinda."
"Not really."
Those answers made me frown. They were totally unclear, and sure didn't answer my question, since they were all different. Looking at the two other girls, I finally spoke.
"You two, search for my sister, she'll give you new clothes." I said, noticing the weird clothes they were using. Some short blue skirt and strange pink clothing... "Yugi, you take them to my sister." I ordered the boy, more soft than I intended to.
"Y-yes, Pharaoh..." he replied, bowing then walking away along with the other two.
"Yami?" Seto asked, just as they left.
"What is it?" I replied, entering my room again, Seto closing the door behind him.
"I've never seen you call a slave by his name before." He asked, and I sighed. Hell, I wished I did not speak that in front of him. "And the tone you used..."
"Right now we have more important subjects to take care of." I cut him off, trying to urgently drop the subject. I just couldn't answer him. "Like, where were you when I was being tortured by all those bunch of old crap?"
He sighed. We were on to a new argument...
~^:^:^:^:~ Yugi's POV
"This can't be happening." Chris said, after she and Elle had taken a bath in Ellian's bathing chambers. Elle claimed she did not want to use the mean Pharaoh's bathing room while she was sane and alive, and so did Chris.
The two had changed into clothes like mine's, but a little more feminine. Also, Elle's was of a wine-colored color instead of navy-blue, and Chris' was black, both wearing golden jewelry. Also, Elle used a gold-colored band on her hair to keep it from her eyes, just leaving a few bangs on her face. Chris had her hair out, with little pieces of jewelry with blue jewels on her bangs, also with a necklace with the same blue jewels.
"But it is, and we have to find a way out." Elle said, and I sighed. We were all in Ellian's room, since she was out talking with Yami and Seto, and was the only one we could stand.
"How?" I asked sadly, knowing well they had no idea.
"We just have to find a way... I refuse to think..." Chris sighed, not continuing.
"Refuse to think what? You have an idea of how getting out of here?" Elle and I asked, and she sighed more.
"I don't know... I hope I'm wrong but..." Chris was saying, but stopped when we all heard something. Looked like footsteps. And wasn't coming from the outside...
"Shh... you guys hear that?" Chris asked, and both Elle and me nodded.
"Hey! What is this?" came a voice... from nowhere... and everywhere?
"Where is this voice coming from...?" I asked, very confused.
"... From our minds?" Chris asked, and I looked at her puzzled, and so did Elle. "What? We're trapped in a book, it's highly possible." She said, and I just had to nod.
And that voice seemed so familiar...
"It-it's!! It's Jounouchi's voice!" I exclaimed, and they looked at me, shocked but knowing I was right.
~^:^:^:^:~ Jou's POV
I walked into that forbidden section at the library. I've been searching for Yugi for hours, when he, Elle and I had decided to meet at the library a long time ago. The door was open, and I thought that was weird.
Not that I had really seen that door before, but oh well... Who would pay attention to something in the library, while you could wonder about something else, like food...
Walking inside, I saw a book lying on the floor, and frowned. Wasn't it supposed to be on the shelves?
"Hey! What is this?" I asked to no one, grabbing the book.
Reading some of the pages, I was wide eyed. There was a boy named Yugi in the book! And looked like he was to be a cold pharaoh's lover or something... It looked like it to me! And there was a girl named Elle too... And a girl named Chris...
Then I read...
"It-it's!! It's Jounouchi's voice!" Yugi exclaimed, his friends shocked but understanding.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!" I yelled.
~^:^:^:^:~ Yugi's POV
"WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Jou yelled in our minds, and we put our hands on our ears. That was loud!
"Ugh! JOUNOUCHI!! Don't damn yell in our minds! We can hear you! Can you hear us?!" Chris asked, really annoyed.
"Take us out of here!!" Elle pleaded.
~^:^:^:^:~ Jou's POV
"Ugh! JOUNOUCHI!! Don't damn yell in our minds! We can hear you! Can you hear us?!" Chris asked, looking really annoyed.
"Take us out of here!!" Elle pleaded the voice of Jounouchi.
Was that Jounouchi me?
"Naaaaah... This is impossible!!!" I shouted, slightly amused to myself for thinking such a thing. My friends trapped in a book? HAH!
Feeling stupid, I did the first thing that came to my mind. I closed the book.
~^:^:^:^:~ Yugi's POV
"Naaaaah... This is impossible!!!" we heard Jou shout again, and that pissed Chris even more. They never really got along well...
She was about to say something, we when heard a not so pleasing sound... It looked like...
"Jou?" I asked.
No answer.
"That sound looked like..." Elle whispered, taking her hands to her mouth. Chris growled.
"Stupid Jounouchi closed the book. I guess we can't really get out of here now." Chris said.
And I felt like she was right.
[ To be continued... ]
Lily: Long, ne? Was it good?
Iris: Was last chapter really bad? ;_; Princess Strawberry's review sounded like it did...
Lily: *sighs* Anyway... The Yami/Yugi fluff will come soon, okay? We promise ya. Also, there's Ryou and Bakura still to appear, and I'll warn you... This fic won't have a so happy ending, so you've been warned... BUT DON'T WORRY! ^-^ It'll have a sequel, ok?
Iris: So please review, or else no new chapter...
Lily: See ya laterz!
