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Chapter 6
When he came to, Yugi found himself laying on a hard surface, with a terrible throbbing in his head. As things began to come into focus, he saw Keturah lying next to him, eyes closed and unconscious. Suddenly the memory of what had happened came flooding back and Yugi pulled himself into a defensive crouch. Behind him, Yugi heard a low laugh like thunder. He spun around and saw a tall man in a dark cloak standing above him, blocking out the sun.
"Well, little prince," a voice rumbled from the hood, "You'll find it difficult to escape your fate this time."
Yugi looked up at the figure, sincerely confused. "My fate?" he asked.
The man laughed again. "Yes, little prince, your fate. Death by those you love."
"What do you mean?" Yugi demanded.
However, instead of answering, the man froze, looking out toward the horizon. Yugi followed his gaze and saw almost a dozen horsemen charging towards them across the desert, surrounded by a cloud of dust.
"May Osiris judge you fairly," said the dark figure, and he wrapped his cloak around himself, and simply seemed to melt into the air.
Yugi stared in disbelief, but was pulled out of his trance by a muffled groan behind him. He looked over his shoulder to see Keturah sitting up holding her head. There was a large bruise on the left side of her face.
"Lady!" he exclaimed. "Are you all right?"
She opened her eyes and saw the little figure in front of her. "Yugi!" she gasped. "What happened?"
"I'm not sure," he blurted out, "there was this man saying I would have trouble escaping my fate this time!" In a rush Yugi told her about the man who had asked him to help assassinate Yami. "But I swear, I had nothing to do wit it!" he cried, tears of desperation leaking out the corners of his eyes.
Keturah looked at him amazed, and just as she was about to answer, the cavalry arrived.
"My lady!" exclaimed the man at the front of the group. He jumped off his horse and pulled Keturah to her feet. This man was foreign to Yugi. He was tall and slim with dark brown hair and startling blue eyes. And he wore the robes of the pharaoh's priests.
"Seto," Keturah began, but before she could go further, there was an earsplitting roar across the desert. Suddenly streaking towards them was a monstrous dragon, red scales flashing in the sun, claws black and deadly. Osiris, god of the sky, and at his side stood the pharaoh's servant, the Dark Magician.
"I see pharaoh-sama is not happy with the present situation," the priest said, glancing at the two monsters behind him. "Come," he said, turning to Keturah. "We are expected." He spun to look at the guards. "Bind him," he ordered, flicking him head in Yugi's direction. As two guards roughly tied Yugi's hands, his eyes found Keturah. She was standing still, frozen in place, and was staring with a disbelieving anger at the Dark Magician, he love's ka.
"I can't believe you," she whispered.
"Keturah!" Yugi shouted desperately. She spun around. "I didn't do it! I swear! I didn't-!" he stopped as one of the soldiers pointer a long knife in his direction.
"Speak again," the man warned ominously, "and you will experience true pain."
Yugi was silent, but Keturah saw the pleading in his eyes, and through her own, conveyed the message in her heart.
'I believe you Yugi.'
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Seto stood before the pharaoh, trying not to show the anxiety coursing through him, and he was not even the one at which the pharaoh's wrath was directed. That one stood before the throne, forced onto his knees by the guards beside him.
"Pharaoh," Seto announced steadily, mastering his concern, "We have brought back the Lady Keturah, and we also bring this," he said, kicking the boy at his feet. "The traitor."
Yami whirled around, his fury apparent in every feature. His pupils were black pinpricks in the ruby irises, his mouth tensed, and breathing heavy. He walked slowly over to the boy and spoke in a soft low voice, more dangerous and deadly than any other.
"I trusted you," Yami hissed. "I gave you a chance to redeem yourself, and you go and try to take that which is most precious to me, even though it was she who spared your life?"
He strode across the floor anger radiating from his lean form. Suddenly, beside him the Dark Magician appeared, staff pointed directly at Yugi. Yami glared at the smaller boy, and suddenly grabbed Yugi's hair forcing his face upward.
"You say nothing in your defense?" Yami sneered.
Yugi lifted his eyes to Yami's face and saw the distrust and rage written there. Tears trailed down Yugi's grimy face. "Yami, I-!" Yugi broke off as Yami's hand connected with the side of his head.
"Speak not so to me," the pharaoh hissed in his ear. "Death is better than staying alive for you now," he said. "Living would be much more painful." He turned to Seto. "And now it shall begin."
A low drum began beating slowly. Two guards held Yugi restraining him from going anywhere. More tears poured from Yugi's large eyes, but he made no sound. As he stared up at the pharaoh and the Dark Magician, he knew what would be his fate.
"The blow will be dealt by my hand!" Yami roared. "DARK MAGIC ATTACK!"
A great light gathered at the tip of the magician's staff as he pulled it above his head. It came streaking down, the blast poured forth, the amethyst eyed boy directly in its path.
Another chapter typed and posted! I'm going to have to do some serious writing if I'm going to keep up with how fast I update! ^-^ I know it's another cliffy but I'm trying to type the next chapter before I get booted off the cpu! Read and Review please!
