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I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh just the plot and Izumi and Ella, Princess of Darkness and me owns Vipera

Love Doesn't Have to Hurt

Chapter 10

"Where the heck is she?" thought a blue eyed demon known as Seto, as he wondering aimlessly around the palace, located high above, trying to find the queen angel. Turing into a room, he stopped when he spotted a figure, however it wasn't Isis it was Shadi.

"Can I help you?"

"I was just trying to find Isis."

"Well she's currently doing some errands, so I ask that you do not disturb her."

Sighing, Seto nodded and turned around ready to leave, when he stopped and asked, "Does my presence here bother you?"

"Why should it? I don't particularly care whether you are here or not as long…"

"As long as I stay away from Isis you mean?"

Hearing Shadi growl, Seto turned to face him, with a smirk on his face.

"I mean I can understand, it must be hard for you to accept that your soon to be wife's old lover is here."

"Seto you can say whatever you like, at the end of the day she choose me not you and I won't say it again, stay away from her!"

"The only reason why she choose you is because she choose her heritage over what she truly felt."

"See if you truly believe that then you are just as pathetic as I thought you were. She choose me understand and she will always be with me not you."

Before Seto could come back at Shadi with an answer, the door opened to reveal Serenity and Isis.

"Shadi there you are, I have been looking all over you, we have to… oh Seto what are you doing here?" Isis asked looking at them both, "What's going on?"

Smirking Seto turned to Isis and said, "Nothing, it seems that me and Shadi were just sorting some things out. Now if you will excuse me…" and with that he turned to leave the room.

Stepping up to Shadi, Isis asked, "What's going on?"

"Nothing Isis, don't worry about it."

Smiling she hugged Shadi but couldn't help but think, 'What was that about? Seto better not cause any trouble.'

Meanwhile Serenity saw the look that Seto had given Isis as he walked out, 'What's going on?"

Seeing that Isis and Shadi were busy, she turned and followed the enigmatic demon.

"Seto wait!" she cried trying to get him to stop. Huffing, she walked up to him, when she saw that he had indeed stopped.

 "What was that with you and Isis about?"

Smirking evilly yet hiding it, he changed his expression to a questionably look and said, "Me and Isis I don't get you?"

"Oh Seto don't lie to me. What was it? Did you meet Isis at those meeting where the angel and demons get together to try and negotiate? What happened did you and Shadi have a fight there or something?"

'Hmm stupid naive angel, she has no idea what's going to happen.' Smiling somewhat evilly, he asked in the most polite tone he could master.

"Serenity would you care to show me more of what's around here?"

Clasping her hands in joy, she exclaimed, "Oh sure come on."

Grabbing his hand she dragged him, unaware of the intentions going around the demons head.

'So Isis thinks she can forget about me that easily? Well I promised to make her life a living nightmare and I think Noa is right the best placed to start is her sister.'

Glancing from behind a bush, a pair of brown eyes was watching the angel, demon pair.

'Hmm so it seems that Master Seto has stared on his end of the plan concerning the youngest angel. And with the other one out of the way there will be no stopping Master Noa and Sir Gozaburo from achieving their goal."

Looking around to make sure no one had spotted her; Izumi got up from her hiding place and went to do more of her masters bidding.

While this was all happening outside the castle, inside a young blonde demon sighed as he skimmed through a book.

'Gah I am so bored and  ... Hey! What's this?'' he questioned and he pulled out a piece of paper from inside and read it.

 "What the FUCK?" he exclaimed. "Father is having an affair with Anzu? That's gross! NO WAY she's my age… okay Malik calm down I am sure there is a reasonable explanation, maybe she's just obsessed or hang on… a child? I don't think this is from Anzu to Father but then who? So Father had a child with an angel? Wow that poor child it must look so darn weird," he thought while clutching a feather on his wing… Realisation dawned on his face as he processed this information… "Father had an affair with an angel, crap could I be the child? I need to speak to him… is this the reason why I wasn't given the crown?"

Meanwhile, while plan and secrets were being found out high above, down below the tension was some what calmer. Inside a dragon's lair another blonde demon this time female, also sat bored.

'Wow I wish Malik or Seto was here. I could have gone down into the cavern with them and have a drink. That would have at least given me some entertainment or maybe I would have found some cute ass demon. Speaking of cute...'

Mai sighed; she was down here hiding from the guest she had brought back with her. At first it had been fun, teasing the poor boy, but now she was beginning to feel differently towards him, plus when he had asked if she enjoyed tormenting him, she began to feel guiltily and then she found herself thinking of him all the time. "This is stupid he's just … just some one who is here for a peace offering and then he will leave and I will never see him again… so why does that upset me so much?"

Anzu too was complementing her thoughts, she still didn't understand why she acted and felt around Bakura, 'I mean suppose and this is just supposing I was falling in love how? I have only met him like what once. Love is meant to grow like Isis and Shadi so why? Why does it feel like we just have to be together? I really don't understand…'

"I just want to go home and forget all about this place."

"Then why don't you?"

Turing around, she saw the object of her thoughts in the doorway, hastily rubbing away her tears, she gave him and evil look and said, "Go away it's your fault I am like this."

"What have I done?"

"You just won't leave me alone… I hate you… I don't know what you have done, but all these days all is seem to think about is you and its wrong. I know that but I still end up doing it. I just don't know what's happening anymore."

"Anzu I," Bakura began, taking a step toward her.

"NO! Stay away from me. Damn it Bakura. I am an angel, you are a demon. I mean before I was so sure of how I felt towards you demons and it felt right, but now after meeting you, it's all changed and it scares me… I am really scared because I am having all these thoughts and feeling I shouldn't be… I just don't know what to do anymore." The last part was whispered as she nearly fell to her knees, only to be caught by Bakura who hugged her but he couldn't say anything, how could he? when he was thinking exactly the same thing she was.

"I don't know how Bakura but I think I love you." Anzu confessed as she found herself engulfed in his arms, "I love you."

"So you say that those two are together?" asked a robed figure.

"Yes it seems so Master. I mean I could only see a little but I am sure that they have somehow fallen in love."

"Well this changes everything and maybe for the better. Viper start a rumour underground that there is a traitor among the Prince's friends. Say that he is helping the angels for an attack against the shadow realm."

"Yes Master I will do that right away."

Resting his chin on his hands, the figure smirked, "Stupid thief, you have just made it so much easier for me to succeed… and succeed I shall," exclaimed Gozaburo as he threw his head back and began to laugh evilly, "I will get my revenge Yami send me to exile will you? This is one game I plan to win."

TBC