Stealing a heart
Neferi: I'm back with chapter six!
Amara: Neferi is partying, she has a radio here at all volume.
Neferi: Not at all volume and I'm just involved in my favorite music.
Amara: Yeah, ok, now someone read the disclaimer.
Yami: I will read the disclaimer.
Amara: *looks annoyed* You have GOT to be kidding me Neferi, do you have to make him find me everywhere?
Neferi: I do as I please Amara, now my beloved Yami, read the disclaimer!
Yami: NeferNeferi doesn't own YGO but she does own some characters like one that appears here.
Amara: Enjoy.
Chapter six: Semertep
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Amara woke up at five o'clock in the morning and after preparing her clothes she went to bathe herself. A short while later she was all dressed up and had her make-up on. She looked at the stone clock, which measured time by the shadow the sun created on a rock, and saw it was almost time.
'I better be there early' she thought walking out of her chambers.
She made her way down the corridor and stopped in front of the Pharaoh's chambers. There were three young ladies waiting there, all chatting animatedly.
"Oh, good morning, you must be the Pharaoh's personal maiden" said the shortest one.
"Yes I am" answered Amara "And who might you three be?".
"We are also maidens, we help the Pharaoh each morning to dress" smiled the tallest one.
'Oh great, don't tell me I have to help on that' thought Amara looking at the ceiling of the palace.
"We envy you, we wanted to be the Pharaoh's personal maidens, he's so handsome" said one dreamily.
"I would gladly give you my charge" said Amara.
"Really?" she said looking at Amara hopefully.
"Yes really Mesi, but she can't do that, I won't allow her to" said a male voice behind the three.
"Good morning my Pharaoh" said the three maids making a reverence.
Amara, on the contrary, just stood there. Yami set his eyes on her, giving her a smirk and walked out of his chambers followed by some priests and some men.
"Good morning Amara" he greeted her standing in front of her "Let's go to the bathing chambers".
He grabbed her by the arm gently and walked away with Amara by his side and followed by the maids, priests and men.
"I won't have to help you bathe yourself won't I?" asked Amara in a murmur as she took Yami's hand and removed it from her forearm.
"Don't worry, you don't have to" answered Yami "You only have to help me get dressed".
"As long as I don't have to see you naked we're fine Pharaoh" replied Amara as they stopped by the bathing chambers.
Yami couldn't help grinning for a mere moment. He had to admit she was paying a punishment that she disliked greatly.
"Pharaoh Yami, everything is prepared" said a tall man with yellow-green eyes and dark brown hair.
The man looked at Amara up and down. She didn't like it.
"Ah, you must be Yami's personal maid" smirked the man reaching out a hand to touch her face and hair.
"Yes Semertep, she is my personal maid" intervened Yami looking at his counselor seriously.
The man drew his hand back and glanced at Amara again.
"Come Pharaoh" said a priest.
As Yami turned around to enter the bathing chambers he said "I almost forget".
He turned around and kissed his maids on the cheek and gave them a smile. Mesi and her companions almost melted there. Then Yami turned to Amara. He raised her head by the chin and kissed her cheek. And then he gave a step closer and embraced her! Amara felt his warm breathing on her shoulder and she almost shivered. When he moved away he smiled at her and then entered the chambers.
"He touched you! He hugged you!" exclaimed Mesi excitedly.
"I don't know why you make such a big deal about a man, he's not anything out of the ordinary, except that he is Pharaoh" replied Amara crossing her arms.
"He's our crush Amara!" said Mesi.
"By the way, I only caught your name Mesi, how are you two named?" asked Amara changing the subject.
"I'm Neferteri" said the tall girl.
"I'm Ruby" said the short girl.
"Mesi, Ruby and Neferteri" repeated Amara "Alright".
"Why do you dislike the Pharaoh so much?" asked Ruby.
"Let's just say I have reasons you won't understand that easily" answered Amara.
They kept on talking a while there until the priests and men walked out of the chamber. Semertep was the last one in going out.
"The Pharaoh wants you to attend him, he says he has important business with you" said Semertep looking at Amara up and down again.
Amara glanced coldly at the counselor and walked into the chamber almost slamming the door shut.
"Come on you three" said Semertep to the other maids.
Yami was sitting on a chair with arms crossed. He had his 'pants' on.
"So Pharaoh, what do you want to discuss with me?" asked Amara grabbing the collar from a table as Yami stood up.
"I saw Semertep looking at you" said Yami as Amara pt the collar on his neck.
"I also saw him and I was about to kick his face for looking at me the way he did" replied Amara now taking the red cape Yami used.
"He liked you since the first moment he laid eyes on you" said Yami as Amara put his cape on him.
"I'm flattered" said Amara sarcastically.
Yami thought he wasn't going to be able to have a serious talk with her.
"But I also saw the way you looked at him when you noticed it. You also didn't like the way he looked at me" said Amara now taking his crown.
"That's correct" said Yami when Amara put his crown on his head.
"Pharaoh I don't need your protection if that is what you are going to say, I'm big enough to take care of myself and I had a rigorous training so I can defend myself" replied Amara as she put the Millenium Puzzle around his neck.
"Amara, I protect all that is mine and - "
"I'm a thing? I belong to you?" asked Amara crossing her arms "I've been considered many things but that? This is ridiculous".
"Amara, you are my maiden further more I have to protect you" answered Yami turning to look at her "I didn't mean to say that you were a - ".
"I'm tired of listening to you so bye Pharaoh" cut Amara as she shut the door closed behind her.
As she walked away she heard the other maids crying.
'What's happening?' she thought approaching the corridor from where the cries came.
As she stood on it she saw that Semertep had a whip on hands and was about to hit them.
"You don't obey my orders then I'll have to punish you!" he yelled raising his whip.
As he attacked them the whip only got around the arm that intercepted the blow.
"Who do you think you are to punish them?" asked Amara coldly.
"Ah, the Pharaoh's beautiful maiden, I was just looking for you" answered Semertep looking at her in the same way.
'And I thought the Pharaoh was the most disgusting creature alive' thought Amara.
Suddenly some drops of blood fell to the floor.
"You are a pretty girl you knew that?" said Semertep reaching out a hand to touch her again.
But this time Amara reacted.
"Don't you dare touch me again" she hissed as she spun around very fast and kicked the counselor on the face.
The man let go of the whip and gave some steps back.
"So you will be more harder to get" he said after his pain had passed away.
As he walked towards Amara to do who knows what another male voice said "Get away from her Semertep!".
Semertep turned around just to find Yami there.
"Pharaoh, your personal maiden interrupted me when I was going to punish your other maidens" said Semertep.
"And you punish people hitting them with a whip? Especially when they are defenseless women?" asked Amara moving her gaze from Semertep to Yami "That is so low coming from a person like you Pharaoh".
She made a quick move with her left arm, which was the one that had intercepted the whip's attack, and the whip fell to the floor. Then Amara turned around and left.
"Are you alright?" asked Yami to his maids.
"We're fine" answered Mesi standing up with her companions "Thanks to Amara".
Yami nodded and said "You may retire now".
The three maids left as Yami turned to Semertep "We will have a talk later".
Then Yami walked away in the same direction Amara had left.
Amara was sitting on her bed looking at her wounded and bleeding arm when the young Pharaoh entered her chambers.
"Knock first, I may be getting undressed" she said not looking at him.
She heard a chair being pulled and suddenly a hand touched her arm. As she raised her gaze she saw Yami had laid a small bowl with water on a stool and some bandages beside it. He had a small towel with which he started cleaning her wound carefully.
"I don't need your help to treat my wound" said Amara moving her arm away.
"Maybe you don't but I had the feeling you weren't going to treat your wound Amara" replied Yami grabbing her arm and cleaning it again.
Amara sighed and thought 'He reminds me of Bakura, always caring for me'.
Then her thoughts stopped 'Did I just compared the Pharaoh with Bakura? No way! I must be out of my mind to do that!'.
She noticed Yami grabbing the bandages and starting to put them around her arm. He finished putting them and then cut them. Finally he tied them.
"I'm done" he said putting the rest of the bandages on the stool.
"Goody" she said sarcastically. Then her tone changed to a cold one "Now get out".
"I won't, not until you and I have a talk" replied Yami focusing his eyes on hers.
"Then hurry up" stated Amara standing up and walking to the balcony.
As she stood there she caught a mere glimpse of a hooded figure that looked like…
"Bakura?" she whispered.
"Amara?" called the Pharaoh's voice.
She turned around and looked at him.
"Tell me, what happened?" he asked approaching her.
"What do you think that happened? Why would I injure myself on purpose?" she said completely annoyed.
She walked past him annoyed but a hand got a grip on her other arm.
"You CAN'T talk to me like that Amara" said Yami squeezing her arm.
"I talk to you the way I want, you have no power over my voice Pharaoh and by the way" she said standing in front of him. She smacked him again and said "I told you never to lay your hands on me Pharaoh".
That triggered the problem.
Yami pulled her towards him angrily and fiercely while saying "And you have no right to smack me!".
"I have the right! You're not respecting me! That's why I don't respect you Pharaoh!" yelled Amara angrily.
She moved away and glared at him daggers.
"You are my maiden, you have to do as I say!" yelled Yami.
"Tell that to someone that cares! You are holding me here against my will so don't expect me to be polite!" yelled Amara "For me you can die and then I would surely be more happy!".
She walked past him but Yami pulled her and so they started wrestling on the floor. She ended up on top of him with one hand on his throat and the other one with his sword.
"You think that I wouldn't learn after two times?" she hissed looking at him.
Yami didn't react just the way Amara expected him to. He smirked and suddenly she felt two hands on her waist and Yami turned around. He landed on top of her as the sword left her hand and he used the same tactic with her hands but with the other he simply took her wounded arm and started to squeeze it. Amara shut her eyes tight wishing the pain would go away.
"You forget that I have also learned a few things with you" whispered Yami's voice on her ear.
Suddenly she felt his lips pressing hers and she tried to move away but it was useless. As the kiss was starting suddenly something pointy and shiny made a wound on the Pharaoh's chest and he moved away.
"Hands off Pharaoh" said another male voice as a hooded figure appeared on the balcony.
The figure moved towards Amara and pulling her by the hands made her stood.
"It's me" said Bakura taking the hood of his head and looking at Amara.
For the first time since she had been captured Amara's face changed. It turned softer as her arms flung around Bakura's neck.
"You came" she whispered on his ear as a soft smile appeared on her lips.
Bakura also rounded her with his arms and said "I couldn't leave you here".
Amara moved away and looked at her best friend. He caressed her soft face and then looked at the Pharaoh who was on the floor looking at them with surprise.
"Pharaoh learn that the only man that can touch Amara without her almost killing him is me" said Bakura "So just watch as I get what you couldn't".
He raised her head by the chin and kissed her lips. To Yami's disgust Amara kissed the thief back. But Bakura was only doing that to piss Yami off as well as Amara. He moved away from her and grinned.
"So get that into your head, she doesn't want you near him" said Bakura looking at Yami "And that is why she's coming with me".
"I can't, he holds Anyah and Arusem prisoners. He told me he would spare their lives if I became his maid. And you well know that if I know they're alive I would do anything in my power to save them" whispered Amara.
Bakura looked at her.
"Very well, if you stay here and promise me take good care of yourself I will let you" said Bakura.
"I will escape with them as soon as I know everything I need" breathed Amara.
Bakura nodded and then looking at Yami said "I will be nearby watching".
"Goodbye Amara" said Bakura after kissing her cheek.
Then he jumped down the balcony as Yami yelled "GUARDS!".
But Bakura simply vanished using his Millenium Ring.
Amara turned to look at Yami who was bleeding while sitting on the floor and saw beside him the tip of a spear. She walked towards it and took it from the floor.
"I will keep this, in case I need it" she said looking at Yami.
As she put it away on her dress many guards entered the room.
"You're late" said Amara as they approached Yami.
"He's wounded!" said a guard.
"Let's take him to his chambers" said another.
A guard picked Yami and they all walked towards the door. Yami looked at Amara who leaned against the wall that was beside the opening of the balcony. She waved at him while smirking as the door closed.
A short while later a knock was heard on Amara's chamber door. The girl opened it and found Semertep.
"The Pharaoh sent for you, he wants to be treated by your hands" said Semertep smirking at her.
Amara walked out of her chambers and after closing them she made her way to Yami's chambers. Semertep followed her. As she turned to another corridor Semertep pinned her against the wall.
"You are a very attractive girl" he said as he stood very close to her.
"Not going to happen you creep" said Amara and she punched him right on the nose.
He fell to the floor hiding his nose as Amara walked away hurriedly.
'I better get to the Pharaoh's chambers before Semertep appears again with a weapon' thought Amara.
Luckily she reached the desired place at that moment. She opened the door silently and closed it behind her in the same way. Yami was lying on the bed seemingly asleep.
'Maybe he didn't call me, maybe Semertep just said that because he wanted to put the mood on me' thought Amara.
But then she noticed his wound was not bandaged and decided she should treat him.
'He could get an infection through that and then die' thought Amara as she took everything needed from a table 'Then my friends would be killed'.
She sat on a chair beside the bed and started by cleaning his wound carefully.
"You came" said Yami's voice.
Amara looked at him and replied "Semertep told me you wanted me to treat you. By the way, he tried to put the move on me but I don't think you care that much about it".
"He what?!" asked Yami trying to sit on the bed.
"Lay down" ordered Amara.
Yami lay down and the girl kept on working.
"I punched him when he tried, I might have broken his nose" said Amara washing the small towel in the water.
"You shouldn't have punched him" said Yami as Amara kept on cleaning his wound.
"Oh, so I was supposed to let him take me" replied Amara.
"No, you should have called for a guard" stated Yami.
"I call for help if I need it, if I can solve the problem by myself then I don't call for help" said Amara "Now if you would just stay still I could finish this".
Yami sat on the bed and let her put the bandages around his wound. When she finished he lay down. Amara washed her hands and started to put everything in order. When she finished she turned to look at Yami and noticed he had fallen asleep.
'Oh right, I forgot it's already seven o'clock, time flies here' she thought.
Amara opened the door to walk out of the room but saw that Semertep was waiting for her.
'I better stay here for a while, he's armed' thought Amara closing the door quickly.
She locked it and then sat down on the chair again. She was so tired that without noticing she fell asleep, her head resting on the Pharaoh's bed in her arms.
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Neferi: Long chappie!
Amara: I liked the chapter until you made me be nice with the Pharaoh.
Yami: Thank you Neferi for that.
Neferi: Either way if you agree or don't the story will keep going the way I want it Amara.
Amara: I forgot I'm your creation.
Yami: Please review and keep reading.