Stealing a Heart
Neferi: I'm back with another chappie!
Amara: Yes we know, now please get on with the fic!
Neferi: Disclaimer: I don't own YGO but I do own Amara, Anyah and Arusem.
Chapter thirteen: Punishment
"You let them out?" asked a guard to Amara as she still sat on the floor by the window.
"I told you already, I did" answered Amara looking up at him.
"Take her away!" ordered the guard.
Amara stood up and let herself be lead to the dungeons. Down there, instead of being locked in a dungeon her wrists were chained to a wall. She was giving her back to the guards, wondering what were they going to do with her before Yami got there. She heard a familiar sound.
'So they're going to hit me with a whip' thought Amara bitterly 'I'm sorry to disappoint you men but that's not going to happen'.
The man stood only two feet away from her back, so that when she received the blow it would be a painful one. But Amara's mood was not of one letting herself be hurt by some worthless men, or so she thought of the palace guards. Before the guard could deliver the blow he received a kick on the face. They forgot the little detail of chaining her legs. That could change everything.
"Hey! How dare you hit an official you worthless maid!" exclaimed another guard looking at Amara with disgust.
Amara turned her head and looked at him, grinning with satisfaction "I have the right to defend myself, don't I? So there's the price he paid for trying to hurt me".
"You have no right of doing that whatsoever! You're getting your punishment for freeing two thieves!" yelled another guard, waking up the sleeping prisoners.
"Nobody punishes me, except the Pharaoh, and I don't see him here so that means I can do as I please" smirked Amara, now shifting her gaze towards the guard that had yelled.
The prisoners yelled for Amara in admiration, they had never seen a woman defying the guards when she was about to be punished by them, usually the women begged for mercy. But it seemed this woman was not of that kind.
"You shall pay for your insolent comments!" exclaimed the guard who had yelled.
"Just try me you fool" challenged Amara, her lavender orbs showing the coldness they used to show.
The guard took the whip that was on the floor and attacked her. Luckily Amara could dodge that attack. She noticed he was at her leg reach, so she kicked him on the face like the other guard. The keys, which were kept by the guard that had attacked her moments ago, were sent out flying in her direction. Amara almost didn't catch the keys, but she did.
'Alright, now let me teach these guards not to mess with me' thought Amara as she unchained her left wrist.
A guard attacked her with a punch, which she dodged more easily now that one of her wrists was not bound to the chain. She unchained her other wrist and proceeded to punch the guard that had attacked her on the stomach. He lost his air and fell on his knees, giving Amara the time to punch him on the face and leave him unconscious.
"Who's next?" she asked to the two remaining guards as she rubbed her wrists.
One of them panicked and ran out of the dungeons. The other took out his sword.
"I am going to defeat you girl" he said, his voice trembling a little.
"Yeah, yeah, keep talking" said Amara as she advanced towards him.
The man gave her a frontal attack, Amara dodged it and kicked him on the legs, making him fall to the floor. Then she knelt by him and pinched him on a specific part of then neck. He was left on the floor paralyzed.
"All done here" murmured Amara dusting her hands.
"Amara what is the meaning of this?! Start explaining!" demanded Yami entering the dungeons seemingly angry.
Amara made a reverence and then spoke "Pharaoh we should speak in a private place since the men are all awake because of a yell that one of your guards produced".
Yami looked at her, anger flaring in his crimson orbs, and told her to follow him. They walked away and entered a chamber next to the dungeons. Amara closed the doors and turned to face Yami.
"Is it true that you let your companions go?" he asked, trying to keep himself calmed.
"Yes I did" answered Amara, a little irritated by the fact that she had been asked that same question three times in less than fifteen minutes and she had to answer it.
"Why in the four pillars that sustain the sky did you do that! I told you they would be safe!" exclaimed Yami, not able to contain his anger any longer.
"Yes I know. But I had promised I would free them before I became your maiden" replied Amara gently.
"If you were going to free them then why did you stay! You knew I would punish you for that!" exclaimed the young Pharaoh again.
"I have two reasons for staying here: one, I promised I would protect you and that I would fin the one that tries to assassinate you, I always make my word come true. And two, I…" she trailed off.
"Yes? You…?" said Yami grabbing her by the forearms.
Amara sighed 'How am I going to tell him this?'.
"Tell me Amara" prodded Yami in a low and dangerous voice.
Amara closed her eyes and whispered "I stayed because I…I fell in love with you".
Yami was shocked by a mere moment. She had fallen in love with him? He couldn't believe it. That was all he had wanted from her, to have her affections, her heart. And now that he had them, he couldn't act the way he wanted since they were in a bad situation.
"I see…" murmured Yami letting go of her forearms.
Amara opened her eyes and looked at Yami. He had walked a few steps back and looked deep in thought.
"I will resign to my punishment Pharaoh Yami, as long as I can see you at least for a mere moment each day" she told him as she lowered her head.
Yami saw that she had meant every word said to him. That made him get into a difficult battle: how could he punish that girl he had affections for without hurting her? It was a tough question to answer. He could just think up of one punishment even though it was not as severe as he should give to her for the crime committed.
"Amara, I can't bring myself up to punish you as severe as I should, not after what you have just told me" said Yami rubbing his temples. "So I guess that this should do: you are not permitted to go out of the palace unless it is with me or someone I give the order to, you shall always be my personal maid, I will not give you freedom and you have my trust no more".
Amara nodded 'It's not as severe as I thought it would be, though the fact that he trust me no more is painful'.
"Why are you not punishing me more severely?" she questioned.
"Amara you well know why" answered Yami looking at her "Though there is something I forgot to do, this might upset you".
He stood before her and slapped her. Amara rubbed her stinging cheek and instead of yelling and fighting with him for what he did she simply resigned herself to stay quiet and obey. Then she felt her face being cupped by Yami's hands and her lavender orbs met his crimson ones.
"That is the only punishment I can give you" he whispered.
Amara nodded. Yami let go of her face and kissed her stinging cheek.
"Now go over to your chambers, I am still angry with you" he told her.
Amara made a reverence and walked away.
'Funny way of showing you're angry with me' she thought as she walked towards her chambers.
When she was in them she closed the doors and went straight to bed. The next day she woke up, took a bath and went back to her chambers to put her make-up and some jewels. When she was at last finished and putting away her make-up on a chest the door of the chambers burst open. Amara turned around ready to yell at whom had disturbed her calmness but desisted of the idea when she saw who had entered.
"High Priest" she said standing up and making a reverence.
Seth had been the one to disturb her. Amara wondered what did he want…
"Amara is it?" he asked looking at her.
The thief straightened herself and nodded.
"There are some interesting rumors going around the capital saying that you happened to beat four guards last night because you wanted to get away from the punishment given to you for the crime committed. The crime is said to be that you let go two prisoners" said Seth looking at her "Is that true?".
Amara simply cleared her mind of any thoughts about what happened last night. She had heard rumors that Seth could somehow read minds, and she didn't want to test that power of his.
"Answer to me when I talk to you" he demanded impatient.
"Seth, may I inquire what are you doing in my maid's chambers?" asked Yami entering.
"I want to find out if the rumors are true" answered Seth after making a reverence.
"So if the rumors were true you wanted to punish my maid" said Yami looking at him.
"Perhaps I wanted to make sure you gave her a good punishment" replied Seth looking at his cousin.
'This is not good' thought Amara 'If he finds out that I did it then I can forget of my life and Yami will have a big problem. Oh Ra', please send us some help'.
"If she had done it then I would have given her a good punishment Seth" said Yami.
"So she didn't do it" replied his cousin.
"Not that I know off" replied Yami looking at Amara.
"Then why don't we find out?" smirked Seth "Let's ask one of the soldiers".
"Very well, Amara please follow us" Yami told her.
Amara obediently followed 'What is Yami thinking?'.
She looked out the window trying to distract herself from the nervousness she felt and thought she saw a figure moving by.
'Was that…?' thought Amara as they approached the dungeons.
"I understand the guards are down on the dungeons" said Seth as they stopped before the door.
"Correct" replied Yami.
The three of them walked down the stairs and entered the dungeons. The four guards were sitting on different chairs, all bandaged in different parts. When they saw the Priest and Pharaoh they made a reverence.
"Why are you all bandaged?" asked Seth suspiciously.
"We had an accident last night, there was something lying on the dark stairs and we slipped down each" answered a guard.
'But that was not what happened' thought Amara amazed.
"Then how come the prisoners escaped?" asked Seth suspiciously.
"They took the keys away from one of us when we delivered them a little of food. We didn't notice they had stolen the keys. It seems that when another guard was in his turn to watch they escaped without making a noise" answered the same guard.
"I see…" said Seth. He turned to Yami and said "Very well, I'll make sure that no more rumors are spread around Thebes".
He made a reverence and walked away. When Yami had made sure Seth was away he turned over to look at Amara.
"Tell me what did just happen" she asked him confused.
"It seems that the King of Thieves suspected you would be in danger and decided to come and erase the minds of everyone in the dungeons, including the four guards you beat" explained Yami.
"You knew he would come?" asked Amara.
"No I didn't but I figured he would since you're very important to him. I suppose he heard part of the rumors and that's why he erased the minds of the four guards" Yami answered "Actually, I was counting on Bakura to do that".
Amara looked at him amazed "So were willing to let your life in that hands of the thief who hates you?".
"Yes I was" smirked Yami "I was willing to since your life also depended on the same thing as mine and as I told you before I figured he would come to your aid".
Amara shook her head and got rid of the matter.
"Now that I'm staying here I better start the investigation of your dear assassin, don't you think?" she told him.
"Please do" said Yami.
Amara smiled and both walked out of the dungeons. They had no idea of how far that attempt of assassination would lead them.
Neferi: End of chappie, I think it was rather boring.
Amara: It was good, I got saved!
Neferi: Thanks to Kura.
Amara: nods Please people review and keep reading.