Anaya's Creator: Guys, I forgot to ask you a couple chapters ago did you guys like Bakura x Kesi? Should I continue or discontinue that? Also Yes I know I'm taking Yami out of character, but that's the way this story goes. He becomes like one of those annoying boyfriends that becomes really possessive of your friend and never lets her hang with you without him there to give you weird looks, but like I said that's just how this story goes! So don't tell me I'm taking a character out of context I already know that! Also I'm fully aware that Yami now acts like a love sick nutcase, but... you know the rest. R&R folks!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. (Waaa-ness)

Complications

Mokuba had been watching Marik and Akina from behind a small statue in the garden where they sat.

"Run Akina, if you go now, my little brother may think you're just some servant. Go quickly," Marik whispered in her ear.

Akina got up and ran trying her hardest to make sure Mokuba didn't see her face. Praying that everyone was still asleep, Akina sneaked silently down the hallway towards the bedrooms containing Yami, her mother, Kesi, and Serenity. Silently, she crept back into Yami's room.

"Why did you sneak off, my sweet?" asked a voice ahead of her. Akina squinted and saw Yami's silhouette by the window. He turned at her approach and snaked his arms around her when she got close. Akina didn't like the look in his eyes.

Now I'm in trouble, Akina thought. "I couldn't sleep, Your Highness."

"I thought I asked you to call me something else, well, no matter. Come to bed with me," Yami nuzzled her hair, as he half dragged her towards his bed.

"No," Akina pleaded, horrified of the thought of what could happen. Yami laid her down and stroked her leg possessively. She formed her left hand into a fist and tried to give him one of her punches; however, he caught it before it could reach him.

Yami pulled himself on top of her and shoved his lips onto hers. Suddenly he forced his tongue into her mouth, this made Akina sick. (No, I mean literally, it made her sick.) With a sudden burst of adrenaline she pushed Yami off of her and ran to the pot full of sand that served as a latrine and vomited.

"You foul... you despicable..." she stammered when she had finished, but she was too furious to finish the insult, so she returned to her room.

The next morning at breakfast Yami noticed that Akina was eating as if she hadn't seen food in days; and he wasn't the only one, her mother was talking to Akina in a concerned tone.

"Akina, are you all right?" Terentina asked worriedly.

"You eating as if your home just suffered a famine," Kesi said.

"I got sick last night,"

"Ya gonna get sick again, it ya don't stop shoveling food down ya throat." Serenity said, grabbing Akina's hands to prevent her from eating anymore.

"Thank you Serenity," Akina said. "I couldn't stop myself."

"No problem,"

"Why did you get sick?" Kesi asked.

Before Akina answered, she spotted Yami watching them and guessed he was probably eavesdropping. "A really sick nightmare," she answered bitterly. "And if you girls are done, I will gladly give you all that tour," and with that all four of them left their seats.

After an hour of touring, the girls were resting in one of the gardens while Serenity played her flute and Akina danced to the tune. Soon Terentina and Kesi joined in when Kesi began to hum to the tune and Akina's mother took out a small lyre she had hidden in her tunic.

Then Mokuba came out to them. "Akina," he said.

"Yes," Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing.

"The prince requests that you come and dance for the pharaoh's guests in the throne room." Aden, who had been watching everything from the top of the palace, flew down and landed on Mokuba's shoulder and began preening his hair. Mokuba looked a little uncomfortable about this strange gesture from a bird.

"It's okay, little one, that means he likes you." Akina explained. She whistled, and Akina flew onto her shoulder and began preening her hair. "And where exactly have you been all this time?" she demanded in a mixture of whistles and screeches.

Aden gave a matter-of-fact kind of screech.

"Oh, watching from the rooftops, eh?" she said in normal talk. "Well, I'll have you know I really could have used your help last night. Well, whatever, what's done is done; I have to go entertain some palace folks, you coming?"

Aden rubbed his head against her ear.

"You schmoozer," Akina muttered and began walking in the direction of the throne room with Kesi, Terentina, Serenity, and Mokuba following.

In the throne room Yami's father was sitting on a throne made entirely of gold with Yami standing beside him. There were also many people including Marik, Priest Seth, a man who looked like the high priest and Akina thought was their father (he looked an awful lot like his youngest son Mokuba than the other two) , and an assortment of people Akina and the others didn't know.

"Lady Akina, would you please dance for the pharaoh and his guests please?" Yami requested, seeing her enter the room.

"Yes, Your Highness," Akina answered, slightly stunned by Yami's politeness, then smiled invisibly. If he's trying to get me to forgive him for last night or something it isn't going to work, she thought. Nonetheless she began to dance. Not too long, Serenity placed her flute to her lips and began to play. Akina's mother and Kesi joined in with Terentina playing her lyre and Kesi humming along.

The tune they played varied in speed and mood, and Akina adjusted her dance and expressions to fit it. The song itself could go on forever, but Akina, her friends, and mother could not, after about fifteen minutes they ceased.

Akina was sweating and panting for breath, and the others felt they would give anything for a drink of water, or in Terentina's case: a chance to rest their fingers, but the applause they received was well worth it.

Yami excused them and the women exited with Mokuba, who had offered to take them to the kitchen for refreshments.

"Your son has a lovely servant woman, my Pharaoh," said the high priest.

"I thank you," Yami said.

"Is she only a servant to you?"

"She is the woman I intend to marry,"

Marik's eyes widened, but then he felt the end of a staff on his foot.

"Not a word," his brother muttered, but it turned out that his words were unnecessary because at that precise moment... BAM! The sound of something breaking rang from the hall.

"Priest Seth, would you please go see what that was?" the pharaoh requested.

"Yes, my Pharaoh," Seth replied bowing to the pharaoh and Yami and excusing himself.

Outside in the hallway, Kesi, Serenity, and Mokuba were picking up broken pieces of limestone that had fallen from a now badly dented pillar. Terentina was tending to Akina's now bloody grotesque hand.

"What happened?" Seth whispered, kindly pushing the girls and Mokuba away from the sharp broken pieces of limestone and fixing the pillar with a strange incantation.

"We were walking, but then Akina suddenly went berserk and punched the pillar you just fixed, big brother." Mokuba said.

"Priest," Terentina began.

"Just call me Seth, madam."

"Then you call me Terentina. Anyways," She let out a heavy sigh. "My daughter is blessed with supreme hearing, sometimes she hears things she is better off not hearing, and with her unsteady temper, well... it's not a good combination. My guess is she heard something she shouldn't have, because her aura sparked up and she punched the pillar as an outlet for her fury. Do you see what I am trying to explain?"

"In fact I do,"

After getting a thirst-quenching drink from the kitchens, Akina went out to the stables to see Joshua. When she reached it there were furious shouts and curses from inside. She pulled aside the door and...

Anaya's Creator: Anothercliff-hanger there! Sorry Also, could you please still vote on whether you want this fic to end: Akina x Yami or Akina x Marik? I'm still curious. Please and thank you! REVIEW! I want more reviews please!

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