…Three hours later…
"Tea…Tea…" a soft voice called out.
Tea opened her eyes seeing Marik and Kaiba standing before her. She tried to shift her body only to find her arms and ankles stretched out and shackled to the bedpost. Her eyes darted around. "What's going on?"
"I don't understand why you had not placed her thru the initiation in the first place." Kaiba spoke in a low voice.
"You and I have different policies on our escorts Kaiba." Marik's eyes bored into Tea's as he continued speaking. "I tended to wait at least a month."
"Master…" Tea's voice called out softly.
Marik ignored his escort as he withdrew a dagger from his sheath, the blade gleaming within the moonlight. "I believe I should anyway, seeing what she has proven to me." He then turned towards Kaiba. "Leave. Call it a personal vendetta."
"I know you too well." Kaiba smirked. "Your initiations are rather intriguing. If I didn't know better, that's how you earned your reputation." He then turned around and left the chambers.
As soon as Kaiba left, a cold smirk curled Marik's lips as he inched closer towards his escort. Tea's eyes widened with fear as she eyed the blade. "M'lord…"
"Ah yes, I was about to spare you from the initiation that will make you bound to me but I guess I was wrong."
"Master please…" Tea started to struggle against the shackles. "I promise to never run away again. I promise…"
Marik held the tip of the knife onto Tea's neck. "Hold still and do as I say without question." He then held his wrist over her mouth. "Open your mouth Tea." He commanded.
Tea's mouth opened slightly, her eyes still kept on Marik's. Twitching, Marik slapped her as hard as he could right in the face, leaving a red mark. "Open wider you bitch!!"
A single tear streaked down Tea's face as she felt her face swell. Like a child, she obediently opened her mouth wider.
With cold eyes staring down at her, Marik brought the blade to his wrist, slitting his own flesh. Dark blood seeped from the wound as he held his wrist over her mouth, watching his own blood drip slowly inside her mouth. Some landed right on her tongue. "In ancient rites, when one's blood is mixed with another, they are bound to each other until or until the superior has the desire to rid his servant."
Tea winced as she felt drops of blood splashing inside her mouth. The taste of blood, especially Marik's, made her sick to the stomach. Feeling nauseated, eh coughed up the blood.
Livid, Marik clamped his hand over Tea's neck, choking her. "Swallow it! Spit it out once more and I'll serve your head as the main course!" more droplets of blood continued to drip from his bleeding wrist.
Closing her eyes, Tea stuck out her tongue to receive the blood of her master.
~*~*~*~*~
"I know you four are keeping a secret from me." Yami sat on his bed, glaring at Yugi, Shadi, Bakura and Kaiba.
"Yami please," Shadi spoke calmly. "It's not what you think. There is nothing wrong with Miss Anzu. It's getting to your head."
"Give it a rest Shadi." Yami sneered.
"Why are you worried about Anzu?" Bakura crossed his arms over his chest. "She ain't yours."
"That's because Yami loves Anzu!" Yugi screamed.
"Yugi!!" Yami glared at his own brother sitting beside him. Shadi remained silent, leaning against the wall. Bakura licked his lips slightly. Yugi continued to read the hieroglyphics on the stone.
"You realize you will force her to get into serious trouble?" Kaiba smiled.
"I trust that you keep your fucking mouth shut Kaiba." Yami spoke in a low voice, threatening the pharaoh of the north.
Rishid then stepped in. "Shadi, I think you should make the herbal tea for Anzu. She's not looking good after Marik gave her the Bloodbath Initiation."
"He did what?!?" Yami could not believe what Rishid just said.
Shadi nodded. His eyes then shifted towards Yugi. "I believe it's best if your brother did not go to see her yet." He then followed Rishid out the room.
"What does that supposed to mean?" Yami snarled.
"It means you better stop loving Anzu." Kaiba crossed his arms over his chest. "In the end, you will truly distort things and Anzu will be in more danger." He then turned around and left.
"Kaiba is right." Bakura commented. "Tea's not bound to you but to Marik. Continue the love life scam and you'll put yourself in harm's way. You know what you have to do." He too turned and left, leaving Yugi and Yami behind.
Yami stood up, sighing. "I should check on Anzu."
Yugi's eyes widened. "Yami no!! We all know Marik's wrath. If he were to catch you…"
Yami clamped his hand over Yugi's mouth. "We have loved once and she never got caught. We can do it again when we feel like it. Marik will not find out, understand?"
Yugi nodded weakly as Yami released his hold on him. Yugi spoke. "Just don't go messing with Anzu! If you do, the one that tried to kill me will kill her!!"
Yami stood there for a long moment. "Which reminds me Yugi, you still had not told me who attacked you."
"Well…" Yugi started to say.
"Suddenly, Serenity and Mai entered the chambers. Both maids looked on at Yugi's strange behavior.
"Is something wrong?" Serenity tilted her head to the side.
"Leave that pip squeak alone." Mai frowned, dusting the pillars.
"It's…it's…" Yugi stuttered more. Suddenly, he felt woozy and collapsed to the floor, fainting.
Startled, Yami knelt to the floor shaking Yugi slightly. When he failed to wake up, he then stood up, eyeing Serenity and Mai. "You guys try to wake him up. I have to check on Anzu."
"Right." Serenity nodded.
"I wouldn't check on her if I were you." Mai remarked. "Tea's a bit emotionally distressed right now. I guess the initiation left her traumatized."
"Yami's jaw clenched before he left his bed chamber. Slowly, he made his way down the hall, his silent eyes looking left to right. What seemed like forever, he finally reached Marik's chambers seeing a nude Tea sitting on the floor with shackles embracing each wrist, ankle and her neck. Slice wounds marked her fragile body on her stomach, arms, legs and neck. Droplets of blood dripped from her neck. She was breathing heavily, her body leaning against the wall.
Shocked, Yami made his way towards Tea, kneeling before her, stroking her face with his fingers. "Anzu?" he whispered.
Tea's eyes slowly opened, gazing at Yami with the most saddest eyes. Her head tilted to the side, her eyes never leaving his. "Yami?"
"God, I can't believe he would give you that sort of initiation." His arms wrapped around her." Marik…he could have killed you."
"I…I…" Tea started to speak in a weak voice. Yami hushed her as he rocked her slowly back and forth.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Joey was stomping back inside the temple, his whole body soaked in red wine. Laughing behind were Tristan, Duke and Mokuba.
"Don't take it too seriously Joey." Mokuba grinned.
"Yeah," Duke was carrying a wooden bowl. "Some things were meant to be funny."
Just then, Marik stepped in munching on an apple. He stopped in his place when he spotted Joey. His face was one of disgust, confusion and humor. After giving him a quick look, his thumb pointed behind his shoulder. "Towels are on my bed."
"Yeah but they're soaked with Anzu's blood!" Joey insisted.
"Oh well." Marik shrugged, brushing past the rest.
"Oh just get a towel and don't mind the blood." Tristan shoved Joey down the hallway.
"Ho boy, ho boy, ho boy, ho boy." Joey chanted over and over again as he made his way towards Marik's chambers. "The man's crazy. Using towels covered in blood to wipe this off?" he came to a sudden stop as he peeked inside Marik's room.
What he saw shocked him. There he watched Yami and Tea with their arms wrapped around each other. The way they looked, though intriguing, seemed to be out of love and passion. Yami was kissing Tea's head, still rocking her.
"Oh my frickin word…" Joey uttered softly. Slowly, he stepped back from the entry. "No way Marik would…" he then dashed off.
Meanwhile, Yami and Tea looked up at the doorway. Tea's eyes widened as she heard footsteps nearby. "I thought I heard someone."
"So did I." He slowly stood up, looking down at her.
"What are we gonna do?" Anzu's voice shook.
"I have an idea." Yami stood up.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"I'm telling you Marik! Yami is making time with Anzu!" Joey's face was one of a spoiled child's.
"Maybe this is one of your hentai fantasies." Tristan leaned against the wall.
"Shutup!" Joey glared at Tristan. He then took Marik by the hand, leading him down the hall.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Marik tried to yank his hand off.
"You'll see." Joey grinned, opening the curtain that let to the pharaoh of the south's room. "Wa-la! Instant Presto, two people making out!"
"You drag me here just to show me my escort lying helplessly on the floor?"
"What?!?"
Joey looked inside the room only to see Tea lying on the floor. "Hey!! I saw
Yami! I'm not kidding, I saw him!"
Marik didn't say anything as
he took out a key, unlocking the shackles from Tea. HE then carried her out of
the room and down the stairs to the bathhouse. As soon as he reached there, he
settled her down. "Stand up."
Weakly staggering, Tea struggled to stand up. She felt Marik position on the base of the pool. "I'll be back."
Seconds later, she felt the presence of her master gone. Soon enough, she felt a hand running up and down her leg before feeling a shackle clamp to her ankle.
Something did not seem right. Slowly, her head turned around, noticing a cloaked figure. She also noticed a huge anchor attached to the chain. "What the?"
The cloaked figure smirked, speaking darkly. "It doesn't matter Tea."
Something caught Tea's eye from the cloaked one that caused Tea to realize who was under the disguise. "No way…it can't be…"
But before Tea could speak anymore, the mysterious cloaked one shoved Tea as hard as it could into the pool. The anchor caused her to sink to the bottom faster.
Tea struggled to swim up but the anchor pulled her down to a watery grave. As soon as she struck the bottom, Tea tried to yank the shackle off of her but could not remove it.
Finally, she could no longer hold her breath. Her face turned blue before passing out, her body floating in the bottom of the deep waters of Egypt.
~*To Be Continued. Check out my newest story "Bloodline Chronicles" when you have the time ^_^*~
