Heya folks! Once again thanks for the reviews. Hmm kamyan... that's an interesting idea! I'll look into it! Anyway I have the next section folks where Devlin FINALLY makes his move. There is a rape scene with some blood and fort those who do not like it, skip down to after when Seto is looking for Asha. Anyway, on with the story!

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Life in the palace thankfully returned to normal. Everyone had literally been walking on pins and needles, trying to avoid Seto at all costs, since he had been incredibly irritable. But everyone could tell he and Asha had patched things up. The smile on his refused to go away as he practically skipped around the castle.

It was another few days before they technically saw Asha out and about, though, the young girl had a deep red blush painted on her cheeks from the constant teasing Malik and Bakura put hierthrough. They were absolutely shameless and never let such a good taunting opportunity down. They only stopped when Seto had kindly told them if they spoke one word more, he would cut out their tongues.

But everything had picked up. Now, Seto went around with Asha in his arms everywhere. He never let the girl go, as he would be continually brushing light kisses on her neck or face, phasing out the world whenever they were together.

Life was more pleasurably and enjoying now that the High Priest was once again happy as was Asha. Everyone couldn't just help but smile as they see the happy couple walk by down the many corridors of the palace.

Yet, however, fate plays a hand for both sides of happiness and sadness... pleasure and... pain...

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Devlin smirked as he was in his darkened room. He knew very well that Seto and Asha had finally got together. And yet he was not bothered as much by it. His plan was working perfectly. He actually wanted the two lovers to get together. Once their happiness was at a full bliss, he'd snatch it away, tearing it into a million pieces and step on it.

Smirking he stood up from where he sat and started to wave his hands, muttering the words to open the portal that usually comes around the city of Amenhenka... the portal to the Shadow Realm...

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Seto sighed as he was now in his quarters with his liught snuggled up in his arms, her short breaths soothing and peaceful. Everything was peaceful now... everything... and nothing would ever change it...

'Nothing will ever change our happiness'.

But just as Seto's thought ran through his brain, dark tendrils of smoke sprang into the room, twining around Seto and his lover possessively, yanking them deep into the dreadened Shadow Realm. Asha's eyes had snapped open immediately as she felt the cold, tentacle like object touch her skin.

Seto had cursed under his breath, placing Asha down as a small creature popped up, screeching loudly. It had brilliant big purple and yellow eyes with small green feet and arms that stuck out of his small hairy body. Asha has latched onto Seto, absolutely petrified as the small floating creature flew down to examine the body Seto had securely in his arms.

Seto watched in amusement as Asha's fear melted away as she reached out and touched the monster. It squealed happily as it threw itself in Asha's arms, cuddling up to the slender body happily. Kuriboh cooed as Asha giggled, hugging him firmly. It had to be the single most adorable sight in the world. But a large bolt of red lightening crashed, startling all the inhabitants of the Shadow Realm.

Seto had to fix the problem… and fast. He sometimes hated being in charge of the Shadow Realm... as did Yami. Both of them had the power to stop was caused disharm in it. Always problems arised in this forbidden land... yet... however... Seto was curious on why the problem occured now... both he and Yami had settled the matter with the Shadow Realm three months ago and knew that it would not open for another six months again... but instead of six... it opened in three...

Without a moment's thought, he waved the Millennium Rod and it glowed as another portal opened and a huge beast stepped out. A huge white beast.

Asha gasped at the gigntic creature. She had heard of this creature before... but only briefly... it was the mighty Blue Eyes White Dragon and only Seto had the power to control this massive behemoth... and... rumours said that he had three of them at his disposal...

Asha looked at the massive white wings... muscular arms, legs and hide... it long muscular whip like tail... its powerful jaws as white smoke came from its mouth... and it eyes... the deep blue eyes... practically the same identical colour to Seto's...

"Watch over her" he commanded as the monster let out an earsplitting roar in response then nodded and securely sat down in front of Asha. The little Kuriboh floated out of Asha's arms as it faced Seto's deep bluish gaze.

'I'll protect her too!' it squeaked in it's native tongue. Seto smiled. This creature's attack and defence power combined wouldn't protect him from a gust of wind, and here he was vowing to guard Seto's most valuable treasure.

All right little one, Seto told him as he vanished. Asha looked over at the huge beautiful dragon in front of her, shaking as Kuriboh cuddled back into her warm arms.

"Where is he?" she asked shakily, a little scared. Turning around, the Blue Eyes White Dragon smiled down at the beautiful, trembling girl. Hesitantly, he reached out with his large pale pinkish tongue and brushed a piece of her hair away, still smiling. No wonder Seto had summoned him to protect this little one. He told her about where Seto would be going and she looked horrified.

"You have to go after him!" Asha jumped up, clutching onto his leg. "Please, you have to protect him!" She was absolutely horrified at the thought Seto had given up his most powerful monster to protect Asha.

'He will be very cross with me young one if I disobey his wishes...besides... he has two of my brothers that would protect him' the white dragon said.

"But what if he can't summon them? What if something happens and he has no protection whatsover?" she asked, a few tears trickling down her cheeks.

The Blue Eyes White Dragon was about to object again but when his deep blue eyes locked with the girl's shimmering ones, he sighed. He barely knew her for five minutes and already he was wrapped around her little fingers. He absently wondered what kind of state Seto would be in everytime he was with this girl.

'Don't worry! I'll protect her!' Kuriboh said, his large eyes narrowing.

'All right' the dragon finally agreed as he stood up on his hind legs. But before he left, he let out a loud roaring sound.

Just then a portal, a smaller one this time, opened up and a medium sized baby dragon hopped out.

Asha gasped slightly at the smaller dragon, who was slightly smaller then her in height. But like Kuriboh, he was very cute and friendly. The Blue Eyes White Dragon looked down at the younger dragon. The reason he summoned him was for Kuriboh, despite his courage, could not take on very powerful monsters. Neither could this Baby Dragon alone, but together they would be able to. The young dragon was strong yet still had a far way to go before it grows into the powerful dragon in more then a hundred years.

'Young one...I want you and Kuriboh to help protect my master's gift... it is very precious to him... he'll be most certainly displeased if you fail... do you understand?' the white dragon asked.

'Yes! I do! Don't worry! Me and Kuriboh will protect her!' the younger orange dragon said excitedly, with a touch of seriousness as he fluttered around the white dragon. The Blue Eyes White Dragon smiled.

'I am glad... all of you take care...' he said and with that he took off, his massive wings flapping over and over as he disappeared into the darkness.

The Baby Dragon fluttered over to Asha, nuzzling against her and she too took a hold of him close to her, now both creatures snuggled around the girl.

Asha felt as if a mountain had been lifted off of her. At least Seto would be safe, that's all that matters.

"That was very foolish of you" a thick voice hissed menacingly. Asha spun around, her eyes going wide. She was face to face with a sullen faced, golden armoured covered zombie with a green billowing cape that had sharp knives as his fingers, a gruesome smile twisted on his maniacal face. Kuriboh and baby Dragon leaped in front of Asha, preparing to attack the monster, yet unknown to Asha,t his monster was more powerful then her two friends. Asha trembled as she took a step back, something grabbing her shoulders as she jumped.

"Dark Balter, that was very rude of you" Devlin tisked as the creature froze. His hands wandered down, wrapping around Asha's waist as he smirked, chuckling silently. Asha wasn't sure who she was scared of the most; the demon, or the man that now held her.

With a wave of his hand, Devlin had made the fiend melt into the ground, a horrible strangled cry escaping its mouth.

"Thank you Devlin…" Asha muttered as she tried to escape his grip. The gorgeous Emperor would have nothing of that.

"Ohhh no little Asha," he spun her around, cupping her chin harshly. "You're not getting away from me that easily… now that I have you all to myself…"

"Let me go!" she cried out, gripping at and clawing at Devlin's hand as she tried to loosen the crushing grip. Devlin backhanded her harshly, yanking the smaller girl up by the neck.

Kuriboh and Baby Dragon instantly lunged for Devlin, crashing into his arm and side with such a force that he dropped the smaller girl. But Devlin was quick, and he first grabbed the hairy creature, smashing it into the ground emotionlessly before avoiding a fire burst from the Baby Dragon and slamming a kick into the creature, who too smashed into the ground, both monsters unmoving.

"Kuriboh! Baby Dragon!" Asha cried as Devlin made his way over to the girl, taking him back in his grasp. Muffling Asha's mouth, he opened a rift in the worlds and dragged her back to the lower regions of the palace.

Callously, Devlin threw Asha into the stonewall, smirking icily as the girl's head connected sharply, a splatter of blood left in its place. Asha groaned as she tried to push herself up, but Devlin's foot slammed harshly on her back, pinning the younger girl to the ground. He fell upon his prey, turning her over rapidly before smashing her back onto the marble floor. Asha chocked back a scream of pain as Devlin laughed.

The black haired Emperor's voice took on a hint of wonder as he murmured in appreciation. Yes, Asha was definitely well worth the wait… she was quite possibly the most gorgeous temptation his seductive eyes had ever fallen upon. The fact his so-called best friend was absolutely smitten with her only sweetened the deal.

"Mmm… Asha you are beautiful" Devlin told her truthfully, bringing his lips down on the blackhead's with an incredible force. Asha squirmed under his controlling mouth, kicking with her legs since Seto had her arms pinned back. "I've been waiting for this for a very long time and I don't intend on waiting anymore".

Asha's eyes lit up with realization on what the handsome ruler was going to do. Her stomach tightened as she tried to scream for help. She was punished with a stinging slap that had effectively shut Asha up. It had almost broken her jaw…

"If I were in your place little one, I would make as little noise as possible. If you even think about screaming out, I will kill Seto… he's in the Shadow Realm right now and I can sick monster upon monster on him until he's a smouldering crater in the ground…"

Asha's eyes began to water as her mouth moved, "Why are you doing this to me?"

"Because little one, you are forbidden to me and because I want Seto to suffer. Since I can't physically harm him, I might as well destroy him by crushing the one thing that matters to him" Devlin hissed as he brought his lips back down on Asha's. The blackhead tasted unbelievable. If Devlin had been in Seto's place, he would have never let the girl see beyond his bed.

But Asha was resisting him. This annoyed him far greater than he had assumed it would as he pulled back, slapping her again. Blood flickered on the wall; his hand stained a little red. Devlin had always liked roughing up his partners. But seeing Asha so vulnerable and weak had brought this desire to hurt Asha to the surface.

And Devlin never denied himself anything.

Asha gasped as Devlin went from docile to aggressive, grabbing beneath her jaw. The younger girl's eyes widened as Devlin yanked her upward and kissed her roughly, holding her in place with a surprisingly strong grip. Asha squirmed and tried to pull away but Devlin let her do no such thing, instead, he forced Asha's mouth open to trace the inside of her lips with his tongue.

Asha was gagging at the sudden intrusion in her mouth, trying with everything she had in her to push away. But Devlin was taller, stronger and far more powerful than she was. It was useless…

Devlin's icy laugh filled the room as he pulled away, leaving Asha gasping for air.

"You think you can resist me?" he hissed, lowering himself down beside the captured young girl. "I have you. You belong to me now." The words were whispered into Asha's ear. "I can make this hell for you if you force me to. Or I can make it the most wonderful experience of your life."

"I would never betray Seto" the girl stated as another brutal smack was applied to her tender flesh. Part of Asha screamed in terror at the violating closeness of her lover's best friend and another part fought to keep silent. She didn't want Seto hurt… Both parts were respectively relieved and thankful when she felt the hand leave her skin. A softer kiss was pressed against her mouth before Devlin's lips moved to travel up her jaw line. Teeth toyed with Asha's earlobe before the kisses moved down to trail down her throat, soft and wet and leaving tingling trails over her skin.

"Devlin... don't..." Asha whispered, tears stinging her eyes. She didn't want this; she didn't want this! Devlin paid no attention to her pleas and continued down, running the tip of his tongue along Asha's well-defined clavicle. He paused for a moment to pull her from the floor, pushing her up onto the freezing dungeon wall, pressing himself against Asha as to hold her in place.

A hand traveled down Asha's side, taking Devlin's breath away at how something so simple could feel so good. Devlin's voice hissed in her ear.

"This is what you want, isn't it?" his tongue flicked into Asha's ear, sending another chill down her spine. Tears finally spilled over the mixed-eyed girl's cheeks and Devlin kissed them away tenderly.

'Get away!' her mind screamed, sobbing hysterically.

"Stop it…" Asha begged, trying to ignore everything the sinister enemy did to her. Ignore the tenderly kisses… ignore the hands in her hair and the shocking and repulsive touches… ignore his body pressed against hers…

Devlin's fingers stroked through Asha's slick hair and he kissed her again, this time differently somehow… almost as though he were asking permission… Devlin always took what he pleased. Why not take Asha in that same manner? Why not ravage her sexually to his heart's content? The kiss was broken and Devlin eyed her with narrowed eyes.

"Fine" he hissed. "I'll just have to convince you."

Asha squeezed her eyes shut as Devlin moved down, his hands stroking down her clothed chest. He ripped off the material viciously as his lips kissed their way down the center. Asha was writhing as Devlin's tongue licked back up the trail of kisses he'd just left. With painful slowness he kissed back down that same trail to the top of Asha's stomach. The black and blue haired young girl bit her lower lip to choke back a whimper as she felt Devlin's fingers find the sash to her skirt and yank it off, the skirt falling down to her ankles, leaving her now fully exposed.

Still slowly, always slowly, Devlin's lips traveled down, down as his fingers languidly stroked Asha's thighs. Every part of Asha seemed to burn with terror of what Devlin would do to her…

By now Asha was trembling uncontrollably, her face flushed as she stared down at Devlin who was kissing the soft inner sides of her thighs, pausing occasionally to experimentally nibble with his teeth at the flesh. The sensation caused Asha to scream. She felt so dirty… so used and disgusting. Devlin slapped her harshly, throwing her back down to the floor, using her sash as a gag as he tightly wrapped the girl's mouth. There would be no screaming. At least not yet…

"D… Devlin..." she begged through the fabric, shutting her eyes tight. Tears spilled from them to roll down her cheeks again. "Please…"

Devlin paused in his torture to look up at Asha and reached up to stroke her chest, gently tweaking her nipples.

"Please what, Asha?" he asked, smirking. "Please let you go? Please continue? Which is it?" he chuckled coldly. He conjured chains to keep her wrists locked back, smirking cruelly as she struggled. He said no more and Asha choked back a cry of agony as she felt fingers slipping back down to her legs.

"Magnificent..." she heard Devlin breathe over the pounding of his own heart. "You're just as beautiful as I imagined, Asha."

The blackheaded girl screamed against the gag, scratching the stone floor with her nails, as she pulled with all her might against the hold Devlin had on her wrists. Her captor's unruly hair stroked her thighs as she felt the warmth of her enemy's tongue make its way up the inside of her leg.

'No… please don't!' Asha begged silently as Devlin's kisses made their way higher up her thighs and finally to the curve of her entrance. She squeezed her eyes closed trying to scream for Seto.

Devlin, realizing Asha was now fighting against him, bit down hard on her leg. The young girl choked back a whimper at the mixture of a sharp pain in her leg and the terror spreading through her as the warmth of Devlin's mouth engulfed her. Still held in place by the restraints on her wrists, Asha tried to push herself away from the predator greedily lapping at her inisdes. It was to no avail for Devlin merely repositioned himself, wrapping his arms around Asha's midsection to hold her in place while sucking with his mouth for the first time.

Devlin groaned as he took in as much as he could, running his tongue over his enemy's sensitive flesh, sipping at her juices. Ra… Seto was a lucky bastard. To have this every night would be heaven...

But he wanted more.

And more is exactly what he would get.

"You are mine, Asha. No one else's".

Devlin's eyes narrowed dangerously, so close that Asha could feel his breath on her own lips. She was trembling and weeping, her skin burning. Devlin's touches only made the sensation intensify.

There was the sound of rustling clothing and Asha's entire body trembled. Even though she knew this was coming, she had tried to convince herself that Devlin would never hurt her… that Seto would never allow Devlin to hurt her.

But Seto wasn't there to help her.

Asha could only brace herself while trying to relax as Devlin's hands pushed her hips up onto his waiting arousal. She hollered and whimpered as she was stretched to accommodate her attacker's size. Devlin groaned faintly into her ear as Asha's eyes squeezed shut.

"Open your eyes," Devlin commanded, a pleasant memory from her past with Seto completely ruined. He hit Asha roughly as to get his point across as he began to mercilessly pound into the younger girl.

Asha was screaming against the gag, trying to get her restrained hands at Devlin as the Emperor dug his nails into her flesh, trying to silence her. But every time Asha squirmed he involuntarily constricted, causing Devlin the most pleasure he could ever recall during sex.

It seemed the more brutal he became, the more he enjoyed himself. Trace amounts of blood began staining the floor as Asha's back bled from being rubbed raw. The younger girl could only whimper brokenly, seeing as no one was going to help her. Her throat was ripped jaggedly from her strained cried, her eyes blurring and burning from the salty tears as her quickly forming bruises and cuts were being yanked apart and left to bleed.

The dark Emperor had begun thrusting harder… faster, tearing her open, as his hands touched her in places he would have only liked Seto's hands to be. The agony was unexplainable. And Devlin was not letting up.

"You are mine now Asha," he sneered as he pulled off the gag, forcefully pushing her lips apart to once again taste the delicious interior. "You've been tainted… Seto will never want you now."

Devlin then began to suck and bite hard into her nipples and breasts, leaving teeth marks along her as she started to bleed more, his thrusting still harder then ever. With the combination of the force from his unwanted thrusts and his cruel words, Asha began dissolving, withdrawing. Her eyes went dull, then flat, then blank. To the average person, it would have looked as if she was in a trance, but it was a human defence mechanism to block out the pain.

By the time Devlin had satisfied his craving for the warm body and released himself with her, Asha had already passed out. He smiled happily, letting the haze of pleasure dance around him as he slowly took out the blade he kept cleverly concealed in his boot and flipped Asha's battered and bloodied body over.

'Mine!' he stated triumphantly as he pressed the dagger to Asha's back, finishing what he had started.

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"Asha!" Seto cried through the winding halls of the fortress. He had been in the mortal world for over an hour, searching for his little Light. But there were no signs of her anywhere.

He had returned to the place he left Asha, his legendary beast and Kuriboh, only to find Asha gone and the small creature crying softly, half dead, along with an already dead Baby Dragon. Seto had picked up the small monster and looked it straight in the eyes.

'I'm sorry I failed you…' it apologized quietly as it's large eyes shut, his small body going limp. Seto had never felt so empty at the loss of a monster before.

But realizing Asha was no longer in the Shadow Realm; he quickly escaped back to his home, alerting Yami, Malik and Bakura who wholeheartedly helped out in their little search.

Ra please let her be all right… Seto pleaded to anyone who would listen as he sensed a dark presence. The powers of the Shadow Realm were there, laughing wickedly at him as their mutant voices followed him everywhere.

They searched the upper floors, the quarters, the kitchens but the young girl wasn't there. Soon Tea helped with their search as they went down to the lower levels of the palace... to the dungeons...

"Seto!" he heard Malik choke, immediately following the sound of the voice. But when he reached the blonde Emperor, he felt himself stumble, just before his knees connected sharply with the ground.

"Asha…" he muttered, his soul dying at the horrible sight. There was so much blood… it ran like rivers through the small cracks of the floor, giving everything a glow of death.

His little Light was badly beaten, her face scratched from the tip of a knife, her arms and legs almost shredded. There were large gashes in her head, matting down her black and blue hair, the blood blending in. Seto felt himself crawling over to his Light, grabbing her from Malik's arms as he discovered to his horror the words engraved in her back.

He was trembling, he could feel that. He was squeezing Asha to him, his clothing seeping up the blood that still poured from her body. Asha's heartbeat was so faint Seto could barely hear it.

"Get help!" he stifled, his eyes flaming as his body shook.

He quickly stopped all the wounds from further bleeding as he continued to hold Asha tightly. When the doctor had finally come, Seto refused to let Asha out of his arms. Marlena had to rip him away from the injured girl as she was carried off to be cared for.

Marlena had forced Seto to sit in a chair, telling him through tears Asha would be all right. Seto felt hollow. As if everything in him had been emptied out. Malik, Bakura and Yami all walked over to him, tightly hugging him each in turn as they vowed they would help him seek vengeance on whoever hurt Asha and now Seto.

It was only a few days later when the doctors allowed Seto in to see Asha. The High Priest hadn't slept a wink in all those days, only eating just enough to keep him alive. No matter what anyone said, they couldn't make him leave his little vigil.

"What happened to him?" he asked hoarsely, his eyes itching. It was then he had felt a chunk of his heart had been ripped out as the doctor sadly informed him Asha had been beaten and raped. Seto was outraged, his lips pulling into a snarl as his fist glowed a brilliant purple.

"Seto…" a small voice called out to him faintly. The high Priest's head snapped up, he was at Asha's side a millisecond later. The mixed-eyed beauty had never looked more fragile to him in all the time he had known her.

Her arms were wrapped heavily, her body covered in soothing patches in an attempt to alleviate the burning. As soon as Asha saw that Seto was alive, a small smile broke out on her face, a tear dropping from her open eye.

"I'm so glad you're all right…" she coughed, her throat hurting enormously. But seeing Seto had made it all the torture worthwhile.

If Seto hadn't been so in control of his emotions, he would have cried. Hell, he would have been crying ever since he had seen Asha that day Malik found her.

Crying, as if had been told, was something to be looked down upon, it was a sign of humanity.

Asha made him human.

The first time he laid his large sapphire orbs on the beautiful girl, he felt desire, compassion and want. As he got to know her, he felt grief, sadness, joy and happiness for the first time in his entire life. Seeing her with Malik and Bakura had caused him to feel jealousy for the first time, seeing her with the duo, a rage so unholy it almost scared him. He felt possessiveness, laughter, embarrassment, anger, shock, surprise, warmth, belonging, need, passion, desperation, ecstasy, bliss, fear…

Everything he had been repressing since childhood came pouring back to him, forcing the High Priest to feel.

But all these emotions, rage, joy, happiness, hate, fear, contentment… they can all be summarized in one feeling.

Love.