Zypher: W00t! I finally got the next chapter out. Enjoy everyone for this has been what we've all been waiting for. Anzu bashing!

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Love Can Have a Blind Eye

Chapter 6

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Yami sat in the throne room, waiting for report from Marik or Bakura. On cue, Bakura walked inside. "Did you get any answers from Keith?" Yami asked. He shook his head. "No, he wouldn't answer us so Marik gave him his forty lashes with the nine-tailed whip." Bakura replied. Yami nodded. "Alright, we'll try again tomorrow. He can't handle those lashes for long."

"May I go back to my room now? I have been up all day messing with the unresponsive idiot." Bakura grumbled and Yami waved him off. "Yes, yes. I know you want to go see...Ryou was it?" Yami asked and he nodded eagerly. He is still trying to learn more about the boy before he could ask if they could at least become friends. They all knew that as long as Yugi stays, they will stay and they didn't want to scare them off by acting on their feelings too fast. "Ok then, you can go spend time with him, I'll have Crimson and Toben interrogate Keith tomorrow so you and Marik can spend more time with Ryou and Malik." Yami spoke and Bakura nodded as he left. Yami sighed. 'I hope soon, Yugi, you will want to be with me and Aqua. The more I'm around you, the more I can't help but make you my soul mate.' Yami thought as he held out his hand and a small soul sphere started to gather in his hand.

'My mother always told me that if you want to protect someone dear to you, give them a part of your soul. But my soul is dark and his is pure as the moonlight itself. I don't want to hurt him if my soul is too strong for his little body and soul.' Yami thought as the soul sphere seeped back inside of him and he got up, wanting to see if Yugi was ok.

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Yugi continued to run, trying to look for Yami or Aqua but he was having problems as he almost gotten himself lost a few times but the guards helped him on his way. The dragon cooed behind him as she followed before she stopped and tugged on Yugi's jacket. He stopped and looked to her. "What's the matter?" Yugi asked. She cooed again before picking him up and flew up into the air. Just as she did so, shadows shot out from the walls, impaling the guards and Yugi gasped. "Who's there?!" he asked frightfully. Dartz came from the shadows and looked to Yugi. "So, you're the boy Yami and Aqua are so infatuated with. So puny and filled with so much innocence. I still don't know what they could see in you but as you have their attention so much, Pegasus wants you. So make it easier on yourself and come willingly and I won't hurt you." Dartz said.

The dragon growled and let out a psychic attack to hit Dartz. He was thrown back to the wall, not prepared for the attack and the dragon flew off before Dartz could catch her. He shook off the shock and growled before stepping into the shadows once more and followed them before the guards come and find their dead comrades. Aqua felt something was wrong and followed his senses. He looked up and saw a blurry form land. He easily recognized her. "Lati? Is that you?" he asked and the dragon cooed happily. He smiled then turned to Yugi who was sitting in her arms. "What happened?" he asked. "Some guy came after me and Lati. He said that Pegasus wants me still so I have a feeling he works for him." Yugi said.

Aqua nodded. "Come on, we better find Yami, I think I have a feeling who this person could be." Aqua said and they nodded as they took off once more before Dartz could catch up to them.

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Anzu continued to travel through the hallways, avoiding guards as she went past. She saw a few guards coming her way and she didn't have nowhere to hide. She saw a gold-plated door and quickly went inside and listened for the guards to go past. Once they did, she was about to leave when she heard shuffling behind her. She turned only to bump into someone's chest. She looked up and blushed as Yami glared down to her. He was obviously not happy to see her but she didn't pay no mind to the look. "Oh, hello, King Yami." She whispered shyly. "What are you doing here, girl? You shouldn't even know about the kingdom of shadows unless you followed us back here." Yami growled. She gulped slightly, knowing her secret was out now.

"What brought you here?" Yami asked quietly. "Well, I wanted to see you. I have met Aqua but he turned me down quickly. I thought that perhaps if I could talk to you, we could become friends." Anzu offered, hoping that would convince him. But Yami wasn't convinced. Before he could answer, Yugi, Aqua and Lati came into the room. Lati growled at Anzu. "Yugi! I thought you were dead!" she exclaimed. She covered her mouth as Yami turned to her. "What was that?" he hissed, glaring at her. "She tried to kill me earlier but Lati came and helped me out before I could hit the ground. She followed us back here, thinking she could have become the queen of your world." Yugi explained and Aqua growled.

"So, you think you can get away with this? Guards!" Aqua called and two draconian guards came into the room. "Take this wretched thing to the dungeons and give her our best cell. We'll tell you what to do with her later." Aqua spoke and the guards dragged her out. The brunette kicked and screamed as they dragged her away. "You'll pay for this, Yugi!" she cried as the door closed behind them. Yugi sighed softly and Lati nuzzled him gently as he patted her snout. Yami sighed as well. "I can't believe she followed us here." Yami mumbled quietly and walked over to Yugi, patting Lati as well. "At least she arrived at the right time or else you wouldn't be here with us right now. I don't want that." he murmured.

Yugi blushed lightly and Lati cooed happily. "Well, this must've been tiring for you so why don't you go ahead and rest here. We'll let you see your friends when you wake up." Yami said and Yugi nodded as he walked over to Yami's bed and laid down. He fell asleep quietly and Aqua walked over, covering him before he went to lie down beside him. He wrapped a wing around him before he fell asleep as well. Yami smiled softly. He never saw Aqua so happy ever since he was cursed with his spell of blindness but it seemed the longer he stayed by Yugi, the more his eyes look like they cleared. 'Could Yugi be what Aqua needs to be rid of his curse and break Pegasus' spell?' Yami wondered. He watched the two for a bit longer before he told Lati to watch over them and left the room, needing to deal with a certain nuisance.

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Jounouchi finally woke up and looked around. 'Where am I? I'm surely not back in the house anymore.' Jounouchi thought. He got up from the bed and saw that Kaiser was waking up as well. He shook his head and looked over to Jounouchi. "Jounouchi, do you know where we are?" Kaiser asked and he shrugged his shoulders. "You are in the shadow kingdom, a hidden place away from humans." A voice said and they looked to see Seto sitting in a chair by the window, watching them. "How did we get here?" Kaiser asked again. "We've brought you here. We noticed that your father has been beating on you both and couldn't let that continue. So we asked our king, Yami, and he said we could bring you here along with a boy he happens to be interested in." Seto said.

"Who is this boy?" Jounouchi asked curiously. "I believe his name is Yugi." Ruby said as he came back into the room. "Yugi! But how did he find out about him?!" Kaiser exclaimed. "The dragon that Yugi was with is actually a friend to us all in the Shadow Palace and he left castle grounds a few nights ago and found out about Yugi. They have become very close friends and I think there could be more to this relationship then that. But first, we have to take care of Pegasus before he could harm Yugi or Aqua." Ruby explained. Jounouchi and Kaiser nodded. "Well, it seems we're gonna be stayin' here fer a while so would ya tell us 'bout this shadow kingdom?" Jounouchi asked and Seto nodded with a smile.

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Yami walked down to the dungeons, wanting to speak with the girl. He still had many questions to ask and he would like to have a chance to hurt her for what she almost done. 'I have made my decision now, Yugi will become our soul mate but I want him to get comfortable here first before I go asking him. I don't want him to leave me or Aqua.' Yami thought as the guards led him to the cell Anzu was staying in. She looked up and smiled slightly. "Did you come to free me?" she asked hopefully. Yami growled and slapped her, causing her to cry out. "Why did you try to kill Yugi?" he asked angrily.

"He was in my way. I saw how attracted Aqua was to Yugi and when I heard about him coming here to get away from some sorcerer, I knew this would be a whole new experience for me and I though getting rid of him will change your feelings for him and find someone else." Anzu said truthfully even though in her mind, she was screaming at herself for telling the king everything. She couldn't help it and Yami knew, he always possessed a way to hypnotize people into making them tell the truth and he knew that Anzu wasn't going to tell the true reason to why she was trying to kill Yugi and he wasn't going to take that lightly. He growled.

"Even if you did kill Yugi and Lati didn't come in time to save him, Aqua and I would've be very devastated. If we ever found out it was you, we would've killed you instantly by taking your soul orb and making you a mindless servant, maybe not even that. We care deeply for Yugi and with Pegasus out there, we could almost thank him for letting us have the chance to get to know him more. We want to keep him safe from anyone until Pegasus is not a threat anymore. After that, we will ask him to stay after we visit his grandfather and he will become our soul mate. No amount of revenge will change that." Yami said. This had Anzu growling. "What do you see in him?! I don't know why such a dark and handsome king like you should find love in such a pathetic thing like Yugi!" she yelled and cried out again as Yami hit her again.

"He's kind, pretty and sweet. Many things that I know you would never have. You will be kept in this dungeon until I think whether you should go free or be used as food for our creatures, maybe even the gods." Yami hissed. He spent the rest of the day thrashing Anzu for her insolence and trying to kill Yugi just so she could have her chance to become something she never will.

But upstairs, Dartz has found Yugi and was ready to steal said boy and Aqua.

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Zypher: That's all for now. Will Dartz succeed in taking Yugi and Aqua? As much as I don't want to ruin what happens next, we all know that is a big, fat no. He won't get away with it so easily. You shall find out more in the next chapter. Please review.