Hi! Hope you're enjoying the story so far. I've decided to put the next three nights into one extremely short chapter, seeing as on how nothing is really happening. But for your happiness, I've decided to put the next chapter in this section aswell. Hope you enjoy. R&R.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters sniff but I do own the plot
Chapter Six: The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Nights
They met each night in a different location each time. Yami would always give her a flower from the garden and walk along, either talking or just being silent while taking in each other's presence. But at the end of each night, they would either dance the last two dances, or just the last one.
Naturally, Tomoyo would be on the look out for both of them. Somehow, they would always manage to stay out of her eyesight. Which, least to say, was probably a very good idea. She might have blown Rose's cover. Yami was always being made fun of by his friends. The reason behind that: because, he had fallen for a girl. They couldn't stop making jokes about it. Later he found out that they had, infact, spied on them on the second night. Yami was not in a good mood when he found that out. He had yelled at them, making them squirm a bit. He didn't know whether or not to tell Rose, but decided not to. At least, not yet anyways. When they were leaving on the sixth night, the promised to see each other by the Lilly pond in the back. It was the last night that he would ever see the girl he knew as Rose.
Chapter Seven: Rose is Unveiled
This time, instead of Yami being at the pond before her, she was already there. Sakura stood by the pond, looking at her reflection, wondering what will happen in the days to come. Her cousin Tomoyo had prepared a special gown for that night. After Tomoyo had had a little chat with Yugi on the second night, she decided to make something for Sakura that would out shine every other gown that she had ever done. It was the color of Amethyst, which was meant to reflect the color of Yami's eyes, long and sleek; it resembled the gown she wore on the first night, it just didn't have the decorative details like the other one. Best part of it was that there were no sleeves or straps. Her hair fell in long sheets; from the top of the head, down to the should4ers, it was straight, the rest of the way down, it was wavy. She had pulled the sides into the back and was held by a small purple ribbon. On her neck, there lay a single gold chain with no pendant.
Yami was coming around the castle when he noticed her by the pond. He stayed in his position, not wanting to move, to just watch her like this forever. But this was going to be there last night together. He didn't want this to end, but he knew it must. He continued on.
"Rose."
She turned to him with a smile.
Yami stopped in his tracks when she turned. His jaw dropped. He had never seen a girl like this before. But now that he had, he didn't want to never see it again. (which basically means that he wanted to see it again)
He went on walking and, when he reached her, smiled at her and gave her her last flower. This time, it wasn't actually just one flower, it was a small bouquet of lavender. She looked up at him and smiled and went on to smelling the lavender. He was going to miss her smile, her touch, everything about her.
"Yami, I have to talk to you for a moment," and with that, she pulled him along to the little bench that was placed next to the pond. Both were blushing as she pulled him along. 'Oh I hope nobody sees us like this'
Once they were sitting, she began. "Yami, it's time I told you the truth about something."
Yami looked down at her startled.
"My name isn't Rose…"
He nodded, wondering what it really was.
"It's Sakura. My father is King Fujitaka."
Yami nodded dumbly, wondering where this conversation was going to go.
"I'm sorry about not telling you my true name before, it's just that whenever we were together, the subject was wiped clean off my mind."
They remained silent. Then he looked down at the ground and asked, "What about everything else about you, is that also fake?" His voice held a hint of sadness.
"No. Everything I told you about family, friends, and me, it's all true. I just lied to you on my name."
He looked up at her, his eyes emotionless. "It's all right."
Sakura looked at him, hurt behind her eyes. "What?"
"It's all right. I think I understand why you did it."
She looked into his eyes, still unsure about what he said. "Are you sure that it's okay?"
He looked back at her, his usual happiness coming back into his eyes, nodded and said "Yes"
Than she did something that he would have never expected. She leaned forward, flung her arms around his neck and hugged him. When she did this, he turned the color of a cherry. "Sakura" he choked out.
"Thank you. You don't know what this means to me." As she spoke, her breath escaped and he felt it on the side of his neck. Needless to say, he was very embarrassed, but rather content. He placed his arms around her and took in her warmth. One of his hands touched her bare back and he placed his hand right there. Even though it was entangled in hair, he could still feel the warmth of her skin under his touch. His other hand and arm wrapped themselves around her waist. He wished that they could stay in this position forever.
Unknown to them, Kaiba was watching the whole seen. He was sick. He hated Yami. In every battle that they fought, he won. He even came in between him and that sorceress. If he had gotten her, had kissed her before he came along, he could have had ultimate power. But it wouldn't matter. Especially since he would be there. He would have to hurt him. Strike him where it hurts the most, and it was most likely that he would be most vulnerable, and he knew just where to strike. 'It won't be to long now.'
Sakura and Yami stayed like that for a long time. Neither wanted to leave each others presence. After a while however, they had to let go. They slowly pulled apart, looking into each others eyes. Then, Sakura looked down. Yami noticed a tear trickle down her cheek. "Sakura, what's wrong," he asked a soft voice.
Without looking up, she responded, "Tonight is the last night of this ball, we may never see each other again."
Yami watched her, 'She is right. I hope it comes to us not seeing each other again.'
He took her hands into his and said, "We'll find a way." She looked up, her eyes not quite meeting his.
"How?"
He thought for a moment, "We could send each other letters, or…"he paused for a moment, 'could it work' "or we could use our magic to see one another."
Sakura looked at him in wonder; Yami elaborated, "We could use our magic to send us to different places, that way, we could always be in a unique place each time."
Sakura looked down, "It could work, but we would need a special spell to do that. I don't know of any, do you?" She looked back at him.
Yami looked away, "Unfortunately no. I would have to check my library at home to see if there is anything." 'That will take days to find, but if we can be together, it'll be worth the effort.'
"Which side of the kingdom do you live on?"
(((Okay, I think I might have gotten you guys confused with that part. So let me explain. There are several kingdoms in one extremely large kingdom. Since no one ruler can handle all of that and people of different types were warring, kind of like the Muslims and Buddhists, it was split into two large kingdoms, East and West. Then from there, since they were still too big, they were cut down into smaller kingdoms. They still consider themselves part of one big kingdom, even though they are broken up. So when he asks what side she lives on, he means does she live in the east or west. Right now, the eastern states are united, as are the western states, it's just a matter of pulling them together.)))
"The eastern side. Why?"
"Even though I live in the west, it doesn't mean that you can't come over"
She looked at him thoughtfully as he was speaking.
"Why don't you? Come over I mean. I could show you around and since it's so big, no one is likely to spot us."
"That would be wonderful. I would just have to clear it with father though, but I'm sure he won't mind. He seems to be really interested in you. So, he probably won't mind it at all."
They continued on talking about what they were going to do. Finally, it was an hour before the dance was completely over with. Yami escorted Sakura inside, where much to the annoyance of Kaiba, they started to dance. They danced the rest of the night away. Not really worrying or caring about the next couple of days.
The ball was soon over with. He brought her over to her carriage like he had done every night. Kero didn't like the fact that his mistress was in such a carefree mood. He had always taught her to be careful, but here she was, throwing his teaching right out the window. On the other hand, he was very happy for her. She had finally found someone worthy. And they both seemed to really enjoy each others company allot. He had watched them at different times all throughout the nights. He noticed that they really cared for each other. He settled himself on the door, waiting for his mistress and her father to enter the carriage when he heard something that he just had to listen to. He looked over and saw the King, the Princess, and that Prince all talking.
"Sire, I would like it if you granted Sakura permission to come visit me at my castle this Thursday."
Kero fell off the door and landed face first into the stone that lined the drive.
"Sakura, would you like to go to his home?"
"I would love to."
"Well than, it's settled. She shall be at your palace on Thursday."
The two just smiled at one another, and the King smiled at them and then left, but Kero came up from behind and shouted, "Not without me she ain't. And I could really care less for what you have to say about it Saukra."
Both of them sweat dropped. Great, now she had to be with Kero on the ride to and from his place. At least she wouldn't have to see him while she was there. "Fine, you may come along if it will keep you from nagging all the time."
"WOOHOO! I finally get to go out." A huge grin erupted onto his face. He was hoping that she would crack, and she did! Oh he was going to love bugging "Spinny". He was going to drive him up a wall. He left them in a very happy mood.
"Yami turned to Sakura and asked, "Is he always like that?"
"Unfortunately, yes. But this is only his slightly weird side. He goes into over load when sweats come around."
He stared at the little lion and said, "He's crazy."
Sakura laughed, "Hai, he is, but we still love him. He might be crazy, but he has a big heart." She smiled up at him.
He took her hand and led her to her ride home. As her carriage took off, Yami looked on. Happy that he was going to see her again. 'And hopefully, I shall always see her.'
