Angel

By: Silent Sniper

Chapter 5: Found and Recovery

Lelani was searching frantically for Yugi and Jou. The two had been missing for quite awhile and it had her worried. If the two were slacking or something, the Pharaoh will be furious. Her black hair flew behind her as she check almost every chamber and asked other servants if they had seen them. No luck. Lelani stumbled back as she bumped into a solid object.

"Watch where you're going, slave!" a deep voice said.

Lelani's locked into colbat eyes and her voice caught in her throat. It was the High Priest....

"I am so sorry, High Priest," she said as the brunette bowed down and looked at him. The Priest had a temper just the like the Pharaoh....

"Don't stare," he spat. The servants were not allowed to look at them, only if they were asked to. Lelani didn't obey and kept her eyes on him. "What are you doing?"

""I am looking for two boys," Lelani answered.

He smiled coldly. "Do you mean the pathetic Yugi and Jounouchi?" Lelani merely nodded. "Well...you might want to go check the dungeon...." The chestnut haired boy passed Lelani with a small laugh. Lelani's face paled and ran towards the dungeon. His blue eyes pierced her back. That woman always managed to give him a slight shiver with her large blue orbs. That brunette was not open, but held a mysterious air. The High Priest shrugged. There was nothing to be afraid of.

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Lelani burst into the dungeon without paying attention to the guards. She gasped. There on the hard ground were two limp figures. The two boys showed no signs of consious. Lelani knelt besides the them and checked them over. Jou's back was caked in dried blond and had some grumsome marks that looked vivid against his lightly tanned skin. Yugi seemed in better condition. His knees were slightly scraped and when Lelani turned him over she could see a bright red mark on his pale skin.

"Help me get them to my room!" Lelani ordered. The guards remained impassive, but when Lelani glared at them with her eerie eyes they obeyed.

Soon the boys were lying on Lelani's cot. Their foreheads were dabbed with a soft moist cloth in order to wake them up. A few minutes later violet and honey colored eyes opened to see their black haired friend standing over them.

"Wha-What happened?" Yugi asked as he sat up and flinched at the dull pain in his knees and his cheek. The memories of the dungeon and Jou's yells. Tears stung his eyes, but he refused to cry.

"Can you sit up, Jou? Lelani asked.

In her hands were a piece of wet cloth and a soothing balms. Jou nodded. He winced as Lelani began to clean his wounds. He grimanced as the moist rag touched the whip marks and resisted even further to cry out as the balm was applied. Yugi looked at Jou with concern, but the blond gave him a faint smile. Next Lelani attended to Yugi's cheek. It wasn't bad, but his right knee had aquired a small scar.

"Jou..." Yugi began.

"Hm?" the blond said as he layed on the cot once more.

"It was my fault...getting you into this mess," Yugi said softly.

Jou shook his head. "It wasn't. The Pharaoh's cranky all the time," he said.

Yugi grinned," But he doesn't scare big Jou, does he?" he teased.

Jou also grinned. "Nah, of course not."

Lelani raised an eyebrow. "But where you not scared last time?" she asked innocently.

Jou waved a hand in disdain. " I was pretending, thats all."

Yugi and Lelani laughed as Jou turned red. " Cut it out!" he yelled, embarrassed.

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The Pharaoh was in his secluded garden as he mushed. Shadows danced across his elegant face with lazy strokes. Red eyes gazed somewhere in the sky.

"A penny for your thoughts?" a low voice asked.

Yami turned around to see Seth standing behind him and merely raised his eyebrows. "Our guest is almost here....." he whispered as the wind made his purple cape billow.

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^_^ At last! This fic might have slower updates because of the plots that I am trying to do amd school will start soon. Hah! I am sixteen now, but I am not a year wiser. How sad. Anyways, I will see you all later! Disclaimers: Yu-Gi-Oh does not belong to me!