Angel

By: Silent Sniper

Chapter 8: Gruesome Memories

Mai nodded and smiled sweetly, but inside she was angry. Angry at the Princess for killing the innocent one. The one who did nothing, but be born! Anzu never loved her father anyways. She only wanted to rule the kingdom, have power and a loved one that she would boss around. Petty things that held no spiritual value or happiness.

The younger Princess had some kindness around her and adored Anzu, but in the end she had to pay the ultimate price for being her Father's favorite......

She had seen the King before their departure. He looked heartbroken and pained. His brown hair had turned to an almost white and his blue eyes had become dull and old.

A very sad sight.

He mourned the death of his daughter. Another blow to his heart after his beautiful wife died a long time ago. The King no longer bore Anzu no hate after Sakura's demise. He possessed no other emotion then sadness.

No emotion. An empty shell of a man that was once powerful and strong.

"That old man had made his mistake after killing my mother and ignoring me. That little idiot just did that by coming into my life," the Princess sneered as her family's memory came to her.

She smiled darkly when she remember her. *That little moron...she got what she deserved.* she thought. She remembered Sakura's death so prefectly. The young Princess had come into Anzu's room when her sister had invited her in. Then it begin. Anzu remembered everything....

*Flashback*

"Anzu!" Sakura cried happily as Anzu came into her room.

"Hello, Sakura," Anzu greeted warmly and stiffened when the black haired girl hugged her.

"Papa is out hunting with the guards, I really hope that he gets back soon," Sakura commented.

"Who cares?" Anzu said.

Sakura's blue eyes widened and turned to the Princess in shock.

"Don't look so surprised..." Anzu said as she looked at the younger one with half hooded eyes. "I don't care about that old man."

"But he's our father and loves us very much," Sakura said.

"You poor naive thing....He loves you and showers you with affection, but he hates me," she muttered darkly.

"What? Why?" Sakura asked as she began to get the chills.

"I am not your sister...." Anzu revealed.

Emotions played on Sakura's round face and her eyes squeezed shut. "Yes, you are. You are my sister! We have the same Mama and Papa" she cried.

"No...my mother is not yours and neither is your father...." Anzu said lazily. "My real father was a dirty nobleman that seeked to destroy the King and my mother was a lady of a rich family. Their names were Charles and Maliiva..."

Sakura was speechless. Charles and Maliiva? Anzu's parents? " Where are they? Why are you living with us and a Princess?" she asked.

"My parents are dead! My father and mother were put to death by yours!" Anzu cried angerily." Your father kept me because I was the only heir that he had, even though I wasn't his daughter!"

Anzu closed her eyes and forced herself to be calm. "Then your father married Hotaru..."

"My Mama!" Sakura cried. She had always mourned for her mother's death, even though she never knew her.

"Yes, Hotaru married your father which made things worse after that marriage. Hotaru tried to be nice to me and I got in trouble for yelling at her. Then you had to be born!" Anzu said as her voice became darker and darker.

"Me?" the Princess asked.

"You ruined everything! I was supposed to become Queen in Egypt! I was supposed to have a mother and father to love me! But you and Hotaru ruined everything! You became that old man's favorite and everything was taken away from me!" Anzu accused.

"It wasn't my fault!" Sakura cried, trying to comfort Anzu.

"Yes, it was and now you will pay....Hotaru was taken care by life...." Anzu whispered wickedly as she advanced on Sakura.

Sakura backed away with a look of fright on her young features. "P-please, Anzu. Listen"

"You know...I had a lot of ways of killing you. I was thinking of burning you, stabbing you, pay a man to rape and beat up to death...but that sucked the fun out of it..." Anzu said with an insane smile and pounced on Sakura.

Sakura let out a small cry as she felt hands snake around her throat. Anzu's hands began to squeeze the long white neck.

"You ruined everything...everything. I wanted to be happy, but no...you had to be born..." Anzu whispered as she tightened her hold on the girl's neck.

"A-anzu...please....don't.....do this..."Sakura whispered as her breath became labored. She had tried to scream for help, but her voice couldn't rise above a whisper. She had tried to claw Anzu's hand or struggle, but she was becoming to weak.

"SHUT UP!!" Anzu screamed as she slapped Sakura with one hand while mainting the other on her throat.

Tears seeped out of Sakura's blue eyes and fell on Anzu's hand.

Tears of pity...

For Anzu....

Sakura's let out a choke and her last breath came. Her bright eyes darkened in death and sorrow. Anzu smirked as she stood up.

The lifeless Princess was sprawled limply on the ground. Her blue gown was hiked up to her knees and torn from her struggles. Her empty blue eyes were open in shock and terror. Her black hair was tangled around her face and her throat had some red marks made from Anzu's hands.

"You are avenged, Mother...." Anzu whispered as she walked out. Soon they would find her dead body and the King will be heartbroken. Nobody will blame it on Anzu, but they will blame it on some poor fellow.

*End Flashback*

Mai said nothing as she looked at Anzu intently. Her blue eyes were blazing with fury and amusment, her features were twisted into a scowl and looked nothing like her normal emotionless self.

Anzu turned to her maid when she snapped out of her thoughts. "You may go now," she said.

Mai nodded and left the room silently. She didn't want to near the insane Princess any longer....

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Mai's violet eyes wandered over the expanse of the palace and drank in its beauty. She was still scared over the tale of the Princess Sakura's death and she jumped at every sound.

*I'm getting paranoid...* Mai thought bitterly as she walked even further inside.

Soft laughter reached her ears and she followed the sound to the servants' quarters. There she saw the figures of two boys sitting on the steps. One was the boy she had seen earlier. He looked odd, but he was a pretty one with his wild tri colored hair and wide violet eyes that suited his pale skin. The other one was much taller with hair the color of gold and honey colored eyes that clashed with this tanned skin. One pair of eyes shifted over to her.

"Hello," the blond said as his companian smiled.

"Hello," Mai replied.

"You're the Princess' maid, right?" the small one asked.

"Yes, I am Princess Anzu's personal maid," he asked.

"That I am," Mai said.

"Whats your name?" The blond blurted.

"My name is Mai," she replied to the grinning blond.

"Ah! My name's Jou and this is here is Yugi," he said cheerfully as Yugi nodded shyly. Mai smiled and sat down on the steps gracefully. Her purple gown swished softly as she sat. Jou stared at her. The girl was very beautiful with her graceful features and slender body. Her wavy hair fell to her waist in golden waves and her narrow violet eyes gleamed in the sunlight. She was truely beautiful, but she wasn't his type.

"How did you become a maid to the Princess?" Yugi asked.

Mai's eyes became distant and Yugi could see the pain evident in them. She didn't want to talk about it obviously. He stood up. The Pharaoh was soon to come down and he needed to be in the room. Mai jumped when his small hand layed on hers and squeezed it brieftly. She smiled.

He was concerned for her. She also saw that he held a pained look in the depths of his eyes. He was one like her...something had happened to him and it was painful.

"Mai? Are you ok?" Jou asked.

She shook her head. "Nothing, I was merely thinking, now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see my Lady." With that she left Jou alone on the steps.

*This Yugi will turn out to be an interesting person....* Mai thought as she went back to the Princess' room.

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I scared myself for some reason...This fic is getting more demented by the minute, but it still maintains its PG 13 rating. *looks at chapters* This fic will go on a long time, I suppose. ^^;;; I hoped you enjoyed my warped chapter and don't kill me because there is no fluff yet!!! *runs for cover*

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