/Lookalikes/
1.Korosu - Bandit Keith
2.Max - Pegasus
Saiyan Moon Goddess: "I'll write more later as the story goes on."
-Alternate Universe Twist- By Saiyan Moon Goddess
-Chapter 2: It's Her, But Different-
Korosu charged at Yugi, and disappeared. Yugi was shocked for a second but then came to his senses and quickly pulled out his sword and brought it up. Yugi managed to block Korosu's sword a few inches from his head.
'He's so fast!' Yugi thought desperately, but managed to hide his fear.
Korosu chuckled. "Not bad, for a kid." Korosu surprised Yugi by kicking him in the chest, sending him a few feet back and knocking the wind out of him. He charged again.
Yugi, still on the floor, rolled out of the way just in time and Korosu's sword hit the floor, cracking it. Seeing an oportunity, Yugi slashed with his katana and jumped away.
"Damn you!"
Yugi turned to see what damage he had done and saw Korosu holding his injured shoulder. It was cut up deeply and bleeding badly.
'I must've hit him too hard.' Yugi thought.
Korosu snarled. "Nobody has even injured me and lived to tell!" He lunged for the small teen and lashed at him. Yugi blocked. It went on like that for a while, swords crashing into each other. Korosu was so fast, Yugi couldn't hit back.
'I have to use his speed and strength against him.' Yugi was quite fast himself and knew a lot of good moves thanks to Marlene's training. When Korosu attacked again, Yugi dodged, tripped him, and slashed as hard as he could. A scream was heard. Yugi made another jump, did a flip in the air, a landed gracefully a few feet away. He turned and did another battle stance just in case.
Korosu's sword fell to the floor with a loud metalic sound and Korosu fell holding his left side, which bled heavily. He stayed down, moaning in pain.
Yugi approached his opponent cautiously as he turned to lie on his back. He managed to keep his hand from shaking and brought the tip of his katana, holding it to Korosu's neck.
"Give up?" he asked. The big man only growled at him.
They heard clapping. Yugi didn't look up at Max as he approached, clapping his hands. "That's enough." he called. "Congratulations, Yugi. No one has ever injured Korosu and escaped unharmed. You truly are worthy of being my bodyguard." He turned to Korosu. "And Korosu, go to the medical wing and take care of those wounds. You know I hate blood spills on my floor."
"Hmph." Korosu grabbed his sword and stood up, still holding his side. He limped out of the room without another word.
"Here, Yugi." Max gave Yugi a piece of cloth. "Clean your sword before it gets rusty." Yugi did so and gave him back the cloth. He seathed his katana.
Just then, a servant entered the room. "Master, dinner is ready."
"Very well, you may leave." Max said to the man, who bowed and left. He turned to Yugi. "Would you like to join me, Yugi? I'm expecting company tonight."
"Who?" Yugi asked.
"A few friends, nothing more. Come, I want them to meet my new bodyguard."
Yugi followed Max out of the room. "As my new bodyguard, Yugi, you must keep your weapon close to you and stay close to me all the time unless Korosu comes to replace you when it's his turn. And you must stay alert as well. Understand?"
Yugi nodded. They were both quiet when they walked into the dinning room.
A group of men and women sat at a long table, talking while slaves served them food. Their voices stopped and they turned to Max as he and Yugi entered the room, the slaves bowed and continued what they were doing. Max sat between two empty seats and signaled Yugi to seat beside him. He did and everyone stared at him.
"This is Yugi, my new bodyguard. Don't judge him by his size. He defeated Korosu."
Yugi kept his serious face, but on the inside he was nervous with all the stares. Korosu later entered the room and took the other seat next to Max. And everyone started eating. The food was great. Servants entered the room to serve different classes of desserts now. Yugi noticed that all the servants looked tired and skinny. Most of them had bruises on their bodies. But what really caught Yugi's attention was the young girl approaching the table carrying two big plates that were filled with smaller plates with desserts. She appeared to have trouble walking and struggling to keep the plates in balance. And for some reason, he had a feeling it wasn't because of the plates' weight. He stared at her.
'She looks so familiar. Could it be?' Yugi lost himself in the girl's eyes that held anything but life. 'She looks so much like....Marlene....'
The girl had short spiky blonde hair to her neck and she had gray eyes. She wore less clothes than the other servants because hers were the most torn up and she had bigger bruises than anyone else. She looked like she was about to collapse.
And she did. Her knees buckled under her. Crash She fell down from all the weight on her arms. The plates fell on her and broke. She was covered in pastry and plate pieces. Some of them cut her skin. She pulled herself to a kneeling position. Yugi was about to get up to help the girl, but Max got up first. He looked at the young woman with rage in his eyes.
"Stupid girl, now look what you did!" he yelled at her. The girl raised her head and stared at her master. Yugi was surprised to see her emotionless face. That's when he realized, this was the girl who bumped into him earlier in the hallway.
Max went to the girl and grabbed her hair roughly, pulling her head backwards. "How dare you be clumsy at a time like this?! In front of my guests, no less! And this is not the first time! Do you enjoy humiliating me like this?! Do you?!"
The girl said nothing. Max slapped her hard and released her hair in the process so the force sent her down. The girl just sat up, not even flinching at her red cheek.
Yugi froze, shocked at the scene unfold before him. He stole a glance at the other guests. Why weren't they doing anything to stop Max? But when he looked into their eyes, he saw them glaring at the slave girl.
The girl stood up slowly. Apparently something was wrong with one of her legs. But she barely got halfway when Max grabbed her arm and threw her back down.
"Did I say you could stand? The floor is where you belong. Now apologize to my guests or I'll make sure you won't be able to walk tonight at all."
The girl stared at him defiantly. "Everybody makes mistakes." she said.
"What did you say?" Max said dangerously.
"You heard me...BE-ASS." She spat at his feet.
Max hit her again. "You BITCH."
A woman stood from the table. "That girl should learn respect to her superiors. You must teach her to learn her place, Max. And you must do it right here, in front of us."
"Yes!" Everyone agreed, except for Yugi, who feared what would happen next.
Korosu went to Max and handed him a heavy whip. "You brought this on yourself, worthless slave."
The girl stared at the whip, but still showed no fear or remorse. Max grabbed her and forced to turn around, facing everyone but with her back to him. He ripped the clothes off her back.
Yugi gasped. Her back was disfigured, covered in scars and serious bruises that looked that they'd never heal. It was a very bad sight for sore eyes. Max brought the whip up.
-Crack-
Yugi winced at the sound. The girl said nothing but gritted her teeth.
-Crack-
The blonde refused to cry out. She wouldn't let her so called master and his guests the satisfaction of seeing her cry.
-Crack- -Crack- -Crack- -Crack-
Blood dripped down her back and to the floor. Her back looked worse than before. Yugi couldn't stand the sight of her blood. Max raised the weapon again.
"Stop!" he called and ran to Max, standing between him and the girl.
Max stared at Yugi confused, the smiled. "Well, of course you can have your turn hitting the bitch, Yugi. I forgot that I always let my new guards give the first lashes." He offered the whip to Yugi. "Here. Do you want to continue?"
Yugi stared at the whip. Who can he say such things? Asking Yugi to hit the poor girl. 'He's so cruel.' He glanced down at the girl and noticed she was glaring at him with a murderous stare.
She hadn't given that look to Max. She was giving it to him, Yugi, the one trying to protect her. Of course, she didn't knew that. But why did she gave him such hateful stare? Yugi dismissed those thoughts and looked back at Max seriously.
"No, I won't hit her." he said. Max looked shocked.
"Oh? Then get out of the way." Max pushed Yugi aside. Yugi was taken by surprise and fell on his butt. Everyone but the girl and Max laughed at him.
-Crack- -Crack- -Crack- -Crack-
"No, leave her alone!" Yugi got up to stop him, but Korosu suddenly grabbed him and pulled him out of the room.
"Thank you, Korosu." Max called as he continued his "punishment".
-Crack- -Crack- -Crack- -Crack-
Outside the room, Yugi could still hear the cracks of the whip hitting flesh. He wanted to go back in but Korosu blocked his way.
"Why are you doing this?!" Yugi yelled at Korosu.
"The lord doesn't like it when people interrupt him when his punishing his slaves. Apparently he didn't noticed your soft heart. You shouldn't have a soft heart. And you call yourself a warrior?" Korosu smirked, mocking him.
"You heartless..." Yugi didn't finish the sentence because he heard a yell coming out from inside the room.
"Korosu!"
"That's my cue." Korosu said and walked into the room. Yugi stayed on the door, watching everything. Yugi's eyes widened in horror when he say the servant girl lying in a puddle of her own blood. Korosu went to her and picked her up not so gently and carried the unconsious body away. The other slaves looked terrified.
"What are you waiting for?!" Max yelled at them. "Clean up this mess!!"
The servants quickly complied, afraid for their lives.
Korosu walked pass Yugi. "Where are you taking her?" he said.
"To the medical wing. Even after all her disobedience, she's still the lord's personal slave. She's his favorite and he doesn't want her dead. Her wounds should be tended just enough to stop the blood. Then back to the lord's chamber she goes." Korosu continued his way.
"Personal slave?"
Korosu looked at him over his shoulder. "You dummy. She's his sex toy, what else?"
Yugi froze again. 'No, it can't be.' He ran after Korosu. At the end of the hallway was the medical wing. But Korosu went in and locked the door behind him so Yugi couldn't go in. Just a few seconds later, Korosu came back out, but still wouldn't let him in. He grabbed Yugi's arm and dragged him through the hall in the oposite direction.
"Where are you taking me?" Yugi asked, trying to break free but to no avail.
"The lord asked me to show you to your chamber. And don't bother trying to return to the medical wing. I gave orders there so they wouldn't let you in tonight." They came to a big door. Korosu opened it. "Enjoy your stay." He threw Yugi inside.
"WHOA!" Yugi fell face-first. He heard the door slam. "What a brute." He glanced at his surroundings. His room looked comfortable enough. A big bed, some luxurious furniture, a few things he would need here and there...
He stood up and wiped the dust off his clothes. Then he went to his bed and sat on it.
'I can't just sit here knowing that Max could hurt Marlene again. What am I going to do?'
He sat there for a few hours, thinking. He couldn't help but wonder if he would meet all the people that looked like his friends. He met a girl that looked like his love. He wondered about those other boys Max mentioned. Nessuro and Neil...
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a rough voice yelling.
"Stop squirming!" A slap was heard.
"Hey, leave something for the lord." another voice said. "He'll kill us if we waste her before hand."
Yugi stood up, grabbed his katana, and ran to the door. He opened it slightly and peeked through the crack.
Two strong guards were dragging a blonde through the hall. She struggled weakly, but they tightened their hold on her.
'Marlene!' Yugi came out the door and followed the guards silently, hidding in the shadows. The poor girl still looked like she was run over, but she wasn't bleeding anymore and looked like she had taken a bath. Her skin was paler than before. She was probably dirty when she served the food.
With Yugi right behind them, the two men came to a room with double doors. They knocked, and waited.
"What is it?" came Max's voice from inside.
"We brought you your TOY, my lord." said one of the guards. Yugi didn't like the way they refered to her as toy. The only thing he could think of was that Max was going to 'play' with her, as in, play with her body.
"Just throw her in and leave." The guards opened the door, threw the blonde inside and closed the door again. They left as the double doors were surrounded in a silver glow.
'I have to save her!' Yugi came out of hidding as soon as the guards were gone. He tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge. 'What the-?' He put his ear on the door, but couldn't hear anything. 'Must be some kind of lock and sound-proof spell. And I don't know how to counter it. Now I'll never save her!' He thought desperately. The girl he loves was inside a room with a perverted mad man and there was nothing he could do. Nothing, except wait.
To Be Continued......
Saiyan Moon Goddess: "Well, how do you like that? There's gonna be lookalikes from YU YU HAKUSHO too! Review please!"