Chapter 13: Battle on the blazing sand- For the girl he loves.
"You…" she stuttered as she felt all her fears from that day hit her at once. Was her mother alright? Did he mercilessly murder her as well? What happened to the surviving people? Not to mention why, they had taken her. Bakura looking passed his opponent at her felt his heart breaking as she looked upon him as if he was a monster. A monster that should never have walked the earth. As he stood there gazing into her horrified face he began to wonder if it was all worth it in the end to have taken up the job offer from Isis… Deciding it was best to shake off these thoughts before battle, he gave off a smile that only he would give Anzu. It was then that the swords began to fly as the Prince and the Bandit King had a face off for the girl they loved.
Hearing the violent clashing of the swords before her Anzu snapped out of her terror as she watched the prince and the bandit king go at it. Over her of all things. 'Why? Why is this happening…" she thought to herself as she say Yami's rapier slice Bakura's left arm open blood gushed out. Bakura winced at his pain although this physical pain was nothing compared to the pain his heart was feeling. There was no way in his mind that he was going to give her up to a spoiled brat like the prince.
"I won't let you win!" he called out to Yami who was continuing to slice and dice his way closer and closer to Bakura. Bakura's men however had heard he commotion but knew better then to interfere with this fight. This was Bakura's Fight and his alone.
"I hope the boss wins. He was in a better mood with the girl around." Said one of the men who was watching the gruesome battle as this leader kept getting diced up. However Bakura was getting his own moves in at Yami too.
"Why don't you just give it up? Anzu is mine!" Bakura shouted to Yami as he was getting to his feet after getting nailed to the ground after one of Bakura's attacks. He looked up at him with a deathly glare they were both determined men each having the same objective at hand. To win the heart of the girl who sat away watching them fight in a trance.
"No I will not. My feelings for Anzu are the very strongest of feelings. I don't care what anybody thinks. Isis and nothing to me and she will never be anything to me! Her parent's arranged our marriage long ago but I'm not going to push aside my own feelings when I know I could be happy with someone that I love!" Yami shouted back to Bakura in a rage as they both charged at one another battling with each other with all their being.
'He loves me. More… then Isis.' I thought happily to myself my heart was so happy it was almost jumping out of my chest. After all that time those harsh words of Isis and coming back home. He has always loved me. Why couldn't I see it before? Suddenly the breaking of metal snapped me back into reality as I heard both Bakura and Yami shout my name. Looking into the air I saw the tip of one of their blades coming towards me. For some reason I found my body limp as I stared at the impending doom. Closing my eyes as if not wanting to see what was to happen I put my head down and waited, waited for that terrible pain to come. But it never happened. I was confused for a second and sat with my eyes tight shut thinking that it was slower then I thought. Realizing that something had happened I opened my eyes to see a ran through Bakura looking at me and smiling that smile of his.
"Anzu… I'm… so.. glad." He gasped as his breathing was becoming harder and harder. I stared at him in complete shock and horror. If this Bandit king was said to be so villainous then why. Why did he choose to save me? Yami stood and simply watched as the Bakura was taking his last breathes of this earth. His right hand reached up to my face and caresses it slightly.
"Don't… look at me.. with those… eyes." He rasped as he gave a look of disgust that she was looking upon him with sorrow written all over he pale face.
"We will… meet again… in another… world… beyond." He managed to mumble out as blood was now dripping out of his mouth. His pain was beginning to cease as he continued to gaze at the girl that had accidentally fell in love with. Giving her that soft smile of his he looked her in the eyes and stated what he had had in his heart all that time. His secret and now it was his time to share it.
"I have… always loved you… please… be happy." He managed to say as his last breathe left him and his hand fell stiffly to the burning sand below. I gazed at him in complete shock. All that time Bakura had loved me. I couldn't help myself and I soon felt the warm tears run down my now bloody cheeks since Bakura touched them. Suddenly I felt arms around me as Yami embraced me in a hug that seemed to last an eternity as I cried on his shoulder occasionally feeling him ran his hand of my head or pace his chin on it.
"Anzu… Are you ready to go back to the palace now?" he asked in a soft tone as he continued to rest his chin upon my head. I had been crying for so long Yami's shoulder had a darkened wet stain from all my tears that I had shed that day. I turned my gaze up at him his Maroon eyes gazing back at me almost if seeing right though me. I couldn't find the words to speak all I could do was nod my head in an up and down motion symbolizing that yes. I was finally ready to go back to that palace with my Egyptian prince.
Authors note: Yay a new chapter all ready. I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. At least I hope you Yami fans are happy! After all this is an Anzu & Yami fanfics after all. :D I don't know when the next chapter will be up maybe sometime next week. Although I must say I'm still plotting out Isis actual scheme which is why it's still kind of a secret. But yeah. - I would try to get it up this weekend but I'm going to away for 3 days. D: I might have the new chapter around Wednesday next week or later on that week. If anyone needs to contact me about something they didn't like or liked you can either review here (which makes me REALLY happy! They really brighten my day!) or contact me on Live Journal at aojiroiemura./
Word count for this chapter: 1,216