This chapter has some angst in it as well as action. Just a warning.
Chapter 13- Attacked!
The following morning, Yuugi and Yami had met each other early for breakfast.
"I wonder where the others are at." Yuugi said.
"I wouldn't expect to see any of them for a little while." Yami said.
Yuugi saw the amusement in Yami's eyes and knew what he had assumed the others had done after the ball the night before. "You have a one track mind, you know that." Yuugi said.
"It's probably true, though." Yami told her.
"Yeah. I suppose so." Yuugi agreed.
The two entered the dining room to find that Mahado and Isis were also in the dining room.
"Good morning, Prince Yami. Good morning, Yuugi." Isis said.
"Good morning, Isis." Yuugi replied.
"Isis, when are you going to do as I ask and call me by my name?" Yami asked.
Isis smiled. "Only showing respect." Isis said.
"No. It's called you trying to irritate me." Yami replied.
Mahado couldn't help, but chuckle at that remark.
Isis smirked, something that she rarely did. "It does irritate you so much." Isis said.
Yuugi couldn't help, but giggle at that.
Yami glared lightly at her as they sat down.
Servants quickly brought breakfast to Yami and Yuugi.
"The Pharaoh has said that any meetings won't be until this afternoon." Mahado said.
"They always are after a ball considering how late the balls unusually end up being." Yami said.
"I didn't even realize that the balls went on that late." Yuugi stated.
"You get used to it after a while. It took all three of us a little while to finally get used to that as well." Isis stated.
"Where are Atemu and the others?" Mahado asked.
"Probably sleeping." Yami said.
"I'm certain that they have good reason to be." Isis added.
'They're all like that.' Yuugi thought.
"Forgive the crudeness, Yuugi, but it is the truth where Atemu and Seth are concerned." Mahado said.
"No apologies are necessary, Mahado. Being around Bakura and Marik for so long has made me immune to those kinds of remarks." Yuugi answered.
"Do they talk like that as well?" Isis asked.
"Worse than you could ever imagine." Yuugi answered.
After breakfast, Mahado and Isis left together.
"Where are Isis and Mahado off to so quickly?" Yuugi asked.
"You don't know about them?" Yami asked.
"What do you mean?" Yuugi asked, looking at Yami.
Yami smiled. "Yuugi, Isis and Mahado are married. They have been for two years." Yami said.
Yuugi's eyes widened. "I didn't know that Mahado and Isis were married." Yuugi said.
"Well, they do a good job of hiding it. They never show affection around people. They reserve that for when they are alone. They want to keep their relationship just between them instead of having people constantly on them about their relationship. That's why few people even know that they are married." Yami explained.
"I can understand why they feel the way they do." Yuugi said.
"So do I. We, I'm afraid, will always be under scrutiny." Yami said.
Yuugi smiled gently at him. "It will be fine, Yami. No one will ever find anything wrong with this relationship." Yuugi said.
Yami smiled and leaned down to kiss her. "I agree." Yami said. He and Yuugi walked down the hall hand in hand.
Mia, who hand just walked into the dining room, saw Yami kiss Yuugi and then walk out of the dining room, holding Yuugi's hand. She clenched her fists tightly in rage.
'That little bitch! How dare she steal my Yami away from me! He was supposed to marry me so that I could be queen and then get rid of that slutty brother of hers and her.' Mia thought.
She felt nothing but pure rage at Yuugi.
'I won't let it happen. If I can't have Yami, then no one will. Certainly not that bitch.' Mia thought.
She stormed out of the dining room in a rage.
"I win again, Yami." Yuugi said.
"You've won the last five games we've played." Yami said.
Yuugi smiled. "Well, if you'd concentrate more on the game instead of staring at me, you'd actually be able to do better." Yuugi chided.
Yami smirked. "Well, you're so beautiful that it's hard for me to keep my eyes off of you." Yami said.
"You'll lose every game we play of you keep that up." Yuugi said.
Yami shrugged his shoulders. "I really don't care if I lose. Just being able to spend time with you is more than enough for me." Yami said.
Yuugi raised an eyebrow. "And what about your reputation of never being beaten?" Yuugi asked.
Yami shrugged. "I can deal with losing that title." Yami answered.
"Shall we play again?" Yuugi asked.
"No. I think that I have had enough if losing for right now." Yami said.
"You wouldn't lose so much if you would actually concentrate on the game." Yuugi said.
Yami smiled. "Maybe. Come on. Let's go for a walk in the gardens." Yami said.
Yuugi nodded, and the two left the room that they were in and headed out into the gardens, holding hands again.
"Um, Yuugi." Yami said.
"Yes." Yuugi answered.
"You don't think that Bakura and Marik are going to kill me for courting you now, are they?" Yami asked.
Yuugi smiled. "They'll probably threaten you and tell you that if you ever do anything to hurt me that you'll have to deal with them." Yuugi said.
Yami groaned. "That is one conversation that I am not looking forward to having." Yami said.
Yuugi smiled. "Don't worry, Yami. It won't be as bad as you think. The fact that Marik and Bakura know you will help, although they'll still act rather protective of me and threaten you from time to time, just to make sure you know that you will have to deal with them if you do anything to hurt me." Yuugi said.
"Well, I guess that I'll just have to make the most of the situation." Yami said.
"It won't end with your death, Yami." Yuugi said, patting his arms lightly.
"I hope not. I really would hate for Malik and Ryou to end up single again because they were put to death for my death." Yami said.
"Ryou and Malik are he reason that they won't do anything to you. Thy know that Ryou and Malik would have their heads if they did anything illegal." Yuugi said.
Yami nodded.
The two sat down on a bench out in the gardens.
"Yami, what will your father and the council say about us being together?" Yuugi asked.
"I doubt that they'll say much. I think that Father already suspected that I have feelings for you. Truthfully, the only way that they would have anything against the relationship is if you had a bad reputation." Yami said.
"Like Mia, I suppose." Yuugi said.
Yami growled at the name. "Yes. Her reputation would prevent her from being able to come to any of the balls with me, much less become queen. She doesn't think that there is anything wrong with what she has done in the past. She doesn't realize just how much that would matter if the people of Egypt learned what kind of person she is. Besides, I wouldn't want to marry someone that would constantly be in other people's beds." Yami said.
Yuugi smirked. "She said that it was un-ladylike for me to be playing in the gardens with my family. I think it's rather un-ladylike to sleep with a different person every night." Yuugi said.
"It is. Very un-ladylike, but Mia doesn't see it as such, and I don't think that she'll ever get the message. I'll be married, and she'll probably still be after me." Yami said.
Yuugi smiled. "You know, whoever you marry could have her put to death for daring to come onto you like that. It would be, after all, within your wife's power and right." Yuugi said.
Yami raised an eyebrow. "And would you do something like that?" Yami asked.
"I don't know. Given that it's Mia, I would probably be tempted to do something like that." Yuugi answered.
"As you said, it would be within your power, and not even the council could stop you when you consider the fact that she would be coming onto your husband. Of course, I could do the same thing. I could actually have her put to death after everything that she has done." Yami said.
"And you haven't why?" Yuugi asked.
"Because, in truth, the act needs to be completely justified, and she hasn't done anything really to warrant that." Yami answered.
"I suppose that is a good reason. I know that the Pharaoh rarely puts anyone to death." Yuugi said.
"Mia would have to do something really extreme to warrant Father having her put to death." Yami said.
After the walk and talk in the gardens, Yuugi had decided to return to her room to lay down for a little while.
Yami had told her that he would come a little later and see her.
As Yuugi opened the door to her room, someone from behind pushed her into the room. Yuugi regained her balance as she heard the door slam shut. Yuugi whirled around to find a rather angry Mia glaring at her. Yuugi also glared angrily and said, "What do you think you are doing?"
"Shut up, you slut! You leave my Yami alone!" Mia shouted.
Yuugi's eyes narrowed. "What makes you think that he belongs to you?" Yuugi asked.
"I've known Yami a lot longer than you have, bitch. I've known him for years. I have worked too hard to gain his favor to have you push me aside." Mia hissed.
"Does working to gain his favor include letting every man you come across in your bed as well as every woman?" Yuugi asked.
"You bitch! Hoe dare you!" Mia shouted, lunging at Yuugi.
Yuugi, being trained by Marik and Bakura, easily dodged out of the way.
"Come here!" Mia screamed, lunging her again.
Yuugi moved out of the way and grabbed Mia by her arms before she pushed her back into the wall. "You don't know who you are messing with, Mia." Yuugi said.
"You bitch! How dare you disrespect me! I am a lady and deserve to be respected!" Mia roared.
"I, too, am a lady, Mia. I was born one, and there is nothing that you can do to change that fact, although I am certain that you would love to." Yuugi said.
"You will never be married to my Yami. All he needs to do is to see that I am the only woman that could possible satisfy his needs, and he'll be leaving your sorry ass behind while he comes to my bed." Mia said smugly.
Yuugi smirked. "Then why did he not take you to the ball, and why is it that he has never been to your bed while everyone beneath you has been?" Yuugi asked.
"You will not talk to the future queen of Egypt like that!?" Mia shouted.
"You are no queen, and you never will be. Yami has no interest in you at all. He has told me that himself, not to mention the fact that your reputation as a whore would force the council to prevent any marriage between you and Yami. He does, after all, need a queen of honorable nature, something that you are not considering you would never be in his bed, but in the beds of other men." Yuugi said.
"SHUT UP, YOU BITCH!" Mia screamed. She took out a dagger and pointed it at Yuugi. "One more word, and I'll ram this dagger through you damned heart!" Mia threatened.
Yuugi was more cautious, knowing that Mia had a dagger, but she wasn't about to let Mia get the best of her just because the woman thought that she deserved to be Yami's wife. "You don't scare me with that dagger, Mia. If you attack me, you'll be charged with treason. After all, I don't think that the Pharaoh would like that fact that you carry a weapon around in his palace. He could think that you planned to kill either one of his sons." Yuugi said.
"I said shut up! I don't give a damn about what that damned pharaoh does! He won't live much longer anyway, and then my Yami will become the Pharaoh, which will mean that I will be queen! I'll have your slut of a brother killed and then I'll see to it that Atemu is as well! No one will stop me from doing what I want!" Mia shouted.
"It would be treason to kill either one of them! Just threatening to do it is punishable by death!" Yuugi warned her.
"No would know when your heart is cut out!" Mia shouted, lunging at Yuugi.
Yuugi quickly moved to the side out of the way.
Mia grabbed a vase and threw it, hitting Yuugi. Mia lunged at her again. "IF I CAN'T HAVE YAMI, THEN YOU WON'T EITHER, BITCH!" Mia screamed as she brought the dagger down.
The blade went right into Yuugi's shoulder, who screamed in pain.
"Why did Father decide to have the meeting so early?" Yami asked.
"I don't know, but he did, and we need to go on." Atemu answered.
"Let me just go tell Yuugi. I told her I would come and see her and I want her to know why." Yami said.
"Just hurry. Father doesn't like being kept waiting." Atemu said.
"Yeah, and the sooner we get there, the sooner the meeting is over, and the sooner we get out of there." Seth said.
The three headed down the hall to Yuugi's room.
"IF I CAN'T HAVE YAMI, THEN YOU WON'T EITHER, BITCH!"
The shout was heard right before a female scream filled the air.
"Yuugi!" Yami exclaimed in fear.
All three broke into a run down the hall.
When Yami reached the room, he wrenched open the door, not caring about decorum, and ran into the room.
Mia held the bloody dagger over Yuugi, who was holding her shoulder in pain.
"DIE, BITCH!" Mia shouted, about to slam the dagger down again.
Yami grabbed Mia from behind and jerked her away from Yuugi.
"LET ME GO, YOU BASTARD!" Mia screamed. She swung the dagger hitting Yami in his arm.
Yami shouted in pain and let her go.
Mia turned only to find that she had attacked Yami.
Atemu ran over to his brother.
"Yami." Yuugi said through the pain.
"SHUT UP, BITCH! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Mia shouted, lunging at Yuugi again.
Before Mia could reach Yuugi, Seth grabbed her by the arm and slammed her into the wall.
Mia wasn't knocked out and tried to get up.
"GUARDS!" Atemu shouted.
A moment later, three guards came running into the room.
Atemu pointed to Mia and said, "Take her to the dungeons! She is under arrest for the attempt on Lady Yuugi's life as well as attacking my brother!"
The guards immediately grabbed Mia and jerked her to her feet, removing the dagger from her hand as well.
"NO! LET ME GO! THAT BITCH HAS TO DIE! RELEASE ME! I'LL HAVE YOU ALL KILLED FOR THIS!" Mia screamed.
The two guards forcefully pulled Mia from the room and down the hall while she was still screaming.
A moment later, Heba, Ryou, Bakura, Marik, Malik, and Jou, having heard the screams, bust into the room.
"Yuugi!" Heba screamed, running over to his sister.
"What happened?" Bakura demanded.
"We need to get her to Isis." Yami said, holding his bleeding arm, hoping to slow the bleeding. He could see that injury was deep and that Yuugi needed immediate attention.
Atemu looked at them. "Seth, go an get my father. Tell him what happened." Atemu ordered.
Seth nodded and stood up from Yuugi's side, instantly running from the room.
"One of you, get Yuugi and carry her to the healing chambers. I'll show you the way." Atemu said, helping Yami up.
Bakura immediately went over to where Yuugi was. He cursed under his breath when he realized that Yuugi had lost consciousness. He scooped Yuugi up into his arms.
Atemu helped Yami up, adding pressure to the injury he had and led everyone out of the room and down the hall, leading them to the healing chambers.
'Mia's going to die for this. I will not tolerate this one.' Yami thought angrily more concerned for his little love than himself.
Mia pretty much snapped in this. I needed a way to get rid of her, and I knew having her attack Yuugi and Yami would do it.
The next chapter is about some of the aftermath. Mia might not be shown much. It'll be about Yuugi and Yami and thier injuries mostly.
Also, I'm planning to have Mia killed, so any ideas on how to kill her would be appreciated. I'd like tp hear how you think she should die.
R&R.