Well I know it ended...like this but yeah. I do have the sequel ((Bloody Life))up already and I won't be revising it so no worries about going to read it and me deleting the chapters on you all this time. That one is based more around Seto but boy is YYxY the catalyst for it all. Anyways...going to bed now.
Blood Stained Revised
Chapter 17: Evil Plot
(_)(_)(_)Vampire(_)(_)(_)
Well cloaked, I wander aimlessly through the city. The sun beats down on me and the tension in the air could be cut with a knife and fed like delectible fruit. That's when I spot another cloaked figure.
I make my way swiftly by the figure and the foreboding feeling inside my gut tells me to go another way. But I shrug it off as my hunger. As I pass by the figure grasps my arm.
I try to shake him off when I see a glimpse of under the hood...Akhendan.
Feelings mixed with realization, fear, revenge, and many others well up in me and I bit down on Akhendan's arm. With his other hand he pulls off his hood so that people's heads turn to him, knowing full well that he's a high priest. He screams in pain and everyone gasps in fright.
Akhendan yells at them, "Help! He's a vampire! Help!"
I release him as blood drips from my mouth and glistening fangs. The people form a circle around the two of us and I realize that I'm trapped. Akhendan shoves me to the ground and yanks my hood off. I attempt to flee but he hits me again and everything goes black.
(_)(_)(_)Cousin(_)(_)(_)
I ride into the city as a cloaked travel trying to escape the sun blazing around the city. The sound of a man screaming draws my attention and I direct the horse toward the scene.
The formation of a cricle around a revealed Yugi and a horrified Akhendan captures everyone's attention. Yelling down at them I push through the crowd. Sliding off my horse I keep my hand locked on the reins as I pick Yugi up off the ground.
The poor boy had fallen unconscious. I set him in front and the crowd parts for my exit. I cast my eyes around and find no trace of my deceitful Father. Relieved I ride into the desert and let the crowd calm down and night to fall before I head us back in.
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Akhendan smirks with satisfaction as he strides confidently into a void alley. Anzu stands leaning against a wall, waiting for him. He comes over to her and she pushes herself upright. Pulling out a pouch from under her skirt she opens the gourd up. Pouring the puckish green liquid on the bites, they miraculously disappear.
"One last thing to do."
Akhendan nods, "Get the King of Thieves to attack the palace."
Anzu laughs wickedly and leads them both into further darkness until they vanish from site.
(_)(_)(_)Cousin(_)(_)(_)
I've been riding for at least half an hour before I even come close to arriving at a nearby oasis. It doesn't look far away until you start for it.
I lay Yugi underneath the trees and let the horse get it's fill on water. With still plenty of time before nightfall I drop onto the sand near the water's edge. After everything I can't imagine why I'd be this tired.
Lying down I direct my back to Yugi and let the hood drape over my face so that the sun is out of my sight.
(_)(_)(_)Vampire(_)(_)(_)
When I wake up the first thing I notice is the moon lighting everything making the oasis...beathtaking. For a slight moment I panic when I catch sight of the figure by the water, thinking it may just be Akhendan.
I quietly yet swiftly make my way over to the person.
It couldn't be Atemu could it?
I roll the person over gently so I don't wake him and pull back the side of the hood. A face that is usually critical, defensive, and pained appears peacefully as if he was a dead statue and not alive at all. Shocked by my thoughts I kneel down and press my fingers to the pulse point on his neck.
Feeling the heartbeat and the fact that he sits up surprises me. "I-I didn't mean to wake you!"
He smiles kindly at me and I know this is the true him, "No it's okay...your hands are freezing though. Gave me a chill." Yawning he pulls his knees up and drapes his arms over them. "But we had better get ready to go. Thank you for waking me."
"Oh..."
Seto smiles again and I can't help but smile back. As we sit there soaking up the night air, he tells me all about everything up until the point of now.
I can go back!
Seto stands up and climbs onto the horse. "Well come on Yugi, we better get back."
Nodding eagerly I climb on behind him, loop my arms around his waist, and he flicks the reins.
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Anzu, Akhendan, Bakura, and his best thieves head straight for the palace. Bakura's other thieves plunder and set fire to the city so that it is alight like a torch in the night.
Finally at the doors they parade into the throne room as if they already owned the place. Atemu occupies his throne with all his priests, except the obvious two, forming a wall in front of him.
Right off the bat, Bakura summons Diabound and begins blasting away.
Before anyone knew it all the priests were dead by Diabound's mighty wrath. Atemu had summoned Mahado or now know as Black Magician. As he orders Black Magician to attack the blast misses everyone but one.
Anzu's screams echo off the stone as the blast burns her body as if it were made of straw.
Another blast is fired.
Bakura easily dodges it and hits Akhendan square in the head. Blood and all sorts of brain matter splatter the floor and columns.
It's like a target range morphed with a slaughter house.
(_)(_)(_)Cousin(_)(_)(_)
I direct us through the city and can barely keep the bile from rising in my throat. I rush us straight through the open doors to the throne room. Blood drips from Atemu and Bakura as the order their respective monsters to do battle. I yank back on the reins and the horse stops. Diabound disappears into the walls and Yugi leaps off the back of the horse, racing to Atemu.
With his wings out he drops down beside Atemu and the share a bittersweet kiss. The second they part I yell at them. Trying to get off the horse it is almost like I'm stuck in slow while they are in the fast.
Running up behind them, Bakura stabs his sword through both of them at once. Laughing manically I feel my blood boil.
Without a second thought I summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon and order her to instantly kill him with her mighty white lightning. Bakura drops dead to teh ground and I race over to the two lovers...my two friends. I yank the sword out and Yugi manages to hold Atemu on his feet. I look for a sign of life.
"H-He's already dead. B-But he told me to tell y-you that you're the n-new Pharaoh." I let the tears trickle down my cheeks. "Th-Thank you Seto...for giving us peace...till the next life."
Yugi's grip on Atemu falters as he falls to the ground. Before he touches the stone he's gone. I manage to catch my cousin's body and lay it next to Yugi's, not caring about the blood now all over me.
Mahado's student, Mana strides in with Bakari behind her. Tears cover their faces along with metallic red. The guards and Jou are gone too and I know it. They both walk over to me and try to smile. Mana kneels beside the two.
I wrap my arm around Kari as she looks up at me, "Lord Seto, the fires are out and the thieves are gone."
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Inaudible tears wre sliding down everyone's faces that day and many days to follow. Everyone was buried properly. The two kingdoms became one as well and Seto ruled them both with his wife Kari at his side. He ruled stonr just as Atemu had but nothing was ever the same. Many important people in his life died that day. Sadly that is another story to be told. But this, the story of the two lovers is the one.
Love never dies even though the lovers do.
(_)(_)(_)The End(_)(_)(_)