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Chapter List
- 1-Duel of Love
- 2-Feeling
- 3-Learning
- 4-Rumor
- 5-Double
- 6-Trouble
- 7-Reckoning
- 8-Translation
- 9-Enemy
- 10-Ritual
- 11-Redemption
- 12-Memory
- 13-Eternity
- 14-Uncertainty
- 15-Falling
- 16-Admittance
- 17-Hero
- 18-Stupid
- 19-Defeat
- 20-Lonely
- 21-Beauty
- 22-Wishes
- 23-Adventure
- 24-Sensuality
- 25-Anger
- 11
- 12
- 13
Disclaimer: I don�t own Yu-Gi-Oh

A/N: Alright, so I�m really gonna add fantasy with this
chapter, in a bit of a flashback�as to why Seto claims the things he does and
if you don�t like it tell me, but I can�t guarantee I�ll change it. I�ve been tossing this idea around for weeks
now (I�ll have to write separate one-shots just to show all the ideas I had
going around my head) and I finally landed on this one�well, not really landed
but saw it as the most reasonable.

Duel of Love

Chapter 12: Memory

High Priest Seto

I returned to the
room only to find Katiana awake and her head was shifting around, taking in
everything! Ra, she was okay!
�Katiana?� I
asked cautiously, sitting beside her, holding onto the few pieces of soul I
found last night, �Are you alright?�

�W�Who are you?� she asked, staring
at me with blank eyes.
�Don�t you know
who I am?� I asked slowly.
�No,� she said
simply, �I don�t k�know��
�By Ra,� I said,
�It�s because your memories were lost along with your soul��
�Huh?� she asked
me and I looked at her, she had this immense look of confusion on her face.
�Nothing,� I said
quickly, �Then allow me to introduce myself.
My name is High Priest Seto, although you may just refer to me as
Seto. Do you know who you are?�
�No, w�who am I?�
she asked. In her eyes, they looked at
me with such trust. She never looked at
me like that before.
�You are
Priestess Katiana; you are a priestess in my temple here. We are in your room currently and the reason you
are bandaged up was because you were injured a little while ago,� I explained,
�I suppose this doesn�t make sense though�I don�t think you�ll be able to
connect with everything yet�� I was
confused as well; I didn�t exactly know what to say. I remembered the shards I had found and I
placed them on top of her and they melted into her body as I focused them in.
�What w�was
that?� she asked.
�Those were
shards of your soul,� I said, �You aren�t yourself because your soul
shattered�and you can�t remember anything for that same reason.�
�Oh�� she said,
and looked away from me. I wasn�t doing
anything wrong, and yet in some ways I still felt guilty�like in a way I was
taking advantage of her�I wasn�t though, but it still felt like I was. Even if she didn�t remember, I did�Every time
we spent together�

Flashback

�Who�s with you father?� I asked as the
High Priest, my father entered the temple.
�This child, this girl my son?� he asked
and I nodded.
�Is she a new priestess for the temple?� I
asked.
�She has that potential, and for so young
too,� he said, �But this child would also be a suitable wife for you as well��
�She isn�t pretty at all�� I said, looking
at her as she slowly tiptoed around my father and stood in front of him,
looking down at the floor.
�She�s still young son,� he said, �Her
name is Katiana, she is only five years old, two years younger than you are�I
am leaving her in your care.�
�Why me?� I asked, �She isn�t a pet��
�You need a lesson in how to look out for
others. As you will be High Priest one
day, you will have to watch over all your priests and priestesses,� he said,
�Her powers sincerely need to be watched over�she doesn�t even know what she
has��
�Why can�t we just�� I began.
�Kill her and drain her of her powers? Her particular ability doesn�t allow for
that� she isn�t even aware of it,� he said.
�So how did you see it father?� I asked.
�I killed her parents,� he replied simply,
�I shall address you later my son�� He
walked away and the small girl approached me slowly.
�So, your parents are dead?� I asked and
she nodded.
�They n�never liked me much�though�� she
said. Wait, did she just stammer?
�Didn�t you cry for them?� I asked and she
shook her head.
�Petit Dragon w�wouldn�t let me�and I
d�didn�t want to,� she said, �They b�beat me because they t�thought it would
g�get rid of the way I t�talk��

�So you�ve had this stammer all your
life?� I asked and she nodded, �What is your name?�
�I�m Katiana, and I�m f�five,� she said,
holding out a hand to show her five fingers.
�Not a fool, are you?� I asked and she
weakly grinned at me, �My name is Seto, I guess I have to look out for you�are
you sure you won�t be crying on me?�
�I�m
s�strong�Petit Dragon said I w�was strong�� she said with a nod, looking at me
with huge eyes.
�Follow me, I�ll show you where you sleep,
and explain the rules here�� I said, and she followed me loyally, she had no
where else to go, did she?

End Flashback

Things had been
easier then, because she was a child, her stutter was regarded as a thing of
growing up. She didn�t complain at all
about anything, and worked very hard. It
was only when she turned 12 and had to start training in the shadow realm when
I realized her power�

Flashback

�Seto, what type of t�training is this?�
she asked me, looking around the training center, noticing all the eyes that
were watching her, including those of my father.
�You�re going to learn how to fight,� I
said. I was 14, tall for my age. She had yet to grow, if at all. She was as short as the Prince�
�Uh-huh,� she said.
�Are we all ready to begin?� my father
asked the trainees and me. We nodded,
and Katiana even had a determined look set upon her face.
�Stay close,� I told Katiana. She had begun to learn the art of healing and
she was quite apt at it, so I wanted her nearby in case I got hurt. She nodded and inched a little closer to me
as the shadows began to enclose us. I looked
over at her to see how she was adjusting and she was frozen in place.
�� she didn�t say anything; she was
merely frozen in her spot, her eyes wide.
�Katiana, are you alright?� I asked and
she slowly shook her head, �What�s wrong?�

�I f�feel sick,� she said after a
moment.
�What?� I asked, staring at her.
�I f�feel sick�I don�t f�feel good�� she
said and as the shadows continued to fill the room she fell to the ground on
her hands and knees. I knelt beside her
and tried to give her some support�or something.
�Father, stop this now, I have to get
Katiana out of here,� I said after realizing she wasn�t going to be getting any
better.
�Why my son, everyone has to learn to be
in the shadows, it�s her own fault if it makes her sick�� he said.
�No father, she�s�oh Ra, she�s coughing up
blood!� I exclaimed, �I have to get her out of here!� The shadows faded from the room, causing the
other students to either groan in disappointment or sigh in relief.
�Why protect the weak?� he asked, �If she
can�t handle it, she�s not meant to be here�I shall get rid of her myself��
�Don�t touch her!� I exclaimed, �You put
her in my care, I�m only taking care of her!�
�Move away boy, you may be my son, but you
better not do what I think you are doing�� my father warned and I moved to
stand in front of her. I knew she was
looking at me at this time, probably wondering why now out of all the times I
could have protected her I was protecting her now.
�I won�t let you hurt her,� I said solidly
and a hand flew to my face and a hard slap sent me reeling and landing on my
bottom a short distance from Katiana.
�Are you or are you not learning to be a
Priestess?� he asked Katiana, forcing her to her feet.
�I am�its w�what Seto�s been t�telling
me,� she said, looking over at me. My
father grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him.
�All Priestesses have to do this, and no
one has had any trouble before, so why you?
Why do you have trouble with it?� he asked.
�I d�don�t know!� she exclaimed, her eyes
full of fear.
�It�s because you are weak, a weakling I
should never have brought to this temple.
Your potential is wasted because you�re a stupid, idiotic girl,� he said
and I started to rise. He didn�t know,
he hadn�t spent time with her like I had�she was smart, she really was! The only thing that stopped people from
taking her seriously was her stutter.
She was sweet, innocent, and happy�when she kept on smiling, it always
made me feel better�I didn�t want to loose that� My father raised his hand to hit her and I
ran into him, slamming against his body and though I wasn�t as strong as he was
but I still made him fly slightly back.
I went to Katiana and shoved her behind me protectively. I don�t think the other students knew what to
make of this.
�My only son, protecting the weak,� my
father said, �Then you are no son of mine!�
He came at me and slammed me back away from Katiana once again.
�S�Seto!� I heard Katiana exclaim and I
raised my head weakly as I saw her facing my father, as she raised her head to
look at him, tears in her eyes, �You h�hurt Seto� he�s your s�son!�
�NO son of mine would protect a weakling
little Priestess who can�t handle the shadows�it�s about time I got rid of
you�your stutter was beginning to annoy me�� he said, smirking as he raised his
hand, preparing to summon his beast.
�You h�hurt Seto,� she muttered, �You
h�hurt Seto�� Doesn�t she care that
she�s about to be hurt, killed? Why does
she only think of others? All her time
at the temple, she�s always wanted to help others, but when she is stuck with
something difficult, she chooses to do it alone, not even accepting help from
me unless I force her too� She�s going
to die and I can�t move!
�What�s this nonsense?� my father asked as
his beast appeared before him. Petit
Dragon appeared before her, trying to protect his mistress�but he faded away,
unable to stay out because of the powers my father was using to block him. The next thing I knew was I felt a surge of
power vibrate off the walls of the training room�the next thing I heard were
the screams of my father�the next thing I saw and smelled�was blood�and it
covered the walls�
�Katiana!� I cried out, �Father!� Trainees ran out of the room and I looked
about, trying to find my father, all I saw was blood, he had been completely
destroyed. I looked towards Katiana, and
she was there�and I saw�she was covered in my father�s blood, breathing heavily�what
had just happened? What did she just
do? She looked over at me; her eyes
glowing blood red and fell to the ground.
I picked myself up and made my way over to her�she had done whatever she
just did to protect me�she didn�t think of protecting herself, she was
protecting me! Was this the power my
father saw the day he killed her parents?
�Uhh�� she moaned and I took her into my
arms, ��
�Katiana, what just happened? You just killed my father!� I exclaimed, even
though�I wasn�t angry, I wasn�t upset�he had tried to hurt her, he had hurt
me. He had NEVER hurt me before.
�What?� she asked, opening her eyes and
looking at me weakly, �W�Why do I smell blood?
What j�just happened?�
�Don�t you even know what you just did?� I
asked, �You just�� She didn�t realize
it��wasted potential� was what my father had said. She didn�t realize her power; she didn�t
realize her strength, did she? Did
whatever possessed her even let her remember?
�He h�hurt you�I remember t�that�and then
I saw n�nothing�� she said, �What ha�happened?�
�Nothing Katiana,� I said slowly. She doesn�t need to know, she doesn�t need to
know! I couldn�t tell her, it would kill
her to know she was inhabited by something she couldn�t control�but why had it
only appeared when she saw me get hurt?
�I
r�remember, I w�wanted to protect you,� she said. She didn�t care about her own pain, she had
just wanted to stop mine, and that had triggered it, hadn�t it?
�I�m alright Katiana,� I said, �Thank
you��
�Where�s your f�father?� she asked.
�Something emerged from the shadows and took
him�� I lied, hoping she would accept it as truth. I would never let her realize what she
did�she could never leave my side now�her power was a fearful one and she was
mine, she was mine by all rights�
�Oh�d�does that make you H�High Priest?�
she asked.
�I�I inherit it, don�t I?� I asked, �But
I�m only 14!�
�Oh�� she said, and picked herself up and
knelt in front of me�I felt calm around her�I didn�t care about what had just
happened�it happened�Will of the Gods�
Father always told me never to look back or mourn death, partially
because he killed so often it was second nature�and so I wouldn�t look back,
not even for a moment on this�

End Flashback

I became the High
Priest from that moment on, and I kept her in the lower ranks, never letting
her or her spirit move to higher ranks, and she never went to the shadow
realm�I couldn�t have her fall ill�not like that at least. I never wanted her to feel she had to protect
me, or anyone�to unleash that power again was frightening, I feared it�as I
grew up, I changed, and so did she, only a little. She used to follow me around everywhere�but
when I became High Priest, and stated my claim to her, she resented me, tried
to avoid me, and began to almost hate me.
She still remained sweet and kind, even though I had changed. How could she do that? How was she able to remain the same, even as
I became hard of heart and turned away from some of the good beliefs I had as a
child, turning to a few of the bad ones?
Beliefs my father had taught me, no less� I loved her�
�S�Seto?� Katiana
asked, yanking me out of my thoughts, she must have been watching me for some
time now.
�I�ll get your
memory back,� I said, �And then I won�t waste any more time�shortly afterwards,
you will be mine��
�Huh?� she asked,
a blank expression on her face, �W�What do you mean?�
�Never mind,� I
said quickly, �You should still rest; you�re still badly injured��
�I w�will Seto��
she replied and closed her eyes.

Yami

I went to go and
see Miss Katiana again, to see if there had been any progress made. It had been a week since I was last there, a
week since she had her soul shattered�if I hadn�t received word of her death
yet, she must still be alive.
�My Pharaoh,
welcome to our temple,� a priest said, �Might you be here to see High Priest
Seto?�

�Is he here?� I asked, almost
chiding myself for asking such a stupid question. If he cared anything for Miss Katiana, he was
most likely with her.
�He�s with one of
our priestesses, she was recently in an accident�� he said casually.
�I know this,
take me to them then,� I said and he nodded hastily. He beckoned me to follow and led me to a
door.
�They�re in
here�� he said, �But be warned my Pharaoh, the priestess, she isn�t herself��
�Does that mean
she�s awake?� I asked and he nodded, �Good then, thank you��
�Anything my
Pharaoh�� he said and walked off. I
knocked on the door and slowly opened it.
High Priest Seto was sitting next to Miss Katiana�s bed and she�she was
awake!
�High Priest
Seto�� I said and High Priest Seto stood to face me, �Miss Katiana, I�m glad to
see you�re awake��

�She doesn�t remember anything,�
High Priest Seto said, �Not even who I am��
�W�Who is this Seto?� she asked and I
looked at her. She was propped up on the
bed slightly, and her arm and leg were set so that they could heal.
�She seems to
remember you pretty well,� I said dryly, watching as High Priest Seto turned to
address her.
�This is our
pharaoh,� he said, as if he were speaking to a child, �You were currently in
his service before you lost your soul��
�I was?� she
asked, �I d...don�t remember��
�It�s alright,�
he assured her before turning back to me, �As you can see, she has little to no
memory at all��
�That proves
nothing,� I said, �Miss Katiana, are you sure you don�t know who I am?� She shook her head.
�I�m s�sorry my
pharaoh,� she said, �S�Should I? Was
there s�something I needed to r�remember?�
�I�m sure she�ll
recover her memories after some time�I�m working to collect them,� High Priest
Seto said, �And then she�ll be able to finish the job you enlisted her to do.�
�Of course,� I
said, my heart still shattered, �I love you!� That thought ran through my head, she didn�t
remember�anything about me�I don�t think she realized that I loved her
now�maybe she had before�and what�s more�she doesn�t remember anything she may
have felt for me�I couldn�t bear that�I knew she loved me�I knew it.
�My pha�pharaoh,
are you alright?� I heard her ask, �You look a little p�pale��
�I�m fine Miss
Katiana,� I said, forcing a small smile, �I look forward to having you become
yourself again and returning to the palace to finish the job I asked you to
do.� She nodded and smiled at me.
�I m�must have
been doing s�something important,� she said.
�Yes, you were,�
I said, �Good day Miss Katiana, and High Priest Seto, we will talk later.�
�We shall my
pharaoh,� he said, bowing. Miss Katiana
saw what he did and tried to do the same, bowing awkwardly as she couldn�t
maneuver very well. I left the
room. She didn�t remember me and that
was killing me�now it was�one thing to have her almost dead, lying there, but
she knew who I was�I think�and now�she didn�t remember me, didn�t even really
know who I was save for what High Priest Seto would tell her. He would probably tell her all the things she
had believed about me before she met me, all the bad things at least�and she�d
probably believe them more now than before too�I didn�t want that�I didn�t want
her to hate me, I wanted her to love me!
By Ra, what was I going to do?
How was I going to get the Miss Katiana back, the one that knew me,
loved me, and I loved her. What was I
going to do? Would High Priest Seto even
be able to find all her memories? There
had to be something else, those shards would be hard to find, mere slivers,
scattered about the shadows� I would
find some way to help�all my power and I couldn�t save her�couldn�t help her�I
would find some way. I swore I would, or
else I didn�t deserve to be Pharaoh�not if I couldn�t save her life, the life
of the woman I loved. And once I did,
I�d tell her, I �d tell her how I feel�and then hopefully, my instincts were
correct, and she�d feel the same way� and once that happened, I would ask her
to be mine, forever.

TBC

A/N: Eh, so it was
slightly better. I promise to update
soon if people nicely review! No
flames. Did you like the flashback, did
it add something, mystery or fantasy to it, or did it take away from the
story? If it did, I�ll try to fix it,
but I�m not making any promises at all�I told you in the beginning I had been
tossing around what to do. So I�ll see
you all next chapter, eh?
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