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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
- 13
- 14
- 15
Disclaimer: I don�t own Yu-GI-Oh

A/N: Okay�so this should be one of my good chapters too, so
I can�t wait to get to writing it! Oh
yeah, remember that enemy that showed up a few chapters back? Poor Katiana�wait�not this chapter�yet�I�m so
fricken cruel�so�cruel�

Duel of Love

Chapter 14: Uncertainty

Katiana

I�ve been back
for a month now, and I�ve been working really hard. The pharaoh has been spending a lot of time
with me too, I don�t know why though�and Seto hasn�t said anything�if he
minded�wouldn�t he have said something?
I couldn�t focus on that though�I was so close to figuring out the
language the sixth text was written it�
�Miss Katiana?�
the pharaoh asked, coming over and looking over my shoulder, �You�ve been
working really hard�are you sure you don�t need to take a break?�
�� I was
focusing on the text, murmuring something in a language I didn�t even realize I
could speak.
�Miss
Katiana�aren�t you even listening?� he asked and then seemed to hear what I was
murmuring, �Wait, you don�t only read it�you seem like you are speaking it!�
�Oh�what? My pharaoh, I�m s�sorry,� I said, �I think I
d�didn�t�realize you w�were talking to me!�
�It�s alright,�
he chuckled, �But you seem to be speaking the language��
�It�s n�not that
hard,� I said, �The p�pattern of speech��
�You truly are
brilliant,� he said, �You should be a scribe!�

�I�m a p�priestess,� I stammered,
�People d�don�t take me seriously��
�Is it because of
your stammer? Shame on them�� he said
and I blushed. He was really close to
me, I could feel his breath on my neck and his hand was so close to mine,
barely brushing against my hand but it was still there. I closed my eyes for a moment� I loved
him� I remembered that�and I had wanted
to tell him when I had died�did he know?
Did he love me back? Now I was
being a fool�how could a pharaoh love someone like me?
�� I said
nothing in response� He was so close� I
almost let out a small sigh when he stood up again and he looked at me with a
semi-confused expression on his face.
�What was that
for?� he asked, no anger apparent in his voice.
�What�oh�I�m
s�sorry,� I said quickly.
�No, you did
something�you sighed, didn�t you�when I stood?� he asked. I had myself caught.
�� I didn�t say anything�to lie to the
pharaoh would be really bad�I think he knows the truth already�and to tell the
truth�would mean he�d probably confirm his suspicions if he had any�which he
probably did.
�I see�� he said
and let the matter drop, �I did say you�ve been working rather hard, I think we
should get some lunch��
�Okay,� I said
with a smile, standing up quickly, �I�m just a tiny, l�little bit hungry.�
�Will you take my
arm and allow me to guide?� he asked, offering his elbow to me and I extend my
hands timidly to take his arm, �Don�t worry, I don�t bite.� It�s not really the biting I�m afraid of�I�m
still afraid of his other half�even if I do love him.

Unknown

He was happy
again�and that didn�t bode well for me�if that little priestess couldn�t die
from whatever had occurred at her temple, I would just have to take matters
into my own hands. I guess when you
wanted to something right you had to do it yourself�

Yami

I could have
sworn I heard her sigh when I was close to her and I almost wanted to take her
in my arms and kiss her then�but only if she had admitted that she had let out
that small, disappointed sigh�which she didn�t.
She hadn�t lied either, she just said nothing about it�if she had lied I
would have caught her in the lie and then I would have asked her right then her
true feelings�so she was clever or afraid�
She had a right to be afraid, I had almost hurt her some time ago and
even if it was a while ago she still remembered it as clear as day. Something like that didn�t just leave
someone�s memory. She was afraid of my
other half�so she was afraid of getting closer to me, wasn�t she? I was afraid of that too�but I was going to
do it sooner or later�I wanted her. I
wanted to hold her and love her� I love
her and I wanted to love her�but I wanted her to love me back. That was what made my other half think I was
weak�because I loved her and wanted her love�not her body.

Unknown

It was easy
enough to sneak around�no one would know I was here thanks to my illusions and
shadow magic. This was going to be
easy�too easy�but not yet�my time to act would come�

Katiana

I couldn�t sleep
that night�I was too�well; I don�t know�I just felt something bad was going to
happen. I couldn�t explain the feeling I
had�but I just knew something was going to happen. I found myself pacing back and forth in my
room, trying to get to sleep but finding sleep impossible to obtain, which was
why I kept pacing. I really knew I
should get to sleep but I couldn�t bring my eyes to close!
I jumped when I
heard slump against my door, surprised my spell wasn�t throwing whoever it was
back. A groan came from the other side,
a pained moan and I realized the spell was working but whoever it was couldn�t
move and was getting shocked by the spell!
I went over to the door, deciding to unlock it and see who it was. I flung open the door and a body fell into my
room and another moan came from it. I
lit a candle and brought it over. By Ra
it was the Pharaoh!
�My P�Pharaoh!� I
exclaimed and kneeled down and took him into my arms. He was bleeding from his side, and it looked
bad�worse than the time he had been injured in the ruins.
�Ka�Miss Kat�� he
murmured and I dragged him all the way into my room. He was really limp and I was really scared.
�You�re n�not
supposed to b�be here�it�s night�w�what happened?� I stammered and tried to get
him up onto my bed but I couldn�t lift him because he was too heavy. I laid him down on the floor and went around
my room lighting the lamps and torches and candles so light came into the
room. I grabbed the pillow from my bed
and put it under his head and grabbed the small basin of water I had on the
table and brought it down along with a cloth and set it down next to him.
�Uh�� he muttered
and I looked towards the source of the bleeding, realizing this must be after
one of his nighttime battles, so he wasn�t himself�but still, he was injured
and that was bad� I grabbed a blanket
and lowered it to cover his lower half (he still was naked after all�) and
looked for where his wound was, which it was slightly above his stomach.
�My
Pha�Pharaoh�it�ll be alright,� I said soothingly, dipping a cloth into the
water and gingerly touching it to the wound, and he tensed up so I pulled away,
�I�m s�sorry. I s�should wake a real
h�healer�but they�ll be m�mad at me for w�waking them t�this late�I mean I
c�can I am t�trained but�� A hand shot up weakly and grabbed one of mine. The Pharaoh looked up at me, breathing heavily.
�No�I was�told
you�were�the�uh�best�� he gasped, �Anywhere�else� trouble� you�you
understand�and know��

�I�m s�sure they know of
your�um�c�conditions�why�why me?� I asked and he released my hand and I brought
the wet cloth back to his wound and cleaned it as best as I could. He winced again but I could tell he was
forcing himself to relax. It was odd� he
seemed like his normal self, how could I be sure he was though?
�I�trust you�I
can�you know me�and I�� he tried to say something but seemed to change what he
was saying, �I need you��
�You�sh�shouldn�t
be here,� I stammered even though in truth he was the pharaoh and he could be
anywhere he wanted�kinda�I don�t know!
�I know�your
spell�� he gasped, �Don�t�don�t�f�force me to leave��
�My Pha�Pharaoh,�
I said, �You c�can�t possibly n�need me��
I applied some pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding with a dryer
cloth, seeing the blood seep through it but holding back nausea. I had seen blood before�why was now any
different?
�Call me Atemu,�
he said and I found myself blushing. He
didn�t seem as affected as he had been last time I saw him at night but he
still seemed slightly affected�but wait� last time he wanted me to call him
Yami�why the change in name? Was Yami the
name of his other half?
�I c�can�t my
pharaoh,� I said, �Its n�not proper��
�Damnit,� he
said, �Please�my�name�is Atemu��
�Why?� I asked
and he grabbed one of my hands again even though it pained him to do so. I looked at him, in his eyes to see tears in
his eyes again�those eyes I loved�
�You�innocent��
he said, �I want to say�it�afraid��
�What�s
w�wrong? You�re n�not� I m�mean I already t�told you,� I whispered
but I fell silent, continuing to apply pressure to his wound, which had stopped
bleeding. He was recovering fast and I
knew it wasn�t because of me. I hadn�t
used a spell of anything�he must have the ability to recover from injuries
naturally�that did make him powerful�
�I wasn�t
myself�the other time,� he said, �You knew it�and when I woke from it�I hated
myself�because I had hurt the one person�I�love�� I lessened the pressure.
�W�What? How�How�c�could you l�love me?� I asked, �I�m
a P�Priestess and n�not even a good one�and I�m a commoner��
�Doesn�t matter,�
he said, �You always�were worried about me.
You always�cared�so polite and you captivated me�� he said, �You are the
most beautiful woman I�ve ever seen�� He
didn�t speak anything else, his eyes closed as he fainted from blood loss. He had�he had just admitted he loved me? Was he playing some kind of a cruel
game? What did he want�it wasn�t proper,
I couldn�t say it back he knew I couldn�t!
�My P�Pharaoh?� I
stammered and fetched some bandages I kept with my things, wrapping them around
his wound as best as I could. He moaned
and slowly opened his eyes.
�I don�t know
why�it�s easier to say it now�I love you,� he said, �Even though�it puts you in
more danger�I can�t help it!�
�My
Pharaoh�please tell me what h�happened�� I said, trying to change the subject,
steadying my voice as best as I could.
�I was in a
fight�one of my duels�I won of course�but I was injured in the process,� he
said, and immediately went back to the one subject I didn�t want to return to,
�Don�t you�.don�t you feel anything for me?�
�I think you�ll
b�be okay now,� I said, ignoring his question.
�I know you do��
he said, �Its little use�to say otherwise��
He tried to get up but I pushed him back down.
�You n�need to
rest!� I exclaimed and he smiled at me, wincing only slightly as he did so.
�I know you like
me�at least a little,� he said.
�It�s n�not
proper�it�s not right, I can�t!� I said and he lifted his hand to touch my
cheek.
�So warm�� he
said, �I�m not going to�have you thrown in a dungeon�� He placed his hand on my back and drew me
down to him.
�My Pharaoh!� I
exclaimed, trying to get back up but he hushed me and only let me shift
slightly so I could be more comfortable.
He wasn�t himself then�was he? In
only a short amount of time he had recovered and now�he�
�No words Miss
Katiana�none until you call me by my name, Atemu�� he said and allowed me to
sit up.
�� I didn�t say
anything but checked the bandage, making sure it hadn�t bled through, which it hadn�t.
�I heal quickly,
don�t I?� he asked with a small grin, �It doesn�t matter though�I know you love
me��
�Uh-uh!� I said,
staring at him as I shook my head.
�Even if you
don�t admit it,� he said, �And thank you�you have a healer�s touch��

�Uh-hu�� I trailed, agreeing with
him, �C�Can you get up? To g�get you on
the bed�to rest�you n�need it�� I wasn�t
listening to him anymore, he wasn�t himself� he wasn�t rightly himself. In the morning he�d wake up from whatever
sort of a dream he was in and he�d forget he even said anything�it wouldn�t
mean anything� and it would only break my heart if I told him and he remembered
nothing about it�
�I think I�m
strong enough�� he said, �But could you lend a little assistance�I recover fast
but not that fast�� I offered him a
shoulder and a hand and helped him up and he clutched the blanket to cover his
um�well anyways I got him up into the bed and helped him get situated.
�There,� I said,
�You s�should be able to l�leave by morning, right?�
�Yes�do you
really want me to leave that bad?� he asked.
�I mean
only�that�� I stammered�oh how could I get him to understand?
�Alright,� he
said, �I�ll leave the matter be, if that makes things more comfortable for
you�just for now�but I do know you care about me�� How could he focus on such a thing when he
was injured?
�Uh-hu,� I said.
�Well then on a
lighter matter�� he began. He really did
seem like himself�maybe his other self didn�t want to deal with an injured body
or something like that�
�What is it?� I
asked.
�Where�re you
going to sleep?� he asked, �It appears I�m taking up most of the bed��
�No�it�s
n�nothing! I can s�sleep on the floor!�
I said. The pharaoh had full right to
sleep on my bed, he had been injured for Ra�s sake and he needed rest! I didn�t mind giving it up to him.
�Miss Katiana,
that�s not proper to have a woman like yourself sleep on the floor,� he said,
�Besides�I wouldn�t want to��
�You�re the
p�pharaoh�you s�sleep wherever you want,� I stammered and started to get off of
the bed but he grabbed my hand.
�Stay with me�
please�� he said and pulled me gently next to him and embraced me, �Please��
�It isn�t
p�proper�� I said but he hushed me with a finger to my lips.
�Shhh�� he said,
�I won�t harm you��
�I k�know that
but�� I said.
�Miss
Katiana�please, I may never have this chance again�I feel my time is running
short�� he said.
�W�What do you
mean? You�re the p�pharaoh you�ll live��
I began and he hushed me again.
�I won�t talk
about that now�but please, grant me this one favor?� he asked, �I won�t harm
you�I just want to hold you�to know what it�s like�� I sensed sadness in his voice, as if he
really believed he wouldn�t have this kind of a chance�he really loved me,
didn�t he�he did�I sensed it now�just as he knew I loved him�I knew he loved
me�but he told me himself�whereas I was afraid.
I couldn�t tell him�it wasn�t proper or right!
�Alright,� I
said. What harm could it do�to let him
hold me�he was the pharaoh, he could have whatever he wanted�and he wanted my
heart and I was almost ready to give it to him�

Yami

Holding her in my
arms was the most wonderful experience I could imagine. She was soft and warm and her hair smelled
like flowers. I realized I was still
naked�but I didn�t take her under the blanket at all�I wasn�t going to do
anything. I was fighting a loosing
battle against the darkness in myself�and this was one thing I had wanted
before I ended up fighting to the death protecting her� I couldn�t tell her I had injured myself so
that my darker side would leave. I loved
her so much, and I had even told her�it was better she deny it�her
feelings. In some ways I was hurt in a
lot of ways I was relieved. It would
make it easier when I�
�Stay here in my
arms,� I whispered as she slept, �You are my love�my princess��
��zzzz�� she
snored quietly in my embrace.
�I�ll go to the
temple tomorrow�pray you always remain happy�safe�� I said, �Ra help me�I did
not know what love felt like��

Katiana

The next morning
I awoke to find the Pharaoh gone. I
understood why he had gone, to avoid having someone walk in on us but it made
me sad in a few ways�I enjoyed being held by him. I didn�t tell him though and I think he
already knew. He knew my feelings, even
though I hadn�t admitted them! He said
he�d wait�and then ask again� How could
I answer when I didn�t know what love felt like? Is it even love or infatuation or something
like that�what was it�I didn�t even understand my own feelings! Did I actually understand them and I was just
unwilling to admit it because I was afraid?
What was I afraid of�of ruining his reputation�having him in love with a
lowly priestess�? Was I afraid of Seto? I couldn�t be�I don�t think I was thinking
straight� I headed towards the library
to do my work again, unsure of what any of my thoughts were.

�

�� I poured over
the tome and wouldn�t let my mind wander.
I was here to do a job, that was all�then I�d go home. So why did my heart hurt?

TBC

A/N: I know, it�s
short but that�s how it is for this chapter.
Please review, even if you think it sucks (but don�t flame me!) and
please wait for the next chapter� if anyone is counting down�2-4 chapters
until�
- 13
- 14
- 15
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