Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Trapped Without Sight ❯ Trouble for Skyla and the Three Slaves ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter4: Trouble for Skyla and the Three Slaves   Ryou reached Bakura’s cell and as expected, Bakura wasn’t happy.             & nbsp; “Where the hell have you been?!” he yelled, lunging at the bars of his cell.   Ryou wasn’t happy with Bakura’s tone and he snapped at him,             &nb sp; “Keep it up and breakfast won’t be the only meal you don’t receive!”   Bakura clamped up and waited patiently for Ryou to open his cell and set the food down before rushing over and grabbing Ryou’s throat, pinning him to the wall. Ryou’s collar glowed an angry blue and Bakura was thrown hard into the wall on the other side of the cell. Ryou fell to the floor and quickly got up running out of the cell, closing and locking the door all before Bakura could get to his feet. Ryou ran out of the dungeon as fast as he could and returned to Yami’s chamber until he was to serve Bakura dinner.   “So, Bakura wasn’t happy?” Yami asked calmly after Ryou ran in, shut the door and stood there panting. “No, thank Ra the collar worked.” Ryou panted out.   Yami frowned; Bakura was a lot more violent when he missed a meal. It was then that D. Human came out of his card and stood next to Ryou.             &n bsp; “Master, are you okay?” he asked.             “Do I look like I’m okay?!” Ryou snapped.             “You’re lucky you had the collar; but I would’ve helped you if you had called.” “Fear tends to banish all reasonable thought.” Ryou said calmly. “I’m sorry I snapped at you.”           &nb sp; “It’s alright master, I’m just glad you’re okay.”           &n bsp; “You may return to your card now D. Human.” Ryou said.   With that, D. Human disappeared in a flash of light. Yami then asked Ryou to go make him something to eat so that he would have something to do besides sit in Yami’s chamber all day. Ryou returned later with a three course meal and awaited his next meeting with Bakura.   “Ryou, you should eat something, you didn’t eat anything for breakfast. Besides, there’s more than enough here for you and me.” Yami said.   Ryou took a little of everything and ate what he could. Meanwhile, Yugi was in his healing quarters when Joe stumbled in, and he wasn’t in very good condition.   “What happened?!” Yugi asked while looking at his severely cut up arms and a puncture wound to his shoulder. “The high priest was not happy when I won against his guards. They were trying to get to Skyla, I told her to run while I held them off.” Joe groaned. “Hold still!” Yugi ordered, placing his hands over Joe’s wounds watching as they started to heal. “Thanks” Joe said before leaving to get back to his duties.   After Joe left, Yugi was able to get one thought out before collapsing.            &n bsp;  ‘Neo’ Neo appeared by his side just in time to catch him.             &nb sp; “Master! What happened?!” he asked.             “Used… too much… energy.” Yugi whispered out.   Neo immediately picked up Yugi and brought him to Yami’s chamber.   “My lord, Yugi used too much energy for something, but for what, I don’t know.” Neo explained. “That would be my fault.” Came Joey’s voice from the door. “I was helping Skyla by fighting off some of Seto’s guards after I told her to run. She got away, and I beat Seto’s guards but I was severely injured so I went to the healer’s quarters where Yugi healed me.” Joe explained. “Thank you Joey for that explanation, but now you have to get back to your duties.” Yami stated sending Joe away.   Yami told Neo to place Yugi on one of the makeshift beds and dismissed him. Ryou walked over and sat down next to Yugi, who was now sleeping. Malik was in the dungeons watching his corner of prisoners when he heard someone talking to Bakura; he leaned in to hear the conversation better.                “So, you plan on grabbing Skyla again for me?” Bakura asked the figure.             “Yes, it should work, I plan on grabbing her while she sleeps.” The man answered.             ; “You do know you’ll have to enter the pharaoh’s chambers for that right?” Bakura asked. “Of course, I grabbed her from the pharaoh in the ball room, remember?” The figure replied.             “Ishtar, I want you to hang around a bit longer this time.” Bakura told him.   At that point, Malik decided to walk down the corridor as if he was just making his usual rounds. Seeing Ishtar standing by Bakura’s cell, he nearly gasped at the resemblance. But he continued walking towards them and when he got close enough he shouted,              ;  “Hey! There are no visiting hours down here!”   Ishtar turned towards him and nearly choked at the guard standing a good distance away from him. Ishtar then tried to run at him, but found himself floating in the air. He looked at the kid and realized it was him that was making him float. He grabbed his rod and hurled it at Malik’s head hitting him at just the right angle to knock him unconscious; but one of the blades on the side cut Malik just above his left eyebrow. Ishtar fell to the ground landing hard on his butt before getting up and retrieving his rod getting ready to stab the boy through the heart.   Yami had gotten a mental picture of what was happening right before Malik was knocked unconscious and immediately headed to the dungeon with his guards following him. He got to the dungeon just in time to stop Ishtar, and order his guards to take the rod from him, before having them throw him into the cell next to Bakura’s. Yami called out Celtic to carry Malik back to his chambers.   ‘The only one that hasn’t ended up in my chambers is Skyla; I hope she’s okay.’ Yami thought.   Unfortunately, Skyla wasn’t okay; she was being chased by Seto down the many corridors of the palace. Seto had realized that she was a good runner for a blind person but she soon lost her footing and fell to the ground. She heard Seto approaching her and she called out mentally,            &nbs p;  ‘Rojo, I need your help!’   Rojo immediately appeared in front of her and saw Seto approaching his master; he went on the defensive and got in a position to defend her. Yami sensed it when Rojo came out of the shadow realm and immediately headed out of his chambers and down to where Skyla was. After many twists and turns he finally found her and commanded Seto to stop. Seto looked angrily at the pharaoh and continued to walk towards Skyla.   “Believe it or not pharaoh, this slave has made you go soft.” Seto commented as he got closer to her.   Yami’s last string of control finally snapped and he opened up the shadow realm.   “Oh come now Yami, you don’t seriously believe that you can stop me with all your pathetic monsters do you?” Seto said before calling on his three blue eyes. “Master, you called?” Exodia asked. “Yes I did.” Yami answered, smirking at Seto who called all of his blue eyes back and left the shadow realm angrily. ‘I will get that girl eventually.’ Seto thought.   Yami closed the shadow realm and dismissed Exodia before he turned around and helped Skyla up and brought her back to his chamber where the other slaves were; Skyla thanked Rojo for protecting her and gave him permission to leave. With a nod, he disappeared back into the shadow realm.   “Skyla?” she heard Yugi say her name. “Yugi, what are you doing here, I thought you’d be in the healer’s quarters.” Skyla questioned. “I kinda fainted after healing one of the guards.” Yugi answered. “Ugh, what happened?” Malik asked as he regained consciousness. “You met Ishtar and he threw his millennium rod at you, knocking you out.” Yami explained. “Not to mention, he cut you above your eyebrow; he was going to stab you through the heart, you’re lucky I got a mental image of what was happening and I could get down there in time to imprison him and rescue you.” Yami finished. “Okaaay, I think I’ll get back to my duties now.” Malik said while getting up, only to fall back down. “Malik, I think you should rest some more.” Yami said to him. “No! I have to guard the prisoners!” Malik shouted, being stubborn. “Malik, you should listen to Yami, he’s only trying to keep you healthy.” Ryou suggested. “Ryou, I know we’re friends and all, but shut up.” Malik said, refusing to take his advice. “Malik, come here.” Skyla said. “What, what did you want to talk to me about?” Malik asked.   Skyla put her hand over his eyes and simply said,             &n bsp; “Sleep.” And Malik collapsed to the ground in slumber.             “Hey look, I can force people into slumber; Yami come here, let me try it on you.” “Absolutely not! I have duties to attend to and my counsel will not be happy if I don’t show up.” Yami said.   Skyla started to pout and Yami put a lot of effort into not giving in to her.             &nb sp; “I said no and I mean no.” Yami said before leaving his chamber. “He never sticks around long enough.” Skyla said before walking over to the bed and sitting down. Her stomach started growling and she mumbled, “Damn vision problem.” Then she heard the door open and close again. “Who’s there?” She asked. “Uh, no one’s there Skyla, Ryou left.” Yugi answered. “Oh, where’d he go?” Skyla asked. “I don’t know.” Yugi answered.   Just as their conversation ended Ryou entered the room again and handed Skyla a dish with a two course meal.             &n bsp; “Oh, thanks Ryou.” Skyla said.             “No problem.” Ryou said nonchalantly.           & nbsp; “You know Ryou; I wish sometimes, that I could see.” Skyla said. “That would definitely help you out some, considering that you’d be able to see your enemies.” Ryou stated. “Well, since I won’t be getting my vision back anytime soon, I guess I’ll just have to deal with the disability. I’ve lived with it since I was born; I can handle living with it for the rest of my life.” Skyla explained sadly. “That may not necessarily be true; I might be able to get one of my monsters to heal your eyes.” Yami said as he closed the door. “Yami, I don’t want to burden you with my problems.” Skyla said. “It’s not a burden; I don’t mind.” Yami said. “You may not mind, but what about the monster that has to do the task?” Skyla asked. “I don’t know, let me call out the Mystical Elf and we’ll find out.” Yami said, pulling out the card. “Pharaoh, please, I’m afraid that if I get my hopes up and it doesn’t work, I’ll do something stupid.” Skyla said, reaching out and grabbing Yami’s arm. “Skyla, you don’t usually call me pharaoh unless it’s something important.” Yami said. “I’ll wait until you’re ready then.” He finished. “Yami, I wouldn’t mind trying to heal her eyes.” Yugi said. “Besides, I do want to see the extent of what I can heal.” He finished. “Yugi, you don’t even know if all your energy has returned from healing Joey.” Yami stated. “I’m sure it won’t take that much of my power; please.” Yugi persisted. “It’s up to Skyla.” Yami said before looking at her. “Well, okay, he can try, but if it doesn’t work then I don’t want to try again.” Skyla agreed.   Yugi walked over to her and had Yami lay her down on the bed before he put his hands over her eyes and concentrated on healing them. When Yugi removed his hands from her eyes, he started to take a step back but he started falling backwards. Luckily, Yami was behind him and he was able to catch him before he hit the floor. Yami carried Yugi over to his makeshift bed on the floor and laid him on it before walking back over to his bed to check on Skyla.   “Skyla, open your eyes; how do you expect to find out if it worked if you don’t open them?” Yami stated gently. “I’m afraid to open them; what if it didn’t work?” Skyla asked. “There’s only one way to find out if it worked and that is to open your eyes.” Yami encouraged. “Okay, here goes.” Skyla said before opening her eyes slowly.   As soon as she opened her eyes, she’d wished she hadn’t; she was met with a bright light before her vision cleared and she saw a red eyed man staring down at her. Yami noticed that she was looking up at him with eyes of bright turquoise and that her eyes were no longer fogged over.   “Skyla?” he asked hopefully. “Yami, is that you?” She asked and saw his face fall. “I can see fine Yami; it’s just, well, finally being able to see is like a new adventure since I’m seeing the people that have always been around me for the first time.” Skyla explained as she saw Yami’s face light up. “You hear that Yugi? It worked, Skyla can see.” Yami said looking over at Yugi and finding that he was sound asleep. “I guess it’ll be a while before Yugi will learn that he healed your eyes; you should call out Ala Rojo and tell him the good news.” Yami advised before leaving his chamber.   Skyla brought out the card realizing that Yami did have a point and that Rojo deserved to know that she could see.   ‘Rojo, come out here please.’ She requested mentally and watched as he appeared before her in a flash of light. “What is it master? You look different.” He said as he walked towards her. “I’ve got my vision back.” She said happily. “Oh, I guess this means that you won’t need me to protect you anymore.” Rojo said as he hung his head. “What?! I would never even think of abandoning you like that! You are special to me Rojo and I know for a fact I’ll still need your help because you’ve seen Bakura and you know what he looks like. I may be able to see, but that doesn’t mean I don’t need you anymore. Without you, I wouldn’t know if I was in any danger, should I actually see Bakura.” Skyla explained in a panic that her monster would even think that she didn’t need him anymore. “Really master? You wouldn’t do that?” Rojo asked, lifting his head to look at her. “Of course. You didn’t really think that I would let you get away from me after all I went through to practically become friends with you; did you?” Skyla asked teasingly seeing a blush appear on Rojo’s cheeks. “Come here Rojo.” Skyla said before he walked over and she hugged him reassuringly causing his blush to increase.   What Skyla didn’t know, was that Yami was right outside his door listening to the entire conversation between her and Rojo and he smiled as he looked through the crack into his chamber to see Rojo blushing furiously. He chuckled before heading to the kitchens to have the cooks make dinner for him and his slaves.   “Come on Rojo, let’s walk around the palace. Only one thing though, if we run into Bakura or Seto, put a hand on my shoulder to let me know so that I can act as though I’m still blind and catch them off guard when I strike at them.” Skyla requested. “That might not be a good idea.” A white haired boy said. “Bakura’s extremely dangerous; I should know, I had to serve him his meals.” He finished. “Ryou, thanks for your concern, but, I think Rojo and I will be able to handle any problems he may cause.” Skyla said, seeing the look of shock on Ryou’s face. “I know you’re Ryou because I remember that Yami told you to serve Bakura his meals.” She explained as she saw a look of understanding cross Ryou’s face. “The pale blonde over there is Malik and the one that looks almost exactly like Yami is Yugi.” Ryou said, introducing the two sleeping boys. “Thanks, now I know which one’s which.” Skyla said before leaving the chamber with Rojo following behind her.   What Skyla didn’t expect though was to see one of the slave masters in the palace awaiting a meeting with the pharaoh.   “Ah, I see the pharaoh has decided to send a slave instead of meeting with me about purchasing one.” The man said as he walked over to her.   Rojo flew in front of her and tried to protect her but he was sent back to the shadow realm by one of the slave master’s monsters. Skyla had tears in her eyes as the man grabbed her arm and started pulling her out of the palace.   “Unhand me! I’ve already got a master! I said, let me go!!” Skyla screamed as he literally dragged her out of the palace. ‘Rojo’s returned to the shadow realm by way of another monster.’ Yami thought. ‘Skyla! If Seto got to her I’ll kill him!’ he finished before running through the corridors and into the throne room in time to hear Skyla screaming at a man. “Jagan, unhand my slave this instant!!” Yami shouted as he came up behind him.   Jagan turned around and bowed before Yami.   “I am sorry pharaoh; I thought that you sent a slave out to me instead of coming to discus the matter of buying a slave.” Jagan explained. “That is no excuse! I have clearly marked her as mine through the collar and the arm and wrist bands that she wears!” Yami yelled. “I’m so sorry milord I…” Jagan started. “Enough! Guards, take him to the dungeon!” Yami shouted as the guards came and took him away.   Skyla walked up the steps and stood next to Yami.             &n bsp; “Are you okay Skyla, did he hurt you in any way?” Yami asked. “I’m fine, he didn’t hurt me. Rojo tried to protect me but he called out a monster of his own to destroy Rojo. I miss him so much; we were so close and now he’s gone.” Skyla said letting tears fall from her eyes.   Yami smiled and he himself called out to Rojo and had him come out behind Skyla. Skyla gasped when she felt hands on her shoulders. Rojo turned her around and smiled before wiping the tears from her eyes. Skyla hugged him tight and cried out of happiness that he was alive and well.   “When a monster is destroyed by another monster, they are sent back to the shadow realm until they are called on again.” Yami explained. “I thought for sure that I’d never see you again.” Skyla said. “You kidding, it takes more than another monster’s attack to get rid of me.” Rojo said teasingly before picking Skyla up and walking behind Yami back to his chambers.   Once they returned to Yami’s chambers Rojo put Skyla on the bed and stood watching over her until she finally fell asleep. As for the others, they were just happy that Skyla was okay.