Sleeping Yugi

By Jenniyah Jennifer_ng_

~*~*~Chapter 5~*~*~

"I'm Yami… and you my young double and your blond friend here, fell for my trap and is now our prisoner…" I told my double as he continued to gawk at me from the spot he occupied in the cave.

"Now that you know my name, tell me what's yours, and also the name of your blond friend there while you at it." I continued as I rose from a rock I was using as a chair.

"my… my name is Yugi…"' he muttered in a almost inaudible voice, I strained to hear what he said next. "And… my friend here is Jounouchi…"

It was a few minutes before either one of use bothered to speak again. I assume it was because neither of us knew what to say. For me, it was the first time someone actually fell for one of my traps, but then, usually no one wanders around this forest… so it's fair to say that no one fell for my traps not because they are stupid and lame, but because there wasn't anyone there to stumble upon my traps.

Finally he spoke again. "W… Why have you captured us?"

Finally! It took him long enough to ask that question. I thought he would ask right away… but no! Apparently he's dumber than I thought. I've been waiting for him to ask that since he woke up. Now I can have some fun… hehehe

"Well…" I started. "Why do you think we've captured you for…" I said slowly. I bet this is pure torture for him, not knowing what we are going to do to him. My underlings are waiting in the next room, they will enter when they hear me threaten him, then we will pretend to want to beat him up till he screams and cries for mercy. Oh! I haven't had this much fun since that time father let me torture one of his counselors for suggesting mother remove some kind of curse that she placed on some unknown kid a while back.

"… I don't know" he weakly answered.

Great, I was hoping he'd suggest something like kill him or hold him for ransom so I can toy with him and lead him to think we were going to do those thing he mentioned. Oh well, I'll just have to improvise.

"Well…" I started as I walked towards him and his friend "I was thinking of killing one of you… Which one thought…" I teased as I paced back and forth between him and the rock I had occupied. "I have yet to decide… maybe you can make a suggestion…" I returned to my chair expecting Yugi to gravel to me begging for his life, but what he did next surprised me and brought a sense of awe that I will remember to the end of my days.

Having seen many tortures and beheadings I had known of the other side of human nature, the side that makes one abandon all honor for just another second of life, the side that makes men do horrible things, betray even their most beloved for another chance to live.

"It was my fault we ventured to the forest, I should be the one to…" this small sentence stunned me to no end. I stepped back a few steps to wards the entrance of the cave.

"… I'll… think about it…" I murmured as I stepped out of the room and towards where my men waited for my orders.

Meanwhile, at the palace, Yami's mother, the Queen, having discovered that Yami was again absent from his lectures was very worried. She had always suspected that the Kingdom of Light has been plotting her and her son's death as revenge for her curse on their new born child. Of course the King was also worried, but he knew of Yami's reluctance to attend his lessons and was used to his Queen's worried ranting by now. The King was not as worried about assassins from the Kingdom of Light, though he knew about the curse his wife cast many years ago, he also knew of the honorable nature of the other country and how they would not soil their names for the sake of petty vengeance, especially since the curse has yet to be fulfilled. To the king, as long as the young prince was still alive, he knew the Kingdom of Light would not stage any attack on his.

"calm down" he urged his queen as he watched her harass the prince's personal guard. "he's probably out playing in the forest… you know he's done that many times before…" he said, trying to assure the Queen of her son's safety.

"Please, my Queen, allow me to atone for my earlier mistake, I shall find the prince…" the guard said trying to save his life. He knows that unless he atones for this mistake. He shall end up like Yami's other guards that have failed to follow him, dead.

"fine!" the queen snared as she returned to her throne. "tell me where he his, what he's done, and bring him back here for his lessons. His teachers are not happy with his absences."

With that the guard slowly backed out of the throne room, happy that he's brought some time before his inevitable death, he raced out the palace and into the forest, desperately searching for any signs of the young prince.

yes, another chapter. Sorry it took soo long. I was doing my scanlations. If any of you wanna know about Yami's past, visit my website for the story. I update my website weekly! That's why I take soo long for these fanfiction. Not as requested when it's versus the website.