A,N: well that was that chapter. Hope you like it. A little warning a lot of people is sent to the stars. Thought I should warn you. Please comment on the chapter and tell me what you think, when you have read it. Thanks for you reading my stories.

Tara's p.o.v.

"Tara! Get up now!". The cold voice rang through the room and Tara let out an exhausted groan. She was lying on the floor with her eyes closed and was sneering like hell. She was so tired. Her aching muscles and head was hurting like hell. She was beat, or that was at least how she felt right now. How could he ask her to get up after all these, god knows how many blasts he had kept sending at her?!

"Get up Tara, or I make you!" said the voice again and Tara groaned again. She forced her already tired eyes open and saw Haou standing some meters in front of her. He was having his duel disk ready and had already "Malicious edge" on the disk. The monster was smirking evilly at her. Tara looked angry at the monster and forced her already tired body to stand up. She was in an empty room with Haou and a few of his lieutenants. Chaos sorcerer and Skull knight was not in here, but the rest were, and they were watching her getting beat over and over by the king. Actually Haou called this training. Tara really couldn't see this as training. Especially not since she was dueling against Haou alias the king. She prefered to beat up the lieutenants instead. She had after all beaten Baou 15 times in a row, last time they dueled. However Haou apparently wanted to train her personally. Tara sighed. It was sadly part of the deal they made, some days ago. Tara remembered it pretty clearly. It had all begun at one of the conquest meetings..

Flashback.

Tara and the other lieutenants, beside Skull knight, were standing inside the throne room and was giving Haou the newest reports. Correction, the lieutenants was, Tara was sitting at the beginning of the staircase to Haou's throne and was bored like hell. She was really not into all these conquest plans. She didn't even figure out half of it. The only thing she really understood, was that Haou only needed two places to attack and then this world apparently was his. Tara was not sure what that meant, only that it couldn't be anything good. Right now they were discussing how to attack the human fortress and Baou and Chaos was in an annoying argue about which men from the army they should sent. Tara just sighed. This was so boring. She had asked Haou if he just could let her go or go doing something more helpful, but the king had just replied with a "No" and "You are staying with me. Lieutenants stays with their king". There were not much more Tara could say in her defense. He wouldn't listen. She sighed again. She wished she had something else to do. Like studying or go out to the stables and look at the creatures they had caught. Chaos had captured one the other day. Tara was not sure what kind of creature it was. She had only seen it from the balcony in her room. She knew it was a horse of some kind. She actually had an idea it was a "firewing pegasus", but she also knew she couldn't get outside without the king tagging along. First of all she didn't like Haou to tag along and secondly, she wasn't even sure he would tag along in the first place. Tara sighed again. Then she yawned a little. She had barely gotten any good sleep lately. She was worried about her brother and it kept her awake in the nights. Before she knew it, she fell asleep.

The supreme king Haou was very pleased with the conquest plans and how easy it was conquering this world. Soon everything would belong to him. Everything was going according to the plan. The twins was his as well and only few steps were required and the plan was finished as well. He even could tolerate that Baou and Chaos once again was fighting over stupid stuff. But only a little. He was about to sneer at the two lieutenants when a weird sound could be heard. Haou looked around. So did the lieutenants. They even stopped fighting for a little while. Then Haou realised what it was. It was Tara. She was snoozing. She was lying with her arms around her head and then sleeping peacefully with the head at the top of the stairs. The king looked confused at her. The lieutenants sneered.

"How dare she!" Chaos sneered "Falling asleep at an important meeting and then in front of you master. What shall I do?". Chaos bowed and waited for his orders.

"Wake her up!" He sneered coldly "I give her one minute to defend herself". The lieutenants nodded. Haou snort angry. How dare she?! She is not allowed to sleep in a time like this! Chaos approached her and began shaking her awake. Haou had already a couple of sentence in his head, about how he was going to punish her, when something unexpected happened.

"Wake up girl" Chaos said and shook Tara. "Your king demands it". Tara woke groggy up and looked puzzled up at Chaos.

"Ah Jaden let me sleep. I haven't had a good sleep for a long.." she began and stopped shocked at Chaos "Who are you? Stay away from me!". She had stretched her hand out in defensive matter and closed her eyes, while screaming. A little black aura was shown in her hand, and seconds later Haou could feel a cold wind pressure. Chaos got slammed into wall in the other end of the room. He let out a surprised scream. Everyone including Tara, looked shocked. Haou didn't let it show of course. He quickly grabbed her hand and the wind pressure disappeared. Tara looked confused up at him, and seemed like she recognized him at least. She was staring at her hands for a while.

"I.. Ha.. your majesty.. what happened?" she asked and looked scared up at him. Haou didn't say a thing to her at first. Instead he ordered the lieutenants to take Chaos to the infirmary. He had went unconcious. Then he turned towards Tara.

"Hmm.. your own powers, My powers, you used them indirectly, to protect yourself" Haou said in a cold monotone voice "Interesting, interesting indeed".

Tara looked surprised at her hands, then back to Haou. She was clearly confused. However she had not been ashamed to use it on the sorcerer. Now she could defend herself after all.

"Why Tara were you sleeping at the meeting?" Haou asked and sneered. Tara sighed.

"Because it is boring" she defended "I am not like you. I don't like wars and I don't understand it at all. Your war plans. I am sorry that I fell asleep though or injured your men". She sighed deeply. She got up, but Haou grabbed her hand.

"I don't care about what you did to Chaos Tara" He said and snort "Anyone has a purpose, a reason to be here and serve me, and I think I found yours". Tara looked confused at him.

"What do you mean Haou?" she asked. He had let go of her.

"You will see my little host of mine" he said and snort "But let's make a deal then. You will get a free pass from the meeting, IF you agree to let me train you and your powers". Tara looked surprised and suspiciously at him.

"Why are you asking for my opinion? You could just force me" She asked. Haou shook his head a little. He summoned a black ball in his hands.

"The power of darkness is a powerful force. You can't take it likely. You have to decide for yourself. If I forced you, your powers would just shield you and worst case attack everything" He said and the ball disappeared again "It reacts to emotions. At least until you fully controls it. Are we having a deal?". Tara looked at him and sighed. She could weakly remember Jaden's duel with Brron. His anger had been flaming brightly there and resulted in him killing Brron without mercy. Then she remembered her angry flared at Zane and Aster before she left. Maybe it was a good idea to learn to control them. Just a little. She nodded. She could feel Haou stroke her hair now.

"Good choice Tara!".

Tara sighed. If she knew it would be so tough, she would never had agreed.

"She is tough" she could hear S.M black say "They have been dueling for hours". Tara bit her lips. She actually didn't want to duel against the king and has actually hesitated. That until Haou promised her, that if she could beat him at least once, he would release Jaden. That made her duel like hell, but that was also 10 duels ago. Now she just wanted to rest and sleep. Oh how a nice nap sounded good right now.

"Tara, Duel" Haou said coldly and made her wake up from the daydream. She sighed. She played the spell "Fissure" and killed Haou's monster. Then she Fusion summoned "E.H. Thunder giant" to the field and dealt Haou some major damage. The king didn't even groan in pain, when the attack hit. Tara shakily placed a facedown and ended her turn. Haou had apparently made some of her cards as a copy of Jaden's old cards. Like etc. his heroes. Haou snort and played some spell and Malicious edge was back. She was kind of tired to notice what kind of card, when the end resolve was her lying on the ground once again anyway. Tara sneered angry. Why was she so weak? She kind of forced herself up once again and was about to draw..

"Enough!" Haou's voice rang through the room and called off the duel. Tara sighed relieved. She sat down on the ground and was taking deep relaxing breaths.

"May I ask what your plans are with this human girl, my king" Baou asked in a curious tone. Tara lifted her head a little. She didn't know that either. Haou sneered.

"No!" the king yelled angry and was staring face to face with the lieutenant "Don't ask again". Tara sighed deeply. She saw Haou order the lieutenants out of the room and told them that he would return to the throne in a minute. As soon as he was sure there were no one near the room, he walked over to Tara. He had moved his visor and was staring at Tara with a cold expression. Tara was glaring back at him, even through his face and hair looked so much like Jaden, that it made her heart burn.

"Why?" he asked and forced her chin up so they were eye to eye. She couldn't look away. "Why didn't you counter my power with your own? You would have survived a lot longer, and wouldn't get beat up. And don't tell me you can, I know different". Tara bit her lip and sighed a little. One lonely tear fell down her cheek as well.

"Because of Jaden" she said in a low voice at first then yelled "I will not ever hurt him. Not with that power. Even though you are not him, it is still Jaden's body". She could feel Haou let go of her chin, and was ready to take whatever punishment he was about to dish out. She got really surprised when he instead grabbed her and lifted her up in bridal style. Then he left the room.

"Haou.. let me go!" Tara said and tried to get out of his grip, but she couldn't even move his arm a little. Her muscles was aching like hell.

"No!" he only replied and Tara couldn't do a thing to change his mind. They walked through the corridors of the castle.

Minutes later they arrived inside her room and Haou tossed her down on the bed. He took away her duel disk and placed it somewhere in the room. Tara actually didn't care. She was so damn tired, but she was not gonna sleep when Haou was in the room beside her. Haou snort coldly a little.

"Rest!" He ordered, but Tara noticed that his voice actually sounded concerned a little "I will have use for you in the evening my little lieutenant". Then to Tara's surprise, he stroked her hair and left without explaining what he meant. Tara placed her head at the pillow. Seconds later she could hear keys shaken and knew he had locked her inside. She sighed again. Normally she could actually walk around in the castle without him knowing, but when it was around the training exercises, he always locked her inside. She had always wondered why he did that. A red light began glowing under her pillow, and Tara smiled. She took out the little "ball" she was hiding there. The eye of orichacium, she got from Jim. She had found out that it actually inhabited Jim's spirit and it/he talked to her when they were alone. To make her prison less prison. The ball floated in front of her now.

"Hello mate Tara" he said "Was that Jaden just now?". Tara sighed, but nodded.

"Yeah, but he is still in the clutches of Haou" she said and slammed her head at the pillow "I can't free him. Everytimes I see him, he reminds me so much of Jaden. My brother who is caged inside his own body by this spirit. Tara let out a little cry.

"No I mean the real Jaden" Jim said in a confused tone "His presence was in this room just now. Maybe it was only for a second, but Jaden's presence was differently here". Tara looked really confused at him.

"But Jim how is that possible? Does that mean he has freed himself?" She said and hoped, wished, that it was the case. The eye lit a little up.

"I don't think so mate" Jim said and sighed "He is still caged inside. Surrounded in darkness like always, but this is really peculiar. You got to tell me what happened". Tara nodded and began telling everything that happened. The eye floated up and down and listened to it all, and when she were at it, she also told him her worries.

"I just don't understand the king. Haou states that I am his lieutenant. His highest rank lieutenant by the way, but who locks a lieutenant who has sworn him loyalty inside a room? He knows I am not gonna run.. not as long as he has Jaden, and he knows that" Tara said and looked at the floating eye. Jim hummed a little.

"Yeah I wonder why as well" He replied "But I am keeping you from resting". The ball flew around in the room and surprisingly lifted the blanket up in the air and tossed it over her. Tara yawned a little.

"Thanks Jim, I am just a little sleepy" She said slowly and yawned again. Seconds later she fell asleep. The eye lit a little up and flew into her palm.

"Sleep tight Tara girl". Then the ball's light went off.

Haou's p.o.v.

Haou was standing outside the hallway after he left the room. He sneered a little and was actually staring at the door to Tara's room. He leaned a little up at one of the walls. He clenched one of the hands. The other was rubbing his head. He could hear a little weak voice in his head now.

"Thank you Haou! She would never have managed to go to her room alone. Anyone else than me, bringing her to her room.. she is so stubborn!". The king snort.

"Hmff.. just because she don't want to hurt you, you are begging me to give her some rest. She shouldn't be so loyal" Haou replied "Especially not when you can't come out yourself. You are weak Jaden". The king could feel the boy's spirit tighten. It is always been emotionally, but Haou could feel he was a lot more sad than usual. Normally he would shut Jaden's emotionally state far away inside their shared mind, but Tara's statement over never hurting Jaden, had woken the boy up a little. He was still an emotionally mess, but he had pleaded the king quite a bit, and Haou had in the end given in. Taken Tara back to her room and let Jaden feel his hand stroked Tara's hair was enough to calm him down quite a bit. He could hear the boy sniff inside his head now. He knew Jaden was crying, and Haou really didn't care that much. After all he couldn't make the boy stop crying.

"But still Haou.. thank you" he could hear Jaden whisper "Please just take care of my sister for me. I don't deserve to be by her side". The king snort coldly. What was wrong with him? He never gave in! He was the king! The king shouldn't listen to his hosts. He sneered again. He wasn't beginning to care about the twins now was he?! He could hear Jaden mumble weakly inside his head now again.

"Jaden sleep! Don't worry, when you wake up, I will have taken care of everything" The king said and could feel Jaden slowly relax. Haou knew the darkness surrendered him once again. He knew the boy was sleeping again. Haou snort and placed Jaden back in his mind once again. Then he walked down the corridors towards the throne room. He had a lot to do after all.

Zane's p.o.v.

"Zane wait up!" Aster yelled and catched up to him. He was breathing pretty hard. Zane just snort. They had to leave the animals behind a little outside the village, which Zane just had walked, almost rushed in, inside the village, like they were chased by something. Aster had to run to keep up with him.

"Too slow Phoenix" Zane commented in an irritated voice. Aster sighed deeply.

"What is wrong with you? It is not like we have a lot of important things to do" He replied annoyed. Zane just snort. They had arrived in the village. One of the few places the king hadn't attacked yet. There were a lot of people around here. Humans as well as duel monsters. Zane figured they were about to prepare for the upcoming battle with the king. He had no idea why people would defend a small village like this though. Zane sneered inside. Thinking of the king, made him think of Tara as well, and it didn't help on the worries, who was building up inside of him. He was worried about her.. if Jaden had hurt her he would.. he would.. he was actually not sure what to do. He knew Tara wouldn't approve of hurting him. If it wasn't Jaden, he had already blasted the king with his Cyber end dragon.

"Hey you two must be new" said a voice suddenly. The two males turned towards the voice and saw a middle old lady standing in front of them now. She was dressed in rags and was smiling at them. In her hands she was having a pile of blankets.

"Yes we are" Aster suddenly replied "Just two travelers who needs rest actually". Zane looked cold at him. What was he doing? They didn't have time for this! The woman smiled and tossed them some blankets.

"Then you are at the right place" she said "This is one of the few places, the king hasn't attacked yet, and we are greeting strangers who wants to help us against the king". Zane and Aster looked at each other for a moment.

"Um sorry I ask" said Aster and looked at the woman "But we had heard rumors that the king is pretty strong. So how come that this village has survived, being so small and all. No offense". The woman smiled back at them.

"Well you are correct" she stated "But we have a guardian angel. You see the village was about to get attacked a week, more or less, ago, but luckily a brave female warrior saved us from all the soldiers the king sended". Zane and Aster looked at each other again. Unspoken, but Zane knew what Aster was thinking off. He was thinking of Tara. Aster looked at the woman again.

"So any idea where the female warrior is now?" He asked. The woman looked thoughtful for a moment. Then she slowly nodded.

"This is only the rumors, but people says that the warrior has rushed towards the king's castle. Something about saving her brother from the king" the woman replied "Regardless if she has succeeded or not, she has made us believe in hope again. That is the reason so many people are here to defend this place". Aster thanked the woman. She also told them that there were a giant campfire at the square, where people and guests could get food and a place to sleep. Aster thanked her again and the two males walked over to the square. They got a bowl of some food and placed them on some logs near the campfire. Zane looked coldly at Aster.

"What was all that about?" He questioned "We really don't have the time".

"Ah you need to thank me" Aster replied and smiled "If it stood to you, we would have continued on the journey without food or rest at all. Secondly we are at a camp with a lot of warriors. Maybe we can get information and allies. After all Tara has apparently saved this village. We will surely get info on her". Zane snort, but he could see some benefits of this. Maybe a nights rest with food couldn't hurt at all. They began eating.

Tara's p.o.v.

Tara woke slowly up when she could feel someone pushing her cheek and yell her name pretty loud. Tara groaned and was staring into some cold red eyes.

"Girly, girly wake up! Now!" a male voice said and felt a finger at the cheek again. Tara's eyes widened when she saw who it was and flew up from the bed. She quickly covered herself in the blanket, until she found out she was dressed. Then she sighed relieved. Baou, one of Haou's lieutenants, was standing beside the bed and was grinning evilly at her. Tara sneered. She did not like him at all and it didn't help with these rumors she knew was true. That he was a big pervert and a womanizer.

"Rise and shine girly" he said and grinned again. Tara looked pissed at him.

"What are you doing in here?!" she sneered. The vampire grinned and tossed her some clothes. Tara looked at them. They were all in black colors.

"I am here on the king's order. I should give you these clothes" He said and smirked "Then as soon as you are dressed, I should bring you to him. So go on and get dressed". Tara looked at him and snort pretty angry.

"Yeah like I am gonna strip in front of you. You must be really stupid you know" she replied. The vampire looked a little hurt and offended.

"Aww come on girly!" He said and then grinned "Just give me a little peek. The king doesn't have to know". He grabbed her hand. Tara sneered and stretched her hand.

"No!" she yelled pretty irritated and could feel her eyes change to amber golden eyes. A black cold wind was blowing and hit the lieutenant. She did go easy on him, but she did manage to push him away from her and hit slowly the wall "Leave your pervert or I will blast you through the walls". Baou grinned a little, but surrendered.

"I always forget you are the king's little treasure. You have similar power to him" He said and smiled a cruel smile "I can't get you like I get any other woman. That actually makes me more eager. But I will leave then. I give you 10 minutes girly". Then he left the room. As soon as he was gone, the eye flew out of her hand and began floating around in the air. Tara also sighed relieved.

"He is a perverted slimy little drongo" Jim said and sneered "Luckily he didn't touch you other places than the face. If he had mate.. I would have.. why is Haou keeping a guy like him around?!". Tara shrugged a little.

"I don't know, but I don't like and trust him at all. The other lieutenants are more nice to me. Mostly because of Haou, but still.. um Jim keep an eye on him while I change will you, will you". The eye floated up and down as in nod. Tara took the clothes and walked out of the bathroom she was having. She looked at the new clothes. They were all black, beside the red cape and looked similar to Haou's black clothes. The difference was that it was for a girl. A t-shirt, a jacket with sleeves down to the elbow, a skirt like on her old uniform, some gloves, boots, some leggings and then the cape. Tara looked at herself in the mirror. She actually didn't think she looked all that bad, but she was still more fond of her old clothes. She had to ask Haou why she should wear this. She walked out in the room and could hear Jim whistle a little.

"I'll be, it looks good on you!" He said "Actually didn't think the king had fasion. What do you think the king want's. Want me to come with you?". Tara shook her head.

"No, I don't want Haou to know I have something, who might could save Jaden. Once I beat him that is". She smiled and waved at Jim. She knew he would hide as soon as she left the room. Baou was leaning at the wall in the corridors when she walked out of the room. He comment her clothes as well, but Tara didn't fully listen. A little while later, they left.

Tara had no idea where they were going or what was gonna happen, but when they arrived in a big hall, Tara was sure this was not what she had imagined. That was for sure. The first thing she saw was this giant table in the middle of the room. Then she noticed the scared females, humans and monsters alike, standing at the walls, in the shadows, at the other end of the room. They were trying to look invincible actually. Tara looked around and at first she couldn't see Haou anywhere.

"My king" Baou said and bowed. He had walked over towards the balcony in here "I have brought you the girl as you requested". Tara noticed a shadow figure at the balcony and figured it was Haou. She was actually not sure what she should do. she could walk over to the king or the other females, or stay where she were.

"Good" she could hear the king say in his cold voice "Leave then. Make preparations ready!". The vampire bowed and began leaving. He was sending all the females in here a creepy look though. Tara was not liking this one bit.

"Tara, come!" she could hear Haou say. She sighed inside and walked out on the balcony. She got almost a shock. In front of her was not the black armored figure she was so used seeing. It was a boy, same height as Jaden, and was dressed in black pants, a long coat, boots and a red cape. There were no armor or helmet. She could see that Haou's amber golden eyes were looking at her. Tara could recognize the brown hair and the only thing Tara did was stare at first. When she finally opened her mouth, she couldn't stop herself and said "Jaden". The king had moved quickly and was now in front of her. He grabbed her hair and forced her to look up in his eyes.

"What did you say?!" He yelled into her face and Tara felt like she was going to be deaf soon. He squeezed her hair tightly "Didn't I tell you to never say that name, when you are refering to me!". Small tears were coming out of her eyes now.

"Yes, I am sorry, it won't happen again" she said quickly. Haou sneered.

"You better be" he said coldly and dragged her over to the table "Now sit!". He pushed her over to one of the chairs at the table. Tara did as he asked and at the same time was rubbing her hair a little. It hurt like hell. Haou had in the meantime placed himself down at the throne who was placed at the edge of the table. Tara noticed that she was actually placed to his right side. Haou flicked his fingers and Tara saw the females, which she now had figured out was servants, walked over and placed food on the table, as well as plates and that other kind of stuff. Tara's eyes widened. She couldn't remember when she had seen so much food gathered at one place. It had after all been hard for her, Zane and Aster to gather food when they were traveling together. Tara sniffed a little inside. She was missing both of them.. and her brother. As soon as the servants was finished setting the table, Haou made them leave and began slowly eating. Tara looked at her plate. She was hungry, but it didn't feel right.

"Eat Tara!" said Haou coldly and looked at her "If you don't do it yourself, I will force it down your throat. I know you are hungry". Tara gulped a little. Then her stomach was growling and Tara slowly took some food on her plate and ate a little. Some chicken and potatoes, as well as bread. At the same time she was eyeing Haou, but if the king noticed it, he was ignoring it. In the end Tara filled her plate two times. It was not that she didn't had anything to eat since the dungeon. She got plenty food, but it was always served in her room, and that was lonely, which made the food taste the same in some way. Here with Haou, even though it was with him, it tasted much better. Haou didn't say or do a thing to stop her terrible table manners. She was almost finished with the second meal, when she decided it was time to act.

"So um Haou why did you bring me here? Why in the world should I get dressed? I don't think you only brought me here to have dinner with you" she asked. Haou rubbed his face with a napkin and looked at her. Then he shrugged a little.

"You are a smart girl Tara" He said in his emotionless voice "The food and clothes are gifts from me. I promised you everything after all, IF you obeyed my every order, which you did. This is just a taste of what I can give you, if you stay loyal that is".

"Why thanks" she said sarcastically and sneered "But let me ask you why you are treating me differently. Even your own men in the army are you treating with fear and terror, so why not me?". The king actually smirked.

"I told you already. Because you are my hosts" He said coldly "The wielders of my powers, you two do deserve more respect, than anyone else". Tara eyes narrowed.

"Hosts, you mean Jaden and me? But you possessed Jaden" She said puzzled.

"Ah yes, I meant both of you" Haou commented "In fact if Jaden didn't turn weak and ineffective, he would be here with you". Tara sneered angry.

"Jaden is not weak, he just got hurt, in his heart pretty badly" Tara said and sneered.

"Precisely, stating he is weak" Haou just replied coldly "If he hadn't got hurt I would never possess him in the first place, but I can't have a ineffective host". Tara sneered.

"Well then, why haven't you possessed me then?" She asked angry "I have been weak many times". Haou snort and ate a little piece of a fruit and ignored her. Tara got pretty irritated by it, but she didn't say anything.

"No, you haven't" the king then stated "You never been that weak. You have been down, but you always found a way to move forward. Unlike Jaden! And yes I could possess you as well, but then my powers would be devited even more and that is ineffective. After all you already serve me, don't you Tara? You wouldn't leave me or defy me now would you?". Tara gulped a little, when she felt Haou's cold eyes stare at her. She knew she couldn't look away. Then she nodded.

"I gave you my word that I wouldn't" she said slowly and smiled awkwardly "I serve you until you lose a duel remember. I wouldn't leave you anyway. You have Jaden..".

"Good" Haou said and smirked evilly. "Because we have a job to do today Tara..". Tara looked confused at him. She had no idea what he meant, but decided not to ask. She had a feeling it was not the right time. However she still had a lot of questions. One of them was, 'who are you?'. She knew nothing about the king, but apparently he knew a lot about them? Etc. when he knew Tara had the power to move forward, after she had been down. Even Jaden didn't know that. She wanted to ask, but had a feeling Haou wouldn't tell her. A knock could suddenly be heard on the door. Tara instantly noticed that Haou was once again dressed in his armor again.

"Enter!" the king said coldly. The door opened and Chaos sorcerer walked in. He quickly bowed to both of them. He had recovered quickly from Tara's surprised attack into the wall, but it made him as loyal to Tara as he was the king. After all, he didn't want that to happen again.

"My lady, my master" he said and bowed again "The army is ready to leave my king, we are only waiting for your approval". Tara could feel Haou stare at her, then at Chaos. He got up from the throne.

"Accepted, but we will join you" the king said and grabbed Tara's arm and got her up from the chair "Bring me her duel disk". Then he walked passed the lieutenant and out in the corridors and made Tara follow him. She bit her lip a little.

"Where are we going?" she asked slowly. Haou snort.

"To the farmer village" He replied coldly and stroked her hair "You defended it. Now We are destroying it". Tara's eyes widened.

"No! I.. that is wrong.. I.." She began. She could feel Haou's hand squeeze her hair painfully and went quickly quiet. The darkness was floating around them.

"Disobeying?!" He questioned coldly "I have a cell with your name on, IF you are".

"I, but, they.. Innocent" she said and yelped in pain. He tightened his grip "No! I am not disobeying. I am going!". She could feel the grip loosen and darkness disappear.

"Good choice Tara. Let's leave!" Haou said and then left towards the entrance.

Zane's p.o.v.

Time skip.

"Ahr the king army is approaching!" yelled a guard who apparently had been watchman. Everyone at the village was slowly grabbed the weapons, but was having a scared expression on their face. Zane sneered inside. He didn't think the king's army was going to attack again. Not right now! Zane and Aster had spend a little extra couple of days here, because they found out an old married couple had Tara as a guest here. They wanted to know what had happened and Aster had agreed to help the old man with the field, which was a new one for Zane. Until he found out Aster used his monsters to do the work for him. Zane figured Aster hadn't done farmer work before, but the monsters were them a big help. Zane didn't participate in it, stating it was not his kind of work, which of course was only the half truth. He couldn't because of his weak heart. He had convinced some few warriors to leave for the fortress though, but many wanted to stay here for personal reasons. Zane had just shrugged. It was their funeral. However right now Zane and Aster was discussing what they should do.

"Zane, what are we gonna do?" Aster questioned "Are we gonna stay and fight or leave?". Zane clenched his fists. He was not a coward, but he knew that if the king appeared, they wouldn't stand a chance. However if he didn't..!

"We stay!" he stated "If the king shows, then we either run, becomes his opponents or prisoner". Aster sighed a little and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"You doing this for Tara right?" he said and smiled "If we would get captured, we would properly see her". Zane sneered a little.

"Maybe.. but if she is shown here, we don't need to.. do that" Zane said slowly. He just needed to see Tara one time. Aster nodded. The two males saw the army enter and some of them got hit by some of the traps, or ambushed. In the end a fierce battle began between villages and the army. Aster and Zane quickly activated their duel disks as well and joined the fight.

The battle was intense. Even for Zane, but he did manage to send several fiend duelists to the stars with his wish. The fiends may outnumber them, and challenge them in groups, but that also was a double edged sword. All the wish treats who bound the two duelists, broke off them after some minutes dueling. They had both of course wished they were sent to the stars. Zane and Aster had just freed themselves from a group of fiends, when they heard a familiar voice.

"I play dark fusion, and summon fought 'E.H. Inferno wing'". The two males saw two heroes got fused and jumped quickly out of the way and hid behind some taverns. However a herd of other duelists were not so lucky, and got hit by the assault of this new monster. Zane saw them all disappear to stardust, in less than seconds. The evil hero on the kings order, began burning everything in sight. Zane and Aster was lucky though, since the king apparently wasn't attacking their area and hiding spot just yet. They could both see him. The king! Sitting on a skeleton fiend. They could see his face and golden eyes from where they were hiding.

"It really is Jaden" Zane could hear Aster mumble "He is the supreme king! Why is he doing all this destruction? What is he gaining? What do you think Zane?". However Zane didn't react to Aster's questions. Something else had caught his attention. When the king jumped of his monster, Zane could see a girl sitting on the fiend. Zane's heart skipped a beat. Tara!She was crying. Aster followed Zane's gaze and looked as shocked as he did.

"Tara!" he said in disbelief "It is really her!". Zane nodded. He couldn't take his eyes from her now. She was dressed differently, but she was still his beautiful Tara. A lot of commotion then happened. A lot of knights challenged Jaden, the king. Stating that if they won, the army would be disbanded. Zane snort inside. That might well be the case, but the king is not so easy to beat. However as soon as the duels began, Zane and Aster used it as cover and moved closer without getting noticed. The knights lost pretty fast, but after the wish treats to the king broke, they could hear Tara talk.

"Your majesty please" She begged and grabbed his arm "Spare them. Isn't there already enough destruction. Please let's just leave". The king sneered.

"NO!" he said coldly "I am far from done. They challenged me, therefore they die. Do you understand Tara!". Zane could see tears falling down Tara's cheeks now.

"I..I do understand.. I do" Tara said quickly. Zane could hear the king snort.

"No, you don't!" He stated "But soon you will. Go to work Tara. Kill them for me!". Tara's eyes widened. She was about to say something, but stopped herself.

"I.. if you say so.. your majesty" she then said, but Zane noticed that she was looking away from him. The king snort a little and made her let go of his arm.

"Good then get to it, my little lieutenant" He said "Disobey and you know what happens". Tara nodded again. She began walking away. Zane sneered. They had to do something. They just had too.

Tara's p.o.v.

Tara sneered pretty angry, when she was walking around in the now destroyed village. She was still crying a little. All this destruction, all these innocent people, who was turned into stardust. It was getting to her. However Tara had no intention to on obeying Haou this time. She knew she would get punished. She knew he would also place her into that cell, but Tara didn't care. She was not gonna kill the innocent. She saw a lady with two kids trying to run away from a fiend. Tara didn't hesitate killing the fiend and save the woman. She told the woman the most safe route out of here and left. She could hear the woman and children thank her. Tara sighed. Haou was not gonna be happy about this. Suddenly a knight appeared in front of her and challenged her to a duel. Mostly because he believed she was a bad guy, because of how she was dressed. She wondered, if that was the reason Haou wanted her dressed like this. Tara tried explaining, but the man was desperate. Tara sighed and dueled him. She won, but she wished that he could leave the village safely. Tara continued walking. She could feel the darkness in her grow once in awhile and figured that Haou was close by. So she decided to take another route. She took another step when she suddenly heard something behind her. Her powers began to grow again, and Tara quickly jumped out of there. A blast flew right passed her. It didn't hit, but when it hit the ground, the impact still slammed her to the ground. She got up. She was really angry. She could see three fiends. They were walking slowly towards her with duel disks ready. They were smirking evilly. Tara knew they were from the army.

"Wait?!" she questioned confused "Why are you attacking me, we are on the same side?". The fiends smirked even more.

"Our real master wants you and we are here to make sure of that" one of them said. Tara looked puzzled at them. Real master? Then it hit her and she clenched her fists.

"You are all vampires" she said and sneered "You work for Guardian Baou". The fiends just continued smirking. They didn't deny it. Tara sighed. Why was everything so complicated these days?!

"Leave now, or I can't guarantee for your health or life" she said and sighed. The fiends just walked closer and closer. Tara sighed and stretched her hands. She was about to attack with her powers, when she heard noises behind her. Before she knew it, someone had grabbed her and lifted her up in the air. She was hanging in both of her arms. Tara noticed a tall vampire fiend had grabbed her. He was grinning evilly. Tara tried to get out of his grip, but without any success. She sneered angry.

"Let me go!" she yelled angry "If the king finds out, he will tear you all to pieces you know!". The fiends just grinned. Clearly not scared.

"And that is why the king is never gonna find out about this, my dear girly Tara" said a voice Tara wished wasn't here. However Baou walked out of shadows seconds later.

"Good, make sure she can't use her powers. As long as she is bound, she is of no treat to us" He said and walked over to her. He slowly touched her cheek.

"Get away from me your pervert" Tara said and spit in his face "I am gonna tell the king about this". Baou just smirked evilly.

"I wouldn't worry about his highness Tara" The vampire said and grinned. He touched her shoulder and neck as well "In a minute he will think you are dead anyway. Which is of course a lie". Tara looked pissed and confused at him.

"What do you mean?" she asked. Baou just smirked and touched her cheek again.

"I will transform you Tara" He said and grinned "Into a vampire of course. One bite from my fangs, would do the trick. Then you are one of us and mine!". Tara eyes widened and horror was shown in her face. She tried getting out of the fiends grip again. Secondly she was not staying still so he could bite her. She moved like hell.

"Hold her still" Baou ordered and one of the others hit her in the stomach. Tara gasped and tears were falling down her cheeks now. Baou just grinned.

"Don't worry Tara, you won't feel a thing, After I have bit you that is" He said and leaned towards her. Tara closed her eyes. She didn't want to look. Help! Someone help! Haou help!She screamed inside her thoughts.

"Cyber end dragon attack! Strike them down!" yelled a new voice suddenly. Tara quickly opened her eyes, when screams filled the air. She could see almost every fiend disappear. The only ones left was the fiend who was holding her, and Baou. He had a good grip in her shoulders, but now he let go of her and looked around.

"Who is meddling?!" He yelled angry. Tara was holding her breath. It couldn't be, It couldn't be HIM could it?!

"Plasma!" yelled another voice "Strike him down! Save Tara!". The fiend who was holding her, got hit in the back and seconds later turned to stardust as well. Plasma grabbed her. It flew over to a little house some meters away. It was close to the woods. Aster and Zane walked out of the shadows and was staring coldly at the vampire. Plasma landed seconds later beside them. Zane lifted her up in his arms and gave her a big hug. Tara hugged him back. Tears were falling down her cheeks again.

"Oh Tara, how I have missed you" He said and placed her down on the ground again "He didn't hurt you too bad now did he?". Tara shook her head.

"Zane..! Aster!" she said and hugged both of them "I am so sorry. I should never had left. I was stubborn.. I am just so sorry". She could feel a hand stroke her hair.

"Now, now Tara, do you think all that was your fault" Aster said "It was partly our own fault as well. Let's let bygones be bygones. We are just happy that you are okay". Tara nodded, but let out a little cry. With everything that had happened, she was just so happy to see someone who cared and loved her deeply. Zane pulled her into another hug. He said sweet words to her and calmed her slowly down. However their reunion was cut out short, when Baou walked angry over towards them.

"Who are you?" He said and sneered "Why did you meddle? Are you here to claim the king's treasure as well?". Zane snort angry. If glares could kill, Baou would instantly have been dead now. Aster just smirked at him.

"So she is the king's treasure eh" He said in a cold calm tone "Then tell me why you are stealing from your beloved king. The supreme king! Secondly she is this guy's girlfriend. I would actually recommend that you run!". He pointed at Zane who snort.

"I give you a fair chance to run" Zane said coldly "10 seconds that should cover it, before I sent you to the stars". He let go of Tara and readying his duel disk.

"No Zane, spare him!" Tara yelled and hugged him again. The two males looked puzzled at her. Tara just couldn't let them go through with it.

"He was about to turn you into a vampire" Zane sneered "Why should I?".

"I know, but he is Haou's.. I mean the king's lieutenant and if we sent him to the stars. Then we are not better than the army" She replied and sighed "And if the king was here, what do you think he will..". She never finished her sentence. Tara could feel the darkness grow again and this time it was a lot more than the other times. At the same time, she could feel her eyes change as well. She quickly closed them. Please not be Haou! Please not now!

"Tara" could she hear Aster say in a concerned tone "Is something wrong?".

"Yeah, everything's fine" she lied. She felt hands on her shoulder.

"You know, you are pretty terrible at lying" Aster said "But whatever, listen we know Jaden is the king! We are info collectors after all. We saw him too, so we know about his eyes. I presume you have them as well. The golden amber ones, so look at us". Tara yelped a little, but reminded herself that she was by friends, so she slowly opened her eyes and looked at the two males. They were staring eye to eyes now.

"My Tara" she could hear Zane say and he pulled her into another hug. He also kissed her forehead once. "It doesn't matter how you look like. As long as your still my Tara on the inside". Tara sniffed a little and placed her head at his chest.

"You gotta leave now. Haou, the king, the spirit who took over Jaden's body, he knows I was/are in danger. Please leave". Zane and Aster looked confused at her.

"Spirit?" Aster questioned confused "Are you saying the king isn't Jaden?".

"Yes and no! He is the king, but a evil spirit has taken over his body" Tara said and got out of Zane's arms "It is hard to explain. You must leave, he is not..". However Tara never finished, when the temperature fell and dark mist covered the ground where they were standing. Before they knew it, they were surrounded by the army. They were all, including Baou, standing in the middle of a circle of guards. Baou looked terrified actually. Then without knowing how, Haou was standing in the middle of the circle as well. Tara figured he had walked almost silent. He looked at Tara.

"Tara, I heard your thoughts so what is wrong" He said and looked around. He glared coldly at Zane who was holding her hand.

"Let go of her mortal. She belongs with me" He said coldly. Zane instantly let go of her. They were staring at Haou, with the same scared expression Axel had.

"My king, these mortals kidnapped the girl" Baou then suddenly said and bowed.

"That is not true" Tara yelled angry back at him "They saved me from you!". Haou looked at both of them. Tara sighed. There were no way, he would believe her.

"Tara stand by my side now" Haou then ordered coldly. Tara sighed. She sended a begging look at Zane and Aster. Please understand! Then she walked over to the king. Haou looked at her and placed a hand on top of her head. She felt dizzy. Pictures, memories from just now Tara noticed, rushed through her head now.

"Grab that pathetic lieutenant!" Haou sneered coldly "He has disobeyed my orders, lied to me and touched something who is mine. Toss him into the dungeon, until I have decided on what to do with him". The whole army bowed and surrendered the vampire lieutenant. He was a lieutenant, but with the help of chaos and the other lieutenants, they got the vampire restained. Haou ordered half of the soldiers home with Baou and the other half to continue to destroy the village. Soon after, Tara, Zane, Aster and Haou was the only ones here. Haou looked coldly at the boys.

"Why?" He asked. Zane sneered and looked him into the eyes.

"Because we both love her" Zane said in a plain voice "And I am her boyfriend, your highness". Aster nodded in agreement. Haou snort.

"Tara and Jaden only needs me. No one else!" He said "So what to do with you two". Tara was about to cry at that statement. Was he gonna keep them away from everyone?! Zane snort coldly.

"Do what you see fit" He replied "Kill us if you like. I don't regret a thing. Saving Tara was the right decision". Tara sniffed a little. No Zane, not you too!

"I could spare you" Haou suddenly said and surprised everyone "Her life for yours. Hmm you are both strong. You could serve me if you prefer, your pick mortals". Tara noticed Zane and Aster's shocked expression. Then they looked at each other.

"As tempting as serving you sounds" Aster said and smiled "No one of us will be happy. You will never let Tara near us, would you. So spare our lives is prefered your highness!". Haou snort coldly.

"Fine, I give you one minute mortals before I turn everything to ashes" The king stated and began leaving. He grabbed Tara's hand as well. Tara took a last look at Aster and Zane. They were sending her a reassured sad smile. Then her and Haou left.

A,N: Well that is for now. Interesting ending right. Hope you liked it. As for the next chapter, we will return back to Axel and Co. Axel is about to meet an old enemy once again. After all Skullknight and Axel still has an old score to settle. Hope that sounds interesting.