A/N- I have to admit, I got a bit of this from a wiki, but the rest fits with the background to my combined fics with Whirlpoolofmadness. They just kind of set the scene for all the theifshipping. It's more her thing than mine, but we write well enough together, and she has all these crazy ideas in her head- I don't know why she hasn't gone completely insane yet. I just have to write down her jumbled ideas, and there's the story. Not to say she's not a fantastic writer or anything...lol. PM her- she's hilarious and is beyond fun to talk to.

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nce upon a time, there was a boy named Bakura who grew up in the village of Kul Elna, a town of lowlifes and thieves. He was a very normal boy; albeit one who stole for a living and happened to have very white hair. One day when he was five, soldiers rode into the town and started slaughtering the villagers. Bakura only happened to not get killed because he was a faster runner than the soldiers. His life on the line may have had something to do with his fast feet. His whole town was destroyed because the Pharaoh Akunumkanon approved of the creation of the Millennium Items in order to stop an invading army that was after the book containing recipe for the Millennium Items. Pharaoh Akunumkanon of course, new nothing of the killing thing that kinda had to happen for the items to be made. Priest Akunadin told Akunumkanon about items that could be used to control an army of Gods and Demons, but nothing else. Atemu was just born when this happened, so Akunamukanon was so occupied he didn't bother to ask any questions.

Bakura assumed that it was Atemu, or rather, Yami as we now know him, who did it. Therefore, like all criminal masterminds, He thought of a plan to get revenge. When everything was set, he set off for the palace. He murdered all who stood in his way between Pharaoh Atemu and himself. Once at Atemu's feet, he challenged the young Pharaoh to a shadow duel.

Tomb Robber Bakura escaped the shadow duel he and Atemu had the first time. He furiously began attacking the priests, hoping to gain the upper hand if some of them weren't there to help Atemu. Much speculation was made, mainly by fangirls, what happened before Mahaado's death, and who had a smutty evening with who, but anyways, on with the story. Bakura fought the priest Mahaado in a tomb, killed him, and took the Millennium Ring. Then he influenced the priest Akunadin with the Millennium Items' evil, thus taking away another priest from Atemu's side. Finally, Bakura fought the Pharaoh for the second time and defeated him, taking the Millennium Puzzle. Everyone presumed Atemu dead, but he survived, tracked down Bakura, and they fought the final duel in the place where the Millennium Items were created... the village of Kul Elna. Bakura lost , and one of the penalties of the shadow duel was that he be sealed in the Millennium Ring.

Now, 5,000 years later, Yami Bakura comes back, but unlike Yami, or Pharaoh Atemu, as he was formerly called, his memory hasn't been completely erased of what happened. He still remembers his mission for obtaining the Millennium Items, and he will obtain them without a doubt. Who is Yami to stand in his way? But then...a sexy, tan tomb keeper has a different opinion of where his attentions lie.