Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! series or characters because they belong to Kazuki Takahashi. However, I do own my own characters: Amun and Anai. I also own the villains: Keku, Apep and Set. I also own the prototypes that lead on creating the Millennium Items: Millennium Bracer and Millennium Circlet.
A long time ago in Egypt, where pharaohs still ruled the land, there was a ruler named Aknamkanon that was loved by the people within the kingdom as he protected his land and his citizens with creatures from stone slabs. He vowed that he would do his best to make sure that nothing will happen to his people that would be a threat to them, either if they were close to him personally or not.
One night, a small caravan of traveling merchants were camping while waiting for the leader's wife to give birth to their child. "I wonder what the child will be?" One member asked to the other as he shrugged. "Whatever the gender it will be, the leader will be glad to have it," the other replied to his group of friends. As they heard a cry of an infant and it was followed by another, causing the group to stand up while the leader came out of his tent, smiling proudly.
"The gods have blessed us with a son and daughter," he told them as he parted the flap of the tent to let them see inside while the leader's wife and midwife was taking care of the twins. "Congratulations. What are their names?" The leader's closest friend asked him as the leader looked at him and the others. "Amun and Anai," the leader replied as the friend nodded and began to write out the names on two metal cartouches that they had traded for, on which this was a special occasion for them all.
"Amun shall be a strong man when he is older," said the friend while the leader chuckled softly. "That he will. He will be leading this group when I am gone and my daughter will find a suitable husband that will protect her just like I am with her mother and you all," the leader replied calmly. "The cartouches are finish," the other friend walked over and gave him the cartouches calmly.
"Marvelous work," the leader said as he went inside and knelt down to Anai, which the midwife was holding while his wife was holding Amun. "Their names will be remembered throughout our legacy," he said to his wife as he put the cartouches on the children calmly and kissed them both lightly on the foreheads. "Our son will be a lot like you in your youth," his wife said to him and smiled softly, causing him to chuckle softly. "And our daughter will be a lot like you as well," he replied to her.
As the moon was full above the group, as a thundering sound was arriving the campsite that made the group come out of their tents while wielding their weapons to defend themselves since they knew there was no storm. They saw a group of thieves on wild horses coming over, causing the leader to step out with his twin swords as his wife sat up on the bed. "Stay with the children," he told her as his wife shook her head and got her weapon out. "I'm going to protect them as well. I'm strong enough to do that," she replied as the fight was heard from both sides as the leader stepped outside from his tent and began fighting with his comrades.
"Slaughter them all! Take everything they have!" The leader of the thieves ordered as he got off his horse and saw the leader of the caravan holding his weapons. "You are going to regret attacking us," he said to the thief leader while he got into a stance. "You are the leader of this pathetic group. Nothing personal. Just survival of the fittest," the thief leader replied as he lunged towards the other and began clashing their weapons against each other. As slaughter cries came from the fallen for each side, the leader of the caravan gotten distracted only slightly to see one thief going inside his tent as he threw his hidden dagger at the a thief's back. Unfortunately, the thief leader caught his choice as he pierced his sword into the other's stomach, causing him to withdraw his weapon while his opponent was holding his injury while blood was gushing from between his fingers.
The leader of the caravan staggered back as he headed towards his tent where his wife and children were at, but was stabbed again by the other thief to take avenge for his comrade's death by his hand. "Run!" He shouted towards his wife as his throat was slit by the same thief that stabbed him, causing the thief to go inside to prepare to eliminate the remaining member of the group. As the thief leader walked over to the corpse and heard an agonizing cry within the tent as he saw his comrade had been slashed in the mid section and kicked out by brute force, causing him to slash open the tent to see the wife of the late caravan leader. He heard the infants crying from the noises as he turned his attention quickly towards the woman that lunged at him, causing him to defend himself. "Your husband put up a good fight. It is a shame that you will join him in the afterlife," the thief leader said as her eyes narrowed his eyes, being both furious and full of hatred towards the thief leader himself.
"You will not harm a hair on my children!" She snapped as she fought even harder. She was quickly disarmed as she pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and was about to stab the leader underneath she felt a blade going through her chest, causing her to look back at a female thief. She heard the babies continue to cry as tears came down her face as the female thief pulled out her weapon from her and headed towards the infants while the thief leader followed.
"What shall we do with them?" The female thief asked as the leader looked at them for a moment and picked up Amun. "Take them with us. They will be successful thieves when they are older," he replied as the female thief nodded and took Anai in her arms. They walked over to their horses as only a few members began burning the tents after obtaining what they needed to bring back to their village to support themselves.
The leader of the thieves looked at the cartouches that were around the infants' necks as he knew what to call them. 'Their father gave them suitable names,' he thought as he rode into the desert night with his remaining comrades to their village to raise them to become the greatest thieves of all the land. That village was known as Kul Elna.
Ten years had passed within the village of Kul Elna. A small group of children ran through the streets while learning the ways of thievery, and amongst them were the twins: Amun and Anai. As the group arrived at the small hideaway in the village, the training leader looked over to see who were present, causing him to see all were accounted for.
"Not bad for a group of trainees," the training leader said as he looked at the twins, who were with a white haired boy named Bakura. "You three keep this up, the boss will have you traveling with him to obtained things to survive," he stated as Amun looked with disgust. "That's all for today. Dismiss," he said as everyone went off to different directions, causing Amun, Anai and Bakura to go to their spot to view the lands from afar. Once they arrived, Amun tossed two apples to his sister and Bakura as he held his own apple and began to munch upon while having the expression of deep thought.
"What is it that you thinking of, dear brother?" Anai asked him as she was curious.
"Yeah. What is going through that tactical brain of yours that might involve us?" Bakura questioned as he took a huge bite out of his apple and began to chew.
"I am thinking about leaving this hellish village to go into kingdom where Pharaoh Aknamkanon rules," Amun answered and looked at the two for a moment. "And I'm going to bring you both with me so we can start on a new life instead of being hunted like animals whenever we steal for survival," he added. Anai smiled as she looked at the desert lands, liking her brother's idea very much.
"Are you insane!? Why leave the lifestyle of a thief to become something lesser in that hellish place!?" Bakura demanded as he looked at his friends.
"My sister and I can become performers and they do pay a lot for music and dancing within a troupe. But I want to have you with us since you're our only friend and we always watched each other backs within the combat training," Amun explained. "What is your goals, Bakura?" He asked him calmly, seeing a grin on their friend's face.
"I want to become the greatest thief within Egypt! I want to be known as the king of the thieves so all those who have heard of me will cower before me or plead for me to allow them to join me," Bakura replied as he had a smug look on his face.
"Let's make a pact. We will never allow any harm to any one of us and stay close so we can still have contact with each other," Anai said as she looked at her brother and Bakura as she put her hand out in front of her.
Amun smiled as he placed his hand over his sister's hand as Bakura placed his over Amun's hand. "Agreed," the boys said as they looked at each other.
As the sun began to go down, the trio of friends scooted back and stood as Anai held both Bakura and her brother's hands.
"I can't wait til we are older. I think things will be great," she said in confidence as her brother smiled at her.
"Got to make sure that no perverts will cause harm to you, Anai. Your brother will be doing a lot of hurting," Bakura said as he chuckled faintly.
"My sister can take care of herself. I've been training her how to defend herself in combat in case some louse tries it," Amun said as he looked at him. "But if I am in the area where my sister is, I will not hold back the beatings," he stated as Bakura smirked faintly.
"Are you sure you don't want to continue being a thief? I can have you as my right hand man," Bakura said.
"No. I want to go wherever the wind takes my sister and I," Amun replied calmly.
"You act so much like an adult while you're still a kid," Bakura said. "It's weird," he added.
"Maybe brother is an old soul?" Anai suggested as both boys looked at her for a moment, causing her to look a bit embarrassed. "Just…a thought," she said quietly, feeling a bit more embarrassed.
"Maybe I am," Amun replied as he made his sister smile. The one thing that he always promised himself was making her happy.
"We better head for bed. We got a lot to do when dawn approaches," Bakura said as he walked with his friends, not knowing a group of soldiers from the kingdom were coming towards Kul Elna to change their world completely.