Hi guys! *waves* Ok this is a Sakura Haruno and Atem story. I've never read one but i think this is a cute pair. I hope you like it. I don't own anything!

P.S. This has been changed but I hope you still enjoy!

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Ages

Atem -13 in the beginning. 16 later on in the chapter.

Sakura -12 in the beginning. 15 later on.


A girl with long, brown hair and green eyes was running from some guards. She had no idea what she had done wrong, but she was used to this now. She was 13 and this had been happing seems she was nine. At first she didn't know what to do. She had nobody to go to or be with. She had lost her family when she was nine and that's how this had stated. As she ran she wasn't watching where she was going so when she looked up and found guards coming from the other way too she mad her way right and kept running.

Soon, to soon for her, she was at her home. A small hut by the wall of the city. She looked left then right only to see that someone was coming from the right. She hid in the hut, out of sight. Just as she thought she was home-free there was a knock ad the door.

"Is any one in there?" Came a voice. She let out a breath and opened the door. She held her breath when she saw who it was. It was the pharaoh. "And who are you?" He asked.

"I am Sakura, Pharaoh." She said with her head held high.

"And what might you be doing here?" He asked ones more.

"I live here." She said. "If I may ask, what are you doing here, Pharaoh?" Now it was her turn to ask.

"Trying to get way for a while." He said, giving a sigh. "Can I came in?" He asked. Sakura gave a nod and let him in. "So why do you live here?" He asked, coming in the hut.

"I live here because I have nowhere else to go. My parents are dead and I have no brothers or sisters." She told him, turning her head way to hide the tear that she had let fall.

"I see." He said. "Just like me. But unlike her, I have a place to go." He thought. "So, if you don't mind me asking, how did your parents die?" He asked, sitting down.

"It's a long story, boring to. But if you want to know I'll tell you." Sakura said. "Oh and you can call me like everyone else dose, if you like." She told him.

"And that is?" Atem asked.

"Nanu." She told him.

"Ah. So tell me. I have nowhere to go. I have all the time in the world right now" He told her.

"All right." She said. "Well it was four years ago. I was going to tell my mom I was going to play with my friends." She started.

Flashback

"Mom." Called a young girl.

"Yes, Nanu?" Asked a woman with long, brown hair and blue eyes.

"Mom. I'm going out to play with my friends. I'll be back by sunset." She said.

"Alright. Just don't get hurt." Her mother told her.

"I won't, mom" She told her mother and made her way out the door. She ran to where she was told to meet them. When she got there she was hoping to get the hug she always got. But she didn't. All she got was her friends saying that she was bad luck and they didn't want her around no more. "Why?" She asked.

"That gem you have. It will get you in trouble one day and we don't want to be there when it does." a girl said.

"Ya." answered a boy. "So don't come around here no more." he said.

"Fine." Sakura said, holding her head height. With that she turned and walked away. When she was far away she let just one tear fall. As she made her way home she ran into someone. "Oh! I'm sorry!" She exclaimed.

"That's alright, little one." The man said. "Now you better hurry up and get home. It's getting late." He told her.

"Oh! It is! Good-bye!" She called back. When she got home she called out for her parents but no one came. She looked around her house till she found them in the bedroom. "Mother. Father." She called. When they didn't answers she went up to them only to see that her father was covered in blood. "AHHH!" She yelled out as she backed away from them. When she got to their door, she ran out of the house and down the road to her hiding spot. When morning came and she was still just sitting there with her face in her hands, crying.

"Sagira." said a voice from behind her making her jump. When she turned around she saw it was the man she had run into last night

"Mister." She said.

"Why are you here?" He asked her as he made his way over to her.

"I have nowhere else to go." She said.

"Ah. So your patents are the ones that died last night." He said. "Oh I forgot to tell you my name. I'm Haru. And you are?" He asked her sitting down beside her.

"Sakura, but everyone calls me Nanu." She told him. "You can call me what ever you like." She said.

"I'll call you Sagira." He said. "Now you can go back home. If you ever need a place to stay you can come live with me, Sagira. Alright?" He asked.

"Ok! Thank you, Haru." She said as she gave him a hug. "I better be going now. Bye!" She called back to him.

End Flashback

"That was the last time I saw Haru. I've tried before, but couldn't find him." Sakura said as she ended the story.

"Come with me." Atem said, getting up. "I know where to find him." He said as he held out his hand. She grabbed his hand and he helped her up. He pulled her out the door and all the way to the palace. "This way." he said as he lead her to a door and knocked. A man opened the door. He was about 5' 6", had light brown hair and black eyes.

"Yes, Pharaoh?" He asked.

"I have someone that you know here." He said as he pulled Sakura out from behind him.

"Sagira?" Haru asked.

"Haru?" Sakura asked right back. "HARU!" She yelled as she jumped at him and hugged him.

"Sagira." He said, hugging her back. "Where have you been?" He asked.

"I've been right here all this time." She said.

"I see." He said.

"I'll see you later. I have to go." Atem said. He really didn't, he just had to get away. He had a feeling in his stomach that didn't like them hugging.

"Oh, ok." Sakura said. She let go of Haru and turned to Atem and hugged him. "Thank you." She whispered. He gave a nod and turned to leave, but was stopped by Haru.

"May I have a word with you, Pharaoh?" He asked, getting a nod in reply. They walked till they know Sakura couldn't hear them. "I know you like her. All I ask is that you don't hurt her." He said.

"I would never hurt her. " Atem said. He knew he liked Sakura, he just didn't want to tell her. Not yet. "I have to go. Tell her she can stay if she likes." And with that Atem left.

Three months later

Sakura was running all over the palace looking for Atem. Today was his day off and was their day to spend together. Over the last three months they had become great friends and both wanted to be something more, but where to shy to tell the other. Just as she was going to give up Sakura spotted Aishizu. "Aishizu!" She called. Aishizu turned to her and gave a smile.

"Nanu." She said.

"Aishizu have you seen Yami?" She asked when she got there.

"Yes. He was looking for you." She told Sakura. "Nanu, you can find him that way." She said as she pointed to the gardens.

"Thanks!" She called back as she toke off running to the gardens. When she hat there she found him sitting on the bench by the pond. "Yami!" She called as she jumped at him. He turned just in time to get pushed into the water. It toke a minute for them to come to the serifs and when they got there they both stated to chock up water. "Sorry." Sakura said.

"No. It's fine. I should have been paying attention."He said.

"So, what were you thinking about?" She asked, ringing out her dress.

"You do know the time is near." He said. "I'll be leaving this world till you find someone you think is good in your eyes to take my puzzle." Atem said, not once looking at her, afraid of what he's see.

"I know." Sakura said, letting the tears leave her eyes. She quickly wiped the and put a smile on her face. "But in the end it will be worth it." She said. "And we can still make the best of our time together. You're my best friend and I know we'll always be best friends. Even if you lose everything you know and love, you'll always have me." She said, hugging him.

"But I wish you/I could be more then my/your best friend." They both thought.

Two months later

"It's time." Sakura said. Atem looked down from his horse and gave her a small, sad smile.

"Yes." He answered. "I have to tell her. I may never get another chance." He thought, getting of the horse. "There is one thing I forgot to do." He said.

"And that is?" She asked, looking up into his eyes.

"This." He said and pulled her head up to his and gave her a soft kiss. "I love you, My Nanu." He said, pulling away from her.

"I love you too, My Yami." Sakura said, as she let him get back on his horse. "Good-bye." She whispered, watching him as he left. "Get my horse." She told one of the stable boys. When the horse was ready and Sakura had told all her friends good-bye, she got on the horse and made her way out of the city and on her way to were she was going to live till it was time to start this all over again.

5,000 years later just before the Battle City tournament

"Come on you guys! I want to go register!" Joey yelled.

"We're coming!" Tea yelled back, trying to keep up with him.

"Well run faster!" He yelled back, not watching where he was going. Then he ran into someone."I'm sorry, miss." He said, helping the girl up.

"No. It was my fault." She said as she picked up the things. "I don't mean to be rude, but do you know where I can go to register for the upcoming tournament?" She asked.

"Ya. You just stay with us and we'll get you there." Joey said.

"Oh thank you!" She said, just as the gang got there." I'm sorry, I forgot to intrudus myself. I'm Sakura Ishtar! It's nice to meet you!" She said.

"Well I'm Joey Wheeler." Joey said.

"I'm Tea Gardner. It's nice to meet you." Tea said, giving the girl a smile.

"I"m Tristan Taylor." Tristan said.

"I'm Yugi Moto." Yugi said. He gave her a smlie.

"It's nice to meet you all." She said, giving them a small smile "Well Joey, you said you'd take me to register. So let's go." She said and grabbed Joey's arm and stared to drag him when she stoped. "Maybe you should led the way." She said.

"Ok. Come on, let's go!" And he toke off running with Sakura right behind him, laghing.

After Registering

"Ok now that I have my duel disk I'll be on my way. Later!" Sakura said as she started to walk away.

"Hey wait, Sakura!" Joey yelled.

"Ya?" She asked, turning around.

"Where you going?" Joey asked.

"To see my sister at the museam." She said. "You want to came?" She asked.

"Sure!" Tea made their way after Sakura as she made her way to go see her sister. They all stoped when Sakura stop. "What's wrong, Sakura?"

"You guys can call me Nanu. It what everyone else calls me at home." She said with a smile.

"What's that mean?" Joey asked.

"It means 'beautiful', Joey." She said.

"Oh. Ok." Joye said.

"Now let's go!" Sakura said then toke off running.

"Hey! Wait up!" Joey yelled.

At the museam

They had been on their way down stairs when Sakura triped and fell down the stairs. Letting out a yell as she did. Ishizu came running in.

"Nanu!"She yelled, running to her sister.

"Sakura!" The gang yelled, running down the rest of the stiars.

"Nanu, can you haer me?" Ishizu asked.

"Ya." Sakura said in a small voice.

"Good." Ishizu said, letting out a breath she had been holding." Lets get you to your bed." She said, picking Sakura up. "You may come to." She told the gang and walked out of the room.

"Ok, you can stay with her if you like. I'll be right back, Princess." Ishizu said and left the room.

"Why did she call you princess?" Tea asked.

"It's a long story." Sakura said. "But if you want to know I can tell you." She said, just as Ishizu can back.

"Do you think it's time to tell them?" She asked, putting ice on Sakura's head.

"No, it's not. I'll tell you guys someother time." Sakura said and layed down.

"I think we should go and let you get some rest. You'll need it if your going to be dueling tomarrow." Yugi said, and with that the gang left.

The next day, sometime after the start of the tourniment

Sakura was looking for someone to duel when she came to where there was already a duel going on. When she got there she saw it was Joey and that he was about to give up.

"Joey!" She yelled. Joey turned to her.

"Sakura." He said.

"You can't give up. You can still win." She told him.

"You're right! I won't give up!" Joey said and gave her a big grin. Sakura smiled and left to go fine a duel of her own. When she got to the park she ran into Tea.

"Hi Tea!" Sakura yelled, waving at her.

"Sakura!" Tea yelled as she ran and hugged her. "Oh Sakura I'd like you to meet Yugi's grampa, Solomon Moto. Grampa this is Sakura Ishtar."She said.

"It's nice to meet you."Solomon said.

"You,too." Sakura said giving a nod of the head. "So what are you guys doing?" She asked.

"Looking for the boys." Tea answered.

"Oh. Well Joey is over that way. I haven't seen Yugi yet. If I do I'll tell him your looking for him." Sakura said.

"So have you had any duels yet?" Tea asked.

"Nope. But I will soon." She said. "You can stay with me if you want." Sakura told them.

"I'd like to see you duel. Ok." Tea answered. Just then a man in a purple cape came up to them.

"My master wants me to duel you, Sakura Ishtar." He said, getting ready for the duel.

"Fine! Just get ready to lose." Sakura told him.

"Duel!" They both yelled.

"I'll go first." Sakura said, drawing her first card. "I summon Hoshiningen, in defense mode. I end my turn." She said.

"Good." He siad as he drew a card. "I play Flame Manipulator! Go Flame Manipulator, attack her Hoshiningen with wall of fire!" He yelled. with that Sakura's Hoshiningen was gone."I swich Flame Manipulator to defense and end my turn." he said.

"My turn" she said, drawing a card. "I summon Airknight Parshath in attack mode. Now Airkinght Parshath attack his Flame Manipulator!" She yelled as her monster destroued his. His life points going down to 3100.

"What! My monster was in defense, my live points shouldn't go down!" He yelled out.

"Oh but they do. You see when my Airkinght Parshath attacks your monster, in defense mode, you lose the difference between your defense and my attack points. Then I also get to draw one card from my deck." She told him as she drew a card. "Ah. I'm going to place this card face-down and end my turn." Sakura said.

"Fine, my turn." He said as he drew. "I summon Boi-Mage in attach mode. I'm also going to place two card face-down. That ends my turn." He told her.

"Ok." Sakura said as she drew. " I'll have Airkinght Parshath attack your Boi-Mage and down go your life points. I'll then swich my monster to defense." She said as his life point went down ."Now I lay one more face-down card and end my turn." She said.

"Fine." He said as he drew a card. "I'll summon Copycat. Now Copycat will take the look, attack, and defense points of your Airkinght Parshath. Now attack her Airkinght, Copycat!" He yelled.

"Hold it." Sakura said. "You just fell right into my trap. Reviele face-down card!" She said as a trap card turned face-up. "You see this is Castle Walls. With this I can increase any montster's defense by 500 points. Now I'm going to increase Airkinght Parshath. Now my monster's defense is higher then your's." She said.

"Yay! Go Sakura!" Tea yelled from the sidelines.

"Fine." He said as his monster was destroued. "I'll end my turn." He said.

"Fine with me." Sakura said as she drew a card. "I'm going to summon Absorbing Kid from the Sky and have him attack you derecly. Go Absorbing Kid from the Sky!" She said. His life points gone down to 2800 " I'm going to so to have Airkinght attack your life-points derectly. Go Airkinght!" She yelled out. And with that the his life points went down to 1600. " I now place a monster face down and end my turn." She said.

"Good. Now it's my turn." He said, drowing a card. "I play Pot of Greed. This card lets me draw two more cards." He told her, drawing his cards. "I'll end my turn with a fafe-down card." The man said.

"Fine with me. I intened to end this right now. Go Absobing Kid! Attack his life points!" Sakura said. With that his life points went down to 900. "Now I'll equip my Airkinght with Big Bang Shot and increases its attack points by 400. That makes my Airkinght's attack points 2300. Now go my Airkinght! Attack his life points and end this duel." She said as his life points went from 900 to 0. The duel was over with Sakura as the winner. "Now your rarest card and your locater card." Sakura said, holding out her hand. He gave her his card and an Ancient Lamp card. All of a sudden the man held his head and bagged for his master to stop what he was doing. Tea was about to run over to help the man when Sakura put her hand infronte of her.

"Don't." Was all she said.

"It's nice to see you again, sister." Came a different voice from the man.

"Marik." Sakura said.

"Princess." He said.

"Don't call me that!" Sakura yelled.

"Fine. Just to let you know, I'm on my way." With that the man fell to the ground.

"Sakura? Why did he call you princess?" Tea asked.

"I'll tell you when everyone is together. Right now we have to find the others!" She yelled, running off in the way she knew Joey would be. "Joey!" She yelled when she found him. He turned around and gave her a smile.

"Sakura." He said.

"We have to find Yugi. Meet back over there with or with out Yugi at 4:00." Sakura said as she pointed to a fountain in the park. She looked at her watch and saw it was 2:30. " We have an hour and a half before we meet back up. Now go." She said and they all split up. She ran till she found him going into a big circes tent. "YUGI!" She yelled, running as fast as she could to get to him. When she got into the tent, she saw he enter a box. "No, Yugi!" She said, running over to it just as it closed. "No. I failed." She said. She ran out of the tent and to where they where to meet and found everyone already there. "Tea!" She yelled, running over to them. "I found him but he walked into a box and just disappeared." She told them.

"Well let's go find him." Joey said, getting up just to be pulled down.

"We have to have a plan to find him. We can't just go off and get in trouble ourselves." Tea said.

"I know of one place we can look. But I'll have to go alone." Sakura told them. "I'll be back with in the hour. If I not back them something happened to me." She said as she toke off running towards the dock.