Me: Okay, Truth be told, this was something I just had to post. To be perfectly honest, I like it. I don't own Bakura or The Pharaoh and the guardians, just Tenionia. Enjoy!
I quickly dashed across the marble floors of the palace, my slippered feet not making a sound on the cold flooring. I ducked into the shadows when a pair of guards walked passed. When I was sure that they had moved on, I continued on my way to the dungeons below. The lingering thought of what would happen if I was caught pressed in the back of my mind but I pushed that thought aside. I had to see him, I had to see my thief king. The door that led down into the dungeons below were guarded by a pair of guards that were trying very hard to remain awake. I couldn't help but chuckle softly at something he told me long ago.
'The guards the Pharaoh hires are dimwits. Once they are asleep, not even a rampaging horse could wake them.' He had told me. At the time I just pushed it aside, but even now I could see that he was correct. I crouched in the shadows and whispered a soft command to sleep. I flicked my fingers at the guards and they fell soundly asleep.
"And the Pharaoh and the Guardians wonder how it is possible for thieves to escape from the dungeons." I muttered to myself as I slipped though the doorway and descended down the stone stairs. Up ahead, I could hear laughter and see the light of the torches. I hid in the shadows and held my breath.
'How am I to get passed those guards?' I wondered. An idea came to me. Pressing my back against the wall, I whispered the charm for disappear:
"L'mun." I smiled as I watched my body disappear.
'This will do wonderfully." I quickly weaved my way though the guards without their notice and slipped into the room behind the wooden door. The room was darker then the other one with rows of flickering candles lining the walls. A cage occupied the room and inside the cage, leaning against the wall in handcuffs was a white haired thief in only a navy blue kit. In the flickering light, I could see his lean muscular chest and the crimson cuts and the purple bruises from the beating that occurred early that day. The sight of him beaten black and blue made my heart sink. I allowed the disappear charm evaporate and I stepped into the light. The thief lifted his head, revealing the double latched scar over his one eye.
"Who's there?" He asked.
"It's only me, Bakura." I replied stepping to the dim light. He looked me over and smirked.
"I didn't think that you would come to visit me before they send me to Ammit." I frowned.
"You've given in already?" I asked surprised and Bakura grunted.
"You said so yourself, I'm going to be dead by morning." I grasped the bars of the cage.
"How could you give in now? What happened to the daring thief king that showed me what it was like to be free?" I asked. I could feel salty tears sting at my eyes. I hated to see him like this, sitting in chains like a wounded animal. Bakura didn't answer.
"What happened to the great Thief King I fell in love with?" In the dim light, I saw Bakura swallow.
"He's dead now. All that remains is nothing but the ruins of the night Kul Elna was destroyed." I bowed my head, resting my forehead on my hands as I clung to the bars for dear life.
"H-He can't be dead. The man I knew can't be-" The tears that burned my eyes slipped and dropped on my hands.
"It can't be true..." I morned. I gasped when I heard a shift and limping footsteps, then felt his rough hand on my cheek, touching it with tender gentleness.
"Why is a princess like you crying over a thief like me?" He asked as he wiped the tears with his thumb. The chains rattled as he stroked my cheek.
"You're not just any thief," I say locking eyes with him. I didn't falter under the harshness of his gaze. His eyes were the most beautiful things I had every seen. A deep lavender with his white bangs falling in front of them. I gently brushed his bangs with my fingertips and smiled at the softness of his hair.
"You're the Thief King Bakura." He smiled and placed a gentle kiss on my lips though the bars of the cage.
"I'm your thief, Lady Tenionia." He whispered in my ear, making me smile. That was the truth, and nothing was going to change it.