Stealing a heart
Neferi: Third fic! Well then, I hope you like it, it's set in ancient Egypt and this time I won't use Egyptian words. Here's the disclaimer: I don't own YGO but I do own some characters. Please enjoy.
Chapter one: The trinket
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It was night in Egypt and a silence filled the capital. The people were resting in their houses and nobody was awake except a group of thieves who lived in an oasis near the capital. They were all in the hut planning their next target for tomorrow.
"So what are we stealing tomorrow?" asked a cold female voice coming from the shadows.
"Tomorrow we steal a trinket that has many amethyst stones, it's being sold on the market streets" answered Bakura as he sat on a chair with a window behind him.
"Interesting" replied another female voice but this was not cold, it was slightly evil.
"The Pharaoh's guards will be watching the market tomorrow for anything suspicious but that won't prevent us from stealing the trinket" said the cold female voice.
Bakura looked at the dark where the female was supposed to be and he caught a glimpse of his companion. She was leaning against the wall with crossed arms and was playing with a dagger on her right hand. Even though she was standing beside him he couldn't see her features.
"Would you come out of the dark Amara? I want to see the expression in your face" he said looking at the female.
The female moved and she took place before him. She was a young girl around fifteen years old, just like him. She was slender, with dark hair and some streaks of yellow on it. Her eyes were lavender colored but cold, showing no fear. Bakura smiled evilly at her.
"So Amara, finally decided to show your face?" asked the other female voice.
"Oh shut your mouth Anyah, you never know when I can accidentally hit you with this dagger" replied Amara coldly "Why don't you come near?".
"Because I'm working on a plan to free Arusem" answered Anyah's voice.
"Arusem is long lost gone Anyah, I'm sure the Pharaoh has killed him already" said Bakura "And even if he's alive I'm not going to save him".
"Well then, let's finish the plan to steal the trinket" said Anyah stepping forth to the moonlight.
She had light blue short hair and gray colored eyes. She was also slender and a little bit taller than Amara.
"Very well" said Bakura.
** The next day **
"Do you see anything suspicious?" asked a guard to another.
"No, there's nothing irregular for now" answered the other.
"My jewels have been stolen!" yelled a seller as a figure ran down the street with them in hands.
"Follow him!" ordered the guard.
Many guards ran behind Bakura to get him. Meanwhile Amara was doing the robbery. She always covered her head just to keep her identity secret. She jumped from the ceiling of a house and landed on the alley that was beside the tent she was going to steal the trinket from.
"Hello, could you help me, I happen to be lost" said Anyah to the seller.
She was going to keep him distracted for a while. Amara sneaking to the table, knowing someone was going to see her sooner or later. As she was about to take the trinket away the seller yelled "Thief!".
Amara grabbed the trinket and made a run for it while Anyah just walked out of the street as if she had nothing to do with the robbery. But the guards had all been gone to follow Bakura and none of them had stayed.
"Stop the thief!" yelled the seller as Amara ran away with an incredible speed.
She happened to pass before the palace's gates and some guards that were guarding them went out to follow her. They followed her until Amara entered in a one way alley.
"We got you now thief, now hand over the jewel" said one of the four guards as they all drew their swords out.
Amara put away the trinket and drew out her own sword.
'They don't know me very well and that's the problem they are going to have' she thought as she adopted a fighting position.
"He wants to fight, I can't believe this!" said the same guard "We'll make you eat dirt you man".
"For your information she happens to be a girl" said Bakura's voice as he jumped from the ceiling of a house to the one next to it.
"Attack!" said the guard.
The four of them attacked together and Amara started moving. She evaded the attacks and swung her sword to hit a man. In the chest and he fell to the floor. The others had the same result.
"I don't kill unless that's the only thing left for me to do. You goons are pathetic fighting. Tell to your Pharaoh that he should give to you more training, there's no way you can catch us" she hissed coldly.
And with that she climbed the wall and ran over the ceilings of the houses just as Bakura. As she reached the last house she jumped down and landed on a horse. Bakura was riding it.
"Let's go" he said riding off.
~~ In the palace ~~
"Pharaoh, there has been another robbery just moments ago in the market street" a guard informed the young Pharaoh "The thieves escaped".
"I strictly gave orders to watch the markets and you all went running behind one thief while the other was stealing" said Yami looking at the man with his crimson eyes "You will be punished for your incompetence".
"No please Pharaoh Yami, don't punish us!" said the man falling on his knees.
Yami simply looked at the man coldly as other guards took him away.
"If they don't catch those thieves I will hunt them down personally" he said to his counselor.
"This was easy" said Anyah as she sat on a chair in their hut.
"It was fun also, especially when I had to fight, the Pharaoh's guards are way out of shape to fight" said Amara as she sat on the table with crossed legs.
"And the people say that Pharaoh Yami is a good ruler" said Bakura mockingly.
"I would like to see him face to face, I would tell him a few things" said Amara as she looked at the trinket she had stolen.
Bakura smiled to himself when he saw her. Amara had been his best friend since he could remember and they had began to steal together. Later they met Anyah and Arusem who joined them and they started stealing as a group. They were known throughout all Egypt and people feared getting in their way when they were stealing something.
Now they had lost one companion, Arusem he had been caught by the guards when he was trying to steal a sapphire from a seller. But Bakura didn't care, he had not followed his orders and now he was paying the price for it. So he was now left with Anyah and Amara, they were exceptionally good. Not to mention they were both beautiful. A dangerous beauty they were.
"It won't be long now when the Pharaoh gets pissed because he can't catch us and he will try to get us personally" said Anyah as she looked at the trinket Amara had handed her.
"When he does then he will have to deal with us" replied Amara as she looked out of the window behind Bakura.
"Who of you is off to get something to eat in the market?" he asked as he now looked at the trinket.
"It's Amara's turn" said Anyah as she looked at the other female.
Amara gave Anyah a cold look back and then stood.
"I'll go then but one of you has to give me a ride or else, they'll suspect me" said Amara.
"I'll take you there" said Bakura.
He was sometimes nice with Amara. Maybe it was because he liked her.
After a short while Amara was buying something to eat on the market streets.
"I don't know why they still insist on going to buy instead of stealing" growled Bakura as he waited for Amara to finish, out of range from unknown eyes.
The truth was that both girls liked to walk down the market as a normal person. But Amara didn't care that much either, Anyah did.
The girl finished buying and walked away. Some people stared at her and Amara scowled at them. She hated when she was being stared at.
'I bet that if I took out my sword and pointed at them with it they wouldn't be staring at me' she thought as she kept on walking.
After some moments she reached Bakura.
"I'm back, let's go" she said climbing the horse.
They rode off again.
"So Amara, have you ever loved someone?" asked Anyah as she ate something.
"Does that matter?, because I don't think so Anyah" answered Amara irritated.
"You always pack such an attitude Amara, you could be more flexible like I" replied Anyah looking at her companion.
"This happens to be my attitude since I can remember so if you don't like it, deal with it" snapped Amara.
"Shut your mouth Anyah, leave Amara alone before she decides to cut your throat" said Bakura coldly "She's one to be taken seriously".
~~ In the palace that night ~~
"I see…" said Yami as he sat on his bed "So one of the thieves is a woman, how amusing".
"Yes Pharaoh Yami, that was what one of the guards said before he died" said one of his counselors.
"And just of what did he die?" asked the young Pharaoh turning to look at his counselor.
"He died because he had a great and profound wound on the chest caused by a sword. He said that she had caused it to him as well as to the other three guards" answered the counselor.
"It seems that this woman is skilled at fighting or perhaps the guards around here are incompetent like the ones that were punished today" said Yami "You may retire now".
The counselor made a reverence and walked out of the Pharaoh's chambers.
'You have no idea of what punishment awaits you thief when I catch you' thought Yami as he lay down on the bed 'I assure you that it will be one to never forget'.
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Neferi: End of chapter! ^-^. I hope you liked it. It wasn't as interesting as I wanted it to be, at least to me but in the chapters yet to come it will get better. Yes, Yami's a cold-hearted Pharaoh just like Amara, maybe you don't like this fact but that's what will make things interesting. But don't you worry he will change his way in the next chapters. Well, please review and keep reading!