Merciless Thieves
- A Tozoku Bakura x OC fanfiction

I was just staring at the city of the Pharaoh. Dusk had made room for night when suddenly, two arms caused mine to be full of goosebumps. "How about now? Are you happy now?" His voice was creaking but warm, his breath in my neck even warmer. As sand flew all around me, I thought back about that day fourteen years ago.

We were both just children when our village, Kul Elna, was under attack by Pharaoh Aknamkanon's men. Without mercy, they had slaughtered everyone, including the children. Every soul had been obtained by hell, as the bodies had been forged into seven Millennium Items. Only two villagers were spared this horrible fate, me and him. From that tragic day on, we had sworn we would avenge our loved ones.
And so we had started to make plans, gathered information and we went to find out where we could enter the palace. After years of preparation, we had finally come up with the perfect plan, one that would even be better than when we tried to steal Priest Seth's Rod. We would steal the Pharaoh's puzzle and use it to control the three Gods. They would think that we had it out for Pharaoh Atem himself, but that's where our real plan would kick in. It all had to run smoothly, no muss and no fuss. Unfortunately, we weren't that lucky. My long time friend and lover, Bakura, was captured when we tried to sneak out. Right before six guards jumped him, he had thrown the puzzle my way, I still couldn't believe those guards hadn't seen it.
Once back in our hideout, a old and abandoned tomb, I had hidden the puzzle and went back to the castle to free the one who meant most to me. He hadn't thought I would come back for him, I noticed as soon as he saw me crawling through the opening two meters above the ground. His eyes got bigger and his smile got wider. "Since when does the Queen of Thieves rescue others?" He smirked as I opened the cell. "You know I could have just gotten out on my own, don't you?" His arrogance was as dominant as ever. "A Queen does everything for her King." I said, smiling. Next were his warm lips touching mine as his hands cupped my cheeks. His expression said it all: We had done this together and we were going to finish it together. After that, we ran back to the tomb and waited for the next part of our plan.
It was Priest Seth who had found us first, something we had both anticipated. As soon as we heard the trampling of a horse, we hid behind some rocks in front of the tomb and watched the scene before us unfold. "They have to be here somewhere, don't stop searching until you find them and when you do, bring them to me!" He was serious. "Yes Priest!"
Bakura grabbed my hand and took me inside our hideout. His hand felt clammy and I could hear his breathing getting more irregular. There was something different about him, he wasn't as cold and collected as usual. Somehow, the King of Thieves seemed scared. As soon as we stopped running, he let go of my hand, panting and seeking support from a wall.
"What is it?" I muttered. "Why are we fleeing? We should go out there and kill Seth!" Bakura shook his head. What was he doing, this wasn't part of the plan. Was he afraid of what had happened the last time we tried to get Seth?
We could hear the Priest entering the tomb with a few men and Bakura wanted to keep moving. As soon as he grabbed my hand again, I shook it off and folded my arms over one another. "Answer me. I'm not going to run from scum like Seth." I let out a little scream as Bakura picked me up and ran again. "We need to run now," he panted. "Seth brought his Rod again and we can't fight that thing a second time."
Even though I didn't want to believe it, Bakura was right, we couldn't fight Seth's Rod. We had tried it once, but the Priest had used his sacred item to brainwash Bakura and it had almost cost him his life. Luckily, I had arrived just in time and knocked Seth to the ground, lifting the spell that had Bakura in it's clutch. Seth had it out for us ever since that time and in a way, I understood Bakura's fear of getting caught. It just wasn't like him, being afraid.
"We're probably safe now." As Bakura put me down, I walked a few meters ahead and took a loose stone from the wall. The puzzle shined brightly even though there was no sunlight around. There was just a torch, which we had hung far away from the rock we were hiding behind. I wove the puzzle under Baukra's nose and the comforting evil smirk returned. "My Queen, you're number one. I'm a horrible thief, that Rod made me forget all about the Puzzle. Listen up, I have a plan." He was back, Bakura had calmed himself down. "Then let's go for it, my King."
"I know you're here, show yourselves! You have stolen a valuable item from Pharaoh Atem himself and we are here to take it back!" Seth stood a few meters from the rock while his men came in after him, carrying a stone tablet. With caution, I stepped from behind the rock with the puzzle in my hand. "Looking for me, Priest?" Seth quickly turned around, his eyes filled with disgust as he saw the dangling puzzle. "How dare you hold our sacred artifact, return it immediately!"
Anger was boiling inside me, while my eyes were locked on Seth. "These 'scared artifacts' were forged out of the bodies of my family and friends, you have no right to claim them!" I screamed. As I could hear Bakura mumble quietly, I knew it was almost time. In a few seconds, the Pharaoh's most important servant would be dead.
Seth took a step forward, but was swept away by the huge claw which belonged to Diabound. The guards lifted their tablet, but it was already too late, Seth never stood up. His blue and white cloths were drenched with blood and the Rod had been smashed to pieces. As I looked at my King, I noticed this was the best moment of his life, I just knew it. Bakura's laugh was one I would never forget, it would even hunt me in my sleep weeks later.
We had defeated the Priest and still held the artifact. We, the King and Queen, were halfway through our plan, now the real fun could begin. The strongest Priest of all had been defeated and now it was the Pharaoh's turn. We were going to be able get revenge. Revenge in the name of Kul Elna!

The wind was blowing my hair in all different directions. The city seemed calm as torches were the only light we could see. The two arms were still wrapped around my upper-chest. "I'm sorry, I was just reminiscing. What did you say?" There it was, a smile. Normally, evil smirks were the only kind of smiles Bakura showed, but now it was different. It was a genuine, sweet smile, directed at me. "I asked you if you were happy." As I felt his warm lips against my neck, I sniffed up Bakura's scent and exhaled loudly. "Very happy, my King. Very happy."