And here's chapter two! Thanks to everyone who's already reviewed on the prologue, Love and cookies to you all!

Yami: Amme-chan, your being weird again.

You hurt me Yami, you and my other two muses should know I'm a little bonkers by now.

Ryou: All the best people are.

*Squee!* *Glomps* Ryou's so cute!

Ryou: Am I in this fanfic Amme? I haven't been mentioned yet.

Oh! That's spoilers! I can't tell- oh alright, yes you are. It should have been clear, I think I put the pairings in the summary... OMR! Where'd the summary go? Help! I've lost it!

Yugi: Here it is!

Yugi! You're a life saver... yep, Ryou's paired with Bakura, so you're in this fic, I'm just not saying where.

Yugi: *scanning chapter* I'm not in this chapter am I?

No, sorry, you come later.

Yami: That's what he said.

Wai! Why do have have such a dirty minded muse? Head out of the gutter Yami!

Ryou: Before she starts a fight, Amme-chan doesn't own Yugioh or Robin hood. Please review for her!

Enjoy!


Yami stood at an entrance to the infinite city, staring at the sky and sighing along with the wind. His hair was star shaped, tipped in crimson and had blond lightning strikes following the points and blond bangs falling over his face slightly. His skin was tan from being under Ra's rays all his life and his eyes were a crimson red like blood but a more hypnotising colour. He wore no gold, not even his crown anymore, that had been lost in his escape from Dartz's forces at the coronation. He wore a kilt and a simple shirt that was sleeveless and showed off his muscled arms along with the customary sandals. His frame was lean but firm and riddled with hard muscles from a life of training in the Palace and surviving out here in the desert. The only colour he insisted on wearing and keeping from his Princely days was a purple cape that had become his trademark.

Bakura popped out from behind a rock, where the entrance was hidden, and said "Oi, what are you doing out here you son of a backwards scarab?" Bakura had tanned skin, a scar over one eye, white hair and clothes that consisted of lose pants and a red robe. He was taller and slightly broader than Yami and he was slightly stealthier as he was the King of Thieves yet Yami was the better fighter and leader.

Yami looked at his friend and smiled sadly "It's the anniversary" he said simply.

Bakura froze his insults and made a face "Ah… I see…"

Yami looked out to the horizon and said softly in his baritone voice "I can't believe it's been a year since that night…" the visions of his closest friends running for their lives still haunted him in his dreams.

Bakura put an arm on his shoulder and patted him on the back not too gently "Come on, Joey's got the lowdown on this walking money bank"

Yami nodded and with a last look at the lovely desert morning he jumped down the well that was an entrance to the underground labyrinth. Yami and Bakura climbed down the ropes and then walked down dimly lit hallways, glowing crystals lighting the way with a green and sometimes orange or white glow. Joey was whistling by the cooking pot and emptying it of its contents when the two friends came in.

Bakura snickered "That's my lunch you're eating, Joseph!"

Joey jumped then relaxed "Ah, it's only you two… I'm hungry, rations aren't too generous these days" he frowned and ate another mouthful before he stood up "Well here's what I know about this tax cart; it's got all the taxes from the past three months inside it from a few villages, they'll have it heavily guarded and I've heard rumours that Dartz and his dweeb pair are with the marching money" Joey had hair that was dirty blond when it was freshly washed, his skin was lightly tanned and his eyes were honeyed brown. He was very jokey and had a colourful way with words to put it lightly. "They've got it locked up so tight throw a lump of coal at it and a diamond will bounce back" he snorted.

Bakura pulled out his dagger and was fiddling with the blade. "So, taking it by force isn't an option?"

Joey shook his head "Not if Dartz turns up there, they're gunna have more guards there than at the Palace!" he threw his arms out in frustration.

Yami thought carefully, he was a very god leader for many reasons, he was an excellent strategist for one. "Wait a moment… these guards, and er 'dweebs', are they all male?"

Joey looked at Yami and nodded, they had been friends ever since Joey had joined the guards at the age of fourteen, he didn't know Yugi so well because that was around the time Yugi's visits were lessening but he was friends with the little Prince anyway. "Sure, as far as I know, why?"

Yami was smirking "I think all we'll need is a distraction, then we sneak in the back and take the money from right under their noses"

Bakura gave him a look "Yeah… but what's going to distract them for that long? And if they're job is to guard the money then it'll have to be something very damn distracting for it to have half a chance"

Yami smirked "Joey? Do you still know that Teá girl and her cousins?"

Joey blinked and nodded "Sure I still know 'em, but-" his eyes widened as he got Yami's plan. "Ohhh… I get it! Man, good brain work Yami! That's genius!"

Bakura looked between them and then said "Am I missing something?"

Yami smirked "It's a good thing you're not interested in women, because these three girls are the best exotic dancers in the land" Bakura's eyebrows rose then he snickered as he got the plot.

"I see, the guards will be too busy staring at their necklines to look at the treasure chest" he slapped Yami on the back "Great thinking Pharaoh"

Yami glared "I was never crowned Bakura" he protested.

Joey shrugged "But we all know that that crown belongs rightfully to you, Yami. Now…" he stretched "I've got some girls to visit, smell ya later" he turned and waved as he walked into the corridor that would take him under the village, but unfortunately no path lead to the Palace or they would have found some way to arrest Dartz before.


Dartz sat in his cart and smiled at the numbers on a sheet of paper, he had mismatched eyes, one yellow and one a deep green, he had turquoise hair and pale skin which made him look a little sickly. He refused to wear the cool and revealing clothes of the 'Egyptians' and wore completely skin covering trousers, shirt and thick cape. The cruel ruler was almost smiling from the results that the sheet of numbers was showing him. The gold income was steadily rising and the increase in his wealth made him… not exactly happy, but it gave him a high feeling that kept him riding out to collect the gold personally.

A voice sounded next to him "Master Dartz? We're approaching the Palace and will be there by nightfall" Dartz looked over at his personal servant, a bug-eye little creep called Weevil who was always getting into other people's favours by buttering them up and kissing ass. He had blue hair, glasses -an invention from Atlantis- and wore green with dark blue trousers.

Dartz nodded at him regally "Very good Weevil, tell Captain Rex to keep the pace up"

"Yes, your most royal excellence" Weevil said with a low bow and then he rushed to the curtained doors of the carriage and jumped out to run to talk with Rex. Rex was the captain of Dartz's private guard and his Atlantian soldiers. He was a short, scrawny, and aggressive captain who was similar to Weevil in many ways, like sucking up to the bigger boys to get power and status. But he was good at guarding so Dartz kept him around, that was the only way you stayed around; if you were useful, because the second you weren't you were kicked out or disposed of. Rex had brown hair with purple bangs and had a red hat with yellow top and a pair of light blue trousers.

Weevil glared at him "Oi, Rex, Master Dartz says to keep this pace up, or else!" he added to give himself the feeling of power.

Rex glared back, not happy about being bossed around my Weevil "Keep your hair on bug boy" he shot back and cracked a whip to keep the horses going "We'll get there on time"

Weevil just 'humfed' and left, returning to Dartz's side "It took some convincing from me but Rex will get us there, my King" Weevil said with another low bow, trying to make himself appear better than his peer.

Dartz just nodded and kept looking at his numbers so to make sure he was getting richer.


Yami looked over a rock by the side of the road and smiled when he saw the royal carriage and the treasury cart in the distance "Here they come. You ready girls?"

The three girls, an ex Chinese slave called Vivian, a Kehmetian girl called Teá and an Atlantian girl called Miho stood in their dancers costumes and with their instruments but were biting their lips and looking nervous "We're r-ready" Teá squeaked out shyly. They had been recruited for this job and willingly took it on to help Yami and the restoration of Kehmet.

Yami smiled at Teá comfortingly "You'll do great, don't worry, just do what you do best" he assured them "and Bakura and Joey are right on the other side of the Road if things get nasty, we'll keep you safe I promise"

Teá took a breath and Miho fanned her face to keep herself from hyperventilating but they nodded "Okay" they agreed.

Yami nodded at them and said "The stage is yours ladies" and Vivian boldly lead her two friends to the roadside where they sat and began preparing, setting out blankets and smouldering sticks of a musky scent. Then they stood up and giggled and winked flirtingly at the guards.

The cart slowed and Vivian called out "Dances for a gold coin! Dances for some money, good sirs, the best dancers in old Kehmet!" they beat their instruments slightly to get some more attention, a drum that you can dance on to create a beat and a tambourine and a lyre all sounded to get attention.

Dartz leaned out of the window and said "What is the hold up?" he asked, sounding bored and also like something was up his nose. Weevil was leaning out form behind him and losing his balance fast trying to ogle the girls before him.

Miho gasped and said "King Dartz!" and the three girls bowed on one knee, like they rehearsed, secretly crossing their fingers behind their backs and pulling faces out of sight.

Dartz looked at the three flirt-ily dressed women and smiled slightly, resembling the deadly charm of a snake "What can I do for you young ladies?" he drawled, thinking it made him seem royal.

The three girls giggled as if they were fangirls and Dartz was their idol, when deep inside they were vomiting and cringing at the thought of his eyes on them. Teá spoke this time "Well, my Lord, me and my friends are just trying to earn a little money, would you like a dance my Lord? We were once praised as the best dancers in old Kehmet" she smiled charmingly and Miho blew Rex a cheeky kiss and his attention was instantly on only the dancers.

Dartz considered while Weevil just stared, a step away from drooling. Dartz saw how hooked his guard was and knew that if they danced and got it over with he'd move along faster than if he just refused, as they guard would protest and do so unwillingly. Finally Dartz nodded "Alright, ladies, dance. And make it good or this will be a free dance"

The girls glanced at each other but then just got into position and begun to dance, Miho strummed her lyre while Vivian danced on top of a drum and Teá used some linen to start her provocative dancing along with a tambourine, her dance styles ranging from just taunting to belly dancing to erotic and exotic. In a matter of moments all the guards attentions was on the three young ladies and not on the treasure carts that were being broken open.


Bakura broke a lock and opened the door and began stuffing sacks full of gold and jewels. Joey was doing the same right next to him, they hurried as they knew no matter how good the girls were that there was always a chance of them being spotted. Bakura saw Joey looking around the door and growled and pulled him back inside the hut. "Head on straight you dork! It's the guards that need to be distracted not us!" he hissed angrily at the blond.

Joey raised his hands and nodded then whistled "Man, those girls… great distraction provided on Yami's part" he agreed and then jumped out with three bag over his shoulder and threw them down the well with Bakura at his side throwing down four bags.

Bakura grunted "Women, bleru!" he said "Never seen one that caught my eye once" he grunted before sneaking back into the money cart and stuffing more bags. The aim was to get as much money while the girls danced as possible.

Joey leaned out of the door and winced when he heard Miho start her singing. "Hey, Miho's singing, we've got three minuets!" he hissed and Bakura cringed while he worked and himself and the blond hurried up.

Meanwhile Yami was sneaking in the back of the royal cart, he picked the lock, thanking Ra that the girls had agreed to this, but then again they didn't have many reasons to not as they were all very much Kehmet supporters and despised Dartz almost as much as Yami did. Yami opened the door and stepped inside, he smirked at the sight of Weevil and Dartz leaning out of the window and then set about stealing all the valuables in the cart just to tick Dartz off.

Yami jumped out with the valuables in a bag then set about sabotaging the royal cart, loosening the wheels and their hood caps, hoping that Dartz would get paralysed when they crashed, he didn't want the ruler dead, he wanted him brought to the gods justice, death was too merciful for someone as evil as Dartz.

Miho sang a little louder and Yami began to creep away. Joey and Bakura heard the song change and jumped out to get the gold to a safe place, they were just about home free when Joey tripped with a loud 'oof' that caused the guards to look and see that they were being robbed! The girls paused dancing and singing when the guards shouted and everyone else looked to see Joey and Bakura running for the hills. Dartz looked inside and his eyes widened "Robbed! I've been Robbed! You incompetent fools! Get the girls! They're in this!"

Vivian, Teá and Miho screamed and tried to run as the guards went for them but then another voice shouted "Dartz!"

The called leader leaned out of his carriage and glared in vivid hatred "Yami Atem!" he growled.

Yami stood smirking and covered in Dartz's jewels to bait him, he stood confidently with a bow and in one hand and a quiver of arrows on his back. He laughed mockingly and with an air of freedom that irked the tyrant barely thirty meters away. "Here I am!" he raised his arms mockingly "You didn't even see me coming. As usual, I'm one step ahead" he laughed again.

Dartz's forehead was pulsing with veins with his vivid anger "Get him!" he ordered and the guards left the girls to charge at Yami. Yami pulled a few arrows and shot running guards in the feet to stop them running and in the arm to make them drop weapons, but he never killed them, they were just here on orders, it was Dartz who deserved their pain. The same Dartz who hid behind braver men, he was hiding in the carriage and only looking out every few seconds to see if Yami had been killed yet, like a big coward.

Bakura and Joey appeared and lead the girls to safety, into the infinite city, down the well where the money was. Joey patted them on the back "Nice work girls"

Teá looked up at the surface world "Where's Yami? Is he alright?" she bit her nails and shifted form foot to foot in panic. "Oh Ra, if he's hurt-"

Bakura snorted "Trust me, wench, Yami'll run circles around them before they even realise he's gone" he had a smile that made the scar on his eyes stand out and wrinkled slightly, he looked a little scary.

Joey nodded with a grin and agreed with his albino friend with a laugh "He'll be here any moment without a scratch" he assured them with a thumb up.


Yami ran and jumped up on top of the guard who had just pounced at him, flattening him into the sand. Yami ran forwards and smirked at Dartz "Is that the best you can do? You sit and shout while your men take all the shots? Some King! I expected more!" he taunted.

Dartz finally took the bait and shouted "Chase him!" the horses moved the royal carriage about five steps before the wheels failed and the cart crashed, the horses got loose and ran off, Yami caught one and road off with his signature purple cloak bellowing in his wake, laughing in triumph the entire way.

Dartz stumbled out of the broken carriage and screamed in frustration, punching the carriage angrily "You failures!" he shouted at the guards who cringed in pain and fear "I should have you all killed for your incompetence!" he pulled out his sword and everyone moved back as he held it ready to strike. Weevil ducked under the blow and Dartz shook his fist at the sky "I'll Kill you Yami Atem! Just you wait! I'll have your head on a stick if it's the last thing I do! I'll see you dead!"

Rex gulped and said to Weevil "Whoa, Yami Atem's really done it now, eh?"

Weevil nodded with a wobble of fear in his voice "I've never seen Master Dartz so angry… but what are we going to do about the carriage?"

Dartz turned to him with a glare "I'm so glad you asked, Weevil" he snapped. And then used his sword to point, making everyone cringe away as he did so "Everyone who can walk, will pull me home as the horses have vanished thanks to your stupidity!" and he sheathed his sword and sat in his carriage while everyone roped up and began to pull the heavy carriage and half empty tax cart back to the Palace.

Rex glared a Weevil "I blame you for this" he growled as they heaved the heavy wooden broken wheeled carriage back to the former Pharaoh's Palace. Weevil just glared back at him.


Yami jumped off the horse and into the well, sliding down the rope and landing with a grunt "Everyone alright?" he asked the five waiting accomplices.

Teá jumped then rushed up to him and grasped his arms, holding his hands in hers "We were so worried!" she half shouted.

Joey grinned and shrugged lazily "See, Teá, not a scratch on him, nice work Yami" he added with a wink.

Vivian and Miho smiled at each other "Very impressive" Vivian said after a moment.

Miho made a humming noise of agreement "And we all heard the crash, it sounded impressive, you did very well too… so much gold!" she looked at the fourteen bags stuffed full of gold as well as the smaller bag of jewels that Yami had over his shoulder.

Bakura smirked "All things considered, this is a slow day" he snickered at the girl's shocked expressions as he picked up the heavy bags and heaved them onto his back "Well, grab a bag and let's get you home"

Yami pried Teá's hands from his shoulders "I'm alright, Teá" he told her firmly.

Teá blushed and jumped back "Oh, sorry, of course you are…" she got a grip, she knew that he was engaged to Yugi, if Dartz still believed that was a different story… but Yami wasn't available. She lifted a large bag and stumbled along after her friends and the men leading the way.

Yami relaxed when Teá kept her distance and her feelings to herself. Joey and Bakura quickly sorted out some money and gave a good amount to each girl for their help. Yami smiled at the three, "Bakura and I will escort you home, Joey can you get the money sorted before Seto get's here?"

Joey jumped at the former high priest's name but nodded "Sure I can, just let me get started" and he began counting equal amounts into bags that they would hand out later to the people in the villages near the Palace, who were suffering the worst from the taxes Dartz ordered them to pay.


Yami pushed open a trap door that lead out of a, apparently, solid rock wall "All clear" he said and helped each girl out like a gentleman should. "Thanks for the help girls, I really appreciate it, that was a big risk on your parts" he thanked them sincerely.

Miho grasped his hand and said "Our pleasure and honour to help the rightful ruler of Kehmet" she said. Vivian and Teá nodded and bowed to Yami before leaving with calls of "Long Reign the Pharaoh!"

Bakura chuckled as he stood by Yami "Still loved, eh Yami?"

Yami smiled a little "I don't deserve it"

Bakura snorted "You say that but you're the one who's putting the most effort into taking Dartz off his pedestal, cut yourself some slack, Yami" he slapped him on the back and said "If you wanna visit Marik we'd better go now" Yami smiled and ducked back into the trapdoor, setting the booby-trap before he followed the albino down the carved corridors. Yami visited Marik mainly for one reason… to visit his Father…


Long live puzzleshipping!

Yugi: Huray!

Yami: *waves flag mockingly*

Ryou: *Smiling and clapping*

Wow, I think I broke my voice with all that cheering. Anyway; this chapter is basically: Yami kicking royal ass!

Yami: Sweet.

Yugi: You were awsome! *Kisses cheek*

Yami! Don't make out with him in the authors notes! Save that for your 'alone time'. *ignores Yami's glaring* I'd just thought I'd let people know;

This isn't the disney Robin hood. I am going along with those guidlines for most of it, but as you can see, it's a lot darker than the happy happy chibi fluffy disney version. Dartz being an incest for one. (completely gross, but never fear Karma is a bitch, and Yugi has a knight in shining armour, or a shirtless one and I'm not sure which he'd like more *laughing*)

Yugi: *blushes* do I have to answer that?

No. also the; Infinite city is Sherrwood forrest, in my twisted way. I got the name from some other anime that I can't remember the name of, if I do remember I'll tell you.

Ryou: Please review, then we can get to the chapters that have Yugi and me in them!