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-The next day at around two o'clock-

They all arrived in Egypt and Victoria was litterally the first one to get off the plane. She was so excited to finally be able to be in Egypt. She breathed in the smell and she got the smell of the Nile mixed with sand. Of course, it was hot there so she was now wearing a tank top, sandles, and shorts.

-About twenty minutes later-

Everyone was now off the plane.

"Man, how can it be this hot?!" Jaden complained.

"You're in the desert, what did you except? For it to be cold?"

"Well... it does get cold at night." Bastion said.

"Do you have to ruin everything with that big brain of yours?" Victoria asked.

"I was just tryin' to help."

"Yes, you help your boyfriend while I help myself to the sites." Victoria said, and ran off.

"Be careful of quicksand and snakes... and scorpions... and spiders!" Bastion yelled after her.

"Will do!" She yelled back as she continued running. She keeped running until she reached a cliff where you could see everything from. The Nile, the ruins, the Valley of the Kings, even the old palece. 'It's so beautiful.' Victoria thought, closing her eyes, breathing in the smell again. 'The smell of pure Egypt. It's so... intoxicating.' She thought, happily.

"You like it?" Someone asked behind her, and she turned around quickly, almost falling, but the guy caught her by the waist. "Careful, careful, easy." He said as he pulled her back up and away from the edge. Their faces got close together and they looked each other in the eyes.

Victoria could feel her face heat up from the close contact. She didn't know who this guy was and she's never even seen him before, but there was something about him that she trusted. Maybe it was the fact that he had just saved her life.

"T-thank you... for saving my life." She whispered.

"Your welcome." He said. "I just saw you standing there looking happy so I figured to you were enjoying the scenery."

"Oh, I was."

"Oh... I must of interrupted."

"No. I didn't mean that way. I just meant that I'm not looking at it right now. That's what I meant when I said 'was'."

"You sure?"

"Yes."

"Well... okay."

"Do you want to meet my family and friends?"

"Um... okay, but I don't have much time. Maybe an hour at the most."

"It's alright. It won't take long." Victoria said as she took his hand and lead him to where the rest of them were.

-With everyone else-

They were all where they were last time, talking to a girl from Ra yellow. Her name was Hiita. Victoria came up to them still holding the guy's hand.

"Hi guys."

"Hi Victoria."

"Hey Hiita." Victoria greeted.

"Hey Victoria." Hiita greeted back. "Who's this?"

"Oh, this is... well... um... actually I didn't catch your name."

"M-M-Mahad." He said. (Evil snicker)

"I could of sworn I've heard that name somewhere before." Victoria said.

"Well... that's impossible. I'm not famous and I don't really know many people."

"Yeah, I guess so." Victoria said, then introduced him to everyone.

-Half an hour later-

"Thank you for your generous friendliness and for this interesting Japanese food called 'Ramen' (hehe), but I really must be going now." Mahad said as he stood up. He was about to leave when Victoria got up too and grabbed his wrist gently. He turned back and looked at her.

"Will we ever see you again?"

"...I have a strong feeling that you will." He said after a minute of silence. So she let go of his wrist and he walked away. She sat back down and keeped her eyes on the door that he just went through, as if hoping for him to come back. Until Amanda said something that broke the silence.

"You like him." She said, and Victoria turned to her quickly.

"Well... yeah. The man saved my life. Why wouldn't I like him?"

"Not that way, Victoria." Amanda said, and Victoria blushed lightly.

"You're insane."

"That's the Misawa's for you. Always doubting what they really feel." Jaden said, and Bastion laughed sarcastically right back at him.

"Very funny, Jaden."

"Aw, come on, Bastion. You know I'm only teasing you because I like you." Jaden said, then kissed him.

"Hey!" Chazz yelled. "Get a room!"

"We would be glad to, Chazzy." Jaden said, oblivious as usual, as he stood up and brought Bastion into an empty room.

-That night-

Victoria was standing right at the edge of the Nile river when she heard hissing, like a snake. She looked down and there was a cobra right at her feet.

"Go away." She said then kicked it, and it almost landed on Bastion, who was coming towards her along with everyone else, but he moved out of the way just in time.

"Those are poisonous, you know?" Bastion said.

"Only if they bite you." Victoria added.

"Poisonous?!" Syrus yelled before screaming and hopping onto Zane's shoulders.

"Syrus, can you get off me?"

"Why am I heavy?"

"No, but I was wondering because I don't really feel like giving a piggyback ride right now."

"I'm not getting off until that snake goes away." Syrus said, and Zane kicked the snake so it slittered away.

"There. You can get off now." Zane said. So Syrus got down and hugged Zane.

"Thanks, Zane. I didn't want to end up as snake food."

"That's understandable."

"Come on, Victoria. That's exactly why you shouldn't be out here alone. First, you almost fall off a cliff and then if we hadn't of shown up that snake could of bit you and you could of died."

"I'm fine, Nii-san. Mahad saved me earlier and I can defend myself against a snake." Victoria said, trying to make a point.

"How did you get so stubborn?"

"I take after you, remember?" Victoria said, and Bastion let out an aggravated sigh.

"Fine, if you want to be here alone and get yourself killed eventually. Be my guest." Bastion said and walked away, everyone else following him.

'Nii-san, thinks he knows everything.' Victoria thought.

"That was kinda mean to say." Some one said, and Victoria turned around to see Mahad standing right behind her.

"You've gotta stop doing that? You're gonna kill me one of these days." She said.

"Sorry, but I just want to say that it was kinda mean what you said to your brother."

"He's being so overprotective."

"Overprotective?" Mahad asked. "Victoria, that's because he loves you and doesn't wanna see you get hurt." Mahad said.

"I know, but why does he have to be so... harsh in protecting me?"

"That just means that he loves you very much." He said, and Victoria started crying. He quickly went over to her and let her cry on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't of said such a thing to him. He was just looking out for me." She said as she continued crying. "I'm a horrible little sister."

"That's not true, Victoria." He said, gently. "You're a good little sister... atleast I'm guessing you would be."

"Well... you're wrong. I'm terrible and don't deserve to be in the same family as a terrific guy like Nii-san." Victoria said, sadly. "How could I do that?"

"It's okay, Victoria. Look..." He said as he pulled her back just enough so he could her face. He took ahold of her chin and made her look into his eyes, that were showing nothing but care and compassion. "Go to him and tell him you're sorry. If he's as great of a guy as you think he is then he should forgive you with no problems at all."

"You think?"

"I know, love."

"Love?" She asked, and he slapped one of his hands over his mouth. She giggled about how cute he looked when he did that. His face flushed a little, his hand over his mouth, and surprise shown brightly in his eyes.

"You're cute." She said, then when she realized what she had said, it was her turn to blush.

"You think I'm cute?"

"Well... um... a... little." She answered, slowly. "When you do that you are and the rest of the time you look h-" She was just about to say it when she stopped herself.

"What were you gonna say?"

"Nothing." She said, quickly. "Something actually, but I can't tell you."

"Why not?"

"Because..."

"Because why?"

"Because I just can't." She whined.

"Come on, Victoria. Just say it."

"No. Besides, I have to go say sorry to Nii-san." She said, then quickly turned around and walked away.

'Why am I acting this way towards her? I've never acted this way with anyone else. Especially since it's wrong for a spirit to even see a human.' He thought. 'I must go. I'm attracting too much attention around here.' He thought and walked away.

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