Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh it and its characters rightfully belong to Kazuki Takahashi. I am not making any profit from writing this story, it's just for fun. This story contains two original characters of my own creation Frankie and Elicia. They are the only thing in this story I claim any right to!

Chapter two: A New Friend

Three days after what Frankie now dubbed 'the Nile Incident' she was walking around the market looking for unsuspecting nobles to steal from when a shout captured her attention. Turning her head in the direction of the shout Frankie saw a girl with long black hair running through the crowded market place followed by two palace guards.

"Don't those guards have anything better to do then chase people?" Frankie wondered mentally as she watched the black haired girl duck under a fruit stall to evade capture. Her mental question was answered a few seconds later when the guards crashed into the fruit stall causing it to collapse and the fruit on display to scatter across the ground. "Apparently not" she mused before turning away and walking in the direction the girl had ran.

It didn't take Frankie long to find the girl, she was huddled up in a nearby alley gnawing hungrily at a loaf of bread. When the girl heard Frankie approach she growled low in her throat clutching the loaf of bread possessively as if she feared Frankie would take it from her. Frankie allowed a slight smile to make its way onto her abnormally pale face. It was obvious that the girl was a newbie, just getting used to life as a street rat.

"It's alright" Frankie said in what she hoped to Ra was a soothing voice "I don't what your bread, I just want to check that you're not hurt"

The girl seemed to consider this for a moment, her blood red eyes boring into Frankie's sky blue orbs as if she was trying to figure out if she was lying or not. Apparently, the girl decided that Frankie was telling the truth because a few moments later she stopped growling and went back to eating her bread. Frankie smiled again and inched her way over to the girl taking small, slow, steps so as not to startle her. Carefully, Frankie knelt in front of the girl and scanned her for injuries. She seemed okay to Frankie's relief, those guards could be pretty brutal if they caught you.

Suddenly, without warning, the girl grabbed Frankie's wrist and pulled it up towards her mouth.

"What are you-" Frankie started only to be cut off as the girl plunged two fang like teeth into one of her main arteries.

Frankie bit down on the inside of her cheek to keep her crying out. After a few minutes the girl dropped her wrist and wiped her mouth with a pale hand. It was then Frankie noticed that the girl's eyes had changed colour. They were now as blue as the Nile waters.

"Whoa!" Frankie thought momentary stunned.

The girl blushed. A rose pink colour tainting her pale cheeks, and she looked shyly up at Frankie.

"Sorry" she said "You smelled so good and I was really hungry"

"I'm sorry did you just say I smelled good?" Frankie asked

"Yep that's what I said" the girl confirmed in a chirpy tone, at the incredulous look Frankie sent her the girl added "I'm a vampire, I drink blood."

"I gathered that much" Frankie said weekly "Name's Frankie by the way" she added sticking out her hand.

"Elicia" the girl said shaking the offered hand and then with a funny look she added "Call me Ellie though, please"

"Okay Ellie" Frankie agreed before asking "You want to be friends?"

"Sure" Ellie said beaming and causing her fangs to show "It's been a long time since I had one of those"

"How long exactly?" Frankie asked interest sparking in her eyes.

"A long time" Ellie said "before you were born at least, if not longer"

"Whoa" Frankie breathed

"So" Ellie began trying to change the subject "How do you survive around here?"

Frankie laughed.

"Tell you what Ellie, you teach me about vampires and I'll teach you how to survive around here" Frankie said "Deal?"

Ellie looked thoughtful for a moment and then asked,

"What kind of stuff do you want to know?"

"For starters, if you're a vampire how can you walk in the sunlight?" Frankie replied

Now it was Ellie's turn to laugh.

"In that case Frankie, you got yourself a deal" she said

The two new friends shook on their agreement and then Frankie took Ellie to meet Bakura, so that she could beg, plead, threaten and guilt the man she considered a brother into letting her new friend stay with them.

To be continued.

Author's note/ Hi everyone hope you liked the third chapter, Please review and tell me what you think, constructive criticism is encouraged as it helps me get better with my writing. Flames however, shall be ignored.

Ja ne

Frankie.