I'm still not dead! In all honesty, I thought that I wouldn't be able to update this until the end of July. Well, my writer's block for this is broken as of now, so I hope that you find this chapter satisfying! I'd like to thank RiverTear980 for reviewing! I luffles you!

Chapter 3 The Thief King Strikes!

Yami's P.O.V.

The next day, Seto found Mana and me outside by the fountain, chatting away.

"Akhenaden wants to see the fox today." he said sternly to Mana.

She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "She has a name, Seto. You were there when she got one."

"Fine. Yami is needed at once." Seto spat.

He grabbed me by the arm and dragged me away.

Geez, what's his problem? Mana wandered, shrugging.

Seto took me underground again, and I shivered as I remembered being created.

"What does Master Akhenaden need me for?" I spoke up.

"You'll find out when we get there." Seto replied as nicely as he could.

He witnessed my, er, explosion yesterday with my black magic, so he wanted to be on my good side for now.

Akhenaden was waiting for me, and he smiled. He witnessed my explosion too.

"Yami, it's nice to see that you are adjusting well." Akhenaden said, walking over to me.

I looked down and nodded.

"No need to feel embarrassed." he said, chuckling. "I saw that blast of power yesterday. I believe Mahad said that you were in the top rank of magicians; Chaos. That's very impressive. Now, word from our guards said that our target was near the palace yesterday. We need to be on our guard."

"Master, who is this target?" I asked.

"He is a thief called Bakura. He has destroyed many villages, and has tried countless times to steal our Millennium Items and kill the pharaoh. We priests have tried to stop him. He is bad news and must be stopped. But every time, he always has some way to get away, but in order to stop that, we need you." Akhenaden explained.

"M-me? I'm just a magician. Master Mahad id a magician, too. What more could I do?" I asked, a bit scared.

"Correction; you are a magician of chaos, the highest rank. You have powers that could rival all six priests and the pharaoh himself put together. You could easily weaken him." Akhenaden replied.

I looked down again. I don't want to just be considered a weapon used for destruction.

"Bakura might strike at any time, so until then, strengthen and get used to your black magic. By the looks of Mahad's sanctuary, you're not doing so badly."

With that, Akhenaden dismissed me, and Seto brought me back up to the surface. I decided to ask Seto why he was so grumpy.

"Priest, why do I get the feeling that you aren't very happy today?" I asked.

Seto stiffened. "It's none of your business."

Just then, time stopped. I stood there in a trance while a vision was shown to me.

Vision

Seto was walking, but he wasn't alone. He had a pale, blue haired girl in his arms with a scraggly dress on. Seto looked stoned as he carried her into a cottage near the palace.

"It's been years since I've seen you, and I find you like this, Kisara." Seto whispered.

He laid her down on a bed, and then sat next to her, stroking her hair.

"That Bakura will pay for destroying your home. When Yami is ready, vengeance will be ours."

End of Vision

Time sped up again, and my eyes widened, taking a step away from Seto.

"I get it; you want to use me to get revenge on this Bakura for hurting your mate Kisara?"

Seto's face flushed at my last point. "Kisara is not my mate! And I'm not using you. I've tried to get rid of Bakura for- wait, how did you know?"

"Um, later!" I said quickly, running off.

"Wait!" Seto called, but I kept running.

I'm psychic too? This is just too weird. I'm weird. I'm being used. I thought, my thought pattern thrown off.

Tears threatened to fall as I continued to run. Then, I collided with someone, and it happened to be Mahad.

"So sorry." I whispered, getting up and running.

Mahad saw my tear-stricken face, and he wondered what possibly could be the matter. He followed me until I stopped at the fountain where Mana usually was. She wasn't there at the moment. Mahad sat next to me at the fountain, concerned.

"What seems to the matter?" he asked me.

"I'm weird. I'm being used!" I said quietly.

"You are not weird, Yami. You are very unique. And who's using you?" Mahad asked.

"Everyone. I thought that I was created to protect the people of Egypt against the thief Bakura. But truly, I'm being used to get vengeance for others. It's not fair!"

Mahad didn't know where this came from, but it wasn't true.

"Yami, everyone in Egypt has something against Bakura. True, we all seek revenge, but that's not what you're here for. The people of the palace, the priests, and the pharaoh are here to protect the country. We are protecting others and ourselves. We need you to help us, and you will be a tremendous help. The pharaoh will know about you eventually, and he will praise you like we will."

I looked up, smiling. "I believe you Mahad. Can we train some more?"

"Sure."

Mahad and I spent the entire day in his sanctuary. Luckily, a chaos blast wasn't needed. I fought Mahad's ka off one by one, each one at a stronger level. Unbeknownst to me, this training would be crucial for a battle that is about to occur…

Later that Night…

Screams could be heard as a village very close to the palace was being raided and burned down.

"Ha-hahahahahahaaaa! Flee you dogs of the pharaoh!" Bakura cried, riding through on his horse. His Shadow Riders were shooting flaming arrows everywhere. Everything was in chaos, but things were about to change…

"Yami, wake up!" Mana cried, shaking me.

My eyes opened groggily. "Mana, it's the middle of the night. What is it?"

"Bakura has appeared in the village near the palace! He's burning everything down! Priest Akhenaden said it's time for you to make your appearance!"

I gulped in fear, but I knew that I had to fight to protect everyone. I jumped out of bed and followed Mana out of the palace. To my horror, the village was almost completely destroyed.

"That…bastard…" I said with clenched teeth. "I kill him where he stands!"

Akhenaden ran over to me, kneeling down so we were eye to eye. "Listen! Murdering Bakura is not what we want to do right now! He has a ka inside him so terrible, it's like it's invincible. His hatred is so great that he cannot be destroyed without weakening his ka. I don't know the name of it, but I've seen it! Your mission for now is to chase him out of the village. Be careful, he has six Shadow Riders, his servants, with him. They are pretty much immortal. We will come up with a plan tomorrow. Understand?"

I nodded, ready to go. "I got it."

With that, I ran towards the village with amazing speed.

"Akhenaden, who was that?" Atem asked, his eyes widening.

"My pharaoh, meet Bakura's worst nightmare, Yami." he replied, a small proud smile on his face.

As I reached the burning village, people everywhere were screaming and running in terror. I kept running, ignoring the smoke that was getting into my lungs. Up ahead, I saw the six Shadow Riders that Akhenaden was talking about, and then I saw their leader on a horse. I guess the snow white haired man was this Bakura. With hate in my eyes, I ran towards them…until I saw a small child blocking their path. He had long dark brown hair, and some of it covered his left eye completely. He looked very familiar…

Inside Kurai's Mind…

That's the boy that looks just like me! He's even more daring than me! It's no wonder that Bakura and I don't get along in the present; he destroyed things of mine!

Yami's P.O.V.

It was the boy who took care of me when I was just a fox! His name was Kurai! What is he doing here? He lived in Kul Elna…

"Get out of my way if you value your life!" Bakura snapped.

"No! I'm not letting you destroy the only home and family I have left!" Kurai snapped.

The Shadow Riders were just about to destroy Kurai until I ran up with lightning speed and swept him away.

Bakura's P.O.V.

I saw something come out of nowhere and move the idiot boy away.

"You know, killing children is not acceptable, especially when they have nothing left." a female voice said.

"Who the hell is there?" I shouted, looking around.

"Heh heh heh heh…" was the reply.

Then, a small creature appeared from the shadows, holding the boy in her arms. She looked like a white fox with black hair and red eyes. What kind of abomination was this?

"Is this a joke? What kind of person are you? You're shorter than my finger!" I smirked.

"I bet your dick is shorter than your finger." the fox snapped back.

I growled, narrowing my eyes. This thing had no idea who she was messing with.

"You dare insult the King of Thieves? Shadow Riders, get rid of her!" Bakura snapped.

The fox calmly laid the boy to the side. Just as the Shadow Riders were about to attack, she closed her eyes and a black ball of magic shot out, and it dematerialized all six Shadow Riders.

"What are you?" I shouted, not believing my eyes.

"Leave this village, or you will suffer the wrath of a magician of chaos!" the fox shouted.

She…is ranked in the Chaos category? That means that she's stronger than the spell casters! Heh, that's unbelievable…

"You're trying to say that you are ranked in Chaos? I doubt a shortstop like you could ever pull that one!" I said, laughing maniacally.

"Chaos Blast!" the fox shouted.

The same attack that destroyed half of Mahad's sanctuary came hurling at me!

No way! This is the weapon of the pharaoh? I wasn't expecting this! I guess that my battle with pharaoh will have to wait until she is disposed of.

"Who are you?" I asked, preparing my escape.

"Yami! Remember it!" the fox girl shouted.

I evaded Yami's attack, and I immediately made my escape, knowing that there was no way I could win this time.

She could have powers that could rival the Egyptian Gods and Diabound itself! If I could use her, I could ether destroy her or weaken her to the point that she'll be useless. Heh heh heh, this'll be fun! I smirked to myself, riding into the night.

Yami's P.O.V.

I put out the flames the best I could, but the village was done for. The boy Kurai obviously couldn't recognize me.

"Who are you?" he asked, a bit scared.

I smiled at him. "Don't you remember? In Kul Elna, you would take care of an albino fox. I was that fox, Kurai."

"You know my name?" Kurai asked.

"Yes. You took care of me."

Kurai's eyes widened, recognizing me. "The Fox? What happened to you?"

"That day when Priest Seto took me away, I was used in an experiment with a magician ka. I am the result. I am Yami."

Kurai ran over to me and jumped on me, giving me a bone crushing hug. Since he was two inches taller than me and weighed a bit more, I fell down, but I hugged him back.
"I thought that I would never see you again! When Kul Elna was destroyed for the second time, I had to live here! I thought that I would at least see you somewhere, but I didn't! And then that thief came and destroyed my only home left! Yami…I have no one but you now!"

I patted the back of his head, even more disgusted with Bakura.

"Kurai, come with me. You can stay with me at the palace."

"You live there?" Kurai asked, his eyes widening.

"Yes. I pretty much work for them now, here to protect the people of Egypt. I'm just glad that I was able to chase Bakura out and save you."

With that, I stood up and took Kurai back with me. Upon my return with praise from Mana, the six priests, and Pharaoh Atem, I looked up to the moon, a frown on my face.

Now that Bakura knows who and what I am, I can be a huge target. From this day out, I will have to keep my guard up even more, and protect Kurai from him. I have to make sure that no one else gets hurt. I will destroy this powerful ka of Bakura's and put an end to his reign of tyranny!

Epic. That's all I can say. So, Yami is Bakura's target, and vice versa. The ancient Kurai is now reunited with the friend that he had lost. What could Bakura have in store for Yami? Is Kurai in danger? Stay tuned!