The Sands of Time

By Ezri07

Chapter Four—The Thief and the Dream

Yugi was running as fast as he could. He was chasing someone. He had white hair and was a thief. Was the thief the one the pharaoh had mentioned, Bakura? Yugi just noticed Jonouchi was there too. Bakura, if that was who it was, was slowed by the weight of the gold treasure he was carrying, and so Jonouchi caught up to him and grabbed him by the shoulder. Bakura whipped around and grabbed a knife from the pile of treasure, then stabbed Jonouchi. Bakura then continued running away.

Yugi woke up screaming Jonouchi's name. He was drenched in cold sweat. Yugi had the dream before, but that was before he heard about the thief and before he met Jonouchi again. The first time, he didn't think anything of it. This time, however, he thought of it as a warning.

Later that day…

"Bakura the thief, is he dead?" asked the pharaoh.

"No, we couldn't catch him. He didn't show up last night, he never shows up the nights we plan to capture him. I think somehow he knows when we're planning our attacks." Seto told the pharaoh.

"How is that possible?" Atemu inquired.

"I'm not sure it is, but he never tries to steal anything the days we are prepared to catch him!" Seto Kaiba said beginning to get angry.

"That is true, Seto, maybe we just need to be ready every day then," said the pharaoh.

"Perhaps," Kaiba muttered.

"What do you mean?" asked Atemu, "that is the only way we would be able to catch him."

"I still think that he knows when we are ready. I don't know how though." Kaiba said slowly. Seto's eyes were drawn to the neclace around Atemu's neck. It was a large gold pyramid. Kaiba thought for a moment, "Impossible."

"What is?" asked the pharaoh.

"Remember when a millennium item was stolen?" Kaiba asked, "Maybe Bakura is the one with it, and that's how he can tell when we are going to try to catch him."

"Impossible, it was returned!" King Atemu pointed out.

"What if it was replaced with a false millennium item? Maybe the one we have in the temple is not the original." Kaiba suggested.

The pharaoh sighed, "I hope you are wrong Seto, but I don't think you are."

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