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Bakura

Those girls, no, Yumi. Yumi was the one who threw the clay pots at me. She was the one that was going to pay.

As I was thinking these thoughts, it occurred to me that a seal had appeared on her. The Seal of Silence held the same pattern as the one that she had. *Oh no.*

I paced outside the chambers that we were given to use hours after the sun set and the others were sleeping. I noticed a figure slip into the room where my 'landlord's' sister and the brat's sister were both sleeping. I rushed into the room to find the figure trying to strangle the runt's sister. *Good riddance.*

As I thought this, the girl was surrounded by the strange aura from earlier and the symbol reappeared on her throat. The energy that she gave off was familiar, though different. It was almost as if the symbol that had appeared was stifling the powers within the girl.

I couldn't stand there and watch as the girl's life slipped away. It felt wrong, it was as if I was watching the cloaked figure kill my own sister. I darted in and grabbed a poorly made pot. I smashed the pot into the would-be assassin's head and grabbed the now unconscious body off the girl. She smiled weakly at me for the first time before fainting.

Those eyes were hauntingly familiar now. I dragged the attempted killer into the garden and tied him up to a nearby tree. "Maybe some one will shed some light on your identity," I growled before leaving.

Atsu

I entered the palace gardens to wait for Sheriti and Mana so that I could help them with their daily tasks. I had a pretty nice morning so far. I didn't run into Odji and his band, which in itself was unusual. But hey, what's to complain about? It just meant that I got to see Mana and Sheriti sooner. They were my best friends and helped me stay out of trouble with the royal guards.

I noticed that somebody was tied up to one of the largest trees in the garden. I went closer and saw that their face was hidden by a hood and a black scarf. I tugged the hood off and almost immediately recognized the scar on the figure's forehead. It was none other than Odji! "Oh, you idiot! Odji," I yelled, waking him up. "How could you do something so brash as to sneak into the Palace at night!"

"So you know this pathetic waste of space," I heard a voice growl.

I nodded, "What did Odji do this time?"

"He tried to kill the runt's sister last night," the voice said as a man dropped from the tree. "He's lucky that I was in a rare good mood last night, because otherwise he'd be missing a few fingers of worse."

"BAKURA! GET IN HERE NOW," I heard a different voice yell. The man paled and followed the voice. "Care to explain the bruises on Yumi's throat," another man asked him.

This man and a boy that was next to him looked almost like the Prince. The only difference was their hair and heights. There was a girl hiding behind the smaller of the two. She looked a lot like Sheriti.

"I had no part in it, baka," the white-haired man retorted. "It was the whelp that I tied to a tree outside."

"Since you took the liberty of tying the one responsible, you can let him go," the taller of the Prince's look-alikes said. "He has been punished enough. Remember that desert nights can be quite cold this time of year."

I watched as Odji was untied, "I'll take him home and inform his mother about this. By the way, I'm Atsu."

The taller of the two copies looked at me, "I'm Yami, that's my brother Yugi and this is our sister, Yumi. The rude guy is Bakura. His brother Ryou is around here somewhere with our companions, Tea, Joey, and Tristan."

I left, dragging Odji behind me. I wasn't happy about the fact that he tried to kill a guest of the Pharaoh.

Yumi

We went out into the village to explore the area and to get some other clothes. I wandered behind my brother and his copy. I stopped to look at a piece of jewelry that looked familiar. I looked up for my brother and realized that he was gone!

I had no way to call out for him, and couldn't let anyone know that I couldn't speak. To do so would mean instant death! I dropped enough money for the piece and took off in the direction that I was pretty sure they went. I ran into the boy who used to throw sharp rocks at me.

"Looks like you've gotten lost, Mouse," he taunted. "It also looks like you're without someone to stop me from paying you back for stealing my friend from me."

I was terrified. There was only one place that I knew was safe and that was the Palace. I ran as fast as I could to get there. But three houses away from the safety of the gate, I tripped and fell, scraping my hands and knees. I scrambled up and darted into the gates before the boy could catch up to me. Unfortunately, I ran into the man that looked like the brother that abandoned me. He yelled at me.

I was so upset that I turned and ran. I ran to a place that felt safe to me, a place that few people dared go. It was where I was born, where my family and friends lived and met their end. I was headed home to Kul Elna. I felt that the spirits there would protect me from the people that meant me harm. I wanted to see if my parents were still there, to comfort me, to…to...

Bakura

The girl took off running after I yelled at her for not paying attention to where she was going. I spotted a boy chasing after her; both before and after she ran into me. I took note of the direction she was headed. I paled realizing that there was only one place that lay not far from the city. Just a few miles out lay the ruins of my old village. That place wasn't safe for anyone as innocent as the runt's sister.

I left a message for my host and headed after her, hoping that the spirits didn't harm the girl.

Yumi

I ran to my old village and noticed that the boy stopped chasing me. I decided to see if I could locate my old home, hoping that my parents' spirits would be there. I felt some of them stirring from the shadow. I was able to locate the ruins of our former home and sat near what used to be Papa's favorite spot.

He would often sit here and tell me stories. When he came home from raids, he would often bring me a bracelet or a new toy. I missed him so. Mama too. She would brush my hair saying that I while I was the Princess of Thieves, I was also the most important child to the village. This meant that I was not permitted to attend the raids that 'Kura was allowed to participate in.

I cried until I felt a presence. I looked up and saw the faint images of my mama and papa. I wanted so badly to speak to them, but the curse prevented this. Mama looked hurt when I pointed to my throat and shook my head. Papa's look went from concern to sad. I knelt down and drew in the dust the image for the Seal of Silence and wrote that 'Kura did it before leaving me alone. I wrote that I was miserable because I couldn't tell people how I was feeling and because of my curse, I was punished and sealed along with my Soul-Spirit in one of the stone tablets we had seen being taken to the building that housed them.

I wanted the Silence to end and to be able to speak again. I fainted.