Disclaimer: this is not my story. Its kristins.

Naomi stared down at the city, which in only a few minutes will be ripped to shreds and left empty.

"All right! Gather around. Here's the plan," Bakura ordered. "We're going to all attack at the same time. We will have to make it swift before they redy their defenses. Once inside, Pentaware will head straight for the main castle and take care of the dirty work. Then I, along with Disebek, Joseph, and denger, will go in and meet Pentaware at the treasury. The rest of the men take care of the outside guards."

Bakura looked over at Naomi and gave her his orders as well.

"Pentaware, we'll give you only a few minutes to get to your shift finished. And remember that these are imperial guards. Not the scum we've been dealing with, so it'll be more of a challenge. Thought for you and I, this ought to be fun," Bakura smirks.

Naomi widens her smirk and nods at her task. It took only a few seconds for the three boys to find their way out of the crowd to give the rest of them the orders. When news finally finished traveling, Bakura spoke once more.

"All right you three, I need you to stick close by to be able to see when I'm heading out."

"Yes, sir!"

Naomi glanced at Bakura who had been studying the city. He seemed to intent at this as if it was the only thing in life that really mattered. It made her think as to why he became a thief to begin with. What was the tragic story of his past that made him so hard, so distant? Naomi's train of thought was interrupted by Joseph who leaned in her ear.

"Now, now. Get your head out of the gutter," he smirked.

Naomi turned to him, a bit surprised and confused at the same time.

"He means stop fantasizing about the boss," Disebek explained.

Her eyes widened. They were lucky that this was a time where she couldn't speak, or they would have had a yelling of a lifetime. But Denger smacked them over the head resulting them to shout an ow. Denger was like her big brother who always stuck up for her. However, the other two would be classified as the two immature brothers.

"All right. Let's go!"

Naomi nods and Bakura smirks.

"NOOOOOOOWW!" he took off running and Naomi followed right after with the three brothers.

The rest of the men follow, too. They charged right through the defenses and stormed through the gates. All the men that were ready quickly came at Naomi, but she completely destroyed and trampled each one. Naomi had to separate away from Bakura and the others to get to the main palace. When she rode inside, she looked around. There was no light. Just complete darkness.

Naomi jumped off her horse and began walking. She had to do this quickly or else Bakura would kill her! Walking down the many halls, it seemed as if everything had been deserted. There was no one around and she found herself searching the last hall. Naomi was getting rather bored... She had searched every inch of every room, running through every hall, and still nothing. But this all seemed way too easy. If she knew anything about these guards, it was that they aren't stupid enough to leave the main palace unprotected.

After searching for a long time, she found herself at the last room with its huge doors. There were two torches on either side, and Naomi felt something this pull. It wasn't saying to open the door, but to back away from it. She leaned against the door to see if she could hear anything. She listened very closely and heard whispers of someone or something. Though she couldn't make out what they were saying, she knew where the men were hiding.

Naomi smirked. She stepped back and took out her sword, then ran to kick the doors open. Walking in, there was no one there, so she lowered her weapon. As soon as she did, hundreds of men came from everywhere. Naomi readied herself. Soon, she began to take all of them on. But Naomi was beginning to become overwhelmed and drenched in the blood of her enemies.

She looked up and saw a rope. She quickly jumped up and began climbing up, then she jumped over to where the doors were and took off running. This gave her the advantage since all of them have to split up and searched for her. As they did, she began picking them off one by one until she found herself back in the main hall again. There were dozens of men surrounding her. She tightened her grip on her sword as they all ran at her with their many blades.

Naomi continually dodged and tried to use the low and revealing points as her advantage. Blood flew everywhere and all over her. Soon, Naomi was covered in the thick crimson liquid. Finally, she slashed the last one. They were all dead. Naomi stood straight up and looked around the room which had at least fifty to sixty dead men. She smiled. Walking over them, she found a piece of drapery that wasn't spotted with blood and used that to wipe her sword.

As soon as her silver blade was back in her sheath, the doors were slammed open. Naomi glanced over and saw Bakura and the others walk in. They quickly shut the door behind them and looked ahead, gasping at their surrounding. Naomi walked over to them and her sight made their eyes widen even more.

"Are you all right?" Bakura asked.

Naomi nodded.

"Looks like there were a few more than we suspected eh?" Denger commented.

Naomi smiled and shrugged. They all began to walk in one of the halls that would lead them to the treasury. They reached the doors and Bakura stepped up and opened it. But Naomi reached out and touched his hand. He glares and slaps it away.

"Don't ever get in my way," he threatened.

Naomi sighed inwardly and allowed him to touch the handle. As soon as he did, he was sent flying back. She walked over and took his hand.

'I warned you. It's protected by magic.'

"Well then how the hell do we get in?!" Bakura asked with haste.

'It's only the doors that are protected. As long as we find another way in, we'll be fine.

"Well then? Where is this way in?"

Naomi stood up and pointed her hand up to a small hole at the very top of the giant doors. Bakura arks his eyebrow.

"I'm afraid that won't work. None of us are small enough to fit through that."

Naomi smirks and takes a step back. She looked around and soon found a wall that was possible to scale up. Once she found it, she took off her top robe so that her loose, sleeveless shirt was shown. Fortunately, Naomi still had a binder on so no breasts were shown. When she got to the top of the wall, she turned and jumped over to a group of chains hanging from the ceiling. She climbed toward the chains, grabbed onto the ledge, and pulled herself up and through the hole.

Landing on the other side, she stared in awe at her surrounding. There was enough gold in the room to fill up her entire room! Naomi went to open the door and Bakura and the other three walked inside. They complimented her and such, then began to fill their bags with the gold.

"This is the best we've ever done!" Bakura laughed. "All we have to do is get out of this place. By now, the men would have already taken care of the outside problems."

"Man! We are sooo out of here!" Disebek cheered.

"And without a scratch, too!" Joseph added.

"I must admit, we did really good," Denger agreed.

But Naomi kept her head down. She wasn't going to celebrate just yet. Not until she's sure that outside really was taken care of. Naomi went to the main entrance and heard the battle still going on. Bakura opened the door and everyone gasped. There were far more men than before, and it was all chaos.

"Disebek! Take the lute to the lair. Denger and Pentaware, stay together and alive. Joseph, you're with me," Bakura commanded.

Everyone nodded and did as they were told. The battle was furious and too overwhelming, but soon, they got it under control. Suddenly, someone with a horse came riding toward Naomi and Denger. They both jumped away, but were separated from each other. Naomi looked around, but saw no signs of Denger. Seeing as she couldn't find him, she continued with the battle.

But Naomi soon became tired and weak. There were confusion and chaos. Blood was everywhere. But she continued fighting. Naomi caught a glance of Bakura and Joseph completely surrounded and very tired. She ran toward them, but a flood of men on horses came her way. Naomi was now completely lost.

Lost...

Naomi finally got out of the mess and saw Bakura still fighting. But behind him, there was a man heading straight for him with his sword drawn. Bakura didn't notice this man at all. Instant fear took over Naomi.

Fear...

The fear of losing him. The fear of his death; her only friend's death. It was about to happen, but she dashed off as fast as she could possibly run toward Bakura. She pushed and shoved people out of her way. Naomi jumped in the way, right in front of the impact. There was sudden pain, and her eyes widened as she gasped for air. Blood streamed from her stomach and down the blade of the man. Out of anger, he pushed the rest of it in.

Bakura turned around after hearing her sharp intake of breath. The sight before him made his eyes widen as well. There, was his friend with sword sticking right through the stomach. Bakura quickly decapitates the man, and Naomi fell to the ground in pain for she couldn't stand any longer. Bakura knelt down, eyes filled with such worry. But he spoke to her calmly.

"I need to take the blade out. All right?"

Naomi nods and closes her eyes. She laid there limply, but soon felt excruciating pain of the steel leaving her body.

Excruciating pain...

She threw her head back, and after the sword was removed, she fell on her back. A vulgar taste came from her mouth.

Vulgar taste...

It didn't stop flowing. Naomi felt like she was being picked up. She looked and saw Joseph. She laid there limp in his hands as he ran through the city with Bakura following and yelling for his men to retreat. He found his horse and jumped on it, placing Naomi in the front. All of his man followed, rejoicing in triumph. Naomi stayed awake for the longest time.

By the next morning, she couldn't handle it anymore. Joseph and the others couldn't continue either, so they rested. But Bakura rode on. He rode on Fury as fast as he could. Naomi was able to see the hide out before falling asleep into darkness.

Eternal darkness...

There was no life. Nothing. All was cold and wet. Alone. Naomi looked around at this world of darkness and felt empty. So unwanted. Hatred filled her as well as sadness and confusion. But suddenly, there was a voice.

A voice...?

Then light.

"ALL RIGHT! SHE'S AWAKE!" a voice cried.

Naomi opened her eyes to see the worried faces of her three friends.

"Well hello little sleepy head," Joseph smiled.

"How are you feeling?" Denger asked.

He touched her head, but she had shook it.

"It's all right to speak if you want Naomi," a voice hissed.

Naomi widened her eyes. That voice belonged to Bakura. He was in the corner of the room with his head down, anger emanated from him. He glared over with his glowing crimson eyes. Hurt and fear came upon her. Hurt because she knew she had hurt him very badly with her lies. Fear because she had no idea what Bakura was going to do now. He stalks over with a sword in his hand. Naomi stared up at his glare that could have made hell freeze over. Naomi sat there, knowing what she was about to receive. She deserved it.

"I'm sorry, Bakura... I'm so very sorry..."