The Sands of Time
By Ezri07

Ezri: Alas! The ninth chapter! Okay, I've been really busy with family stuff and being sick and all, so I haven't been able to find time to write. Anyways, you've been waiting a LONG time for this chapter so I guess I'll let you read it now.

No wait... I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh in any way, shape, or form.

Okay, now you can read it.

Chapter Nine—The Traitor

"Pharaoh Atemu!" Kaiba yelled running in the door, breathing heavily, "Bakura the thief, he's escaped!"

"WHAT?!" Atemu said sounding very shocked.

"He has escaped from his prison cell!" Kaiba said urgently, "Someone must have let him out, because there was no damage to the door."

The pharaoh thought for a moment, "Who would let someone like him out?"

"I don't know," Seto said.

"It doesn't make sense," Atemu pointed out, "the only ones with access to the keys is you and me."

"Are you trying to say I did it?" Kaiba asked, "Pharaoh, I'm offended that you would think that I would betray you. I would never-"

"No, Kaiba. I wasn't suggesting it was you. You couldn't have," the pharaoh said. Then Atemu walked into his study. Why couldn't it have been Kaiba? He thought, He has access to the keys; he was gone early this morning...

"No!" he said aloud. It fits so well, Atemu thought, evidence points to him, to Kaiba. But why? Atemu asked himself.

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"Jonouchi is very badly injured. He has a punctured lung and two broken ribs," the healer told Yugi. "He is lucky though. If Bakura had stabbed up any more, your friend would already be dead. The blade would have gone through his heart."

"How did you know it was Bakura?" Yugi asked.

"Jonouchi told me," said the healer, "It is true, isn't it?"

Yugi nodded, he wouldn't deny the truth. Bakura had stabbed his friend! He was so angry. "Jonouchi, will he be okay?" Yugi asked.

"It's really hard to say, Yugi."

"Jonouchi..." he whispered. Jonouchi was his only friend, he couldn't die! It isn't right! Yugi felt now as though he wanted nothing more than to kill Bakura. Yugi fell to his knees, head in his hands, and a tear rolled down his cheek.
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Ezri: I'm going to be gone all next week so I won't be able to update. When I get back I'll try my best to update, however, this might take a while since I will want to hang out with my friends since I have been gone. Well, anyways, don't let that stop you from REVIEWing. I promise to give you the next chapter A.S.A.P.