I'm back everyone!

Bakura:Yo

Valon:Why am I here? I'm not even in this story

Me:You don't know that

*He and Bakura give me a look*

Me:Ok ok I know your not in the story

Valon:Then why am I here?

Me:To do the disclaimer!

Valon:-_-

Me:^-^

Valon:Alright chums, Angle does not own Yugioh and never will. Also, review

Me:Thanks Val!

Teana:Angle, will I be beautiful when I grow up?

Me:Where did this question come from?

Teana:Will I?

Me:Well Bakura, will she?

Bakura:*Nods his head* Yup, you'll be beautiful

Me:You see?

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Teana smiled to herself and snuggled closer to the object that was keeping her warm. It was now morning, the day after her birthday and Bakura hadn't woken up yet, which was odd. Normally he was up by now, but instead, he was sound asleep. Teana sat up and stared at him. His expression looked so peaceful, rather than tense as it usually was. His hair was wild and messy as it always was. Teana stroked the scar, tracing it and staring into his face. Her thoughts lingered to last night's kiss. She smiled, fingering her lips on the spot where he kissed her. She closed her eyes, savoring the memory.

"That was a pretty great day yesterday." she said quietly to herself.

She got out of bed and stretched her legs. She walked outside of the room. She went into the main hall where Marik was sitting a polishing some weapon. She sat next to him and watched. He noticed her presence and smiled.

"Good morning Teana."

"Morning Marik."

"Did you have a good birthday yesterday?"

"Yup!"

"Where did he take you?"

"We went to this village, and I got this pretty bracelet for free!"

Marik stared at her. He didn't want to know how she got that bracelet for free, but he had a feeling it had something to do with Bakura.

"What else?"

"Well, he showed me the sky and then...then he kissed me."

Marik stopped polishing his blade and stared at her. His eyes were wide with shock. He had seen Bakura seduce women, but never had he kissed one. Maybe he really did love Teana.

"He kissed you eh?"

"Yup."

"Aren't you special."

Teana nodded and started humming some random tune. Bakura walked in a little later looking still rather sleepy. Teana gave him a hug, which he returned. He knelt down to her eye level and put his hands on her shoulders.

"Teana, me, Marik, and some of our men will be gone for the day, so you'll be by yourself. Is that okay?"

"Yup"

Bakura ruffled her hair and looked at her lovingly. He truly treasured his Teana. Marik had left the room to round up some of the men and Teana watched as they took off away from the hideout. The rest of the men went about their buisnesse, not paying attention to her, in which Teana was grateful. She didn't trust any of them except for a few. Some of them were kind, trying to support their families who lived in slavery or were really poor. She trusted those men. The others were just scoundrels and thieves who should be in prison. All in all, they left her alone, afraid of what Bakura would do to them if they touched her. Teana returned to her and Bakura's room. She sat in the spot where he was laying in and inhaled his scent. He smelled of spice. Like cinnamon. She smiled and kept inhaling that scent, savoring it in her mind. She decided from that moment out, that cinnamon was her favorite scent.

Seto had rounded up his troupes and they stood before there pharaoh. They were ready to go attack the thief king's hideout and rescue the little girl. Apparently when Mana spotted them in the market, she used magic to create a hawk to track them down. Its eyes recorded which direction they ran off to and now they knew where his hideout was. Seto was ready to go and so was the pharaoh. They gathered men last night to go attack and now they set off. It wouldn't take them long to get there. They would arrive proximately at noon. The pharaoh was in a great mood. Soon Teana would be back in the palace where she belonged. He would take care of her and she would love him. He was certain he would never find someone like her in his life time. Muhad noticed this great mood in his king. It made him happy that his pharaoh would stop looking so grim about everything. Mana on the other hand wasn't. She saw and heard the whole thing that had happened at the market. Bakura was protecting that girl from that greasy fat man. And Teana looked rather happy about it. Mana didn't think Teana would ever love the pharaoh like that but she didn't say anything. The pharaoh would just have to learn the hard way. Love was like that. And as the old saying goes "If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you. Keep it. If it doesn't, it never belonged to you in the first place"

"Mana...Mana..."

Mana turned to see Muhad waving a hand in front of her face. She blinked and gave a cheeky smile. He sighed and continued with what he was going to say.

"Mana, it's time we returned to your lesson."

"Awwww I was going to talk with the pharaoh!"

"The pharaoh's busy, now lets go!"

Mana miffed and followed Muhad to the gardens where they would be practicing earth magic for the day. Isis stepped out from behind the curtain and went to go follow Seto. He was directing orders to his men. She sighed and waited for him to be done. He noticed Isis waiting to speak with him. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. His men looked uncomfortable. Seto was a fierce and emotionless leader. They had never seen him give any emotion to anyone. He must really love this woman. Isis turned to him with worried eyes.

"You'll be safe won't you?"

"Yes Isis, I'm always safe."

"I know, but still."

His hands cupped her cheek and he looked at her gently.

"I'll be safe, don't you worry."

She smiled and kissed him. He returned her kiss. There was some coughing coming from behind them and Isis's cheeks turned immediately red. Shada was waiting for Seto to be done so they could leave. Isis patted his arm and left. Seto's face turned businesslike again.

"Alright men! Lets move out!"

And with their fearless leader guiding them, the troupes and Seto headed out.

Teana was sitting in the bedroom when she felt something was wrong. She had a nagging feeling that something bad was going to happen soon. She shuddered, shaking the feeling off and left the room. She found one of the younger thieves, a boy around 12 years old playing some reed pipes. His name was Apries. She liked this boy. He was nice, but quite shy and reserved. She and him often spoke since they were only 4 years apart. He told her that he loved a girl in another village. He told her a few days ago that her name was Shadya. And they were going to be married as soon as he could afford to buy her from her owner. Teana thought it was very sweet of him to do something like that.

"Hey Apries!"

"Oh, hi Teana."

"Whatcha doin?"

"Practicing a song I heard. I'm going to play it for Shadya."

"Can I hear?"

"Sure!"

He began playing for her. The song started out pretty quiet at first, but then it grew into a beautiful melody. The song was played with so much emotion, that Teana felt tears spring up in her eyes. When he was done playing Teana clapped her hands.

"Apries! That was beautiful!"

He blushed. "Thanks Teana. Hey, can I hear you sing?"

"Well, since you played for me."

Teana stood up and clasped her hands together, thinking of a song to sing.

"My love, leave yourself behind"

"Beat inside me, leave you blind"

"My love, you have found peace"

"You were searching, for release"

"You gave it all, into the call"

"You took a chance and you took a fall for us"

"You came thoughtfully, loved me faithfully"

"You taught me honor, you did it for me"

She turned around and gave him a mock bow. He clapped and looked at her with wonder.

"You have a beautiful voice Teana."

"Thanks Apries."

He nodded and they fell into a comfortable silence. Until Apries frowned and stood up. She looked at him.

"Whats wrong Apries?"

"Somethings wrong."

"What?"

"I don't know, Lets check it out."

"Right!"

Teana followed Apries into the hideout. When they went outside, their eyes went wide with shock. The pharaohs men were standing above them on a hill. They weren't moving just yet, but they would soon. Apries pulled Teana inside and ran to Bakura's room. He shoved her in there.

"Apries! What are you doing?"

"Trying to hide you! If you were taken or killed, Bakura would kill us!"

Teana pushed her way out and grabbed Apries by the arm. She led him to the stables and pulled a horse out. She made him take the reigns.

"Get on Apries! Now!"

"What about you?"

"I'll be fine! What happens if we are captured?"

"Well, they won't kill you, but they'll kill us thieves."

"What about Shadya?"

He frowned. Finally realizing what she was trying to do. She was trying to save his life. He fingered the jewels he had on him. He had a lot, but it still wasn't enough to free Shadya. He shook his head.

"I can't Teana, I don't have enough to save Shadya!"

Teana put her hand to her neck and pulled off the silver and sapphire necklace. Apries's eyes widened. If he had that necklace, he would have enough to free Shadya! Teana smiled and gave it to him.

"Here. Use it to buy Shadya's freedom."

"Teana...I...thank you."

He hugged her and got on the horse, riding away from the hideout. Teana watched him go until he disapeard over the hills. She heard yelling and shouts from across the rooms and a bunch of other things. Teana sank down on the floor and buried her head in her hands to block the noise. Suddenly, the doors burst open and a soldier roughly grabbed her. She looked up to see the high priest Seto. He glared at her and yanked her to her feet without any gentleness. She looked up at him with fear. She tried to get out of his grip, but he would not let go.

"Let go of me! Your hurting me!"

"Stop struggling and I will."

She stopped and let him lead her through the chaos of people. The whole place was a mess and almost everyone was gathered up and chained. Seto picked her up and place her over his shoulder. Teana closed her eyes, feeling nausea wash over her. She smelled something metallic and she didn't want to find out what it was. Seto got on his horse and put her down in front of him. Teana watched as they returned to the palace. She watched as the hideout got smaller and smaller until it was out of sigh. Teana felt a rise of panic. What would Bakura do when he found out they were gone? She didn't want anyone to get hurt. She struggled and tried to get off the horse. Seto glared down at her and rolled his eyes. Why would she want to get off the horse? Bakura must have screwed up her mind.

"Little girl, would you stop squirming?"

"Noo! You have to let me go! Bakura will get mad!"

"Well the pharaoh won't be happy if I do."

"But..."

"The pharaoh's needs outweigh Bakura's."

Teana wondered what Bakura would have to say about that? She imagined if he were here, he would kill Seto right now.

"I'm sorry, but I have to do this." he didn't sound sorry at all. Jerk.

He hit a spot on her neck and she collapsed. Seto secured her onto his horse and they continued their way back to the palace.

"Asra, is she awake yet?"

"No Isis."

Teana cracked open her eyes. She was in a room with a couple of candles lighting the room. She noticed she was in a nightgown and in a bed. She checked to make sure her pendent and bracelet were still on her. To her relief, they still were. Isis turned around and went over to her.

"Teana?"

"Yes?" Teana sat up, but Isis pushed her back down. "Please, you must rest."

"But I'm fine."

Teana sat up and immediately felt her head throb with pain. She fell back down and noticed Isis purse her lips. Teana stared at her.

"Where's Bakura?"

"Don't worry, he won't hurt you ever again."

Teana stared at Isis. What were they talking about?

"What? He didn't hurt me!"

"What? Surely he did."

"He didn't!"

Isis sighed and stood up. She left the girl alone and went to the pharaoh. He immediately greeted her.

"How is she?"

"She's fine. Perfectly healthy, no injuries, she's been well taken care of."

"He didn't hurt her? Odd."

"She must be really special to him."

"Perhaps Isis. Perhaps."

Bakura, Malik and the rest of his men returned to the hideout shortly around midnight. Ever since noon, Bakura had the feeling that something was wrong. There were no guards guarding the entrance and there were no torches. It was quiet. Too quiet.

"Marik, somethings wrong."

"I agree."

"Lets go!"

They ran down the hill and burst into the hideout. They were immedialtley greeted with the sight of blood, dead bodies, and weapons. Bakura's eyes went wide. Not only were some of his men dead, some of the pharaohs soldiers were dead. Bakura realized what had happened. The pharaohs army found out where his hideout was! He ran to his room, hoping to find Teana, but she wasn't there. He looked in the stable. All the horses were stolen and Teana was gone. They took her away. Bakura 's fists went white with fury.

"How...dare...they!"

He returned to the room to see Marik and the others piling and pickpocketing the bodies. Bakura went over to Marik

"Teana's gone." he said in a deadly voice.

"I know."

Bakura went outside and stared up at the night sky. In a loud voice, he shouted

"PHAROAH! I WILL GET TEANA BACK!"

DUNH DUNH DUNHHHHHHHHH WHAT HAPPENS NOW? READ AND FIND OUT!

Glossary of names:

Apries:The sun enlarges his heart

Shadya:Joy, delight, pleasure

Asra:Osiris