Jounouchi couldn't believe his luck, he'd come across a stall just waiting for him to retrieve his breakfast.
This shop owner must be new, because they weren't guarding the bread that rested on their cart as closely as the other vendors Jounouchi was used to.
And as he slid by the cart to retrieve said breakfast, sure enough, he began to leave without incident, until he turned and ran right into a woman dressed in a simple cloak.
But the glint of the gold of her earrings, caught his attention. This was no ordinary woman.
"Watch where you're going!" she called out, and to his surprise, the vendor who'd seen him looked up then.
"Hey, you two!" they called, "empty your pockets! Guards!"
Then Jounouchi ran. And he found himself grabbing the woman's wrist to rush her along.
The two of them raced together through streets and past shouting vendors. They finally found an empty alley in which to catch their breath, but not before narrowly escaping the guards passing by their hiding spot.
"Are you okay?" Jounouchi asked. He felt guilt blooming in his chest at having involved this poor woman in his stealing.
"I'm fine, believe me." She replied, still catching her breath.
"Thank you," she continued, "for helping me back there."
"You're welcome, I only wish I hadn't gotten you involved in the first place," Jounouchi laughed, relieved.
"Did you steal that bread?" the woman asked.
Jounouchi pulled out the hunk of bread he'd taken, and broke into it, with a wry smile. "Had to."
"I'm Anzu," the woman responded. And then, with a smile of her own, she pulled out an apple from her robes, too shiny to have been from anywhere but the stall next to the bread vendor.
"Some apple with your bread?" she then asked.
With a surprised smile he accepted, as they both split their breakfast and chatted.
And Jounouchi knew he'd be seeing this woman again.