Hotaru: hi everyone! This is the FINAL chapter of my story! Some time has passed...around a year if I'd have to guess. And let me fill you in. Safiya had Seto Take away Yanagi's illness and give it to Safiya. But Yanagi has no knowledge of that. After that Safiya and Seto reunited and reconciled. Leaving Bakura out-casted. All the while Yami was left Fuming. And I think that's about it...

Bakura: HI GUYS!! Enjoy the final chapter! It's got lots of ME!!!

Hotaru: and plenty of Safiya. On and by the way. Yume had no contribution to this WHAT SO EVER! I did this whole thing! And I don't own anything. Thank you!

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Safiya walked calmly towards the door to the outside sunshine. Seto was in front of her with his royal assness Yami. As they entered the natural light Safiya's eyes blurred. She'd been living the sheltered life way to long. Her vision cleared and she saw a rather high thing. A new addition. It was two six foot long wooden logs with one placed between them at the very top. Safiya blinked at it and realized that there were soldiers with a rope raising someone up to about Seto's height. From her distance she couldn't see who it was but she found herself smirking.

"Tomb robber that got caught. You're just the one who got away" Yami muttered looking back at Safiya. She held her head high, though she mentally bristled. Yes she had robbed a few Tombs with Bakura. And yes she had enjoyed it a lot. But that was behind her. Everything with Bakura was behind her. She squinted through the sunlight and tried to see who it was. "Your partner in crime, Safiya, he was just the one to get caught." She blanked out for a second then it hit her.

"Bakura?" she asked. Seto looked back at her and noticed the somewhat intrigued look on her face. "What will happen to him?"

"Lashes" Seto said simply.

"As many lashes as it takes to kill him" Yami clarified with an evil smirk. Safiya was shocked and she felt as if someone had stabbed her through the heart. That hole only widened as she walked closer and saw Seto pick up the whip.

"It's dry" he snapped. The soldier took it and handed it to a slave who covered it in something Safiya couldn't quite name. Her eyes wandered up to her bruised and bloody lover.

"Oh Bakura, your eyes" she moaned quietly. His beautiful chocolate brown eyes were swollen shut. There was no part of his body showing that wasn't bruised or bleeding. His back was cut and bruised. He wasn't wearing a shirt. She closed her eyes and a single tear ran down one cheek. "Seto, why would you do this? Why would you do this to me?" He looked over at her, a wicked, killer, look in his eyes.

"This will be wonderful" he muttered to himself. He'd get vengeance for her. This man, Bakura, had harmed his angel and he'd pay for it. But as he looked over at Safiya he lost some of his anger. Her eyes were running over every bruise and every wound on Bakura's body, and she looked like each mark hurt her with equal or even more pain.

"Go ahead, I can not stop you" she said. Seto picked up the now oiled whip and snapped it on the ground. Safiya growled. "Get it over with! Don't torture me for something he did." Seto looked over at her with a wary eye when she turned and disappeared. Seto went back to Bakura but Yami's mind was following the girl. He'd hoped she'd have stayed to watch but maybe that was too much to dream. No matter, just killing one of her lovers was enough to make Yami happy. And as the air was filled with Bakura's howls of pain Yami just smiled. Between every flash of pain Bakura could only pant and gasp. Pain was all he felt but his bodily injuries were the least of his pains. His heart. He'd seen Safiya; he'd seen the hard look that had crossed her pain filled face in an instant. That look was one of betrayal and hatred. It didn't matter now whether he died. Lighting bolts of pain ran through his body. When suddenly it stopped. Bakura panted and wheezed then looked at the people around him. They were all looking up. Just as he looked a person swooped down and landed on the middle bar. Their black feathered wings were swept forward concealing them. The wings flared and Safiya stood, in full battle gear, a sword and scabbard at her side, a golden jeweled dagger was in a sheath that hung from her neck.

"I can not in good conscience allow this to go on. Priest release him, and your Pharaoh might be spared." She growled. There was no hesitation, and no sympathy or remorse. Instinctively ten soldiers surrounded Yami, Seto stood in front of them.

"This peasant is sentenced to death by Pharaoh Yami! You dare contend the pharaoh's word?!" Seto yelled. His king was supposed to come first, and of course Seto played the part well but inside he was torn. Safiya was saving Bakura, meaning she still cared for him deeply, enough to risk her life, but enough to forget Seto? The rope holding Bakura in the air was sliced by a flying knife that came from the crowd. Safiya flew down and caught Bakura in a cradling position in her arms before he hit the ground. Two sets of black wings landed on either side of her, the owners hidden. They flared their wings and a young boy, a year younger than Safiya, and a beautiful girl of the same age smiled. All three were dressed for the battle that was sure to ensue. But the two newcomers were standing in front of Safiya, protecting her, because her mind was no longer on the outside world. She looked down at Bakura and sighed in misery.

"Bakura, I'm sorry I let this happen."

"It was my fault, I was careless" he breathed. His breath was labored and as she looked him over trembling hands tried to find a spot of skin she could touch without causing pain.

"You wouldn't have been treated as badly if not for me" she whispered. He looked at her and began to speak when his voice was drowned out by the yells of soldiers. Safiya's eyes never left Bakura's as she handed out orders.

"Nailah, watch the right, Anubis the left. I'll take Yami." She hissed. The two nodded and flapped their wings, rising into the air. Safiya turned and in a quiet whisper. "Love, I'll be right back. I have to end this terror." She laid Bakura down gently and stood, her eyes leveled on Yami. His soldiers were still guarding him but Safiya could cut them down easily. She opened her wings and a torrent of arrows pierced the men. Yami was alone and defenseless. But as she stepped forward Seto got between them. She looked into his beautiful blue eyes and saw nothing but resistance.

"You'll have to kill me first" Seto said. Safiya's hand jerked slightly as she drew her sword. She held it in front of her face then turned the flat up and turned in a full circle killing the soldier who'd been slinking up behind her.

"Don't think that because I've brought your child into this world that I will hesitate to kill you to reach my true target" she said in a cold emotionless voice. Nailah stared at her from her position in the battle. Such coldness coming from the girl who'd saved her. Such harsh eyes and words. "This is between the pharaoh and me, not me and you" she hardly blinked as her hands held the sword high. Her wings fanned out and she was up. Seto was suddenly armed with his own sword. She slashed but he blocked and a soldier ran for her. She kicked out and spun a full three circles landing with her sword planted firmly in the soldier's chest. The battle raged and soon her wings were dyed red from the blood, and a knife was sticking out of her. She panted as she flew. Her wings were too heavy now. She closed her eyes and landed on the ground, dropping to one knee. She was surrounded and she knew what was coming. She looked up and saw Yami, a sword he was holding at arms length biting into her throat. If she moved she'd be dead.

"Finally, finally, I get to see your blood spilled on the ground. You killed many of my soldiers and I know what your family did to me!" he yelled. She looked up at him and smirked.

"Kill me and you will have lost the battle." She said. "You leave me only one option Yami and though I hate you for it.it will have to do." Her eyes flashed and a loud roar ran through the air. Seto gasped and Yami jumped back.

"Safiya don't!" he yelled "if you summon it you'll be killed!" She smirked and stood up slowly.

"You underestimate my family, my clan." She whispered. Anubis and Nailah landed next to her and smiled.

"We are not to be taken lightly" Nailah said with a soft smirk.

"We've ruled over this land long before you or your family, Yami, and we've been watching you." Anubis added. Safiya winced slightly as she pulled the knife from her stomach and threw it to the ground. The sky grew dark and the great Sun was blotted out.

"Night will rule the day, for as long as WE choose. You may kill us but then the light will never return" Nailah said. All childish kindness was lost and only grave severity remained.

"Your crops will wither and die, your lands will be forever cursed, and not even the Gods will save you" Anubis commented with an evil snicker.

"No" came a painful cry. Everyone stared including Yami, at Safiya. She walked forward. "We can not punish these people!"

"They're different from us!" Anubis snapped.

"Differences determine not who we are but what we think others will be" she said calmly. Everyone stopped and thought about it. She was right and of course no one cared but if a person who was blotting out the sun told you something you tended to at least think it over. "Ma'at Come!!"

"SAFIYA NO!!" Seto shouted. Her eyes darkened as the great beast rose up from behind her.

"Safiya, we're here for you" Nailah whispered.

"You'll be drained to" she muttered as she sank to her knees and sat. She was losing all feeling in her body as Ma'at roared. The two siblings looked at each other then stood in front of Safiya, their wing tips touching.

"We're helping you anyway, so get over it" they faced each other and put their hands together. A bright light shined from between their fingers then in a flash they disappeared. Everyone was baffled except Safiya who looked up at her great beast. Its skin turned black and feathered, while the eyes turned a terribly sad green.

"Fighting is useless" she heard a voice hiss and before Safiya knew it there was a touch of cold steel at her throat. A soldier had snuck up behind her. How had she been so careless? She cursed her own stupidity as Yami walked forward. His own sword taking the place of the dagger. But the soldier wrapped an arm around her waist to hold her still.

"Your right." She said in a defeated and weary voice. "Utterly useless. ANUBIS, NAILAH, MA'AT!! SEPARATE AND GO!!!" The dragon turned all three heads and blinked at her. Then slowly it faded and the twins hovered in the air where it had been.

"SAFIYA!!" Nailah cried about to fly to her. Her attempt was halted as an arrow ran straight through her left wing. She screamed and her wing crumpled, leaving her falling through the air in a mass of blood and feathers. Anubis tried to catch up but she was moving to quickly. She landed on her back, on the stone steps. She groaned and looked around, Soldiers had her surrounded. It didn't take them long to detain her and they dragged her over to Safiya where they tied their wrists with a rope made of gold, woven into the threads.

"You know." Safiya whispered wide eyed as she looked at the rope.

"Seto told us" Yami said with a smirk. Safiya gritted her teeth. Every Demon clan had a weakness, one way to contain them and their power. Safiya's clan had golden thread, and somehow Seto had found out. She wondered vaguely how. They say in the eyes of death one thinks of odd things. Perhaps this was it. 'It is going to end at Yami's hands. What a terrible way to go' she mused. "Any last words?"

"Yes" Safiya whispered. "I love no one, am loved by no one, and will be missed by no one. My life will flee into the night and be forgotten as the day comes." Her voice was soft and silky, but neutral none the less.

"Yami wait, she gets a last wish!" Seto yelled. Yami growled in annoyance at the formalities.

"Fine!" Yami snapped.

"My wish" she mused. "My wish is to have someone cry at my funeral." Yami laughed.

"No one will care and your precious son, Seth is it, is mine to command" he said. Safiya wanted to kill him, oh gods yes, but with the golden thread.she couldn't. Then in an amazing act of stupidity Anubis dropped from the sky flying low enough to cut the rope around Safiya's wrists. But he was too low and ran head long into a low wall, collapsing and probably breaking a few bones as well. Safiya wasted no time at all. She pulled the golden dagger from the sheath on her neck and in a second it was at Yami's throat.

"Now listen closely Yami, my clan and my son will be left alone! And Bakura as well. We'll leave this place and never come back unless you follow. Understand?" She hissed in his ear. His eyes widened as he gulped.

"I Understand" he whispered. He looked at Seto and nodded slightly. Seto disappeared into the crowd of soldiers, presumably to let the others go free. Safiya was wary though, she knew that Seto and Yami were way too crafty to trust. But before her friends were let go she fell into a fit of coughing, so bad was it that she couldn't keep the dagger on Yami. He looked at her for a second then she felt someone hit her in the back of the head. Cold stone met her face as she fell.

"Ah" she groaned. Then she blacked out. Yami motioned for a few of his soldiers to grab Safiya and take her to the palace. Seto watched.

"The other three are free to go.I got what I came for" Yami commanded. The ropes binding Nailah were cut and she was at Anubis's side before anyone could blink

"Anubis...are you okay?" she asked softly. He groaned.

"I'll be fine eventually.just a broken shoulder and arm." he muttered sitting up. She helped him to his feet then they helped Bakura to his.

"We'll have to leave Egypt" Nailah said.

"But Safiya-" Bakura started before Anubis raised a hand to silence him.

"Her fate is already sealed, there's nothing we can do" Anubis said. As the three of them passed by Seto he looked away.

"You're a fool if you didn't know what Yami would do" Nailah hissed. Seto looked at them with hurt eyes.

"I didn't know-I can't do anything" he stuttered.

"I hope you burn in hell for what you've done" Anubis said as he limped away.

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Her eyes opened as a slow groan escaped her. Her head was killing her. She felt cool silk beneath her but couldn't understand why.

"Where am i?" she wondered out loud. She heard someone stir beside her and looked.

"You're in my room." Yami said.

"Y-Yami.what do you want from me now?" she asked with a stutter.

"Safiya." Yami ran his fingers through her hair. She tried to hit him but she found that her wrists and ankles were bound and tied to the bed posts. "I've always.I've always watched you with such interest. From the first time I saw you.it was like.like I knew that from then on I'd HAVE to have you. Even now-" he pulled his hand away as she tried to bite his fingers.

"Leave me alone already! Just kill me!" she yelled.

"I don't think so.you know I've tasted many types of girls.but I don't think I've tasted Demon or goddess. I suppose now I can get both at once" he straddled her and kissed her forcefully. She felt his tongue in her mouth and tried to bite down but was distracted as she felt his hands taking her shirt off. He slipped his hands around her shoulders and kissed her harder. She felt hatred well up inside of her but she couldn't do anything about it. So she closed her eyes and let what would be, be. All the while hoping Bakura was alright.

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Seto gritted his teeth as he sat in his room. He could Hear Safiya's cries of ecstasy from down the hall and hated every moment of it. But then.this was his torment for what he had done. Once again he'd sold Safiya to the devil. If she lived she'd try to kill him. He knew that. He fell back on his bed and blocked the sounds out with his pillow. But they were replaced with words that ripped at his heart. "You're a fool if you didn't know what Yami would do. I hope you burn in hell for what you've done." Seto shuddered as the words ran around his head. He wanted to save Safiya.but if he did.Yami would kill him as well as her. He bit his lower lip in thought.

*~*~* with Safiya, a few hours later *~*~*

Yami was lying next to her toying with her hair while Safiya was trying to kill herself mentally. She wanted to just die and get it over with. Yami stood and pulled on his silk robe.

"Safiya, I have an offer for you"

"A quick death?" she muttered.

"No. Safiya, I'm in need of a new personal Slave. My old one.has outlived her use" his eyes glittered and she shuddered. "So what do you say?"

"No way" she answered.

"Come now. Easy days sitting in my room, living in the lap of luxury" he said

"And the nights?" she asked with a growl. Yami smiled evilly.

"Well.you'd have to earn your keep somehow. But no one would be able to know of our little.physical explorations." Yami laughed as his eyes ran over her body again. "And you know the final cardinal law."

"No kids?" she offered.

"Exactly. Although I might let you live long enough to see if it's a son or not." He replied.

"Oh gee you're so thoughtful. Your consideration is touching.but no thanks." She snapped.

"Safiya.your facing prison! You'll die needlessly!" He reminded.

"I'd rather die a million prison deaths then sleep with you again." She spat. Yami closed his eyes and sighed.

"I'm sorry to hear that." He leaned down and ran a hand down her body then kissed her once more. This time she did bite his tongue. He pulled back and sucked on his tongue. "mmm. Have it your way. GUARDS!" Three big men came in and untied Safiya. She pulled her clothes back on as they dragged her away.

"Mark my words Yami! I'LL HAVE MY REVENGE!!!" She yelled. Yami just laughed. Safiya was sent to prison.where shortly after she died. But her last wish was answered. Seto, Bakura, Seth, Yanagi, Malik, Yumi, Ahmose, and Anubis and Nailah wept for her.

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Hotaru: *crying on Bakura's shoulder* oh.....that was SO beautiful! *Sniffles*

Bakura: *hugging Hotaru closer* that was wonderful Hotaru! How did you manage to write such a gorgeous work?

Hotaru: well...it was right after my Boyfriend dumped me. *Sigh*

Yume: poor you. Anyway! Thanks for joining us! AND PLEASE REVIEW THIS FINAL CHAPTER! ITS HOTARU'S PRIDE AND JOY!!!

Hotaru: *sniffle* Pwease?