Chapter four.

Disclaimer-bah. You know this by now. Let's cut to the chase.

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Bakura looked at Kinta, she lay asleep in his lap, "get up." He said.

"Don't wanna."

"Move or I'll get up with you still there."

"No you won't."

Thud.

"Ow."

"Told you I would."

"You're evil" Kinta said getting up and rubbing her head.

"Yeah but that's why you like me."

"As much as I would love to continue bickering with you I can't. We have crap to deal with whether we like it or not."

"Which would be...?"

"First off Kilandra-"

"Where is she?" he cut her off, "she go somewhere?"

"You could say that. That's part of the problem. The other is Yami and Anthy and everyone else."

"True, they don't know about you, you have to stay hidden."

"No, I have to face them.'
"Nani?"

"Look I'll start explaining, sit down. " she motioned to the kitchen table, "lots to explain." Kinta sighed and sat down, Bakura followed suite and sat across from her.

"What's the deal you're worried about something obviously."

"With good reason too! Look, you don't know something about Kilandra you see, she's, well not exactly human."

"What is she?" Bakura asked slowly.

"Demon, she was banished to live as a human after trying to take over hell. Stubborn bitch. Well, she is to live out a mortal life and then die. Reduced to a spirit with no power so she's not a threat to the other realms. "

"What does this have to do with us?"

"Well, I'm sworn to her, blood oath and all that crap. Until she has returned to her demon form or dies, she owns my soul. I can't give my heart to anyone until she's gone, part of the deal she requires full power over her servants, lovers get in the way. Influence things."

"Why did you do it?" Bakura was somewhat shocked and confused.

"Only thing I had going for me at the time, I had no reason not to, even as a human she still has powers-strong ones.  I never thought it'd be a problem, help her get back to hell... gain some power…I had no reason not too. Well, the blood connection of the oath allows her to know things, namely if I'm to break part of the pact. She knows and when she returns she'll want something, most likely your blood. Right now she's in a lesser demon realm, she still has access to some, she's building strength, but once she checks my link, she'll know I broke it and come back for blood.  She'll try to kill you at least and both of us at worst when she returns."

Bakura sat silently, processing what Kinta had told him, that was crazy, Kilandra was a demon, and a powerful one and Kinta was bond to her by blood oath and the band. "So what do we do?"

"We kill her, I'm not dependant on her to live anymore like a normal hikari; it won't hurt me. I need to kill her before she kills us."

"But you said she had powers, can we take her?"

"Not alone, that's where Yami and the others come in." 

"Must we?"

"Yeah, I hate it just as much as you but I don't want to take risks, I want them backing us so Kilandra can't manipulate them against us."

"Good point."

"We have to tell Anthy and Yami the truth before she gets back, as in we need to go, and soon."

"It's Saturday they should both be at the shop with Yugi."

"Then that's where we're going."

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"Hey Ryou, hey Kilandra!" Yugi said, welcoming them into the shop.

"Where's Yami and Anthy?" Bakura asked ignoring Yugi's wrong assumption of who they were.

"Right here." Anthy said, popping her head out from behind some boxes. Yami's head soon followed. They were unpacking them.

"We need to talk to you two, the back room?"

They gave them a quizzical look before complying, Kinta and Bakura followed them.

"What's up Ryou?" Anthy asked as they shut the door.

"Well first off, I'm Bakura and second, there's a problem. A big one."

"What is it?"

"Kilandra."

"Um Bakura she's right here."

"Actually, no, I'm Kinta."

Kinta found her throat shoved against the wall by Anshi, Anthy had transformed, "you, I knew I smelled something wrong. I say I kill her now."

"Anshi. Calm. Kinta's not the problem, it's Kilandra."

"Don't waste my time Bakura, Kinta is evil, Kilandra is not. "

"You have it wrong Anshi." Kinta said though somewhat strangled. "Kilandra is the evil one."

"Oh so killing people and playing with minds is suddenly normal and healthy huh?" Anshi spat "you tried to kill Anthy, I don't let people who try that live."

"You're wrong!" Kinta shoved Anshi off her and to the floor she made a move but Yami held her back.

"Let's hear what they have to say." Yami commanded.

"Don't give me orders pharaoh, unless you want me to say gouge your eyes out... let's have a second go at it I think I was gypped last time..."

"What?..."

"Oh, you don't remember that...how 'bout I jog your memory?" she grinned and moved forward, leaving Kinta.

"Not now Anshi." Bakura pulled her back, "listen to Kinta, then you can go kill him."

"How about no killing of me?" Yami interjected.

"We'll discuss that later. Now Kinta, explain to them."

"Look, Kilandra is a demon. Well was. Not the point, she's here to kill you all. She pretended to trap me so I could help her, I'm blood bound to her." Kinta turned around and pulled her hair up and revealed a symbol caved on the back of her neck. It was a nine-pointed pentagram. "This is the symbol that binds me.  Believe?" neither said anything so she continued; "Well, now comes the complicated part. You see, both Bakura's and my memories were partially erased in Egypt, basically we knew each other, well. Well, for some reason we both remember again and…. hell, I don't think I can even say it… but…. we're in love and Kilandra's going to kill one or both of us for it. We want you to help us kill Kilandra."

"I say let you die." Anshi spat. But then Anshi was replaced with Anthy. Who looked from one to the other, then to Yami. "I'll help you." She said.

Yami looked at her. He opened his mouth to speak but Anthy cut him off.

"Yami, I don't particularly like them either but I won't stand and watch them die. Then their deaths would be our fault as well, besides I haven't fought a demon in a long time, could be fun….Yami, imagine if they were us." He was sold.

"Alright we'll help you, I wondered about Kilandra; never liked her. Thought she was odd."

"You didn't like her because she didn't obey your every command oh great and arrogant pharaoh. Ra! And he's related to me?" Kinta grumbled under her breath.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"So what do we do? And where's Kilandra?"

"Kilandra's in a demon realm, Tafnin if you care, she'll be back sometime today probably, we need you two to know what's going on when she comes back, she'll probably feed you some lies to make you come after us. Somehow we need to get her alone against us so we can kill her, preferably soon."

"I sense a but coming."

"Yeah, you see she won't die like a human, we'll need magic to kill her demon powers first, then she'll be mortal and we can kill her, the hard part is dealing with her powers. Basically I don't know how."

"How do we find out?"

"I'll have to search her mind."

"Won't she have barriers?"

"Like hell, but I can get though, just because she's evil doesn't mean she's not still my hikari. We're linked double because of that, I should be able to get though."

"Careful not to get yourself killed" Yami said scoffing.

Anshi appeared again. This time separate from Anthy.

"You know Kinta, if you still want to kill him I'll help." She sneered at Yami.

Anthy stepped in between, "can we not discuss killing my boyfriend? Demon on the lose, wants us all dead, just a tad more important."

"Actually, why does Kilandra want to kill us?" Yami questioned.

"Somehow it helps her to become a full demon again, I don't know details. I didn't ask, I just knew you were going to die and that's really all I cared about." She said airily as if she was talking about a movie not murdering her brother.

  "I hate you."

"The feelings mutual." Kinta gave a mock grin at Yami before continuing, "back to the point, we need to hurry; to find out how to stop Kilandra I'll have to go into her mind, preferably now because as long as she's in another realm I'll be harder for her to detect. But I'll need an anchor, tie me to this dimension and all. Which I need one of you to do, Bakura can't."

"Why can't I?"

"First, easier target, she could kill us both and second, Yami and I are blood related it'll be a stronger and more secure. So Yami up to the challenge?" she asked turning to Yami.

"It'll be easy." He hit back with the same air of confidence and false smile as Kinta.

"I so see it now."

Everyone turned to Anshi; she had stayed to watch the show (and possibly, mortally wound Yami if the time presented itself... but we won't mention that..), with a questioning look.

"What? They just sounded so similar; I can see the relation now. Yami is a perfect brat of a little brother, don't know why I missed it before, he had to have an older sibling."

Her statement was meet with blank stares reality though was returned to in a moment.

"I'll do it."

"Good, how 'bout now?"

"Fine with me, if you think you're up to it."

"Yeah, defiantly related..." Anshi murmured..."I have things to do."

"Like maiming innocents?"

"Possibly." She smirked and disappeared.

"Let's start this. What do I do?" Yami asked Kinta.

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I'm stopping here, if I continue I'll never finish. And the story keeps lengthening itself; I originally said eight chapters, probably 10-12 now. My muses just refuse to shut up.

Kinta-since when is that a bad thing?

Just shut up Kinta.

Review before I kill Kinta and there is no more story.