The fivesome carried on and ran the rest of the way to the palace, now closer, they were all crouched behind a small dune with plenty of sagebrush hiding them from being spotted, not that they were worried about that.

Bakura sighed and looked towards the palace, located less than a football field distance away. The gap could be closed in about 30 seconds of running, yet, the palace gates, of which they were near, were watched and guarded. Darkness would be to thier advantage because sneaking into the palace would be so much wiser than just barging in, causing havoc and chaos, and then attracting attention. They'd never get there using that tactic. Yes, sneaking past the guard would be the key...

"Bakura..." Tetra whispered, "I never knew the desert could get so cold so quickly...!"

Bakura nodded grimly, still staring at the palace. "'Kura, Mariku, over here," he nodded his head to the spot next to him.

"What?" Bakura-chan & Mariku-chan hissed and came over.

"I don't know the layout of the palace. Any suggestions?"

"Why don't we use the other Bakura as a distraction and just sneak on in behind the guards." said Malik simply.

"WHAT?"

"Shh! Keep it down!" hissed Tetra.

"I don't like this idea," said Bakura-chan stubbornly, "What do you expect me to do? Dance the Nile?"

"No river dancing!" said Bakura.

"You couldn't river dance if you tried." commented Mariku.

"Could to! Why don't we have future Mariku to do it? He's ugly enough to attract attention!"

"YOU LITTLE!" Malik was prepared to lunge at Bakura-chan, but was stopped by Bakura's outsretched arm.

"Oh whatever!" Bakura pulled his arm back, "But no fighting. I've got a better idea. We'll just hoist eachother over the wall!"

"How's the last person going to get accross?"

"Guys!" said Tetra.

"Oh I know, why don't we just leave Mariku-chan here!"

"....Boys!" Tetra tried again.

"No way you idiot, I'm important."

"...heeeelllo?"

"You are not!"

"BOYS!!!!" Tetra yelled.

The four of them stopped bickering and looked at her. "What?" they all asked stupidly.

//...Ugh...neanderthals....//

/Yes their not the shiniest apples in the bushel, but oh well./

"Guys, why don't I be the destraction? Three of you sneak in, and one of you stay hiding. Then when I stop destracting them and back off, one of you guys can hoist me up the wall, and from the top of the wall I can bring the last one up. Sound good?"

They thought for a moment. "That's too complicated..."

//*sweatdrop*//

/...got a better idea?/

//Magic.//

/...curse you.../

"Ok then, how about we use some shadow magic?" Tetra suggested.

"That works...who's item?" asked Malik.

Tetra shrugged. "Why don't you just do it, since you volunteered."

"No I didn't…" argued Malik.

"Works for me," said Bakura.

//These people argue way too much.//

/Tell me about it…/

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Ok, according to the program I'm using to type this, this chapter was nearly exactly two pages long… -_- yes, I need to write more, I'm sorry, but I'm working on it. Being in 8th grade is tough, and it's only gonna get worse. *rolls eyes* I promise to do my best, ok? If anyone is interested in like, giving me some moral support, email at darkbakuchan@yahoo.com ok? Thanks!

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