The Sands of Time

By Ezri07

Chapter Six—The Man with the Knife

Yugi was running as fast as he could. He was chasing someone. He had white hair and was a thief. Yugi just noticed Jonouchi was there too. Bakura was slowed by the weight of the gold treasure he was carrying, and so Jonouchi caught up to him and grabbed him by the shoulder. Bakura whipped around and grabbed a knife from the pile of treasure, then stabbed Jonouchi. Bakura then continued running away.

"JOU!" Yugi screamed. He was drenched in cold sweat again. He sighed, it was that dream again. Why did he keep seeing the same dream? He stood up and walked to the small window. He looked out over the city and the Great River. There was a full moon and the stars and planets shone brightly. Yugi was suddenly aware of someone else awake. He looked around and then realized that the person was standing outside the door.

"Not now! Wait until I can convince him you are dead," said the first man.

The second man let out a chuckle, "This will be a fun game, won't it S-" the man suddenly stopped speaking. He opened the door and saw Yugi standing there, listening.

"What did you hear?" growled the second man. He was wearing a dark cloak that covered his whole body and the hood came over his eyes.

"Nothing!" Yugi lied.

The man pulled out a knife; he was obviously ready to kill. "You were sweating," stated the man.

Yugi did not want to tell even Jonouchi about his dream, so he would never tell this man. Yugi did not speak.

"Tell me what you heard, slave, or I will be the last person you ever saw!" the man said menacingly, holding out his knife.

Yugi was aware of another noise. It was coming closer to his room. "We need to go," said the first man.

The man with the knife gave Yugi a threatening glance and then fled the room. Yugi could see him out of his window, disappearing in the night.

Was it his imagination or did the first man remind him of someone? Yugi sat down, still very frightened by what just happened. He tried to sleep, but couldn't.

Four hours later…

The pharaoh stormed out of the Throne Room shouting, "Find and kill the thief! I don't care about how, just do it!"

Minutes later, Seto Kaiba came running after the pharaoh.

Yugi just stood there, waiting. That was his job.

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