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Another chappie here. Yes, I miss my YGO pals, but their comments on each of my chappies are on my profile.

Seto and Malik fans, don't flame me please. I promise, they will have their revenge soon enough.

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Beneath the Desert Sands

By: Chi Yagami

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Chapter 6 – God's Speed

The war had been going on for a day now. Blood was everywhere, and dismantled bodies stuck out of weird places. There were only a few hundred people left. Unfortunately, most served the Pharaoh.

Finally, the last remaining strugglers were captured. Everyone (who was still alive) was awaiting Yami's judgment of the prisoners. They were in a trial room ((just picture an Egyptian court room)).

"First of all," Yami began, "Seth, the servant girl, and Malik Ishtar will be burnt at the stake for destroying my wedding and kidnapping Anzu Mazaki."

"You slime ball," Malik spit. "We didn't kidnap her; she ran away because she didn't want to marry you!"

"So, Malik, you admit you helped Anzu escape?"

"Of course! Anything to get her away from you!" he replied angrily.

"And you… servant girl… Why were you taking Anzu's place at the wedding?" Yami asked, even though he already knew the answer.

"I forced her," Malik said, trying to stand up, but the chains that held them [the prisoners] all down were too strong.

"I asked her, not you!" the semi-Pharaoh interrupted.

"Well, sir," Jylie said almost whispering, "Anzu was in a tough spot, you see."

"Please, continue," Yami said. He loved watching Malik squirm. He might use this girl to get back at Malik for letting Anzu go.

"Anzu wasn't really in love with you. She didn't really want to marry you. So we—"

"Who is 'we'?"

Jylie looked at Seth, but he only nodded.

"Seth, Malik, and I came up with a plan to get Anzu out of her marriage: I would take her place at the wedding; Seth would find some way to make it… fake; and Malik helped her escape," she said softly, a tear running down her cheek.

"That doesn't change the fact that you three will be burnt alive," Yami said. "Now, the next prisoners: Katsuya Jonouchi, Shizuka Jonouchi, Isis Ishtar, Shadi, Mai, and Honda Hiroto."

"Please," Shadi begged, "don't punish Mai or Shizuka. They weren't even involved!"

"Tsk, tsk. Oh well. They weren't on my side, either. All of you will first watch your friends die, and then you will be executed. All except Shadi."

"What?"

"Shadi, I want you to guard the remaining Millennium Items: the Eye, the Key, and the Scale."

Shadi gaped at him. "Umm, okay…"

An hour later, Malik, Seth, and Jylie were each ties to wooden stakes, piles of wood thrown at their feet. Some men walked over, carrying torches.

Yami approached Jylie. He would just love to watch Malik squirm if the Pharaoh had his girl.

"What do you want?" Jylie asked in a whisper. She hated him being so close. It was like he was going to try to pull something on her.

"Listen girl. I'm going to make you a very generous offer: I will spare your life if…" He whispered the rest in her ear.

Her eyes grew big.

"YOU… YOU DISGUSTING CHEATER!!! HERE YOU ARE GOING ON ABOUT TRYING TO GET ANZU TO MARRY YOU, AND NOW YOU WANT TO HAVE SEX!!??! You disgust me," was Jylie's reply.

Yami smirked as Malik sucked all that in.

"Pharaoh…!!!"

"Yes, Malik? Any last words before being burnt?"

"Rot in Hell," he spat. Yami just laughed. A servant lit the logs below Malik's feet. Jylie and Isis screamed.

"Heh heh… Have you forgotten, Pharaoh?" Malik asked as he pulled out his Millennium Rod. "This tool will carry my soul! I'll be back!!! I'LL KILL YOU—"

That was the last anyone heard from Malik Ishtar.

Jylie was next. Before she was burnt, Mai placed her Millennium Necklace around the girl's neck. By this time, Isis was in tears.

"I'm sorry to say, Priest, but you must die, too," Yami snickered. "Any last words?"

"Yes," Seth replied. "Two: God's Speed."

It was in that instant that so many things happened at once:

Seth's little brother, Maku, jumped out from behind a rock and shot the arrow.

The arrow pierced directly through Yami's heart.

Soldiers killed the remaining prisoners (except Shadi).

Maku was shoot, too.

Seth was lit on fire with the torch directly.

As Yami was dying, he realized two things – One, his spirit would remain in the Millennium Puzzle and he wouldn't actually die; Two, he discovered he wasn't really in love with Anzu, but someone else…

These things happened so fast that no one even knew what was really going on.

Shadi just stood and watched, weeping for his lost wife. She could've saved herself within the Necklace, but she chose to save another.

"Isis…" That was the last thing Yami said before he died. He felt sorry for Isis; he'd never told her how he felt, and he had he killed.

He also felt sorry or Anzu. Now he'd never be able to tell her the truth and apologize. She'd never know how sorry he was…

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He looked at the girl lying on his bed. She just couldn't be… No! He wouldn't believe it!

Bakura sighed. He was sure this girl wasn't his long lost love. Anzu couldn't have been her name! Maybe it was Annie or something…

Her eyes fluttered open and she sat up.

"Where…?"

"You're in… my house…"

Anzu looked around. Everything was made out of wood and leaves. It looked like some sort of ancient civilization hut-thingy.

Anzu recalled what happened. Then she screamed. Bakura slapped a hand over her mouth.

"Shut up, woman!"

That seemed to work. She shrank back in fear.

Bakura knew it was risky hiding a girl in his room, but what would his friends say? And he was sure all of the boys would come swooping down on her like a pack of hungry vultures. Only they'd be a pack of sex-hungry men.

He couldn't tell what it was, but somehow Bakura felt a connection to this girl. There was just something about her that made him melt.

Suddenly, a door slammed. Someone else was home…

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Also, please go read my other fics: Anywhere, Living the HalfLife, and R&J: YuGiOh! Style (vote who you want Tea to end up with).

Oh, and if you like fics that include Ryou, Bakura, Malik, or Marik, go read Kikyou-sama's fic, Journal of a Lost Soul. It's one of my favs. I'll thank my readers in the next chappie when I have time to respond to all of you. Sayonara!