Mariku- OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Telita-Yes?

Marik- --;;; she's just hyper.

Mariku-NO NO.I GOT A LAPTOP FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!screams with joy and dies.

Telita&Marik- YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO MARIKU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mariku- thank you for all ur support guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it when you review!!!!!!!!!!! It sorta guides me on what to write next!!!! On to the fic!!!!

Telita stared into the black eyes of Anubis, the jackel headed god.Her life flashed before her eyes.For the first time since the Pharoah had tried forcing himself on her, she was afraid. The blood was pounding in her ears, everything was going black.The archers were closer.Her legs were numb.The arrows were raining inches away from her, getting closer and closer. Suddenly, something clicked in her mind. She couldn't die. If she died, she would fail Marik.Osirius's words echoed in her mind.

Marik will die protecting you

She saw it all layed out now.An arrow would kill her. Marik wouldn't believe it. He would turn around to come for her and be killed.He would die protecting her.

"Marik will not die, because I will live!" she screamed standing up suddenly, a green aurora surrounded her,deflecting the arrows which had arrived upon her. They bounced off the sides of her life force.

For a second she thought it was going to work, but then she realized something.The horses. The horses will trample her if the arrows did not fell her.She began to feel weak, her mind was going blank.Her life force was low. She began seeing double. The horses were upon her.The next part happened so fast, Telita could barely recall it. As horses bucked above her, two riders emerged from the shadowy alley quicker then lightning, one with white hair and the other was capped. The white haired rider grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and pulled her onto his horse as it raced in the direction of Marik, blurried vision, Telita saw the capped rider asaulting the archers with a thin ,long blade. She looked back at her rescuer. His long white hair whipped in the wind. He grinned at her from behind his masked face.

"That was pretty impressive, birdy."

"BAKURA?!" she gasped , his grin widened.

"I'm glad you remember me"

Marik caught up with them.

"Telita!!! Are you alright???!!!!" he asked leaning over on his horse to get a better look at her.

"Exept for the sleepy feeling and the sand in my mouth, yes im fine."

"You must be if your making jokes" he answered, relief washing over him, he turned to Bakura " Your companion, will he catch up with us?"

"Yes, don't worry."

Marik looked back at the road.

"Lets camp outside tonight, no town is safe anymore now that the pharoah is attacking," Bakura nodded "Is that alright Telita?"

"Yes, i'll live...oh no......"

"What?" both boys asked her

"My things....my horse has them..."

"Oh, its ok i'll steal-erm Buy something for you when i go to town for food." Bakura answered sheepishly.

They stopped and set their tents up after a hour or two of riding, miles and miles of sand sat between them and the next city.Telita lay in her tent quietly, she listened to Marik and Bakura gamble with their money. She turned onto her side.There was a faint pounding sound. She sat up.The sound was gone.She lay back down the sound was back.She realized what it was.Hoof beats. She got up and ran out side to Marik and Bakura.

"Someone's coming!" she cried. Marik stood up and walked to the front of the tent, Bakura on his heals.They scanned the horizon. Bakura pointed

"There!" he ran to his horse and took something out from his bag and came back.He lifted a cylinder-lke object to his eye and peered at the small dust cloud.

"What do you see?" Marik asked

"Its too far away." He growled.

"Damn."

"But its just one or two people." Bakura commented

"In that case-" Marik reached and took his blade from his saddle."-We can take them on, right Baku?"

Bakura rolled his eyes."Eager to kill i see." he muttered looking through the cylinder again.

"Put yer sword away Marik.Its only Aru." Marik sighed and stuffed it away.

"Who's Aru?" he asked

"The person who was riding with me."

"Oh.Poo" he muttered disappointedly.

"Save it." he growled.

"Erm..Bakura...." Telita said staring at his bag.

"Yeah?"

"What was that you had?" she asked curiously.

"Well the chinese call it a "Spy Glass"."

"So what does it do?"

Bakura took the spy glass out and handed it to her.

"Look at Aru." he instructed.She could barely see the dust cloud let alone the person riding it."Now, look through the spy glass- Wait! no the other end, the small side."

She looked again, her could see the person perfectly, his cap was a ice blue and he wore the traditional mens clothing just like the villagers.He was short.

"Wow...." she whispered fingering the cold silver metal.

"Keep it." Bakura said shuting his bag again and heading towards the gambling table.

"I have an extra,Marik you coming?" he asked sitting on a stool.

"Yeah" Marik joined him.

Telita excitedly tried out her new toy. She looked at a palm tree and studied the details, she watched a tortoise lumber across the hot desert sand and disappear into its borrow. She turned her spyglass again and stopped dead, her lens was focused on a raven sitting on a catctus. The raven was staring at her.Directly at her. It held its gaze for a minute, and then spread its wings and flew away.She shuddered.Ravens were bad luck.She pocketed the spyglass and went back into her tent.

Aru arrived as the sun was setting. He dismounted and patted his horse on its head.

"Good boy." his voice was higher pitched then Bakura's. Telita came out of her tent to greet him.

"Hello, you must be Aru,its nice to meet you.I'm-"

"-Telita, i know. Its nice to meet you too. Bakura has told me much about Marik's rambling about you."

Telita blushed. "Erm...ok." there was an awkward silence."Well, the boys are back over here." Telita lead Aru to the table inside a large tent.Marik was looking pissed, while Bakura, the winner, was looking pleased.

"Aru!" He stood up and embraced him.

"So you suceeded" Bakura said releasing Aru.

"Yep." he was grinning behind his mouth mask.

"Marik, Telita, meet Aru, my apprentice.2nd to the throne of thieves."

The wind was picking up outside.Marik peeked through the crack of the tent.

"Uh Oh." he turned to the rest of the group. "Sandstorm."

Telita recalled the raven."The horses can have my tent." she said turning to Bakura and Aru.
"The horses, thats right, without them, we're vulture chow." Aru commented.

"Your tent is too small to hold three horses." Bakura said thinking.

"Four." Aru corrected "I Found Telita's horse and brought it here."

"Really? Oh Thank you!" she said peeking outside, sure enough, her horse was there, neighing softly.

We'll set this table outside, and put the horses in here.It is the biggest tent." Marik added.

"What would we do without you?"

Marik stared sourly." Take my money and steal more than you already do." he retorted.

After they set the horses in the large tent, they retreated to their own tents just before the storm started.Telita lay down on her sheets and fell asleep quickly, her troubled mind becoming blissfully blank.

Mariku- Voila!!!! All done!

Marik- YAY!!! TELITA LIVES!!!!!

Telita-

Mariku- Yepperoons! Review and give me ideas , im running out!!! Lol, later!