~*Sorry the last chapter was graphic. Like I said, it contains rather vague sex scenes. So…don't like, skip or take hike*~

~*Arriving From the North*~

Two Months Later…

            The night was still young. Marik and Tea were both asleep on the same bed. His eyes opened suddenly, unable to figure out why he couldn't fall back asleep. No matter, he sat up on the bed, looking over Tea. Gently, he pulled her closer, onto his lap, caressing her cheek. Thoughts went through his mind as he rested his head on hers, wondering how far would this relationship would go. He seemed to grow quite fond of her though not enough for a so-called relationship when they would finally fall in love.

            He knew where it would lead him. He had been through it before with another slave he used to have. She had nearly destroyed him. A soft knock came about his chamber door. Looking up, he then placed Tea on the bed gently before wrapping a loincloth around his waist, making his way towards the door. Only when he opened it, he saw Serenity standing before him. Marik noticed her face flushed as she looked on at him. "Tis the middle of the night Serenity. What is it?"

            "Master," she spoke softly. "The former pharaoh and his young brother await at the main doors. They both wish to see you."

            "Damn Yami," he muttered, taking his cloak from the hook on the wall, putting it on. "Just because Kaiba dethroned him all for a battle of duel monsters." He then looked down at Serenity who was just standing there, staring at Marik for a long time. "What is it that you wish to see Serenity? Do you still tend to find me attractive?"

            Serenity's face turned red, not knowing what to say. "I…I uh…."

            "You already know what has happened," he then turned away. "Go back to bed and wake when the sun starts to rise."

            Making his way down the stairs, he then opened the main doors. His eyebrow quirked when he saw Yami with the millennium puzzle around his neck and his younger brother Yugi standing before him. "You two?"

            "Give us a break Marik." The pharaoh of the north looked at Marik. "That stupid Kaiba decided to kick me and Yugi off."

            Marik grinned. "He let you keep the millennium puzzle I would assume."

            Yami sneered. "Somehow, I don't know why but you can be such a dumb ass."

            "Yeah, yeah whatever." He looked down at Yugi before the pharaoh. "We don't have clothes your size."

            "Don't be a wise-ass Marik." Yugi looked up at him. He was about a foot shorter than the two. Though at a boy of fifteen, he resembled a grade school kid. "We have our own belongings. We just don't have a place to stay. That's all."

            "I don't take homeless people." Marik snickered.

            Yami slapped Marik on the face. "Who do you dare to call homeless? C'mon Yugi, let's just take our bags."

            "Fine," Marik leaned against the wall. "Pick out any guestroom in the chambers."

            Yugi carried in the bags while Yami followed him inside. Marik watched the two go up the stairs before turning his gaze out the window at the night sky.

            "Well, lookie-lookie here." Yugi said out loud. Marik looked up, going after the two, only to see Yugi take a peek inside Marik's room. "Looks like Marik's got a new bitch to deal with."

            "Yugi?" Yami tugged on his brother's collar. He then turned to Marik, looking at him strangely. "What's up with the new girl?"

            "My new escort." Marik replied. They then noticed Tea stirring, slowly sitting up on the bed looking at the three strangely.

            "Way to go Yugi," Yami pounded his brother on the head with his fist. "Thanks to you, she woke up."

            "M'lord," Tea slowly approached the three, the blanket covered her nude body while the rest dragged behind. "Who are these three?" she then took a gaze at Yami and Yugi, instantly recognizing them both. "The…the pharaoh of the north?"

            Marik nodded slightly. "Yes, Tea. It seems that the former pharaoh decided to move in."

            "Well, she seems rather attractive indeed." Yami grinned, taking Tea's hand kissing it softly. "Whatever happened to the last escort you supposedly had?"

            "That's none of your business." Marik smiled.

            "She got canned," Yugi started to say. "Marik told me all about it. The…"

            Marik clamped a hand over Yugi's mouth, leaving it there for a long time. He then released him, causing Yugi to breathe heavily.

            "What was that for?" Yugi glared at Marik, only to receive a blank stare.

            "I'll show you two your room." Marik pulled Yugi by the ear, leading the two down the halls. Tea watched the three curiously, leaning against the doorframe.

            "What is it about Marik's last escort that he doesn't want anyone else to know?" she whispered softly to herself.

            "One of Marik's last servants nearly screwed him." A shadow figure slowly approached the halls, making its way towards Tea.

            "Who are you?" Tea looked behind her.

            "Let's just say I'm Marik's adoptive brother." A young man with ruffled white hair, about Marik's age slowly emerged from the darkness. The millennium ring, dangled about on his neck as he chuckled softly.

            Tea studied him for a moment. "You're…I heard of you. They say you were the thief from the north who once stole the millennium puzzle."

            "And the millennium eye." He smiled as if he won the Noble Prize. "Never forget that. I sometimes still damn the pharaoh for catching me for the puzzle. But as I took the eye and the ring, I fled the north and traveled to the south. Me and Marik…well…just take into some consideration that we're just friends."

            "So I see."

            "Just refer to me as Bakura. You can say I'm working for Marik and paying off my debt, if you know what I mean." He curled his finger under Tea's chin, smirking, taking a glimpse of her face.

            Tea's only reaction to this was that she raised her hand and slapped him directly at the face, leaving a huge red mark.

            Bakura's eyes closed for a moment, perhaps taking in the hit. The smirk, however, had never left his lips as he gripped her neck firmly, dragging her inside the room, pinning her onto the wall, the blanket falling off, revealing her nude body to him. He then lifted her up. "I was about to say you are a rather exotic creature indeed, yet I have come to realize that you can be a bitch of a snake. I'm pretty sure that Marik will find this out at some point."

            "You are not my master Bakura." Tea glared at him.

            "I may not be your master, child," he then lifted her off the wall and tossed her to the bed like yesterday's garbage. "But if your master were to ask me to join you, you will beg not to feel my wrath." He then left the room leaving Tea in a heap of a mess.

~*I'm so sorry that this is short but more will come. Now…if school can cooperate with me*~

~*To Be Continued*~