Chapter 3

"No please! Don't do this! Ra please don't!" Miew cried desperately as she hugged the lifeless body of an unknown thief. Her attacker held a spear drenched in the thief's blood. He reared the spear, ready to strike. Miew forced her head back and screamed out, "PLEASE! TAKE ME TOO! DEAR RA! I WANT TO DIE!"

Miew shot her head up and gasped. She rested her head in her hand, "what…what was that?" Suddenly the door burst open and a horrified Touzokuoh ran in.

"What? Is someone in here? What happened, Miew!" he said panting from loss of breath from running. Miew trembled the dream still fresh in her mind. Touzokuoh noticed this and walked over to her, "Miew?"

Miew looked up at him horror and sorrow racing through her eyes. Touzokuoh knelt down next to her and ran his hand through her hair, "was it a nightmare? I heard you scream…" Miew just nodded, refusing to speak.

"What happened?" a girl said from the doorway. She looked about 25 with back-length blonde hair and striking blue eyes. "Touzokuoh? Is something wrong with this girl?"

Touzokuoh stood up and shook his head, "it's nothing Dire."

Dire looked from Miew then at Touzokuoh, "she looks terrified! What did you do?"

"He didn't do anything…" Miew choked out, "he was here to comfort me…thank you…" Touzokuoh just snorted as a response.

Dire smirked, "you mean the 'ruthless Touzokuoh' has a soft side? We must've picked up the wrong thief off the streets." Touzokuoh glared at the blonde and she quieted up.

Miew looked at Touzokuoh as he stared at her diligently. He motioned for Dire to leave and sat next to Miew. "What was your dream about?" he asked, a bit of concern in his careless tone.

Miew looked at the ground, "I…I remember being in the throne room of the palace…crying…and…" She started to tremble, "I…I was holding a dead body…and I screamed something…I can't remember it…"

Touzokuoh sighed and ran his hand through his short silver hair, "well…I don't know but I think you have visions of the future…cause that's the only other case I can think of. Cause I'm usually good at interpreting dreams…"

Miew looked at him in horror, "then…someone's going to die!"

Touzokuoh chuckled, "people die everyday, Miew."

"But…what if it was you? Or someone close to you?" Miew asked, "Would you worry then?"

"I have no one to worry about. And I don't care if I die," he said lying down next to her.

Miew looked down at her lap, "I care…" He turned his head to her. "My sister…my best friend…I'd care if they were going to die…I'd want to stop it…"

He sat up, not taking his gaze off of her, entranced by her tale. Miew looked at him and the last of his breath was taken from him. How come he hadn't noticed how hypnotizing her eyes were? They trapped his gaze so harshly as if he looked away she would vanish.

Miew turned away a blush surfacing on her tanned skin. Touzokuoh turned her head to him by her chin and kissed her. Miew, taken aback by the action, slowly fell into the kiss. He wrapped his free arm around her waist and pulled her closer. She wrapped her arms around his neck, her hands playing in his short silver hair.

As they parted, after what seemed like years, he gazed once again into her emerald orbs. Miew, also entranced, pulled him in for another kiss more passionate than the last. He pulled her as close as their bodies would allow licking along her bottom lip asking for entrance. She hypnotically parted her lips for his tongue to explore her mouth.

"Ahem," a feminine voice sounded from the doorway. The two pushed away in embarrassment as Dire laughed in amusement. "Did I interrupt something?" she said smugly.

The two glared at her both in answer to her question and in annoyance. Dire crossed her arms, "Touz, you going after that priest tonight or what? Me and Marik are waiting."

Touzokuoh stood up and sighed, "yeah, I'll be out in a minute. Tell Marik not to loose his cool until I get there." Dire nodded and with a smirk, left the room. Touzokuoh turned to Miew, "I'm sorry. I have to go on a quick theft."

Miew stood warily half recovering from the previous daze she'd been in and half from the blood rush of standing so suddenly, "you're going after the six priests?"

"Just getting what rightfully belongs to us," he smirked, "nothing big. Don't worry."

Miew looked down, "Touzokuoh…I don't know…what if you get caught? I disagree with this whole thievery thing!" Touzokuoh walked up to her and cupped her face in his hands. "Please, come live in the palace with me! Don't do this! We can live happily there! I want you meet my sister…"

He kissed her forehead, "I know, Miew…and I will. But I have to do this. Besides, I can't live in the palace with you. I'm already a high-priced thief."

The words rang in her head, "what? I never heard this!"

He sighed and rested his forehead against hers, "I…Miew…I'm known as the desert thief, Bakura…"

Her eyes widened, "B-Bakura…?" She back away from him shaking her head in disbelief, "no…"

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you," he walked up to her but every step he took she took two back.

She leaned against the wall, her eyes shrouded by her lavender bangs, "no…no! NO! Pharaoh Atem hates you! You robbed from his father's tomb!"

He smirked, "that was a pleasant steal…but think, Miew! I can promise you a better life than a servant in the palace! If I succeed in this theft you could sit at the throne! Be surrounded by jewels!"

"I DON'T WANT THAT!" she yelled, "I never wanted fortune or rule! My dream was always to be a mother, Touzokuoh! I want children! I don't care if I live in a box! As long as I have the one I love and my children I'll be happy! I don't want the throne!"

He grasped her arm, "but Miew, think of the possibilities!"

She glared at him, "no! NO! I don't care!" Tears brimmed her eyes, "I don't want you to go! Don't betray the pharaoh!"

His grip tightened as his smirk widened, if possible, "betray the pharaoh? THAT SHIP SAILED LONG AGO!" Miew's eyes widened as he laughed at her. She closed them as he shook her by the arms, "don't you see? The pharaoh's playing you! Ra, Miew, look past your eyes!"

She looked up at him hesitantly, "what do you mean?" He laughed as his head rest in the crook of her neck. She pushed her hands against his chest, "answer me, dammit!"

His head snapped up a smirk still looming his face, "the late pharaoh had wanted to deplete the population of Egyptians for the country was reaching it's capacity level…so he had the daughters of all lower-class families killed! The sons were only killed if they were under 5 years! You want to know WHY your parents died?"

Miew squeezed her eyes shut, not wanting this information to sink in, "no…stop it! stop it…"

"HE HAD THEM KILLED, MIEW! If they didn't hand over their children they were killed!" he sneered, "you were taken in by the pharaoh! The very man who had your parents murdered! Tell me, do you still want to protect the pharaoh?"

Miew broke down into tears, "STOP IT, TOUZOKUOH! STOP IT!"

Touzokuoh froze, his devil-like smirk faded. Miew sobbed uncontrollably in front of him. He hugged her and fell to his knees taking her with him, "I…I'm sorry…I didn't mean for it to come out like that…"

Miew cried into his robe, "well it did! Why, Touzokuoh?"

He released her and stood up, "sorry. But I have to do this."

Miew looked up at him, "can't it wait? At least a day?"

He sighed and looked out the door, "Marik's gonna get me for this…fine. I'll tell them we'll leave tomorrow. I'll do this one thing for you."

Miew smiled, "thank you…" 'now I have to find a way to warn Hereret and Menat…'