Disclaimer: I do not Own Yu-gi-oh and never will. Just the Benu family (and Ipet)

Author's notes: Things should be getting more interesting this chapter. Anuket is feeling miserable because the marriage date is approaching so she and her tutor Ipet run away to begin a new life in Domino city. I'm gonna try and make my chapters longer then previous ones but I make no promises. I'll just have to update more often. By the way, the tune for the music box is "melodies of life" from final fantasy 9. If you want to hear the tune, say so in your review and leave your email. I will send it to you. I love that song so much!

Thanks: this is just a note to all my readers that you have cheered me up no end and I mean all of you. I felt a little depressed after that review and was thinking about discontinuing this fic, but because you all gave me more then just an 'update soon' I've decided that I am definitely going to keep writing for you.

Thank you all so much, you've really made my day! (Hugs everyone -)

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Unrequited Love

Chapter 3: Escape

"Anu! Your bath is ready!" called an elderly woman in the room joining Anuket's bedchamber

Anuket looked up from the book she was reading. "Hold on Ipet, I'll be there in a moment" she said quietly but loud enough so she could hear her. The young woman stood up and closed the book. She walked over to her desk and slipped it in a secret compartment down the back. Her father didn't want her to learn any of the spells they're family had been keeping secret for all these millennia. He saw it as something only men were entitled to learn. If he were to find out his daughter had been copying spells into books and practicing them behind his back he would be outraged and would more then likely punish her for it.

"I'm coming!" she called walking into the bathroom.

Ipet was waiting for her with towels, a bath robe and scented oils. Anuket stepped behind a screen placed by the bath and undressed. She carefully descended the steps into the bath which was set into the floor. The oils and scented petals that were already in the water gave it a milky look. Anuket dipped her head back into the water and breathed deeply. She needed some aromatherapy to calm her down. Ipet noticed that she was particularly stressful today and wanted to help alleviate that feeling.

"The poor girl, she's been getting increasingly more troubled this past year. I suppose it's because of her upcoming marriage to that Ishtar boy" she thought to herself.

Anuket had been very quiet the moment she had returned from that place. Ipet remembered asking her what was wrong several times over many weeks only to be answered with "nothings wrong, I'm alright" Ipet knew she wasn't telling the truth. She had never seen Anuket so depressed before so she continued to try and get her to confide in her, until eventually she broke down in tears and told her everything that Marik had said and done. Ipet was shocked. She couldn't believe that he would say such things and told the girl to tell her parents. Anuket told her that she had already tried but they didn't believe her. All Ipet could do was comfort her and be there for her when she needed a shoulder to cry on.

As a result they both became very close. Anuket saw Ipet as a mother figure rather then a servant, especially since her own mother passed away seven years ago. A year after the arrangement was made.

Her father decided that Ipet would care for his daughter and teach her how to be a respectful wife. Ipet did so and also helped Anuket become more outgoing then she was before. Ipet also couldn't help but spoil Anuket a little. She loved her so much. Not like her older brother Baal, He was just like his father. He seemed to think he was superior to everyone. He was overprotective of his baby sister; he didn't allow her to do anything because he didn't think she could handle it. This angered both Anuket and Ipet but as they were 'only women' they couldn't do anything about it.

Ipet had worked hard on Anuket to make her more confident about herself. She helped her improve her appearance which to tell the truth didn't need that much work anyway. Anuket was a pretty girl but because she was a late bloomer she didn't really care about what she looked like, that is until some boy pointed it out to her over a period of several weeks.

There was no way he could say those thing to her now. Anuket had changed dramatically over the past eight years. She had matured into a fine young woman with long black silky hair that reached down to the middle of her back. She had a side parting with a fringe that hung a little over her face. Her bright emerald green eyes had long dark lashes; she had a delicate nose, rosy red lips and a slender neck. Her figure could put supermodels to shame. She was very curvy and put simply, she was stunning.

"Anu sweetheart are you feeling alright? You know you can tell me anything" Ipet said trying to get her to share her feelings.

Anuket looked up at the ceiling "To be honest I don't know, time is passing by so quickly now that I'll be on my way to marry Ishtar before I know it!"

She looked down again with a deep sigh. She was feeling very miserable but didn't want to bother the older woman with her problems. She couldn't hide anything from her though, Ipet wasn't stupid. She knew her better then anyone.

"I know you're feeling upset about this marriage and believe me if I could do anything about it I would, but you know what? Things may be different now… Marik may be different. He's probably matured a lot over these past few years, most boys do"

"It doesn't matter whether he's changed or not!" she cried "I hate him! I don't want to marry him! I will always remember how we met, how he enjoyed making my life a misery! How he threatened me….. I will always remember…" tears were falling fast and furious.

Ipet leaned forward and pulled her over to give her a hug being careful not to fall in the water. She didn't know what to say to make thing better so she decided it was best if Anu just cried it out.

Once she had washed up, Anuket climbed out of the bath behind the screen dried herself with a towel and put on her robe. She walked back into her bedroom and sat down at her dressing table. She picked up her hairbrush and began to work the tangles out of her wet hair.

Ipet gathered the wet towels and worn clothes and went to leave but not before turning to Anuket and saying softly to her "everything will be alright…you'll see"

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In the morning Anuket woke with a start. Ipet was talking to someone outside of her bedroom door. They both had hushed voices so she couldn't make out what they were saying but Ipet sounded happy that was for sure.

Anuket pulled the veil curtain surrounding her bed aside and stood up. Ipet walked in at that moment with a big smile on her face.

"What are you so happy about?" the young woman asked curiously. "What's happened?"

"I've been speaking to some of the other servant women; I mentioned to them that you were feeling down about your betrothal to Ishtar. They didn't press for details but they got the point that you don't exactly like him very much. I told them that I wished I could take you away from all this, and that was when they said there might be a way…"

Anuket's eyes lit up "there's a way for me to get out of this?!" she whispered excitedly.

"Yes but we need to plan for it, it may take a week or two but if all goes well we should be alright" Ipet smiled

"What's the plan then? When do we start?" Anuket was shaking with excitement. Ipet hadn't seen her this happy for over ten years. She missed it.

"Well" Ipet thought for a second "the plan is to leave this place and set up home far away from here. In order to do this we will need an item that we can sell to get enough money together to set up home. Once we have that we need to barter a passage out of Egypt. That shouldn't be a problem; the only thing that will be tricky is getting you out of here without anyone noticing"

"Oh no" Anuket said miserably "that's going to be impossible. People will notice if they see me. Papa has guards all over the place, they're not stupid. They'll realise what we're up to if they see me leaving"

Ipet's smile widened "Don't worry about that. The girls and I have been talking about this all night long and we have a solution. As you may or may not know, a few times a week many of the servants go to the oasis near here and fetch water. We will disguise ourselves and follow them. As the last of them goes to leave, we will pretend to get water. When they are out of site we can gather our possessions that a few others will have brought and hidden around there and make our way to a boat"

"You 'have' been busy!" Anuket said sounding very impressed. "That seems like a good plan! Can we start now? I'll look around for something we can sell. We have lots of artefacts here, but it'll have to be something papa wont miss, at least until we're gone anyway"

"Yes, you do that Anu. In the meantime I will get the others to make arrangements for the boat and I'll gather the supplies we'll need. We will only be able to take one bag each with us though, so we'll have to take things that are necessary and no more" Ipet turned to leave.

"Wait" said a soft voice behind her. She looked back to see the young woman with an indebted look on her face "Thank you so much, you have no idea how grateful I am for this"

Ipet smiled and gave Anuket a tight hug. "Thank me when we've settled into our new home"

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A few days had passed since their little conversation and things were getting underway for the escape. Anuket had looked around for something that they could put up for sale and make a nice tidy sum of money. She also had to make sure it was something her father wouldn't notice was gone straight away. This wasn't too much of a problem though because there were lots of rooms with ancient artefacts decorating them. Anuket decided on a vase with an elaborate pattern on it. It was gold plated, very old and very valuable.

"This'll do" she thought to herself and hid it away as she left the room.

As it turned out though, the vase sold for a huge amount of money to a private buyer in an auction. We're talking almost a million here!

Ipet had her friends take care of other things like hiding their luggage at the oasis and arranging transportation to the boat as they were able to leave the clans home without suspicion. Everything was arranged. The time was approaching for the escape.

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Anuket ate her dinner in silence. She looked at her father and brother who were talking to each other, unaware that they were never going to see her again after tonight. At this thought Anuket's eyes watered slightly. She didn't particularly get along with them, but they were her family nonetheless and she would miss them.

"Papa would you mind if I went to bed early, I feel really tired"

"Yes I suppose so. Just don't forget that tomorrow we begin to talk about the wedding arrangements" her father replied.

Anuket bowed her head to her father and brother "goodbye" she said quietly.

They looked at her strangely. "Goodbye?" her brother laughed. "Why Anu, Are you going somewhere?" Anuket smiled and walked out of the room. That was the last time she would see her family ever.

She walked down the corridors until she came to her room. When she closed the door behind her, she began to go through her drawers. Anuket knew that when dawn came she would have to leave, and she didn't want to go without a certain item. She took out her jewellery box and set it on the desk. She opened it up to hear a tune playing. Her mother used to sing that to her when she was a little girl. Tears formed in her eyes. Anuket missed her mother very much; she reached into the box and lifted out a necklace.

It was a very beautiful gold necklace. There was a miniature ankh hanging on a delicate looking, but sturdy chain. It belonged to her mother and there was no way she would leave that behind. She put it on and lay down for bed, Ipet would be calling for her early in the morning when it was time to leave.

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"Anu" an old woman's voice whispered through the door "are you awake?" Anuket sat up quickly recognising the voice as Ipet's and ran towards the door to let her in.

"Are we ready to leave?" the young girl asked, both excited and nervous at the same time.

"Yes, its time. Do you have everything?" she asked handing Anuket a brown servants robe. "Yes, there's nothing else here worth taking with me"

Ipet nodded and handed the girl a water jar. She motioned for Anuket to follow her. They made their way out into the corridor and walked along hiding their faces under their hoods from the guards. Ten minutes later, they eventually found the servants who were going out to the oasis. They waited until all the servants had exited through the door and ran up behind them so that they were last in line. "This is it, there's no turning back now, not that I'd want to anyway" Anuket thought to herself as they walked into the desert.

It seemed to take forever for the servants to collect the water. There were a lot of them. Soon enough though, it was their turn. "Now what?" Anuket whispered as the last servant gathered her jar of water and turned around to go back. "Wait a minute, let's pretend to gather water until she's further away from us" Ipet replied.

They slowly walked over to the oasis and bent down. They made out to be filling their jars, and it was just as well they did because the woman glanced over her shoulder as she walked away. Ipet watched her carefully as she shrank into the distance. She looked at Anuket and whispered hurriedly.

"Now when I say go, run towards those trees, there should be a man waiting through there who will take us to the port in Cairo"

Anuket could feel her heart racing. This was it, she was almost free! If things went to plan, she would soon be living a life she had only dreamed of. No more living with two sexist males who believed her only purpose in life was to marry and raise the children of a man who had power and high status. This thought made her even more terrified, what if the man wasn't there? She would have to go back home and face her father the next day to begin the wedding arrangements. She was broken from her chain of thoughts when the elderly woman next to her spoke.

"Ok, wait…….." Anuket held her breath. "Alright let's go" They ran towards the trees as fast as they could. Anuket was amazed at the sudden burst of energy her tutor showed. She must be at least seventy years old but ran as if she was only thirty. "Ipet must be really excited about this; I doubt she's ever done anything like this before" she mused giggling to herself.

As they ran through the trees, they saw a middle aged man waiting for them. He was standing by a land rover. The moment he saw the two women running towards him, he opened the door to the passenger seats.

"I've already put your things in the back ladies, have a seat and buckle up" he said smiling to them.

Anuket had never been in a car before and was looking forward to it, as well as all the other things she would soon experience and learn about. She got in and after a bit of fumbling, managed to buckle her seatbelt, Ipet did the same. The man sat in the driver's seat and started up the car.

"Next stop Cairo" he announced.

As they drove away, Anuket looked back towards the oasis and the desert she had called her home for the last fifteen years. She breathed a long sigh of relief. That wasn't so hard; it just seemed so at the time.

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A forty minute drive later and they had arrived in Cairo. They drove past the buildings through the crowded streets until they came to the pier. Anuket had never seen so many boats before in her life, hell she'd never even seen one until now what with her growing up in the desert and all. She got out of the land rover and gathered their belongings. Both women made their way towards the boat with big smiles on their faces. It was 9:00am and by the time anyone noticed they were missing they would already be sailing across the ocean to their new home in Domino.

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That chapter wasn't so bad. I tried to make it longer then the last two. Sorry if it seemed a bit boring when they were escaping. I'll do better as I get further into the story.

Preview of next chapter: Anuket and Ipet settle into their new life in domino. Anuket tours domino and decides she wants to go to school like a normal teenager.

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Just so you know updates will be a tiny bit longer apart now cus when I first posted this fic I had already written two chapters. I have a few drafts written for the next few chapters though.

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