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Summary: Anuket has made some new friends and things couldn't be better! But far away in Egypt Marik has made plans destroy the pharaoh and dispatches his rarehunters to cause some grief.

Sorry for the delay in updating this chapter. I've been busy with work and getting ready for college. Anyway you know the saying good things come to those who wait. You may or may not agree to that but never mind. I'll try to update as often as I can. I don't want to rush this fic and ruin it by not thinking things through. Hope you understand. There will be regular updates, though I can't say how far in between they will be. Don't worry. You will have 'at least' one chapter a week. Possibly two. Depends if I can get to the computer. My sisters have bought the Sims 2 and are always on it. You know how it is.

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Unrequited Love

Chapter 5: Plans set into motion

The bell rang in the student's ears, letting them know that it was time for lunch. Anuket reached into her locker to put her books away. When she turned around she saw the boy with tri coloured hair walking towards her.

"Hey Anuket, how are you doing in lessons so far?" he asked

"Not bad! I think I need to speed up a bit though" she replied with a thoughtful look "its not as easy as it looks is it?"

"I guess not… hey listen! You're new here so why not hang out with me and my friends? We could show you around, how about it?" he suggested "Im Yugi by the way"

"Pleasure to meet you Yugi, and yes that would be great. Thank you so much. I was worried I was going to be an outcast here!" she laughed. "Well then! Shall we go and find your friends?" Yugi nodded

They started towards the cafeteria and eventually found them sitting at a big round table. They were waving for them to come over. They all looked at the new girl. Yugi began the introductions.

"Ok everyone, you remember Anuket from class? Well she's going to be part of our group from now on!"

He pointed towards each person and introduced them one by one one, starting with Joey.

"This is Joey wheeler, Tristan Taylor, Tea Gardner and Ryou Bakura, you remember him don't you?"

Anuket smiled "of course I do, it's nice to meet you all" they all replied with a "nice to meet you too"

"So what sort of things do you like?" Tea asked.

She was happy that there was another girl in the group now. She would have someone to talk to about boys makeup clothes and all the other things girls talked about.

Anuket hesitated "well... Im not really sure yet. In Egypt, my culture didn't involve things that you've grown up with. This is all very new to me"

Tea looked at her and replied with a reassuring smile "don't worry! We'll show you how things are done around here" Anuket returned the smile. "Thanks"

Joey and Tristan were staring at her with big eyes, their mouths hanging open slightly during this conversation between the two girls. It was then that they decided to show off their manliness. Joey got there first.

"Yeah, and you know that if anyone gives ya a hard time I'll pound em for ya!"

He sat up a bit straighter and tried to show off his muscles by sticking his chest out, hoping it didn't look too obvious but enough for the female to notice. Bakura tried hard to contain his laughter seeing this, so did Yugi. Tristan saw Joey's attempt to draw Anuket's attention

"Oh I see what he's doing; he's trying to get the new girl! Well not this time pal"

Tristan hooked his leg under Joey's chair and pulled it, sending him flying onto the floor face first.

Tristan looked up at Anuket and said "He's all talk, if you need any help then come to me. Everyone in this school knows that he can't hold his own in a fight"

Joey sprang up from the floor shouting "oh yeah!! Well I'll take ya on right now!!" everyone in the cafeteria was looking at the commotion going on between the two boys.

Fists were being curled up in preparation to make contact with the other persons face until Yugi shouted at them

"Hey guys! Stop it! What's gotten into you?"

They stopped fighting and looked at each other. They moved their heads to look at their friends and finally the Egyptian girl who was staring back in slight shock at the display. Obviously this method wasn't working. Silently agreeing through eye contact that this wasn't over, they shook hands and sat back down.

"Sorry" they murmured to each other.

They continued to eat lunch as though nothing had happened, which Anuket found very odd, but entertaining. The group started to ask her questions to get to know her better and they all seemed to hit it off very well.

All this time they didn't notice cold blue eyes glaring at them from the other side of the room. Seto Kaiba looked at Tristan and Joey with disgust.

"Brawling in public. How pathetic" he thought to himself as he turned the page of the book he was reading.

He then glanced at the new addition to the group. His eyes lingered on her for a while before he realised he was staring. He broke his gaze and questioned to himself

"Why would she want to hang around a bunch of geeks like them, she's above them…"

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"Here we are" Anuket said to her new friends.

She had invited them to come over to her house and hang out. Joey and Tristan were more then willing. Not just because it was 'her' asking, but she had mentioned at some point that there was food. They walked in through the side door into the kitchen.

"I'm home!" The girl called.

Ipet came through the door and looked at all the teenagers standing there. She smiled at them

"hello there, I see Anu's made some friends already" they all grinned at the elderly woman.

"Everyone this is my grandmother, Ipet" Anuket turned away from the group and gave Ipet a look that said go along with it.

She seemed to get the message and invited them all into the lounge. Once she had 'fed' everyone, they sat talking about random things in general. Bakura told Anuket about when he first came to Domino and how strange it was at first. He also told her about how he made friends with everyone. They sat there for most of the afternoon watching TV and playing duel monsters. Yugi vs Joey. Needless to say, Yugi was winning. Joey was really good and could have put Yugi in several tight spots but his attention kept getting drawn away from the game by a certain dark haired, green eyed female with tanned skin.

They spent the later part of the afternoon teaching Anuket how to play. She was quite good, and with some practice she could be one of the best. Eventually it was getting late and they had to break up the gathering.

"We'll see you at school tomorrow" waved Tea as she started down the street. "Ok! Thanks for coming around, it was fun!" Anuket called to everyone. "No problem! Next time we have to go to Yugi's" said Tristan

When they had disappeared from view, Anuket closed the door and walked back into the lounge where Ipet was sitting in her chair.

"So what do you think?" she asked. Anuket wanted her opinion because Ipet had proved to be a good judge of character over the years.

"I think you've made some very good friends. They seem quite sincere and really seem to like you. You know what? You should invite them around again for your birthday"

Anuket mock slapped her head. She had forgotten her birthday was only a month away. She would be sixteen.

"Yes, that's a good idea, we can all go out afterwards and… how did Joey describe it? Par...Tay? Oh well, either way we'll all have a lot of fun!"

---------Egypt Rarehunters Hideout---------

Marik was sitting at a rectangular table in his room. He was sorting through the cards his rarehunters had gathered over the years to make a deck powerful enough to defeat the Pharaoh. He looked at the two most powerful cards in his possession. The Winged Dragon of Ra and Slifer the Sky Dragon.

"With these two Egyptian God cards in my possession I will be unstoppable! Now all I need to do is find out where Ishizu has hidden Obelisk the Tormentor"

Marik frowned as he remembered the last time he saw his sister back in the Valley of the Kings.

------Flashback------

"If you want to carry out this madness, you're going to have to find the last card!"

"Im warning you…" Marik said slowly, raising the golden rod at Ishizu

"You'd use your millennium rod on your own flesh and blood Marik?" She said in disbelief

"If you continue to stand in my way…then yes, I'll have to" a flash of light and he was gone

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Marik hadn't used the rod the way she thought he would. How could he? Despite the fact that she opposed him she was still his big sister. Instead he had used it on himself, 'his own flesh and blood' to transport him away from that place. It had proved to be very strenuous and he wouldn't repeat it again anytime soon unless absolutely necessary.

Marik had a plan all set out in his head, plus several others just in case his rarehunters failed.

"For their sake they had better win" he thought to himself.

He had spent a lot of time creating decks for his more skilled rarehunters that focused on Yugi's weaknesses. He had managed to gain access to the database at duellist kingdom and saw that his favourite card was the dark magician, just as it was in the stone tablet depicting the pharaohs battle against a sorcerer of unknown identity.

"I will duel the pharaoh through my mind slaves! Nothing will prepare him for my god cards. Victory will be simple. When I have the puzzle, I will banish him to the shadow realm where he will wander forever in darkness."

This brought a wide smile to his face. Marik was just imagining his moment of glory when he was rudely interrupted by Odion entering the room with a box of rare and powerful cards. The older man put the box down on the table and glanced at the happy look on the young leaders face

"Master Marik, is it true you know the pharaohs whereabouts?" he asked slowly.

Marik smirked without looking at his servant "Yes I do, it won't be long now Odion. Soon I will be king! Not the spirit in the puzzle!" he laughed "things will soon be going my way…"

Marik stopped to think about his past and how up until a few years ago all decisions regarding his future were made for him. Memories flashed in front of him when suddenly one particular memory came up. His marriage. He thought for a moment, she would soon be coming of age and that meant the wedding was supposed to take place soon. However he hadn't heard from the girls family since they left his underground home nine years ago.

"I wonder if age has done her any favours, probably not. It would take a miracle to sort that mess out" he chuckled to himself "the wedding is most definitely off now that I'm in charge, perhaps when I am pharaoh I will go easy on her… lock her up in a dark cell for the rest of her life. She is not worthy of becoming my wife and I will take great pleasure in proving that to her"

Odion cleared his throat. Marik looked up quickly, he had forgotten he was still standing there. He handed several of the decks to Odion that he had been putting together and told him to give them to each of the rarehunters they were assigned to.

"Prepare the ship. All rarehunters chosen for this mission leave for Domino tonight" The young man ordered. "Yes master Marik" Odion bowed low and turned around to leave

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Im not going to focus so much on Anuket's friendly relationships so you'll have to imagine the conversations going on between them. I just wanted to get it posted cus it's been a while since the last update. I've not had a lot of time to write this cus Im not supposed to be on the computer. My sisters had a huge argument and we were all banned from the internet, Im being sneaky right now so shhhh!

Anyway I've drawn a couple of pictures of Anuket that Im quite proud of. If you want to draw some then feel free. Id love to see them. Id also like to hear what you think about this fic so review please.

Help me out for future chapters by giving me ideas of things you'd like to see happen. Even if it only takes a paragraph or two. Im planning on having Marik kidnap Anuket at some point so there should be a few good scenes there hopefully. Remember he has to try and win her over so there will be love/hate stuff going on. Hope this chapter isn't so bad that you decide not to read this fic anymore. Id hate to lose the support I have. I need readers! You guys are what keep me writing!

By the way I've just been tested for dyslexia! That's why my wording isn't that great. I spend hours trying to write each chapter and spell checking it all. So if you think Im not good at this, then that's the reason. Deal with it! Im trying my best.