Chapter Twelve- An old friend

Yume awoke once more, she was tied up in a tent, gagged and blindfolded. Yume felt around behind her back, she had not untied herself in so many years. Feeling the ends of the rope, she quickly pulled and untied the tight knots. Once her hands were free, she untied her blindfold and gag at the same time. Yume fell backwards when she saw the shirtless Bakura kneeling in front of her smirking.

"Clever one, aren't you." Bakura grabbed Yume by the throat and shoved her onto the floor, "I still haven't forgotten how you spoiled my plans at becoming Pharaoh. And… not only that, but you got married to high priest Seto? You, a slave girl."

"I am your slave no longer," Yume managed to choke out, "The Pharaoh made sure of that."

"I see no Pharaoh out here…" Bakura smiled as he bent over and forced a kiss onto her. "I have a plan… I destroyed that village of yours as soon as you betrayed me. You are the last girl left. You are going to bear my children, and you will have me raise them. With their power, they will become the rulers of Egypt. They will inflict beautiful pain and death across the land."

Yume smiled and couldn't help but laugh, "You have destroyed you're plan when you destroyed my village." She felt tears fall down her eyes, "I can not have children, and therefore your plan will never come true. I thank the Gods for that."

Twisted anger formed on Bakura's face as he picked her up by the throat, "What do you mean you can not have children?"

Yume smiled even though she couldn't breathe, she managed to choke out a response. "When I was a child, I fell into a ravine, and my lower intestines got mingled, destroying all chances of me having children. I survived luckily, thanks to a traveling healer."

Anger flew throughout Bakura as his grip tightened. "Then you have betrayed me once more."

Yume's closed her eyes as she concentrated on her surroundings, he made sure there was no fire for he already knew what she could do with that. When Yume heard a dagger unsheathe, primal instincts from deep within her took over. It was like someone else was controlling her completely and she was just watching. She felt her leg fly up and her foot contact with Bakura's face. The impact sent Bakura falling backwards. As fast as she could in her wedding dress, she ran into the afternoon heat. Ripping off the bottom of her dress as she went, she made for the horse, but was tackled from behind. Yume felt Bakura's strong hands grasp her neck from the back and lift her off the ground once more.

She was so close to the stupid black horse! Rage swarmed through her as her eyes looked around for an escape. She had no idea where she was, desert surrounding her all around. She screamed and closed her eyes as she used the wind to make the sand move at her will. Using it as a forceful entity, she pushed Bakura away from her and jumped onto the horse. Kicking it in the sides, she sent the horse running away from the camp. She had no idea where she was going, just as long as it was far away from Bakura.

Around nightfall, the horse slowed down and came to a stop in front of an Oasis. Yume walked the horse over to the water, and let it drink. A second later, a shrill scream was issued from behind a couple of bushes. Yume ran around the bushes to see two men tying up a woman… 'That's not any woman, that's-' "-Tea!" Yume screamed rushing forward to help her.

Tea looked up tears in her eyes, "Yume… Yume!"

Concentrating hard, Yume used the sand as a wall again and pushed the men off of Tea. She buried all but their heads in the sand, and ran up to Tea. "Tea! I can't believe it… what are you doing here!" She asked tears forming in her eyes. She wrapped her arms around her tall friend and smiled.

"The village… it was destroyed… I-I ran away when I saw these guys burning the bodies. They followed me here, and tried to kidnap me…" Tea said, breaking down in her friend's arms.

Yume held her friend tighter, "I can't believe it… I thought I would never see you again. When I was kidnapped and sold into slavery-Tea, are you married?"

Tea looked up at Yume, "What do you mean? I'm too pretty to marry anyone…" She said smiling.

Yume smiled back as she kissed her friend on the forehead, "Not for this guy you aren't… Come on. We need to get out of here. I'm being followed…" Yume helped Tea to her feet and walked her over to the black horse, who was munching on small desert blades of grass. Yume got on first and Tea behind her. Night rolled around and Yume looked up at the sky. She gasped as she saw the constellation of the dragon. Turning the horse to the right, she kicked it in the sides sending it into a sprint. If she just followed the desert this way, the dragon constellation would lead her back to Egypt. And back to Seto.