Hornviper2: Well, no one reviewed chapter 8, but I know that some people read it. You want to know why? I know because I read the stats, I know when people read my story, because I keep track. I don't know who they are, but I know how many. For example when I posted chapter 7 these were the stats:

Chapter 1: Then-106 Now-113

Chapter2: Then-39 Now-40

Chapter3: Then-38 Now-38

Chapter4: Then-26 Now-26

Chapter5: Then-22 Now-22

Chapter6: Then-13 Now-13

And here are the stats for chapters 7&8:

Chapter7: Then-9 Now-10

Chapter8: After the first day-4 Now-6

So, I know when some one reads my story. And I know that there are people who are reading this story and not reviewing. So, those of you who read this story and have an account on would it be so hard to just log on and review?

Bakura: Yeah! And the less people that review the longer it takes for Hornviper2 to update, and the longer that it takes for her to finish the story the longer I have to be here!

Hornviper2: Feel free to make suggestions.

Bakura: Hornviper2 does not own Yu-Gi-Oh or Beyblade, but she wishes that she did.

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Slowly the two thieves crept from the shadows under the stairs where they had been hiding. They had sneaked in when Akeno and the others had run into the kitchen when Meru had screamed. They had wanted to hide in the deepest part of the library by the books for beginners, but Ichi was there so they had to settle with hiding under the stairs.

Once Akeno, Meru, Keni, Bakura, and Marik came back down stairs it was only a matter of waiting for Bakura and Marik to leave and for the rest to fall asleep. Then they would take the jewels and the sword and run.

If you haven't figured out whom the two thieves are yet then it's their aunt Vanessa and their cousin Taylor. They hadn't really left they had made a camp just outside of Kul Elna and walked back.

They knew what the key went to they just didn't know where the door to the library was. They were looking for some kind of clue as to where the door was when Akeno arrived and interrupted them. But they did not want any books. They wanted the sword. The sword that was in the library was the sword that the warrior who had sealed away the armor of the Dragoon, taken the feathers to the pharaoh, and kept the Dragon's Eye (which was later passed down to Akeno.) had carried.

Slowly they crept over to Keni who was the closest. Carefully Vanessa picked up the Tiger's Eye which was lying on the pillow next to her. Next was Meru who was only a few book shelves away. They took her jewel, and then there was Ichi. They took hers too. And last but not least was Akeno. Slowly and carefully Taylor pried the Dragon's Eye from Akeno's belt and handed it to Vanessa, whom stepped over Akeno and walked over to Dalgon (A/N: For hose of you who have forgotten Dalgon is the name of the sword.)

She had to shield her eyes from the light that the Dragon's Eye emitted the closer she got. When she had gotten close enough she placed the Dragon's Eye in a slot the Akeno hadn't noticed before when she had gotten close to the sword. The glass around the sword melted away. Vanessa reached out to the sword to take it, but as her hand grasped the sword the sword sent a jolt of electricity through her arm.

She immediately let go of the sword. She had to bit her lip to keep herself from screaming out in pain. She ripped a piece of cloth from Akeno's dress. Her dress was very expensive and she didn't want to ruin it. And because only Akeno the true owner of the Dragon's Eye could hold the sword. She thought that if she wrapped the piece of Akeno's dress around it the sword would think that she was Akeno. She wrapped the cloth around the tang, so it wouldn't electrocute her again.

She then tried again to take the sword. She grasped the sword and the sword tried to electrocute her again. But the cloth of its rightful owner held it back. The sword began to panic, sending more electricity to the tang. The electricity began to tear at the cloth.

Vanessa quickly grabbed the Dragon's Eye, jumped over Akeno, and made a dash for the stairs with Taylor right behind her. But before she got there the Electricity had destroyed the cloth from Akeno's dress and was now going up through Vanessa's arm. She let go of the sword which fell to the ground with a loud clang, and she screamed out in pain.

By now they were all awake. And man was Akeno pissed. "HEY!" she shouted. Vanessa turned to Taylor "Time to go!" She whispered though there was no reason to. They ran up the stairs and out the door Akeno, Meru, Keni, and Ichi all took after her. Akeno grabbed Dalgon on the way. This meant war, she didn't care if they were her family Vanessa had gone too far, thieving was punishable by death and she wasn't going to let Vanessa and Taylor get away with it.

Akeno knew that even though Vanessa and Taylor were over weight they were pretty fast. (A/N: If you take one letter out of that last word you get an insult. P) If they got too far ahead then Akeno and the others they wouldn't have a chance of catching them. Plus if they got out of the village and got to their campsite then they would have their horses. Akeno could only pray that Wadjet was watching and would send some help.

"Keni!" she called to her youngest sister over her shoulder. Keni turned her head to Akeno and answered.

"Yeah, sis?"

"Do me a favor would you? And get Bakura and Marik, tell them what happened. They should be of some help!"

"Yes, ma'am!" Keni saluted.

Keni broke off from the rest and headed down another road toward Bakura and Marik's houses, while the rest chased after Vanessa and Taylor. When they reached the end of the town that lead out into the desert they sped up a little bit. Vanessa and Taylor were already half way to their horses. If Akeno and her sister didn't catch them before they got there then there would be no hope of them ever catching their greedy relatives.

And wouldn't you know it, just as they were about to catch them Akeno and Meru tripped over a big rock that they couldn't see in the darkness. They hit the ground hard. Ichi stopped to help her sisters up. That gave Vanessa and Taylor the ground that they needed. By the time that Ichi had helped Akeno and Meru up Vanessa and Taylor had gotten to their horses and rode off. Akeno pounded her fist into the ground. "It's not fair!" she cried. "It's not fair; the Dragon's Eye was passed down to me to protect it. It's was my responsibility, and I failed."

She continued to cry for the next twelve minutes, until a hand rested itself on her shoulder. Akeno looked up to see Bakura. She seemed to brighten up a little, and smirked as she saw what he had in his hands. He was holding the reigns of six large horses. Marik and Keni were standing right next to them. "These were the fastest horses that I could find." He said proudly.

Akeno mounted a pure white horse; Bakura mounted a brown horse with a white mane and tail; (A/N: I wonder why?) Keni, Meru and Ichi all mounted regular brown horses. There was still a chance that Akeno could catch Vanessa and Taylor, and get revenge. The chase began again.

They rode in an arrow shaped pattern. Akeno at the front, Bakura on her right, Meru one her left, Marik on Meru's left, Keni on Bakura's right, and Ichi in between Keni and Marik. They slowly caught up with Vanessa and Taylor. As they pursued he two villains they passed a group of soldiers heading straight for Kul Elna.

"I wonder why they are heading to our village." Bakura shouted to Akeno. Akeno shouted back to him over her shoulder. "I don't know, but that's not important right now!" Akeno shifted her gaze back to the two thieves they were chasing after. "Right now, all we need to worry about is weather or not we'll be able to catch Vanessa and Taylor before the sun rises! If that happen then we'll have the sun to worry about!"

(A/N: Hey, it's hot in the desert at night -.-)

Just as she said that the sky began to brighten a bit; the sun was rising. Akeno saw this and began to panic. "Hurry the sun is rising!" She shouted and shook he reins a bit to make the horse go faster, as did the others.

Akeno saw something out of the corner of her eye. It was moving fast along the sand heading straight for Vanessa and Taylor. She turned her head towards it; it was Apep! And he looked angry. Then she saw something at Apep's side; it was Wadjet! And he looked just as angry.

They shot straight past them and past the two greedy people they were chasing after and stopped right in front of them forcing Vanessa and Taylor's horses to freak out and throw the off onto the sand. Akeno and the others stopped and watched.

Apep and Wadjet bared their fangs and spread their hoods. Akeno had never seen anything move so fast in her life, nor had she ever seen anything so angry before. Akeno nudged her horse a little to make it move. Slowly she came up behind Vanessa and Taylor. She got off of her horse and stood behind Vanessa then when Vanessa looked up and saw Akeno glaring down at her. "Where are the jewels?" she asked holding Dalgon Vanessa's throat. She could see Vanessa shaking as she pinched Taylor's shoulder he looked up to see Akeno and he started to shake too. "H…hand me the j…jewels!" Vanessa stuttered.

Taylor reached into a pouch on his belt and took out the Tiger's Eye, the

Turtle's Eye, the Dragon's Eye, and the Phoenix's Eye and handed them to Vanessa. She held them out to Akeno. Akeno reached out to take them, but as she did, Vanessa pulled a small knife out of nowhere and slashed Akeno across the face.

The cut went from the corner of her left eye down past her mouth and to her chin. Akeno cried out in pain. Seeing this made Apep and Wadjet even angrier. Vanessa and Taylor tried to run, but they couldn't out run the two angry snakes from taking revenge.

Apep was the first to take revenge. He caught up to Vanessa and struck her on the leg causing her to fall. Vanessa screamed as Apep struck her over and over again with his dagger like fangs until she lay there limp, unmoving, and dead.

Wadjet was the second to take revenge. He struck Taylor in the leg three times, but did not kill him. He just left him there. Him venom would do the rest.

When Apep and Wadjet were finished they took the jewels from Vanessa's cold hand and slithered over to Akeno. She was surrounded by her friends who were all trying to get her to move her hand so they could see how bad the wound was. When she finally let them see the wound they all gasped; it had already healed. All that was left was a scar. Apep and Wadjet both place the jewel's before her and then disappeared.. Akeno picked up the Dragon's Eye and placed it back on her belt. Meru, Ichi, and Keni picked up their jewels and mounted their horses. Bakura helped Akeno back onto her horse and mounted his Marik looked back at Taylor and saw that he was still moving. "Hey Akeno shouldn't we finish off that little prick over there?" Akeno shook her head" No. Wadjet's venom will do the rest." With that Akeno shook the reigns and took of back towards the village. Bakura and Marik exchanged worried glances, and then took off back to the village too.

When they had reached the village there was no sign of life, all of the houses were empty, and there was a strange tunnel right in the middle of the town. Akeno and the others rode through the town trying to find someone.

Then they stopped at Matthias' hut. They hoped to find some explanation. When they opened the door they found the place completely trashed. And Matthias was laying there on the floor with a gash on his chest. "A…Akeno?' he wheezed blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. "Oh my Ra! What the bloody hell happened here!" She screeched. "I don't have enough time to tell you…please take this." He held out an egg. "This is all I can give you. I'm sorry that I couldn't haven done more for you and your family." Akeno took the egg from his hand and looked at it closely. It was a Falcon's egg. And then Matthias saw the scar of Akeno's left cheek. "So, after one-thousand years she has awakened." He smiled and then slipped away.

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Hornviper2: Sorry, but I'm leaving it there this chapter is getting too depressing for me to keep writing now. I'll update as soon as I can, but with school starting it may take awhile.

Bakura and Marik: Please R&R!