Hornviper2: I now that it has been a long time since I last updated, but I have a credible excuse. My teachers have it in for me. They give me about 10 pages of homework form every class. I hate it. Anyway I didn't get any review for the last chapter so I hope to get some for this chapter. Marik and Bakura seem to have disappeared somewhere so I'll just have Akeno do the disclaimer. Akeno if you will.

Akeno: thank you for letting me do the declaimer. Anyway Hornviper2 does not own

Yu-Gi-Oh, Redwall, Inuyasha, or Beyblade.

Hornviper2: Thank you Akeno! Now on with the story!

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It had been 6 years since the incident in Kul Elna. Six years since Their Mother had died. Six years since they had found the Jewels of the sacred four and six years since Bakura and Marik had disappeared.

Akeno, Keni, Meru, and Ichi had changed a lot in the last six years. Akeno is now 19, and Meru being her twin was the same. Keni is now 14, and Ichi is now 18. They had grown a lot too Akeno who was 5' 4" she is now 5'7", Meru was the same height as Akeno and still is. Keni was about 4' 9" and is now 5' 4", and Ichi is the shortest of the group standing at about 5'2".

They were almost halfway through the library. They had found books that were on Amour, and weapons that Akeno had become interested in.

Akeno made weapons for them all except for herself because she already had Dalgon. Meru had a bow and arrow; Ichi had a staff and some shuriken; and Keni had a Kusari-gama (A chain with a scythe on one end.) and she had some shuriken as well. Akeno had also made them all armor.

Meru's armor was made of gold and some kind of red metal that Akeno had found while she went out to find something for them to eat one day. It was mainly made of gold but it had some of the red metal on the sides under the ribcage; around the neck and the sleeves; and there was red metal shaped like wings around the Phoenix's Eye which was imbedded in the armor right under her collarbone. Akeno had attached some feathers that she had dyed red to the shoulders. The armor had a leather skirt that was about knee length. Akeno had also made some leather gauntlets for Meru.

Keni's armor was like Meru's except it was made of silver and green metal. The green metal was in the same places as it was on Meru's. Keni even had the Tiger's Eye embedded under the collar bone. The only difference was that instead of claws around the jewel it had what looked like claws. Instead of leather gauntlets she had gold armbands. And instead of a leather skirt she had shorts made of leather.

Ichi's armor was made of obsidian and purple metal. It was exactly like Keni's armor except it was made of different materials and it had some armor that went over her left shoulder and it had more armor that went under it and went down to her elbow. It was like Meru's amour and had a skirt, but the skirt was Egyptian like (Well they are in Ancient Egypt.) And had a long piece on clothe that went down the front that had designs on it.

Then there was Akeno's armor. It was blue and silver. The Dragon's Eye was in the same place as it was on her sister's armor but it had six pearls that went around it, and there was a design around that that looked like wings that were made of the blue metal. Akeno had two silver bands that she wore on both of her upper arms, and she had silver gauntlets with the same symbol as the one on the back of Apep's hood. It was made of the same blue metal as the rest of her armor. She also had a small silver circlet with a small sapphire in the center. Akeno wore a leather belt that she had dyed blue and put little silver studs in it. And attached to that belt was Dalgon in a sheath that Akeno had made especially for that sword. It was made of the same blue metal as on her armor and had small streaks of silver. Akeno had a skirt that went with the armor. It was made of some of the larger feathers that Akeno had taken from the cloak that she had taken from the man that had tried to kill Keiva. Then last but not least Akeno had a small coat like thing made of the rest of the feathers (A/N: I don't know how to describe it but it is like that fur that Iome don't know how to spell from Inuyasha has but it made of feathers and connected in the front with three small round pieces of silver.)

The egg that Matthias had given Akeno six years ago had long since hatched. It was rather large for a falcon. Akeno and her sisters had decided to name the bird Matthias. After the man who had helped them a great deal in their search for answers. Even though Matthias was dead he had still helped them in them a lot. All of his books, scrolls, and all the other bits of information that he had gathered had served them greatly. Meru had trained Matthias to help them hunt and to carry messages.

Akeno and her sisters had changed a lot in the past six years, and I don't mean that they had gotten taller or more mature. Akeno's eyes had changed. They used to be a lilac color but now there had turned into yellow cat like eyes. With silted pupils and everything. It was the same with Keni too.

Keni had gone through the most painful of changes. Keni no longer had human ears, but she now had cat ears on top of her head. They were the same color as her hair. They allowed her to hear better and they looked cool. Anyway Meru's eyesight had changed a lot. She could now see things up to one mile away. And she could jump pretty high. (Up to 50ft if she really tried)

Beside her yellow eyes Akeno could jump very high but not as high as Meru. And Akeno had become very fast, (Faster that Keni.) she had very sharp nails as did Meru and Keni. They all had very sharp teeth except for Ichi who didn't eat meat.

Ichi had learned to swim. She could out swim event the fish. And there was one thing that Ichi could do that her sisters could not do. Ichi could see into the future. But she couldn't do it on cue. It happened randomly. It was usually important when it did happen. One time Keni almost drowned in the river trying to fish. Luckily Ichi had seen it coming and asked Akeno to keep an eye on her. Ichi could not only see into the future but could also read minds. Though she only uses that power if she feels like she really needs to.

After the whole Kul Elna incident Keiva had decided to stay with Akeno and her sisters. Keiva didn't have any armor or and weapons. She preferred to just stay in the library and read books. She really wasn't a very fast reader so it took her longer to read a book. But when she did use a weapon she always used a Kunai or a Yari (Kunai dagger Yari spear) which could be found in an armory that Akeno had created. But this was rare.

Anyway this part of the story begins at night. Keiva Meru and Keni upstairs in their beds and Ichi and Akeno down stairs in that library reading, or at least Ichi was. Akeno had fallen asleep reading a book about armor and weapons at a desk that she had made by herself. Ichi was reading one of the diaries that had belonged to their ancestors.

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Akeno's Dream

She was standing in the Valley of the Kings. It was sunny and clear. A hawk circled above her letting out a small cry as it flew deeper into the valley. Akeno had the overwhelming urge to follow it. So she did. She followed the hawk until she came to a large boulder that looked like it was blocking the entrance to some kind of cave. She looked around the boulder and saw the same symbol that was on her armbands and on the back of Apep's hood right above it.

Akeno tried to move the boulder but she couldn't. She just sat down in the shade that the boulder created. She sat there breathing heavily trying to regain her strength when the felt a hand on her shoulder. Immediately she jumped up and drew Dalgon. Akeno's eyes widened. She couldn't believe it! It was Bakura! He looked different. He looked older. He wore a long red cloak with two white stripes going around the edges with a blue kilt. (A/N: I have no clue what else to call it) He had an assortment of gold rings on both hands and gold ankle bracelets on both legs. He was very muscular; he had a friggin' six pack! It looked like he was about three inches taller that Akeno so that would probably make him six feet tall. There was a small scar on his right cheek. One was going vertically across his eye and two others going horizontally overlapping the first one.

Then there was something that caught her eye. It was hanging around his neck. It looked like a triangle with a weird eye in side of a ring with five spikes hanging around it. It looked like one of the items that the man that tried to kill them was carrying. Bakura's eyes looked the same, soft and caring. But there was something else in them that Akeno couldn't recognize.

He smiled and held out his hand. She took it and he helped her up. He led her over to the boulder and placed her hand on it. She looked up at him with a confused look. "But I've already tried to move it. It wouldn't even budge." He just kept smiling and took her other hand and placed it on the boulder. He then placed his hand s on the boulder and began to push. Akeno gave a sigh of defeat and started pushing as well. To her surprise the boulder moved away from the entrance easily.

When that boulder was all the way from the entrance. She looked around trying to find Bakura but she couldn't see him, so she just walked into the cave. It was a long tunnel, but the tunnel opened up into a large circular room. There were torches lit everywhere. And right across from the tunnel there were four doors. Each one had a picture of a beast above it. The one on the far left had a picture of a tiger. It was painted there with green paint. The one on the far right had a picture of a turtle painted with purple paint. The one next to that had a picture of a blue dragon and the on right next to that had a picture of a red bird.

Akeno knew exactly what the pictures meant, but ahe did not know why they were there. She knew that this had to be the cave one of her ancestors had created, but in the story it had only spoke of the Dragoon. Here she was in the very cave that the story had spoken of, but there was not only the Dragoon but there was also Dranzer, Driger, and Draciel. It made no sense. The story said nothing about this, or maybe there was more to the story than what their mother had told her. What ever it was she was going to find out. Akeno walked towards the door with the picture of Dranzer above it. As soon as the got close enough to the door where she could just reach out and touch it a large blast of energy threw her agents the wall.

Akeno slowly got up. Her back hurt, but she didn't really care. She gave up on trying opening any of the other doors. Then the Dragon's Eye glowed slightly and the door with the picture of the Dragoon opened just a crack. Akeno limped over to the door and opened it. On the other side of the door was another long hallway. "You've got to be kidding me!" Akeno exclaimed leaning against the wall for support she limped down the hallway.

It seemed like an hour before she finally reached the end of the hallway. When it ended it ended at ANOTHER door. This was really starting to piss her off. She was tired and in pain, she just wanted to get to the room that she knew was somewhere in the cave. She took a deep breath and opened the door. There was the room that the she had been looking for.

There right across from the door was the most beautiful armor that Akeno had ever seen. It was made out of what looked like silver, and obsidian, with some of the same blue metal that the crossguard of Dalgon was made of. It looked a lot like her armor except it didn't have any feathers. The arm bands were black and had silver blades on the sides, and what looked like leather gloves. The fingers of the gloves were made of silver and looked very sharp. The breast plate looked almost exactly like her armor except the parts that were blue where silver and the parts that were silver were black. And had a long black skirt that went down six inches past her knees. There was a small hole on the breast plate right under were the collar bone would be. It looked like the Dragon's Eye would fit perfectly.

Akeno reached a hand out to touch it. She found that the armor was more like cloth than metal. Akeno took out a dagger which she always had hidden in one of her armbands and tried to cut a piece of the armor off, but when she tried to the armor stiffened and the dagger snapped in two. Akeno had never seen anything like it before. It could bend and flex like clothe, but it could snap a dagger in half easily.

Something fell from up above her and hit her right on the head. "OW!" She rubbed her head and looked down it was a rock. Not a very big one but it was large enough to hurt. She looked up to see a beautiful mask! It looked like it was made out of the same material as the armor, but it looked more solid. It was Blue and black. It was shaped like it was made for some kind of animal. Then she remembered the story. It was the same mask that the Dragoon wore.

The eyes of the mask glowed and a voice spoke. "I am waiting." The voice sounded female and seemed to echo throughout the cave. Then the glowing stopped and everything went white. Akeno found herself out side of the cave again. Akeno couldn't move. She could only watch as the boulder slowly moved back in front of the entrance. When the boulder was firmly back in place Akeno could move again.

Akeno once again felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and saw that it was Bakura, but he wasn't alone this time. Behind him were several men dressed in black with glowing red eyes. They gave Akeno an uncomfortable feeling. Then someone behind them caught her eye. It was Marik! He looked different too. His hair was really spiky and his eyes were cold. Like Bakura he was muscular and tall though he was only and inch shorter than Bakura. He wore a black cape and cloak with a white kilt. And also like Bakura he had gold ankle bracelets and rings. He had an evil smirk on his face and his eyes were cold.

Akeno was going to say something to him, but before she could do anything Bakura grabbed her hands and pulled her close to him. He wrapped his arm around her in a tight embrace and smiled. Akeno didn't know what to do; she was at a loss for words. She looked up at him. His eyes were different than before they weren't kind and caring anymore they were cold just like Marik's and his smile quickly changed in to evil smirk. Akeno felt a sharp pain in her left side. "AAHHH!" She looked down to see a knife protruding form her side with blood dripping form the handle. Bakura just laughed and threw her to the ground. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. 'How could he do this to me! We were friends! How could he have changed this much?' She thought to herself, pulling the dagger from her side. It hurt like hell! "Bakura…" Bakura just smirked and jumped onto a horse and signaled to the others to head out.

He was about 10ft away when the turned to face Akeno lying on the ground side soaked in blood. He laughed and a giant creature with the upper half of its body was that of a man and the lower half was a snake. On its back it had wings four of them. He pointed to her and the creature fired a blast of energy right at her.

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Akeno screamed and fell out of her chair which caused a pile of books that were stacked on top of her desk to fall right on top of her. Ichi who had heard the commotion from the other side of the library ran over and began to dig Akeno out of the pile of very heavy books. There were about fifty books in the pile, how Akeno had managed to stack all of those books on top of each other without them falling was a mystery to Ichi.

It took Ichi ten minutes and seven paper cuts from loose pages before she finally got Akeno out from under the books. Thanks to the armor that she was wearing the books hadn't harmed her much. Ichi shook Akeno awake. (A/N: Akeno woke up when she screamed but was knocked out when the books fell.) "Big sis, are you okay!" She cried. Akeno sat up and rubbed her head. "Yeah, I'm okay. I guess I fell asleep reading again. What time is it?" Ichi looked around "I'm not sure, we've been down here for awhile. I think it might be morning."

As if on cue Meru came bounding down the stairs. She jumped the last three steps and landed with her arms in the air. "GOOD MORNING!" Because it was a very large library Meru's voice echoed. Ichi and Akeno clasped their hands over their ears. "DAMMIT MERU, QUIT DOING THAT!" Akeno yelled which also echoed. "Uh sis, I think you should stop doing that." Akeno got up and sighed.

She headed towards the stairs and when she got to the fifth step she looked back at her sisters with a smirk on her face she announced: "Last one to the kitchen has to go and find dinner later!" And she took off up the stairs as fast as she could. Ichi and Meru both looked really pissed off as they chased after their sister.

It was a close race and just as Akeno was about to reach the kitchen Anubis popped up out of nowhere and startled Akeno, causing her to fall over backwards. Ichi and Meru took advantage of this and whizzed past Akeno. They both reached the kitchen at the same time. This meant that Akeno had lost and she would have to go out and look for dinner later. But Akeno wasn't too upset because this gave Akeno lots of time to do what she loved most. One thing that Akeno did that not even her sisters knew about was that when she lost a race and had to go and look for food she would go out and rob tombs. Akeno was a Tomb robber. She was the second most wanted tomb robber in all of Egypt. The best tomb robber in all Egypt was the King of Thieves Tozokuoh. (A/N: Is that really Bakura's name or is that just something that people made up? And Akeno doesn't know that Tozokuoh is Bakura because she always called him Bakura.)

Akeno's Thief name was 'Silver Phantom' because she only stole items made of silver and the 'Phantom' part was because no one had ever seen her. She snuck in and snuck out. Completely undetected. And every time she robbed a tomb they knew it was her because she would always leave behind a silver feather from her cloak, but the feather would always disappear a few days later.

Akeno was surprised that her sisters hadn't noticed all of the silver jewelry and statuettes that seemed to appear out of nowhere. But Akeno wasn't complaining. If her sisters ever found out what she was really doing when she was supposed to be looking for food, then they would probable start reprimanding her. Their breakfast was some eggs that Akeno had 'found' the other night. (A/N: She didn't steal from only tombs, she also stole food. She doesn't use her feathers when she steals from the people that sold the food at the market it would be a waste of feathers.)

When they were done with breakfast Akeno went to her room and took a small hunting knife off of her night stand. She slipped the knife through one of her belt loops. Akeno walked to her closet and took a white silken piece of cloth and tied it around her face just bellow the eyes. There were small holes in the clothe so she could breath, but they were so small the only way you could see them is if you were looking for them. She only wore this as a precaution incase someone happened to see her they wouldn't see her face and they still wouldn't have anything to put on to the wanted posters that were posted in every town, city, and village along the Nile.

When she first started wearing the mask her sister Ichi was the first to ask why she was wearing that out hunting. The only answer she could come up with was that she wore it in case of a sand storm.

As Akeno left their house to 'hunt for food' Anubis came out from a hole he had been digging by the west side of the house (Their door faces the south.) and jumped on to her and started to lick her unmarked cheek. Akeno was used to this by now and easily shoved Anubis off of her.

The sisters had decided to keep the horses that Bakura had lent to them the night of the massacre. They kept they kept them in the stables that had once belonged to their silver haired friend. The soldiers had killed all of the other horses when they attacked. She had named her horse Thorn because that was what he was; a pain in the ass. It amazed her how Bakura put up with that horse. Every time she went to feed him he refused and kicked her right in the stomach. Once she wore her armor while she was brushing its main and the brush she was using caught on a knot and apparently Thorn didn't like that and kicked her in the stomach, which dented her armor and made it so she couldn't breath; she had to pry it off.

Akeno stood in front of the demented horse with her arms crossed. "Now, you listen to me and you listen well. If you try anything this time I'll leave you in the desert with no food or water. Got it!" Thorn snorted and tossed his head, then took a few steps back. "I'll take that as a yes."

Akeno placed the saddle onto Thorn's back without much trouble and hopped on. Once outside she placed her thumb and index fingers in her mouth and let out three sharp whistles. Thorn snorted in protest. Akeno narrowed her eyes. "Oh, shut up!" Matthias swooped out of the clouds and rested himself on her shoulder. Akeno petted him lovingly on top of his head. "Okay guys you know the drill…lets go! HIYA!" Thorn took off at a gallop towards the Valley of the Kings to rob the tomb of the late Pharaoh Akhenamkhanen. If she could successfully rob that tomb and get away safely then she would become the most famous tomb robber in all of Egypt.

Meanwhile in the Valley of the Kings…

Bakura knelt behind a rock watching the guard at the entrance of tomb he was about to rob. He had been watching the entrance and waiting for the right moment for three days now and today was the day he was going to make a move…but unfortunately he was going to have to wait for a few hours because he had a killer hangover. The other night him and Marik had stolen three barrels of grog for the guard's camp and drank it all that night. "Aw…fuck…" Bakura looked to his left at Marik who lay sprawled out on the ground with a half empty mug in his hand. "Dude, you okay?" Marik sat up and looked Bakura in the eye "Dude…I don't know weather to throw up or piss out my ass." (A/N: He means he has Diarrhea. My brother says that all the time after he's been partying.)

Bakura had to bite his tongue to keep from laughing at what his companion had said. Turning his attention back to the entrance of the tomb he saw someone there that sent a chill down his spine and put a lump in his throat. There was a girl there wrapped in a cloak talking to one of the guards. She was a fare distance away, but Bakura could still make out the color of her hair…it was blue!

Bakura just stared. It couldn't be…it couldn't be…her! It couldn't be…Akeno! Watching her, memories form long ago when she would come over to his house to help him groom the horses; from when she used to go hunting with him; when they found the library; the legend of the four beasts; and then the last time he saw her during the massacre at Kul Elna, raced through his head.

Flashback… 6 years ago during the massacre

"RUN!" he heard her shout as he took off to the west towards the desert with Marik. He felt the need to follow Akeno, to be by her side to protect her, but Marik had a hold of his arm and wasn't about to let go.

When they reached the edge of the village, they stopped to look back. Big mistake! The monsters were only a few yards away and closing. Bakura tried to run, but his feet were glued to the sand. The Twin-headed Wolf lunged at him, foam flying from its mouth.

Quib-dub

Bakura's body pulsed. He felt like there was something trying to tear through his chest. He fell to the ground with his arms wrapped tight around his body. He let out a cry of pain as his body was engulfed by a purplish light and a creature appeared in front of them. It was a grayish white color. The top half of it was that of a man, but the lower half of it was a snake.

When the wolf saw the creature it stopped dead in its tracks. But the Night Assailant and the Mammoth Graveyard were not so smart; they kept charging and the creature placed its hand into a circle and created a vortex, blowing the two monsters away. The wolf stood still not moving an inch. Then it spoke, "I see…this boy will make a good addition to my group of subordinates. I will attach a bit of my soul to him, and over time he will become consumed by darkness and seek me out!" The wolf sneered and spat something at the creature protecting Bakura. It hit it right in the eyes. The Wolf snuck by the creature and stood right in front of Bakura. A black light surrounded it and some of it shot out and mixed with the light around him, then disappeared.

The light around Bakura disappeared as well. Bakura fell to the ground unconscious. Marik not knowing what to do just stood there. The creature, who we should all know as Diabound, picked up Bakura and grabbed Marik around the middle they took off into the sky leaving a huge circle in the sand.

Later that day after Bakura had woken up him and Marik looked all over the village for Akeno and her sisters, but had found nothing. They had never thought of looking in the hidden library.

After a while Bakura and Marik had left the village, feeling that it held too many memories for them to stay. Not long after that they had become famous thieves Bakura going under the name Tozokuoh.

End flashback…

Bakura was jerked out of his thoughts when the girl looked straight at him. He ducked down behind the rock doing his best to try and hide. When he was sure it was safe he looked over at the entrance to the tomb. The girl was just standing there, the guards were gone. She looked around a little bit then threw off her cloak; revealing the silver armor, the feathers and most importantly: the sword around her waist.

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Hornviper2: Hope you liked it! It's been a long time since I've updated. Please R&R.