HD: here's chapter 5!
COH: HD doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter 5
Bakura sat on the top steps that lead into the Palace. He was sharpening his dagger while Amber-Lee leant against a pilar and Atemu paced.
"Where are they?" Atemu asked finally stopping his pacing to look at his younger sister, completely ignoring Bakura.
"It could be bandits." Amber-Lee suggested. Atemu frowned.
"Or the Prince could have done a runner." Bakura cackled. Atemu glared at Bakura, who ignored it and turned to Amber-Lee. "Do really think bandits would attack them?"
"Oh course; a bandit would miss a chance to loot a Prince."
"True. Hey, what's that?" Amber-Lee and Atemu looked over at where Bakura pointed. Two horses trotted towards them, one holding an up right person with someone laied out across the saddle while the other held an up right person. Amber-Lee pushed of the pilar and walked down the steeps.
"Al!" Atemu called as Amber-Lee walked towards the approaching horses, Bakura climbed to his feet and followed her out of curiosity. Closer up he saw the first horse carried a young women, dressed rather nobly, with a bloody sword clutched in her white fist, and blood on her hands and front, her eyes were an odd glassy gold and her hair was long and tri-coloured, black with pale gold bangs and tips, across her saddle laid a young snow-hair man who seemed unconscious. Bakura could barley tear his eyes away, the other horse carried a golden haired man with honey eyes.
"Who are?" Amber-Lee asked.
"Help…us…" The girl slipped side ways and Amber-Lee jumped forwards and grabbed her before she fell to the ground. Bakura also steeped forwards and took the snow-white-haired boy.
"Who are you?" Amber-Lee asked the blonde man.
"My name is Jou, I'm a friend of Prince Yugi's, and I came with him. She is Amaya, the daughter of Lord Ichiro, and he is Ryou." The man explained, dismounting.
"Where is the Prince?"
"It was bandits, Yugi and Malik are missing."
"Malik?"
"Another friend of the Prince's." Amber-Lee nodded as Atemu approached with guards.
"Take these three to the Healer." Amber-Lee ordered.
"Who is that?" A guard yelled, pointing towards a staggering figure.
"YUGI!" Jou ran of towards the approaching person. Amber-Lee looked at Bakura, who shrugged, and the both of them followed, still folding the unconscious people. Jou was holding up the same Prince Bakura and Amber-Lee tried to steal. And Bakura noticed he still wore the phoenix necklace Amber-Lee had given him.
"We should bring him back." Amber-Lee instructed. Jou nodded and picked up the Prince properly and followed them back. Amber-Lee led the way to the healer, who didn't mind the sudden rush of patients. Bakura looked down at his sleeping look-alike. Amber-Lee watched hers and turned to the healer. "Will they be alright?"
"They should be fine my highness." The healer bowed. Amber-Lee nodded and looked back. Bakura smiled slightly when Ryou groaned and his eyes fluttered opened to show the most beautiful green Bakura had ever seen, they were like the rarest emeralds.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"You're at the Pharaoh's healer." Bakura informed him, keeping his voice at a low level as if the loudest sound would destroy the perfect angel.
"The…Pharaoh…?" He hadn't grasped what Bakura said until he sat up his eyes wide. "Where's Malik? Is Yugi ok? Did Amaya get out safe? What happened to Jou?" He winced and clutched his head in pain.
"first of, the one named Malik is missing, and that short guy, I think it was Yugi, just turned up, the girl is ok but pretty bloody and the blonde is absolutely fine." Ryou slowly took it all in.
"Malik…is missing…" He lay back and stared at the ceiling. A tap on Bakura's shoulder made him look up.
"We should see Seth." Amber-Lee muttered. Bakura nodded and steeped away following the ex-thief. They walked down the halls in silence until they reached the front gates where Seth's temple was only a few meters away. Walking in they saw Seth setting up some offerings. He looked up as the Princess and Thief walked in.
"Al, Bakura, what can I do for you?" He walked over to greet them.
"We need to find someone." Amber-Lee explained. She explained the situation with the prince and such and the problem of his friend Malik. When she'd finished Seth was pacing.
"We should send some guards to look for him, up the main road to the Palace and around there. That's all we can do for now." Amber-Lee nodded thanked him and left with Bakura.
"So what are we going to do?" Bakura asked once they were away from the temple.
"Look for him ourselves of course." Amber-Lee smiled. Bakura smirked and they hurried over to the stables to fetch their mounts. "Oh before we go I need to get a guard, brother's orders."
"I thought I was your guard?" Bakura smirked.
"Please, Brother trusts you as much as he trusts a common street rat." She smirked. Bakura pulled a mock offended look and Amber-lee chuckled. "I'll go get one." She walked off back to the palace leaving Bakura with the two horses. She soon returned with a platinum wild blonde hair, violet-red eyes and tan skin. He fetched a guard horse and rode down to the Neil with the two. Bakura and the guard talked, the guard's name was Mariku and they both found they had a lot in common, hating the Pharaoh as one of them. "We're here." Amber-Lee called trotting down the Neil bank.
"What are we here for anyway?" Mariku asked.
"We're looking for Malik; he's a friend of Prince Yugi's. He was dressed as Yugi but when bandits attacked he went missing." Amber-Lee explained. Bakura and Mariku dismounted and looked around. Mariku suddenly walked down the bank towards something. Bakura and Amber-Lee exchanged a look of question, shrugged and followed him. He was kneeling over a bloody figure, dressed in royal clothing, with platinum blonde hair, violet eyes and tan skin.
"Is this him?" Mariku asked quietly, gingerly picking him up. Bakura took him so Mariku could climb back onto his horse and handed him Malik.
"We better get back and call of the search." Bakura commanded also climbing onto his horse. They rode back. Mariku rode behind making sure he didn't hurt Malik.
TBC…
Bea: you should have killed them.
HD: -sigh-
COH: Poor Malik and Yugi, and go Amaya!
Cole: pft.
HD: thanks to: SoftBallChicketa, Hedwig-the-MilleniumOwl and Yana5. You guys get Pharaoh Yami plushies!
COH: please review and we'll update!
Cole: or just don't review.
HD: Ja ne!
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