Disclaimer: ahh… still don't own yugioh

Danielle paced back and forth. People stared at her, but she ignored it to try and think how any of this was possible.

"I didn't eat anything that would make me hallucinate… And I'm positive I didn't go into a coma during class," she muttered to herself. "But that really does mean I magically appeared here… It was like I was transported here. Then the question is, why am I here, and how do I get home…?"

"Dalila?"

Danielle turned swiftly around. No one knows her fake name other than Abayomi, Khepri, and Atem. This voice was different. It turned out to be Josef, so she calmed down.

"Wait. How do you know my name?" she asked him in his language.

"Abayomi told me."

"Abayomi!? Is he all right?" Danielle asked worriedly.

Josef eyes were in a daze as he stared at the ground. He looked up at Danielle and stared at her, remembering Abayomi's words.

Flashback

Abayomi let out a small groan. Josef immediately went over to Abayomi's side and looked at him with concern.

"Dalila?" Abayomi tried to blink out the figure.

"No. It's Josef."

"Josef? I haven't seen you in a long time," Abayomi slightly smiled. "Where is Dalila?"

"You mean Dan..Danel…?" Josef tried to pronounce her name.

Abayomi chuckled. "If you had spoken to her, you would have noticed how she can't speak well."

"Yes. I concluded she is a foreigner."

"No. She used to be an outcast is what I concluded. You noticed how she looks nothing like any foreigner or Egyptian," Abayomi corrected.

"I see…"

"Listen, Josef. My wife and I can't look after her any longer. We would only put her in danger since we got her involved with us…"

"Does that mean…?"

Abayomi nodded. "Khepri and I will go into hiding until we know for sure they are no longer after us. Unfortunately, it is our word against all of theirs… But the palace has no record of Dalila, so as long as you look after her, she'll be safe."

"You should rest at my place before you leave, though," Josef suggested.

"No. An old man like me will only slow you down. Khepri can't handle the long journey either."

"You aren't just an old man, Abayomi! You're the greatest thief we have ever known!"

"Ex-thief," Abayomi smiled. "I hear there is another prodigy out there, so that makes me a normal old man. Find Dalila. A girl like her can definitely survive the journey with you."

"Yes… She seems different than any other girl who was an outcast or mistreated. She is anything but fragile," Josef referred to when Danielle shoved the man against the wall and yelled at him for implying she was weak.

"Yes. And she has interests in my weapons, too," Abayomi chuckled. He had seen her take it form his house as they were escaping. She even used it correctly without knowing it. "She has no knowledge of handling my weapon, so teach her."

"Can she really handle a sword, Abayomi? Your sword?"

"She helped us escape didn't she?" he smiled. "Now go. And do not wait for me. I will be gone by the time you come back."

Josef stared at Abayomi, concerned filled his eyes. But he knew that once Abayomi made up his mind about something, there's no changing it. Josef nodded and stood up, walking out the door.

"May the gods be with you, Abayomi…"

End of Flashback

"I am to take care of you now," Josef spoke up

"Huh?" Danielle stared at him cluelessly.

"Abayomi doesn't want to put you in danger, so he's leaving you in my care. We will wait until nightfall to head on out, so we should get some rest right now."

"Wait, wait, wait! Where's Abayomi!"

"As of now, he could be anywhere."

"But…his sword," Danielle looked down at the weapon. Sure she liked it, but it wasn't hers.

"Abayomi wants to give that to you. He has asked me to teach you how to handle it. You seem independent, so I will be teaching you how to survive in the desert," Josef explained.

"Abayomi… Gave this.. to me?" Danielle whispered mostly to herself.

"NO WAY! THAT IS AWESOME! I GET TO KEEP A SWORD! IN YOUR FACE MICHAEL! WHAT NOW!?" Danielle jumped up in the air and ran around cheering.

She was once again given strange glances and some people tried to hurriedly walk past her thinking she was mental. Josef had no idea what she was shouting, but she sure sounded happy. Danielle suddenly stopped cheering and stood still looking at the ground. Josef was about to ask what was wrong, but she answered for him.

"Will Abayomi ever come back?" she asked.

Josef sighed in relief, thinking she suddenly turned ill or something. Josef nodded and replied, "When they are no longer looking for him, he will return."

Danielle nodded. They both headed back to the hidden tavern to rest.

"By the way, how did you get so much money?" Josef referred to that pouch of money she threw at the wall.

"….You may not believe me if I told you…"

The Palace

The millennium necklace glowed, causing Isis to immediately open her eyes and gasp. Her and the other Priests were in the middle of sealing a prisoner's Ka until Isis was interrupted by not a prediction, but by a disturbance.

"Priestess Isis, what's wrong?" Priest Mahado asked.

"My necklace tells me of a disturbance…" she replied.

"A disturbance?" Priest Shada wondered.

Isis nodded. "I remember my necklace foretelling me of a murder that would occur by the hands of some of our guards. Unfortunately, it did not tell me who the murderers were, but by the time it would happen, the murderers would be revealed to us. However…"

Isis paused.

"However…?"

"…The future has been changed. The people were not murdered."

"What?! The millennium necklace was wrong?" Kalim exclaimed.

"What is the meaning of this? No one could change what the millennium necklace has foretold unless they wield a millennium item!" Priest Seth shouted. "How is this possible?"

"Someone saved them…" Isis muttered.

"Can you find who this person is?" Priest Ahkenaden questioned.

"No… Ever since this occurrence, my necklace does not show me anything fully. This disturbance can now affect the future in any way possible… I can no longer predict any outcome that may affect the city, or even the Palace," Isis spoke calmly, yet she was filled with worry and concern.

Everyone was now quiet. They feared this may affect their Pharaoh most of all. If the future has no certain outcome, then anything at all could happen. The Pharaoh, who had returned with his son, had been listening quietly on his throne.

"I have met this so called disturbance," he spoke.

"What?!" everyone gasped.

"You have, Father?" Atem wondered curiously.

Anknemkhanen nodded. (Gosh that's such a long name!).

"It was that girl we met back in the marketplace."

"Did she do anything to you, my Pharaoh!?" Priest Shada cried out.

The Pharaoh only chuckled and shook his head. "I sensed no danger coming from her. But she will protect herself if necessary, it seems. Dalila was her name. She mistook my son for somebody else. I do not believe she came from here. She didn't seem to see us as royalty at first."

"Then she is a foreigner?" Priest Seth asked.

(Wow. Danielle's mistaken as a foreigner a lot. But it's half true in a way, I guess. Moving on!)

"But a mere foreigner could not affect an outcome of a millennium item like this," Priest Akhenaden thought aloud. "We must search for this girl and bring her here to investigate."

"Brother, you make it sound like she is a criminal already," Akhenamkhanen spoke.

"I am only doing what I think is best for the safety of you and your son, my Pharaoh," he bowed humbly.

"If the gods allow, this girl will be brought to us by their will. If she is a disturbance and can harm the palace and Egypt, then bringing her here so sudden can cause chaos. But if she tries to invade the palace, we will know right away," the Pharaoh said.

"What of those guards that Isis predicted, Pharaoh?" Priest Seth wondered.

"We have no evidence, so unfortunately, we cannot investigate on them," he shook his head.

Atem admired his father. He spoke with such wisdom as if he knew exactly what he was doing. Yet, Atem could not figure out how that girl could be a disturbance. She may have looked different, but she seemed more confused than dangerous. The Priests and Priestess nodded and bowed to the Pharaoh's command and continued with their sealing.

Night time

Danielle put on a cloak that Josef had given to her. The desert night is cold, and riding a horse will only get you colder. Josef had insisted that he did the riding while she rested, but she stubbornly refused. He may look like Jounouchi, but in reality, he was a complete stranger to her, and she refuses to hold a stranger around the stomach. She would feel awkward…

They rode on into the night, getting farther and farther away from the city. Danielle thought she would be tired even after the nap. But she was fully awake. She was curious as to where Josef's home was and why they would ride during the night. Perhaps it was to escape the desert sun, but the evening was just as good for traveling. After hours of riding on a horse, they stopped in the middle of no where.

"Anything wrong?" Danielle wondered.

"No. We're here," he replied, getting off his horse.

"….Here… Where?"

Josef didn't answer. He walked over to a huge boulder and took out his sword. He engraved a symbol on the boulder, and it started to glow. As it disappeared, right next to the boulder, the sand opened revealing stairways.

Gee, people in Egypt have a lot of hidden stairways, don't they Danielle thought.

Josef led the horse down which was big enough to fit through, so Danielle followed his lead.

"This isn't just my home. It is also like a thieves hide out, so you must be careful not to have anyone follow you. We should be alone today. Our leader and the others probably left to raid a tomb again," Josef explained.

Danielle had not been listening the whole way. She was trying her hardest not to doze off and fall asleep right there. Josef turned around and noticed her drowsiness.

"Tired? We'll be there soon enough. You will have your own room, so be sure to lock it. If a man comes home drunk and accidentally walks in your room, well… I'm not sure how the results are going to end, but someone's going to get hurt."

You put things too nicely, Josef… You might as well just say I might get raped, or the guy will end up bloody. Danielle scoffed in her mind. It's not like you'll frighten me; I've been warned by someone else already.

Yes. Michael would definitely kill her if she told him where she had been. Phillip…? He would probably get excited, try to find the place himself, and end up getting killed or something. Ann? She'd probably go look for anyone that looks like Kaiba.

As they entered, the place seemed like an underground home. Scratch that. It was like an underground mansion! Fit for any king. Danielle gaped. She was definitely going to explore the next morning and hopefully not get lost. They walked through a large hall with many hieroglyphics, and passed a lot or doors. They were most likely rooms for the people that lived with Josef.

"The first great thief found this place. He and his men built this so that it would be big enough to store treasure, weapons, food, and plenty of people," Josef explained as he saw the astonished face of Danielle.

"He built all this? Amazing!" she continued to examine the place with wonder.

"Here's your room," Josef snapped her out of her thoughts. "I'll be right across from you, so if you need anything, just knock."

Danielle nodded and locked the door when he was gone.

"Yet, somehow, I feel like I'm forgetting something…" Josef mumbled to himself outside. He shrugged it off and went to tie the horses.

Danielle let herself fall on the bed with a sigh. Her eyes tiredly stared at the ceiling, but her mind was still focusing on her friends.

"In the end… I miss them…" she sighed. "I hope Ann hasn't gotten too obsessed…"

Danielle rolled over and was just about to fall asleep when she heard movement in her room. She immediately sat up and looked around only to see no one there.

"…I guess it was my imaginatioooon!?"

Danielle was knocked off the bed and pinned to the ground. She gasped in shock and stared up at her attacker. The first thing she noticed was a scar… It resembled a double T. Next was an obnoxious smirk that laid upon her attacker's face. The way they held her, she concluded immediately that it was a male. And finally, his eyes. His violet eyes held amusement and excitement in them which went along well with that smirk of his. But there was something else in them. Something in his eyes that he hid.

"Well, well? What do we have here?" his voice snapped her out of her thoughts. "I never knew Josef would actually bring a woman home."

"LET GO!" Danielle shouted after realizing the position she was in.

"Hmm? You speak strangely as well. Aren't you an interesting one," he smirked even more.

He was playing with her! That made her blood boil.

I'm not going to be treated like some… some toy!

She pushed her weight up toward him, which loosened his grip on her for a minute, and she immediately threw him over to the side while his guard was down. She stood up immediately and kicked him on his ribs and ran toward the door to where Josef stayed. But she was immediately pulled back and shoved up against the wall. Danielle grunted from the impact and opened her eyes to see that man again. His eyes no longer held amusement, but anger. It almost seemed like his violet eyes turned red. He held her even tighter now, so she could not use her legs.

"You'll pay for that, woman!" he hissed.

Danielle felt as if she knew him. She felt annoyed the moment she saw his smirk, but now, she didn't like him in general. The only person she would get annoyed with so easily was someone she knew in Yugioh… This someone seemed definitely like,

"Bakura?" her eyes widened for the moment.

"How do you know my name?" Bakura tightened his grip on her even more. I have never met this girl before in my life!

Danielle snapped out of her thoughts and did the first thing that came to her mind to escape…

She head-butted him.

Oh…kay… That wasn't a good idea… she thought feeling slightly dizzy.

At least Bakura fell back and clutched his head in pain. She knew he was strong because he wasn't even bleeding, so he would probably recover quickly. She hastily ran toward the door, unlocked it, and tripped from dizziness. Fortunately, Josef was walking out the door and glanced down at Danielle.

"Dalila?"

"My… room…" Danielle muttered before falling asleep from both the dizziness and tiredness.

Bakura's POV

Bakura growled and sprinted toward the door to chase after that damned girl. He halted when he saw Josef helping her up and glared. Josef knew right away that Danielle probably had done something to Bakura to make him this mad, so he stepped in.

"She's in my care, Bakura. You can't harm her," he shook his head.

"And why the hell not!? That damned girl dared to attack, so I plan on attacking back!"

"For one thing, knowing you, you had frightened her. You may not think it at first, but she tends to defend herself if she thinks she's in danger. Also, it was Abayomi's request."

Bakura calmed down slightly after hearing Abayomi's name. But he still glared at the sleeping girl. "What connection does she have with Abayomi?"

"Unfortunately, Guards intruded his home and tried to accuse him of something he didn't commit. He tried to fight back, so now, they're probably after him. She was with them at the time. He asked me to take care of her, so she doesn't get hurt by those guards while he and Khepri go into hiding," Josef explained.

"Hmph.. That's what happens when you trust the Almighty Pharaoh," Bakura mocked the Pharaoh's name.

"I don't like the Pharaoh as much as you, but I still respect Abayomi's opinion," Josef stood up for Abayomi.

Bakura scoffed and turned back to the girl. She seemed to be carrying a familiar sword. "Why does she have Abayomi's sword?"

"Oh yes. He also requested for me to teach her how to fight to survive the desert. She's already independent, but her skills are below average."

"Her? A girl taught how to handle a sword and fight like a thief? She wouldn't last the first two hours."

"But I'm sure that bump on your head says differently," Josef walked into Danielle's room and locked the door. He heard Bakura shout from outside some very unkind words. Josef couldn't help but chuckle at Bakura's reaction to his comment. "It seems you have brought out the worst in him, Dalila. Things might brighten up a bit around here."

(oh the irony of that sentence… Josef, you have one weird sense of humor. Anyway, I'll update soon… if I finish my homework on time…)