Why Did This Happen?

by Marik's girl

The first thing that Tabitha Anderson knew was that she was taking out the trash - the next she finds herself in anicient Egypt and meets the King of Thieves that just so happen to drive her crazy. How is she going to get home? But will he let her?

2. Chapter One

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh!

Yugioh! © Kazuki Takahashi
Tabitha Anderson © Marik's Girl

Note: Here is chapter one :) I'm glad that I finally got it done. The original chapter was much short then this, but I hope you like. I think I'll fix some of the stuff in the prologue. Anyways enjoy XD

Thanks to: Kirika, Forgotten Shadow Dweller

.: Why Did This Happen? :.
Written by: Marik's girl

Chapter 1
.: The Past? :.

Tabitha dunk her head in the cold water and then came back up for air, she sighed. ' Where am I? ' she thought to herself as she leaned up against the bath tub that she was in. She could not understand what was going on... all she knew was that she was taking out the trash for her mom and the next thing she found herself here! But what was here? She knew that the ones chasing her are Egyptian and so was teenager/young man that had taken her in his home. What even possessed her into even asking him to take her along with? She had no idea - but she thought it would be her best bet if she went with him because he saved her life... but was that really a wise chose on her part? As thoughts ran though her head - she never noticed the king of thieves inter the room where she was bathing. He stood their with a smirk on his face as he looked a the fair skinned girl. "You having fun?" she whipped her head to where he was and her blue-green eyes widen; she turned seven shades of red and she covered her chest and dove in the water, making the water cover over her shoulders so he couldn't see her naked body. A grin formed on his lips. "Embarrassed?" she looked away from him turned a darker red color. "Will you get out!" she muttered; oh how she wanted to die right now! How could he be so calm being in the same room with a girl that was naked and in the tub?

"Here." said Bakura as he threw down clothes on the ground. She blinked and back over to him, but he had already left and closed the door on his way out. She grumbled some 'unpleasant' words under her breath as she got out of the tub and dried herself off. She put on the clothes that Bakura had giving her, she wanted to put on her old clothes - but they had become dirty with all that she did today. She sighed as she open the door and closed it behind her. As she walked out, Bakura saw her. The clothes that he had giving her belonged to his mother - when she was still alive. It was a long sleeve brown dress that went down just above her fair colored ankles, on her feet a pair of sandy colored slip on shoes. He grinned when she turned away from, a slight pink blush formed on her cheeks because of embarrassment at what happen in the bath. He did have to admit that his mothers dress did fit her well, but as to why he even let her wear it was beyond him. He had never let any of the women that he had slept with get any where near his mothers things that he had. If they even dared to touch anything, it would be their death wish.

But there was something about this girl. The many women that he had been with would hardly be embarrassed... they held no embarrassment when showing their naked bodies. Bakura sat up from the place that he was at. "You can sleep over their, I'm going out." he said firmly as he pointed to an open room. "Ah! Your going out? At this time of night?" she asked as she blinked her eyes; but even though she wanted to know, it really wasn't any of her business. He narrowed his blood red eyes at her. "I can do what I want girl." she didn't like his tone of voice and she only glared at him as he ignored her and with that walked out of the house and closed it behind him. "Jerk!" she then let out a sigh, clearly annoyed look on her face. She then looked over at the room that Bakura had pointed to. She walked into the small room that had some sort of blankets on the ground and a cushion of some sort to lay your head on to sleep. There was a oil lamp not to far from place that she was going to sleep. She laid down and was surprised at how soft the martial was. It reminded her of her soft and warm bed - which was odd. Thoughts were running though her head - how did she get into this situation? What was the real reason why she asked to come with him? She kept thinking it was because he saved her and she had no idea where she was - but maybe it wasn't such a good idea to come here... she sighed once again that night as she blew out the small flame of the oil lamp and closed her eyes.

' I think I'll sleep on it. ' she then fell asleep with that thought in mind.

Hours later the king of thieves walked into the house with his stolen goods, he walked into his room and hid the items away from sight. After he did that he walked towards the other room where Tabitha was asleep in. She slept on her side, her breathing steady as her chest moved up and down slowly. The dress that he had given her had ridden up a bit, but did not go above her knees. He had never seen someone with fair skin before; to him her skin was pale looking. He had seen brown hair before, but in yellow in it. But what he never seen before was her blue-green eyes. He had to admit that she was pretty, but not as beautiful as some of the Egyptian women that he had been with. He narrowed his blood red eyes. What possessed him to take in this girl? He shook his head and went back into his room, took off his open robes and then laid down blankets and fell asleep..

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.: Dream :.

She was running in the endless darkness; she felt like her chest was going to com-bust. "Dad? Mom? Big brother? Where are you?" tears ran down Tabitha's face as she stopped running and she fell to her knees and covered her eyes with her hands as she cried. "I need you!" she cried out. "Don't cry..." she removed her hands from her face as her eyes, her eyes widen when she heard his deep voice. Had she heard that voice from somewhere before? She gasped when she felt a pair of strong arm wrap around her waist; he pulled her against his strong chest and he put his chin near her neck. She blushed. The ones that she had ever hugged was her father, her big brother and sometimes her close friend Nick. But she was never hugged by some strange person that she did not know - at least she thought she didn't know him... but his voice.

"Don't cry... I'm right here..." he said softly into her ear.

.: End Dream :.

Tabitha's eyes open and she shot up in bed gasping as she grabbed her head with her hands. ' Who was that? ' she thought to herself as sweat went down her face. ' Who was that guy? ' she let go of her head as she swallowed hard. '… and why did I feel safe in his arms? That voice... it sounds so familiar... do I know him? ' she thought with a blush. She shook her head, she was just going crazy. She muttered something under her breath as stood up from the ground; she walked over to her sandy colored slip on shoes and put them on her feet. ' I need to think about getting home and not some guy holding me. ' she walked out of the room that she was sleeping in and looked around the corner. ' Either he is not here or he is asleep. ' Tabitha thought as she continued to look around. Satisfied that the cost was clear, she made sure that she was not heard and headed towards the front door. She then heard a deep voice mixed with a growl in it. "What are you doing girl?" she froze at Bakura's words and turned around so that she could face him. He was leaning against a wall lazily, only wearing a shendyt around his hips. A blush threatened to form on her cheeks and a tiny pink one did form. Why was he only wearing that DAMN thing around his hips? Did he not have any modesty at all!? And dammit! She was almost at the door!

Damn him and his sexy body!

That so didn't cross her mind...

She glared at him the best as she could. "Would you stop calling me that! I'm sixteen for crying out loud!" she shouted in anger, Bakura only smirked at the teenage girl. "Want me to call you women?" he said with a smirk on his handsome face. "NO!" yelled Tabitha with pure anger going through every nerve in her body. "Call me by my name!" "Can't." he said simply. She narrowed her blue-green eyes. "And why not?" she demanded as marched right up to him and got so close to his face that there noses barely touched. "You have not told me." he said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Tabitha fell down anime style and sweat dropped - she grumbled while Bakura raised an eyebrow at her. She stood up and stood away from, not wanting to be to close. She just so happens to have her fathers temper and most of the time she does not know what she is doing when she is angry. She looked back at him - still angry. "It's Tabitha." she then looked away from him. Why did he make her so mad. Bakura looked at her. ' She has a temper... it'll get her in trouble one day. ' then something cross his mind. ' Tabitha... is that not a Greek name? ' "Are you from Greece?" he asked. She blinked as she turned and looked at him once more. "No... why would you think that?" she asked confused at his question.

"Your name. It is a Greek name." Her eyes went wide with understanding. "I'm not Greek. My parents just liked the name." she said. "Do your parents know the meaning of the name?" he asked with a smirk. A vain popped out of her head. "Of course they do! My name means gazelle!" she said with a glare. "I don't picture you as one." he said with a grin. She wanted to kill him! It was just a name! A name that she did like, even if the meaning was about a animal... but that wasn't the point! She huffed and walked away from him and sat down on the ground. Bakura stayed silent as he watched her, then he turned around and left the room without her knowing because her back was facing away from him. She looked over her shoulder and saw him come out of his room. His robe in hand. He slipped it on and she notice that he was wearing everything when she first saw him in the alley. "Get up, were going to the market place." she looked away from him - her back still facing him and her hands in her lap.

"I'm staying here." she said in a stern voice. He walked over to her, his steps heavy. He grabbed her arm in a tight grip as he pulled her up ruffly; she winched. "Let go of me!" he glared at her. "I said we are going! I didn't ask if you wanted to go." her eyes widen as she looked into his angry blood red eyes. A shiver went down her spine as she looked at him, she swallowed hard. It was a mistake to come here. She nodded anyways. She had to watch what she said around him; he was trouble... trouble that she needed to get away from. He let go of her arms and to her hand into his and dragged her with him to the market place.

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Tabitha reallywished that she never ran into the group of Egyptians... because she was stupid and asked this seventeen year old if she could come with him. That was a very big mistake on her part. She watched as Bakura let go of her hand and she followed him without a word. He grabbed a piece of fruit and put it in his brown bag that was around his waist without the Egyptian that was selling it notice. No one else seem to notice as well... but she did. He was fast when he did it, and she was surprised that she even notice. She stayed silent though. Bakura waited a bit until the sells men could not see them and stopped, making Tabitha stop as well. He pulled out two pieces of fruit. She was shocked; she thought for sure he only took one. He turned to her and handed her a piece of fruit. "Eat." he said simply.

She paused for a moment as she looked at the fruit in his hand. The bastard stole it... but, she was hungry. She sighed as she took it from him. "Thank you." He only turned away from her and bit into his fruit - her eyebrow twitched. ' Jerk. ' She bit into her piece of fruit as he began to walk again and she continued to follow him. ' I can't believe I am eating stolen food. ' after she finished, she notice that they were walking away from the market place and not towards his place that he lived at. Her eyes narrowed, wondering where in the world he was taking her. It only took a little while before they came to a run down house - but the time to get there seemed longer because she was in a panic of where he was taking her. She wondered why they even stopped at such a place. They stopped walking and she watched as Bakura knocked on the door.

She watched as the door open to reveal a sixteen year old Egyptian. He was tall, but only a couple inches shorter then Bakura. Beautiful light blonde hair that went just over his bronze colored shoulders. Cold narrow violet eyes, but you could see some humor in them. He is wearing a sandy brown tunic with some sort of brown belt around his waist. His ears are pierced with golden earrings. A golden choker around his neck, golden wrist bands and golden ankle bands. He is also wearing a pair of sandy brown slip on shoes. "Bakura." he acknowledged. "I'm here to get my stuff from last night." Bakura said; the teenager only nodded his head, knowing exactly what his stuff was. He moved out of the way and let Bakura in, not noticing that Tabitha was with Bakura. They walked inside and Tabitha closed the door behind her. "Sit over there." Bakura ordered and she did so without saying a word.

When Egyptian heard Bakura's voice, he noticed the teenage girl that was now in the house. She was light skinned, something that he had never really seen but heard of. He wondered where she had come from... because no light skin person was from Egypt; at least that he knew of. The girl was beautiful in her own right... especially her eyes - a color that he had never seen before. He would have to say that the color of her eyes made her unique, but of course he wasn't sure if anyone else of her people had the same color eyes... maybe they did, maybe not? He then looked at Bakura. "Who is she?" he asked, wanting to know who this beautiful girl was. "Just someone I found that was running away from some men." the Egyptian raised an eyebrow. "And you saved her? How very unlike you Bakura." he said the last part with a smirk. At hearing this, she looked up at Bakura. ' Why did he say that for? ' she thought to herself. Bakura only glared at the teenage boy.

"Just give me my things, Malik!"

Malik stayed silent as he shook his head at his partner in crime. Sometimes he just did not understand Bakura. He then walked away and grabbed a brown bag and then walked back to Bakura and gave him the bag. He took the brown bag without saying a thing but gave Malik a glare non the less. Tabitha watched as the two Egyptians talked. But even though she was watching the two, she had other things going through her mind. She knew the main thing was to get away from Bakura... but as many times as that run though her head - she didn't know how she was going to do it. She had to find some kind of opening somewhere and she needed to find it fast. She then heard Bakura voice; telling her that they were leaving... and he just so happen to say. "Girl, were going." she only glared at the Egyptian and he only smirked at her because he knew that it royally pissed her off. She wanted to strangle that bastard.

She stood up from her sitting place and walked over to him. Then the three heard banging on the door. "We know you are in their! Open up!" Tabitha was startled at the angry voices from just out side of the door. Malik only groaned in frustration. "Oh Ra! It's the pharaoh's guards!" Tabitha's eyes widen. ' Pharaoh's guards? A minute.. what? ' Malik turned to the both of them. "Hurry, go out the back! I'll stall them." Bakura only nodded at his friend and partner. He then took a hold of Tabitha's hand and they both rushed out of the house. Tabitha felt that her brain was in a cyclone. She was becoming totally confused now. Pharaoh's were long dead for thousands of years ago! The only way there was any Pharaoh's alive is if she traveled back into the past! But that was impossible! Nothing like that could happen. She looked at Bakura with wide eyes. "W-what is going on!?" she asked as she panic. He stayed silent for a moment, not sure if he wanted to tell this girl anything. "They are after me." he said simply as they continued to run. She gasped in surprised. "The pharaoh's guards are after you? What did you do? Kill someone?" she really hoped he didn't kill someone... "... I'm the king of thieves." he said with a grin.

Her mouth open then closed. ' Great! He's not just a thief, he's the king of thieves. I sooo need to get away from this guy! ' then Tabitha being the some what klutz that she is, tripped and fell down, making Bakura fall down as well and making them fall and roll down the sandy hill. Between the fall/roll, Bakura let go of her hand - finally they stopped rolling and Tabitha landed on her back with Bakura right on top of her. His hand laid beside her head; one hand on each side. He looked into her eyes and she blushed a very deep red color - and then she became even redder when he leaned closer to her. So close that their noses touched. ' What is he doing! ' she thought in a panic state. She wanted him off of her! And she wanted him off now! Bakura on the other hand was a different story. By Ra! Her eyes were beautiful. He didn't know what it was, but he felt himself leaning towards this girl. This plain, tempered girl. As he looked at her, he felt a pull. A pull that wanted to kiss the girl that was underneath him. And he felt himself leaning forward... but was cut short when he heard voices.

"Do you see them?" ask a guard. "No." said the other. "Let us head back to the Pharaoh, he is waiting for us." Bakura waited until he heard the foot steps retreat before he go off the blushing girl, he then walked over towards the bag that was dropped and put it over his shoulder. Tabitha sat up and placed her hands on her flaming red cheeks and tried to control her blush. ' D-did he just try to kiss me. ' she was glad that those guards at interrupted him from doing so; she after all never been kissed before and she didn't want her first kiss to be with him. ' What have I gotten my self into? ' "Get up, it is going to be awhile before we get back to my place." he said as he started to walk - she sighed and stood up and followed him.

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{ The Palace }

A seventeen year old Egyptian Pharaoh sat at his throne. He looked up as his guards walked in through the palace doors. They bowed. "Did you find him?" even though he was young, he held authority and was wise beyond his years. "No my pharaoh, but one of the guards thought that he saw a girl with him." This seemed to spark his interest. "A girl?" the head guard nodded his head. "Was she in dealings with him?" asked the pharaoh. "I am not sure, my pharaoh. That I know of, Bakura partners with no one. Much less a girl, though I do find it quite odd myself." The head guard said. The pharaoh stayed silent. "You are dismissed."

"As you command, my pharaoh." he said as the guards bowed and left the throne room. The pharaoh narrowed his ruby red eyes. ' A girl with Bakura? I wonder who she is? '

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It was late at night before Bakura and Tabitha returned to Bakura's home. She sat down and let out a sigh of relief. Everything hurt! And she had thought for sure that she was going to faint because of the hot weather. She always did get sick during the really hot days... she was just glad that she could sit down and- she jumped when Bakura placed raw meat in front of here. ' What the hell? ' she then looked up at tomb robber. "Cook this." he said in a flat tone. She gave him a look. "What?" he leaned forward towards her face and she sweated at how close he was. "As long as you here, you will do as I say. So cook it!" she wanted to say something back at him, but kept her mouth shut. She muttered something as he moved away from her. "Fine! Where do I cook it at?"

{ Later That Night }

After eating went back to the room that she was given to sleep in, but she did not go to sleep. She sighed as she laid on her sighed. ' I really need to watch what I say when I'm around him. ' she had only known him for two days and she wish that she never met him. Sure, she was glad that he save her and all - but it was stupid of her to go with him. But as she was getting to know him... she just began to hate him more and more and it was driving her crazy. She closed her eyes. She then saw his red eyes... his blood red eyes. In all her life she never seen such a eye color before and it almost gave her the creeps. She moved her legs up to her chest as she soon fell asleep.

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She saw a figure walking towards her slowly, she couldn't really make out what he looked like... but then she froze when she saw blood red colored eyes. She tried to move away, but she was frozen to the spot and he continued to draw closer towards her. He then stopped in front of Tabitha and lifted her chin with his hand and looked into her wide blue-green eyes. She was starting to feel light headed and she did not know why. He then leaned forward and captured her lips with his own in a demanding kiss and she felt her heart flutter. She felt weak and she felt like her knees were going to go out. Why was this person kissing her? She felt herself kiss him back and she wrapped her arms around his neck and he placed his arms around her waist as they continued to kiss. But they soon parted for air; they both breathed heavy and she felt him move his head between her neck and shoulder. "I love you..." he whispered softly.

Tabitha bolted upwards, sweat going down her face. Her eyes wide with shock with the dream that she just had. She wiped the sweat off her forehead and laid back down. ' What is wrong with me? Why am I having these dreams all of a sudden?

About a hour or two later she heard something from the other room. She got up from the covers that she was sleeping on and walked out of her room. As she walked, she notice the sounds were coming from Bakura's room. She slowly walked to the door and pushed it open and was surprised at what she saw. Bakura was twisting and turned on his covers - sweat going down his face - he looked like he was in pain... like he was having a nightmare. At that moment, she felt worried... what ever it was, he had a terrified look on his face. She walked closer to him. She wanted to wake him up from whatever he nightmare was having. She knelled down next to him and grabbed his shoulders and began to shake him awake. "Bakura, wake up!" the next thing she knew Bakura had grabbed her and pulled her down onto the covers with force and she let out an "Eeep" when she found herself yet again underneath him.

"What are you doing here!" he demanded.

End Chapter One

Cliffhanger XD

What will Bakura do to poor Tabitha? You'll just have to see till the next chapter =)