Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Millennia Sands ❯ E. Enter the Thief ( Chapter 5 )

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E. ENTER THE THIEF

Yami and his guard had awakened to growling, whispering, and laughter as Lyrel ducked into the hut to greet them that morning. They emerged after she woke them up and went off to wake up the others. They were standing outside of the hut as the hostility of the tribe returned in full force and thrice when they first showed up the day before. "That bastard." Marik growled as Yami glanced at his guard weirdly, he normally never had a temper unless something was terribly wrong. "Your infamous Thief." he stated, motioning towards the spike haired man with white hair.

The Thief, Kourage, stood tall in the group as his white hair was spiked past his shoulders, bangs obscuring his brown eyes and the scar that was under his left eye from a botched job. His attire was black and suggested Amazon, but many watched him with hawk like eyes and didn’t let him alone for a minute. "Nepha, my beautiful friend and--" he greeted as the Amazon Warrior from before approached.

"Kourage, what have you done now?" she asked with hands on her hips as he gave her devilish grin that could have made any normal woman fall over and most to drool with those nice, dirty thoughts.

"Done, my friend?" he asked innocently as he threw his arms around her in a hug and pretended to cry. "You wrong me so much, can’t a close friend--"

"If you dare, you’ll not make it past the village limits." she stated as he laughed and let her go.

"Kourage, back for more trouble?" Malik asked as Marik stared at his doppleganger with surprise, and yet another rising emotion.

"Amon Malik! You have grown since--" he trailed off as the blonde Amazon had a sword drawn. "I came not to cause trouble, but to lighten up your thoughts."

That struck an oddly serious chord as both glanced at one another in suspicion.

"What is it?" Malik demanded as he took on a serious look.

"I found him."

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They watched as Yugi emerged from the Elders hut dressed in typical garb of sand color as she glanced at the white haired Thief. "You better be telling the truth." she snapped as he nodded. She whistled as a horse came trotting up. "Malik, we’ll be back in a few hours."

"Careful." the blonde stated as she nodded.

"Always." she stated mounting as Kourage followed.

"You do anything and I’ll hunt you down." Malik growled as they took off at a gallop.

"Malik!" Mokuba called out as the Amazon Guard turned to face the ever smiling boy. "Where’s she going?"

"To find someone." he replied as the boy brought him over to the rest.

"Running off like that, I should pound you into the ground!" Lyrel raged as a black haired boy with green eyes cowered before the angry woman as their guests looked surprised. She kept this up as he looked around for his master, but found him gone.

"He and Nepha rode out about a few minutes ago, Igoto." Malik stated as he looked rather sick.

"Are you SUICIDAL?!" roared Lyrel as she faced off against Igoto. Her blackish blue eyes were narrowed in anger and accusation as he laughed. "Just because you’re apprenticed to that THIEF doesn’t mean you have to follow through with this suicidal plan!"

"Lyrel, Kourage wouldn’t steer me wrong..." he protested as she crossed her arms over her chest and glared, causing him to get a bit nervous. A mad woman is never good... for a man that is when you’re in the Amazon Clans. That always meant someone was going to get injured or worse...

"Kourage is a wanted Tomb Robber, Igoto. He’ll do anything to get gold, riches, and power... no matter what the costs." she stated grabbing his shoulders before moving her hands up to cup his cheek with a worried  _expression on her face. "By Bastet, can’t you just stay here and not go through with this idiotic plan?"

"Is an Amazon showing compassion for a man?" he mocked as she pushed him back, releasing his face and letting him fall back.

"Remind me why I bother." she muttered and went off, leaving poor Igoto to lay on the ground in a slight daze before he fainted. She then stormed off to do something before she beat her husband into a bloody pulp.

"What’s with those two?" Yami asked curiously as Marik just stared at him, which made poor Malik feel rather hunted and paranoid.

"He got a lucky shot in and by tribal law they are married, he apprenticed himself to a Thief and Lyrel is rather angered by that." he replied, fancying off his breakfast and sitting the bowl off to the side. "Careful, that is a love-hate marriage if I ever seen one. Don’t get involved."

"It’s actually rather funny." Mokuba stated as Seto was still in shock that his sister could do that to someone and then make him faint. He never seen anger like that directed towards one person and was hoping never to have it happen to him. [Never get involved with Amazon women, they are scary.] Seto noted for future reference. [Change that, women in general are dangerous.]

"What is that woman’s relationship with the Thief?" Yami asked again as Malik raised an eyebrow.

"Nepha?" he asked as Yami nodded. "Her relationship with Kourage is not one of love, we knew him since our other blood-brother disappeared. He’s been a friend since I can remember, so he is like a brother and not a lover."

"Considering they enjoy each others company and threatened him a few times when it looked like they were close." Lyrel stated returning, looking calmer then before, as she sat by Yami.

Then everything clicked in Seto’s absorbing mind.

"Your MARRIED?" he roared as she blinked in surprise.

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