A/N: I forgot to mention something! I'm so stupid. I still say that I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! but I do own the plot and the character Liz and my friend Dahiana owns the character Andrea. Ok then on with the fic.

She Who Solved the Puzzle

Chapter 7: A Girl to Her Yami.

Place: Bakura's Hideout.

Bakura got to his hidden hideout and opened his door 'Ah home at last!' he thought. "Hey boss! How was the haul?" one of his members of the thievery guild asked. "Not good but next time will be better." Bakura said as he quickly walked in and into his room and closed his door shut. "Damn wonder what happened? And who was that? Must be another whore he collected for us, eh boys?" the man turned around to the men in the room and cheered and continued about their business.

He quickly noticed that she fidgets and moves in his arms. He took action by settling her down on his bed, it was a bunch of fine blankets on top of each other but found the very comfy of when he sleeps in it, and turned her on her stomach so her back is facing him. He grabs a knife from under the bed and rips off her clothing that was covering her back and sees a punctures from the stones she landed on and scratches on her back and some on her arms. "Damn…" he whispered as he looked at the damage on her back. He left the room to only come back with some hot water, a washcloth, a long bandage, and some new clothes. He took a chair and sat down near the bed and used to the washcloth and dipped it into the hot water and onto her back to wipe away the blood. She fidgets in her a little in her sleep to feel the pain of her injuries. He bended down to her ear and whispered soothingly, "Calm down. This wont take long." Soon she stops moving as if she heard hi as he continued to clean off the blood.

Moments later he was done and grabbed the bandage and looked at her with a thought. 'How am I gonna do this without seeing 'the front of her'. He thought. He tried to sit her up but still made her back face him. 'Must resist seeing her naked. Must resist seeing her naked.' He kept on saying to himself. He took off the now took off the ripped spaghetti shirt off her and can see the back of her bra strap and the strap of where the millennium ring is hanging. "Must resist!" he whispered loudly. "You better." A raspy voice said. "Andrea you're awake!" He jerked up his head with surprise. "I am, so hurry up and wrap me damn it. The air is making the scratches hurt." She didn't bother turning her head to face him. "Tsk. Fine I will." He muttered as he did what he was told. A moment later he was done bandaging her, she fell down back to the bed and was about to go to sleep when Bakura just threw clothes at her face. "Hey! Cant I just get a fuckin' nap first?" She yawned. "No. But change in those clothes. People will think weird things about you if you're in those clothes." He said as he got up from his chair and looked straight at a wall while Andrea was changing.\\This is where you'll live until we know what to do next.\\

\Ok. Where are Yami and Liz?\ she asked.

\\That I don't know. We all got separated in that gateway back there.\\

\Oh this is not good. I hope they are ok. Do we just wait around till we hear some news from them?\

\\Yea that's right otherwise we would just have a clueless pursuit by just going out looking for them.\\

\I hope you're right. I just hope we see them soon.\ she put on the last article of clothing on. "You can turn around now if you want. I'm done changing." She said.

Bakura turned around to see Andrea dressed in a long white skirt down to her ankles, that had slits a little above her knee, and wore a baggy but yet fitting top with brown sandals on her feet. She put her hair up into a ponytail with a black scrunchie she had before. "How do I look?" she asked while posing. "You look beautiful." He whispered. "I do?! That's so nice of you to say! All you ever call me was a bitch or a whore." She giggled and went up to him and started to curl his hair around her finger.. "That's because you did! You barely wore anything back at your time!" he said. He wrapped his arms around her neck. He put a silver chain necklace that had a charm hanging on it that said "Bakura's" in hieroglyphics. "That's to show to my men that you belong to me and only me." he wrapped his arms around her hips so not to hurt her back. "I wouldn't have it any other way. What are you a dumbass or something?" she asked him slyly. "Who the hell are you calling a dumbass!? I just wanted to make sure that you were safe. After my hungry men see that necklace they know not to touch you." He smiled. "In some creepy way…that's sweet." He took her chin and kissed her with passion. \\You do know I love you right?\\ he asked through their mental link.

\No really?! I wouldn't have thought of that!\ she paused. \Of course I do! You are a dumbass!\ she giggled in the middle of the kiss. Bakura was the first to break it.

"You can be such a bitch sometimes…"he laughed. "And you can be a dumbass asshole sometimes." She giggled again. They embraced once again as Andrea nuzzled into his neck and Bakura laying his head on hers, enjoying each others company. \I love you too…Baky.\ she smiled.

\\Baky?\\

\Yes, Baky. I need to call you something cute cause you are so cute!\

\\If you say so, Love.\\ she could tell that he was smiling and nuzzled closer.\\Bitch.\\

\Jackass.\

\\Whore\\

\Kleptomaniac\

\\I love you\\ \I love you.\ they said at the same time.

Meanwhile…in a hot, sunny, desolate, sandy place, you can hear a certain girl complaining.

"OH MY GOD! WHERE THE HELL AM I GOING?!" Liz yelled in frustration and sighed. "I'm by myself, I'm tired, thirsty, sweaty though I don't mind much of that, hungry, I don't see anyone for miles. Time for the desert blues. I'm so damn tired, bum bah rum mum. So fucking tired, bum bah rum mum. I got separated from my friends, bum bah rum mum, I wonder where Yami is, bum bah rum mum, wanna know where he is bum bah rum, I wanna go talk to the wind dude, bum bah rum mum bum bum bah rum mum I got the lonely desert blues……" she said to herself. "I think I have been walking for what seems eternity when its only been," she checks her watch," NINE FUCKIN' HOURS! SHIIIIIIIIT!" she keeps walking with her head down and puts her hand on her chest to breath her in air from her outburst of anger. "Huh? What the hell is this?" she patted around her chest to feel something bumpy. "Must be the puzzle. Funny I just remembered it till now." She stopped walking for a while to get the puzzle that was under her shirt. She searches for it but couldn't find the chain that it was hanging from. "Where is the damn thing?" she got tired of looking for it she checked down her shirt. As soon as she did she quickly looked forward with wide eyes. "I know this is a dream. Cause. This. Is. Impossible." She checked under shirt again. "Ooooooooookay. This is not right. The puzzle is embedded into my chest…what am I to do?" she just asked herself. She put her hand on to try and remove it. "Nope. That doesn't work." She sighed and looked up at the sky. "Hey wind, I know you can hear me. Let me ask you this. WHY THE FUCK IS THE DAMN PUZZLE STUCK IN MY CHEST, though it is above my bust, which is a good thing, BUT DAMN MAN! WHY?!" She shouted to the sky as if expecting an answer. "Oh man. I'm actually starting to get scared here." She blinked back a tear that stood for her fear. "I can't do anything. I gotta go find Yami." She continued to walk. "I wonder if our link works yet?" she paused," Nah otherwise he would've said something to me a long time ago. So why should I try?" she started to walk again.

'Maybe he really doesn't care about you.' A voice in the back of her head said.

'Why would you say that? Him and me had a bunch of good times together. Both ups and downs.' Liz argued with her conscience.

'Keep saying that to yourself. Since he's pharaoh, why didn't he send someone out there to look for you?'

'Cause then it would be a wild goose chase. He has no clue where I am. I mean come on, he's my friend.' She responded.

'You sure he's even that? He probably just used you so he could go back to his time. He just needed you for that. Face it you were used.'

'Oh shut up. I don't feel like talking to you right now.' She stopped thinking to herself. "I can believe I'm thinking of this kind of crap." She said aloud while walking. While she was walking she heard bird calls. She looked up. "Caw! Caw!" They were vultures.

"Damn. Didn't think you buzzards lived since this time. You guys have been on earth for this long. Sheesh. Stop hanging around me as if I'm gonna die." She tired to scare them away by yelling. "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" It didn't work. "Oh man…I'm gonna die…" she said with anxiety. "I'm so dead…" she still walked while the vultures were following her and circling around her waiting for her to just give up.

In the palace of a very wealthy man……………………… ………………………&he llip;……..

"Where is she?" Yami said with worry pacing around his throne room by himself. "She knows I'm a pharaoh! Why doesn't she just come here to the palace?" // Liz? Can you hear me?// no response. //Liz! Answer me! I know your pist off but wake up if you're asleep!// still no response. He sat down on his throne. "Where are you…?" he dropped his head into his hands. "Are you with anyone? Did you meet up with Bakura or Andrea?" he tried to come up with excuses. //Liz talk to me!// again no response. He blinked back a small tear without realizing it.

Meanwhile back at the hot, sunny, desolate, sandy place where not only you can hear a young girl complain but also paranoid about the vultures flying in circles above her waiting for her to just croak……………………&helli p;………and surprisingly a day has passed since the separation.

"Yami::pants:: Yami, ::pants:: Yami I need help. ::pants:: No no I don't! I'm one strong bitch! Hooo ha!" Liz was walking for another hour and the sun was high and shining its rays on her. Liz hasn't slept the whole night nor had anything to drink. She lifts her head and sees a small town with a fairly large palace in the middle. She tries to smile with the strength she has left. "Yami…thanks wind." She walks for another few meters and collapses into the sand. "Your welcome. Now to uphold the prophecy." The wind whispered.

"Hey who's that over there?" Asked a royal guard from where his post was in the doorway of the town. He gathered a few more guards to hurry to see who just collapsed in the desert. When they got near her they could tell that she hasn't had anything to drink or any sleep. "Must be some peasant." A guard said. "Why is she dressed so odd? She doesn't look like the rest of the towns peasants." Another said. "Lets take her to the pharaoh. Maybe he would know what to do with her." A different guard said as he bent down to give her some water. " Hey wake up you weird girl! Take this." The guard said as Liz got up slowly and took the bottle generously and started to drink. She got up and dusted herself off. "I don't even know how to speak you're language but…thank … you …anyway." 'Oh my God I'm speaking in Egyptian! Weird!' she thought. While she thought the guards took her hands to the front of her. "Hey what are you doing? Get your hands off of me!" she yelled. "We aren't going to listen to you peasant. We will take you to the pharaoh and he'll decide your fate!" they all laughed. As her hands were binded and tied a collar around her neck connected to a rope. "You fuckers!" she yelled to them as she tried to fight but they yanked on the rope and Liz jerked forward and coughed. "I suggest you listen to us till we arrive to the palace." The guard said and smirked. Liz growled. 'I guess I have to if I want to see Yami.' She thought and walked to follow the guards.

As they walked through town, Liz could just feel the stares of people as if they were glued to her. 'Don't these people have lives than just gawking at me like that?' she thought with an angry look. "Where is she from?" "She looks so weird and pale" "She almost looks male with those awful foreign clothes." Liz could already hear all the gossip spreading about her. 'Ooooooooooo damn don't talk shit about my favorite clothes bitch.' She thought with anger. Moments later they arrived at the palace and Liz looked up to see the giant doors open. "Damn…" she said. The guard that had the rope to her neck tugged on it. "Don't speak unless spoken to worthless being." Liz snarled at him quietly. As they walked inside Liz was walking and seeing everyone of noble class to see them in the castle. "Walk with your head down." The guard tugged the rope down and Liz kept her head down. "That hurt!" Liz said to the guard. "Silence. We'll soon see what the pharaoh has in store for you." He smirked. /Yami…please say you weren't lying and that you really are the pharaoh!/ no response.

The guards completely cover Liz by going in front of her as they got closer the pharaoh. Backhandedly the guard tugged on Liz's rope to signal to kneel though it was more by force so she winced in pain. 'I'm gonna get a bruise for this. My neck is really startin' to friggin' hurt…'

"Your Great Highness. We have come to you on your decision." The guard kneeled as he said. "Proceed. What is that you need me to decide for you morons that you can't do by yourselves?" A voice was heard that was familiar to Liz. "He wasn't lying…" she whispered. "We've came upon a very odd peasant your highness. She isn't like the other people in the kingdom you rule over. We need your wise decision to see what fate we shall give her."

"Show her to me. " The pharaoh said in his strong voice. One of the guards stepped forward and pulled on the rope and Liz came out of the crowd. "Fuck you guys!" she turned around and yelled to the guards. "I will not have this disrespect!" he took out his whip from his belt and whipped Liz on her back and shirt tore and left a mark that was bleeding from the whip. She yelled with pain and kneeled to the floor. "Stop that at once." She jerked up her head and looked towards who was in front of her. Her eyes opened wide and even blinked back a tear. It was Yami dressed in royal clothes (A/N: think of Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories.) sitting on his throne. His eyes were full of worry as she saw him with his hand in the air to stop what the guard was doing. "Yami!" she yelled with glee but unfortunately she was met yet again with the whip. "Ahhh! What the fuck did I tell you! Stop doing that shit or I'mma fuckin' kick your sorry wannabe guard asses!" she yelled to them but just got whipped again for the third time . "I ordered you to stop that and you dare to disobey me?" Yami's eyes were full of anger. "Your Great Pharaoh she disrespected you and us sire. We only punish her to-" the guard was cut off. "Do not disobey me anymore. You are given strict orders and you will obey them from now on. Be glad I do not have you executed." Yami said. "My apologies sire!" he kneeled. Yami turned to one of his servants. "Now have her sent to the healer's hall to recover her injuries." He ordered as the young servant girl helped Liz up and walk with her to the healer's wing. 'I'm glad we found each other Liz. You don't know how worried I was. Now just get better.' Yami thought and smiled. "I shall take my leave." He announced to the other nobles as he got up and also headed toward the healer's wing.

When he arrived to the room where she was kept, Yami stepped in and saw Liz lying on her stomach on a patient's bed against the wall, but her head was on the other side of it, with her shirt ripped enough to reveal her back and seeing all the injuries from the whip. A healer was getting all the medicinal herbs he needed to help stop infection and gently dabbed it on her back while Liz held back cursing in pain. "Ahhh shit…shhhhhhh" Yami heard from her. He walked towards the healer and took the cloth he had and he took over for a while. Liz looked like as if she was about to fall asleep till Yami put the cloth on another part of her back. She closed her eyes tightly and let out a whimper. "Don't be such a baby." Yami said to her as he continued to gently put on the cloth on her back. "Shut up I had a hard day." She said to him. "I was worried about you. Where were you?" he asked.

"While you lived the high and mighty life, I landed in the desert by myself with no water." She said bluntly. "Oh Liz I'm so sorry. I wish I was there." Yami said with sympathy. "There all done." On her back was now a sticky bandage that covered all her injuries. Liz turned her head and saw the big patch. " Is it gonna come off anytime soon?"

"Just for a few days. Then I'll remove it." He said. "Oh ok." She got up and used her shirt to cover herself. "Anzu!" A young burnette girl came over from another room with her head down. "Take her and get her cleaned up and in some new clothes. And for Ra sake, make her look like a girl! " Yami ordered and put a hand on Liz's shoulder. She glared at him. "Fuck you Yami!" Liz told him but then laughed later.

"Yes Your Highness." She then left with Liz following after her. "I have to tell you something but, I'll tell you later ok?" Liz told Yami while he cocked an eyebrow with curiosity. //If you say so.//

/Thanks. And I guess the link works again./ she left the big room./What bad timing. /

//Tell me about it. I could have gotten to you sooner.// Yami said.

/Don't remind me. I'm pist off, hungry, and tired./ Liz finished and in the other room Yami smiled. 'That's my aibou. And surprisingly my hikari as well. If it wasn't for her I would've been my old self before I was locked into the puzzle.' He thought as he shook his head and left the room to go back to his throne room while Liz went to go get cleaned up. //Tell Anzu that when you're done to meet me in my chambers.//

/Sure./ she cut off the link.

Moments later……………………&helli p;………………………& hellip;……………………&hel lip;……

Yami was in his chambers pacing around nervously. 'Wonder what she's going to look like? I wonder if she's alright of what she's been through?' He thought for countless hours waiting for Liz to arrive.

Liz waited just outside his chamber door with Anzu. "I swear he better not laugh at me or I'm gonna kick his sorry pharaoh ass!" Liz said. "How can you act like that to the pharaoh? I mean are you courting with him?" Anzu asked. "Courting? Oh you mean dating. No but I actually wish we are. He's not like other guys for that matter. But I guess you can say me and him have a bond and its bringing me closer to him." She said calmly. "Its just that he gets on my nerves when it comes to my choice of clothing!" she whispered loudly. Liz put her hand on the door and Anzu moved to the opposite side of her to be unseen when she opens the door. "Aren't you coming with me?" Liz asked. " I must stay outside till the pharaoh gives me strict orders to leave." She replied. "Okay…I guess…" Liz took a deep breath. "Wish me luck." She said to her and Anzu smiled. 'This girl has really changed the pharaoh for the better.' She thought.

Yami was still pacing around till he heard a creek in the door. He jerked up his head to see a figure walk into his room His eyes went wide. Liz walked in and shut the door behind her. She had her hair down which was down to her behind and had small gold charms decorated in her hair and clips to hold her bangs back. She wore a whole dress that was down to her ankles that had slit up to her mid thigh and a gold chain wrapped around her waist so that it may show her curves and wore brown covered sandals and on one ankle was a gold anklet. She wore a gold bracelet on both wrists and gold armbands on both arms. She still had the same earrings that she always wore everywhere. "You know Yami you can stop gawking at me now. I know I look stupid." She was starting to feel uncomfortable since Yami hasn't taken his eyes off of her for what seemed like hours but only for a minute. "Sorry. Its just…you…actually look like a female. A beautiful female at that." He pretended to cough and sat down on his bed. Liz just blushed. "Uh,… thanks." She moved to sit next to him on his bed. "Anzu! Tell everyone in the throne room not to disturb me the rest of the day!" He yelled so that she can hear. She knocked on the door once to show that she will carry out the order. Yami looked at Liz's face. "Wow. They even did your eyebrows, and took off you mini mustache. " he laughed. "Shut up. I never wanted to take those off! They even shaved my legs!" she pouted. "They went to a lot of trouble just to get me all spiffy." She finished. She fell back on the bed looking at the ceiling. "Ow…" she said.

"You forgot about your back…" he shook his head. "That I did." She winced. "Damn…" she had a tear fall from the pain. She slowly got up and never wiped it off and started to stifle very little sobs. "Liz are you in the much pain?" Yami said with concern in his voice and turned to her. She shook her head. "No its not that. Its just that I got separated from you and I landed in the desert by myself with no sense of direction till this wind said to go this way to find you and so I walked, then night came and I didn't want to go to sleep so I could cover more distance so I stayed up the whole night cause ya never know when a snake is gonna come up to you and bite your ass full of poison and so I didn't want to take that chance." She sighed and took a breath. "Not only that it was really cold in the night and when morning again and still kept on walking with my eyelids like half open cause I was so damn tired! Then next thing I knew, these fuckin' vultures are circling around me waiting for me to die and I still didn't see a town yet. So I really thought I was gonna die for sure!" she blinked and a tear fell. "So I'm walking thinking that I was never gonna see you again and saying to myself that I was gonna die…" She started to cry softly," and these asshole bastards who you call guards take me and wrap a fuckin' collar around my neck and gave me a small bruise. And then I see you and I get whipped and…",she paused, "I thought…"

"You thought what?" Yami asked.

"That this is the happiest moment of my day…" she finished. "I'm sorry… I just had to get that all out or otherwise I would go crazy." She said as she wiped a tear.

Yami was just wide eyed again. She was actually crying in front of him and in person. Last time he saw her was in the one time after homecoming in her soul room. "So this wind just told you where to go just to find me?" he asked with a smile.

Liz sighed again. "Yup…I think that was just a my crazy sense of direction voice talking to me though. " She chuckled. "So seeing me made you happy?" Yami asked.

"To tell you the truth, …yea." She concluded. Yami put his hand on top of hers. "Now we're here together again. You don't have to worry about anything anymore. I'm here now to protect you." He smiled. Liz smiled back to him and put her head on his lap. " Thanks Yami. I'm just so tired of everything. " She continued to cry softly and quietly. Yami just puts her hair back behind her ear and scratches her head gently. "You don't have to act so tough anymore. Let down your emotional barriers and let someone else protect you for a change. You can rest now, Lizzy." He smiled. "That's the first time::yawn:: you ever called me that Yam Yam." She let out a short giggle. Yami raised his eyebrow. "Yam Yam?"

"Yes Yam Yam. I think its cute. Night…night …Ya..mi." she drifted off into her slumber of dreams. He was about to get up and let her down but something caught his eye shining through her dress. He put his hand over her chest and felt something bumpy. He gently lowered the top of the dress enough the reveal the millennium puzzle embedded into her chest. "Oh Ra…Liz I'm so sorry you had to live through so much yesterday. I should have been there. I will think of another way to go about this situation. That's a promise. The thing is the only way to summon Amen-Re is by removing that puzzle from your chest and then you…" he didn't want to even think about finishing his last sentence. He gently picked Liz up and settled her vertically on one side his bed and was careful of her back. He went to the other side of the bed and laid down next to her and took her hand in his. "I'll protect you. If I never met you I wouldn't have been like this. You changed me." he smiled and watched her breathe in peace. "Rest. For you will meet everyone tomorrow and this adventure is not over yet. So get better." He gave her a kiss on her forehead and went to his own slumber.

End of chapter seven.

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