Mutou Yuugi awoke with a startle, he leaps into sitting position and glances around at the unfamiliar room causing his heart to miss a best. As he tries to remember where he was Yuugi threw the strangely thick grey covers away from himself and spins his legs off the side of the bed.

Standing he places a hand over his heart, thinking that it was not beating.

This was how he sat for the next few seconds.

"Its beating." Yuugi told himself firmly at last, he forcing himself to take a lungful of air, "And I'm breathing."

Allowing his hand to flop down, he turns his attention to the open space of the cream coloured tilted floor; it was nothing like his bedroom floor at home, with which his entire dark blue carpet was covered in all kind and types of games imaginable; The shelves that were around his room was ready to break under the weight of the games he shoved there. The only free space was near his PC and game consoles, he had ten different kinds along with many of the games.

Here however, not a game was in sight.

Then he noticed the movement. Blinking he turns his natural purples eyes to the small window and his memories slowly came back. He was on a ship.

"Well that was a weird dream." Yuugi mumbles to himself, wiping the sweat off of his brow; his whole body was soaked, his clothes felt glued to his body, and it was quickly becoming cold.

Making his way over to the bathroom, he glances at his three suitcases. One had his clothes in them, while the other two was filled with games to play during his trip.

Stepping into the bathroom and heading right for the shower, he let his mind wander back to his dreams. As he gotten older the dream was getter clearer and more real, also at time it seemed like someone was calling to him.

"Dream..." Yuugi told himself gently, washing away the cold sweat under the warm waterfalls, "Just a strange dream. Nothing more, nothing less."

The ship rocked making him lost his balance slightly, catching himself he turns to watch as his toothbrush he used before bed, slid off the counter and hit the tiles below. Not feeling safe in the shower Yuugi quickly rinse the remaining shampoo and soap.

"Grandpa." Yuugi moans out lightly as he left the shower and grabs a towel, "Grandpa!" He calls a little louder this time.

The reason for the trip was because he and his grandfather was doing business with some American men off the coast of some island he did not know the name of; Gaming was big business in Domino City, it was the hight on the 'gamer age' as his grandfather had called it, this deal they was going to be doing with these men was going to put Turtle Game Shop on the map.

Standing naked in the middle of his bedroom, he saw -with a epic pout- that his grandfather was no where to be seen. Placing the towel over his head he rubbed hard as he went to where he lay his clothes ready for the new day.

He had a black leather vest with silver pieces running through it centre and around the arms, black leather pants with thick leather ankle boots. Around his middle he wraps leather bumbag, which held card to his favourite game, also his passport, money and their tickets.

"Grandpa!" Yuugi called out again even knowing he was not going to get an answer. Strapping leather bands around both of his wrist he walks over to the door and on opening it stuck his head out, looking right and left, he saw no one.

The twenty-six year old man sighs, this was not how he wanted to spent his first summer of freedom after studying eight years at university; he had studied for every history course under the sun, as well as some business courses when his grandfather told him he wanted Yuugi to take over the shop.

On top of his studies, during his summer holidays he managed to push his way forward and work under some of the most respected Professors and Doctors of his field. Being a third generation historian and archaeologist, his father's and grandfather's name gave him heavy roles while working under them, thus making him known even more.

Which was a good thing, getting your name out there in the archaeologist field was tough. It was a hard career path to follow and needed a lot of self sacrifice at the beginning.

Mutou Yuugi was now a Professor himself, and was working in a local museum of his home city, however he had four research groups asking him to oversee their projects. Unlike most young archaeologists he was spoiled for choice, but the one he truly wanted to work on was the project of the Pharaoh Atem and his court.

However the Pharaoh Atem team had already been chosen, as had his high priests. There was one last one who had not anyone's first choice, the Pharaoh's High Wife and Priestess of the East Temple, also known as the Betrayer of the Kingdom.

Priestess Heba was one of the six high priests and priestess had served in temples around the main palace where this Pharaoh lived. They spent most of their lives in their temples, along with hundreds of other priests-in-training; but these six came out on top. Each one had an golden object had protected with their lives, even the Pharaoh had an object.

Those objects had yet to be found.

This 'betrayer' died not long after marrying Pharaoh Atem, the account of how and why was still unclear. Yuugi could not understand why nobody was interested in the Pharaoh's High Wife; he thought it was an interesting story to unfold.

'I might put myself forward.' Yuugi thinks as he grabs the room's key, walking out the room he shut it behind him which locked by itself. There was only a few places where his grandfather could have gone, the game room was one of them.

As he walks along he stuck a hand into the side of the bumbag he puts out a silver pocket watch linked to it, opening it Yuugi blinks in surprise at the time.

"Its four in the morning!" Yuugi hisses out as he continues, "In a few minutes the sun will start to raise!"

As he went he thoughts went to his dreams, since hearing about this project those dreams started. He could never recall them, only always thinking he was dying, he was hurt, he had to save somebody, had to run away, and had to live. The mention of Pharaoh Atem causes his heart to ache.

"Professor Mutou!" A voice cries from end of the hallway, glancing up he sees one of his grandfather's and his business partners. He ran towards him as causing Yuugi to halt his steps, the larger man grabs hold of his shoulder and stared Yuugi right in the eyes. "Professor Mutou! Your grandfather has been found dead!"

"Huh?" Yuugi manages to get out as he blinks at the man, a wave of dizziness over took him and his vision faded.

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A woman dressed in soft white clothes wandered down a shady path, she was covered completely from head to toe. Even her face was covered, wrapped over her mouth and across her nose was a veil; the only thing that showed were her eyes and one piece of golden hair right in the middle of her forehead.

Her heavy head piece had sat upon the white cover of her hair, was made from both gold and silver. Silver bands also was wore over the cloth that hid her wrist and hands. Around her neck was a large golden ankh; this was the Millennium Key she was given by the former keeper.

A deep voice came from right and she stops to glance that down.

A man stood there, she could not see his features; he was hidden by the rays of sun above and deep shadows around. Everything seemed grey, white and black.

Yuugi stares out from behind the woman's eyes, he knew this man.

"Heba!" The man says seemingly very delighted for her to be there.

Yuugi feels himself lower to his knees, curl over and his forehead touching the cool shaded area he was in.

"My Pharaoh." Yuugi breathes out the greeting, the sand under him flew in every direction. 'Why is my heart beating go fast?' Yuugi thinks within his dream, he could hear the man speaking to him. Somehow he knew what was being said, knew this form of language.

Slowly the Heba/Yuugi rose to his/her feet, a hand came up and touches his/her covered chin, gently making him/her to look him in the eye.

Those eyes were red. Even if Yuugi could only see the colour on himself, he could also see the colour of these strange red eyes.

Suddenly the world charged around him, he was no longer standing before the Pharaoh in a courtyard under a shade. Yuugi was running through some sand out in the open, his legs screamed to him in pain as he forces himself to keep on going, though with every step he took his feet sunk deeper making harder to get away.

'Why is my heart beating so fast?' Yuugi thinks as he falls in the dream, staring out of those eyes once again he look up and sees a rock mess.

Panting for breath he stood tall and at last turns, his face void of any emotion.

"My Pharaoh." Yuugi hears himself say as he gives his chases a mocking bow.

"No!" That same man cries out, while Yuugi could not see his face clearly, those red eyes shone out; they were filled with shock disbelief, "No! You are the betrayer?!"

Yuugi felt himself gave the man a smile; was the smile sad? Was it pained? Was it wicked? Was it lonely?

"Heba! Why?!"

The question echoed throughout Yuugi's mind, over and over and over.

'Why?' Yuugi thinks as he floats in nothingness, 'I don't know... But if I am ever to find peace, I'm going to have to discover the answer.'