I'm back with another story. I have been working on this for a few months now and have got virtually all of it written up in rough draft. Hopefully, this will mean regular weekly updates. The story is AU but contains all the main characters and many of their interests will be similar to their canon characters. It will also have some of the characters from Ancient Egypt.

The main pairings are peach, vase and polar, but their will be some shock ones too! You will have to read on to find out to see what I mean.

Warnings! There will be some cheating and heartbreak. The odd bit of swearing, violence, sexual content, most of which is not graphic but I might change rating from T to M later on, if I feel it is necessary.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any of its characters.

Broken Dreams

Chapter 1- Royal Bloodlines

This was the trip of a lifetime for eighteen year old Hana Mutou.

All her life she had wanted to go with her father on one of his adventures and at last he had conceded to pester power and let her tag along on his latest visit to Egypt.

For as long as she could remember, he had been a bit of an adventurer. He was also a master gamer and a bit of a charmer too! Her mother always told her that he was a law unto himself and she never asked where their money came from, but guessed that it was mostly winnings from various bets on games. Apparently, he had never lost a game in his entire life! But said that when he did, he would retire and open a shop that sold games!

Little Hana had always idolised her father. He would go off to his so called work dressed in a tuxedo and wore a super cool hat which reminded her of one of those old gangster films. But of course, he wasn't a gangster, he was her Dad and while outside the home he was seen as a ruthless gamer, at home he was a kind and loving husband and father.

When he went on his archaeology trips to Egypt with his good friend Arthur, he would swap his tuxedo for khaki trousers and a brown shirt with a red neckerchief, covered in white polka dots, along with an Indiana Jones style cowboy hat. He always had to look the part.

After checking into their hotel, they met up with Arthur Hawkins to discuss their plans for the week.

Arthur told them about a tomb he had recently found out about. It had been discovered several years previously, in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb was still intact because no one had successfully managed to excavate it.

The tomb was rumoured to belong to a young Pharaoh who died only a few months into his reign, under suspicious circumstances. There were rumours that his death was of a supernatural nature!

But apart from those rumours, nothing else was known because no one that entered the tomb returned!

A team of archaeologists had recently been given permission to use ground penetrating radar to map out the tomb. It had revealed a network of tunnels and chambers.

Against the advice of tomb keepers, a team of four people had entered the tomb last week and three had not returned. One man who was the first ever to survive, was now in hospital and was completely insane. He kept rambling on about Shadow Games.

Hana felt a shiver run down her spine when she saw her father's eyes light up with excitement. "Dad! You're not seriously going to try to enter that tomb, are you?!"

"Stop worrying Hana! I will go and speak to this man who survived before I make any decision." Sugoroku brushed off the suggestion that he would be risking his life. But if it was some sort of dangerous game, he knew he would be unable to resist temptation. If this was the tomb he thought it was then it could confirm the research he had secretly been doing about ancient Egyptian's playing dangerous games using magic.

The following morning, they visited the site. The entrance to the tomb was small and was hidden in a part of the valley closed to the public. It was being guarded by security so they could not get very close. Sugoroku was disappointed as he had hoped to find out more about it.

After showing them the tomb, Arthur took Hana to visit some of the tombs that were open to the public. She had a wonderful day but could not stop thinking about the other tomb.

While Arthur took her to see the exhibits, Sugoroku visited the insane man at the psychiatric hospital where he was being treated. "Tell me, what did you see?"

The man was heavily sedated, but Sugoroku could see his eyes widen and roll madly in their sockets at the mention of the tomb. The man leaned forward and whispered. "They don't believe me, they say I'm mad!" He started giggling stupidly.

"I believe you." Sugoroku leaned in and narrowed his eyes seriously. "And I want you to tell me what you saw."

The man startled at the master gamer's serious tone and the words spilled out. "Shadow Games.." As soon as the man spoke the words his body went rigid and he started foaming at the mouth. His head lolled over to one side as he started fitting.

The nurse came running in. "What did you say to him?!" She glared angrily at Sugoroku.

"I said nothing Madam." He calmly got up and smirked saucily at her before tipping his fedora to her and leaving.

That night, Sugoroku visited a local pub. It wasn't hard to find a couple of useless idiots to help. After buying them drinks, he asked them if they wanted gold beyond their wildest dreams. He knew men like these would not be able to resist the lure of easy wealth. And as midnight arrived, the trio set out into the night on horseback. The two men, who turned out to be brothers, knew the desert like the back of their hands. They laughed at Sugoroku for wearing his tuxedo, but if this was indeed the ultimate game then he wanted to be dressed for it.

Sugoroku had worried that the security guards might stop them entering the Valley of the Kings this late at night. But was relieved to discover that security was poor. The only two guards on duty were happy to accept 100 US dollars each to let them through.

When the two helpers saw which tomb Sugoroku intended to raid they freaked out. "We are not going in there!" The older of the two gasped.

"Why? Are you afraid?!" Sugoroku smirked.

"Yes of course I am! That tomb is cursed... I don't want to die," the younger, rather ugly one replied.

"We all die eventually," Sugoroku shrugged. "Would you rather die rich, or poor?"

The older man growled. "Fine, but you're going in first."

"Fine by me!" Sugoroku entered the tomb.

Hana woke up with a start at three thirty in the morning and was shocked to find her father had still not come back to their hotel room. Thinking he was still out drinking and playing cards with Arthur, she called Arthur's number.

Arthur had not seen Sugoroku since they had parted at eleven pm, but immediately guessed where he had gone. "That idiot! What was he thinking. I told him that tomb was dangerous."

"What do you mean?" Hana replied shakily.

"He was talking about entering that tomb. I told him it was too risky, but he is a stubborn fool who always thinks he knows best. I feel responsible so I must go and look for him."

"I'm coming with you."

Ten minutes later Hana was sat in the passenger seat of Arthur's Land Rover as they headed towards the Valley of the Kings.

It was still dark when they approached the Valley of the Kings at four fifteen in the morning. "What's that?!" Hana spotted a dark shape on the ground. As the headlights picked it up she recognised the shape. "Dad!"

Jumping out of the Land Rover they ran over to find Sugoroku laying face down in the sand with a bullet would in his shoulder. In his hands he was clutching a golden box covered in hieroglyphics.

Sugoroku lifted his head and whispered painfully to his worried friend and his daughter. "Hide this and keep it safe."

"We will old friend, but first we need to get you to the hospital." Arthur carefully helped his wounded friend up and into the Land Rover. He had many questions to ask of Sugoroku but they would have to wait.

Hana carefully placed the box in her backpack.

With her father in the hospital, Hana was left alone in the hotel room with the mysterious box. She had no idea what the writing on it meant, she would make sure she got Arthur or her father to translate it for her later. Inside the box, she found several small, solid gold pieces. It looked like a puzzle or something, but since it had come from that creepy tomb she was too afraid to try and piece it together so she put it back in the box, placed it in the room safe and went down to dinner.

The hospital were keeping her dad in over night. He had been lucky, the bullet had passed straight through and not done any serious damage, but he would need to wear a sling to keep from moving his shoulder around too much, for at least a couple of weeks.

While she was sitting in a quiet corner of the lounge bar, deep in thought and drinking a coffee containing a nice drop of brandy for her nerves, she was suddenly interrupted.

"Hello, may I join you?" At the sound of a deep, sexy baritone voice, she startled and looked up. The man was not tall but he was striking with beautiful plumb/violet eyes lined with khol. The corner of his mouth was curled into a half smile and he held himself with a confidence and poise that one would normally only associate with royalty. The most amazing thing about him was his hair, if her fathers hair was crazy, this man's was unreal. It was made up of almost jet black gravity defying spikes that glinted magenta on the tips and his face was framed by golden bangs, some of which shot skywards and blended in with the black spikes. He was wearing a simple white tee-shirt which showed off his well toned physique and tight black jeans that further accentuated his appeal.

"Y. yes," she stuttered, jaw almost hitting the table. He was about her age, gorgeous and he was talking to her!

"Thank you." He sat down. "I'm Atem by the way." He shot her a sexy grin, revealing perfect white teeth.

"I.. I'm H.. Hana.. Hana Mutou."

"Nice to meet you Hana Mutou." He offered her his hand which she noticed was soft and perfectly manicured, but still very masculine.

When she accepted the hand a spark of something jumped between them and she felt a tingle in her lower abdomen. Was this love at first sight?

She had never slept with a man she had only just met before. In fact, she had never slept with any man before. She was still a virgin. But as she lead him to her room, it felt right.

Once undressed, she marvelled at his beautiful, tanned body. His lean muscular arms, his sculpted chest and abs that drew her eyes down down to his narrow hips and the most perfect butt... And oh! She blushed at the sight of his erect manhood.

They shared a night of unbridled passion. He brought out the woman from inside of her that she did not know existed, and when she awoke in the morning, she was shocked and heartbroken to find that he was gone.

Had he ever been here in the first place? She wondered if it had all been a wonderful dream.

However, five weeks later, she was getting worried. She had missed her period and a trip to the chemist for a testing kit revealed that she was indeed pregnant.

Sheepishly, she told her parents about the man she had met at the hotel while Sugoroku was in hospital. When she told them his name was Atem, Sugoroku almost spat out his tea in shock.

After Sugoroku had solved the riddle of how to get into the tomb, Arthur had been given permission to lead a team to excavate the tomb. Nothing had been officially announced to the public yet, but it was believed that it was the tomb of Pharaoh Atem. Little was known about him because he had only ruled for a very short time, during what was a turbulent time in Egypt's history. It was a period that really interested Sugoroku. The rumours he had heard about Egypt nearly being destroyed because of the dark and dangerous games they played using magic had always fascinated him. It was why he became an archaeologist in the first place!

While he had been recovering from his bullet wound he had begun researching this young Pharaoh. And his research had lead to him becoming involved with the Ishtar's, who's family could be traced back to the time of the tomb keepers from ancient times.

"How about another pot of tea?" Her mother smiled kindly at her daughter and got up, taking the teapot with her.

As soon as she had gone out to the kitchen Sugoroku leaned forward. "Describe this man too me?"

When Hana did so, he nodded and looked thoughtful. "He matches the description of the young man who saved me from certain death in that tomb. Only the young man I saw was dressed as a Pharaoh."

"You don't think?!" Her eyes went wide and she stared at her father in disbelief. She gently touched her stomach. He nodded at her knowingly.

"I think that you are carrying a very special baby." Hana couldn't believe how calm and matter of fact her father was being about it. She had been seduced by a 3000 year old Pharaoh for gods sake! How on earth was that even possible?!

They were in for yet another shock when Hana went for her twelve week scan. She was expecting twins!

The babies were born four weeks early. The first to be born was a 5lb 9oz baby boy who she decided to name Atem, after the mysterious Pharaoh. The second was born twenty five minutes later. Also a boy, he weighed in at just 5lb and experienced some breathing difficulties due to his low birth weight and slightly early arrival. But after spending a couple of days in an incubator the little boy, who she named Yugi, was well enough to breathe on his own and they were allowed to go home.

The twins were almost identical, but if you looked closely you could see that they had slightly different shaped eyes. Yugi was also slightly smaller than his older more confident twin. As their hair started to grow, Hana noticed that they both seemed to have the same sort of crazy hair their father had! To make her life easier, she kept it cut short while they were young.

They decided not to tell the boys who their father was. Hana wanted them to grow up as two normal boys and didn't want them to feel like freaks because they were different from other kids. If, or when they did ask, she would tell them that their father died on an archaeology trip to Egypt, before they were born.

However, Suroroku worried that one day the truth would have to be told. He had never believed in fantasy, but his experience in that tomb had opened his mind to magic and the supernatural. There had to be a reason why the young Pharaoh had saved him and allowed him to take the golden box containing the Puzzle. The Gods had to be involved too. Why had they had granted the same Pharaoh corporeal form so that he may father Sugoroku's two grandsons.

He decided to keep them safe for as long as he could. Whatever their destiny was, it could wait.

Not having a father meant that they both grew very attached to their grandfather and Sugoroku was only too happy to be their male role model. He would capture the boys imaginations with stories of his travels to Egypt, telling them bedtime stories about poison mummies and terrifying monsters. "Not before bedtime," their mother and Grandma would say. But the boys would squeal, "Grandpa! Tell us another scary story?" They would cuddle together under the covers and gasp wide eyed with fright but be excited at the same time.

Of course, not all the stories were scary, some were about the treasures he had helped to uncover. He would tell them how he and a fellow archaeologist called Arthur Hawkins had helped excavate the tomb of a Pharaoh who had died a hero. If only they knew that the hero in question was their father! Sugoroku hated keeping such a secret, but wanted to educate them about Egypt anyway, so that when the time came for them to find out, they would hopefully understand. He did reveal that Atem was named after the Pharaoh though.

Being a master gamer, he also taught the boys many games and card tricks. Both boys had inherited their grandfather, and father's, love of gaming.

Yugi was a very talkative, friendly boy who would have loved to have other friends to play games with him, but because he was too shy to ask people that he didn't already know, he often ended up playing them on his own. Because of this, he became a master strategist at quite a young age.

Unfortunately, when he sat and played on his own at school, many of the other kids saw this as a bit strange and tended to pick on him or avoid him completely.

Although he was just as clever at playing card and board games as Yugi was, Atem preferred more active games that required physical skill as well as mental agility. He was a born leader and after Sugoroku took the boys to see a game of football at the Domino Stadium, he knew that was what he wanted to do when he grew up.

Because of his sporting prowess and confident air, Atem was not teased as much as brother was. And sometimes, when the bullying got too bad, he would find himself getting into fights for sticking up for Yugi. But he loved his brother and would much rather take a few knocks himself than let his brother take a beating.

When they were still quite small, one of their favourite games during the dark winter evenings was playing hide and seek in the dark. They would ask their grandfather to hide somewhere in the house and pretend to be a monster. As the more confident one, Atem always insisted on leading the expedition into the darkness of an imaginary pyramid, trying to avoid the many traps and monsters blocking their way to find the mummy (which was usually their grandmother's dress makers mannequin.)

When Sugoroku jumped out and chased them, they would both scream and run to the safety of the brightly lit kitchen with their mother and Grandma, where they would giggle, relieved that they had managed to escape.

"You're a scaredy cat," Yugi chuckled when his supposedly brave brother screamed louder than he did when they bolted for safety.

"I only screamed because you did!" Not wishing to appear sissy, Atem proclaimed himself King of the dark. This prompted Yugi to start calling his brother, Yami, and it sort of stuck. Atem didn't mind too much, he was happy to answer to either.

For now, their lives were full of happiness. They were unaware of the destiny that awaited them. Would their happiness last?

Well, that is how it begins! I hope you enjoyed it.

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