Chapter One

His grandfather looked so pale there, against the sheets, his face drained of all the youthful color. For the first time Yugi could really remember his grandfather looked old. He wished someone had told him earlier how sick the old man really was, he wouldn't have entered college if he had.

"Goddamnit you stubborn old man. I would have stayed home in a second if you had asked me to. Stupid sturborn old man", tears leaked forms his eyes, "You might not being dyeing now if you had just told someone!"

Solomon just smiled at his crying grandson, "I didn't want to hold you back from your dream, and I'm just an old man anyways. I've led a good life boy"

"I'm just going to lose everyone I care about, aren't I?" Yugi blinked, trying to stop the tears form running down his face, "First Yami, now you. Who's next? Joey?"

"Don't think about it that way. It was the Pharaoh's time to go, just like it's mine. I'll tell him you miss him though, once I get there", the grey haired man still looked bright despite his sickly appearance.

The purple haired boy sniffled a little, "Can you tell him, when you see him that he better not be fighting with Marik and Bakura? Because it's the afterlife and he should be happy instead of bickering all the time with those two"

"Maybe bickering with those two makes him happy", Solomon murmured, his eyes closing slightly, "You never know, but I promise you, I will tell him. I have a feeling I will be seeing him very soon"

The taller man grabbed his grandfather's hand, "Don't talk like that! The doctor said you have at least another week left! You can't die yet! You can't leave me yet", the tears flowed freely now, dropping on to the bed sheets.

"I love you Yugi. Your parents would have been so proud of you", the old man squeezed his grandson's hand tightly.

"I love you too Grandpa", the grip on his hand went slack as Solomon Muto took his last breath, no pain showed on his face, his expression one of happiness at being able to spend his last moments on this Earth with his grandson. Even though he knew Yugi would cry now, he felt that some how his death was a good thing. That it would lead his grandson in the direction that he needed to go. He wasn't able to communicate these feelings to Yugi, as much as they would have comforted him, as they only came in those few seconds before death.

The King of Games stat there, the tears still flowing over his cheeks, for the second time in less then five years, he had lost someone that meant the world to him. He couldn't help but feel the gods were punishing him form something, something he couldn't name.

"Kaiba, I can't accept this offer", Yugi pushed the contract but towards his former rival, the five years since Yami had returned to the Spirit World, dueling just wasn't anything he was interested in anymore. Not to mention college had taken up a large chuck of his time, "I had to drop out before I could finish my degree"

Even so they might not have been rivals, but they weren't friends, so this out of the blue job offer didn't make any sense. In fact, he almost kicked Kaiba out; his eyes were still red with crying and he really hadn't wanted to face any, not even one friends looking like this. The manners his grandfather had drilled into his head throughout the years was the only thing keeping him form slamming the door in his face.

"So? You know more about Egypt than anyone else. I don't care if you dropped out to take care of your grandfather. It doesn't matter. Are you really telling me you want to stay here, in this house full of memories? Alone", the CEO put emphases on alone. He knew as well as anyone how Yami's departure had hurt the younger boy.

"Fine. I'll go to Egypt. I assume you've arranged housing?" he took the contract back and looked over it.

"Of course. Not worried about who you're going to get to run this place?" Seto gestured to the shelves of games around them, "I wouldn't think you would want this place to fall into disrepair"

Yugi didn't even look up as he signed on the dotted line quickly, "Joey will look after it. He's the co-owner anyways; Grandpa left it to both of us in his will. When does all this come into place?"

"As soon as you are ready to leave"

"A week then?"

"That works perfectly"

I can't believe I just agreed to that. Yugi thought to himself later, burying his face into the pillows. Agreeing to be an adventure for Kaiba Corp? Not even Kaiba Corp, just Seto Kaiba himself? Did he really know what he was getting into? It all sounded very straight forward in the contract, find other items similar to the Millennium items and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. If he really thought about it, it didn't make any sense, why would Kaiba care about that kind of thing? Was it all some crazy scheme to take over the world or was Kaiba actually interested in the safety of such things?

"Maybe I'm just over thinking this?" he asked the pillow. It was a big step though, only weeks after his Grandfather's death, he was going to run off to Egypt for some new job? Was it really such a great idea? He was leaving all his friends behind, for a foreign country.

On the other hand, Solomon had in the moments before his death, told his only grandson that he hadn't wanted to get in the way of his only grandson's dreams. The question was, was going to Egypt and doing this job for Kaiba, his dream? He couldn't deny the money was good and he did, ever since the Ceremonial Duel he had felt an unexplained longing for the home country of his Yami. It was almost like home sickness, which considering he was born in Domino didn't make any sense.

Even adding up all these factors, did any of it out weigh the fact he could just be running away from his Grandfather's death and causing a feeling that he couldn't explain. Didn't this all add up to horrible idea?

"What should I do Grandpa?"

Joey looked back and forth between his best friend and the key set on the table in front of him. He was trying to process the information Yugi had just given to him.

"Yug, you can't be serious", running off to Egypt, seemingly on a whim was not something anyone would ever think Yugi Muto would do, especially not even a month after his grandfather's death. He didn't even know anyone in the other country, "This is insane, you won't even know anyone"

"Ishuiz has already offered me a place to stay. She is still over there, and Kaiba's has hired her as well for a similar position. We will be working together, I won't be alone. The money is good. And, if I'm gone, I will give up my part of the shop to you. Do you realize what that means?" Yugi explained, trying to make his best friend see that this decision was for the best, for everyone.

"Yug, it means ya going away for God knows how long! Dat's what dis means!" the blond yelled, not caring what the reasons for his friend's sudden decision to leave were.

"Joey, if I leave, and give you my part of the shop, it belongs completely to you. Including the house."

He watched as his best friend's eyes widened with shock, realizing what the move would mean for him. If he ran the shop, the very well established shop, without part of the profits going to Yugi, he would make enough to live comfortably. He would never be Kaiba, but compared to his old life, it would be a huge improvement. That wasn't even including the house. It wasn't much, but it was big enough that Serenity would be able to stay with him and save money on going to college.

"Are you pullin' mah leg? Ya can't be serious! This shop is, was ya grandpa's pride and joy! Ya can't give it ta me!" The former gangster insisted, standing up with his hands slapped against the table.

"Of course I am. Grandpa left half of it to you, in his will. He knew you loved this place just as much as he did. And besides, he left the other half to me, I can do with it what I want, and what I want, is to give it to you", the pointed haired man shrugged like it was already a done deal, and in a way it was, "And don't bother trying to convince me not to, I've already had everything drawn up nice and legal"

"You gotta at least let me pay ya. I mean ya know I don't have much but...", he trailed off, counting up mentally the contents of his bank accounts.

"Just give me the lowest number note you have in your wallet right now", Yugi held his hand out for the bill.

"Alright", Joey reached into his pocket and pulled out the wallet, he picked out the smallest note he had, one thousand, "Yug that's too low"

"No it's not", The smaller man reached across the table and snatched the note out of his friend's hands, "The store, as far as I am concerned is yours. We'll do the legal shit tomorrow"

"Ya really gonna do dis, ain't ya? Ya goin' go and work for dat bastard", the blond man sunk into his chair, his arm holding his head up as he gazed into the pair of violet eyes across from him.

"Yes, I am. I'm going to do this", he smiled sadly, "There's too much grief in this house...and there's another thing. Something I haven't told anyone"

"Yugi, I'm ya best friend. Ya can tell me anyting"

"I have this feeling, this instinct that I have to go to Egypt. It's been nagging me for so long. I can't ignore it any more", he laid a hand over his heart, "It's painful sometimes, like part of me is missing."

"It's not just missin' Yami den?" Joey asked, wanting to get all the facts before he decided that Yugi wasn't crazy for dropping his whole life, to seemingly run away.

"I thought it was at first, but it's more like, home sickness", he said, using the term he had thought of before, "I know it doesn't make any sense, but I really have to go. It might stop this pain, but I have to try, right?" he looked up, searching for reassurance that he wasn't totally insane.

"I don't get it, personally", he hooked his hands behind his head and leaned back in his chair, the front legs in the air, the back legs rocking against the floor unsteadily, "But afterta, all we've seen, ya feeling homesick for a country ya never lived in to, ain't really all dat out dere, is it?"

"I guess not, it just seems so insane though. This longing," he smiled at Joey's position, it was one the blond took to easily, his legs were braced against the legs of the table, but Yugi knew it was only a few minutes before the rocking caused his friend to fall flat on to his back.

"Yug, ya stopped an ancient monster with a dragon penis form destroying da world. It's not dat insane", he rocked a little, before the chair's back legs slipped out from under him. His arms waved as he tried to steady himself, but his efforts were in vain as the chair crashed to the floor.

The purple haired boy sighed and rolled his eyes, "I'll miss you Joey"

A/N: For ~taliaeri , who informed me if I didn't upload it she wouldn't read it.

Bitch.

Annnywayyys. This is hopefully going to go better then Killer Love, because I actually know what I want to do with this one. Amazing right? It's going to be pretty long, and if I do contiune split up into different stories, this one should span over about three years or so. Also Akefia won't be showing up for like ever. There's a lot of build up to his apperance.

So let's hope I don't fuck this up.