Live the Past, Discover the Future.

Rating: PG-13 (due to language and suggestive themes). I may change the rating in the future.

Genres: Fantasy, action, romance and a dash of angst.

Pairings: OC/???

This story starts us off right were Yami is just about to find out his memory. I altered the storyline so if you would like to stay to what really happens in the anime, then you don't want to read this but if you are in for a story that has romance, action and lots of juicy plots, then here you go! I also want to tell you that the Yami's and their 'hosts' are seperate people. They have never been connected in a mind sort of way.

I try to make the stories as long as I can but there are those times where you just can't find what else to write!

I enjoy reviews (no flames please) but they are not needed, although I will recognize those who have written them for me. Questions are also appreciated and if I can answer them, I will.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. The only thing that is mine is this story and my OC.

Well, let's begin!

Chapter One: Abrupt beginnings

"All right. Are we all ready?"

Yami looked towards his friends with a smile and a hint of fear. Today was the day. Today was the day he would finally have his memory restored. In hand he held the three Egyptian God Cards and in Isis's hands, held the millennium items.

"Yes Yami. We are ready." Yugi looked into the ancient pharaoh's eyes and smiled. Finally, the ancient pharaoh would have his memory back. He had been in this world without a single memory. They had toiled long and hard to finally uncover his past and today was the day; today was the day of truth.

"We're behind you until the end!" shouted Tea. Tea knew how badly he wanted his past to return to him, but if he was to experience this by himself, he might not be able to make it through without the loving friends he has.

"All right! Finally!" Joey punched his hand into his palm. All their hard work was to finally pay off.

"Yeah!" shouted Tristan and Serenity behind him.

"It's the day we've all been waiting for!" smiled Serenity.

Yami smiled and turned to look behind him. A tall man with brunette hair and navy blue eyes stood behind him, arms crossed without an expression. This is total nonsense! Thought the CEO of Kaiba Corp. All this Egyptian crap is getting to everyone's head… Still, a thought lingered. Was he really a priest? A small twinge of excitement coursed through his brain. Yes, he had to know. A small smile shattered the docile expression.

"You can't stand here forever." Said Seto Kaiba mockingly, although the only reason he egged him on was due to the fact that HE had to know. "You've wanted this for so long, so why do you stand here before us? It's not like we're going to leave."

Yami laughed on the inside. So, the ignorant CEO actually wanted to find his memory as well?

"Well, if you compare our situations, you would find that my situation will be much more difficult."

"And how's that?" question Kaiba. "All you are doing is finding old memories. What's going to happen? The world's going to blow up?"

Yami chuckled quietly. Oh how he didn't know…

"Kaiba, you ignorant human, it just might well."

Kaiba scowled. "Do you take me for a fool? How am I supposed to believe such a story? You, a pharaoh? Don't make me laugh."

Isis stepped forward. "Well, we do not know what will happen once he has his memory back. The Pharaoh hid his memory for a good reason. This reason will become clear to us once the answer is found. But now it is time." She turned to Yami. "Go before the tablet of you and Seto and place the cards on top of the carvings of the gods.'

"When you place the first card, your memories will begin to unravel themselves from the darkness. Be prepared, for they will cause you pain and drain you of energy." Her eyes slowly looked towards Seto as well, but were quickly diverted back to Yami. Isis smiled. "But as Tea said, your friends are here."

Yami nodded, then swallowed, his throat dry. Now is the time. Now… time for truth.

Slowly he reached out and placed Oblilisk the Tormentor on top of his individual carving. The memories had begun.

Flashback

The pharaoh felt his heart melt into his shoes. If he hadn't been sitting down, he would have fallen to the floor.

Her face was beautiful! Beautiful couldn't even describe it. She had a fine and delicate face, a firm and slender jaw. Her lips were as red as roses, her skin pale. Her face was beautiful…but her eyes…they were captivating. Her irises were unlike any he had ever seen. It was like she had actual sapphires as eyes! They shone in the light of the tent, revealing nothing of what was inside her soul. It mystified him, and captured his heart.

"…wow…"

End of flashback

Yami screamed in pain and grabbed at his head. He heard the distant cries behind him but nothing could understand with the lightning pain filling his head. He propped himself up to the wall and opened his eyes a slit. He saw Joey coming towards him. He focused on the voices he had heard ever so slightly. The next words he heard were ones that shocked him.

"Oh god Seto! Are you okay?"

Seto watched as Yami slowly made himself to the tablet. Immediately when he touched the god card to the carving, he felt his feet leave the ground, then he dropped into a pool of darkness…

Flashback

The priest entered abruptly and began to speak, but was cut short, for his mouth was dropped.

In front of him was a bathing woman. Her hair dripped wet droplets down her smooth back. Her arms hid what any man would want to see. She slowly dripped water onto her skin. Suddenly, her actions stopped. Her head slowly turned around to see the shocked priest. Her eyes widened, and she screamed, dipping herself deep into the oasis pool she was bathing in.

The priest quickly dismissed himself and hurried out of the tent, his face hot with embarrassment.

End of flashback

"AAAAAHHHHH!"

Seto thrashed his head around. His head was filled with pain unimaginable. Oh how he wished to die, right here, right now.

He fell to the ground on his knees and held his head hard in his hands. He could hear cries of pain come from Yami as well. He felt hands touch his shoulders. He looked to see who it was. It was the dammed cheerleader, Tea. He ripped her hands away from him, but was soon to return to his pain.

"You must leave them alone!" shouted Isis as she saw Joey and Tea make their way towards their suffering friends. "This pain is expected. Their memories are making a permanent mark in their minds. No matter how powerful the spell, these memories will be etched inside their heads for all eternity."

Joey and Tea backed off, unwillingly, but surly. Slowly the two began to recover, their knees shaking, the ground swirling.

"Oh gods…" mumbled Yami, his head still aching. He tried to recall of the memory he had. There was a woman… but who was she?

"What the hell was that?!" growled the anger filled CEO. "I come here for answers from Yami, not to experience them myself!" The memory that he had seen was far from his mind, but the mark it had made would forever be there.

Isis smiled a mocking smile. "I told you before, you are a priest back in the ancient age of Egypt. You did not believe me," her eyes flashed, "but now you will." She turned to the friends of the suffering duo. "Now, if I'm not correct, all of you experienced a slight dizziness?"

The companions turned to each other, and nodded.

"It was weird." Started Joey, shaking his head. "For a moment there I thought I was a General for an army." He laughed, questioning his thought. "Silly…"

"But true." Said Isis. Joey began to speak shocked, but Isis stopped him. "Yes, I am sorry to tell you all this now, but you are all ancient Egyptians, each with a special ability."

Gasps were heard from the friends. No one had expected this, not even Yami. His friends were Egyptians too?

Tea looked towards Isis in desperation. "No! We can't be! We're just regular humans!"

Isis smiled a sad smile. "I am sorry but it is the truth. I know all what you thought you were. Tea, if I'm not mistaken, you saw yourself as a healer. Well, this is the truth. Your art is powerful. You have long practiced it and you were rated the best in the land, giving you the title High Healer."

Tea stared at Isis, dumbfounded. How did she know? Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her hands. She looked to see what was the matter and gasped. A mark was etched in her palm. What in the world was that?

"That is the sign of a healer." Isis answered her unspoken question. "It was burned into your hand when you gained that status. Thanks to that scar, your memory of being a healer will forever be with you."

Tea suddenly jerked, then fell to the ground. Tristan began towards her, but then remembered the warning, then stopped. A bright light enfolded Tea.

Everyone gasped at the unrealistic behavior that was happening before his or her very eyes. When the light was removed, Tea shakily stood up, but was smiling. The mark on her hand began to glow. She looked towards Isis and bowed.

"Thank you for helping me find my true self."

Everyone examined the newly improved Tea. Her hair grew to her shoulder blades and her clothes were replaced with a long robe of the same color as her eyes.

Everyone stared in shock. There was Tea, now a more powerful version of herself. Everyone stepped away from her as she walked towards Isis.

"I remember now." She said quietly. "The Goddess of All hid our memories in hope of finding them some other day. Now," she turned to the equally shocked Yami and Seto, "it is time for the pharaoh, priest, gravekeeper, thief, and all the others to learn of themselves as well."

"Yes. It is time." Isis called Joey up to her. He reluctantly came but when he was finally there, she touched his right palm. A mark appeared there as well. He closed his eyes, then was suddenly enfolded in a similar light as Tea's. When the light was removed, He stood in a full suit of gold armor, a proud sword hung at his side. His hair didn't stick out in front as much anymore, and the hair length was slightly longer. When he spoke, his voice was deeper.

"My lady," he bowed. "I thank you for recovering my memory." He stood beside her, then spoke out.

"The time of judgment is at hand. The evil is to return. Who is to fulfill the prophecy? It shall not be the pharaoh, priest, gravekeeper or thief's job, but the job of the Goddess. The Eternal Light. The Eternal Darkness."

Yami stared at Joey, or whom he thought was Joey, and considered the words spoken by his two friends.

It's a prophecy! He thought. If all of his friends were to complete their transformations, then he would know the ending to his adventure… or the beginning.

"This is crazy," spoke the dumbfounded Seto. "How in the hell is this happening?"

Isis looked at him and smiled. "You really need to begin to believe in the situation that we are all in. It is up to the chosen four to find and protect the savior of the world."

Seto began to question her awkward sentence, but was stopped by the raise of a hand.

"You're memories haven't been fully restored yet. You must still place the two cards on their individual tablets."

Yami and Seto gulped. Not again!

Yami stood up and took Slypher the Sky Dragon in hand. He felt better, but his body prepared itself for the incoming pain.

"Hold on," spoke Seto. He propped himself on the wall and sighed, shaking his head. "If I am to suffer through that crap again, I don't want to go falling on the floor again."

Yami nodded, and slowly, he placed Slypher on his carving. Off again, he and Seto swam in the world of memories…

Flashback (Yami)

A lone figure sat on a stone bench surrounded by a beautiful garden. Each individual flower was grown across the lands and sent to the desolate lands of Egypt for the pharaoh's eyes to see. The figure, however, stood out from all these beautiful flowers. No words could describe how beautiful she was… or so thought the priest watching her. He quietly joined the figure at the bench and held her hand, looking into her eyes. She smiled and began to speak…

End of Flashback (Yami)

Flashback (Seto)

The high priest stood beside the woman he loved on a cool night in Egypt. It was a full moon and the Nile Lilies were in full bloom. Their purple and blue petals shone a soft pale in the moonlight. Slowly he picked up a blossom from the river and put it behind the ear of the woman, his hand brushing silky golden brown hair. He watched her blush and turn her head down, but he tilted her chin towards him and looked into sapphire eyes. Slowly, they began to come closer…

End of Flashback (Seto)

Both Yami and Seto were gasping, but weren't experiencing as much pain as the first time. Yes, Isis was right. It was draining their energy but the pain does recede after the first card.

"Seto?" asked Yami turning to the panting CEO.

"Yeah?"

"Did you see… that… girl again?"

Seto felt his face begin to flush. He quickly turned around to hide his embarrassment. Yes, he had seen her. Too much of her. Now that he recalled what had happened in the first flashback… he shuddered. He did not like the feeling he was experiencing right now.

The second flashback was just as bad as the first. He almost actually kissed that woman! Kissed her! Seto Kaiba was not known to be in such relationships with girls. He had too much to do.

But maybe his past self, the priest version of him, actually had such a relationship with her. There was this feeling though that whatever he had with her, if anything, it was fought for long ago… and not yet completed.

There was also something with her eyes… he had seen those eyes before, but he couldn't place it. It certainly wasn't the color… but the shape was defiantly seen before…

"Seto?"

Seto turned his head. "Yeah… I saw her. Any idea who she is?"

Yami shook his head, but things began to become clear for him. He knew there was something that was between him and that woman, he just couldn't place it. There was no doubt in his mind that he had fallen in love with her, but to who she was, he had no idea. Still, there was one card left…

"Well, now it is time for Tristan and Serenity to find their identities."

Isis's words shattered the train of thought that was occurring inside the pharaoh and priest's minds. They turned and paid close attention to the two's transformations.

Tristan was up first. He put out his palm before Isis. She brushed her fingertips along his hand. A mark appeared, just like it did to Joey and Tea. His mark was almost identical to Joey's.

Soon there was a bright light, and when the dim of the room returned, Tristian was dressed in a full suit of armor as well, only his was silver. In his hands, he held a spear. His hair was no longer pointed in the front, but longer and parted in the middle.

"My Lady." He bowed towards Isis. He came up to Joey. "Sir!" he saluted Joey. Joey returned the salute and told Tristan to stand beside him.

Yugi smiled at Tristan. By the looks and similarities between him and Joey, Yugi guessed that Tristan was a captain in Joey's army. He wondered who he would be…

Yami focused in on Tristan's words. He didn't care who he was, just what he was to say.

"The chosen four are important to saving the world, but there is another who must finish this task. The Goddess of All is waiting, waiting for the four to find their long lost memories. Once found, she will awaken and come to save our soon to be doomed world."

Seto raised his eyebrow. Doomed was the world? And he was to help save it? Why in the world was he here right now.

Because you need to know, he said to himself. You need to find out who you are, why you are here in this world, and who is the woman that holds your heart in her hands…

Serenity was up next. She placed out her hand and received a mark for herself. There was a light, and replacing it, stood a blond haired version of herself, only her hair a little shorter. She was dressed in a off-white robe Scrolls and inkwells darted here and there.

"I am the scribe." She said, looking to her friends. "I write down history and record events, but there will be none to record if there is no world to record it from. The Goddess of All is to save the world, but if she is to be swayed by the traitor of the four to the darker version of herself, the world will be pulled into the darkness created by her. Shall the darkness win her heart or will light penetrate the shadows and bestow hope upon this world?"

Yami frowned. She was the savior of the world, but she could also destroy the world? By the persuasion of the traitor? Who was the traitor? What was the destruction? He looked at the last card in his hand. It shone with a mysterious force, calling out to him, telling him all his questions would be answered once he place down the card. He took Winged Dragon of Ra in his hands and carefully placed it on it's carving. Once there, a triangular shape formed from the three god cards. It shone brighter and brighter until, suddenly, Yami dropped in a dark hole, leading to the memories he so longed for.

Seto was quick behind him, dropping into the similar hole. Behind him followed two others, unknown to Yami and Seto. They, too, would see the answer that lies hidden.

Flashback (Unknown)

((Note from Author: This memory is placed in the view of each of the four who dropped into the "hole".))

"Sapphire, you can't go! Please! I need you!"

Sapphire turned around, her eyes filled with tears. Her golden brown hair whipped about her in the wind caused the power surrounding the area. The three gods stood above them, destroying whatever was in their path. A dark figure led these creatures of destruction, but its identity lay hidden.

"I am sorry my love, but I must send this evil to the Shadow Realm once and for all! This world… my world… cannot do this alone. You and the two others that had helped me recover my powers will always have my debt. This is the only way!

"No!" shouted the heart struck being. "This cannot be the way! I need you! I cannot live my life without you!"

Sapphire smiled. "Do not worry my love. I will see you again in the future. Wait for me. I will come to you. You will not be alone in this world. Our friends will be there with you."

The person's eyes widened. "The future! But why?"

"The evil will return. We must protect the world. It is our destiny."

The gods roared in the background. Sapphire glanced at them with her brilliant eyes. She turned around to face her lover once more, only this time, her eyes filled with tears.

"It is time."

A golden aura surrounded her body. The unknown lover watched as she began to walk towards the towering gods.

"NO! Don't go!" cried out the unknown lover. "Please!"

Sapphire cried out into the wind, "Find your memories! I will awaken. Find them and we shall be together once more!"

The unknown lover tried to reach out to Sapphire, but was soon blocked out by a wall put up by Sapphire herself.

"NO!!!"

The unknown lover fell to his knees, tears falling freely from his eyes. He was alone, alone in a world of darkness. No one there to see him cry from the loss of his only love.

End of Flashback (Unknown)

((Note from author: I wanted to stop here because it would be such a nice chapter ending, but I decided to add a little extra because the next chapter would start out abruptly so here's a little more!))

Yami sank to the floor, not in pain, not in weariness, but in shock. His gaze turned toward an equally shocked Seto. So he saw the same memory. He thought that much. Whoever Sapphire was, she knew that there was a struggle for her love between the four who had to help her save the world, (or supposedly destroy the world (AKA: Traitor)).

Isis strode towards Yugi who was staring at his former spirit partner in sorrow. Isis looked at Yugi for long moments, then got down on her knees and bowed. Everyone except Yami and Seto followed this.

"What in the world…?"

Seto looked at the dumbfounded Yugi. His eyes were widened and desperately searching for a way out.

"My lord," said Isis, sitting up, "it is up to you to awaken your mother."

"WHAT?!" shouted Yugi, backing up close to the wall. "What's with 'my lord' and 'awaken my mother'? She's at work right now!"

Isis shook her head. "That isn't your real mother."

"WHAT?!?!" shouted Yugi once more, shocked and unbelieving. "What are you talking about? Of course she's my mother!"

Isis shook her head once more. She first bid everyone to rise, then she spoke. "Your 'mother' was assigned that name by your real mother. Your mother is merle a magic trick, a mirage."

Yugi sank down against the wall. What is she talking about? His mother breathes, eats, and even punishes for bad behavior!

Isis walked up to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Your 'mother' is a spirit of one lost to the whim of death. Your real mother created an illusion to house that spirit. Once your real mother returns, the illusion will disappear and the soul can go back to her eternal sleep."

Yugi looked up to Isis, his eyes weak with tears. "What about my father? Who is he?"

Isis sighed, and shook her head once more. "We don't know who he is. That answer lies inside the goddess's mind alone."

Yami's eyes shot wide open. "You mean he's…"

Isis nodded. She brushed the top of Yugi's forehead. The millennium symbol appeared, shinning with a white brilliance.

"Yes. He is the son of The Goddess of All."

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What a lovely ending! For me at least. I know you all hate cliffies, but I swear it won't stay like that for long. I try to update in at least a week. I try to get less but tying in all this typing and school can be pretty hard.

Yeah, the history is altered, as I said before. I wanted to add more magic and mystery to the already mystifying Yu-Gi-Oh series. There will be more action and romance in the future, so if you're looking forward to that, then keep checking back for updates.

T