Authoress Sana- Woot! Another fic after so long! (ahem)

High Priest Seth- (thwaps her)

Authoress- Oww... meanie... I'm telling Atemu...

High Priest Seth- Ptttfff...

Pharaoh Atemu- Tell me what?

High Priest Seth- How much I love you, Atemu-ko! (glomps Atemu and carries him off)

Pharaoh Atemu- Wai! Sex!

Authoress- (sweatdrops) Now for that disclaimer... umm... what was it again?

Priest Mahaado- Shall I recite it, milady?

Authoress- (blushes) Sure...

King of Thieves Akifa (Yami No Bakura)- (pushes Mahaado out of the way) Sana does not own Yuugiou/Yu-Gi-Oh... either does she own Pharaoh-baka, Mahaado-kun, Seth-kun, or the tan bishounen known as me... (grins)

Authoress- (sweatdrops) Umm... thanks Your Thiefness...

Priest Mahaado- (twitches)

King of Thieves Akifa- (grins more)

Pharaoh Atemu- Oh yes! More!

High Priest Seth- (makes a lot of noise)

Authoress- Could you keep it down!

Priest Mahaado- (twitches even more then goes back to normal) On with the story, I guess...

King of Thieves Akifa- (pulls out wine and Oreos) Palace snack anyone?

Authoress- (sweatdrops) Like Mahaado-sama said... on with the story!

King of Thieves Akifa- So... no you guys don't want any Oreos?

Authoress and Priest Mahaado- ...

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-Terms-

Per A'a- What the Ancient Egyptians called their Pharaoh (Atemu)

Hem Ntjr- High Priest (Seth)

Khemet- What the Ancient Egyptians called Egypt. It means the Black Land.

Change of scene or entering a memory- -----------------

Warnings- Shonen ai, yaoi (Seth x Atemu), some lemons, angst in some chapters, some blood and gore, character death (...your typical romance...)

A.N. Seth and Atemu have been reincarnated hundreds of thousands of times. In this life they have been reborn to look exactly as they did in Ancient Khemet.

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Chapter 1- Reflections of the Past

It was a sunny Friday morning in Washington DC, a few months after the celebration of the New Year of 5,416 AD. A museum guide led a group of visitors and tourists to a large display case; an ancient tablet enclosed with it. Heavy glass created of a mixture of liquid nitrogen and crystal made up the case; the sun's glow reflecting on it and sending light prisms all over the crowded room. The guide pointed to the case; a smile plastered over his face, "And here we have one of the institutes rarest and historically famous exhibits." A bunch of "Ooh"s and "Aah"s were heard from the crowd as the guide explained what the tablet was about.

"Legend tells of a brave pharaoh who resided over Ancient Egypt 6,000 years ago", started the guide, " It is said that he saved the world from being destroyed twice; once during his short lived reign and 3,000 years later during the Chaos of the Oricalcos. After that incident he mysteriously vanished and since then there has been no recorded evidence of his immortal existence. All that we know about him today is on this tablet, which was recovered from an underground temple shortly after the end of the Chaos of the Oricalcos, after it went missing from the Domino Museum in Japan just over 3,000 years ago. But I can see that you fine people are growing bored with this... so onto the history of the flying car exhibit!" And with that the group moved on, save for two individuals dressed in trenchcoats, dark glasses, and a mixture of silver and gold jewelry.

The taller of the two reached out a tan hand and ran it over the case, "Seems just like yesterday, eh Per A'a?", he said softly; his other hand holding the other's.

The other man nodded slowly and examined the tablet, "Yes Seth. It seems just like yesterday that I stood in front of this tablet and held up the cards containing Osiris, Obelisk and Ra, thus entering my memories and remembering my past and...", he paused and took a deep breath, "And my name... Atemu... as well as you.", he said with grace.

Smiling, Seth removed his hand from the tablet and gazed down at his Per A'a, friend, and lover for hundreds of thousands of reincarnations, "How little things change in just over half a dozen thousand years... and it amazes me to see that this ancient piece of history is still intact."

Atemu gave his Hem Ntjr a weird look and laughed a little as he lowered his shades to just below his nose bridge, gaining that movie star touch, "You call this "little change"? We went from chariots to cars to airplanes to flying cars and finally to teleportation capsules. Not to mention the seemingly infinite list of old and new fashion trends. I would hardly call that a little change."

The taller man smiled more, "But you forget my dear Per A'a. I had the power of teleportation way back when."

The Per A'a snickered softly and whispered, "You witch..."

Seth pretended to be offended, "Witch? Ha! Sorcerer perhaps... but witch? I think not..."

Atemu snickered more, "Witch..."

The Hem Ntjr smirked, "I am a priest, Atemu... I was just taught how to use Ka and spellcraft along with my training."

Atemu rolled his eyes playfully, "Riiiiight...", he grinned, "Come on Hem Ntjr... let's go to the gift shop then get a Jamba Juice. I'm craving an Aloha Pineapple."

The cerulean-blue eyed man smiled and nodded, "As thy Per A'a commands... so we shall spend our money on junk and smoothies."

The spiky-haired, tan man snickered, "Nicely put..." Then they walked off to the gift shop, Atemu buying a few gold trinkets and some pocket-sized books. Afterward, the left the Smithsonian, caught the Metro, got off at the Pentagon City station, walked across the street and into a small building labeled "Jamba Juice". Atemu ordered his Aloha Pineapple, and Seth a Razmatazz. They sat outside of the building at a small table and drank their smoothies in silence for a while, until Seth spoke.

"Sweetheart, I've been thinking that maybe we should take a vacation."

Atemu swallowed the liquid and quirked a brow, "What do you mean "vacation"? We've been on vacation for over six millennia."

Seth chuckled, "That's not what I meant."

The Per A'a's look remained bewildered, "Then what did you mean?"

"I meant that perhaps we should go to some exotic place for a few weeks and escape this futuristic concrete jungle, eh?"

"Like Hawaii, Puerto Rico or Jamaica?"

"Perhaps..."

"But what about your job?"

"Job? I am the founder of a major company... they can run it without me."

"So you think that just because you are successful and rich like Kaiba Seto, you don't need to work?"

"Atemu... I am Kaiba Seto..."

"You are not! You are my Hem Ntjr! Kaiba was one of your reincarnations. You are not him!"

"So you are saying that Yami wasn't you?"

"No. I'm saying that I... I...", he trailed off and took a sip of his smoothie.

"My point exactly", he drank his smoothie then leaned forward and kissed Atemu on the lips, "Mmm... pineapple..."

The crimson eyed Per A'a blushed, "Sssseeeth... you know how much I hate it when we argue then you steal a kiss and act like nothing happened."

The Hem Ntjr chuckled, "Yeah... I know. But it was just so tempting."

The blush on Atemu's cheeks grew darker, "You unbelievable bastard."

Seth chuckled more, "Don't say such things. You know that you liked it."

Atemu sipped his smoothie and looked away, the brick-styled tile floor suddenly fascinating.

Seth smiled, "Come on... let's go to Borders. We can take our smoothies with us."

Atemu looked up at him, the blush gone, "Sure. But you're paying for coffee."

"Coffee? We are drinking smoothies right now. Why do you need coffee?"

"I am just joking", he laughed a little and stood up, "Well, are we going or not?"

Seth chuckled, "Yes", he stood up as well and taking Atemu's hand in his, they started down the street, but not without gaining a few looks from passersby. Seriously, what would your reaction be if you saw two men in their seemingly twenties, sporting many different kinds of expensive jewelry with trenchcoats, black leather boots and sunglasses? Not the mention the fact that they were tan as bronze in a metropolitan world where everyone was mixed umpteen times over and pure blood was nonexistent. Also, one could not miss the fact that one of the men had extremely spiky hair, and the other man had the most intoxicating eyes of anyone in sight.

They entered the bookstore and took a seat on a leather sofa by the window, placing their smoothies on an end table. Seth got up and left for a few minutes then came back with a small stack of books. Atemu did the same then sat next to his Hem Ntjr; leaning against his chest, he opened a book and started reading. The brunette smiled and wrapped his arms around the smaller man's frame, but not before picking up a book and opening it. They stayed like this for hours, just enjoying each others' company. Seth even fell asleep; the book in his hand dropping to the floor. Atemu didn't seem to mind and continued reading as Seth drifted off to Dreamtime, his Ba leaving his body and entering memories of his past lives.

-- I yen to learn Japanese! Ha! A pun! --

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