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In a game shop not too far away from the Kaiba Corporation, a young multi-colored haired boy was busy dusting off lint from his denim jacket. After which, he brushed his yellow bangs out of this eyes and looked at his large mirror to see if anything else was out of place. An older form of him appeared in a spirit form, witnessing this strange yet amusing behavior. Raising an eyebrow, he figured he might as well ask.
"Yugi, aren't you stressing yourself over this a bit much? It's only Kaiba for Ra's sakes."
Yugi looked into his mirror for the hundredth time, straightening out his hair. "I know that," he spoke to the spirit that only he could see. After another moment of dilly dangling, he plopped himself on his bed and stared up through his ceiling.
"Then why the excitement?" The spirit questioned again, floating around his vessel.
"Nothing, Yami," Yugi sighed and got up to face him. "To be honest, I'm a little nervous."
"Nervous about Kaiba? You must be joking," Yami chuckled in a slight sarcastic tone. Yugi only returned the chuckle before idly scratching his cheek.
"I suppose nervous isn't the right word. But I do feel a little uncomfortable at the thought of having Kaiba over at the Game Shop again. The last time he was, well, you know what happened."
Yami chuckled again. "Ah, Yugi. Don't worry too much about that. I'm sure the last thing he wants to do is kidnap your grandfather and hold him for ransom unless we duel with him. He's a mature young man, I'm sure he's smart enough not to think of that as an option. Besides, your grandpa is out of the shop for today."
A sigh escaped Yugi's lips before he collapsed onto his bed again. "I know, I'm just curious as to why Kaiba is planning on dropping us a visit is all."
Yugi thought back to the moment when he woke up in the morning. He had received a phone call from none other than Seto Kaiba himself. His brain wasn't functioning correctly as it should when he listened to Kaiba make about his business-like talk. He was still tired, as it was still very early in the morning, but even his half-tired status didn't prevent him from listening to the next thing out of Kaiba's mouth.
"I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I'll just make this brief," he heard him announce. "I want to speak to your other half about an important matter. I'd love to fill you in on the details, but I'd rather tell it to you in person. I'll be there in 20 minutes."
With his declaration, he hung up on him. The young boy stood frozen with the phone in his hand, replaying what had just happened in his brain. "H-He's coming." He stammered to himself, dropping the phone in the process. "I-In 20 minutes. Here. To speak to… Y-Yami?"
After another moment of letting the information process through his brain, he ran straight up to his room and into his bathroom to do his necessities before digging through his closet. He threw on the cleanest clothes he could find and then tried his best to comb through his bed hair. With 5 minutes to spare, he decided to straighten out his composure and ended up as he did now, lying on his bed contemplating.
"Kaiba did sound serious over the phone," Yugi mused again. "And what's even stranger is that fact that he wanted to speak to you personally. I think something must've come up."
Yami reflected upon his partner's words before giving him a brief nod. "I cannot argue with you there. I also found it strange that he would come to me of all people."
"I know what you mean," Yugi spoke and checked the clock on the wall.
"Well, he should be here in another minute. Let's go head downstairs in the meantime."
Yami agreed. Yugi got up from the sanctity of his bed to make his way downstairs. He walked into the shop and as if right on cue, he heard the jingle of the shop's door bell. He looked up and saw a tall young, brown-haired blue-eyed man with a suitcase step into the shop, with that all too familiar hard look plastered onto his face.
Yugi blinked and smiled nervously. "Um, welcome?"
Seto narrowed his eyes at the young lad and looked around the shop. "Skip the formalities, I'm not here to have a chat with you. Where's your other half?"
Yugi gave an irritated fake smile. "Right, will do." He held his Millennium Puzzle tenderly in his hands and nodded to it. "Okay, it's time for you to take over."
"Alright," Yami answered. In a burst of light, the two soul's switched places and Yami had taken over. Seto did not react in anyway to the strange event since he was well too used to this sort of thing. He did take notice at Yugi's sudden change in height and slightly altered hairstyle, so using those as a sign that the other half has appeared, he got down to business.
"Finally," he grunted. "I was wondering when you were going to show yourself."
Yami gave him a smirk and moved to the side. "Pardon my late intrusion, then. Now if you don't mind, please come to the living room and share with me your business there."
Seto straightened himself up and followed Yami into the living room of the Motou's residence. Yami offered him a seat and Seto seated himself on the old sofa. Yami sat on the chair adjacent to the sofa and folded his arms.
"Well," Yami stated in a serious tone. "What do you want with me?"
Seto narrowed his eyes at Yami for the tone he made, but brushed it off. He himself leaned against his seat and crossed his legs. "I'll get right to it then."
Seto struggled for the right words, and as far as Yami can tell, the young CEO was definitely not at all happy being here. A mixture of disgust, irritation, and annoyance was present in his body language. The spirit was patient, seeing as if he rushed him he'd get into a bit of an argument.
After a brief moment of waiting for Seto to pick his words, he finally spoke. "As much as it disgusts me to think that I have to resort to this, I don't exactly have a choice. The point of this meeting is this." Yami waited for his answer and slowly nodded for him to continue. Seto let out a deep and rough sigh before muttering it out. "I… need your help."
Yami's eyebrows instantly shot up. Did he just hear that right?
"I beg your pardon?" He knew he just couldn't pass this up.
Seto's cheeks turned a few shades of an angry red. "I won't repeat myself. You heard me clearly."
Yami, disappointed that he didn't get to hear the great and powerful Seto Kaiba confess his need for assistance a second time, brought about his serious face. "I suspected much. But what of? What do you want me to do?"
In response, Seto pulled out his suitcase from the floor and dug through its contents. He pulled out a packet of papers that were held together with a paperclip and threw it on the table in front of him for Yami to look at.
Picking up the stack of papers, Yami skimmed through the contents before stopping at a photo of a pale blue haired girl. Cocking an eyebrow, he glanced over to Kaiba. "What's this about?"
Seto set aside his suitcase and leaned back on the sofa with folded arms. "Her name is Kisara. I met her a few days ago regarding a traffic accident and took her to the hospital. That shouldn't be too much of a weird mishap for you to fathom, but after coming into contact with her I've been having strange dreams lately."
"Dreams?" Yami was interested now.
"Yes, dreams," Seto repeated. "For two nights straight, I had a dream about myself as a peasant boy from Egypt rescuing a foreign girl from bandits, only to come home to find my so-called village being burned down by the same bandits. When one of them was about to kill me off, a Blue Eyes appeared out of the blue to kill them off. And every time in the end, all I could see was a bright light right before waking up."
Yami listened intently to Seto and had his hand to his chin. "I see. That is a strange dream."
"That's not even end of it," Seto scoffed, and Yami could see that he was scowling. "On my brother's request, we went to the hospital to see the girl. Her doctor pulled me in and explained to who she was and what her story was. I wasn't completely interested in listening to her life story, but what the doctor said afterwards definitely caught my attention."
"And that would be?"
Seto unfolded his arms and turned his attention to Yami. "He told me that the girl, Kisara, had a similar, if not the exact, dream as I did."
Yami was silent for a while as he was drinking in his words. Seto, having finished a part of his story, became impatient and decided to continue without letting Yami give his own insights. "The point is, I find this all too strange to be a coincidence. That girl looks exactly the same as the one in my dream. Her doctor explained to me that in her dreams she saw a kid that matched my own physical appearance. And, to top it all off, the dreams that I've been having took place in Egypt. That alone should be enough of a reason for me to realize that only you can possibly have the answers to this ridiculous dilemma of mine."
Having thought about it a little bit more; Yami came to the conclusion that Kaiba was indeed right. Whenever the subject of Egypt crossed his path, he knew that no one, other than him, can pinpoint the answers related to it. He got out of his seat and began pacing around.
"I cannot argue with you there. This is indeed strange," he murmured more to himself than to Seto. Yugi's spirit decided to join in on the fun.
"Sounds like a tough case," he joked to the spirit.
"It is. I am really intrigued by this."
"I'm kind of curious too," Yugi admitted. "Do you have any ideas as to why Kaiba has these 'dreams'?"
"I do."
Yami stopped his pacing and turned to face Seto. "I believe I have a reasonable answer to your story."
Seto listened. "As much as this sounds utterly ridiculous to you, I still want you to believe every word I'm saying. In other words, I would like you to consider them before you jump to any conclusions, alright?"
"Just spit it out already," Seto replied with a hint of impatience in his voice. "It's not like I have any other choice."
Yami nodded and took a seat on the arm of the long couch. "Kaiba, I believe the dreams you are having are actually visions from the past."
Seto couldn't help let a rough laughter escape from his mouth at the spirit's idea, as Yami had expected much. "Visions? Is that what they are?"
"Let me finish," Yami continued, ignoring his burst of laughter earlier. "As you already know, or choose not to, I am an ancient Egyptian spirit that resides in the Millennium Puzzle. I may not know much, but I do know that I was a Pharaoh of Egypt at some point three thousand years ago. And if I can remember correctly of what Ishizu said, at that same time, you were there as well, as my right hand man."
Seto's amused smile faded from his lips and irritation soon replaced it. "I remember what that woman said," he scoffed. "It all sounds like just a bunch of nonsense to me."
"Everything sounds like nonsense to you," Yami chided. "I find it unbelievable that after all this time you still find this to be gibberish!"
Seto made no note of that and didn't say anything. Ignoring the arrogant man's attitude, Yami continued. "Kaiba, you cannot avoid what is fact. You are the reincarnation of Priest Seto, my old best friend. And if that were the case, then what you are experiencing are visions of Seto's past life."
With that said, Seto began contemplating his words. Sure, it was a bunch of nonsense to hear that he could possibly be the reincarnation of a priest that had the same name as he did, but when it comes to Yugi, anything seems possible. He thought about Kisara again, of how her dreams were in such a close link with his and after another point of hearing a sudden roar of a Blue Eyes erupting in his hearing range, he finally gave in to the so-called "nonsense."
"Fine," Seto grumbled. "I'll believe your 'theory' that I'm the reincarnate of your former best friend, for now. The only concern I have is that girl Kisara and her relation with me. Every time I think about her or see her, I hear a Blue Eyes. I expected that by coming here and taking to you would help me find the answers."
Yami continued pondering and this time Seto was waiting patiently for his answer. Seeing his other half struggle for ideas, Yugi decided to think with Yami. Suddenly a light bulb popped up. "Hey Yami, I've got an idea."
Yami looked to his partner's spirit. "You do? Excellent, what do you have in mind?"
The two engaged in a spirit to spirit talk, and after a bit of debating and one-sided agreements, Yami and Yugi finally decided to share their plan to Seto.
"We have an idea," Yami announced. Seto looked up to see Yami lightly touching his forehead with a finger. "These visions only appear while you dream or whenever you and Kisara are in contact. Since we can't have her over now, we only have one option. If I can put you under a trance by using the Puzzle and force you to go into you to go into a deep sleep, then maybe we can see more of the visions and to find out about Kisara's relationship with you. Are you up for that?"
Seto was skeptical at first at the idea of being hypnotized into a forced sleep in order to let the spirit read his subconscious. After weighing out the possibilities, the pros and the cons, Seto replied with a grunt; a sign that he meant he'll do it. There weren't any other choices that he could pick out anyway. It still sounded like complete nonsense to him, but this was the only thing he could do at this time now.
Yami nodded to him and grinned. "Excellent. Shall we begin?"
Seto scoffed at the spirit for his optimism. His mouth twitched to a rough smirk. "So what do you want me to do? Close my eyes? Count sheep? Say ohm?"
"No," Yami answered flatly. "You just need to sit still."
Seto opened his mouth in order to ask what he meant by that but couldn't when he saw a golden eye shine brilliantly on Yami's forehead. The spirit raised his hand and, feeling as though time has slowed just at this moment, Seto watched as Yami's palm was silently placed it over his wide open blue eyes.
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A/N: I apologize for the incredibly late update. I've been pretty busy with school and family-related issues so I could only squeeze in a few minutes worth of time in order to write this chapter bit by bit. Sorry for the lack of action, but this was all I could do for this chapter. The next one is in progress and won't be updated until probably by the end of this month or the first week of March. I'm not sure. Anyway, that's my update for this story and hope you guys can understand the situation I'm in right now ;-;
