Okay. There's going to be some referances to ancient Egypt, so here's the name changes.
Shimon=Solomon
Isis=Ishizu
Seth=Seto
Eternias=Leo
Jono=Joey
Otogi=Duke
Hondo=Tristan
Teana=Tea
Yami, Atemu, Yugi, and Heba have the same names in ancient Egypt and the present.
Chapter 7- Past
The room grew silent.
Yugi's last statement had them all wondering what was going on.
All except a few.
"Yugi, why did you call them that?" Heba asked.
Yugi looked at Heba like he had lost his mind. "What are you talking about, brother?" Yugi asked.
Yami and Atemu looked at each other. They knew that back in ancient Egypt, Yugi referred to Heba as brother more than his name.
"Why did you call Yami and Atemu prince?" Heba asked.
"Because if I called them what I really wanted to call them, the Pharaoh might have me killed." Yugi growled.
"Oh-no." Atemu muttered.
"What's up with you?" Duke asked.
"Everyone, out. Ishizu, you stay." Solomon said.
No one questioned it.
Solomon grabbed Atemu and said in a low whisper, "Call Leo and tell him to get here as soon as he can."
Atemu nodded and left.
Ishizu walked up to Yugi's bedside and said, "Are you all right, Prince Heba?"
Yugi looked up at her. "There's probably no reason to call me Prince, Isis. If Atemu has his way, we won't be around much longer." Yugi said.
Solomon sighed in frustration. 'Could this get any worse?' Solomon asked himself.
"What the hell is his problem?" Joey demanded.
Atemu pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number. "Leo, I need you to get to the hospital fast." Atemu said.
"I'm on my way there now. What's wrong?" Leo asked.
"Leo, Yugi woke up." Atemu said.
"He did? That's great." Leo said.
"Not so great. Leo, Yugi thinks that he's in ancient Egypt. I don't think he remembers in the modern day." Atemu said.
"What?!" Leo shouted.
"Get here, Leo." Atemu said.
"Okay. I'll be there soon." Leo said.
Atemu hung up.
"What do you mean Yugi thinks he's in ancient Egypt?" Kyla asked.
Yami sighed. "Yugi called me and Atemu prince. He would have no reason to in the present. He also mentioned Teana. Teana was the girl who spread the same lies that Tea did back in ancient Egypt. He thinks that's where he is." Yami explained.
"Hold on. So, does that mean that Yugi doesn't remember any of us?" Tristan asked.
"Well, he will, but not as who you are." Atemu said.
"What does that mean?" Duke asked.
Seto sighed. "You all know that back in ancient Egypt, I was the high priest, Seth, as well as Yami and Atemu's cousin." Seto said.
"Yeah." Duke said.
"Well, back in ancient Egypt, Joey was my husband, Jono. Duke, you were called Otogi and you were a guard. Tristan was also a guard named Hondo, and you two were lovers." Seto said.
"Sounds like a lot of what happened back in ancient Egypt is happening now." Kyla said.
"Yeah. The problem is that Yugi will refer to us by our names or titles from back in ancient Egypt." Atemu said.
"What about us? I mean, Kyla, Mokuba, Yuesei, and I were not around then." Sayora said.
"Be thankful. It means that until Yugi regains his memory, you'll be safe from his anger." Yami said.
"How do we explain all this, though?" Joey asked.
"That would be the point in calling Leo. He'll know what to do." Atemu replied.
A moment later, Leo and Yuesei arrived.
"All right. What exactly is going on?" Leo demanded.
"Well, Yugi woke up and apparently, all of his memory of the present day is gone, and all he does remember is our lives back in ancient Egypt." Atemu explained.
"And his memories seem to be around the time period that Teana caused all that trouble with her lies, and I don't think they extend to the point that he remembers forgiving us." Yami said.
"All right. I'll go in." Leo said and went into the room.
"Why will Yugi want to see Leo?" Mokuba asked.
"You all know that Leo's past self was called Eternias. Well, Eternias stood by Yugi and Heba the way that Leo stood by them now." Atemu explained.
Leo walked into the room and saw that Heba was sitting by Yugi with Solomon close behind Heba. Ishizu was sitting on Yugi's other side.
Yugi looked up and said, "Eternias."
"Good evening, Prince Yugi." Leo said.
Catching on to what Leo was up to, Heba said, "Is there anything that you need, Eternias?"
"Yes. I was hoping to speak to you both alone. Shimon. Isis. Would you be good enough to give us a few moments?" Leo asked, looking at Solomon and Ishizu.
"Of course, Eternias. We will leave you." Ishizu said. She stood up and, acting as if she was really Isis, bowed to Yugi and Heba before she left.
"Yugi, I will be outside as well." Solomon said.
"Isis. Grandfather." Yugi said.
Both turned to look at Yugi.
"I don't want them to come in." Yugi said.
They knew he was referring to Yami and Atemu.
"Of course, Prince. I apologize for allowing them in here in the first place given the situation." Ishizu said before she and Solomon left the room.
"Now, tell me what the problem is." Leo said, sitting in the place that Ishizu had vacated.
"Problem? The problem is that Prince Yami and Prince Atemu came in here like they did nothing wrong. I don't want them near me right now." Yugi said.
"I understand that. You know that Isis didn't mean to let them in here, Prince, but I do know that she will not let them in again." Leo said.
"Where am I? This is certainly not the palace." Yugi said.
Heba looked at Leo nervously. He wasn't sure how Leo was going to handle this one.
"Prince, there are things that I am going to tell you that you are going to have trouble believing, but please believe me when I say that this is the truth." Leo said.
"All right, Eternias. Go on." Yugi told him.
Leo nodded and started to tell Yugi about how they were in the modern world, not ancient Egypt.
As soon as Ishizu and Solomon stepped outside, there were questions being asked.
"What happened in there?" Marik demanded.
"Is Yugi all right?" Yami asked.
"What did he say?" Ryou asked.
"Please. Give us a chance to explain." Ishizu said.
The group grew quiet.
"All that happened is that Leo asked to speak with Yugi and Heba alone." Solomon said.
"What do you think he's going to tell him?" Kyla asked.
"I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see." Solomon said.
"This really complicates everything." Mokuba said.
"Yeah. It's a good thing that after this week of school, we're on a two week break." Sayora said.
Seto frowned. "I'm just wondering if when Yugi has him memory of ancient Egypt, will he keep them when he regains his memory of the present?" Seto said.
The room grew quiet.
Atemu turned to Ishizu and said, "Ishizu, do you know the answer this?"
"I cannot say for sure, but I believe that Yugi would keep his memories of ancient Egypt. Of course, I have no way of being sure of this." Ishizu said.
"We'll have to play this one by ear, then." Yuesei said.
"Great. The little runt is causing all kinds of trouble for us." Bakura grumbled.
"Yugi is not a runt, tomb robber." Yami growled.
"Well, he is causing trouble for us." Marik said.
"And we didn't cause trouble for him?" Sayora asked.
"She's right. With all that happened in these past few weeks, I think that we caused him a lot more trouble then he is causing us. After all, we could have controlled what we did, but Yugi didn't. This memory thing is the result of that car accident." Kyla said.
"Accident being the key word." Duke added.
Yugi looked at Leo like he had lost his mind. "Eternias, are you out of your mind?" Yugi asked.
"No, Prince. I am not." Leo answered.
"So, you're telling me that we are not in Egypt. We are in a place called Domino, Japan." Yugi said.
"Yes." Leo said.
"And we are living in an age that is completely different from the way we lived in Egypt." Yugi said.
"Yes." Leo said.
"There's no king, and we're not involved in any kind of dark shadow games or anything like that." Yugi said.
"Yes." Leo said.
"And I am in this-" Yugi trialed off.
"Hospital." Heba put in.
"Hospital. I'm in this hospital because of an accident that caused me to be unconscious for almost a week." Yugi said.
"Yes." Leo answered.
"And Yami and Atemu are here as well." Yugi said.
"Yes." Leo said.
"And a lie spread by a girl like Teana ended the relationships Heba and I had with them because she was jealous." Yugi said.
"Yes." Leo said.
"And they believed her over us." Yugi said.
"Yes." Leo said.
Yugi shook his head. "Things haven't changed as all. They're still gullible and idiotic and untrusting." Yugi said.
"Yugi, please. I know that you don't like this, but don't talk about them like that." Yugi said.
"Brother, I'm sorry, but they didn't learn. You can't expect me to just let this go. You had the time. I haven't." Yugi said.
"There is one other thing, Prince." Leo said.
"What's that?" Yugi asked.
"Yami and Atemu live with us at the Moto household." Leo said.
"They what?!" Yugi exclaimed.
"They live there, so you'll be facing them on a day-to-day basis." Leo said.
"Great. I have to deal them all the time." Yugi said.
Heba looked at Leo, who shook his head.
They knew that this was going to be a lot harder than they thought it would be.
Leo reached out and took Yugi's hand. "I understand your reluctance to want to be around them. It is understandable, but please understand that in this day, they were told by someone they thought would never lie to them. They thought that they could trust her." Leo said.
"That's the point, Eternias. If Yami had really loved me, then he would have given me the chance to explain." Yugi said.
Heba looked at Leo and said, "He makes a valid point. They should have listened."
"I know, but they honestly didn't think that Tea would have lied to them." Leo said.
"I cannot accept that, Eternias. It still does not excuse the fact that they did not trust us. Nothing has changed." Yugi said.
"I understand,. Just please understand that they live in the same place as you, and the place is not big." Leo said.
"Eternias, as long as I do not have to talk to them, I will be fine. If they start something, I will not back down. If they leave me alone, I will leave them alone." Yugi said.
"All right. I will see that they know that. And, please call me Leo instead." Leo said.
"All right. I'll try to remember that." Yugi said.
"Excuse me. I will step out now." Leo said. He stood up and left the room.
"Yugi, are you okay?" Heba asked, taking Yugi's hand in his.
"I don't know. This is a lot to take in. This is a world that I know nothing about, brother. How can I live in a world that I do not understand?" Yugi asked.
"I'll help you, and I am certain that Kyla, Sayora, Mokuba, Ryou, Bakura, Malik, Marik, Ishizu, Yuesei, and Grandpa will help as well." Heba said.
"Bakura? Marik? As in the tomb robbers?" Yugi asked, wide-eyed.
Heba nodded. "Like Atemu and Yami were sealed within the two Millennium Puzzles, Bakura's spirit was sealed in the Millennium Ring, and Marik was sealed in the Millennium Rod. Ryou is the holder of the Millennium Ring and Bakura's lover. Malik is the holder of the Millennium Rod and Marik's lover. They have them somewhat under control, although they like tormenting Yami and Atemu." Heba said.
"Let them." Yugi snapped.
"Yugi." Heba said.
"Sorry. Who are Kyla, Sayora, and Mokuba?" Yugi asked.
"Kyla is Leo's younger sister. Sayora is a friend who lives with us. Oh, and Yuesei is Leo's lover." Heba said.
"Lover?" Yugi asked with a smile.
"Yeah. Yuesei lives there, too." Heba said.
"Anything else I should know?" Yugi asked.
"Well, Jono, Seth, Otogi, and Hondo have all been reincarnated. They are our friends." Heba said.
"Did the same thing happen as before?" Yugi asked.
Heba swallowed before he said, "Yes, it did."
"Then they were not true friends." Yugi said.
"In any case, they all look the same. Jono is now called Joey. Hondo is now called Tristan. Otogi is now called Duke. None of them remember life in ancient Egypt. Seth is now called Seto. Like Yami, Atemu, Leo, and Grandpa, he remembers our lives there." Heba said.
Yugi rubbed his head. "There is no way that I am going to be able to remember all of these names, or anything that I have been told." Yugi said.
Heba put a hand on his brother's shoulder and said, "You're not going to be alone in this."
Yugi nodded.
"Besides, maybe you'll remember your life before too long." Heba said.
"Yeah, and maybe Seth will actually make a humorous joke instead of his usual sarcastic remarks." Yugi said.
Heba laughed. "Okay. I admit that it's not going to be easy, but it's not like you're going to be dealing with this alone." Heba said.
"Well, Leo. What happened?" Solomon asked.
"Not much. I explained what I could about the present day." Leo said.
"Was that wise?" Ishizu asked.
"Considering the fact that when Yugi is released from the hospital he'll have to live in it, I didn't see where we had much choice." Leo said.
"What else did you tell him?" Atemu asked.
"Basic things. I think that the best thing for us to do is not tell him too many specific details about his life." Leo said.
"Would that include what we did?" Yami asked.
"No. I already told him." Leo said.
"How did he handle it?" Seto asked.
"Well, he's not too thrilled about having to live with the two of you." Leo said.
"That doesn't look good for any of you." Bakura said.
"He has accepted it, though. However, I would suggest that you two avoid him as much as possible. He doesn't want you to talk to him. Start something, even if it's just a simple thing, and we might have a fight on our hands. Until we can sort this out, please just stay away from him." Leo said.
"What about us?" Joey asked.
"Really, the only people Yugi won't care about having a round is me, Yuesei, Grandpa, Heba, Kyla, Sayora, Ryou, Malik, and Ishizu. The rest of you were back in ancient Egypt and believed Teana's lies as you believed Tea's lies. Back in ancient Egypt, Isis and I didn't believe them, which is why Yugi will let me and Ishizu near him. The rest didn't know him then, and since he doesn't have his present memories, had nothing against them." Leo said.
"I guess we have to do that." Atemu said.
"Yes. This is as much for Yugi's sake as it is ours. For now, we have to remember that the Yugi of ancient Egypt was rather temperamental and very good at holding a grudge. We have to keep a certain distance until he regains his memory." Leo told them.
They knew he was right.
This was going to be a long ordeal.
This what to get everyone to understand that Yugi is thinking he's in ancient Egypt, but he went through the same lies then, too.
The next chapter will be about some of the tension and Yugi's confusion about the modern day.
R&R.
