"AND JUST WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YUGI MOTO!?" Grandpa Moto exclaimed as he caught his grandson seeking back in.

"Oh... hey Gramps! I was just..."

"Scaring me half death!" Grandpa Moto cut in "it's nearly eleven o' clock Yugi!"

Yugi frown "I'm sorry Grandpa... but I need to tell you something..."

"I don't want to hear it young man! You sir a grounded! Now go to your..."

"Hi Mr Moto..."

Grandpa Moto stopped yelling and noticed someone standing behind Yugi. "Oh my..."

"Er... Grandpa this is Natalie..." Yugi announced shyly as he let Natalie step besides him.

"I'm sorry I kept Yugi out for so long, he was helping me out with a er... situation I guess is the way to put it..." Natalie spoke.

"Oh no don't worry my dear..." Grandpa Moto replied with a kind smile "So Yugi? What made you bring this lovely flower here?"

Natalie couldn't help but blush. "Gramps, is it okay if Natalie could stay the night? She had a fight with her dad and I didn't want to leave her on her own" Yugi explained.

Grandpa Moto was confused "do what now?"

"I'm sorry for all this" Natalie cut in whilst bowing slightly "I just had nowhere else to go... and I was scared of what my dad would do if I stayed!"

Grandpa Moto was shocked to say the least, but because the young girl was on the verge of tears... how could he say no? "Yes... Yes of course you can stay, as long as you need to".

Natalie stood up straight with a reassured expression on her face "Thank you..."

Grandpa Moto nodded "now you must be hungry... I'll fix you both something to eat" he offered as he led Natalie into the kitchen first, but just as Yugi was about to follow, his Grandpa stopped him.

"You and I need to talk later..." was all he said and walked into the kitchen.

Yugi saw this coming; of course his Grandpa was going to want to know all the details of what happened. Later on, after dinner, they decided to watch a bit of television with Grandpa Moto sitting im his arm chair and Yugi and Natalie sharing the love seat.

"Natalie... why don't you go and set you stuff into the guest room? It's the first door on your right at the top of the stairs..." Grandpa Moto suggested.

"Okay..." and with that Natalie walked out of the room leaving Yugi alone with his Grandpa.

"So... care to explain to me what happened tonight?"

Yugi then began to explain how Natalie had been helping him with research to help the Pharaoh and of course everything that happened with her dad.

"How terrible..." Grandpa Moto spoke in saddened tone "no wonder the poor girl was scared".

"I couldn't just leave her there Gramps..." Yugi finished.

"I know, you did the right thing Yugi".

Yugi let out a sigh of relief "so I can go now?"

"Hang on! You're not off the hook yet!" Grandpa Moto ordered "there's something else I need to clear up... are you and Natalie..."

Yugi was dreading this, not that he didn't love his Grandpa to pieces it's just he didn't exactly feel comfortable talking about his love life.

"Ah Grandpa! Must we do this now?"

"I'll take that as a yes..." Grandpa said without answering Yugi "then I'm setting one ground rule... you are both to sleep in separate rooms because god know what you two will be up to if..."

"GRANDPA!" Yugi screeched completely horrified "we've only just gotten together so don't give me that talk!"

Grandpa Moto to looked slightly embarrassed "Now, now Yugi it's only natural. I'm not against you having sex. Just don't do when I'm in the house and use protection..."

"Okay!" Yugi cut in "I'm going to bed! And I'm not listening to this!"

"But Yugi?"

"LALALA NOT LISTENING!" and with that he rushed out the room and up the stairs.

'Phew that was close...'

Yugi then realised that Natalie was still gone so he went to check on her. Once entering her room he found of sound asleep on her bed. Yugi couldn't help but smile sadly as he walked over and sat in the side of the bed.

"Yugi? Is everything alright?" The Pharaoh asked appearing. But was soon silenced by Yugi who put his finger up in a shush gesture, The Pharaoh watched as his other half gently placed the covers over and planted a soft kiss on her forehead.

"She's safe now Yugi... thanks to you"

Yugi stared at her a while longer then turned to leave, "come on... " he whispered "we best get some shut eye to".


"Yugi! Come quick!"

Yugi stopped what he was doing on his side of his mind and ran over to the Pharaoh's side, there the Pharaoh was standing face to face with the spirit again.

"Has she done anything?" Yugi asked walking next to him.

"No... But I think she's trying to tell us something" The Pharaoh explained. Yugi stared at the spirit, once again her face was hidden but this time by a massive white hood.

"Who are you? What do you want from us?" Yugi Demanded.

But the spirit said nothing.

"Are... Are you Nefertiti?" The Pharaoh asked. But once again the spirit said nothing.

"ANSWER ME!"

But then the spirit brought her hands to her hood and pulled it down making the Pharaoh and Yugi gasp.

"What... the? Natalie?" Yugi breathed.


Yugi woke up from his dream shaken and beads of sweat coming off his forehead. The spirit... was a perfect reflection of Natalie, but how?

Then Suddenly, he heard a knock on his door.

"Hello?"

The opened to reveal a scared looking Natalie.

"What's wrong?" Yugi asked concerned.

"I-I can't sleep..." she mumbled looking down "I'm sorry... I just didn't want to be alone".

Yugi let out a breath as lifted up his covers "come on... you can stay here. But you'll have to go back to your room tomorrow before my Grandpa wakes up". Yugi knew he was breaking the rules and was already walking on thin ice... but he just couldn't resist.

Natalie wasted no time climbing into his bed and snuggling into his chest which cause Yugi to blush madly.

'This girl is going to be the death of me!' he thought as she nudged closer to him so her head was now resting in the croak of his neck. The things she did with his head were nothing compared to what she did to the 'other parts' of his body.

"Is everything okay?" she asked in a whisper

"Y-yeah... everything is peachy!" he croaked.

A silence followed, but it wasn't awkward at all. In fact the both of them found it rather peaceful.

"Can..." Natalie began "is the Pharaoh still here?"

Yugi glanced down at her "he tends to leave me alone when I'm sleeping, whether it's staying in the puzzle or gazing out the window."

"Gazing out the window?"

"Yeah..." Yugi replied "he does that a lot."

"Poor guy..." Natalie mumbled "not being able to remember who he was must be difficult to handle".

Yugi nodded in agreement "I think this whole spirit haunting him is getting him down the most..."

"She's still around?"

Yugi sat up (which cause Natalie to do so as well) by pulling his knees towards him, embracing them and resting his chin on them. "I'm not sure I told you about this..." He began "but one of the visions he had was of the spirit getting mercilessly beaten... he couldn't save her so he broke down into tears..."

Natalie gazed at him concerned as Yugi continued.

"I've never seen him react like that... which is why I believe it's his wife".

"Wait..." Natalie cut in "are you saying... that the Pharaoh is in love with her? The spirit that is".

Yugi nodded "of course he doesn't exactly know it, he can't remember her. But the heart can never forget feelings like that... when he saw her getting hurt, it was like he was sharing her pain."

"Then we have to help him remember her..." Natalie stated "No matter what!"

Yugi nodded and placed his hand on the side of her face "I know... and we'll do it together!"


It's fair to say when Yugi and Natalie walked into their first class hand in hand... they were the talk of the school. But as for their friends... well...

"I KNEW IT!" Tea squealed "I knew something was going on between you to which means I win!"

"Er... win what exactly?" Yugi asked.

"The bet! Cough it up boys!" she ordered whilst holding her hand out to Joey and Tristan.

Both Natalie and Yugi had wet drops on the back of their head "you guys placed a bet on us?" Natalie asked clearly not impressed.

Both Joey and Tristan gave solemn nods as the hand Tea the money they lost.

Yugi chuckled and pulled Natalie closer to him "you're not mad are you?" he whispered in her ear.

"No... But it is just a tad creepy" Natalie admitted which cause Yugi to laugh plant a gentle kiss on the side of her head.

"So anyway..." Tea piped in "how's the research going guys... unless you've been doing other stuff?"

"TEA!" Yugi shrieked horrified.

"Oh chill out I was joking..." Tea giggled "but seriously... the research?"

"It's getting there..." Natalie answered "we discovered that Imhotep's daughter was in fact Queen Nefertiti".

"Nefertiti?" Joey repeated.

"As in the most beautiful woman to rule Egypt?" Tea cut in.

"Yep" Natalie answered "but that isn't the best part, turns out that she ruled around the same as our nameless Pharaoh!"

Tea gasped "so that means... that there's a high chance that the Pharaoh was married to her!"

Yugi nodded "the thing is the Pharaoh wants to know more about her, and to do that I need to go to London..."

"Why London?" Tristan quizzed.

"Because... the Great British Museum holds the majority of the information about her there" Natalie explained.

"So... we'll probably be seeing her sarcophagus... awesome!" Tea cheered.

"I'm afraid that can't happen..."

Everyone including Yugi stared at her.

"What do you mean?" Yugi demanded.

Natalie sighed "no one has been able to discover her body... she just disappeared without a trace".

Yugi felt a pang at his heart, only it wasn't him that was in pain. The Pharaoh obviously wanted to see her sarcophagus if it was possible, so he could have paid his respects.

"I'm sorry Yugi..." Natalie sighed "I know The Pharaoh desperately wished to see it, but I think she disappeared for a reason. From researching her... I found something".

"And what's that?" everyone questioned.

"Around the time Nefertiti disappeared, was ten months after the Pharaoh ceased ruling Egypt..."

"Are you serious!" Joey exclaimed.

Natalie nodded, explaining that maybe her disappearance had something to do with the Pharaoh.

"So..." Tea began "when are we heading to England?"

Yugi and Natalie looked up at her surprised. "No guys!" Yugi ordered "I've already put you through enough... you to Natalie".

Natalie scoffed "Please... without me you'd be completely lost!"

"And Yugi how many times we gotta tell you. We're all in this together... no matter what!" Tea finished with Joey and Tristan nodding in agreement.

Yugi smiled "Thanks guys... now let's book those flights!"