"Guys... this is little extreme don't you think?" Yugi tried to reason, but it was falling on deaf ears.

"Nope! You and Nat have been joined at the hip... besides we wanna get some low down" Joey chirped.

"Low... down?" Yugi repeat slowly, he already didn't like were this is going.

"Yeah dude... I mean she's been living with you for a Month and you expect me to believe you haven't done anything?" Tristan explained in a matter-of-fact tone.

Yugi smiled "well we haven't... is that so hard to believe? Remember that there is a 5,000 year old Pharaoh in the room all the time."

"Why don't you just take the puzzle off then?" Joey suggested.

At this Yugi frown "Well I do, but I can't just send him away..." Yugi looked at his puzzle "he's going through enough as it is..."

Tristan sighed "it's really getting to him isn't it?"

Yugi nodded "he just wants to know if the spirit really was his wife..."

"You know..." Joey piped in "I kinda find it hard to believe the Pharaoh was married. Maybe it's cause he seems so young".

"Well I can assure you Joey, much to his displeasure he isn't. And as for him being married... it was quite common back then to marry at a young age and for it to be arranged. In fact a Pharaoh was allowed to have up to five wives!"

"Now that's... kinda creepy!" Joey shuddered which caused the boys to laugh.

"But it was a way to strengthen cities, like some sort of alliance between two different regions in Egypt so to speak" Yugi countered.

"I don't follow?" Joey told him.

"At that time, Egypt was probably one of the most powerful empires of its time. So it's no surprise that other regions would jump at the chance to join them in that power. Imhotep was a powerful lord of the West and a highly acclaimed professor, and of course the Pharaoh goes without saying." Yugi explained.

"So..." Tristan dragged out "so, regions relied on marriages to strengthen they power?"

"Yeah that partly right, but not why they do that..." Joey and Tristan looked more confused than ever so Yugi still had to explain.

"It's all to do with strong blood..." Yugi told them "both the Pharaoh and Nefertiti came from strong, powerful families so by putting them both together... they can make an even more powerful, wiser offspring. The Pharaoh, well... being in the royal family and Nefertiti... a daughter of a genius! It's all planned out for the good of Egypt!"

"I see, but if it was arranged... then won't there be a chance that the Pharaoh didn't love her?" Tristan suggested.

Yugi let out a little laugh, "if you could feel what the Pharaoh does every time he sees that spirit you wouldn't think that way".

"So..." Joey mused "what does it feel like? Or what does the Pharaoh feel? Does that even make sense?"

Yugi pondered for a moment "Well... it's a whole mix of things really. He's always thinking about her, trying to pick out his mind on any memories he might have. But most of the time he's sad, angry and confused because it's out of his control and isn't use to it. He's looks forward to seeing her, but is terrified at the same time..."

Tristan whistled "who would have thought someone could feel all those emotions at once..."

Yugi agreed, which is why more information they find out the happier the Pharaoh will be!


The following morning the gang headed to the British museum.

"Think I'm gonna let the Pharaoh take over whilst we're there" Yugi told no one in particular.

Natalie turned her head to him "that's probably a good idea..."

Yugi nodded as he activated his puzzle and let the Pharaoh take over. Through this change Yugi kept a hold of Natalie's hand which meant that the Pharaoh was now holding her hand.

"Oh sorry!" he muttered suddenly turning nervous.

Natalie chuckled "it's okay; if you feel a need of reassurance then you're more than welcome to hold my hand".

"Pharaoh... you know it doesn't bother me" Yugi told him. But the Pharaoh chose to ignore him "how far is the museum?"

"Not far now..." Tea told them, and soon enough they were standing in front of the great British Museum, and walked inside.

"Okay..." Joey announced looking at the map "if I was an Egyptian queen... where would I be?"

Natalie rolled her eyes "doofus, I already know where it is... come on". And with that everyone followed Natalie to the third floor.

"This place is huge!" Tristan exclaimed.

Natalie turned her head slightly with a smirk "impressive isn't it?"

"You've been here before?" Tea asked her.

Natalie nodded "I pretty much live in this place whenever I'm in England". They then entered a room numbered sixty three.

"Okay guys I suggest you just have a wander around, if you see anything that might relate to what we're looking for and give me shout".

Everyone went in different direction, but The Pharaoh stuck with Natalie. "Come on... you might wanna see this" she told him as she grabbed his hand. The Pharaoh let her lead him to wherever she wished till she stopped into of a head statue.

"Wait... is that?"

Natalie nodded in reply, because indeed in front of them was the head statue of Queen Nefertiti. The Pharaoh couldn't get over the sheer beauty of it, historians where right when they said she was the most beautiful woman to rule Egypt.

"She was born in the West of Egypt, she had four brothers and lived under the care of her father till she was sixteen, it was at that time she joined the royal family and became queen a year later." Natalie read. The Pharaoh stared at the statue as Natalie continued...

"As queen, she took on powerful roles and showed herself in ways only Egyptian kings did. Her husband valued her so much, that he also allowed her to practice that art of priesthood and she too was allowed to make offerings to the three Egyptian gods."

The Pharaoh placed his hand against the glass "are there any writings on her death?"

Natalie sighed "Only theories... some say she died of a terminal illness, others think she got dismissed... I think neither of them are true..."

"Then what to you believe?"

Natalie paused "Well... according to the dates, Nefertiti disappeared around the time the reign of the nameless Pharaoh came to an end. I believe... she died of a broken heart..."

The Pharaoh didn't say anything, he still wasn't a hundred percent sure that he was married to her.

"I can see your doubt, but I know I'm right Pharaoh..." Natalie told him "because if you look carefully, you notice that the Pharaoh's name has been scratched off".

The Pharaoh looked up at the board with widened eyes. She was right, the board showed an image of the stone where it talked of Nefertiti and sure enough... a line of hieroglyphics was gone.

"The museum is under the impression that it just wore away, but don't you find a tad odd that one word is gone yet the rest was in perfect condition?" Natalie explained.

"But that still doesn't explain your theory on her dying of a broken heart" he stated.

Natalie glanced at him "Pharaoh... you died at young age" Natalie elucidated "death is a painful thing to burden; she probably couldn't imagine life without you".

"So you think so took her life?" The Pharaoh said completely horrified.

"Pharaoh..." she spoke calmly "if she took her own life then she would have been wiped from history. But I don't s think she died pleasantly..."

"And now she's haunting me for it" The Pharaoh cut in.

"Maybe... or she's guiding you to remember your past".

The Pharaoh never thought of it that way, suddenly he felt a presents within the head statue. Staring into its eyes the statue told him one thing...

"All will become clear my love, you must return to the tablet with the three god cards and soon... I sense evil at work..."

'How do you know this?'

"I know many things... but woe, I grow weaker by the day as this evil grows"

The Pharaoh hesitated i'are you? Are you my wife? Please... I need to know!'

"I'm sorry... but I can no longer continue talking to you, I've used up to much of my strength to leave your puzzle. Remember I'll always be with you... now hurry..."

'No wait!'

"Pharaoh?"

The Pharaoh snapped out of his trance "Wha?"

"The museum is closing, we need to leave" Natalie told. The Pharaoh nodded as he took one last look at Nefertiti's statue...

'I'll gain my memory back, and I will try and save you from your fate Nefertiti...'