"I can't believe I'm about to do this..." Joey groaned as he pressed the call button on Rebecca's laptop. After a few rings a woman answered.

"Hello this is Kiba Corpe how may I assist you?"

"Er... hey um... I need to speak Seto Kiba? It's kinda urgent!"

"What is your name sir?"

"Er... Joey Wheeler..."

The sound of a computer keyboard could be heard through the speakers "Okay Mr Wheeler please hold to line..."

"Why are we even trying!" Joey moaned "he not gonna..."

"This better be good Wheeler..."

Tea blinked "wow... he actually took your call?"

"Kiba! You in there!" he called getting incredibly close to the camera.

"It works better... when you step back from the webcam" said Mokuba in an irritated tone.

Joey gave a nervous laugh and sat back, Kiba and Mokuba could now be clearly seen on the screen.

"Make it fast Wheeler!" narked Kiba.

"Well... we found some clues about those bikers punks" Joey told him.

"What kind of clues?"

"Hang on Kiba, I'm not giving it up that easily" Joey made aware "but if you give us a lift to Florida I could fill ya in on the way..."

Kiba didn't anything but then noticed Natalie in the back, only she didn't have that fire in her eyes that he saw before "what the hell's up with you Ellis? You're not gonna cry on me now are you?"

Natalie looked away "none of your business Kiba..."

"Hey! Leave Nat alone and hurry up with your decision. We don't have much time! Those creeps defeated Yugi and took his soul!" Joey yelled.

Everyone but the Pharaoh and Natalie groaned at him... so much for keeping it on the low.

"I-I mean forget I just said that... it didn't mean any..."

"YUGI LOST!" Everyone jumped in surprise at Kiba's suddenly outburst and stared at him as if he was gonna crawl out of the screen. "Yugi gave up his champion title to some nobody! NO ONE DESERVES THAT TITLE BUT ME!"

Natalie couldn't take it anymore, Kiba was a little shocked when she suddenly stormed out of the caravan.

"Hold on..." said The Pharaoh quietly.

"Save it!" hiss Kiba "I don't wanna hear another word! You're a disgrace to the game" and the line went dead.

"Now what?" The Pharaoh asked miserably.

"That jerk! How are we suppose to get to Florida now?" Tristan fumed.

"I say that the Professor stays here and we hope in the next flight!" stated Joey "Duke why don't you stay behind to watch out for the professor and Rebecca"

"Yeah sure but..." he hesitated "what about Natalie?"

"She's staying!" The Pharaoh answered "the least I can do is make sure she's kept safe... even though she hates me..."

"Oh Pharaoh..." Tea sighed "she didn't mean it... she was just upset"

"I'll book the flights" said Rebecca "I just hope we can save Yugi before its too late..."


The Pharaoh felt slightly Claustrophobic in the Caravan, he needed to get some air. Having a short stroll he was deep in thought...

'Could I really have a darkness inside me? Why did I put that thing around my neck!' he was so deep in his thought's he walked into someone.

"Sorry I didn't-Natalie!"

Natalie stared at him with blankly, her eyes still blood shot.

"Sorry... I'll... I'll just go" he mumbled and started to walk away, but he was stopped when he felt her grab the back of his jacket. He turned around to stare in those watered green eyes, how the pain stabbed him looking into him. Suddenly she placed her hands on either side of his face.

"Natalie? What are you doing?"

"I know you're not Yugi, but you look like him and sound like him..."

"Natalie..."

"Please... I need to feel him" she whispered desperately and went to kiss him but the Pharaoh stopped her in the nick of time.

"Natalie no!" he ordered "this is wrong and you know it... I'm... I'm not Yugi..."

Natalie's bottom lip began to shake as the tears ran down her cheeks "you're both idiots... damn fools!"

"I know..."

"This hurts so much Pharaoh... I don't know if I can cope..." she admitted.

The Pharaoh gave her a remorseful look "I know this is something you won't want to hear... but it's always painful at first..."

"How would you know!" she snapped.

The Pharaoh stayed calm and held her hand in a friendly manner "It's like you're heart weighs a tone, making you want to violently vomit. You try to distract yourself by doing other things, but in the back of your mind the sadness still lingers, haunting you till it gets resolves... or till you pass on"

Natalie stared at him in amazement "How... how did you know?"

The Pharaoh closed his eyes stepped away from her to look out into the distance "even after everything that's happened, Nefertiti hasn't felt my thoughts... I would ask her advice on what to do... have her tell me it's gonna be alright and that she loves me... but I know that can't happen because I... can't remember her"

Natalie stared at his back for a while "Pharaoh..." she began "I have a feeling that you know something about these bizarre dreams..."

The Pharaoh turned back to face her "I'm not sure this is a good time to tell you..."

Natalie stepped forward "why? What have you and Yugi been keeping from me?"

"Natalie..." he sighed "Myself and Yugi didn't want to scare you but... Natalie... I believe that you're a recantation of... of Nefertiti..."Natalie blinked and stayed silent. The Pharaoh grabbed a hold of her hands again "didn't you ever wonder why you could see me? You and I have a long connection along with Kiba..."

"Kiba?"

"Yes.. Kiba is a recantation of a high priest..."

"Wait..." Natalie cut in "as in the priest on the Pharaoh's tablet?" The Pharaoh nodded "I thought Kiba looked familiar..."

"I think that's why he can... stand you, remember Nefertiti's letter?"

Natalie thought for a moment "it... was addressed to Seto..."

"You're taking a lot better than I expected" The Pharaoh commented.

"I guess deep down I always knew... but... what does this mean?"

The Pharaoh through her a puzzled look "I don't follow..."

"Well..." she started "I'm a recantation of your wife... so... was I suppose to fall in love with you? Not that I have, which is nothing against you..."

"Natalie... no offense to you but I could never see you in that way" the Pharaoh answered "Yugi is the modern day version of me... it was fate that you found each other and fell in love" Natalie gazed downwards...

"Natalie?"

"I'm not sure what to feel anymore..."

The Pharaoh gave her a shocked look "what?"

"Yugi should have told me where he was going, so not only could I have stopped him but so I couldn't feel this pain..."

"Natalie I know... I know you're upset..."

"I'm not upset... I'm furious!"

The Pharaoh massaged his temple "No Natalie if there's someone you should be mad at its me..."

"Yes, but did you drag Yugi against his will to face Raphael?" she questioned.

The Pharaoh let out a tired breath "no... I didn't"

"Then you see my point, I... I'm just so lost right now... I need... I need some time to myself... I can't come with you."

"I wasn't gonna let you... if there's one thing I'm gonna do right, its gonna keep you safe"

Natalie gave him a sad smile and wrapped her arms around his waist, he was shocked at first but quickly complied and hugged her back.

"Please... please bring him back..."

"I promise... I will..."


"I WANNA GO TO!"

"It's too dangerous" Harkins said sternly "and the Pharaoh has enough on his mind already... his closest friend was taken from him."

"Grandpas right Becky, the Pharaoh can't have the responsibility to look after you..." agreed Natalie "even I'm not going..." The Pharaoh did not say one word, he just kept his gaze down.

But Rebecca wailed and ran back into the caravan "you don't understand anything grandpa!"

"But it's for your own good!"

Natalie walked towards to the Pharaoh who didn't acknowledge her, so she wrapped her arms around his waist... he didn't react at first but then reacted when she said...

"You need to be strong now... I know you can do it Pharaoh... I believe in you".


Everything seemed to happen in a blur as Yugi was falling into a bright green vortex, it made him want to vomit.

"THIS IS INSANE!" he cried but then he landed harshly on what looked like a big white room... only there was no shadows, doorways... nothing! "Well... I certainly wasn't expecting this"

Suddenly he heard a growl from behind him, gasping in terror as he set his eyes on many evil, shadow creatures. A dark aura surrounded them as hissing red eyes glared at him hungrily.

"S-stay away from me..." but the creatures continued to advance towards him, the predators stalked their pray slowly. But just as the beasts were about to pounce, a bright light appeared blocking Yugi from their sights. The creatures screeched in pain...

"Be gone creatures of the darkness!" A voice ordered... it was coming from the light. Yugi shield his eyes till the light faded, when he removed his hand he saw a hooded figure stand in front of him, Yugi could tell it was a woman because of her voice and the way she stood.

"Who do you think you are..." the voices of the creatures hissed "he is a soul captured by the Orichalcos, we must feed this soul to our master!"

The hooded woman then held her hand out "go back to the shadow! Tell your master this! The light shall prevail and the Leviathan will never open the gates of hell!"

The creatures growled at her, but began to retreat "we will claim his soul... and feed it to the master, he will be the sacrifice" were their last words before they went out of sight.

Yugi blinked a couple of times "erm... thank you..."

The figure turned to face him "Yugi... you don't know how long I've been waiting for you..." she told him.

"How... how do you know my name? Who are you!"

The figure didn't say anything, instead she reach her hands to her hood and pulled it down.

"No way!" Yugi gasped "it's you... you're Nefertiti!"