Author's Notes:

Hey there everyone! Okay, I'm starting another fic! This one doesn't have any new characters, but focuses very distinctly on Yugi and Téa's ancient Egyptian past. Let me know what you think!

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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of its subsequent plots and characters. All of these wonderful things belong to Kazuki Takahashi.

Japanese Translation:

Iie = No

Reviews much appreciated!!!

-Pharaohess Yami Anzu

Resurrection of Old Memories

Chapter 1- Disturbing Dreams

Humming a song gently, Téa Gardner sat at her vanity, brushing her hair. Outside her window, the moon shone brightly, full and strangely large, a magnificent sight to Téa's eyes. She set the brush down, and sat on her windowsill, gazing longingly at the moon's ethereal luminance. As it had done so many times these past few months, Téa found her thoughts returning to Yugi. Sweet, handsome, gentle Yugi...and the stunning, mysterious, powerful Yami Yugi inside him, who had turned out to be, after all this time, the powerful Pharaoh Atemu.

A single solitary tear ran down her face. 'Oh Yugi...you'll never see me as more than a friend, will you? I'll never be anymore than just funny ol' Téa to you, will I? You'll never know that every time I see you smile, or see you laugh, inside I'm smiling and laughing right with you. When I see the other you, the dark, amazing, mysterious you, the Spirit, Yami, Pharaoh, whatever you want to call him...my heart aches just to know what you...and he...think of me. And I can never ever tell you how I feel...never...'

Brushing away her tears, and calling herself a thousand different types of moron for letting her worried eat away at her, Téa sighed, yawned, and lay back, pulling the heavy quilt over her. Her last thoughts before she drifted to sleep were of the conversation she had had with Yami on their "date".

' "There is a way to get my memories back? To figure out who I am"

"I'm not entirely sure...it's a long shot, but you know it had something to do with Egypt, right? Maybe if we see something from the ancient Egyptian times, it can trigger a memory...it's a long shot, but it's better than nothing..."

Yami smiled. "I can see why Yugi admires you so much, Téa...and why I do as well..."'

Though Téa was normally a very light sleeper, this night, nothing could wake her from the grasp of her dream. To her, it was as though she were really there, as though everything were not a dream, but real, as though she were truly living where her dreams resided...

The sands whipped about her toes, and she could feel the sun beating down on her head, though it was so wonderfully bright, so amazingly warm, that she found she could not be bothered by it. Smiling, she slipped her feet back into the soft slippers that she had discarded for those precious spare minutes. 'How odd,' she thought. 'Why should I be wearing ivory satin slippers? I've never owned a pair in my life.' The realization came as a momentary shock. She looked down at her body. 'An ivory dress...gold bracelets and anklets and rings? A gold belt?' Her hands flew to her throat and head. 'A gold torque? A gold headdress and earrings? Who am I? Where am I?'

As though she had just been punched in the stomach, she doubled over, her eyes locked unbelievingly on the hot sands that caressed her slippers. A glance of something dark in the distance caught her eyes, and before she could stop herself, she found herself standing straight once more, gazing directly at the three distant shapes that pointed to the heavens, as though saluting the gods above. When she had finally regained her bearing, she realized she was looking at the three great pyramids of Egypt, dark sand against the bright blue sky they embraced.

A sudden gentle warmth at her side almost made her gasp. She looked, in stunned disbelief, at the devastatingly handsome figure next to her. "Yugi!" she gasped, stunned to immediate silence thereafter by the difference in her voice. It was not the high alto of teenage girl emerging from adolescence, but the melodic, sweet soprano of a goddess. The vision next to her frowned briefly with concern, before his handsomely tanned face gave way to a smile. "Teana, love, are you joking with me? You know full well that my name is Atemu. One would think you would know your own husband, not to mention to Pharaoh of all Egypt."

She felt the blood rushing to her head. "Hu—husband? Ph—Pharaoh?" she asked, feeling her eyes widen in stunned disbelief. She looked at Yugi—no, Atemu—more carefully. He looked like a perfectly duplicated model of the Yugi she knew. The same hair, the same gorgeous amethyst eyes, the same calm, powerful demeanor...except that he was taller...more tanned. 'This must be what the adult Yugi would look like...oh gods...'

The regal man before her blinked, making her swoon all over again. "Love, are you okay? Normally you've given up on the joke by now. Shall I call for a handmaiden to bring you refreshment and fan you? Perhaps you have been out too long in the sun...iie, I will take you inside...the cool airs of the palace in the heat of midday will be far better for you. Come, love." And with that, the Pharaoh extended his arm, firmly placing her hand in the crook of his elbow, and began to walk her back to the ethereal vision of white marble in the distance.

Her jaw nearly fell open with surprise. The massive palace before them must have been at least ten stories high, with several wings, and so many windows she couldn't count. Gorgeous statues of various gods and goddesses graced the façade, massive white marble and gold pillars holding up an enormous veranda. Fountains and gorgeous gardens surrounded it. As they approached the enormous ivory-paved walkway, several large groups of servants, including a collection of handmaidens, came rushing out to meet them, bowing courteously as they murmured in low voices how they could serve their king and queen.

The Pharaoh beckoned with a hand to the handmaidens to come forward. "Prepare refreshment and cool chambers for the Pharaohess...the heat of the day is too much for her." Nodding acquiescence, the handmaidens scurried off. She felt as though she were about to die from sheer happiness as those warm violet eyes locked with hers. "Ph—Pharaohess?" she managed to choke out. The Pharaoh laughed this time, and she noticed, for the first time, that he was fully decked with gold. She looked more closely. 'The Millennium Items! All of them! He—he really is—the—the Pharaoh! But then...that would mean...if what he said was true...that...I'm...the...the...'

At that very moment, they walked past a massive mirror panel set in the wall. And for the first time, she caught a glimpse of herself. A most womanly figure clad in a gorgeous dress of the lightest ivory satin. Gorgeous, dewy tanned skin that held a golden sheen to it. Massive sky-blue eyes amid calf-length mahogany hair. Gold all over...beautifully crafted...and a long, thin gold chain hung around her neck, coming past her chest to rest just above her stomach...holding a pendant adorned with a large winged five-point star, whose center was adorned with a large, ornate eye. 'What...what is that?' she wondered. As if triggered by her thoughts, the pendant began to glow with an unearthly light, casting stars from it, transporting her across time and space until she...

Gasping as she sat up suddenly, clutching the bedcovers to her mouth so she wouldn't scream from the shock of waking, Téa breathed raggedly into the softness of the comforter, fighting to slow her wildly hammering heart. Jumping from her bed, still clutching the blanket up to her chin, she dashed to the full-length mirror, staring at her distraught, sweaty, breathless reflection staring back at her, blue eyes wide with alarm and mahogany hair unkempt around her pale face. 'What was that? Why was Yugi...why was I...?' Shivering from a deep, unknown fear that sat deep inside her, Téa finally managed to calm herself, and turned away from the mirror to return to her bed.

Author's Notes:

Reviews!!!!! Please!!!! I love 'em! The next chapter is a definitive walk into Téa's life...and her feelings for Yugi. And just in case you were wondering, YES, she gets just as upset with Tristan and Joey as she does with Kaiba back at Duelist Kingdom!

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-Pharaohess Yami Anzu