Luineraugwen: I'm finally updating. Although it was the holidays, I didn't have any ideas for the new chapter until I was watching Yugioh this afternoon. I was watching the episode where Ryou and Yugi are fighting in the Battle City tournament. You know how Bakura was saved from Yugi's attack by Ryou, well I was thinking, what if Bakura hadn't been saved by his Yami what if it was the spirit of a girl Bakura liked instead. Crazy right, well not where I was standing. I'll explain more at the end of the chapter. There's going to be some precious time spent between Keiko and Bakura's Yami's. This chapter takes place a few nights after the party. Keiko's father is still away. Also can someone tell me if Téa lived in Egyptian time and had something to so with Yami because I saw a picture in a magazine with a girl who looked like Téa but she had blacky blue hair and she looks Egyptian. Can anyone tell me if there is a connection or not.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or the characters.

Ryou and Himiko stood hand in hand at the end of Keiko's bed watching her and Bakura sleep. The two had fallen asleep a little while ago and the two Yami's were trying not to wake them as they talked.

"So, when do you plan to tell Keiko that she is your reincarnation?" Ryou asked.

"When do you plan to tell Bakura the same thing?" she answered sharply. Himiko opened her mouth to apologize but in the end she just shook her head and turned away from him.

"Hush my little minx, there is no need for words now. I understand just how hard it is to tell them. They'll have our complete memories, the good and the bad but if Sethus has returned, they absolutely need to know, now matter how hard it is to tell them" Ryou said wrapping an arm around Himiko's waist and resting his lips on her shoulder. She giggled and turned around in his arms while wrapping her own around his neck and pulled herself up against him, reveling in the old sensations it caused.

"By the gods Ryou, I have missed you terribly over the centuries" Himiko said letting go of all her emotions and hugging him for dear life. Tears began to fall from her eyes but Ryou gently wiped them away.

"I have missed you too. I was furious and devastated at the time when your body was found. I had lost the one thing that kept me alive all those years. You were the one that brightened up my life. We never met until your brother took the throne. I'll never forget the day when we stood side by side behind your brother. We were both to be his advisers and we guided him the correct way" Ryou whispered running his hands up and down her back.

"I still remember our first night together…and how my brother reacted when he found out" Himiko started to laugh silently. Her brother hadn't taken the news too lightly either. He had been afraid for her and had threatened Ryou, saying that if he ever hurt Himiko that he would personally geld Ryou. The advisor never hurt the princess and the Pharaoh had no need to carry out the threat. It wasn't before long that they found out that someone was out to get the princess. Mysterious shadows appeared in her chambers and seemed to follow her wherever she went, they could even pass through the strongest of sunlight. It wasn't before long that she grew scared and she refused to sleep alone, so Ryou gladly moved in with her. The two soon found out that it's wasn't only Himiko's that the shadows wanted to harm, they wanted her lover, Ryou, out of the picture…forever. But that never happened and somehow Ryou was framed. One of the shadows, in Ryou's form, attacked Himiko and Pharaoh gave him the death sentence. Himiko managed to persuade her brother out of the sentence and exiled him instead, still believing that it had been Ryou. It was because of Ryou's disappearance that Himiko was taken. At first it was suspected that the former adviser had done it but it soon become clear that he was at least a hundred miles away. A few days after Himiko's body was discovered Ryou stormed into the throne room demanding the truth. He hadn't believed the rumors until he saw Himiko's body in the embalmers. It was then that the two men found out that the princess had been with child…Ryou's child. This fueled his anger even more but soon his mind began to slip and he collapsed. He withdrew from society and he didn't even talk to his Pharaoh. Ryou's body, along with a small phial of poison was found a couple of days after the funeral. It had all been too much for him to take. A note addressed to the Pharaoh lay underneath his body. This is what it said:

She is gone…lost forever in the starry heaven which I will never reach. Forgive me my Pharaoh. Himiko was my life and without her, I am nothing but an empty shell. She meant so much to me Pharaoh, so much in fact that after you exiled me, I lost all reason to live, just as I have now. I will never reach heaven…at least not yet. I am doomed to wander these lands. I am now a lost soul. Until I find out who did this to my lover, my soul will not rest in peace. Her death will be avenged.

Ryou

"We will tell them…when the time comes. I don't think that these two or even Yugi for that matter know who they were thousands of years ago. I will have to consult my brother about letting them know that much. But like you said, if it is going to get dangerous in the future, the children should know who and what they really are…regardless of the consequences" Himiko whispered in Ryou's ear and kissed him before returning to the Millennium Sword, ending the discussion for the night.

Ryou sighed. "Looks like I lose the bet we made Bakura" then he too retreated into his Millennium item.

"Dad… dad help me there's a huge spider crawling up my blanket!" Keiko screamed as she watched the brown/black creature quickly crawl up her blanket. She tried to bat it away with hand but it still came towards her until it had perched itself firmly on her left ear.

"Don't worry honey, it probably more scared of you than you are of it" her father called back. Unfortunately for Keiko that wasn't the case. She could feel the creature's legs digging into her ear

"Now don't even think about trying to squash me human. My fangs are quicker than your hand" the spider hissed and ran her fangs lightly over Keiko's skin and then doing the same with its mouth. "I come to warn you. Those closest to you, will be the ones who will harm you the most. Be wary of the ones you hold dear and those you call friends for they will betray you" it hissed.

Keiko's eyes snapped open and she sat up. What had that dream meant? 'Be wary of the one she held dear and those you call friends for they will betray you' was the spider's message but just like everything else, what did that mean? Suddenly she felt a strong arm wrap around her waist and someone rub their body against hers. She looked over her shoulder to saw Bakura smiling sleepily at her.

"So didn't mean to wake you" she whispered and kissed his cheek. He nodded and pulled her closer to him and he began to run his hand along the back of her legs while she snuggled against his chest. Bakura's hand left her leg before settling back tightly around Keiko's waist in a protective manner. Their eyes began to heavy and they both fell asleep.

Luineraugwen: Sorry the chapter was so short but I'm ready started the next chapter right away. Just a warning for it. It might contain a bit of a graphic dream from Ryou's point of view from when he was in Egypt. My idea for Keiko and Bakura to get their memories back is to have them in their dreams. It's hard to explain but the dreams that they'll have every now and then will actually be memories from their past lives. I'm still not quite sure what will be in the next chapter but I'd best keep the warning up because Keiko's father is still away. Hint, hint. Also about that spider dream, feel free to laugh about it if you want but I actually had a dream with a talking spider in it. Most of what happened in Keiko's dream happened to me, except I've forgotten the warning it gave. That's where I got the inspiration for it. R and R.