A.N: Ready for another dumb chapter?

Disclaimer: I own the plotline and the weird names (They do make sense if you decode them! Really!) in the dream sequence. Everything else belongs to someone else. Ya.

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Chapter Two: Dreams of an Egyptian Past

Egypt:

"The ceremonies are tomorrow's evening, my love…" She crooned her love as they walked the pathways of Pharaoh's golden palace. The man laughed, his face still bidden in shadow. He slipped his arm around her waist and she giggled.

"I find it ironic that his demise will be from that of people working underneath him" The man said bursting out in other spat of laughter. The girl traced the pendent she wore with a slim finger.

"So soon…we will have revenge!"

"I know what your up to" spoke a raven-haired girl as she stepped out of the shadows, blocking there path.

"Oh, look, what we have here, my dear. The High Priest's little raven…" The man said, laughing again. The strange girl took no notice of the man's insult but instead turned her attention to the girl with him.

"Ierion…Aren't you needed somewhere else? Why come here to bother us?" The girl said laughing as the man held her tighter. Ierion glanced at the two of them then drew her attention back to the girl.

"I know what you plan to do, Imamizno."

"You do, do you? I guess you were reading fire again!" Imamizno said, breaking up into more laughter. Ierion glared at her.

"Don't take my gifts for granted. I am after all in High Priest's Seto's court…"

The man howled with this comment and let go of Imamizno, who stepped forward, close to the other girl.

"I'm sure that working in his court are not all you two do together…" She said innocently and smiled. In return she received a slight blush from Ierion, who quickly resumed her calm expression.

"Are you saying I'm doing something with the High Priest Seto, that I shouldn't be?"

"Let's just say your doing…extra special rituals with one another…if you catch my meaning"

Ierion blushed again, but didn't succeed in getting rid of it.

"What I do is none of your business! How dare you talk low of me whilst in the presence of someone other then ourselves? How dare you talk ill of one of your own!"

"She is not one of you. She is part of me now…" The man said, grabbing Imamizno, tracing her pendent and kissing her tenderly on the lips. Imamizno moaned and turned to the glaring Ierion with a smile.

"I bet the High Priest doesn't treat you like this Ierion…" Ierion gave them a death stare and turned on her heel back into the shadows.

"The Pharaoh's bride-to-be, Igasu is awaiting your assistance, Imamizno. Remember that I know…" Ierion said as the shadows claimed her form.

"She could be trouble for us, Imamizno…she could wreck everything…" The man whispered as Imamizno turned away. She winked back at the man.

"Don't be troubled, love. I can take care of Ierion!"

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Ierion's bedroom:

Ierion brushed her hair in front of the gilded mirror and glared at the person who came up behind her and placed a sharp knife at her throat. She placed her hands and the brush in her lap.

"Imamizno…I knew you would come to see me…did you lose your boyfriend back in the maze?"

Imamizno smiled.

"No…but I'm sure he would have loved to have been here to watch you. Now careful you don't say anything else of him…or…" Imamizno said, edging the knife closer to Ierion.

"You wouldn't do that to me. Not in the last lifetime, not in the future and lastly not here"

"Don't think I'll do it?…Soldiers were meant to be able to kill…I know you have the capabilities…even more so then me perhaps? Being the daughter of a god of war…how ironic for you to have been born here in a hovel with the rest of the slaves…You're lucky the High Priest likes you so much…and the Pharaoh too I suppose?" Imamizno smiled as she saw Ierion blush again.

"You wouldn't want me to publicize both affairs would you? You being so important the court…and of course, what would the Pharaoh think about you being with his cousin as well? Especially since they hate each other so…"

"You don't scare me Imamizno" Imamizno smiled and edged the knife closer. Ierion could feel Imamizno's pendant, glowing hot, at the back of her neck.

"Don't lie to me! I'm ice, your fire! We know each other inside out…Your scared. You don't want to die here just yet. But you don't want the High Priest or Atemu to know about your little…incidents…with the other…oh, what to do?" Ierion glared at her.

"So…you're going to be difficult…so tell me…who's better? I suppose Seto's a little rough…he only cares for himself you know…and Atemu…well that must be fun…you must really enjoy being with him…he'd do anything to make you happy…bet you wish he wasn't engaged to Igasu, huh? Think of that…she always gets everything. And we even have to protect her. And now, she's getting the Pharaoh too…too bad he's not her prince from way back then…It must be hard it must be for you, her being so close to you…Still I bet the Pharaoh isn't as good as my man. He knows how to treat a girl…"

"What do you want Imamizno? You know I wouldn't tell anyone else…as much as I know I should."

Imamizno gave her, her trademark smile.

"Yes…I know you will keep your mouth shut for the time being. Still…I think I have a task for you other then that…"

"What do you want…?" Ierion asked.

"Atemu…does he allow you to call him that? I know Seto wouldn't accept anything other then his title…"

"Get back to the subject. I will tell you nothing of that. How you know is beyond me…"

"I only want Atemu…lead him to me tomorrow night before the ceremonies…otherwise...I have other ways to get what I want from you other then what I afore mentioned. For those things are much worse."

"What if he doesn't follow?" Ierion asked, now giving the girl in the mirror death stares.

"Of course he will…"

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At a small, expensive, hotel, in Yugi's room:

Ami opened her eyes and blinked at the brightness of the room. She sat up and discovered herself to be in what appeared to be a hotel room. Through the window beside the bed she sat upon, the early afternoon sun shinned in.

'Where am I?' Ami thought to herself. She rubbed her head, in an effort to get rid of her mind-numbing headache. Her hands traveled to where her heart was and from inside her now rumpled blouse, she pulled out her pendant. It glowed in the sunlight and she held it close to her heart.

'My pendant…my precious pendant…wait…my dream…it was another one. Everytime I have one lately I remember more about the one before it. They seem so clear yet…incomplete. What do they have to do with me?…the girl in this dream had it…but she wanted kill her sister…no, friend. Where they even that? I'm so confused…' Ami's eyes opened wide as Yugi, walked into the room, carrying a cup of tea and what looked like aspirin tablets.

'Rei's boyfriend…the one with the puzzle with my pendant's markings…Ierion…huh?'

"Oh! You're awake! Thank god, you had me worried back there when you fainted…" Yugi said, placing the items on a bench and running over to her side. Ami blinked. He was so energetic…

"I fainted…?"

"Yeah! I didn't know what to do so I brought you back here. I hope you're ok…Yami must have given you quite a shock…"

"Yami?"

'Yami…That's what Rei called him earlier…but he looked different then…maybe I should get Mum to check me up…I don't feel so good…' Yugi smiled and passed her the tea and aspirins which she immediately took.

"Thank you…huh?" Ami said, her eyes wide, as short, little Yugi became taller, more confidently looking man before her eyes.

'Rei's Yami!…but…I know him from somewhere else…but where?'

"Ami-chan…we have much to talk about…follow me to the hotel terrace…" Yami said as he stalked out of the room, leaving Ami slightly bewildered.

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Rei's bedroom at the temple:

Rei awoke feverish. She felt scared and confused. Her dream just then. It gave her the same chills she had felt when she received the visions of her friend's deaths. Yet the people in this dream…they felt…familiar somehow…

'Was it a dream? Or was it a vision…A vision from the past?' Rei swung herself out of her bed and looked at the sun glowing in the afternoon shine. What she had planned as a quick nap, had turned into an hours long, deep sleep. And that dream…

'Why do I feel the need to suddenly go find Ami-chan?'

"Remember that I know…that's what the girl had said…"

Rei stood quickly and moved towards her mirror, picking up her brush and settling down on the chair, brushing her long dark hair slowly.

'Ami…those girls…just like this…I must go find Ami…' Rei thought putting down her brush and leaving the room.

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The hotel café on the terrace:

"So your telling me you're an ancient pharaoh, your soul locked inside your puzzle? And Yugi's kinda like your other half? So there's two of you?" Ami asked staring at the man in front of her. Yami looked towards the view at his side and sipped his iced tea.

"Yes."

"But what has this got to do with me? How can this be possible?" Ami asked, giving him a pleading look.

"We might be two souls, but we are one entity. Everyone has a darkside…"

"I don't understand!" Yami turned to the flushed girl. He smiled.

"For example…you are a soldier…"

"You know about that? Who told you about that?" Ami asked, she didn't expect him to know about her secret identity.

"I know all about that, Sailor Mercury. You're the princess of ice, just as Usagi is the princess of the moon…"

"I don't understand!"

"It doesn't matter how I know. What matters is within the soldier you, and the Ami you, there lies a dark side too. A separate soul."

"Like you and Yugi? But that isn't possible! I don't have a puzzle!"

'This is insane!…through…it's not like I question it…I just want to believe it's not true…why?'

Yami took her hand, receiving a blush from Ami. He used his other hand to brush away a strand of hair from her face and leaned in close.

Rei had sensed them here. Together. Meters away she hid at a table, shaded from their view by a large, leafy pot plant.

'What is he doing?…he couldn't be! With mousy little Ami?' Rei thought watching as Ami withdrew from his touch. Through no stranger to heartbreak, Rei turned away; she couldn't bear to watch. Still, quickly her eyes focused on them again.

'Could she? Be that girl from so long ago? She had this pendant too…So long ago I bearly remember her…but Ami seems so familiar…like Kaiba…' Yami thought as he took the pendant from around Ami's neck. She turned away blushing. Yami eyed the pendant, tracing its lines.

"5000 years ago I rained as Pharaoh. 5000 years ago my late father created the seven-millenium items. He handed them over to the High Priest Seto, Shadi, myself and those who would come to protect my tomb. In order to create these magical items, to shield the monsters from the world, he sacrificed a village in the east of the kingdom. Only one survived the massacre, a boy, a thief. He swore to have his revenge on me, since my father soon passed away. I was to carry on and finish the ceremonies, seal away the items, their powers and the monsters threatening to destroy the world. I was also to be wed…but my heart belonged to another…"

"I understand…but what does that have to do with ME?"

"You have been reborn many times, just to find this timeline in which all you shenshi meet. I'm not sure…but this pendant leads me to believe you were also born into my lifetime…" Ami blinked. She had heard of the Moon Millenium…but this?

'Reborn many times…another soul within my heart…my sleepiness? My dreams? My pendant? Connection?' Ami thought staring into Yami's dark eyes.

"The boy…the thief…he created another item in secret and gave it to his love…a girl…my love. I was betrayed and during the final ritual there was an accident and my soul was locked away until Yugi awakened here, 5000 years into the future. The millenium pendant…" Yami thought opening Ami's hand and placing it inside. It felt so warm in her hand and she folded her fingers over it. Heat rushed to her brain.

'She was a fool to get in my way!'

Ami felt the colour draining from her face. Something, someone else…just like before. Ami managed a smile.

'I must not let on…He's so close…' Ami thought, feeling his eyes on her.

"Atemu…"

'How could they…to me? Ami has Greg, for god's sake!' Rei thought watching the two. Through she could not hear what they were saying yet; she could feel it wasn't good. For any of them. She could feel the jealousy thriving in her chest, but watching Ami's face go white and her fake smile, made Rei smile as well.

'What are they talking about?…why does it make me feel so uneasy?'

"Ami…you are in great danger. For just as your pendant lead me to you, it will lead others as well. It will lead him." Yami said rising from his chair.

"Danger?" Ami asked standing up and following him to the door.

"Yes, those who seek to posses the items…and those who seek to posses you"

"Posses…me?"

"I think it wise for you to give me your item"

'Your not getting it! It's MINE! MINE, MINE, MINE! Get it? No one but my love or me should posses it!'

"No"

"Excuse me? but…" Yami said surprised at her calm response. Ami turned to stare at him.

"I said no. I will take care of those who pose a threat…and make them useful to my cause. Besides…how do I not know if you are one of them?" Ami traced a finger up and down his chest.

"It will be alright. Don't worry…" Ami cooed, pressing herself up against him. Yami could feel her heartbeat in time to his own.

"Pardon me" came voice behind them and they turned to see Rei, with practically flames leaping form her form. Yami detached himself quickly from Ami and blushed.

"…R-R-Rei-chan!…" Yami stuttered nervously.

'Why is she here? What has she heard? She and Ami look so familiar to me…yet I cannot place either of them…but the pendant…?'

"Rei-san…How nice to see you again! How was the rest of the meeting?" Ami said sweetly.

'Don't mess with me…I'll send you to the shadow realm and back to face your fears! Just like before…' Ami thought, her smile innocent to her thoughts.

"I don't know what your up to, but when I find out…" Rei said softly to them and stalked out of the building.

'Remember that…'

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Well, if there weren't hints all over the place! See if you can figure them out…Haha ^.~ R&R!!! PLEASE!!!

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