A/N I forgot to mention that the lyrics at the start of the last chapter are from the song Hunting High and Low by Stratovarius.

Summary: Shadi and Isis have a moment, Li-Ming enters the World Championship and Nirobi searches for Shadi and Isis.

I feel like I lost everything when you're gone
Left remembering what it's like to have you here with me
I thought you should know,
You're not making this easy
Promise – Matchbook Romance
Shadi stood, staring out at the night sky, watching the stars and wondering why he had thought he could survive a journey such as he was on with Isis. It wasn't that he disliked Isis, it was that he simply couldn't take another moment of her reminding him of everything he had never had.

He watched her as she stood, beautiful against the night sky, her dark hair shining in the moonlight. It was all he ever did. Watch from afar as she fell in love with another man, watch from afar loving her and knowing she would never love him. She was his friend, she cared for him, but not in the way he cared for her. He watched as a second figure joined hers in the night, watching as he wrapped his arms around her as he himself had wanted to do so many times.

"Seto," hearing that name spoken on her lips with so much love and devotion tore him up inside. She loved Seto and he was nothing to her.

Shadi couldn't bare remembering Aishisu because he had loved her and she had been in love with Seto, not him. Even after Seto had fallen in love with another woman she had gone on loving him. It was even more painful now because he could so easily fall in love with Isis, who was not in love with Seto, when he knew that he would have to leave her once again, this time a separation that would last forever.

"Shadi?" Isis's voice cut through the silence of Shadi's solitude as she came to join him, "what are you doing out here?"

Shadi was perfectly comfortable with her in a way that made him relax as he never did, "I was just remembering."

Isis didn't question him further, she just looked out over the ocean and Shadi did the same, content just to have a moment with someone who was so similar, yet still different from the woman he had loved all those millennia ago.

"Do you miss it?" asked Isis finally, her eyes still focused on the water.

Shadi was startled by her question, was she talking about Ancient Egypt? He had never told anyone the whole truth about his continued existence, but many had figured out the basic truth on their own, did Isis know? "Miss what?"

"Egypt, not my Egypt, yours."

So she had figured out most of it, that saved him trying to explain it all, he sighed, he was never really sure if he did miss it or not, "I don't know. I miss existing like I did back then, but somehow things are more beautiful now, when I know I will not be seeing them for much longer."

Isis turned to Shadi, who took in her face, memorizing it, even though he knew it perfectly. He did not want to forget her, even when he was finally able to rest.

"That's why you're searching for the final two holders, so that you can pass on your Sennen Items," it wasn't a question when Isis asked it, looking into his endless blue eyes as though she could see his soul through them.

"Yes, I thought that after… after the memories were set right, that I would be able to rest, but I am here. I believe it is because I have not given these last two items to their predestined owners," Shadi had fully expected to finally find peace in the afterlife after he had completed his task of restoring the Pharaoh's memories, but he had returned once again to this unending life.

"Hmmm…" Isis looked thoughtfully at the starry sky, and Shadi followed suit, hoping that maybe all the answers would be written in the darkness.

Nibori sighed as he looked at the passenger list of La Sirene. There were the two names he was hoping he wouldn't find on any list for a boat. So they had taken a boat, he would not be able to get them while they were at sea. He smirked as he saw the destination of the ship, he would be waiting for them when they got there, and they wouldn't escape him this time. Their Sennen Items would be his and then he wouldn't be taking orders from a petulant child.

"Shokran/1," Nirobi thanked the man who had shown him the passenger list.

"Afwan/2, was your sister on board?" the man asked, referring to the lie Nibori has told to gain access to the list.

"Yes, I will meet her in France. Your help was appreciated," Nibori grinned as he left, he could almost taste his victory. He would be the most powerful man live, he would hold the items he she have been given long ago

Thank you for your invitation to compete in the Duel Monsters World Championship. I would be honored to participate.
Li-Ming Egan

Li-Ming placed the short letter into an envelope and sealed it, dropping it onto a pile of letters to be sent on her father's desk.

"We're so proud of you, Li-Ming," said her mother Shu-Fang, "your father had hoped you would be invited."

"Do jeh/3, mama. I am honored to be invited," Li-Ming smiled at her mother, who was beaming with pride at her daughter.

"I know you will make China proud, you are the best duelist in our country and we will always be proud of you," Shu-Fang smiled at her daughter.

/1/ Shokran means "thank-you" in Arabic

/2/ Afwan means "you're welcome" in Arabic

/3/ Do jeh means "thank-you" in Cantonese Chinese. I'm not actually sure if Li-Ming is Cantonese or Mandarin, but I guess she's Cantonese now.

This was a really really short chapter, but there should be another one soon, so that should make up for it! There were no badly translated and retold AE flashback/dreams in the chapter! Yay! I also know that Seto and Aishisu weren't together in AE, and I am a firm believer in Seto/Kisara but anyway, that figures in here to but I'm not sure how much detail I'm going to go into it. Anyway, in regards to Seto/Aishisu… THERE WAS INNUENDO! Anyway, don't worry this isn't a Seto/Isis fic.