Title: Curse in the Heart of the Cards

Author: Eyes of Pearl

Rating: G

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing or Yugioh. They belong to their respective owners.

Sorry I didn't get a chance to answer to the reviews. I really appreciate the fact that you guys are checking this out, so as a reward here's chapter 5. (lol) Anyways, don't forget to r/r.

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Previously:

Kaiba snapped out of his reverie and he found Serena starring at him as she said, "What did you see in your vision?"

"What was your brother?" He was sure that the woman was Serena Tsukino. When she did not answer, he grabbed her by the shoulders and forced her to look into his eyes. "The Pharaoh? What is this curse? Tell me!"

They had danced away from the rest of the party into a partially lit room. "Kaiba, I didn't think that was your style, harassing a woman like that?"

It was then that both Serena and Kaiba realized that they weren't alone in the room and they both cried out simultaneously, "Yugi!" "Yami!"

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Chapter 5

At that moment, the Millennium Puzzle erupted in a fury of lights. It dangled uncontrollably in front of Yami as a single beam of light shot out from the Millennium Item and hit Serena at the center of her forehead. At the point of impact, there was the insignia of the Millennium Item which morphed into the shape of an upright crescent moon. The moon lasted for a few seconds before the lights dimmed and Serena fell forward. Both men wen to catch her but Kaiba who previously had his arms out was faster. Cradling the unconscious blonde in his arms, he proceeded towards the exit.

"Where are you taking her, Kaiba?"

"Kaiba Crop. I have a helicopter ready. You better hurry up. I wait for no one."

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"Who's the girl, Kaiba?" asked Yami as they settled in one of the medical wards. Kaiba Corp doctors had just finished examining Serena but none could agree on a diagnosis. It has infuriated Kaiba to no end as he dismissed them in a wave of his hand.

"Her name is Dr. Serena Tuskino, some Egyptian expert who claims to know of my connections to some 5000year old story with you. She claims that I'm the High Priest and the two of us had some feud."

"Oh, what was it about?"

Kaiba was silent at this point. Yami could see that though Kaiba was harsh and blunt in his comments, he had some feelings for the unconscious figure on the bed. "Kaiba, I said..."

"I heard you the first time," he snapped back. "For honour, for duty and for love."

The last word was spoken in a whisper, so softly that Yami had to strain to catch it. To Yami, it was certainly a change of events. Whoever this women was, it was having a dramatic effect on Kaiba. The man was usually composed, cool, self assured and unattached. Now, he was more enigmatic, more contemplative and perhaps, even worried.

Yami studied the figure on the bed. 'What caused the Millennium Puzzle to reach like that?' 'How much does she really know of the past?' 'Was she the woman that he heard in his dreams?' When he first caught a glimpse of her dancing with Kaiba, he had been surprised. Her attire had made her look like an Egyptian princess. He felt a sense of jubilation but he fervently reminded himself that it was the first time that he had seen her. Then the vision came and he felt himself reminiscing.

An Egyptian dancer was moving to the music orchestrated by the beatings in the distance. She was dancing barefooted but her movements could charm the poisonous vipers to lower its venous tooth and calm the most raging of storms. She was highly revered for her enchanting skills as a dancer. His visions reverted to a time when a younger version of the dancer had came to him in tears when she had twisted her ankle.

The vision dissolved to a younger version of himself, a young prince running down the halls, ignoring the starring glares from the hieroglyphics. He fell asleep in one of the dark corners down the hall with tears in his eyes. He opened them again to find a young blonde-haired girl cuddling beside him. He was comforted and he knew at that instant that little girl was the same dancer from before. The girl starred back at him with innocent sky blue eyes and said, "Yami, don't cry my brother. I will always love you."

His thoughts were cleared when he heard Kaiba's voice, "Do you live your dreams, Yugi?"

"What do you mean, Kaiba?"

"All my life, I had built an empire away from the shadows of my past. I can be on top of the world and there's nothing and nobody who can stop me. Look at me now. I'm at the height of great success with an impeccable image. It's a dream come true."

"So what is wrong?"

"How many can say that their dreams come true? How many will follow their dreams to the bitterest end? I have tried running away from my past as they haunt my every sleep."

"You spend your life running from it and one day, you'll be left with no place to hide. Perhaps, it's time to stop running and face the past. Consider yourself fortunate, Kaiba. You said so yourself, no many can have their dreams come true. I spend each day knowing that a part of myself is hidden from me. It is the past that holds the answer to the future."

"Don't spend so much time wondering about dreams, Yugi."

The two adversaries fell silent at that point of the conversation. Little did they know or would ever admit, was that they were very much alike. They were dictated by the past and linked by the woman before them.

Yugi considered Kaiba as a friend but what Yami did not elaborate on was the fact that he was jealous of Kaiba. Kaiba had the tenacity and strive for success but he also possessed unwavering devotion towards a personal passion. Yugi was made a better duelist because Kaiba was a formidable and unforgiving duelist. Still, there was a part in Kaiba that was unreachable, an aspect of utter loneliness reserved for someone else. Despite the facade that Kaiba displayed, Yami knew that Kaiba was intrigue and afraid of the unknown.

Kaiba was silently fuming at Yugi's words, mainly because there was a point to it. Fact and reality is most bitter to accept. Yugi always had a way to dispense the truth in his face. It was the way that Tsukino challenged. Serena. Dr. Tsukino. No woman, not even his own brother had stand up to him, slapped him and then walked away. Though Kiaba would never admit this aloud, but something had awakened inside of him. His dreams depicted a side of him that he himself did not know existed, a loving side. He is tempted to scoff at this but he could not deny the calm he had experience when he was dancing. She was someone who could predict his every move but had a silent way of giving him control. He had gained a sense of gratifying satisfaction. He did not know what to make of such feelings.

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So the two waited for their binding oink to awake from unconsciousness. However, little do they know that not far away on that a single blank card, an image is slowing becoming to take form.

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End of Chapter 5