Disclaimer: Marik: Sariah doesn't own Yu- Gi- Oh. Can you untie me now?

Sariah: Sorry, can't. Love to, but can't.

Marik: *grumbles*

Sariah: You do get a spiced peach, though.

Marik: ^_^ Yummy! *gobbles up spiced peach*

SIDE NOTE: Sariah: Heh. Who knew Marik had a thing for spiced peaches? I found that out when I dropped one on his lap the other day.

Dragaria: *rolls eyes* Get to the point.

Sariah: Yeesh, SORRY. It's only MY fic. Anyway; it's been a long, hard struggle, but I managed to get five reviews. I thank those five people that reviewed this fic! And I hope most of you continue to review as I go on. Well, on to the next chappie!!

The reporter's cheeky face appeared in front of Yami's eyes as he watched the screen. She was standing in the first chamber next to the explorer, who looked extremely flustered and excited. Yami leaned forward in interest.

"An exciting discovery has been made!" the reporter's smile looked rather strained at this time, but she continued to rant on enthusiastically. "Mr. Smith seems to have found something having to do with Duel Monsters. That's right; the great game of champions that's been sweeping the nation! Although this may have been discovered before in other tombs, this is truly a great discovery. Mr. Smith, would you care to explain to us why this is such an amazing discovery?"

"Certainly," the explorer, still excited, turned to the writing. "You see, these two tombs appear to be centuries upon centuries old, while other discoveries related to Duel Monsters have been discovered in tombs much more recent than these. I'm not quite sure exactly HOW old these tombs are, but I'm still looking into it... aha! It says the date right here in the writing... hold on; I must figure this one out..."

"How long will this take?" the reporter didn't sound as professional as before, but she somehow managed to keep her cheeky smile.

"Oh, hold on; one minute... Yes! It appears that these two important figures lived about 5,000 years ago!"

'5,000 years... what a coincidence,' Yami chuckled to himself slightly; but he certainly did feel strange about this. Somehow, all of this connected to himself. After all, these two people lived during his time, AND one was a pharaoh. But who was this other person? Could it have been the dear friend he had had during that time? And the corruption they had mentioned the night before DID seem to connect to this person... but how?

"Yami?"

Yami snapped to attention and looked down at his wild- haired look- alike. The boy was staring at him in a peculiar way.

"Are you okay, Yami? You seem like you're floating off into space or something."

"I'm... just thinking about something, Yugi. There is no need for you to worry."

Yugi didn't seem to believe him, but he shrugged. "So, this is pretty weird, huh? These people lived right around your time. And one was even a pharaoh, just like you. Do they seem familiar?"

"Yes, Yugi... actually, they do."

Yugi sighed. "I figured something like this was up. Come on." He got up and headed up the stairs, taking Yami along with him. He finally sat down on his bed, looking up at the flustered pharaoh.

"What... what is this all about, Yugi?"

"Yami, you seriously don't think I can't tell something is up? Let's view the evidence, shall we? Last night, you pay such close attention to something that ISN'T the weatherman, and you HARDLY pay ANY attention to the weatherman at all. Come on, Yami; you love the weatherman! And just a few moments ago you tell me these people sound familiar to you. What is going on, Yami?"

"I don't know! Truthfully, I don't know! Last night they found out more, and that got me thinking so many things about my past. Like the corruption for example; Ishizu told me of the High Priest who tried to overthrow me for the sake of his ruler. And this other person IS connected to that, Yugi; I know he is! And what's even more confusing is that I feel I've seen this person quite recently, when he died nearly 5,000 years ago!" Yami stopped and took a deep breath, his stress flowing out as he exhaled. "I'm just very confused, Yugi. I thought I had most of my past figured out, but it seems there is so much more that I need to know."

"Is that all? You need to relax, Yami." Yugi smiled up at his look- alike, who looked back at him with confusion. "Oh, don't you worry, Yami. You talked to Ishizu about it before, right? Maybe if you go back to her and ask her a few more questions you could find your answers."

"It's worth a try," Yami sat down on the bed next to Yugi. "If we could ask her anytime soon, it would be wonderful."

"We can ask her this afternoon," Yugi replied, jumping up off the bed. "Now are you going to come eat breakfast or what?"

Yami smiled and followed wild- haired boy to the kitchen.

Shadi pulled the Millennium Key out from under his shirt and continued to walk down the street. Ishizu walked next to him in a sort of grand manner. The two were looking for someone.

"Do we have to do this? I don't want to give this up, Ishizu. I am not quite ready."

"That is why you are giving it up now."

"And when exactly are you giving up yours?"

"Oh, in a few months," Ishizu laughed at the scowl clouding Shadi's face. "I still must give it up, though. I was not meant to keep the Millennium Necklace, just as you were not meant to keep the Millennium Key."

"Yes, of course. And we must help along the pharaoh's memory. Now then, where is this boy?"

"I'm not sure. The Millennium Necklace told me he would be right around this area, but I don't see him anywhere... ah! There he is!"

Shadi clutched his Millennium Key and turned to a spirit that floated next to him, staring at the boy ahead of him. "Is this the one?" he whispered to the spirit.

"That is him," the spirit replied. The Millennium Key glowed and seemed to try and lift itself from around Shadi's neck, and it seemed as though something were inside it growing restless.

Shadi nodded. "Yes, it must be him. The spirit inside this Key grows impatient." He clutched the Key tighter. "Be patient, spirit. You will be with him soon..."

SIDE NOTE: Sariah: Cliffhanger! ^_^ I hope I'm not going too fast for everyone. I'm just trying to make it interesting.

Dragaria: I WISH YOU'D GO FASTER!!!!!

Sariah: Shut UP, Dragaria. Anyway, I really hope people don't think it's going too fast, and I hope you liked it. Maybe my brain's just slow. *shrugs* Actually, that wouldn't be surprising to me. Well, later, minna!! Hope you liked it!!! Please review A.S.A.P.!!!!!!!!!!