Disclaimer
I would just like to state that I have no rights Yugioh, or any of the other pop culture references used in this story. Emma however is my own creation.
Research has gone into making this story but may not be 100 accurate.
It is written based mainly on the US dubbed version of the show, as that is what I am more familiar with.
It is set during the Grand Championship series and is the final instalment of my five part series.

Chapter 1

It was night time, and the stars shone brightly in the sky above as they looked down towards the Valley of the Kings. The night air was warm and peaceful. A woman stood silently gazing upwards in to the heavens with grave concern on her face.

"Sister!" yelled a boy as he approached the woman who did not seem to notice him at first but turned to greet him.

"Marik." she nodded to her brother to acknowledge his presence before returning her view back to the stars above.

"What's wrong Ishizu?" Marik asked his sister as he followed her gaze.

"The gods are restless." Ishizu replied. Since she had been a small child she had been able to sense things that other people could not. This ability had destined her to become the holder of the millennium necklace that allowed her to see in to the past and future as it heightened her gift. And even though she was no longer in the possession of the ancient artefact her senses were still there even though they were not that strong anymore.

"Really?" Marik strained his vision as though it would help him to understand better. He too had been chosen by destiny to be tombkeeper to the pharaohs that had been laid to rest in the valley. A first he had been unwilling to accept his fate and rebelled against it causing much pain and misery to others as he was taken over by a dark power born of his own hatred. Mainly thanks to the support of his sister and close friend, he had been able to overcome his hatred and now accepted his fate. "Why?" he asked still gazing upwards.

"I think that it may have something to do with the pharaoh's return." Ishizu shared her thoughts for the reason behind the gods' uneasiness.

"Like what?" Marik turned to face her as Ishizu still continued to stare at the stars.

"I'm not sure." Ishizu answered in her own puzzlement as the wind began to blow around them.

There was a slight eeriness as the space in front of them began to glow brightly and a figure emerged from the light. She wore a long white dress that trailed down to the floor, and was covered with gold and jewels. On her head she wore a gold head set in the shape of a pair of horns holding the sun.

"Hathor." Marik gasped as both he and Ishizu knelt down before the appearance of the goddess.

"Please stand." Hathor commanded the two mortals to rise from where they knelt below her.

"Is there something troubling the gods?" Ishizu asked as she rose and noticed that her brother was trying his hardest not to look at the goddess who stood before them.

"There is indeed. That is why I have been sent by the elders, to put right that which has been wronged." Hathor explained. "It seems that destiny has been altered, or at least delayed anyway." she spoke almost with amusement in her voice. It hadn't been too long before that she had been living as a mortal herself, thanks to the powers of reincarnation that kept her people alive. As the mortal she had lived as, she had managed to delay her own destiny of joining her elders in their wait for their returning pharaoh.

"I agree, the pharaoh should have arrived here by now." Ishizu spoke to the goddess as though she were her equal. "I wonder what could have kept him away for so long."

There was a brief pause before Marik mumbled; "He's participating in the KC Grand Championships." He kept his head down and dare not make eye contact with either of the females whose presence he was in.

"How do you know that?" Ishizu asked in surprise.

"I saw it on the television in the market place." Marik replied weakly.

"Then I guess that is where I shall have to go, in order to remind him of what he still has yet to do." Hathor told them as she planned to attend the duelling tournament that Marik had spoken of. "Thank you both for your help."

Ishizu nodded farewell to Hathor as she began to turn and re-enter the light which she had come from.

Marik slowly raised his head and watched as Hathor left. He couldn't control himself as he shouted; "Hathor, wait!" He saw the goddess stop as she turned to face him, and heard Ishizu shout out to him. He stared in to Hathor's emerald eyes and saw the girl he had briefly known. He felt his tongue escape him as he struggled to talk. "I ….. It doesn't matter. You have more important things to be dealing with." He watched her disappear and wished that he had waited until after she had gone before he had looked up.

Slowly Ishizu approached Marik who stared sadly at the sand beneath him, and comfortingly placed her arm over his shoulders. "She's a goddess and you're a tombkeeper." she told him. "And I don't think that I have to remind you that you are both of different worlds now."

"I know." Marik whispered sadly.

Ishizu felt sorry for her brother as he had loved the girl that Hathor had once been, but had never built up the courage to tell her before she had left to fulfil her own destiny. "It's for the best, as a being of her nature would never be able to feel the same way back as the gods are incapable of feeling such a luxurious emotion as love." Still with her arm over his shoulders the two of them turned and headed home.