KITG: sorry for the long wait, brain fried, then dad went into hospital. So haven't really been in mind to write. Hope to update more on this fic. But you will have to forgive me if there are long waits again.

Yami: Good to see you again KITG, we missed you.

KITG: I missed you too hugs Yami

Yugi: hope your Dad ok

KITG: he's home again. So should be ok. Right on with the fic

Of past tales, and home

Yugi sat on the deck as Mokuba hugged him, he breathed heavily as the seawater dripped from his hair. He pushed the slicked strands away from his face. He looked up to Seto fuming at the crew. Telling them to get everything back to normal.

"Yugi, Mokuba come with me" Yugi looked into the sanguine pools of the captain's eyes as he talked to him. Getting to his feet he followed to the captain's cabin, Mokuba by his side. Once inside Atemu indicated the bed to which they went to and sat upon. Atemu then proceeded to wrap a fur cover about them as they shivered, then passed them a small glass of rum each to heat them up. They sipped at the fire liquid as Atemu looked darkly out of the large windows facing over the sea aft of the ship. Seto chose this moment to burst threw the door, letting in a brief call of seagulls and sound of the sea.

"That was no accident Atemu" he stormed as he walked over to his brother, making sure the young one was indeed uninjured.

"I know old friend" came the quiet contemplative reply. Seto turned back to the boys looking at Yugi.

"Thank you Yugi, for saving my brother. I am sorry I seemed cold to you before. I have been told I do not trust enough. But life had not been kind for me to trust easily" he turned to the sad eyes of his brother, seeing the memory of their past there.

"It's ok Seto, I think you were only looking out for Mokuba. Friends?" Yugi asked, Seto nodded and Mokuba smiled.

"Hey Yugi, You can be my best friend. Would you?" Mokuba asked, practically bouncing on the bed, making Seto almost crack a smile.

"Sure Mokuba, I'd like that." Yugi watched as Seto's eyes became cold pools of ice as he turned back to Atemu.

"Some one was out to kill Mokuba"

"It might not have been Mokuba, it might have been set for another, we can not jump to conclusions" Atemu answered with kingly wisdom.

"But Atemu, you know it is always Mokuba in the crows nest, who else could it be for?" Seto snapped

"We will wait old friend until we reach home. Then we will find who has done this." Atemu never turned from the window in all the time he spoke; all looked as his regal figure watching the sea just as a seagull lazily flew past the window. "And I think we are home, come you three. Lets get ready" Atemu turned as Seto moved the cover off the two young ones; they would be warmed by the suns rays on deck and would soon be dry.

Out on deck all looked to the horizon and the island visible there. There was a great mountain, Yugi gasped as it looked like some kind of huge winged bird stood atop, and on smaller rocks jutting from the sea on either side of a stonewall was a dragon, and what seemed to be a large warrior.

"Captain, what are those?" Yugi asked in wide-eyed amazement.

"The one on the right is Slypher the Sky dragon, the one on the left is Obelisk the tormentor and the one atop the mountain is the Winged Dragon of Ra. They guard this island of the gods" both looked over at the shocked exclamations from Ryou and Marik. They Ran over to the group as water erupted each side of the ship. From the water came great serpents, they both had wings, their clawed feet webbed. The one on the right a pure black, only the sun glinting off his wet scales, and the sharp look in the bright red eyes. On the Left was an exact copy but this one was red instead of black. This one had bright gold eyes.

"Do not fear, these two are the gate keepers. Meet the Red dragon of Egypt, and Galen the shadow Dragon" he indicated the red, then the black dragon. "They are brother and sister. They will open the way for us… Lets us past Gate guardians, in the name of Ra" the two dragons bowed to Atemu. The ship had stopped by this time, the sales tied down.

"Were are we doing? This island has sheer rock all a round it from what I can see" Malik exclaimed

"It does" Atemu replied

"Then where are we going?"

"Wait and see"

All looked on as the red and black dragon surged through the water to the rock face before them. Each went to either side below the two forward guardians, Obelisk and Slypher. They crooned a strange song up to the rock statues. All watched as the eyes of the statues glowed and the Rock face melted from existence as if it had been a mirage. Then the Two dragons sped back to the ship and round behind it. Yugi grabbed hold of the railing along the deck as the ship gave him warming. Then there was a jolt as both dragons pushed the ship into the no revealed cove.

The cove itself was beautiful, the sapphire water clear as anything, the white beach becoming them to play beneath the coconut laden palm trees. They could now see huts on the beach and looked as people came out. There was also a Dock to which the dragons now pushed them. The crew threw lines to those on the beach, tying the ship to the dock and lowering the ramp. Atemu went to the prow of the Dark Magician as the dragons arouse from the water once more.

"Thank you my guardians, close the gate then return here, there is someone I wish you to meet." They bowed once more, slipping silently into the water. He watched as they headed full speed back to the gate, watching as they uttered a different song and the rock face returned back into existence. Atemu then turned and strode down the deck; he motioned Yugi and his friends to follow him. They walked down the ramp to the dock, pirates and women seemed glad that the Dark Magician was home. Out of this crowed came an old man. He walked up to Atemu with a smile.

"Good to see you back safe and sound Captain" he then saw Yugi, and his eyes went wide " What the..?" Atemu laughed.

"Sugoroku my old friend, I would like to meet Yugi" the one now known as Sugoroku smiled down at Yugi.

"Hello there young one. I'm Sugoroku, but most call me Jii-chan"

"Hello Jii-chan, I am glad to meet you" Yugi replied nodding to the old man.

"Come lets get you all settled in, and find you a hut." Sugoroku suggested as he looked to the group, to the pirates reunion.

"Yugi can stay with me, the others can use that spare hut, as it only big enough for two. You don't mind Yugi?"

"No Captain. We don't mind." Marik seemed a bit worried but a glance for Yugi stopped him from voicing his concern. He just nodded in response.

"Sugoroku, show these two the empty hut, Yugi lets get you some clean cloths, then I'll show you where they are" Yugi nodded, following Atemu as the others on the island stepped out of their captains way…all but one. He heard Atemu sigh as there before them stood a girl, her brown hair reaching to her chin.

"Yami, Your back!" she ran at the captain and was about to glomp him, but he side steep. She went crashing to the ground, the men sniggered slightly. Sugoroku came up looking daggers at the girl.

"Anzu! You should show the captain more respect, he's not some little girls toy to hug!" with that he stepped over the form of Anzu, following the captain and leading the other two boys to their hut. Yugi continued to follow Yami to the largest hut. It was made with wood and leaves from palm trees. They had painted it black, from it also hung rich looking silks. On the inside it was just as richly furnished from things from around the world. All though gold statues of some gods seemed to be the main feature. There was a man with a head of a dog, and another man with a head of some bird. Yugi had never seen these things before, though to be truthful he had not seen much of this world to know. He was still so innocent of life. But not so that he had not had his trials in life. Sometimes he was wiser than most knew.

"Do you like it Yugi?" the deep voice making Yugi shiver.

"Yes Atemu, it is definitely you."

"Glad you like it, after all it will be your home as well as mine from now on. Here you can have this room." Atemu guided him to a room next to his. There was a bed in there but little else. It was a spare room he had never used. But for some reason had the need to have. As if he was waiting for Yugi this whole time. He shook his head dismissing the feeling.

"Atemu, what are those statues of?" Yugi pointed to the statues he had noticed before.

"They are of the Egyptian gods Yugi. This is the god Anubis, he protects the way to the underworld, and the scales." He was pointing at the Dog headed one. Then he pointed to the bird " and this is the god Horus. Protector of the royal line, and mostly the pharaoh"

"Pharaoh?" Yugi by this time had sat down, looking with large eyes as Atemu told the story.

" A Pharaoh is the king of the country. He looks out for his people…or he should do." Atemu seemed sad all of a sudden as if remembering some bad memory.

"Atemu, is this from your home?"

"Yes, I was born in a place called Egypt"

"E-gy-pt" Yugi tried out the word, rolling it off his tongue, and then looking to Atemu to see if he had said it right. Atemu nodded

"Yes, it is a desert country"

"Desert? What, it full of cakes and fruit?" Atemu laughed at the young one.

"No Yugi, it is nothing but sand. Like the beach but without the water. In fact water is very hard to find, there are a few trees like the palm trees. But not much else. One has to be careful with the water we have, so we can grow food. Our main source of water was a river called the Nile"

"Wow, sounds like a great place, but must be hard."

"If you are born into it not so much. But as pharaoh you were above it all, reveried as the son of the mighty god Ra. You had slaves to look after you, you never went hungry. Your word was law. But you also had a duty to protect and feed your people. Not keep it all to yourself. Getting drunk on power" Atemu's eyes went blood red, a hard glint in them. Yugi knew this was when he was mad, having seen it when Marik had insulted Atemu. Yugi looked hard at Atemu, and showed his wisdom beyond his years.

"You were a pharaoh weren't you?" Atemu's head snapped down to lock eyes with Yugi.

"How did you…?"

" Lets just say it's a gift."

"You are very perceptive my friend. Yes I was going to be Pharaoh but after the death of my father. My uncle tried to have me killed. It was Sugoroku who saved me and got me out of the country. Then he led me to this place to stand before he guardians. I became a pirate and the rest you know. Come I want the guardians to meet you as well" Atemu indicated with his hand to the outside. Yugi walked out, seeing now a large rush as people built large bonfires, the smell of roasting meat reaching his nostrils.

"What's going on?"

"They always have a feast when we come home. It will be fun." Atemu laughed.

They walked to the water, the sea lapping at the shore as the warm sun was slowly setting. Atemu called out with is mind. The two guardians came forth from the water. The stood there, skins aflame with sun fire as it reflected of the salt water dripping from them. The bowed to Atemu, great heads lowering to the ground, then to rise to regard them.

"Guardians, meet my good friend Yugi. I wish for you to watch him as you do me," Atemu commanded. The great dragons turned to Yugi. Their eyes regarding him as they lowered their heads to smell him. Yugi giggled as their breath tickled him. He reached forward to touch each dragon. Upon touching them they jerked. Yugi stepped back a moment, fearing he had done something wrong. But stopped when he felt a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"What is wrong my guardians?" Atemu asked in a severe tone, it was not like them to act so. The two dragons looked to each other, crooning in conversation. As if asking if they had felt this. The black one crooned and the red answered nodding her head. Then the black walked to Yugi, he looked to Atemu then his tail whipped round to pick Yugi up and place him on his back. He then swiftly turned to the water. He did not submerge, carrying Yugi out to the bay. The Red dragon stayed on the shore.

"Atemu?" Yugi asked fearfully.

"Yugi! Red Dragon, what is going on?" Atemu demanded trying to wade out to the water, but the red dragon barred his path, she crooned in comfort. Showing no harm would come to the boy. The both turned to see Galen gather speed then take to the air, flying to the statue of the winged dragon of Ra.

Yugi held onto the black scales as the Dragon flew him to the mountain. Then he hovered before the giant statue. Galen then roared at the statue. Yugi watched as the great statues eyes glowed gold, it seemed to be looking straight through him, as if he was looking into his soul. There was silence a moment as the great bird statue looked at him. Then from it burst a small golden bird, like a pigeon, but this looked ore regal, like a Falcon, but not one he had ever seen in England. Those in England were much smaller. It flew straight for him, the dropped something into his hands. Yugi clamped onto it tightly as Galen flew back down to the beach, landing gently in the water, then swam to the beach. Atemu lifted Yugi off. Yugi could see the fires had been lit, and tables placed round it.

"Yugi what happened? Wha….?" Atemu stopped mid sentence as he saw what Yugi was holding. I large gold box with the eye of Horus upon it. "The millennium puzzle!"

KITG: There you go, hope it's ok. R&R