Stcobb: Thank you for pointing out my (rather stupid) mistake. I hadn't even realized I'd made such a crucial error. However I must also thank you, as you have given me an idea of something I'll be using in the future. Thanks, and sorry.

To all other reviewers, thank-you for your generous support. It's hard writing crossovers, harder still getting readers for them.

Ancient Discovery

Chapter Two: Not You Too!

Yugi sat on his bed, staring at the Winged Dragon of Ra and his copy of Ancient Discovery. Yami was going through the deck, adding new cards and formulating new strategies. He didn't even notice what Yugi was doing until he spoke up.

"Kaiba was right. They're nearly identical."

"Hmm?"

"The card. It's not Egyptian. I think anyway. Some of these look like Hieroglyphs but the others are weird. Thing is, I can read them perfectly well."

"You must not blame yourself for this. I also did not notice that they weren't Egyptian writings, and I was once part of that race."

"I know, but it still bugs me that someone else managed to discover something of our past before us."

Yami didn't bother pointing out that it was more his past than Yugi's, instead he only nodded. "It disturbs me too, but I believe we will find more than what we expect on this trip."

"Speaking of which, who are we going to take? Kaiba's out now. We could go with Teá. Joey or Tristan, but how do I chose between them?"

"I am not sure. I believe it would be wiser to bring someone connected strongly with our past. That would hint at Teá, however we don't know yet what roles, if any, the others played."

Yugi jumped at the sound of a shrill ringing next to his bed. He settled when he realized it was the phone, and let his Grandfather get it. He brought the picture closer to his face, to inspect the 'glyphs more, when he heard his Grandfather call from downstairs

"It's for you!"

"OK," he shouted back. He picked up his extension. "Hello?" He heard Solomon hang up on the other end.

"Greetings, Young Pharaoh."

"Oh hey Ishizu. What's up?"

"I assume you entered the competition in Ancient Discovery. Did you win?"

"Uh, yeah. Why so interested?"

"I noticed that the writings were not Egyptian, and matched those on the Winged Dragon of Ra."

"Yeah, Kaiba told me about that." He sounded a little embarrassed.

"Did you not realize yourself?"

"Uh, no. Why did you want to know anyway?"

"I wish to go with you."

"Wait a minute, don't you live in Egypt?"

"Used to. This is the only time this tomb will be open to the public. The powers that be have decided to grant it to the company of Egyptology who found it. It may be years before any members of the public are able to enter again. I want to find out everything I can before then."

"I understand. Sure, it's no problem. You've just solved a little dilemma me and Yami were having."

'Yami and I.' Yami muttered under his breath.

"It's at 11:30am Singapore Airlines, 17th of November."

"Very well. I shall see you then, Young Pharaoh."

Yugi hung up and looked over at Yami. "So?"

"I believe we shall have to wait until the 17th," Yami said with a smirk, before turning back to the cards.

Sam stared at her computer, unblinking. Every now and then she took a sip of her coffee, but her eyes never left the screen. All in all, normal for her. This is incredible, she thought, reading away. She had skimmed over the other winning entries, but hadn't read them fully. Now that she did, she was getting slightly disturbed. Unknown to her, a certain CO was standing in the doorway watching her intently...

"Ya know..." She jumped half a mile, "you really should blink once in a while. Great on the eyes I'm told."

"Sorry sir. I didn't see you there. Just going over the other winning essays. You really should take a look. Listen,

'Ra was the most feared of all the gods. Not only was he ruler of all gods, he wielded the greatest power. When he was displeased with the other gods, or his people, he would descend upon them with his mighty Winged Dragon, destroying all who opposed him. '

"There's more. It goes on to say how much he respects Ra for his power, and wants to be like him."

"You know that sounds remarkably like..."

"A loyal Jaffa, I know."

"Who wrote it?"

"Some Japanese guy, Seto Kaiba. His isn't the worst. The other three were all written about Ra, it's scary. Listen to this..."

'Ra was the god of the sun, the creator of all gods, but his power stretched far beyond that. He was the wielder of a powerful monster, the Winged Dragon of Ra. It was with this great creature that he defeated all opponents. Yet with out, it Ra would fall at the hands of his enemies.'

"That one was by another Japanese kid, Yugi Mutou. It really disturbs me that they're so similar."

"I see what you mean. Daniel might be right at this having a connection with Goa'uld and Ancients. We better keep our wits about us. But for now, Carter, bed. It's 2 in the morning."

"But..." she started to protest.

"That's an order."

She grumbled, but complied. She knew from experience that he wouldn't leave until she had shut down her computer and was tucked safely away in her quarters. In truth, he was just as jittery as her. It was the 15. (16th really, it's two in the morning) and they were living in 2 days.

Yugi was running fast. He was panting and out of breath. It was now 11:15, and he was still a twenty minute walk away from the Airport. Damn those duelists, why did they have to chase him round the park! Just to get the chance to beat him, even though they knew they couldn't!

It didn't help that he had two bags with him. He wished he could get Yami to carry one, but the link didn't exactly work that way. And so he ran, top speed toward his destination. When he finally reached where he was trying to get to, it had just turned on 11:30, and the people were beginning to board. He rushed over.

"I'm... here..." he panted, flashing the VIP badge he had around his neck. He was glad he had the smarts to give Ishizu hers a few days ago.

The man standing at the steps smiled. "You must be Mr. Mutou. Climb aboard." He did so, and was greeted with a nearly empty plane. Only Kaiba, Mokuba and Ishizu were on. 'I guess I wasn't the only one late' he thought.

Taking a seat behind Ishizu and across from the Kaiba brothers, he pulled out a book called Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt." He was deep into it when the plane began to taxi and the Seat Belt sign went up. He tapped Ishizu on the shoulder.

"Wait, weren't they're 5 winners? Where are the other six people?"

Kaiba laughed from across the plane. "You really are a fool. Ancient Discovery is distributed world wide, what makes you think all the winners will be from Japan."

"I guess you have a point." Yugi said, hiding in his book again, wishing that the end of the flight would come soon.

Sam, Jack, Teal'c and Daniel waited at the airport, in their 'casual' gear. Jack had insisted on wearing his BDU's, saying if only one of them wore it he would look like an imitator, not a military man. Reluctantly they had let him wear them, but only for the first day. General Hammond didn't want the team to stand out. Not that Daniel's ranting and raving, not to mention his 'Kid-in-candy-store-syndrome' he seemed to develop around artifacts, would possibly stand out.

When boarding was sounded and no one else was there to get on the plane, the team was a little nervous. It was only when Sam reminded them that it was a world-wide contest did they settle. In truth the mag wasn't even American, it was first published in England, with branches appearing around the world.

They left and arrived without a snag, entering a Taxi to greet the other winners. What Sam had found had put them all on edge, wondering if they were risking the base by being there. These kids seemed to know more about Lord Ra than could possibly be expected.

"Young Pharaoh, you must be cautious," a voice came to Yugi's head. It was Shadi.

Looking around he noticed he was in the desert again, but this time he could see something in the horizon. It was too far away to make out, and the heat was stinging his eyes.

"Great danger is approaching. Powers of unimaginable force are coming to put and end to this world, they seek to destroy you."

"Shadi? Where are you? Why are you in my dreams?"

"Answers will come in time. I shall be watching you."

Yugi sat bolt upright. Looking around he realized that he was still sitting in the plane, his book lying open on the floor. Kaiba was sitting across from him, typing furiously on his laptop. Mokuba was lying on his big brother's shoulder, fast asleep with Seto's big white coat over him. Ishizu was still awake, reading and writing things down.

Yugi calmed his breathing down, shaking himself from the dream. Another one, but what did this mean? He was now more certain than ever that he was destined to go to that tomb. He nearly jumped out of his skin when a voice came over the speaker.

"Attention all passengers: Flight 933 Japan to Egypt will be landing in just a moment. Please fasten your seatbelts and observe the safety protocol. We hope you have enjoyed you flight with us, have a nice day."

Seto nudged Mokuba a little to get him to wake up and put his belt on. Yugi strapped himself in waited for the plane to land. After they had landed, everyone grabbed their bags and was escorted to a small bus, to take them to the dig.

The bus ride was uneventful, and I'm lazy, so I'm skipping to when they arrive at the Tomb.

Yugi stepped out of the bus, leaving the bags on board as they had been instructed. He only took a small backpack with a few things like a camera, film, film, film, rubbing paper, film, pencils, notebooks and, you guessed it, film. He also had about 15 'spare rolls' in his bag. He didn't want to miss a thing. He looked around the area, studying the place.

He could only see four other people. One man was wearing a fisherman's hat, had long-ish hair and glasses. He was staring intently at the wall, copying things down onto a notebook. A tall, tall man stood slightly away from him, dark skinned and somber. He had his arms crossed and was watching the other man.

A third man was wearing a military uniform, standing close t the rest of the group. He pulled the pen and notebook off the blonde woman, saying something which had her frowning. He grinned and pointed at the man studying the wall, both of them laughing. The fisherman's hat man glared at the two, but continued his work.

On his surveillance, Yugi was tapped on the shoulder. He spun around, as if someone was about to cut his throat, then noticed it was only Bakura. Marik was standing slightly behind him, crossing his arms. He sighed.

"Oh hi Bakura. Wait a minute, what are you doing here?"

"I won the competition. When I noticed that the writings on the temple weren't Egyptian, I had to come," he said in his cute English accent.

"What about Marik?"

"I also noticed that the writings matched those on the Winged Dragon of Ra. When I discovered they were not Egyptian, I asked Bakura to take me along."

Yugi turned red and nearly growled. "What! Am I the only one who didn't realize the writings weren't Egyptian?" he cried.

"I bet those four didn't." Marik said, indicating the four strangers by the wall.

As if on cue, a voice could be heard from the excited, fisherman's hat wearing man. "See? This is what I was telling you about! These writings aren't Egyptian! Ancient, it has to be!"

That was the final straw. Yugi turned beet red, and all watching wondered why on Earth steam wasn't pouring out of his ears. He stormed his very tiny little body over to the strangers. "Not you too! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" and with that he stormed off back onto the bus, slamming the door after him.

"Who's the porcupine kid?" Jack asked. Sam elbowed him.

"I HEARD THAT!" Yugi shouted from the bus.

"You really should try to be nicer to the other tourists, sir... Jack." she corrected herself, still scowling at him. How dare he take her notebook! She was only trying to finish a report.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. And no, you can't have your notebook back. We're as an excuse to go on vacation, remember?"

"Humph."

"So Daniel, anything else you would care to shout, blowing our cover?"

"Did you see that upside-down Pyramid around his neck? It looked like gold! And it had the eye of Ra on it. I wonder if I can talk to him about it later."

"Daniel, your head's in the clouds again."

"More like ground actually," Sam commented.

"Whatever. Let's just try and fit in. I want to know why these kids are so fascinated with our good friend Ra..."