Meanwhile... upstairs
Asleep in his bed, Yugi dreamt of the emotional goodbye to the Pharaoh, after winning their final duel.
/Dream/
As Atem was just about to walk through the doors to the afterlife, he stops mid walk and spoke. "Let's go home, Yuri." He grabbed his lover's hand, and the two of them strode into the blinding light. Yugi, and his friends were still confused when he said Yuri instead of Alyssa. Without any last explanation, they were gone. The doors closed tightly behind them.
/End Dream/
Due to the fact Atem has returned to the present, things started to slowly change. Yugi fussed underneath his bed sheets as he slept. He was having a nightmare.
Anyway back downstairs
Atem witnessed his queen being very upset, as tears flowed from her eyes.
"Is something troubling you?" He asked.
Yuri quietly nodding her head up and down in a yes response.
"Do you want to talk about it ?" He asked.
"It's really not all that important." She replied.
"If it's making you this upset, I'm here to listen." He said.
Yuri sniffed, then pausing for a moment.
"Do you remember how we first met ?" She asked.
Atem chuckled. "Of course I do. You had just fled Atlantis, searching for some freedom, and then mistakenly ending up in my kingdom."
"That's not how I remember it." She replied.
/Flashback, 5000 years in Ancient Egypt./
Yuri was walking across the rough dessert's sands, fending off every little obstacle that came her way which included a sand cat and a saw-scaled viper, while the hot sand from the sun ray's burning my feet with every step I took.
"Ow ow ow." She complained. "This wasn't what I had expected to happen. Should have think things through first."
As the humid temperatures kept getting warmer and warmer, she felt herself getting weaker.
"Whoa, I don't think I can last out here much longer." I said, starting to get a little dizzy. "Better find somewhere to rest soon, I've been walking for what seem to be a thousand miles by now."
Time passes and still no sign of shade or a river.
"Water. Water." I weakly repeated.
But the more Yuri wanted to summon a lake, the more lightheaded she became. Until... she dropped flat faced into the hot rough sand, exhausted from the long journey.
'Is this my fate ? Will this be my last breath? No, I must find the strength to keep on going, even if the odds are against me.' I thought to myself.
Luckily, Yuri noticed a city just beyond from where she was.
"I bet someone could help me there, if I can just. get. myself. close enough." She struggles to get up, but only to pull herself across the rest of the way.
At last, Yuri reached the city entrance, using her last bit of strength.
"I- made- it-." I weakly spoke.
After that she slowly dropped back into the sand with no energy left.
Yuri: ...
Me: What?
Yuri: [sarcastic] You know this type of scenario is waaayyy over used right. Girl into trouble. Man finds Girl. They instantly fall in love, and so on and so on.
Me: S-Stop being such a smart alex.
Yuri: [fires a comeback] A smart alex, that's all you can come up with.
Me: Well yeah.
Yuri: [sighs at the weak response] Great. Another obvious OC x Canon pairing. I knew you couldn't handle writing a good potential side character.
Me: [doesn't acknowledge] I'm still trying to come up with a backstory for you.
Yuri: [sarcastic] Ugh... Fan girls. [to readers] Guess you'll be waiting a little bit longer for the continuation to this flashback. Seriously, I gotta find a new writer.