The phone conversation is partialy in italics.

Chapter 6- Reunion 2

Yugi opened his eyes and looked around. He found Heba in bed beside him.

The previous day, Mensi and Zepher would not hear of Yugi, Mokuba, and Seto staying in a hotel and insisted that they stay with them.

Seto was resistant, but eventually agreed. Seto and Mokuba shared the guest room.

Yugi sighed and climbed out of bed.

"Yugi, you okay?" Heba asked.

"Yeah. I'm not sued to us being together though." Yugi said.

Heba smiled as Yugi sat back down. "Remember when we were kids and lived with Mom and Dad. We'd spend the mornings talking." Heba said.

"Yeah. We knew everything about each other's lives, but somehow managed to find something to talk about." Yugi said.

"Mom would yell at us to get up, but we wouldn't do it. We knew it would irritate her, but she would always come up to our room and be stunned that we were up." Heba said.

"We'd end up laughing ourselves silly." Yugi said.

Heba looked over at Yugi. "Yugi, talk to me. Tell me why you really moved in with Seto." Heba said.

Yugi sighed. "The truth is that I couldn't handle how much Yami, Atemu, and everyone else was ignoring me, and when I found out about my heart condition, I guess I just wanted to get out of there." Yugi said.

"There's something else." Heba said.

Yugi looked at Heba with tears in his eyes. "Heba, do you know how much it hurts to live with someone that you love more than anything, and not be able to tell them? Do you know how much it hurts to know that he is with someone else, and that there's not a chance that he would ever feel the same way about you?" Yugi asked.

"No. I can't say that I do." Heba said.

"That's what I lived with. I love Yami so much, but I know that I'll never have a chance with him. He's with Tea now, and I know that there is nothing I can do to change that. I needed to get away from him. Being near Yami, but being unable to be with him just became too hard. I needed to get away. When Seto found out about my condition, he wanted me to move in. At first, I didn't want to mainly because of Grandpa, but when Grandpa told me he would be leaving; I guess that just did it. My friends never wanted me around. They didn't talk to me, they didn't invite me to go places or do thins with them, and they didn't seem to care that I was hurting." Yugi said. He took a breath to try and calm down.

Heba sat up and gently rubbed his brother's back in a soothing motion. "It's going to be okay, Yugi. I didn't realize how hard it was for you." Heba said.

"It's harder than you can imagine. I didn't expect for this to happen, but it did, Heba. Three years ago, I never expected to fall in love with Yami, but about a year ago, I realized I had. There's nothing I can do though." Yugi said.

"Yugi, why don't you want Yami to know about your heart condition?" Heba asked.

"I guess because Yami would get so overprotective that I can't breathe. I couldn't go anywhere without Yami's approval or without Yami going. And I don't want to be a burden." Yugi said.

"Yugi, you wouldn't be." Heba said.

"I know, but I'd feel like it, and it would only interfere with Yami's relationship with Tea which would lead to Yami being unhappy, and I don't want to be the reason he's unhappy." Yugi said.

"What about the rest of your friends?" Heba asked.

"They would look at me with pity. That's all they'd feel for me. I couldn't take that. Sympathy I can deal with. I can see it in Seto's eyes from time-to-time, but I don't think that I could handle pity." Yugi said.

"I understand. Just promise me one thing." Heba said.

"What's that?" Yugi asked.

"If this gets worse in any way, tell them." Heba said.

Yugi smiled. "Okay. If it does get worse, I'll tell them." Yugi said.

"Good." Heba said.

Seto sat in the kitchen drinking coffee.

Mensi was fixing breakfast, and Zepher was reading the paper.

"May I ask you two a question?" Seto asked.

"Of course." Mensi said.

"Why is it that Yugi and Heba haven't seen each other in three years?" Seto asked.

"Well, Solemn and Mensi and I tried to get them together once a year, but we couldn't afford to send Heba to Domino, and Solemn couldn't send Yugi here to Cairo. Solemn couldn't support both of them financially, and neither could we. We talked to them, and Yugi and Heba seemed to realize that they could not see each other. We know that they did not like the fact that they could not see each other, but I think that they understood that no one was at fault." Zepher said.

"We wanted to get them together, but we never could. That is why we are grateful that you were able to bring Yugi here. It has really helped them. I can see Heba's spirit lightening." Mensi said.

"Could I ask you another question?" Seto asked.

"Go on." Zepher said.

"If I sent my private jet here at the end of December, would you let Heba come to Domino and spend Christmas with Yugi?" Seto asked.

"Well, I don't know. We don't want you to go to any trouble." Mensi said.

"It's no trouble, and I can see that being with Heba has helped Yugi a lot. I think Yugi would like having Heba around at Christmas." Seto said.

"I don't see why not. No harm can come from it." Mensi said.

"Good. I'll call you about the middle of December and set it all up." Seto said.

"Good. Heba will like that." Mensi said.

Yugi, Heba, and Mokuba walked downstairs and found that breakfast was ready.

"Come on, boys. Sit down and eat." Mensi said.

All three sat down and dug into their breakfast.

Zepher walked over to his wife and said, "Yugi looks a great deal like his father."

"They both do. It's sad that they can't live together, but Solemn couldn't take care of them both then, and now, I don't know if he wants to." Mensi said.

"Hey. What are we going to do today?" Mokuba asked.

"If it's all right, I thought that we would go downtown and do some sightseeing." Heba said.

"I think that is a good idea as long as you are back in time for dinner." Mensi said.

"I'll call my driver, and he'll drive us." Seto said.

"You're not going into the office today?" Mokuba asked.

"Today is Thanksgiving Day. It's closed." Seto said.

"Oh, yeah. I forgot." Mokuba said.

"Well, eat up and then you can go." Mensi said.

The limo stopped in downtown, and Yugi, Heba, Mokuba, and Seto climbed out.

"What are these buildings? They look kinda like churches." Mokuba said.

"Well, they're called mosques. They're used for teaching, actually." Heba said.

"Have you been to one?' Seto asked.

"When I was younger, yes, but now I attend a public high school not far from my home." Heba replied.

"That's where you first met Malik, isn't it?" Yugi asked.

Heba nodded.

"Malik? As in Malik Ishtar?" Seto asked.

"Yeah. We ran into them yesterday when we were in the marketplace and ended up going to the Museum of Antiquities. We saw Marik, Ishizu, and Odion, too." Yugi explained.

'Hmm. Maybe they can help me.' Seto thought.

"Hey! We should go see them today." Mokuba said.

"Why don't we enjoy the sights first?" Yugi asked.

Heba started to show them around while Seto hung back a little.

Seto took out his cell phone and go the number for the Ishtars house. He dialed the number and waited.

"Hello. Ishtar residence." a female voice said.

"Is this Ishizu?" Seto asked.

"Yes. To whom am I speaking?" Ishizu asked.

"Ishizu, this is Seto Kaiba." Seto said.

"Yes. I saw Yugi and Mokuba yesterday. They mentioned you were here as well." Ishizu said.

"Ishizu, I need to talk to you. It's important." Seto said.

"This is about Yugi and the Pharaoh, isn't it?" Ishizu asked.

"Yami, yes. I think we need to talk now." Seto said.

"Meet me at the museum in an hour. Malik's informed me of what's going on, and I agree that we must do something before the worse happens." Ishizu said.

"I'll see you there." Seto said.

"Seto, come on." Mokuba called.

Seto rejoined them before they continued with their sightseeing.

"Hey. Could we see some of the pyramids while we're here?" Yugi asked.

Heba grinned. "I know you too well, brother. If Seto agrees, I was going to see if Zepher would take us tomorrow since you have all day." Heba said.

"I don't mind. I think that it's a good educational experience." Seto said.

"I thought that you didn't believe in the past." Yugi said.

"I am quite capable of changing how I feel about certain things." Seto said.

"What's he talking about?" Heba asked.

"Oh, he was in denial for awhile that he was is the reincarnation of a priest who was around during the time that Atemu was pharaoh." Yugi replied.

"YUGI!" Seto shouted, unable to believe that he had said that to him.

"He I know everything about that situation. I just didn't know that. So, Yugi was connected to a five thousand year old spirit, and now has two versions living in his home. No big deal." Heba said, shrugging.

Seto glanced at his watch and said, "Let's go to the Museum of Antiquities."

"It's closed today." Heba said.

"I talked to Ishizu. There's something she wants to talk to me about, and she told me to meet her at the museum, so I thought that you could look around while I talked to her." Seto said.

"That's a good idea." Yugi said.

At the Museum of Antiquities, Ishizu waited patiently with Odion, Malik, and Marik.

"Sister, do you think that Kaiba will be able to help us?" Malik asked.

"It's Yugi and the pharaoh who need the help. They are the ones who are on the line at the moment." Ishizu replied.

"Stupid, idiotic pharaoh! Putting his own Light on the line like this! What's going though that damn idiot's mind?! Doesn't he realize what he's doing to Yugi?! That he's the one driving Yugi away with hiss stupidity?!" Marik shouted.

"Did you really do much different?" Malik asked.

Marik froze.

"Given you didn't ignore me, but it took my near death for you to realize that you loved me and that you couldn't live without me." Malik said.

Marik blushed. "I guess so." Marik said.

"Seto may be the only one can help us." Odion said.

"Yes. We must explain things to him. Malik, Marik. Odion and I have talked, and we have decided that we will move to Domino in the next few weeks." Ishizu said.

"What?!" the two exclaimed.

"Yugi and the pharaoh need help, and I pray that we can give them that help." Ishizu said.

"Well, it would be nice to whack the pharaoh in the head with my Millennium Rod a couple of times to knock some sense into him." Marik said.

"Yami, not Atemu. Atemu hasn't done anything." Malik said.

"I'll try to keep them straight." Marik said.

A moment later, Seto arrived with Mokuba, Yugi, and Heba in tow.

"I hope you don't mind. I thought that they could around a little more while we talk." Seto said.

"Of course not. Malik and Marik can walk with them." Ishizu said.

The group of teenagers left.

"Seto, come with me. We have to discuss this now." Ishizu said.

Seto nodded and followed Ishizu and Odion to Ishizu's office.

"What are these?" Mokuba asked, looking at bricks.

"These are bricks that were made by slaves. Any slaves labored all day long to make them. It's how the pyramids were made. Brick by brick." Malik said.

"That sounds really tedious." Mokuba said.

"It was. Especially when you add in the hot sun." Yugi said.

"Why were slaves forced to do that?" Mokuba asked.

"Well, making bricks was considered a low job, and slaves were the lowest on the social scale. Even servants had more social status than slaves." Heba said.

"That's sad." Mokuba said.

"Yeah, it was." Heba agreed.

"Are these pottery that were used back then?" Mokuba asked.

"Yes. They would use the pottery to tell stories with he pictures that were put on them, especially in the pharaoh's palace. Each pharaoh had his own life story painted not only on pottery, but on the walls of his palace as well." Heba said.

"Sounds a little arrogant." Mokuba said.

"Maybe, but the pharaoh was considered a living god by the people. No one would question the pharaoh unless they had a death wish." Heba said.

"Do you think that this will work?" Seto asked.

"I don't know, but we have to try. We cannot let them die." Ishizu said.

"I knew it was serious, but I didn't realize it could lead to their deaths." Seto said.

"We are moving to Domino so that we can aid in helping them. I fear that if we do not act soon, we may not be able to do much good in the end." Ishizu said.

"Okay. What do I need to do in the meantime?" Seto asked.

"Keep an eye on both of them. We have to ensure that no harm comes to either of them." Ishizu said.

Seto nodded in understanding.

That night, Seto, Yugi, and Mokuba joined Zepher, Mensi, and Heba for Thanksgiving dinner.

"Hey, Yugi. Remember when Mom tried to cook a turkey when we were five?" Heba asked,

Yugi burst out laughing. "If Dad hadn't been there, the whole house might have burned down." Yugi said.

"Your mother did this?" Seto asked, incredulous.

Yugi nodded. "Mom was not a gifted cook. In fact, she really couldn't cook well at all. Dad did most of the cooking for our family." Yugi said.

"Mom wanted to try that year, and Dad let her. Of course, he had an extra turnkey just in case, and it was a good thing, too." Heba said.

"As I recall, the turkey Kina tried to cook was black as soot." Zepher said.

"It was. Mom was disappointed, but Dad let her know that the effort was appreciated." Yugi said.

"Of course, Dad never let her in the kitchen again." Heba said.

"What did your parents do for a living?" Seto asked.

"They were archeologists. They planned their digs so that they wouldn't be gone from us too much. They always spent at least three months at home between the digs." Yugi said.

"Wasn't your grandfather an archeologist?" Mokuba asked.

Heba nodded. "When they were gone, we'd stay with Grandpa. Usually drove him nuts, too. Grandpa didn't go on digs much at that point." Heba said.

They continued eating dinner by sharing stories and just small talk.

Yugi and Heba lay down in the bed.

"I really enjoyed today. I haven't talked about Mom and Dad like that in a long time." Yugi said.

"I haven't, either. It's nice to remember what Mom and Dad were like." Heba said.

"I know. By the way, are we going to the pyramids tomorrow?" Yugi asked.

"Yup. Zepher said that it was fine. He loves the pyramids, so I knew that he wouldn't mid taking us." Heba replied.

Yugi smiled in a bittersweet way. "Talking about pyramids makes me think about Yami." Yugi said.

"That close to him?" Heba asked.

"Closer. At least, we were once. I don't know what happened, but he doesn't seem to care. It took me moving out for him to seem to care in the least, but then he started treating me like child and demanding answers. He just doesn't even realize what he's done." Yugi said.

Heba could see the sadness in Yugi's eyes. "You know, you need to try and reconnect with Yami. It would be a shame to lose a friendship like that. Even if he doesn't love you the way you love him, you can at least stay friends. Friendships like those are hard to find, and you don't want to lose them." Heba said.

"I know, and I'm going to try. It's just that he's so overprotective of me that sometimes it feels like he takes it too far." Yugi said.

"That just shows how much he does care. I know it might get annoying, but I wish I had someone that was that protective of me. It would be nice." Heba said.

"At first, it was, but he takes it too far, then he ups and forgets about me and then goes back to being overprotective again. I can't live a life where one minute I'm important to him, and the nest, its' like I don't matter. I'm not some toy he can like one second and then not care about he next. I have feelings, and lately, he jus doesn't seem to care." Yugi said.

Heba placed a hand on Yugi's shoulder. "Don't worry about it. You can deal with this later." Heba said.

Yugi nodded, and the two lay down to go to sleep.

Zepher took Yugi, Heba, and Mokuba out into the desert to the pyramids.

"Is that the Great Sphinx?" Mokuba asked, pointing to a statue.

"Yes, it is. The Sphinx is suspected to be from six thousand and thirteen thousand years old. The Sphinx was built through several generations of pharaohs." Zepher said.

"What are those pyramids behind it?" Mokuba asked.

"The pyramids of Giza." Yugi replied.

"We're going to stop there actually." Zepher said.

After a ten-minute drive, they stopped at the pyramids.

"Wow! They really are big!" Mokuba exclaimed.

"Yeah. That one's called Menkaura. That one over there is Kafhre, and the last one is Khufu." Yugi said.

"You certainly do know these pyramids." Zepher said.

"I've always liked Egypt's past, so I leaned a lot about them." Yugi replied.

"Why are there smaller pyramids, too?" Mokuba asked.

"Those are the wives of the pharaohs. The queens were not seen as important, but were still of high social status since they were the queen, so their pyramids were built smaller." Heba said.

They left after walking around for a little bit and went to another pyramid.

"This one is the pyramid of King Zoser." Zepher said.

"His was a ziggurat. They were more of burial mounds before the actual pyramids were started." Yugi said.

"Why did they change them?" Mokuba asked.

"Ziggurats were too easy for thieves to get in. The pyramids were more difficult for the thieves to break into a loot." Zepher explained.

The next day, Heba, Zepher, and Mensi saw Yugi, Mokuba, and Seto off.

"Bye, Yugi. It was great to see you again." Heba said, hugging his brother.

"It was great to see you, too." Yugi said, hugging his brother back.

IT was obvious that they didn't want to leave each other.

"You'll see each other in a few weeks." Zepher said.

"We will?" both asked.

"Zepher nodded. "Seto's offered to flay Heba to Domino for Christmas." Zepher said.

"Thanks, Seto." Yugi said.

"Don't mention it. I'll let you know when." Seto said.

"Bye, Heba. It was great to see you." Mokuba said.

"Bye." Heba said. He looked at Yugi and said, "Keep in touch."

"I will." Yugi replied.

Yugi, Mokuba, and Seto boarded the plane and left.

'I can't wait to go to Domino and see Yugi again. Grandpa, too.' Heba thought, watching the plane leave.

I hope you liked this chapter.

Heba willl be in Domino int the next few chapters.

The Ishtars should be in the next one, which will hvae Yami and the others still trying to figure out what is going on with Yugi.

R&R.