AN: Hey everyone! Well, this is my first trustshipping fic, which still amazes me, since I am such a big fan, but I worked really hard on this and I hope you enjoy it. It mainly focuses on Seto or Ishizu or both, but I do like to include the other characters. This takes place after Yu-gi-oh ends, so it kind of continues the story, but I do refer to a lot of Yu-gi-oh GX, since the story is suppose to be going on around that time. But anyways, I hope you enjoy the first chapter!

Ishizu sat there listlessly, watching the sun set as colors of gold and deep purple painted the sky. Sunsets always calmed her. She never knew what it was about them, only that they always soothed her nerves. During her hard life, it seemed only the sun was the only one there for her, never missing a beautiful descend. Yet now she felt empty.

Sure she was happy the Pharaoh had passed on to the afterlife. She was even more than happy. For five thousand years, her ancestors have been waiting for him, to help assist him in his journey for eternal joy. She was honored that she, out of all the generations, loyal to the Pharaoh, had been there to witness the departure.

Yet all of that was gone now. Time was moving, and Ishizu just stood there watching it. What else could she do? Her whole life, her whole existence was there to help the Pharaoh. But now he was gone. Just sitting there, Ishizu's head was swirling.

But that was when a young man's voice interrupted her thoughts. "Hey, Sis."

Ishizu turned her head to find Marik standing behind her with a concerned look on his face. But concerned looks never looked good on Marik. It didn't compliment his warm violet eyes or his gold blond hair. Ishizu thought Marik deserved the greatest happiness in the world, and just the thought of worrying Marik, ashamed her. She was the older sister. She had to protect him.

"Hello, Marik," Ishizu replied warmly and gave her brother a small smile. She knew she had to be strong, not for the sake of only herself, but her family.

Yet Marik saw through it all. He had seen his sister at nearly every emotion. She was his big sister, and he looked up to her, but now she was no longer the wise and stern Ishizu. Now she was lost and it pained him to see his sister like this. It had only been a few months after the Pharaoh left them, but realization of what life now was, hit them harder and harder every single day.

"Ishizu," spoke Marik softly, "I know you feel lost. We all do. But we have to be strong." He looked at Ishizu, but she quickly looked down.

Ishizu stared at the ground and then finally looked up. "I am fine, Marik. Do not waste your time worrying about me."

But Marik shook his head and gave a small laugh. "Ya know Sis? You are one of the most stubborn people I know."

Ishizu looked at the amusement on Marik's face and then smiled. "You know Marik?" she then asked, "You are one of the most caring people I know."

"Thanks, Ishizu," Marik replied softly to his sister. "And you are one of the greatest people I know."

Ishizu's large ocean blue eyes began to fill with tears. "Thank you, Marik."

Marik nodded and walked over to his sister and sat beside her. He was now looking off in the distance, as if contemplating something. They sat next to each other in silence until he finally spoke. "I know I am not the most perfect person, Ishizu. I have done things that haunt me everyday, but for some odd reason, I feel that is more for us out there, like we are destined for greater. We will always be tomb keepers. That is who we are. We cannot deny it. But we can be more, Ishizu. There is a whole world waiting there for us."

Ishizu smiled at her brother, tears now dried. "You have grown so much, Marik. I am truly proud of you and I will always be. But yes, I agree, Marik. Though we will always be tomb keepers and believe in the past, we have the whole world ahead of us."

"Wow, Ishizu," laughed Marik, "I never thought you would admit that. But I guess I am getting good."

Ishizu could only roll her eyes.

A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER…

"In today's news Zane Truesdale, a very promising pro duelist from Seto Kaiba's famous Duel Academy is now on a victory streak after losing 10 games strait that followed his devastating loss to Aster Phoenix, top pro duelist. But now, with just a short absence from the Pro League, he's back and fiercer than ever. His next duel will take place at the Kaiba Dome and for more information you can log on to our website, The blond anchor woman flashed the camera with one of her usual cheeky smiles and then continued with her high-pitched and squeaky voice.

"Also, in other news, a new Egyptian exhibit has come to Domino Museum. It includes various artifacts dating back five thousand years from ancient Egypt. The curator of the exhibit and now head of the Bureau of Archaeology in Domino, Ms. Ishizu Ishtar, speaks about the exhibit and the previous exhibit she had brought to Domino a few years back."

As soon as Seto Kaiba heard that single name, his ears perked up. Ishizu Ishtar? He was working all day, and now night, swamped with work and decided to turn on the news trying to measure just how powerful he was. But Ishizu Ishtar was the last name he expected. So many years had passed since he last saw her.

But there she stood, on T.V. in a simple, almost-off-the-shoulder, beaded, crème dress, adorned with gold jewelry. She gave a small smile and began to speak in her gentle, yet infatuating voice. "I am truly honored that Domino has accepted me as the new head of their Bureau of Archaeology. I have personally brought many rare and ancient artifacts that will enrich Domino Museum's collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts. I had previously brought a stone tablet depicting the shadow games, very similar to Duel Monsters today, in which a Pharaoh and his loyal High Priest take part in. Unfortunately, the stone was unable to be preserved and make it here in Domino. None the less, I encourage everyone to visit the exhibition."

The T.V. then quickly flashed to the dazed blond anchor cleaning her teeth leisurely with her tongue. But then she soon realized she was on air and abruptly stopped. She laughed a nervous and high-pitched shrill and then quickly apologized. "Sorry about that folks. It seemed the station had technical difficulties there. But not to forget to mention, Miss Ishizu Ishtar is an excellent duelist, finishing in the quarter finals back in Battle City, and dueling Seto Kaiba, himself. And speaking of Seto Kaiba, Kaiba Corp has made another important business deal allowing…"

Seto Kaiba laughed to himself. There really wasn't a story on the news that didn't mention his name. Yet it seemed odd to him, looking back on it now, that he even dueled Ishizu all those years ago. She was definitely high-skilled duelist; even Kaiba had to admit that, even though her skills could never touch his. But she never took her dueling farther. She was only concerned about the her stupid ideas of the past.

Then reason overcame Seto's mind. Seto, why the hell do you even care about Ishizu? You are the CEO of Kaiba Corp, the largest company in the world. You got better things to worry about, Kaiba! He quickly shook his head and ran his hand through his brown, chestnut hair. He then went back to immersing himself into his work, as usual.