Author's Note: Hey everyone! Here's where all the excitement starts! I'm sorry if chapter one was slow, but I just wanted to get Yugi's feelings about Yami/Atem being gone and why Yugi was in Egypt out of the way. I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh.

Last time: ""I've been invited to a dig in Egypt," the old man exclaimed. "We're looking for the ruins of Elna Kura!"

"Really," Yugi asked. "What's Elna Kura?"

"It was a village in Atem's time," Solomon said. "They said it was a village of thieves…""

Chapter Two: The Village of Thieves

Yugi sighed as he watched the people work, trying to dig up the old village. His grandfather was off talking to Arthur, and Yugi was left to his own devices.

At the moment, the young teen was in between the feeling of intense boredom and sorrow bordering on nostalgia. Just being in Egypt where yami is from hurt.

Yugi started to fidget, his memories coming back to him as the puzzle started to glow and an uneasy feeling encompassed him. He wanted to do something, anything, to get away from this feeling.

"Grandpa," Yugi called as he ran over to him.

"What is it, Yugi," Solomon asked.

"Is it alright if I explore a little," Yugi asked.

Solomon thought about it for a little bit, and then said, "I don't see why not. Just be careful, Yugi. We are in the middle of the desert. I don't want you to get lost."

Yugi nodded and said, "I promise. I'll be careful."

"Have fun," Solomon called as Yugi ran off.

Yugi smiled as he wondered around outside of the dig site. He wasn't sure why, but the place just had an unbearable aura around it.

"I wonder what it was," Yugi asked himself. "It was almost was like it reacted to the puzzle…"

A hissing interrupted his thoughts. Yugi quickly looked down and his face turned pale. Their laying on the ground was a Horned Viper starting to rise up, its scales blending in with the sand. Yugi started to back away slowly, but as soon as he made his third small step his foot caught on something and he fell hard. He heard the snake hiss again, but before it could strike, he once again started to fall. However, this time, he could see the sand falling with him.

Yugi landed with an audible groan, and he slowly got up, noticing that he twisted his ankle. He groaned again in frustration while he started to look around.

"It seems that I fell into an old house….," Yugi said. "This must be part of Elna Kura."

Yugi shivered as the room got colder.

"I wonder what happened here," Yugi muttered. "That it has such a cold atmosphere. I bet Bakura would know. It was a village of thieves. I wish he was still here so I could ask him. …I wish they were both back. It's lonely now that their gone. Even Joey, Tristan, and Tea aren't around as much anymore."

Yugi sighed as he started to look around the room. Everything looked decayed. Of course, that was normal, but for this place, it almost looked abandoned.

"What happened here," Yugi whispered.

Yugi's face scrunched up in thought.

Bakura's escaped the Shadow Realm before, Yugi thought. Maybe…just maybe he could do it again….

"Bakura," Yugi yelled. "Please, if you can hear me in the Shadow Realm, or if you're here and still trying to steal the puzzle, please, I beg you, come out!"

There was no response. Yugi didn't think there would be, but he wished the outcome was different.

"Bakura," Yugi whispered. "No matter what you did, I miss you too. And, sometimes, I think I miss you the most."

Yugi sighed, but then he heard something falling. He quickly spun around, but no one was there. However, a small orb lay on the ground, a bright pink.

"Do you have a wish," a melodic voice asked.

Yugi spun around once more, but this time he saw a woman. She had long black hair, chocolate brown eyes, and pale skin. She wore a green gown with a gold collar and belt with baby blue hieroglyphs on it, gold arm bands with the same baby blue hieroglyphs, a baby blue scarf around her shoulders, gold sandals, and gold beads in her hair.

"Who are you," Yugi asked.

"My name is of no importance," she said. "Do you have a wish?"

"Yes," Yugi whispered. "I want to see them again."

"Who," she asked.

"Ancient spirits," Yugi whispered. "They're not here anymore. I came hoping to at least see one. But, he's not here. He's still stuck in the shadows."

"What's his name," the woman asked.

"Bakura," Yugi said. "His name is Bakura. I wish he and Atem were here. It's been lonely without them."

"Then you shall see them," the woman said.

Yugi laughed ruefully and said, "How? They're gone. One's in the afterlife and the other is banished to the Shadow Realms."

The woman smiled and laughed as she said, "You shall see."

Suddenly a bright light shinned blinding the young teen. And then, he was falling….