Chapter One: The Prologue

"I'm sorry that it had to end like this, my prince." she said as she cough up more blood to his dirty and blood soaked tunic.

He shook his head violently, "NO! This is not the end! I promise you will be alright, my love." he said as his horse nears the palace gates, "We are almost there, please hold on."

Her multicolored eyes looked up to see his worried amethyst eyes and smiled at him, "Please, my prince, don't make promises you can't keep besides this is my fault. I shouldn't have disobeyed your order, ne?" she then looked down saw the wound on her stomach and winced a bit; stabbed by the sword of the opponent though this blow was for the young prince, "I should have followed your orders instead. Now I'm being punished for my foolishness and stubbornness." she said as her eyes slowly closes but the young prince didn't notice until when he finally reached the palace gates.

His eyes wide in fear, "No." he checked for her pulse, heartbeat, anything for him to confirm that she is still alive but found nothing. Tears dropped down on her peaceful face, "No. You can't be gone. Not now. Not after," he looked at her left hand particularly her ring finger and saw the gem of the ring still sparkling as if it was happy, "After I proposed to you." he said as he hugged her lifeless body, crying on her shoulder and the guards just bowed their heads in sorrow.

Though the young prince and the guards didn't notice that the ring started to fade out and that her Sennen item started to glow, "I'm so sorry, I couldn't protect you as I promised, my love." he whispered as if he knows that she could hear him.

The desert of Egypt was never a pleasant place nor was it a walk in the park. Countless people that have wandered around the harsh winds that sometimes create a dreaded sand storm and scorching sun of the desert were fated to die under the sea of sand because of starvation or thirst. Unless you are properly prepared and have a guide you would spared from the wrath of the desert. Such people such as Yamada Natsuki are one of the one who were properly prepared to go within the blazing desert.

"Hey! How far more is the Valley of Kings?" Natsuki shouted to her tourist guide while riding a camel.

The young man, who was riding a horse instead, shouted back, "Not so far anymore, Ms. Yamada! After fifteen minutes and we should be arriving the tombs of the past pharaohs!"

A smile went up towards the travelers face, she have always dreamed of coming to Egypt and visit the tombs of the pharaohs. She has always fancied history and Egypt is one of the places that gave us our technology today. The smile then turned into a big grin that showed the woman's pearly whites, her emerald eyes displaying excitement and enthusiasm and her chocolate brown hair flowing at her back as the wind blows.

Finally she let out a sigh of contentment, "After traveling to many places, there is none that is close to the wondrous desert of Egypt. So many mysteries underneath this sand and so many stories to be told! How exciting!" as she was thinking of this, she didn't notice what was a head of them...

"Here we are, Ms. Yamada! The Valley of the Kings!" her tourist guide announced as they come closer towards the resting place of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.

As soon as they were within the territory of the Valley of Kings, she immediately got off the camel and got her camera so she could start taking countless pictures of the place, even though they might look the same. As she was taking pictures she saw something very unusual, something glittering on the desert sand in front of a tomb of a pharaoh who she forgot.

"Hm? What could that be?" she thought as she moved closer to it.

When she finally came close enough to see what it could be, she gasped and shouted her guide for help. The young man came towards her with a questioning look until he saw what the fuss was about, a young girl, probably a Japanese because of her skin complexion, at her adolescence was lying unconscious in front of the tomb of the nameless pharaoh. Her body was almost covered in sand and around her neck was what seems to be a golden locket with an eye on the center of it. The man quickly checked for a pulse and felt that there was still...for now.

He looked at the girl again with confusion in his mind, "Why would a tourist be here?" he wondered as he picked her up from the sand and saw that she was wearing the local clothes; a beige shirt with a matching shorts and brown sandals.

This made him even more confused, "If she's a local, why is she not that tanned?" he shook his head from this nonsense, "Why am I even thinking of this right now? She's dying for all I know and I'm just standing here thinking."

He looked at Natsuki and gave a nod, "We must be quick, Ms. Yamada!"

She simply nodded in response and went towards her camel as her guide does the same. Both quickly fled back to town in hope that they could save this mysterious young girl. Once they reached the closest hospital, they asked for assistance for the unnamed girl.

Though they failed to notice a young man wearing a white turban and a white robe white wearing the Sennen key around his neck when they left the tomb of the nameless pharaoh, "You may not know it but you are the second person that the Sennen locket has chosen." he closed his eyes, "Even though that young tomb keeper gave it to her, the Sennen locket did not resist so it only means to say that she was accepted to be the keeper of the Sennen locket."

Somewhere in the city of Domino lies a small game shop, named Kame Game, which is also the home of a family that consists of three people; a grandfather, his daughter-in-law and his grandson. There an old man was in the shop part of the house, waiting for a customer to walk through the single door and a young boy who was upstairs in his room; still working on the puzzle that he found around his grandfather's shop. Even though he has been working on it for eight years, he hasn't given up on it but that is not the only reason why he's giving it another try...

It was once said that if one ever completes the puzzle, he or she may get one wish.

This saying went over and over the boy's head. One free wish, who would not want one? It is superstitious to believe a saying that is not scientifically proven but still, he wanted to give it a go. Also because he is pressured by Ushio and his threat of making Yugi pay him ¥200,000 if not, he will be beaten up to a pulp.

Almost half way through the completion of the puzzle, he knew what he was going to wish for. Not fame, fortune, strength, power or anything like that. He wanted something else, something that he wanted to have since his first day in Domino High: friendship. Yugi was always the shy type, and his height doesn't help him as well. Top it off, he was frequently being bullied because of his size which is why again he was doing this puzzle again.

As this goes on, he found out that one of the pieces were missing and went into a panic mode, "Oh man! Where did that one piece go?" he asked himself as he searches around his room and dig inside his bag.

*Knock* Knock*

Yugi temporarily stopped what he was doing and turned towards the door, "Come in."

His grandfather, Solomon, came into view, "Yugi, I think you may need this for the puzzle." he said as he held up one of the pieces of the puzzles.

"Ah! The missing piece!" he exclaimed as he went towards his grandfather and took the piece of the puzzle, "This is the piece that Jonouchi got from me, but then he gave it back." he thought as he smiled at the piece.

Solomon looked at Yugi's desk and saw that the puzzle was almost complete, "Oh Yugi, you're almost done with the puzzle I see."

Yugi nodded, "Yeah but I don't think I could have completed it without this piece." he said as he held up the missing piece.

His grandfather just laughed in reply, "Yes I suppose so. Well I shall be going now so you can finally finish the puzzle."

Yugi nodded with a smile, "Okay, grandpa." and with that his grandfather left the room and Yugi went back to his desk.

He sighed as he examines the piece he was holding in his hand, "Why must I be five feet tall? I swear there's nobody in this world that is in the same height of me, in my age anyway," he thought as he placed the examined piece to it's proper place and took another weird looking piece, "I might be called desperate but I want to believe that this puzzle can bring me friends, true friends that is. And maybe a solution to this Ushio problem."

Soon he was done to the last piece and when he finally placed it down, "I want to have friends." he begged the puzzle that was in the shape of an up side down pyramid.

Suddenly a surge of power went through him and the spirit of the nameless pharaoh was released. At the same moment in the small hospital in Egypt, the young girl opened her Heterochromia eyes; her right eye violet and her left eye yellow.

"My prince."

The nurse near by heard a voice and came in her room and saw that the young girl was a wake which made her smile, "Oh thank goodness, you woke up." she said and this got the attention of the young girl, "Though it is a bit strange that you were able to wake up after a few hours," she told her as she scribbled something on the paper, "Who knows how long you have been in the desert."

"Desert?"

She looked up to the young girl again, "May I ask for your name?"

"My name?" the multicolored eyed girl asked in response, "My name...what is my name?" she thought.

The nurse looked at her with a surprised expression, "You forgot your name?"

"I think so." she said as she tries to remember.

Just then Natsuki came in and saw that the little girl from earlier is a wake, "Ah, you're a wake!" she said with a grin, "That's awesome!" then she saw the expressions of the other women in the room, "Um, is something wrong?"

The nurse faced Natsuki, "She can't seem to remember her own name."

"Oh, really?" she asked and got a nod in reply, "Hm...how about your family? Do you think you can remember your parents' names?"

It was then the little girl realized that she couldn't remember anything about her past. She felt pathetic by that; she was already in her adolescence time and she couldn't remember her times of being a child, having a family or anything. She was just a girl with no memories of her past, "I-I can't remember."

The two women gaped in surprise, "I can't seem to remember anything about my past." the girl continued.

Though that statement was false; she didn't remember something besides waking up in the hospital bed...

It was already late at night but she kept on going on her journey in the desert. She doesn't know why and she doesn't know how she was in the desert in the first place, so she just kept wandering around the cold desert night. Because of her long journey, her legs collapsed thus her body falling on the sands of the desert. She felt her life draining away from body, her energy was getting weaker by the second though she still kept on fighting.

Then a bright light appeared and a young Egyptian boy came into her view, he was wearing clothes of royalty with a crown to top it off. He knelled in front of her, "Please hang on there, you'll be alright. I promise." he said as he strokes her black hair, this relaxes her and soon she fell into deep sleep.

"I promise."

Natsuki clapped her hands together as if she wanted the two females to have their attention on her, "Well then, I guess we have to give a new name until you can remember your own." she said with a grin.

The little girl just nodded in response as the young woman who requested the idea was thinking to give her a proper name, "How about Saki?" the girl titled her head as if she is questioning why, "In Japanese terms, "Saki" means "blossom hope". So we will just hope that you will remember your past." the little girl smiled at this and nodded her head in agreement.

Natsuki then turned her attention towards the nurse, "Is it possible that I can adopt this child?"

This made the nurse give a surprised expression, "Um...I am not sure. We have to speak to my head first. Please come." she said as she goes out of the room but before she did, "Saki," the said girl gave the nurse her attention, "Please wait for a few minutes while I go look for another nurse to check you up, okay?"

Saki nodded in reply. Natsuki followed the nurse but looked at Saki first with a grin on her face, "Soon your name for now will be Yamada Saki."

Her Heterochromia eyes widen in surprise, "How can she be so sure?"

Natsuki just gave her a grin and a peace sign before she left the room. Saki sighed at the older woman's nature, it seems she's so confident that they'll allow her to adopt her even without the knowledge of her parents. She looked around the room and saw a small golden locket with an eye on the middle of it, she took it and examined it then her eyes widen, "I was wearing this!"

Yes, she remembered that she was indeed wearing a locket like this during her journey in the desert but the question why was dangling around her mind. Once she placed on, the eye started to glow which made Saki squint eyes a bit.

Kuri

"Huh?" she opened her eyes to find five fur balls of different colors; brown, pink, white, blue and lavender, flying around her room, "What the?" she exclaimed which made the five fur balls go to her and what so seems cuddle her like she was their master.

"It's official, I'm losing my mind from this heat." she thought.

Just then a nurse came in, "Excuse me but I am here to do a check up on you, Ms. Saki?" she asked.

Saki looked at with wide eyes then realized that the five fur balls disappeared, "Um...yes."

The nurse nodded and proceeded to her task. Soon Natsuki came to view with a really big grin on her face, "'Kay, Saki!" this made the two females turn their attention to her, "We're going to Domino City once you're okay to go!"

"Domino City?"

A brand new day was a head of Domino High and it's students, but it was more like a challenge for the little Saki, who will be attending Domino High this morning. She was inside the Principal's office, already wearing her school uniform which consists of a pink blazer, a blue bow and a blue skirt along with her high white stockings and black shoes, with her guardian Yamada Natsuki.

The principal again looked at Saki and her guardian, "Are you quite sure with this, Ms. Yamada? That you would be allowing Saki to attend classes just after you two came from Egypt?"

This comment made Natsuki sigh once again. Yes they just came from Egypt but what she doesn't get is that she knew she told the principal that they have rested at least one day and that their second day was the enrollment which makes this day the third day and that gives them a total of two days to rest (or so at least that is how she thinks of it), "Yes I am quite sure and I already asked Saki about it too. Besides it would be a nice way to let her get some good friends and see what's lessons that the teachers are giving them."

The principal just sighed again, "If you wish," he then looked at Saki, "But if you want to go home, just come back to my office and I will call Ms. Yamada to fetch you."

Saki just nodded in reply.

DING DONG DING

"Class is going to start soon. I better page in the home room teacher to pick you up." he took the phone and dialed some numbers and had another conversation.

Natsuki took the hands of Saki which were trembling a bit and smiled, "It's okay, you're going to do great." this made Saki gain more confidence and smiled back at her guardian.