Grandpa was wiping the shelves and he looked over and said "Yami, good morning. How is our friend doing?"

Yugi looked at Serena who wiped her eyes and muttered "he isn't my father...not anymore..." She turned back and headed inside. "Let's get ready for your friends..."

Yami noticed what was Grandpa doing, seeing him look over. Yami smiled a little, walking over instead of being on the other side of the room. "Better. Though I think with all thats been going on the last few days, it seems to have gotten to her. Having so many questions, not alot of answers. Malik and Ishizu are coming by to pick us up, hopefully have some questions answered with what knowledge they must have." Yami said, grabbing a cloth and helping Grandpa Moto as he told him about it. He couldn't keep this from him. He knew so much about him just from the scriptures he saw in the tomb that he basically knew Yami's life story. Though he when he had done a second shelf for Grandpa, he put the stuff back and looked to Grandpa. "Grandpa. Do you have any of your journals still from your days of being at the Tomb of the Pharaoh? Anything else about the Guardian of the Pharaoh and myself? Was there...anything else, a story of its own?" He asked as if almost like a young child who wanted to hear tales of their grandfather's travels or some fairy tale.

Grandpa looked at him and said "I'm sure I do in my office...the guardian of the pharaoh...that tale is a secret for a reason" he sat down and said "why do you ask?"

Serena was standing in the hallway, her eyes closed.

Yami tilted his head a little as he heard Grandpa use the word secret. A secret? Now that was something he didn't hear everyday. Coming over to him, he set the rag down and leaned on the counter. "I remember you telling us about the pendant that Yugi saw around Serena's neck a few days ago." Yami started, having taken the Millennium Puzzle into his hands where it now rested.

"Well. Ever since then, my Puzzle has been acting a little odd. That day, Serena's pendant glowed. So did my puzzle. Yesterday, when Serena and Yugi were in trouble. Joey, Seto and I went to find them. When Serena got hurt, all I felt was pain. I felt...angered for some reason. Figured out that my power was unleashed. Then past out when the danger seemed to gone. For the past week I have been getting what seem like dreams of a girl and myself. Dreams that seem so much like they could be memories, thinking though that I had them all. Dreams of a young girl that seemed over time grew up came to me and the high priests. Last night when Serena's fever broken, having woke up a little but seemed half asleep called my by my former title before I had become Pharaoh." Yami looked to Grandpa then. Looking nothing but confused as he told Grandpa this. "Some strange notion just seemed to tell me that your journals might know something. But if they are suppose to be secret. I will not push. I was just hoping to give Serena and I something to give us an understanding before we see Malik and Ishizu. That is why I ask." Yami told him. Though took a deep breath.

"Though I might ask for your council about how to help Serena. Help her feel a pull to try and give her courage, that she is not alone. I just do not know how to convey those thoughts. With Yugi, Its wasn't hard. we could tell from our bond with the Millennium Puzzle. But it is much different. Harder it seems."

Grandpa laughed softly and said "Yami, what I mean by secret is that history tries not to tell it. I may have the few records left of part of that poor guardians take..." He got up and said "I will look around my office while you kids are out and see what I can find"

Yugi was watching Serena from down the hallway and sighed "poor Serena..."

Yami looked over to seem absolutely confused and astonished. He couldn't help but smile himself, feel a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry. But thank you. Though, is there anything that I can do try to help Serena?" He asked, knowing Grandpa seemed to be caught up in Yami's venting and hopes of knowing something then with after of seeking Grandpa's council. It still felt odd with the fact it wasn't Yugi and through the Millennium Puzzle. It was someone else and now in a body of his own.

Grandpa thought for a moment then said "she's feels alone, Yami...lost in a world she barely understands. You need to let her know that she isn't alone. That you know how she feels and what she's going thru...and that she can count on you to be there when she needs help. She's been the front force in fighting this brotherhood...and I bet last night wasn't the first night she had a rough one. She needs to feel that she's got people who understand and will be there when she isn't a enough to push the darkness back"

Yami watched, listened, and thought about all that Grandpa said to him, what she needed and what needed to be said. This brought a bigger smile, one that was genuine and thankful. "Thank you, Grandpa." With the bow of his head, Yami left the elder as he felt courage to talk to Serena. Having walked upstairs in his look for Serena when he saw her in the hallway, Yugi watching. With a soft smile, he walked up, resting a hand on Yugi's shoulder, silent but a small nod before walking over to Serena next. "Serena?" Calling out but now only a few feet from her. "May I talk with you for a moment?" He asked, asking first incase she possibly wanted some time to herself.

Yugi nodded and left them alone as Serema turned and said "of course...what is it? Did you talk to your friends we are meeting?"

Yami gave a nod to her answer though would further explain. "I did. Even Grandpa knows." He told her. He though leaning against the wall his hands in his pockets somewhat. "I thought I would come to tell you that you are not alone in this fight. All of us have been through this sort of thing before and know the hardships. That if you wish to talk about anything, we will listen. That we want to fight with you, not have you do this alone." Yami told her, trying to convey how much they care, how he just wishes her not to do this alone. "We know the dangers of this world than anyone else. If you need any help at all. Do not hesitate to ask us. You aren't crazy."

Serena looked at him, then touched the pendent around her neck. "Yami...Duke isn't the only one who has made it out of one of those duels...and kept their soul...I did. I'm not sure if Joey told you but...I wasn't the one who started fighting the Brotherhood...my brother was" She reached into her pocket and pulled out the picture from the apartment and showed it to Yami. "He is best friends with Adam...they were trying to track the attacks and find a pattern..."

She leaned against the wall by him, fighting back the tears that wanted to fall. "I had gotten back from a tournament in Europe...I didn't even know about all of this...I got a call from a friend of mine when I landed...that there was a huge duelist party downtown...so I went. When I got there...the fighting had already started. Kids running for cover as one of those hooded freaks was dueling...my brother. He was using his deck...cards he had been using since he was a child...I ran to help him but one of the hooded guys monsters took a shot at me and hit me...net thing I know Aaron is holding me in his arms, and this was around my neck" She pointed to the pendent.

"He took me to Adam and that's where I ran into the Professor...my father. Aaron and I haven't seen him since our mother died years ago...I slugged him in the face...but then they explained what had been happening and that people were getting hurt..." She paused, a few tears running down her cheek. "It was that night Aaron got another call...he went and tried to fight off that freak from a daughter of another professor...Hawkins I think his name is...Aaron lost that duel. His been in a coma ever since...and I took his place. The fighting....the darkness...I just fell into all of this because my brother needed me...now to find out that I have some part in the past...that my own father couldn't bother to tell me what this pendent could do...I just can't..." She lowered her head, tears running freely now.

"I'm a duelist...and I'm fighting a war to save the world...and I have no idea what I am or what I'm doing..." She covered her face with her hand.

Yami would of course notice how her brother looked like Mahad.

Yami watched, listened to Serena. Listening to her as she seemed to tell her story. About her brother, a photo that he looked at to see a picture of who looked like Mahad. Hearing that Aaron was the one that was fighting this brotherhood. That was brought into it without knowing a thing. Attacking duelists and she just happened to be there. As she was slowly started to break down, the pharaoh didn't know exactly what to do. But he still listened. Still holding the picture.

Being told about how she met the Professor or least to say her father, then Aaron got a call. Tried to save Professor Hawkins. Yami remembered him. And his granddaughter Rebecca. He could never forget them. Was told about how her brother lost, got into a coma and then taking his place. Seeing her cry like she was, all Yami felt that he wanted to do was hug her. This was so different. Reaching over, Yami cautiously wrapped his arm around her shoulders, sliding her over toward him, wrapping his over arm around her in a comforting embrace. "I had the same thoughts. I too was confused. I had no idea who I was, what I was doing besides fighting. But at the time I was protecting Yugi. Then after having insight on what was going on, I figured out what I needed to do and who I was. Seeing Malik and Ishizu might help you with that. Help gain some insight as they have for me."

She fought to control herself until she felt arms around her and then pulled into a hug. She froze, not sure what to do. Then a feeling of something familiar came over her and she closed her eyes and buried her face into his shoulder and cried. She broke down into his arms, hugging him back as she let all of the pain in her heart out. She missed Aaron, she hated what her and her father had become to each other...and she hated the Brotherhood. She hated them so much it made her burn inside. She stood there for a while, finally feeling safe for hte first time in a long time. She looked up at Yami and a sight caught her. Maybe it was the lighting in the hallway, or something only the gods could do, she saw Yami as he once was, the King. She blinked, her cheeks going red. She knew this face. It had been in her dreams for weeks.

She couldn't stop her hand reaching up and touching his cheek. "Yami...who are you? Who are you really?"

Yami noticed a change, movement that he didn't expect. He felt her face buried in his shoulder, arms around him as she cried. His arm around her back moved, his hand softly rubbing circles to comfort her. Hearing her cry her heart out, his eyes closed as he just let her continue, not daring to move or interrupt her. Closing his eyes, he lowered his head, resting it on her shoulder.

After a while when he felt her move, he lift his head, stopped rubbing her back, letting his hand just rest there. Looking at her when she looked up at him with puffy red eyes that came from her recent breakdown. Other then that, she seemed calm. He seemed almost entranced up until he felt her hand on his cheek. He seemed a surprised, his eyes widened, more so when she asked who he is. Who he really is. Could he really tell her? How would she react? Though if he did this, she would be the first to know outside his friends. Yet he felt he should tell her. He took a deep breath and mustered what courage he could to just tell her. "My name...My name is Atem."

Serena blinked then said "Atem...I said that...in the alleyway...when I took the hit for Yugi...but...that could only mean..." She looked into his eyes, really looked into them. "Could you be the one mother told me about...the lost king that saved the world...could that be you?"

The pharaoh notice her focused, her remembering her saying his name when she took a hit for Yugi. He couldn't seem to look away from her. Her telling him about a lost King that saved the world. "I was. Five thousand years ago." He answered her next. He had not moved his hand from behind the between her shoulder, and his other on her back.

She looked at him, then down at the puzzle then back up at him. "Your the one I've been seeing in my dreams...I can't believe she was right...you did come back...when the world needed you...you came back..." Her legs were shaking now, the shock of what she was realizing hitting her. She couldn't stop looking at him, it was in a whole new light now. In her mind she heard a gentle laugh and a voice say "about time...now he just has to remember Zahra..."

All Yami could do was watch her, watching her look to his Puzzle before looking back to him, hearing her talk about the prophecy that he still remembered so well. All he could do was nod. "I did. After loosing my memories. It seems I have not regained them all, thinking I had a couple years ago." He confessed to her.

She moved back a little, her whole body shaking now. "It's just so...unbelievable. My mother told us stories of the great king when we went to bed...and of his shadow that was always at his side"

Yugi looked outside and saw the cars pull up. "Darn, they are early. I wanted Yami and Serena to have more time..."

Yami let her go when she backed up. He saw how shaky she was. Surprised that her mother seemed to know about him and this shadow. He looked rather confused. "A shadow? What did your mom tell you?"

Seto came over toward Yugi. "Yami was the one who set this up. You might want to let him know. You should know that Ishizu is big on being on time."