Title: I just had to remember

Author: ArisaAkita
Rating: M mild gore, violence etc. etc..
Pairings: (Main) Jou/Kai Ryou/Bakura Otogi/Honda
Warnings: I'll just say everything, just to be safe. Jounouchi torture; but what else is new.
Summary: When the time comes everyone will remember their past lifes, why is it that Jounouchi always had these memories? Shounen-ai
Chapter 14 of ?: Zuka!

I own nothing. Not even my soul......I sold it for some limited edition pocky...

... It was worth it.

"There's trouble let's go."

"This is why I never visit you Seto. Never a second to relax." Otogi sighed as he was pulled forcefully back outside and into a limo.

The six men piled out of the car and walked into Jounouchi's small house they had sat in relative silence throughout the whole ride. Their companionship only lasting until the current situation was taken care of. Seto had a bone to pick with Yami as the man's shoe buckle had dug into the supple leather of his limo. Yami had a bone to pick with Otogi because they were wearing the same pants. Otogi was frankly just pissed he was even in Domino anyways. Dartz had a bone to pick with them being in the limo in the first place. Who brings a limo to do battle? And Bakura, well Bakura just wanted to disturb the peace, but that is just Bakura.

"Come on, put them in the car." Bakura looked at the brunet CEO and resisted snarling. He was still completely oblivious to what was happening. One look at the blond and he held is tongue. The blond was clearly stressed beyond belief. In their past life the Dragon Master was really close to the Tomb Robber both of them being from kul Elna. The blond was stolen as a young child from a family whom had been used as sacrifices for the items. Bakura narrowed his eyes and proceeded in the house taking his Hikari in his arms and carrying the unconscious youth to the car.

Once everyone was properly seated Jounouchi took a deep breath. As the limo took off towards Domino Train Station he sighed.

"About three hours ago the woman acting as my mother was murdered." There were no gasps within the vehicle only resigned silent faces. "Shizuka was on her way home and saw the whole thing. Thankfully she got out, she's on her way here now. You know as well as I do as the minions like to cause as little disruption as possible so they won't attack her in the train. Although..."

"That won't stop them from ambushing her afterwards."

"Exactly." Jounouchi replied to Dartz comment. "I really don't think I could handle them by myself. I'm only a duel master. There's no way I could handle them all by myself."

"Don't worry. We'll get there to protect her."

"Weren't we just saying how we should attack them first?" Marik grumbled to himself. Why did it seem they were always a step behind? In this life and the past they were never fast enough to make a difference where it counted. Priest's and Duel Masters, there to protect and save the day!.. Eventually.

"Yea we definitely were. Well there's no time for that now is there? We must face what we meet from now on head on. All of us together. Let's not repeat mistakes." With those words from the Pharaoh the limo stopped. The group of conscious males sighed heavily. Here it was stage one. Maybe if they were lucky Shizuka would be alone. And they would have no problems. Jounouchi just frowned, he was lucky but he was never that lucky. Not when it was something this important.

"He's not the Pharaoh." Yahya whispered among his friends, as they approached the Palace. Hondo was explain how they were to act in front of Prince Atemu.

"Not yet, but he makes all the 'non-important' decisions. His Pharaoh is other wise occupied with another...project." Hondo whispered back the group of five men. "For the next few nights you'll be sleeping in the soldier's hall, until they return." The four commoners nodded, looking in between each other. They had no where else to go, their house had just been quite frankly destroyed.

"Well goodnight guys." Jono said to his friends. Mkhai and Re had already drifted to sleep. Yahya and Jono shared a silent moment just speaking with their eyes. Between the four of them those two were most in touch with Shadow Magic. They could feel the deep rumbling of the earth, and the restless auras that were floating around. Recently within their last three days in the palace it seemed as if there were a lot more lost souls than before. The count was steadily increasing as the days wore on. Not good, really not good, Yahya's eyes said to Jono. The blond could only agree.

When they arrived at the train station it was just as any other night. Business men and teenagers all piled out of the train car. Jounouchi was on edge, his hands gripped the handle of the metal railing as the platform cleared off. Just at the end of the landing he could see Shizuka's recognizably cherry-blonde hair.

"Jou!" A cold breeze blew past him as his sister called his name. Jounouchi shuddered and started to run towards his sister. Instead he was stopped short as a large orange monster dropped from the sky.

The battle started at once. The giant pumpkin that had fell from the sky was destroyed so quickly that Jounouchi hadn't even bothered to stop running. As more zombie monsters appeared the blond wanted to shudder. It was like his duel on duelist kingdom against Bonez all over again. Except this time they weren't holograms.

"Thank Bakura." Jounouchi cried as the portal to the shadow realm dissolved from where the Pumpking was previously at. Jounouchi decided against calling for his dragons. There was too much distress over the missing rulers of the dragons.

"Thanks thief." The Crown prince now pharaoh thanked the albino native. Their group of young priests and advisors had been attacked recently. Atemu still couldn't believe the idiocy of his father and the older priests. To sacrifice ninety-nine men, women and children for such ridiculous power was obscene.

"Don't mention it. Seriously don't." The young man was agitated and fed up. Not only had his family been killed ruthlessly as if they were cattle. The man who had caused it all was dead. "Just promise me a nice cushy life as a priest at the palace and all is forgiven." Bakare was a fairly easy going guy. He had two best friends his old one a young blond boy who had been taken from their small village years ago. And the other a tomb keeper, who worked just outside of Kul Elna, building and overseeing the tomb that would eventually hold Atemu's body as well as his priests and riches.

"Just for some water?"

"All's fair pharaoh." The albino cackled walking away. After the initial disaster of the human massacre, the thief saw it only fair that one of the items belonged to him. His family after all was used in their making. And so as the promising thief he was he went to steal the items. What he wasn't counting on was Seth and Atemu trying out the items for themselves. The two however greeted him with taunting smiles and allowed him to touch one of them. It was when Akil, and Isis had come in and ruined their fun that they were finally caught. By none other then the Pharaoh and his priests.

From there it was fairly messy. The men went to grab the items away from the children and had been nearly ripped apart from their sheer power. Bakare believed that they were just weaklings since he now walked around daily with the Sennen Ring placed around his neck. As Seth had the rod, Atemu the puzzle, Akil the eye and Isis the necklace. The four of them now the young ruler and advisors of Egypt. And all before supper time.

Ishtal, the tomb keeper was always noisy by nature. Aside from being more than slightly insane he was smarter than the average adult. As he was only 15 the youngest of then five soon to be six item holders he was given insight on how seemingly self-absorbed and blind his elders were. As he snuck into the tent the five of them conversing on their next move one of the items called to him. And of course it would be the item closest to the group. And not just any member of the group, Bakare his good friend. Tip-toe, tip-toe. Grabbed it. The scales firmly in his hands he went wide eyed as the other occupants of the room stared at him. His eyes went impossibly wider as they then absorb him into their group. Apparently he was there to stay.

Atemu was in a dilemma. There was still one item left. And if his experience has told him anything the items chose their owners. He sighed, and picked up the remaining item the Key. He felt the strain on his mind as the Key tried to destroy him. The power of his own puzzle, his only protection. They items were scary he would make sure that when he returned to the palace he would lock it up. He wouldn't want anyone innocent to experience what happened to his father and the old priests. Even if they did deserve it. He sighed. He and his new priests would deal with it come morning on their way back to the palace. His priests were people who he could get along with and reach a decision with. Even if he wanted to kill them at times, he could work around that.

Jounouchi took a hit as the monster attacked. It had hurt like hell, he fell to his knee.

"Jou!" He heard his sister yell.

"Card Ejector!!"

"Magical Hats"

"Change of Heart!" Jounouchi looked as his friend's attacked without fear calling to monsters that they haven't actually seen in thousands of years. The three monsters that were just affected by Change of Heart were then sacrificed for Honda's call.

"Simorgh, bird of ancestory!" The giant golden feathered bird soared the sky and took out monsters. The three hikari's and Honda moved towards the battle scene. Jounouchi continued to run forward towards his sister the gap was closing. The monsters were being taken care of.

"Ah, ah, ah Dragon Master. Not today." A sultry and yet still shirl voice caught Jounouchi's attention.

"Who are you?" Jounouchi yelled his teeth grinding against each other as the woman had her claws on Shizuka.

"My name is Mert. I run the Drowned Divinity. But you're a waste of my time. Ciao." With that the women left pulled into a shadow portal. Shizuka disappearing with her.

"JOU!"

"ZUKA!" Jounouchi screamed dropping to the ground in anguish. He glared. That bitch just took his sister.

Alright so this story is just over a year old. Fourteen months old actually. And now oh look! A chapter for every month of life. If you guys haven't caught on yet the italics are flashbacks to their past life. Okay let me just explain some more things down here just incase I forget them in the actually story line. (I tend to do that) Mert was the female that squeeshed the rat. Shizuka is important I know shocker right. Anyways Jounouchi is a little stand offish I agree but that will change around chapter sixteen or so. Seto is a douche really there's nothing else to it. We all are aware he is in major denial. That will be explained as well in chapter sixteen. YUGI makes me angry in this story but that's the way I plannedit. So you're all going to have to deal with his bratty self for quite some time. That's about it and also just for information Ishizu will be showing up as she happens to be married to one of the priests, not to mention is a priestess herself. That's it for now. As always thank you for your time and putting up with my long winded rants.