A long time ago, actually two years and two months ago just a few days after she had started ninth grade, Ri-chan went into the hospital because her diabetes was acting up and almost put her into a coma again. While there, she had her sketch book and drew a small, but poorly done, picture of Yugi as a little kid and a strange version of Yami was standing next to him.

And an idea hit her, what if Yugi had received the puzzle and was aware of Yami before he solved it and just thought of Yami as an imaginary friend?

And that is where Imagination's Reality was born.

The bad thing about it is that the idea was originally a Puzzleshipping story. Now that I am a Prideshipper, I'm not a huge fan of it anymore. Here is where I need help, chose for either Puzzle or Pride, personally I'm going for Puzzle since that was how the story was before, but if you want Pride go ahead and vote, though no couples will appear until much later.

Anyway, onto everything else.

Summery: When Yugi found the Sennen Puzzle he met a boy only he could see. Who is he and is he really there or just a figment of Yugi's lonely mind?

Warning: Since this story is going to be based off the manga, expecting less card games and more violence when I get around to the Yami no Games.

I DO NOT OWN! Just the plot though. And Yami's outfit pattern.

On with the fic!

Imagination's Reality

Chapter one: Yugi and Yami

He was so scared, so very scared. The whole day had to be the worst he had ever been through in his whole life, which wasn't very long since he was only seven years old right now. His grandfather had said that first grade would be fun for him and that he would love it.

That was the lie of the year.

He was smaller then everyone in his class, even smaller then the girls as well and had been taken to the kindergarten room when he asked a teacher where his class room was, a mistake he made since he didn't know that the first grade teacher and the kindergarten teacher were sisters and that he was short and didn't explain what grade he was in. Then, we he was taken to the right room, he was given the last seat in the class room since Ms. Katy had everyone sitting in alphabetical order by first name.

Then at lunch he ended up having to eat on the ground since no one would let him sit near them. After lunch it was recess and he got hit by a kid on the swing who had swung just right and hit him in the side, and he did it on purpose. He ended up crying during the rest of the half hour while Ms. Katy had to discipline the boy who knocked him down.

Then when they did math work, he got he highest grade and everyone glared at him for it. When play time came up, he sat alone with the games and no one wanted to play games with a freak that had 'fake' hair. His hair wasn't fake; he was just born with blond bangs that went into black hair that was lined in a magenta color that stuck up naturally in a star shape.

He left the class room feeling horrible, and the pain in his side wasn't helping. As he walked out of the building he heard someone call out at him. "Hey, star head!"

He cringed at the name he was given today. "It… its Yugi… not star head, and is there something you need…?" Yugi asked timidly, looking at one of the taller kids in his class.

The boy smirked and quickly he kicked Yugi down and sent him injured-side-first into the sidewalk. Yugi moaned in pain and noticed that the boy grabbed his back pack.

"Please! Give it back!" He cried, the taller boy only laughed and dumped the contents out of the bag in front of Yugi.

Those who watched just laughed and walked away. Yugi sat there, looking at the papers, pencils, and little gold puzzle pieces. Earlier that week Yugi had found a golden box in his grandfather's shop and had treasured it the moment he held it. He sat on his knees and looked at everything, tears coming to his eyes.

"I hate this! Why does everyone have to be mean to me!? I never did anything! All I want is to make friends!" He cried.

"I'll be your friend."

Yugi blinked and looked up and toward his left he saw the strangest boy he had ever met. He was slightly taller then Yugi and had tan skin. His hair was almost exactly like Yugi's, only with more bangs and the tips of his hair were red though Yugi only saw a little of the red and black thanks to the strange cloth he wore on his head with a golden band circling it to keep it on his head. His eyes were the exact same color as blood and he smiled at Yugi with a calm look on his face that looked like it still demanded respect.

He wore a black jacket that flowed out and went just above his ankles. On the sleeves' ends were golden ankhs attached to belts. He wore a black leather vest with straps and blue leather pants while on his feet were studded boots. In his out stretched hand was a piece of the puzzle that Yugi carried, and it was the piece with an eye on it.

"Huh?" Yugi blinked.

"I said that I would be your friend, is that okay?" The boy smiled and walked closer, placing the piece in Yugi's hand. Yugi looked at him and then at his hand and gasped. The boy! He was almost see-thru! "Ah! You… you're a ghost…!"

The boy looked himself over and then ran his hand through Yugi's. "Hmm. I guess I am a ghost… though I'm not sure if I truly am or not but I'm really wanting to be your friend because I to am lonely."

The smaller boy looked at him with a sad expression. "Did… did you die here…?"

The other thought for a moment. "No, I was in there." He pointed to the box. Yugi gasped and remembered what his grandpa had said, he told Yugi that the puzzle held magic powers and once belonged to someone powerful and the legend said he was still inside it.

"You must be the spirit of the Sennen Puzzle… wow! I'm Yugi Mouto, what's your name?"

The other frowned and looked embarrassed. "Is something wrong?" The boy turned and looked at the purple-eyed child and sighed. "I don't remember… I don't remember a lot of things…"

Yugi titled his head and looked the boy over. "How about I call you Yami? The way you're dressed makes you look like a shadow." He smiled brightly and the boy now named Yami smiled.

"Thank you Yugi. Now come on, let's get this cleaned up and stuff."

Yugi sat in his room and showed Yami everything that was interesting, which was mostly games. Yami seemed interested and smiled at a lot of what Yugi talked about, but failed to notice that Yugi would keep looking at him and saw that Yami seemed to float and was see-thru.

When the lad told his grandpa, the old man gave him a strange look and seemed a little surprised and shook it off, saying it was nice that Yugi was going through what every child does and made an imaginary friend.

But Yugi didn't believe Yami was fake, he knew he was real. The boy took note that Yami's hands could not touch anything; it seemed that he could touch only the puzzle since that was where he came from.

"So, do you like my room?"

Yami nodded. "I like how colorful it is, much better then mine."

Yugi titled his head and blinked. "Your room? Is it in the puzzle?"

"Yeah, but it's really cold and dark, plus there are lots of doors and crazy things are behind them. I hate it in there, but I'm really happy to be here in the light."

Red eyes met with purple eyes and both of them smiled. "I'm glad you're happy Yami. You know, you are the first friend I've ever had."

Yami blinked. "Oh? Why would anybody not want to be your friend?"

"Because… because I'm a freak! No one has ever liked me because of my hair or the way I look or the fact that I love games! Everyone thinks that I'm just a horrible little kid with nothing…" Tears came to his eyes again but they didn't fall because Yami hugged him.

"You are not a freak, you a special and wonderful young man with a great personality. Give them time to respect you and don't worry, I'll always be your friend because you're my first friend."

TBC

Sorry, this is a bit of a prolong chapter, the next few chapters will involve Yugi meeting Honda, Jounouchi, Anzu, Kaiba, and Miho (She was seen once in the manga and was regular character in the infamous season zero) so you can see how Yugi has a relationship with them.

Though they will be made up, except Anzu's because she and Yugi meeting for the first time was mentioned in the manga. But we don't really care about her here in Ri-chan's little writing station. Oh! By the way, I'm also going to take some elements from the anime as well, the first season, and put them in this. And don't worry Kaiba fans, he is not going to have is green hair.

Please review! I'm really trying hard to remember everything!