A Day in the Life

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I wish I did but that is the dream of every fan with their favorite series. So don't sue but please read and comment.

Author's Note: This fanfic has the Yamis separated from their hikaris. So it makes things more interesting.

Prologue

5 AM- It's the first day of school for the Yu-Gi-Oh gang and everyone is trying to get out of bed and get ready to head to Domino High. Our story begins with Seto Kaiba who is deciding to go back to school after fighting with his little brothers for three months.

Seto Kaiba's house

Damn that freakin alarm clock! I think I'm gonna sue whoever came up with that idea. That is the second thing I hate in this life…next to Yugi Motou and that good for nothing pharaoh. Well I better get up otherwise my hyperactive brother will ruin the morning more by coming in to jump on me. Curses…

Katsuya Jounochi's house

I am up! Finally, I wake up before the alarm clock. I really hate the alarm clock…it's great that Shizuka was thinking about me when she bought it but I get the feeling she was thinking about Kaiba too. Shit, I gotta get up or else I'll fall asleep and I'll never hear the end of it when Anzu and Yugi come and get me.

Malik Ishtar's house

"Hey psycho! It's time to get up. Get your head out your pillow and stop thinking of new ways to torture the world. I'm gonna take your Millennium Rod away and hit you with it again. Hello? Marik?"

"What the hell do you want? I had the ultimate way to torture the pharaoh and you woke me up! I should send you to the Shadow Realm for that."

Malik stared at his yami with a look of amusement on his face, he loved waking him up because he usually said the same thing every morning. Today was special though, it was Marik's first day of school as was it Bakura's and Atem's. He couldn't wait to get Marik in his uniform so that he could pick on him.

"Well, you should know very well what day it is today. It's the first day of school! That means for you as well, so get your butt out of bed and get ready!" Malik replied happily.

"Curse the fools who came up with this place you call school." Marik replied, getting out of bed, naked.

"For the love of Ra, Marik! I told you to sleep with boxers! We're no longer in Egypt! Learn to wear some article of clothing in the morning!"

"Why should I? I'm uncomfortable with an article of clothing as you so formally put it, pet." Marik responded rather crudely. Malik shook his head in slight annoyance.

It was going to be a long day for the Ishtar twins.

Ryou Bakura's house

"Ryou, if you don't get the hell out of that shower, I'm going in there and dragging your ass out by the hair. I don't care if you were there first!" Bakura yelled at the door, trying to get his light's attention. Sure it was it the first day of school and Bakura was now forced to go otherwise he'd lose the Millennium Ring but, he had to pee and by the gods, he didn't need to endure torture from his light just to go. Maybe he's trying to get payback for torturing his friends? I don't really care but when you gotta go you gotta go and he's choosing now to get back at me? I don't believe it. It was going to be a long morning for the thief king.

Yugi Motou's House

"Atem! Come on, out of bed!" Yugi exclaimed trying to get his darkness to get up. He promised not to give his hikari a hard time over going to school and instead he decided to stay up late and play a new duel monster's game.

"Mmmm…hm? Five more minutes…aibou," Atem replied. "I promise."

Yugi had enough of this. He left the room and came back with a cup of ice water in his hand. Snickering he dumped the contents of the cup over the once proud king of Egypt. Shouting at the top of his lungs, Atem ran out the room completely naked and into the bathroom, all the while swearing he was up. Laughing, Yugi fell on the bed before breathing and taking in the scent of the former pharaoh.

'It's been a whole year and it still seems so strange to have him here with me again. He still refuses to tell me why he and the other yamis came back or what made them want to stay with us. I just can't believe he is here and that he spends so much time with me even though we shared an identity for so long. After saving the world, you'd figure he'd want to rest but instead he chose to come back to me. I guess that our bond is stronger than death itself.' He listened to the sounds of his darkness in the shower, humming the song Desert Rose. Yugi knew how much that song reminded him of Atem.

Speaking of Atem, his birthday was coming up and he really wanted to get him something special. He knew that spending time with Yugi was plenty a gift for him but Yugi wanted to get Atem a gift as a sign of how much he meant to him. He got up and began to fix the bed, fixing dark blue sheets and putting his pillows in order.