A/N: Let's see... Nope, I don't have an excuse. This is one of my new stories and the one, currently holding my interest.
As he walked into that game shop, Pegasus expected some cashier welcoming him to the shop and asking him if he needed something.
However, he didn't expect a little girl sitting on the ground and sorting cards from a game he invented.
He was especially startled, as she looked up and amethyst eyes met his.
There was fire in them.
He came again some weeks later and he meet the girl again. Her shoulder length tri-colored hair was bound into a low ponytail and she was currently playing a game against the shop owner - probably her grandfather. The grandfather noticed him and wanted to apologize, but Pegasus only shook his head and gestured to the game. He wanted to see the outcome.
The grandfather understood and continued to play with the little girl, as Pegasus came nearer, so that he could see better what was going on.
He eye widened in shock, as he realized that the girl was leading the game. She looked so young - around three years old - he didn't expect her to even understand Duel Monsters.
With that he decided to take a peek at her thoughts. Normally he would refrain from doing so, when he wasn't in the middle of a duel, but it couldn't hurt to make some expectations.
Her name was Mutou Yugi, and despite her appearance, she was six years old.
She won the game.
After that he visited the shop more often. Sometimes he would talk with her grandfather and sometimes she would say something. He still waited for the day she would introduce herself, even if her grandfather already told him her name, even if he already found in her mind, surrounded by advanced strategies.
He still waited.
With time her grandfather warmed up to Pegasus, with time the little girl warmed up to him. And he found out why he never saw her parents.
"My daughter-in-law is foolish," Sugoroku muttered, his voice quiet and grave, "so foolish."
And as Pegasus looked at the little girl, trying to read a book, looking very excited, he couldn't help but agree.
That was foolish to ignore the little miracle before her.
It happened some days before Pegasus' next visit - last visit.
Her grandfather died.
A thief broke into the shop, hoping to steal something of worth. Though Sugoroku heard him and decided to come and see what was happening. The thief hit him with something hard on the head, and vanished, leaving a corpse behind.
The painful cries of a little girl woke up the neighbors.
Pegasus appeared some hours later, to wonder why there were police cars surrounding the shop. Then he heard some silent sobbing, and as he turned around, he was met with the sight of Yugi, standing by an elder woman.
"Poor Mutou-chan," someone whispered, "her grandfather died so sudden..."
What?
"Yes," someone other responded, "but now her mother will look after her."
He heard whimpers and realized that they were coming from Yugi. And he remembered what Sugoroku told him about his daughter-in-law.
That woman wouldn't get custody over Yugi. He would make sure of that.
He had to admit, that decision was sudden, unexpected. Though he wouldn't have called it off.
Especially as he finally met Yugi's mother. She had black hair and ice blue eyes. Her expression was kind of stiff and she glared at him and at Yugi - her own child.
In his opinion she looked like a witch. Her personality wasn't better.
He told her who he was, what he wanted and what he would give her. And she accepted, without protests.
She sold her own child off and walked away, not looking at Yugi.
Pegasus then turned to the little girl, wanting to explain what just happened. He was startled by the sight of her innocent eyes filled with pure knowledge.
"I'm Mutou Yugi," she started, looking directly at him. And then she muttered it, quiet, but still loud enough for him to hear.
"Thank you."
He smiled.
They arrived in America without problems. On their way to the head mansion, Pegasus told her who he was, what he did and that he adopted her.
"You're not my only child - I have two other sons, twins."
She nodded attentively, not taking her eyes of his lone one.
"You won't be meeting them for awhile though. I hope you can wait."
Then they arrived at the mansion, and Yugi blinked in surprise at how big it was.
"Welcome to your new home, Mut... No," he shook his head, as he smiled at her,"Yugi Crawford."
She smiled back a little.