Yuugi stood up looking around the almost empty collage library. The bell had rung about thirty seconds ago and Yuugi had been lost in his book. It had been about two years since he had seen Joey, Tristan, and Tea. they had all gone their separate ways after graduating high school. Tea had become a professional dancer in America with her own dance studio, Joey had become a pro-duelist, and Tristan had gone off with plans to marry Serenity.

He laughed slightly at the memory of Joey going ballistic on Tristan when he said that. The brown haired man had run form the room faster than a speeding bullet to get away from the other boy. Tea had been there and she laughed just as hard as he did. Too bad that happened two years ago and not two minutes ago. The three of them almost never came back to visit him.

Essentially he was all alone. Atem was long gone, having found peace about two years ago as well. Yuugi missed all of his friend, especially the Pharaoh. They had been almost like brothers and now he was gone. It wasn't like Yuugi needed him, it was just that he wanted to hear him say something smart and ancient king like.

As he walked through the no so crowded halls he thought about all of his friends. Since he was so preoccupied he didn't notice that the captain of the football team had stepped out in front of him. It came as a surprise when he hit the taller boy head on.

"Hey, watch the jacket, bookworm." he sneered, looking down on Yuugi blue eyes blazing.

Yuugi lifted his reddish purple eyes to meet his when he apologized. This only seemed to piss the big jock off even more but before he could lash out at Yuugi his pals stepped in and stopped him. Just form the look on his face said that the thing between them was not over yet.

Sighing Yuugi walked to his locker. His parents were going to flip out on him. Pretty much he was late. and they didn't like it when he was late. OK, yeah he was living with his parents. He didn't like them much but the good thing was his room and board was free, so he didn't complain much. The other reason he was living with his parents was that Grandpa has in an assisted living home.

The only reason that Grandpa was there was because of Yuugi's parents. They put him there thinking that he was too old to take care of himself. The thing was they were dead wrong. Grandpa had managed to wriggle his way out of their claws and was living with Rebecca and he grandfather. There was only one problem with that though. Rebecca lived in America and he lived in Japan. It became really hard to visit his grandfather so that made him even more lonely.

He walked into the house and into a chorus of angry voices. His mom and dad were arguing again. With a sigh he walked to his room. To his surprise there was a small package on his bed. Picking it up he read the label. Yeah, it was for him and it seemed to have been sent from Egypt. Then, upon looking closer he saw that it was from Ishizu.

Smiling he tore open the box revealing a beautiful pyramid shaped gold gem. There was a chain attached to the top so that he could wear it around his neck of wrist. Lifting it out of the box made a note fall from with in. Picking it up he read it carefully.

It said " Yuugi, I am sending this to you so that you don't really forget the time you spent here with me and my brother. Well, that is only part of the reason. The other part is that I don't want it anywhere near my brother again. Marik found it but didn't notice that it was possessed by an evil spirit. The spirit attacked him, severely injuring him. I dispelled the spirit but the stone retained the ability to host spirits of great power. Mabye you can use it for something. Take good care of it, Ishizu."

Smiling Yuugi slipped the slim chain around his wrist and moved to his desk. Setting the note down he began his homework.