Hello everyone,

Here's my other Yu-Gi-Oh story!

Please review if you like it!

It is a bit short, but I had to do a little intro.

The next chapter will be longer!

SnakeBite

Prologue

As I lie in bed tonight, my cuts and bruises seem to hurt a little more. I wish Atem could get rid of those bullies, I thought to myself. Then, I shake my head. It's selfish of me to think that. He deserves to be free.

A few months had passed without much interesting happenings, but when a bunch of big, mean transfer students came, they immediately started bullying everyone into worshipping them. The whole school is afraid of them. For me it's the worst. They target me the most and no matter how late I stay at school, they are always there waiting for me. Even Joey and Tristan stand no chance against them.

Yugi runs through the alleys as fast as his legs could carry him. The bullies following close behind.

"You can't run forever, Yugi," the apparent leader of the gang sneers. "Sooner or later you will tire and we will catch you!"

"Just leave me alone, Deryn!" Yugi shouts over his shoulder. Deryn laughs, "Aww, the little guy wants to be left alone!"

Deryn's friends also laughed, "Why should we leave you alone? It's great fun you know!" One said.

"I can't wait to see his face when we catch up to Yugi!" Another said laughing.

"Me too!" Deryn agreed. Yugi is confused, "Who?" He asked. Deryn didn't answer his question and only said, "It's only a matter of time! He will come back! It's only a matter of how long he can stand to see you get hurt!"

Yugi turns a sharp corner and stops. It's a dead end. Deryn laughs, "You're pathetic! I don't even know why he even bothered to protect you!" With that, he throws a punch at Yugi's face.

I shake my head out of those horrible memories. Tears were streaming down my cheeks as one thought passed through my mind as I slipped into an uneasy sleep. I wish he could come and help me.

Why is everything so bright?

I slowly open my eyes and I'm surprised to see I'm lying on sand and the sun is shining high above me. I sit up suddenly and I'm overjoyed to see that I'm in Egypt. Maybe I'll see Atem!

As I walk through the sand, a small pool of water comes into view. Pacing in front of it is,

"Atem!" I shout as I race toward him. I stop as I notice that he doesn't respond. I slowly step closer and I wave my hand in front of his face. He doesn't do anything. I sigh. He can't see me.

I freeze as I hear him start talking to himself, "What should I do? Should I go? Should I take the risk? I have to protect him!" He then quickly glances at the pool of water.

For the first time, I notice there are images moving on the surface, but before I could see what they were; Atem stretched out a hand toward the water and muttered a few words under his breath. The pool immediately cleared.

"I must speak to Ra," Atem mutters and races off into the distance.

I blink open my eyes for what seems like the second time. I'm in my room his time. "Just a dream," I mutter as I glance at the clock. It's 7:02. Might as well get up.

Just as I jump out of bed, a crash and an exclamation came from downstairs. I frown. Who is that? Grandpa isn't up yet. I Race down the stairs fearing what I'll find in the living room. When I got to the doorway, I stopped with my mouth hanging open.

The living room table somehow got smashed into the display cabinet, but that wasn't what caught my attention. There, sitting in the middle of the rug, rubbing his back painfully, was,

"Atem!"

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FW593