Egads, compared to what I normally do, this is pretty long! But surprisingly didn't take super long. Anyway, I decided to try to juggle two stories at once because I could not put off this idea for any longer.

This is basically a season 0 re-write that will branch off into my own plot line and has almost nothing to do with card games!

That's the gist of it, so please enjoy!

Warning, this story does contain yaoi, so if you don't like, don't read.

Also I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

-Chapter 1-

A bell rang through the school building and a tri-colored hair boy watched for a moment as the others in his class got up and hurried out of the room wit shouts of, "Afternoon break! Let's play basketball!"

Amethyst eyes turned away from it and back to the house of cards on his desk. He looked up when his name was called and he could only watch helplessly as the house of cards tumbled down. He frowned lightly and then looked p at the boy who had called his name.

"Don't just play by yourself," he spoke, twirling the basketball in his hand. "Why not play basketball with us sometime?" he offered.

"Eh?" he looked away sheepishly. "That's alright, the team I would join would lose..." he trailed. He loved games, but he was no good at ones where physical activity was involved, like basketball and most other sports.

"That's true..." the boy muttered and left the room, not bothering to try and convince to come along.

Yuugi started picking the cards up with a frown, I wish I could play a game with everyone sometimes. I always bring a lot of games to school too... His eyes suddenly widened in remembrance. He leaned over the side of the desk and grabbed his bag "That's right! What I finish that today?" he spoke to himself. "I've always got it with me. It's my treasure!"

He pulled out a golden box with hieroglyphics on it and placed it in the middle of his desk. "In this box, is my treasure, but it's a complete secret. So here's the quiz... The treasure in this box is something you can see, but never seen before. So what is it...?" he trailed and began to open the box. "The answer is-" he was cut off before he could answer himself as the box was snatched out of his hand.

He looked at his empty hands in surprise and then looked up at a blonde boy, who was holding the golden box with an annoyed expression on his face. "Jounouchi-kun!"

"Yuugi-kun, why are you talking to yourself?" He didn't even look at the smaller boy. "Can see, but can't see, saying a bunch of stuff I don't get."

Yuugi slipped out of his desk and began trying to reach for the box. Jounouchi only held it up higher. "Ah! Please return that!" he requested, jumping into the air, trying to grab at the box."Return-" Jounouchi threw the box into the air and he jumped over the desk and caught it when he landed on the other side.

"Man, timidly treasuring this box, you know Yuugi," he turned to face him, placing his fist on his waist. "That's the part of you that really pisses me off. "Let me coach you into being more of a man. Come on, you want this box back, right?" He leaned down and smirked at him. "If so, then come at me full force!"

Yugi stared at him for a moment and leaned forward, fists clenched tightly together. "I...I hate fighting and violence!" he shouted loudly, his eyes screwing shut.

Jounouchi let out a shout and plugged his ears with his fingers. "You've got not guts, but you've got a loud voice!"

"Ah, just give me the box back," he requested, quieting down a bit.

"Yea, stop it Jounouchi," a new voice drifted over to them and they both turned, facing Honda.

"Oh, you want something?" Jounouchi began, leaning closer to the boy. "1st year, president reject, clean up member, Honda-kun!" he taunted.

Annoyance was evident on the boy's face. "I'm not a clean-up member, I'm a Beautification Club member!" he protested.

Jounouchi's hand found it's way back to his ear. "Your voice is loud too..." he mumbled.

Honda crossed his arms over his chest. "Oh, it's true that I was not elected as student president, but I'm reborn as a great man, as Beautification Club member!"

"By the way," Jounouchi began ignoring him and leaned down to Yuugi. "What's in the box?" he questioned..

"You can look, just don't lose it," he offered, worry spread through him, he didn't want to lose it. Not after eight years. "It's extremely important to me!"

"Listen when someone's talking!" Honda shouted when Jounouchi opened the box and peered into it. He then closed it, his eyes drooped in boredom. "What? How boring," he muttered.

The box was then snatched out his hand by a tall girl with short brown hair.

"Masaki!"

"Anzu!" Yuugi shouted happily.

Anzu stood beside Yuugi and placed her hand on her hip, frowning at the two boys in front of her. "If it's boring, then give it back right away!" she scoffed. "Also, bullying someone weaker than yourself, you're the boring the one!"

"I'm not bullying the weak!" he protested. "I'm making Yuugi a man-"

"Shut up!" Anzu cut him off and Jounouchi flinched.

A gasp came from the doorway and a girl with with bluish hair froze there.

"Sorry," Anzu apologized after a moment, "That wasn't directed at you Miho."

"I was surprised!" she looked down. "There are still so many people that haven't had lunch," she sighed.

Honda was instantly at the girl's side. "That's no good! I'll buy it for you right away!" he announced.

Jounouchi ended up on the other side of her. "Wait!" he called. "I'll go too!" they both ran out of the room before anything else could be said.

Anzu peeked her head out the door of the class room. She glared after them, "Man those guys..." She sighed and returned to the classroom, taking a seat across from Yuugi. She rested her elbow on the desk and her cheek on the palm of her hand.

"Impressive," Yuugi mumbled, his shoulders hunched up slightly. "They're pretty scared of you, Anzu..."

"If I act soft, they'll mess with me," Anzu explained, a light scowl across her face. "Yuugi, sometimes, you have to have guts."

Yuugi looked up at her through his lashes, a soft smile playing on his lips, "But Jounouchi-kun isn't that bad of a guy..." he trailed off into a mumble.

Anzu turned to face him directly, frowning. "Saying that about such a guy is why people mock you," Yuugi let out a small noise and the girl changed the subject, looking down at the golden box on his desk. "By the way," she questioned, "what is this?"

"Oh right!" Yuugi grinned, happy to be able to talk about something else. "Anzu, you haven't seen this, right?" he developed a mysterious tone in his voice. "Let me show you my secret."

"Okay! Anzu agreed. "I'll keep it a secret, let me see," she requested, now curious to what what inside the box. Yuugi opened the lid of the box and Anzu gasped in surprise. "Wow!" She watched in amazement as Yuugi began taking pieces out of the box. "It's beautiful!"

Anzu then lifted a piece up herself. "Are these parts? It's all scattered," she examined them.

"It's a puzzle," Yuugi explained, "I haven't finished it yet, so I don't what it's shape is yet," a small thrill went through the small boy just at the thought of finishing the puzzle after so long. "So it's something you can see, but you can't!"

"I see..."

"My house is a game store, so we've got games from various different countries. This is the prided find of someone who used to own the store. They found it in an Egyptian ruin, it's a very rare puzzle. Apparently though, at one point, there had been two. There was a spot next to the box where it seemed that another would fit into."

Anzu looked on in fascination, "Egypt, huh?"

Yuugi held up the puzzle box to show Anzu, "Well, look, there's all these strange markings carved around the box. I'm guessing the meaning of this is written here. The person who solves this puzzle will have their wish granted," he looked on and then paused, a sheepish look crossed his face and he let out a nervous laugh. "Yeah, I said too much!"

He stopped laughing and looked back up at Anzu through his lashes. "Ah, you must think I'm dumb," he fidgeted lightly. "I can see it in your eyes..."

Anzu sat up straight, laughing. "No way! So what did you wish for?"

"No, no! This much is definitely, definitely, definitely a secret!" he winked at her.

A teenage boy with tri colored hair and ruby eyes sat back in his chair, a sigh escaped his lips as he stared down at the scattered puzzle pieces on his desk. He knew he was just a few steps ahead of whoever had the other puzzle, but it was annoying that he wasn't allowed to finish it until just before the other person did.

It was really annoying.

If he ever actually got to talk to the other person, he was going to give them a piece of his mind for taking eight years to even come close to finishing it.

But now to get back to work, since he had to at least try and work on it for an hour a day.

A scowl crossed his face at the thought. He was sure if it weren't for the to-be bond, he would have solved it long ago.

His hands seemed to move on their own as the puzzle pieces slid into place with little clicks here and there and before he knew what was happening the final piece was in.

He stared.

He was done, that meant...

The other one would be done soon also. The bond would be forged.

It seemed so surreal.

He slowly placed the now finished puzzle on his desk. Excitement coursed through him, it was an odd feeling. He had thought it would feel different, that he would be bored, but new feelings were going through him about the situation.

He couldn't wait until the other was completed.

Yuugi blushed as he left the classroom. He had a random outburst in the middle of class. He wasn't sure what, but something had gotten him super excited. He wasn't even sure what he was excited about exactly. The teacher, seeing something was clearly wrong, had sent him to the nurses.

He had to go back to get his things when the final bell rang and now he was a little late getting home. He gripped the straps of his bag tightly as he made his way past the Public Morals guys, they were all in lines and chanting, I'll avoid bothering them...

He turned to start walking again, but stopped when he heard a voice call out to him.

"Wait a moment you!" Yuugi turned and watched as a large boy walked over to him. "You're Yuugi Mutou, right?" he questioned.

"Yes," came the answer.

"Actually, I want to ask you something.. You, have the class students been bothering you?" Yuugi grimaced as he had to crane his neck to look at him, if he stayed like that much longer it would hurt...

And then the question processed in his head.

Yuugi let out a shocked gasp. "Nothing like that's happened to me!" he protested.

"Wait a moment," Ushio continued. "A person like you would reply something like that," Yuugi wanted to frown, person like him? He gave him a confused look. "I must properly investigate this," he went quiet, seemingly thinking over something, "You can relax Yuugi-kun. From now on I, Ushio, will be your bodyguard!" he said determinedly.

"Eh?" Yuugi once again tried to protest. "But I really haven't experienced that!" Wanting the subject to be dropped, he spun around and hurriedly walked away. "Excuse me!" What the heck was that? Weirdo...

Yuugi finally made his way home and opened the door to the game shop. "I'm home..." he trailed off and blinked in surprise when he saw who was there. "Anzu!"

Anzu let out a sort of snicker. "It's been so long since I came over to play," she said, her hands clasped behind her back.

"You're late Yuugi!" an older man in a pink shirt came into view.

"I'm home, Grandpa!" he answered in reply.

"By the way," he turned his attention to the tall girl next to Yuugi, "Anzu-chan, you've grown so much," he commented. "Especially your chest!" he winked. "It's finally 80 cm? Wonderful!"

"Grandpa!" Yuugi shouted, a red blush coating his face.

"By the way, Yuugi, I heard from Anzu-chan. That puzzle, you still haven't given up on it" he questioned.

Yuugi huffed. "Who's giving up?"

"That puzzle is beyond human knowledge, you can't do it. By the way, there's a history behind it."

"History?" Anzu inquired, now intrigued.

Sugoroku gave her a look, making her take a small, barely there, step back. "An excavation team found the Millennium Puzzle. They brought the Pharaoh's Box from a giant valley. But, everyone in the excavation died mysteriously. The last person left this behind because he wanted to live. Yami no game," he finished darkly.

"Yuugi," Anzu's brow twitched and she folded her arms across her chest. "This puzzle sounds dangerous."

Yuugi had already unzipped his bag and pulled the puzzle box out. "Yami no game?" he mumbled to himself. "What's that? I like it."

Sugoroku leaned down and pointed at the carvings on the box. "Look at the symbols carved into the box. The who receives me will gain my dark knowledge and power," he read.

"I see!" Yuugi gained a determined look and then held the box up, becoming cheerful. "So my wish will come true!" he shouted ecstatically and spun around, ignoring his grandpa's shocked look and Anzu's disbelieving one. "I'm excited! I'm definitely going to finish it!"

Sugoroku twitched a bit. "Return it! It's a treasure after all!"

"You're only thinking of value!" Yuugi held the box away from from him. "No!" He stumbled a bit when a shoulder collided into his and he looked to the side, seeing a tanned boy with sandy blonde hair walking past him. "Sorry!" Yuugi shouted, blushing lightly.

The tanned boy turned around, lilac eyes gazed at him before shrugging. "No, it was my fault, I'm sorry," he apologized and turned back around, walking out of the store.

The next day at school, Yuugi was stopped by Ushio once more. "Yuugi-kun," he called over. "A moment."

"Ushio-san, why do you want to see me?"

Ushio let the small boy around a few corners to a secluded outside part of the school. "Come with me," he requested. "I'm sure you'll be pleased."

Yuugi turned once more and gasped as he saw the injured bodies of Honda and Jounouchi crumbled on the ground and leaning against the wall.

"I-It hurts!"

"Jounouchi-kun! Honda-kun!" Yuugi shouted, running up to the two, only to be stopped by Ushio.

"What do you think Yuugi-kun?" Ushio sounded awfully pleased with himself.

Yuugi could only look at the boy in horror. "What is this?" he whispered out, not trusting his voice.

"I told you Yuugi-kun. I, Ushio," he pointed to himself. "Will be your bodyguard," he pointed to himself. "That's why we've been punishing these bullies.

"No..." Yuugi wanted to scream at the large boy. "Ushio-san! This is just too horrible!" He ran over to the two boys. "Are you okay? Jounouchi-kun? Honda-kun?"Worry weaved through his words.

"Yuugi..." Jounouchi looked up at him. "Damn you... are you satisfied?" he groaned out.

Yuugi stared at him in shock, how could he think that he would want such a thing? "You're wrong," his voice came out in a whisper. "Do you think I would ask for such a horrible thing?"

"Move, Yuugi!" a large hand pushed Yuugi away. "We are not done with punishing!"

Yuugi could only watch helplessly when Ushio sent a kick to Jounouchi's stomach, making the boy jerk forward slightly. Before he knew what he was doing, he found himself in front of the blonde and brunette, his arms spread out wide, blocking them.

"Stop it!"

Ushio shoved his hands on his pockets, ""Well, well, Yuugi-kun, are you covering for these guys? What a strange guy. Here's your chance to dispel any resentment you have. Punch! Kick!" he offered to him.

Yuugi stood his ground. "Do you think I could do that to my friends?" he demanded to know, gritting his teeth together.

Laughter shook Ushio's body as he stared down at Yuugi. "What a rare guy! Friends you say? They're bullies that exploited you."

"They weren't bullying me," he denied. "Jounouchi-kun just wanted to make me a man!"

"Man, you're a complete weirdo. Very well," Ushio sighed. "By the way, Yuugi-kun, its time for you to pay up. Total cost of my bodyguard fees, 20,000 yen," he smirked.

"Twenty thousand yen?!" Yuugi shouted in shock.

The crimson eyed boy groaned and tossed a ball against the wall. He had nothing to do since he hadn't told his mother that he had finished the puzzle, so he was confined to his room for an hour to work on it.

He was bored.

How much longer was it going to take for the other to finish the darned puzzle? He was getting impatient, he had already waited eight years.

And then he felt it. A tingling sensation went through his body and he knew the puzzle was about to be completed. Before he could rush to get his own, his crimson eyes went hazy and he felt his back hit the mattress and everything turned blurry.

When his eyes were finally able to focus again, the first thing he noticed was that he wasn't even in his own room. He was in a much smaller room that had toys littering the floor.

"What'll I do? 20,000 yen? I don't have that kind of an allowance," the tri-haired teen whirled around and his eyes caught what looked like a smaller, lighter version of himself.

He was working on the puzzle.

And talking to himself.

"What'll I do? What should I do?" he murmered and the boy felt worry an anxiety course through him. Then he heard a voice that wasn't his own in his head.

It must be because of the bonds of the puzzle.

"What's wrong with me? How can I be working on the puzzle at a time like this?"

He flinched. "No!" He shouted at the boy, but it was obvious he couldn't hear him. "You have to keep working! You're almost there!"

"Huh? I'm doing better than usual," he held the puzzle up slightly. "Weird, I feel like crap..." He began speaking out loud again. "I feel like I'm going to finish the puzzle today..." the clicks of the pieces locking into place seemed oddly loud in the quiet room.

"There! Wow! Perhaps," he clicked a corner into place. "Perhaps..." excitement coursed through both boys in the room. "I did it!" he slowly held the puzzle up. "All that's left is to put in the final piece and I'm done!"

The crimson eyed teen watched as the small boy reached over and tried to reach over to the puzzle box and watched as confusion flitted across his face. He looked over and his stomach dropped. There were no pieces left.

He had lost a piece of the millennium puzzle?!

He wanted to tear his hair out!

"Not here... the last part..." the boy stood up and began frantically looking around his room. "No!"

His head shot up after looking for a while and looking under his bed. "Maybe its at school!" he shouted to himself and slipped his shoes on. He began running down the stairs, skipping every other step. "Grandpa!" he shouted when he reached the door. "I'm going out!"

An old man appeared, "Yuugi, where to?"

Yuugi..

So that's what his name was.

The teen wanted to laugh at the irony of it.

"Left something at school," came the rushed reply and he floated along side Yuugi as he ran to a school that he recognized as Domino Public school.

"Without that part, the puzzle is incomplete!" The fear and worry was evident on his face. "My wish won't come true! Please be at school!"

His brow furrowed lightly, wish?

He ran until a large boy blocked his path, "Yo, Yuugi-kun," the boy spoke and he glared at the boy, he was in Yuugi's way! He needed to not waste anymore time and find the puzzle piece!

"Ushio-san..."

A frown tugged at his lips as even more worry went through the boy, who was this guy?

"You brought the bodyguard fee, right? Good boy," Ushio, that was his name, looked down on him.

Bodyguard fee? Why did he need a bodyguard? And why was he getting a bad feeling?

"No!" Yuugi frowned. "I just forgot something at school and came to pick it up," he rushed to explain. "Anyway, I can't..."

"Hmm, I guess you're going to need some education..." Ushio hummed.

Red eyes widened when the small boy let out a frightened noise and he reached for Yuugi, tried to pull him away, but his hand went right though him. The puzzle wasn't completed yet, he wouldn't be able to interact with him like this until it was.

Despite knowing this, he couldn't help but shout out, "Yuugi!" the name rolled off his tongue easily. "Run!"

Then Yuugi was being led away, his head cast downward. He felt helpless as Ushio threw Yuugi into the brick wall on the side of the school and kicked him harshly. He kicked and punched and finally Yuugi slid to the ground.

Anger tugged at him. He wanted to do something, he wanted to hurt Ushio.

"That's enough for today. Tomorrow we'll show you the fruits of your education."

He clenched his fists and to his surprise a blonde boy rounded the corner along with a brunette, "Hey!"

Ushio turned around slightly. "What? Oh it's the bullies."

Bullies?

The blonde boy rushed over to Yuugi and bent down slightly. "Yuugi! Hey! Hang on!" he shouted.

"I..." Yuugi mumbled, his face scrunched up in pain. "I... asked the puzzle... for true friends."

His heart thumped and he felt an overwhelming need to protect the small boy in front of him. He grit his teeth, Yuugi needed to finish the puzzle. He would be able to take over Yuugi's body and protect him that way. If he were to deal with Ushio that way, Yuugi wouldn't get hurt, even if he did.

The blonde boy unclenched Yuugi's hand and, to his surprise, slipped the last piece of the puzzle into the palm of his hand. He then closed his hand over it.

"Ushio-san... I've respected you up until now, but I can't let this stand!"

"Oh!" Ushio smirked. "You think two on one is going to make you win?"

The two charged at the larger boy.

"I- I made a wish on the puzzle... I told it I wanted true friends. Someone who will never betray me... A true friend who will never betray me... no matter what..."

He leaned down, cupping the bruised face with his hands, he couldn't feel him, but.. he had to try. "Come, little one," he whispered, wishing that the boy could hear him. "You have the final piece, complete the puzzle... Let me help you," he let his thumb gently stroke the hurt cheek.

He backed away slightly when Yuugi moved to turn and look at the unconscious bodies of the two boys that had stood up for him. Jounouchi-kun! Honda-kun! Ah... I can;t wake them up... if only I could..." His face scrunched up again and his fists clenched.

And then his eyes blinked open in surprise and he brought his fist closer to himself, unfurling his hand, and seeing the puzzle piece.

"This..."

Yuugi slowly reached over, finally finishing the puzzle. His eyes widened as the puzzle started to glow. A light appeared and hit his forehead.

He leaned down, pulling Yuugi into his arms, relieved that the puzzle was completed and he could do this. "Rest for a bit, Aibou," he didn't allow himself to be shocked at the nickname. The boy in his arms slowly faded away and his own body became solid.

He stood up, a dark smirk crossed his face. "So..." Ushio paused. "It's game time," the words came easily, as if he had this new, dark power coursing through all of life and had been using it since he was young.

He found himself on the top of a building, a rope wrapped around his waist. He watched as Ushio, realizing where he was, fell, but was caught by the rope around both of them. He held onto tightly.

"W-What are you?" he shouted.

The light from the puzzle illuminated him.

"Bastard Yuugi!" Ushio shouted.

It wasn't that surprising that he had been mistaken for his lighter half, they did look quite similar. He smirked down at Ushio. "Yo! Ushio-san," he greeted. "I've got what you wanted right here."

"What?" he asked, and then chuckled. "So you brought the money after all. Then I wouldn't have needed to put you through that. So hurry up and hand it over!"

"How boring," he said lazily. "Just hand it over..."

"What?"

"How about it? Have a little game with me."

"Game?"

"But it's no ordinary game," he explained. "It's a Yami no Game."

"Ha! Interesting!" Ushio chuckled. "I, Ushio, have never lost a game!"

Neither have I.

"Impressive, Ushio-san," he taunted. "Here we go," he pulled a deck of cards out of his pocket and jumped down and spread the deck in a straight line down the side of the curved roof, before stopping next to Ushio, who had been pulled up slightly.

"The rules are simple. Flip over these cards, person goes up by value on the card and the other goes down. The person who makes it to the top wins the prize."

"Alright, I got it, I go first," Ushio reached over and picked a card. He showed the card. "Ten of diamonds," he smirked. "Well, Yuugi, better prepare yourself," he went up 10 times, counting as he went.

He showed his own card. "I've got a thriteen."

"What?" Ushio shouted as he was lowered. He growled and picked another card, "Two of spades! I'm catching up!"

"We can't have that now..." Not after you hurt my Aibou like that. "Queen of spades." He wasn't sure where the protective attitude, or even the possessiveness over the small boy, but he didn't care.

"What?!" he was once again lowered. "Three of diamonds!"

"Nine of hearts."

"Six of clubs!"

"Jack of spades," by now he was near the top and Ushio was dangling. "What's the matter, Ushio-san? Nothing left? I'm one step away from the top."

"Shut up!" Ushio gave him a dirty look. "The next card I pick will turn this around!" he said confidently and pulled a card. His eyes widened in shock. "J-Joker?"

"Too bad, Ushio-san. Joker is a miss, my turn."

"What? Don't screw with me!" Ushio shouted at him. "You fixed this from the beginning!"

He ignored the large boy, picking up his own card, and turned it, a smirk never leaving his face. "Ace of diamonds. Victory is mine."

"Shut up!" Ushio called and began climbing up the roof.

"Breathing the rules? If you do that, you'll face something terrible," he warned, but Ushio kept coming.

"Quiet!" Ushio threw a punch and he dodged it.

"I knew you couldn't obey the rules."

"Fall!" Ushio shouted, watching him fall and snapped the rope with his fists. He let out a laugh and reached for what he thought was the money. "I did it!" He pulled it off and looked down at his hand. "What? This isn't money!"

He smirked, dangling from the puzzle. "The door of darkness has been revealed."

"What?" Ushio fell.

"The Yami no Game shows a persons true character. You will be swallowed by your own greed."

He felt different, would he have been spouting these lines before both puzzles were finished? Once again, he didn't care. As long as he could protect his little light, he didn't care.

He found his way back to Yuugi's friends, and put them in more comfortable positions. "Thank you for standing up for my Aibou," he spoke and began walking away. He needed to get Yuugi to a hospital, them them take care of injuries. He had feeling that Yuugi wouldn't do it on his own.

Eyes widened when he felt a tugging sensation, he was being brought back to his own body. "No!" he hissed out, falling to the ground. He had to get Yuugi to a hospital!

His eyes went hazy and his vision blurred once again.

Yuugi let out a little giggle as held his puzzle closely. He didn't remember what happened after Ushio the day before, but he assumed he had passed out. "My treasure..."

"Yo Yuugi," Yuugi looked up to see Jounouchi leaning against a wall, arms crossed and bandages on his face.

"Jounouchi-kun! Good morning!" he greeted happily.

"I'm following your example," Jounouchi spoke. "I brought my treasure today,' he told Yuugi. "Want to see?"

Yuugi nodded in reply.

Jounouchi let out a chuckle. "Too bad. My treasure... You can see it, but you can't. So I can't show you!"

Yuugi looked on in confusion. "You can see it, but you can't?"

"It's friendship," Jounouchi answered. "We can see it in each other... But you can't see courage itself, right?"

Tears lines Yuugi's eyes in happiness and he let out a bright smile. "Yeah!"

"So," Jounouchi looked away, blushing at spouting all the cheesy lines, "Class is starting!" he started running away, his shoe flying off in the process.

"Ah!" Yuugi picked up and chased after him. "Jounouchi-kun! You dropped your shoe!"

Ooo

Yuugi let out a yawn, he was so tired. He slowly walked to his room and was about to take the puzzle off to place on his desk next to his table, but stopped short as it started to glow faintly.

He stared at it and let it rest against his chest once more. Without fully realizing it, his legs seemed to move on his own and he was walking out of the house and down the darkened street. The glow grew bright and bright and he reached a park. He stopped and so did the glow.

He looked around in surprise and saw two boys with the same expression as him. One was the Egyptian boy he had saw in the shop. He was holding a golden rod with the same symbol on in as the puzzle. In another direction was a boy with white hair that fell to his back and confused looking green eyes.

He also had an item with the same symbol.

All was silent for a moment before Yuugi finally broke. "Um... who are you?" he directed the question at both of them.

The Egyptian spoke first. "My name is Malik Ishtar."

"R-Ryou Bakura," the white haired boy stuttered out.

"Ah. I'm Yuugi Mutou," he introduced himself. "Do either of you know what's going on?"

Ryou shook his head, frowning deeply, but Malik looked thoughtful.

"I think I might have bit of an idea," he spoke up. "Is there anywhere we can talk?" he requested.

-End Chapter 1-

Ah, so, how did you like it? Is it okay? I need to know if I should continue it, well either way I probably will, just not post it. So, review please and thank you?