Our High School

1 month after Yuugi and the group return from Egypt, a new exchange student in Yuugi's class causes headaches to more than one person at a time. OOC post-cannon-AU

A/N: Welcome to my newest journey on fanfiction! So please review and what not, like everything else on this site would like. Reviews are nice, I love them! (Though I never get many T_T) They keep me informed with you guys, which I like. So please don't be shy (or lazy! :() I need feedback! So please take time to review what you liked, what you hated, my stupid spelling mistakes, and what you want to see. And with that over with, please bear in mind I don't know the chapter limit on this story, and I certainly DON'T own Yu-Gi-Oh!
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Chapter 1/? –
Shadows Exchange
[Re-posted on 23/11/11]

It had been…perhaps a month after they returned from Egypt that everything changed once again. Unknowingly to them, as they were restarting school, never suspecting a thing, the group of friends had seemingly, on the outside; gotten over what had transpired in Egypt. Leaving them only to think about what the other was thinking and how that person was coping with the loss.
"Come on, Yuge! You're late…!" Jounouchi called outside the Kame Shop, waiting for Yuugi, with his other friends. The door opened as the door ring sounded, letting a small boy out, who was grinning nervously.
"Sorry, I woke up late…" He apologized, making the rest laugh, and inwardly sigh.
"Its okay, Yuugi..." Anzu offered with a smile. "Let's just go to school."

"Nee…I heard our class has a new exchange student…" Anzu started pondering, making Yuugi look to her.
"Geez, why does our class get all the exchange students…?" Jounouchi huffed.
"You're just jealous they aren't female." Anzu retorted.
"WHAT….?" Both Honda and Jounouchi exclaimed at her, making her and Yuugi laugh.
"Maybe another class gets the females…?" Yuugi pondered, and Jounouchi sighed.
"That would be about right…"
Yuugi turned to Anzu. "Do you know anything about the exchange…?"
Anzu blinked. "I only heard a rumour…But no one seems to know…" Anzu told.
"Typical…"

By the time they had met up with Bakura Ryo, none of them wanted to be at school. All wishing they could be at home, sleeping or doing something else.

"My head hurts…" Bakura pouted.
"You're always hurting somewhere, aren't you…?" Jounouchi joked, and Bakura pretended to cry.
"Never was my fault…" Bakura noted nervously.
"True." Jounouchi said cautiously to him, laughing nervously in an after-thought.
"Nee, do you know why you hurt Bakura-kun…?" Yuugi asked curiously.
Bakura thought quickly, but then shook his head. "I don't…" He told sadly.
Yuugi pouted, but quickly looked up to see a fellow classmate rush in.
"Nee! Sensei is coming!"
With that they all rushed to their seats, eagerly waiting to see if the rumours were true.

However, silence was met when the new comer stood in the doorway, but that quickly ganged way for the rapid whispers. Though the group of five people stared, in what looked like a cross between horror and surprise. For who stood at the door looked like Yuugi; to be precise, another version of Yuugi. Those five knew that man had walked into the Afterlife a month before.
"…Oh…what…the…—?" Jounouchi started freaking out.
"Hey!" The teacher slammed him, and made the Yuugi-look-alike blink at her.
"Ano….?" He asked silently, and she looked to him with a smile, and he looked as if he wanted to be anywhere but where he was, and handed him something.
"Would you mind writing your name up…? I can't spell it properly…." She told him nervously, but he seemingly grinned. As he turned to the board to write his name, she turned to the class to address them.
"Here is our newest student, another exchange student, this time from Egypt!" She exclaimed, but blinked when she felt a poke, turning she saw he had poked her to get her attention.
"Sensei…" He stated, giving her the chalk back, making some who saw snicker. She then stepped aside to show the class his name.
"Everyone be nice to Aknam Atemu!" She announced and more than four people wanted to hit the ground. By some cruel luck, the only spare seat for the day was by Yuugi.

Both Atemu and Yuugi were bombarded with questions by the end of class.
"Nee…! Yuugi, you didn't tell me you had a cousin!"
"Are you really from Egypt?"
Both look-alikes looked as if they wanted to be anywhere but where they were at that point in time, and would've taken any opportunity to run for it.
"Nee…!" A loud voice came from the doorway, and everyone looked to see Anzu pointing. "Free food in the cafeteria!" With a lot of wide eyes the crowd crowded out the door and down the hall, leaving the two sighing. "Well, that got rid of them…." Anzu stated proudly.
"Thank you, Anzu!" Yuugi said, while Atemu sighed in relief.
"There really wasn't any free food, though was there….?" Jounouchi asked trying to hide the fact he was hungry.
"No, I just said that to get them away, they were too noisy." Anzu stated waving her hand absentmindedly.

Atemu looked to the little group which consisted of the lone girl, three boys and a smaller look-alike of him-self.
"Sorry, I couldn't help but overhear, but you're named Anzu, nee…?" Atemu asked, and the group looking to him with a blink. No one would have been able to tell he was a foreigner from his accent; the only thing depicting him would be his tan.
Anzu smiled, and he nodded his thanks to her. "Nice to meet you…! That's Honda, Jounouchi, Bakura and Yuugi." Who each in turn did something so he knew who she was mentioning; Atemu blinked and looked to Yuugi.
"And how is it we look alike…?" Atemu pondered, making Yuugi blink.
"I don't really know…?" Yuugi asked with his own blink, but Atemu shrugged.
"I don't think we're related somewhere…" Atemu continued pondering, and visibly tried to see where the family tree could have splinted off.
"I've lived in Japan all my life, though I've been to India and Egypt once." Yuugi stated and Atemu nodded.
"Eh, I've only been between Upper and Lower Egypt all my life…" Atemu stated, making the rest blink. "Oh, the regions of Egypt, it's something my ancestors did, apparently…" He elaborated with a shrug. "I never gave it much thought, though, until recently." Atemu stated holding up his chin with his hand, and looked slightly bored.
"Ancestors…?" Anzu asked, curiously, as the others had already gathered round. Jounouchi sat on a table, while both Bakura and Honda stood off to the side, with both Anzu and Yuugi sat in their normal seats. Atemu nodded to her question. "My parents wouldn't elaborate on the ancestry line, for some reason, but research taught me the line was directed from the Pharaoh's."
The rest blinked. "Really…?" Jounouchi asked interest well above spiked. Atemu nodded, while both missed Yuugi's glare towards Jounouchi.
"My last name gave it away." Atemu offered to them, still looking bored.
"Aknam…?" Honda asked with a blink.
"Short for Aknamkanon, a Pharaoh who once reined." Atemu stated. "The Pharaoh's were the only ones who made annual trips to and from Upper and Lower Egypt, generation after generation for the same reasons my family does…"

Jounouchi blinked. "So you're saying you're related to a line of the Pharaoh's…?"
Atemu nodded, but Jounouchi groaned. "Oh, this goes onto the weirder things on our list of things we've encountered!"
Atemu blinked. "Weird things…?"
Jounouchi nodded. "Yeah…! Like the Shad—"
"Jounouchi-kun…!"
In a blink of an eye, Yuugi seemingly came to life and sprang up to clamp a hand over Jounouchi's mouth.
"…Are…?" Atemu asked blinking every so often along with Anzu and Jounouchi.
"Shh…" Bakura noted, and then pointed towards the door. Anzu jumped up and ran over to close it, as soon as she did Yuugi let go of Jounouchi. Atemu had time to process the thought that the gang was slightly strange.

"So what do you think?" Jounouchi asked as they headed home.
Yuugi sighed. "About what…?" He asked.
"About Aknam Atemu…" He asked cautiously.
"I think he is who he says he is." Yuugi stated.
Jounouchi freaked. "Seriously…? And just so happens to look the same?"
"That; or he really believes in the story, and has no memory of ever being Mou Hitori no Boku, which is very unlikely for him to be so in the first place…" Yuugi stated to Jounouchi, hoping it would stop him from freaking out.
"Are you going to be okay, Yuugi…?" Anzu asked, who had noted how silent he had been.
"I'll be fine." He said with a smile.
Besides, what could a teenage exchange student from Egypt do?
Nothing.
And that was what they believed.

Atemu sighed as he shut the door behind himself, and saw the double digits on his answering machine; he groaned and walked straight past it to flop onto the bed. Still, here, his father wished to have some kind of control over him. The constant yearly trips between Upper and Lower Egypt was something the boy could handle, once someone started handling something out of their control was something the boy could not tolerate. Atemu turned over to stare up at the ceiling, that boy was going to say Shadow Realm back in the classroom, so they all knew something about it. Atemu had a link to that place he'd rather not have, he quickly looked over to the phone as it went off; he also swore that his father had a sixth sense to know whenever Atemu was near a phone. With a sigh, Atemu got up, and wondered over to the phone to pick it up.
"Moshi, moshi…?"

Yuugi walked up the hall to come across Atemu who was glaring at the wall. This made Yuugi stop cautiously.
"…Atemu-kun, are you alright…?" Yuugi asked, and Atemu quickly looked to him.
"I would say I am fine, however I am not…" He offered making Yuugi blink and Atemu went back to glaring at the wall, as if he wanted to make it burst into flames.
"…Did something happen…?" Yuugi asked, still cautious, this boy had so much in common with his Atemu. That the glaring at the wall, was just another aspect that Yuugi knew from him that something was wrong. However, he quickly jumped and forced out a yelp when Atemu slammed his fist into the wall. The entire wall shacked from the impact.
"My father wants me back in Egypt." Atemu told him through gritted teeth.
Yuugi blinked. "Why?" He asked, and he was grateful to the fact that no one else was seemingly around, even though it was only five minutes before class time. Atemu's fist left the wall, but he looked as if he wanted to punch it again.

"…. Is your hand alright…?" Yuugi asked this made Atemu blink and look down to him, as if he just realized he was there.
"Sorry, for my outburst, Little One…" To this Atemu looked to his offended hand. Yuugi stayed unusually quiet at the nickname, unsure of what say for it. "It seems fine, I haven't broken anything."
Yuugi blinked again. "…Could you tell me why your father wants you back…?"
"He wishes me back because he cannot control the Shadow's…"
Yuugi blinked in alarm. "…You can…?"
Atemu looked to Yuugi who still looked alarmed. "It is not something I like to boast about, Little One. However, my father has never been able to do such, as in such, I am glad he cannot."
Yuugi's curiosity got the better of him. "Why…?"
Atemu chuckled. "He knows too much of greed."
Yuugi blinked again, and his head sided. "Huh…?" Atemu's formal politeness was confusing him.
This made Atemu chuckle again. "To say, such a small flame…" To this Atemu held out his hand and a small black-purple flame sparked, making Yuugi yelp, and step back, only to watch as he put it out. "Such a small flame for him, if he had the ability, would grow out of control, and consume lives."
"Oh…" Yuugi stated. "Are you going to leave…?"
Atemu barked a harsh laugh, making Yuugi blink. "Hardly… I do not wish to live as an underling, thank you. I do wish to find out why my mother, after all these years of saying no to me going to Japan, finally said yes."

Yuugi was not ever more confused by what Atemu had just said; his formal tone wasn't helping the latter. "Huh?"
"For most of my life I have had a want to come here, my mother has declined against it." Atemu explained, while walking over to the nearest window to look out to the students walking in through the school gates.
"How come…?" Yuugi asked, having followed Atemu to the window.
"Something about memories once past…" Atemu stated with a blink. "It has never made sense to me."
"Hidden memory? But you've never been here before…" Yuugi pondered, and Atemu shrugged.
"Doesn't make sense to me..." Atemu reminded him, making Yuugi laugh.

"Yo, Yuge…!" Jounouchi's voice rang out; making two of them jump in fright. "Yo, Atemu…!"
Atemu blinked at him, but Yuugi glared at him for some reason.
"What…?" He asked in his defence at Yuugi's glare, but he sighed.
"Oh never mind, we have an assembly to go to." Yuugi told.
Atemu blinked. "Is that why, there is no bell, and few people around…?"
To this Atemu got a nod and they headed out to find the others and find a spot to fall asleep.

Jounouchi sighed. "Well that was certainly boring."
Honda pouted. "Like last sessions is normally any fun…?" To this Jounouchi shook his head.
"Never any fun…" Jounouchi sighed again.
"Nee…Come on, it could have been worse, it could have been algebra…" Yuugi supplied, making both boys yell in fright, making both Anzu and Atemu laugh at them.
"Nee, Atemu, where do you live…?" Anzu asked, now ignoring Honda and Jounouchi bickering.
Atemu nodded down the path they were on. "A little further up this road, and then I go right…"
"Nee…! I go left…!" Yuugi stated jumping up and down, with it, Atemu summarized that the others were visiting Yuugi's place, or they just didn't want to say where they lived.

"Yami…!"

A/N:Translations, places and other notes used in this story:

Places:

Domino City – The place in Japan where Yuugi and his friends live
Kame Shop – The game shop where Yuugi lives with his Gramps (and seldom never seen mother, and never seen father), game shop downstairs; house upstairs, as well as the back of the shop
Domino Junior/Senior High School – School Yuugi and his friends attend to

Names:

[Mutou] Yuugi – Japanese, "Yuugi" translates into English as "Game"
[Aknam] Atemu – Egyptian hieroglyphs of an Egyptian vulture, a bun, a reed, an owl and a quail
[Katsuya] Jounouchi – Japanese, otherwise known as Joey Wheeler in the English version
[Hiroto] Honda – Japanese, otherwise known as Tristan Taylor in the English version
[Mazaki] Anzu – Japanese, "Anzu" translates into English as "Apricot" or "Apricot tree", otherwise known as Téa Gardner in the English version
Bakura [Ryo] – Japanese, "Ryo" translates into English as "Dragon", otherwise known as just Bakura in the English version. Through most of the anime, the characters only call Ryo by his last name; this might be because they don't know him very well.

Words/terms:

Nee – Japanese verbal, which can be said at either, start, or finish of things said, loosely translates as "right", it is typically used as a question, or of being uncertain, or if, being used at the start; can also be used as "hey!" to make someone listen
Ano – Japanese verbal, loosely translates into English as "um"
Sensei – Japanese, translates into English as "Teacher", held in high regard
Are – Japanese verbal, translates into English as "huh", said when confused
Mou Hitori no Boku – Japanese, translates into English as "My Other Self". The term "boku" being used as "self", suggests that the speaker (in this case, Yuugi saying this verse), is very polite and timid. There are other ways of saying "My Other self" in Japanese; "Mou Hitori no Ore", is another, "ore" for "self" was used a lot by Yami no Yuugi, the use of "ore", is the direct opposite way of "boku", by being more assured and prided
Moshi-moshi – A Japanese way to say "hello" on the phone
Yami – Japanese for "Dark". Example: used several times in the Japanese anime/manga to describe the other side of Yuugi, Bakura and Marik, the full term to describe the dark initiates were "Yami no [name]". Another example would be the usage of "Yami no Game", which has been translated into English as "Dark Game", "Evil Game", or "Shadow Game"

Suffix used with Japanese terms:

"-kun" is used for males. Usually those who use are (typically) males addressing males of the same age, or younger Example: Yuugi calling Bakura, Bakura-kun, as Bakura is younger than him. (Yuugi was born on June 4th, and Bakura on September 2nd), another would be Yuugi calling Atemu, Atemu-kun, but they are similar in age. Females can also use the suffix "-kun" to refer to a male friend or boyfriend
"-san" (derived from the suffix "-sama") it is the most common used, and is used to show respect. Usually those addressing another would be in the same age group, but seen as respected then the addressee.
It is also common for close friends to drop suffixes of " -kun" and "-san" between each other. Within classmates, it is acceptable to call each other by given name not surname. However dropping the surname or suffix is a sign of informality. Example: Jounouchi calling Yuugi without suffix or by surname, and calling Honda by his surname, yet with no suffix

Birthdates:

Yuugi – June 4th
Jounouchi – January 25th
Honda – April 19th
Anzu – August 18th
Bakura – September 2nd
If I had to chose a birth date for both Atemu it would be the 1st of December (however, he would be older than everyone else)