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a/n: this is my first au fic so please go easy on me and only my second Prologue fic.

A/N 2.0: After many years of neglecting this fanfic I am coming back to it in an attempt to try to finish it. I am also revising/editing the existing chapters to reflect my improvements in writing. So if you're rereading this you will notice some changes

Family Reunion

Prologue

Yugi looked out his window and wished that someone would help him. He'd been hurt too many times by his father and he wanted to get away, but the only problem was, he had no way to do so. A while later he headed for school his only refuge from the abuse. He had managed to keep his home life a secret for years but something told him it wouldn't last much longer. On his way he ran into a strange man.

"I'm sorry, sir" Yugi said amethyst eyes glued to the ground fearing how this stranger would react considering how his own father reacted when he did something like that.

"Hey, don't worry about it" the strange man replied, his voice seemed deep, but had a kindness to it that Yugi wasn't familiar with, "No harm done" he chuckled.

Yugi finally looked up, and made eye contact with the older man and found himself looking up into the most caring crimson eyes he'd ever seen.

"Take care," the man said and started to leave.

"You too" Yugi said

"I will" the stranger replied.

They went their separate ways and something about that man struck Yugi as odd, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"Hey man" Joey said

"Hi Joey" Yugi replied

"Who was that man that just left?" Joey asked

"Dunno, I thought you might" Yugi shrugged.

"Never saw him before in my life" Joey shook his head.

"He seems really nice" Yugi paused "I accidentally bumped into him and he seemed like he didn't care"

"Yeah, he seems pretty cool" Joey replied "He kinda looked like you."

"You think so?"

"Yeah, I do."

Yugi had no idea what that could possibly mean but at that moment he didn't have time to think about it.

They headed to the school, and Yugi couldn't get the stranger off his mind, he'd swore he'd seen that stranger before, but where he didn't know.

After the run in, Yami walked away shaking his head, what was it with that boy, the kid seemed so familiar to Yami but why was a mystery, and those large amethyst eyes seemed so innocent and caring.

'Who was that child, I haven't a clue, but I will find out' Yami thought. His crimson eyes went into a scowl; he'd seen a lot of fear in the young boy's eyes, too much if you asked him. He could tell without touching the child he was underweight, he was also extremely skittish. This child seemed like something was terribly wrong

The next day Yugi was headed home when he was attacked by a strange man but neither knew that crimson eyes watched their every move with strong intensity.

"Dad… please… don't…." Yugi begged as he realized who it was that attacked him.

To Be Continued...

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