Chapter 1

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Thought / dreams

'Telepathic voice'

[Voice from the past]

-Telephone-

Letter

"Dialogue"

Emphasis

Dangerous tone

The Puzzle Completed!

The bell of Domino High School rang, the students were currently given free time to do some activity together. The boys decided that they will play basket ball against the girls, it's clear that their intention was to get to see the girl's underwear during the time when they need to jump.

Nearly everyone already out to play, but a few stayed inside, Yugi Mutou was one of those who chose to stay inside. She was rummaging her backpack when a male student asked her to join them, "Thank you, but my height would bring a disadvantage." Yugi replied somewhat lying. Her height would never be a disadvantage to her if it was only something like a Basket Ball, she was pretty good at sports if she want to, to be honest, but she prefer to stay unnoticed at school in sports matter. "I don't think I would be a great help, so I will just stay here." She added to convinced her classmate.

The guy raised an eyebrow, "Hmm, I guess." He mumbled, "Well then, see you!" With that, he ran out to the gym where the Basket Ball being played.

Yugi sighed silently in relief, she really dislike it when the Headmaster would start pestering her into joining the school's Sports Club if he found out her skill, it's always annoyed her to no end. She then continued rummaging his backpack until she came in contact with a box, the corner of her lips raised a bit as she pulled out the box. It's a Golden box with Hieroglyphs engraved around it, Yugi opened the box to revealed many pieces of something made of gold. "My treasure." Yugi said softly to herself, "Something that you can see, but something that couldn't be seen." It's actually some riddle that she make up herself, to added something mysterious about the pieces she owned, even though her treasure was already a mysterious in itself.

"What in the world was that?" A voice suddenly answered her self-talking.

Turning around, Yugi saw two other students, one has blond hair with honey brown eyes and the other has spiky short brown hair and black eyes. "Jounouchi, Honda?" Yugi called out in surprise.

The blond haired one, Jounouchi Katsuya leaned forward and took Yugi's box, "What the hell?" He asked himself as he looked inside the golden box, "It's looks boring".

Yugi narrowed her eyes a bit, wouldn't be noticeable if people didn't really looked at her when she did that, and stood up from her sitting position, "Jounouchi, give it back." She said firmly as she reached forward to take it back from Jounouchi.

Jounouchi peered down at her and raised his arm so that Yugi couldn't reached the box, "Oh come on Yugi, forget this box and come play with us." He said while still holding the box high in the air.

Yugi sighed softly, "Give it back, Jounouchi." She tried again, hiding her rising temper.

Honda walked forward, "Why don't you play with us, Yugi?" He asked in more friendly way than Jounouchi, he had a weak spot for a girl.

Yugi looked at him for a second before focusing back on her box, "My height will only bring disadvantage." She said as she still trying to take her box without losing her temper fully, it would be not good if she snapped for something trivial like her friends trying to get her playing with them using a wrong method.

"Heh, silly Yugi, you are a scaredy cat." Jounouchi said with a grin, "Even if it's so, you should just play with us rather than playing by yourself." He gave the box to Honda, "It's not healthy to playing by yourself only".

Honda grinned, "Yeah, we would be glad if you will play with us." Honda said while also holding Yugi's box high so the girl couldn't reach it. It's a rare chance that someone could get Yugi to talk more than 5 times a day, so he want to get the girl keep talking by keeping the box.

No one could blame him though, Yugi was a beauty with her unique star shaped hair that was black in color and turned Amethyst at the tips, a zig-zagged Golden bangs framing her childish face, and her voice that was so sweet that she could brightened a whole room she was in simply by a short encouragement from her. Not to mention that Yugi had an enchanting Amethyst eyes that would capture the love of those who she looked at, aside from bad people, there's no one who didn't like Yugi

The problem was . . . Yugi was so emotionless most of the time, she would keep a blank expression on her face and would not speak unless necessary. No one had ever see her smile before, no matter how hard someone tried to make her smile or laugh, the most they would get was a brighter eyes to show that she was in a better mood.

Yugi blinked at them, "It's not like I don't want to play with you." She started softly with toneless voice, but they know she was not bored or anything because her eyes softened at their invitation, "It's just . . . I have had enough of the Headmaster pestering me into joining the Sports Club in the past, I don't want for the same thing to happen".

Jounouchi and Honda blinked at her words, "Does that mean that you are good in Sports?" They asked together in surprise, they would never guess that, with Yugi's feminine figure and the elegant in her movement, she would be good in Sports, they thought that Yugi would be more suited to be a Model or something along the line.

Yugi nodded, "Yes, but I don't want to join any Club at the moment, unless I see that they need a helping hand to win a trophy or something, then I would help, but I don't want to join any Club." She told them calmly, "So, I don't want the people in this school to know about my talent in Sports, because if they now, the Headmaster would know as well and he would start pestering me into joining one of the Sport Clubs. That's why I refused to play with you, sorry." She bowed a bit, "It's not because I don't want to play with you, it's simply because I just want to have a relaxing school life this time".

Jou scratched the back of his head, "Oh, I see." He said distractedly, still surprised about the fact that the most Adorable girl in their school was so good in Sports, "Well, I guess I wouldn't ask you to play any Sports with us then".

Honda nodded in agreement, "Yeah, the Headmaster is just so stubborn when pestering the students, so we understand if you don't want to caught his attention." He smiled at her, "But . . . what's the matter with this box?" He asked as he looked at the box, "I'm sorry, but it's really something boring." He then gave the box back to Jounouchi, he want to hear Yugi talk some more, so he was not ready to return the box just yet.

"If it's boring then give it back." A female voice snapped from behind them, they turned to find Mazaki Anzu, a girl with short brown hair and blue eyes, stood there with her hands on her hips, "Really, you bullies, why are you picking on Yugi?".

"We are not bullying her!" Jounouchi protested while Honda nodded in agreement.

Anzu narrowed her eyes, "If not bullying then what are you doing?" She challenged as she pointed at the box in Jounouchi's hand.

"Eh? " Honda didn't know what to answer, the real answer was too embarrassing to be told, so he looked at Jounouchi for help.

"We were only trying to get Yugi out and play with us." Jounouchi answered firmly, since it was really their original intention before wanting to hear Yugi talk more to them, for the most part of the school, she was an Idol in their school without her even trying to be an Idol, "Playing with herself is not healthy for her at all".

During all this, Yugi silently sighed, she didn't want to wait any longer for her box to be returned to her, so she took a few steps back before breaking into a run toward Jounouchi.

"Really." Anzu sighed as she shook her head, "You did it the wrong way, what you did were just bullying Yugi." She scowled at them.

"I said we were only trying to – Hey!" Jounouchi started to protest but the box on in his hand suddenly snatched by a blur of black.

"Yugi?!" Anzu gasped in shock when Yugi landed softly beside her, she would never expected such an adorable girl could be so fast. She was always wondering why Yugi would wear a shorts under her skirt*, looked like she found out the reason. If Yugi liked to jump to get something in higher place, she would need the shorts to make sure her underwear wouldn't be seen.

(*AN : Yugi's School Uniform was like Anzu's, but she was also wearing a pair of Black shorts under her skirt)

"Thanks for trying to help me, Anzu." Yugi said to her with a soft face but not smiling. She then looked at Jounouchi and Honda, who were gaping at her from her short show of her Sports talent, "Also, Jounouchi and Honda." She started with a knowing gaze, "Like Anzu said, your method was wrong, so the next time you do something like this again, don't expect me to be so calm. For your information though, if you only want to hear me talking, just asking a question would be enough." With that, she walked back to her chair before opening the box then start working.

Jounouchi and Honda were blushing that Yugi had found out their other intention, they ran away from the classroom immediately, wanting to avoid more embarrassment in case they have to listen to Anzu's teasing about it.

Anzu shook her head again and then looked at Yugi. Smiling, she made her way and take a seat across from Yugi, "What are they, Yugi?" She asked in friendly way, she had already adored Yugi since the first time she saw the adorable girl. Yugi was just the treasure of every female students in the school, she naturally attracted them by her beauty and kind heart. Even with Yugi never making any expression, they all know that Yugi was a kind girl inside, because they often saw Yugi helping around any students that need a help.

Yugi looked up from what she was doing, "They are actually pieces of puzzle, although, I don't know the Puzzle's shape yet." She answered softly.

Anzu raised an eyebrow, "Where did you get them?" She asked curiously.

Yugi lifted the Golden box and showed her the Box, "I got it from my Father who got it from Jii-chan, Jii-chan found it during his trip to Egypt in the past." She explained, "Do you see the words?" She asked, she got somewhat more talkative when it concerning her Puzzle.

Anzu looked at the box then nodded, "Yes, but what do they means?" She asked in confusion, "It's some kind of symbols".

"They are called Hieroglyphs, the Ancient Egyptian's word." Yugi explained and gently placed the Box back to his desk, "I also don't know what they are meant, but I can read a few, it's seems that whoever solved the puzzle will gained something".

"Oh, I see." Anzu commented and stayed silent afterwards, just watching Yugi in her attempt to solve the Puzzle, even Yugi's movement was so elegant in her eyes, like she was a Princess in the past.

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"Geez, what the hell did she meant by bullying?" Jounouchi complained to Honda, only now that he used a bad language, he was holding back when he was with Yugi.

"Well, we were practically bullying Yugi, we took her treasured Box." Honda answered him with a sigh, "By the way, what is so important about the box? I didn't get a look back there".

"It's a puzzle." Jounouchi told him, "But she would never finished it." He grinned and showing his hand to Honda, he opened his fist to showed him a piece of something made of gold with an eye in the center.

"Is that . . .?" Honda started to say, but unable to finished it due to his shock because Jounouchi had it with him.

"One of the puzzle's pieces." Jounouchi confirmed with a nod, "At one glance, I could tell that it's a puzzle, and without even one piece, a puzzle wouldn't complete." He gripped the piece and throw it outside through a window, the pieces fell to a river and drowned.

Honda gasped, "Jounouchi?!" he asked in shock, he couldn't believe what he had seen with his eyes.

Jounouchi looked at the place the piece entered the water, "If Yugi unable to complete the puzzle because she lost one piece, she will give up trying to solve it and will eventually come to play with other students, even if it's not in Sports game." He said in serious tone, "When that time comes, we can be friends eventually".

Honda looked at Jounouchi strangely, "Wow, I never know you think like that." He commented, "Are you in love with her or something?".

"It's not like that!" Jounouchi denied with a frown, "I only love her as my Little Sister, she was a really cheerful girl back there." He sighed softly, "I saw her once in the past, when I was no older than 6 years old, I saw her on the street not too far from the orphanage." He explained in a low tone, "I know that she was an orphan because I saw her walking out from the orphanage once, even though I never got the chance to talk to her." He looked at Honda with sad eyes, "She was so cheerful and full of hope, always smiling and looking so bright." He looked outside again, She reminded me of Shizuka, he thought to himself. "I never saw her again after she was adopted, but then when I saw her again in this high school, she was already become like that, so emotionless".

Honda smiled at Jounouchi, "I see, so you really care about her, huh?" He commented, "But I wonder, what was making Yugi to become like that?".

Jounouchi shook his head, "I don't know, but her eyes full of sorrow, coldness and hatred." He answered thoughtfully, "I often wondered if her adopted parents have something to do with it, but I don't know who they were because Yugi then moved to stay with her Grandpa, and I don't feel I have the right to ask her yet".

Honda sighed in disappointment, he would be glad to give whoever changed Yugi into such a state a good lesson, "Well, we can only wait then." He told his friend, "But really, what you were doing in class is considered bullying, you know?" He nudged Jounouchi's side.

Jounouchi wanted to make some retort but a voice beat him to it, "Who is the bully?".

Jounouchi and Honda turned to see a big guy wearing a 'Hall Monitor' tag on his upper arm standing not too far from them, "No one, Ushio." Honda answered quickly, "Just someone from another school." He laughed nervously.

Ushio narrowed his eyes but turned and left the two alone.

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In the end, Yugi was still unable to finished the puzzle, she gave up and went to go home, but when she get to the gate, someone stopped her.

"Wait, Yugi-chan." A male student with super big body called out to her.

Yugi raised an eyebrow, "Do you need something, Ushio?" She asked calmly, even though she was groaning in her mind, What a troubling day today, she grumbled in her head.

"Yes." Ushio walked closer to her, "I heard you were bullied, is that true?" He asked with a fake concern.

Yugi's eyebrow twitched, "No one was bullying me." She said with forced calmness, her hands were itching to beat the Bully in disguise.

Ushio shook his head, "No, it's typical your kind to say something like that." He said as if he know everything.

Typical. . . Yugi thought to himself, Meaning that he think of me as a weak girl that become a nice target for bullies. He snorted, Clearly Ushio is one of those bullies.

"But don't worry, Yugi-chan." Ushio continue like he never heard Yugi's snort at his words, "From now on, let me, Ushio, become your bodyguard and take care of those bu-".

"Look Ushio." Yugi cut him off with toneless voice, her temper raising, "I can take care of myself just fine, and I definitely don't need any bodyguard." She looked at the big guy with disinterest, "So please don't bother me again." She sneered he word 'please', and after that, Yugi continued her walk to her home.

Yugi lived in a Kame game shop with her Grandpa, but she only lived with him for about a year since she didn't know that she had a Grandfather in the past, considering she lost her parents, uncle and aunt in a disguised traffic accident a very long time ago.

"I'm home, Jii-chan." She called out as she opened the door to the shop.

"Welcome home!" A cheerful voice answered, it's coming from an elder man standing behind the shop counter. He has spiky hair that looked so much like Yugi, but his hair already lost it's color and turned grey.

Yugi walked to him and hugged him, "Grandpa, I'm hungry, what do you have for lunch?" She asked not so cheerfully, but not gloomy either, only a normal way of speaking.

Sugoroku Mutou smiled at his Granddaughter, "I have some Omelet inside." He informed calmly, Yugi nodded and went inside without saying anything more. He sighed once Yugi went upstairs to the house part of the shop. "It's really a shame that she hardly enjoying her life anymore." He sighed again, "It's all his fault." He muttered to himself and back to his work cleaning the counter.

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Inside, Yugi had finished his lunch and went to work on his homework, but he couldn't find his book anywhere. "My God, how stupid of me." She muttered to herself as she picked up her jacket, "I guess I forgot to take the book from my desk." She ran downstairs and to the shop, "Jii-chan, I'm going back to school, I forgot my book." She said as she ran out of the shop.

She ran straight to school and into her classroom to get her book, and she was right, she forgot to take it with her earlier. She sighed once she retrieved her book, she then placed the book inside her bag, not the one from school, and then preceed to make her way to home. Unfortunately for her, she was stopped by Ushio, again.

"Yugi-chan." Ushio greeted her, "I have something to show you, follow me." He said as he placed a hand on Yugi's back so that Yugi won't be able to get away.

Yugi sighed and followed Ushio in the end, "What is it that you-" Her words stopped when she saw what in the world was it that Ushio wanted to show her, it's turned out to be the beaten up Jounouchi and Honda.

"Yu- Yugi . . . You bastard." Jounouchi spat in anger with so much difficulty. It's not that he was angry at Yugi, no, his anger was for Ushio. He knew very well that Ushio was the real bully, he knew that Ushio would do something like this, since Yugi's figure was the perfect target of bullies after all. Some ugly bullies who envied her beauty would definitely targeting her, but so far, Anzu and himself, secretly of course, managed to chase the bullies away.

"I had already taken care of them, they won't bullying you anymore." Ushio said with a smirk.

Jounouchi looked at Yugi to see her reaction, Yugi had lowered her head to the ground from the time Jounouchi talked. Jounouchi then realized his mistake, Yugi thought that his angry words was directed towards her, but the truth was it was for Ushio.

"Are you deaf or what?" Yugi asked coldly, shocking the living out of Jounouchi because the teen never heard Yugi ever talked with that much coldness in her voice. Sure, she often talk without a tone in her voice that make her sound cold, but not to this level of coldness.

"What?" Ushio asked, also surprised himself.

"I asked, are you deaf or what?!" Yugi snapped angrily, this was the first time Jounouchi saw her snapped at someone, "I already make it clear that no one is bullying me and I don't need any bodyguard! Or am I not clear enough to make you do this?!" She pointed at Jounouchi and Honda who were beaten up like crap, she looked at their condition and scowled. Again, this was the first time he saw Yugi scowling at someone. Sure, the girl never had any expression on her face, her poker face, but the girl was never scowling at someone before, as far as he know her of course.

Ushio glared at her, "They were bullying you, so I take action as your bodyguard like I said before and beat them." He growled at Yugi, who snorted mockingly at his answer, "Now, I already do my job, my payment is 20.000 Yen".

"I already said that I don't need any bodyguard, even if I do need them, I wouldn't hire the likes of you. I already make it clear that I don't need a bodyguard and here you acted by yourself then demanded payment from me." Yugi stated and looking away from Ushio, she didn't want to see the guy's ugly face, "That proves that you are the real bully here".

Ushio was seeing red and went to beat Yugi, she yelped when Ushio hit her in the stomach, she didn't see it coming since she was looking away. "How dare you insult me?!" He yelled in anger.

Yugi narrowed his eyes at Ushio and stood up, "And now you hit me just because I said the truth? Oh, God, you are really a bully, a big one in this case." She sneered, her temper really had risen to a dangerous level, "You acted by yourself and want me to pay, where's your brain? You acted without me asking you to do so, so there's no need for me to pay." She glared and stepped in front of Jounouchi and the rest, all the time never breaking eye contact with Ushio, in case the bully would attack her again.

"You will pay me or there will be hell pay, and seeing how weak you are, I bet you will die by the time I finished." Ushio growled angrily.

"Heh." Yugi spat, You know nothing. She growled mentally, "I won't pay you a cent for beating my friends".

Friends? Jounouchi looked at Yugi in surprise, Even after this afternoon, she still considered us her friends? He smiled weakly, but with his current condition, his smile went unnoticed.

"Fine." Ushio then punched Yugi in the face, effectively throwing her backwards, "Just remember that if you don't have the money by tomorrow then you will get more than this." He glared at her and walked away.

Yugi sighed, she hate herself for unable to fight back, it's not like she couldn't, but she know what will happen if she fight against Ushio, he will say that she break the school rules and make the Teachers to ground her for a month, and it will be bad for her school life.

Yugi looked at Jounouchi and Honda once again, "Can you walk?" She asked tonelessly.

Jounouchi stood up, "Yeah, this much is nothing." He answered and helped Honda to stand, "What about you, Yugi?" He asked, looking at the bruises on her face, "What a guy, hitting a girl like that".

Yugi shook her head, "Don't worry, this is nothing." She answered still without any expression, "I'm sorry this happened to you, I will get going now, see you tomorrow." Without waiting, Yugi turned and left.

Jounouchi sighed as he stared at Yugi's retreating back, he then looked at Honda, "Are you alright, Honda?" He asked as they started walking.

Honda grimaced, "Yeah, this much is nothing." He answered.

Jounouchi nodded, he then stopped when he saw the river where he threw Yugi's piece of puzzle, with determination in his eyes, he started walking to the river and jumped in.

"What the hell, Jounouchi?!" Honda gasped in surprise.

"I thrown Yugi's piece of puzzle, remember?" Jounouchi answered without looking at his friend, instead, he started searching for the piece, "Even after what happened, Yugi still considered us as her friends, I have to give the piece back to her, or I will forever feeling guilty".

Honda stared at his friend for a while longer before he grinned, "Heh, I see." He also jumped down to the river, "I will help you searched for that piece then".

Jounouchi looked at his friend in surprise before a grin also broke into his face, "Thanks buddy." He said and continued searching, with a smile this time.

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"Oh God, Yugi! What's happened to your face?!" Sugoroku exclaimed as he was horrified when Yugi entered the shop with a bruised cheek.

"I fell." Yugi lied calmly, there's no need for her to worrying her Grandpa about her small problem, "I will do my homework now." Then she went to work on her homework, it's not that hard for her and she finished in no time, she was a very smart girl after all.

Yugi sighed as she packed her book for the next day, she then began working on her Puzzle, it's always helped her to think clearly when she work on her Puzzle. It's already late but she didn't care, she had enough money from her saving to pay Ushio, even if she really didn't want to give a single penny to the guy, but if she didn't pay, Ushio could freely beat her again and again. She wouldn't want to be beaten everyday, so she chose to give Ushio the money and get done with it. Since she has the money, she relaxed herself and chose not to worry about it again.

She get excited as she looked at her puzzle, only a few pieces more and the puzzle will finished. The corner of Yugi's lips lifted up a bit when she noticed only a piece left, but when she wanted to pick the piece, she found none.

Don't tell me I lost it. She thought in dismay.

"Hoo, still working on that?" Her Grandpa's voice snapped her out from her concentration, "How long now since you started working? I'm surprised you haven't give up already".

"8 years." Yugi answered as she glanced at her Puzzle, "And I nearly finished it too, but I lost the last piece." She said sadly and sulkily, a rare display of emotion that nearly make her Grandpa cry in happiness.

Her grandpa smiled, "Is that so?" He asked as he stepped forward, "Then look at what I have here." He showed his fist to Yugi and then opened it to show the last piece of the puzzle, the one with the eye on it.

Yugi gasped, "Where did you find it?" She asked as she accepted the piece from her Grandpa.

"Someone coming in, he said that he found it in the pool." Her Grandpa said, causing Yugi to blinked again.

I didn't go near the pool today, She thought in confusion, but she offered her Grandpa a small smile, even with her trying her best at that, "I see, thank you Grandpa." She said honestly.

Sugoroku smiled and turned to leave, he secretly slipped something in his Granddaughter's backpack. He had heard everything from Jounouchi, even though he was a bit unhappy because of what the teen had done, but he had forgiven the teen for coming to give the piece back without even bothering to change from his drenched clothes. What he slipped was an envelope filled with the money Yugi need and walked out of the room, he doesn't want his Granddaughter get beaten by bullies with that kind of authority in school. Because if the bully didn't have any authority within the school, he know that Yugi would be okay and wouldn't get beaten at all.

Yugi smiled a bit at her Grandpa's retreating back, and once the door closed, she turned to the near-finished Puzzle Well, there's nothing wrong in wishing for something, right? She closed her eyes, 'I wish for a friend who will never betray me and could teach me how to enjoy my live again.' and when she opened her eyes again, she placed the last piece in it's place until a 'click' can be heard.

"Yes!" Yugi shot her fist upward in self celebration and a triumph smirk on her face, "Finally!" But then something strange happened, the Puzzle glowed brightly, and the next thing she know, her world turned black.

To be continued . . .

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