Okay! What's up, people? Haven't written a story in a while, so I got some ideas and decided to make another!

Complete Summary: Yami has gone away to the afterlife…or so Yugi thought. He returned to Egypt where he rules in present time. Yugi is a college student trying to get over the fact that Yami is "gone" by drowning himself in work. He goes to Egypt, meets Yami, and sadly finds that during the "transition" process, Yami lost all his recent memories, including Yugi.

(A/N: I know this is 2007 and Egypt doesn't exactly have a Pharaoh anymore, but I have always preferred to have Yami as a king in this century. I don't know why. Please don't hate!  )

Kings Are Blind

"Yugi? Yugi?"

A young man, around the age of 18, focused himself on a big, blue Biology book, examining the make up of the human body. He studied at one of Domino City's most prominent colleges, learning all there is to know about being a nurse.

"Yuuuuuuge..???"

Yeah sure, most nurses were female, but he didn't care. It was much better then being a doctor, minus the salary. He was good with people.

"YUGI!? HELLO??"

Yugi snapped out of his daze to stare at his best friend, Joey, who was staying with him for the weekend while his grandfather was away. He didn't really need a babysitter, but without Yami, who else was going to help him with his fear of the dark?

"What? Oh, sorry, Joey…" He mumbles apologetically.

"Geez, Yuge. Take a break. Let's go hang out, or somethin'." Joey said "You've had your face in that book for over 3 hours, what am I supposed to do?"

"Go watch TV, or something, I'm very busy."

Joey sighed, understanding "Yuge. Listen. I'm not Yami, and I'm sorry for that. But it's been a year. He's not here. He's not coming back. He's better off where he is, and you know it."

Yugi shut the book and sighed, sitting back in his chair and placing his hands in his lap. "I know,"

He quickly opened the book back up, and shook his bangs back behind his ear. "But I have a quiz tomorrow, and I refuse to fail."

Joey sighed, giving up. He went back to the living room and turned on the TV.

"Dang, Yuge. Why doesn't your grandpa let you get the Playboy channel?" He said, staring at the "parental control" bar on the bottom of the screen.

"Joey! Stop talking!"

Joey turned off the TV and threw down the remote, defeated. He picked up a book that was sitting on the table, and read the title.

"The Guide to Understanding the Wants and Needs of Your Partner."

Joey made a disgusted face "Please tell me this isn't yours!"

Yugi turned around in his chair "No, it's not. It was my moms. Now put it back!"

"Your mom's? Woah! Too much information!" Joey said, tossing the book across the room.

Yugi propped his head on his elbow. He missed his mother. He hated drunk drivers. He hated his father, too, who dropped him with his grandpa after his mom died.

Joey stood up and stretched "You wanna…go get some pizza or something? We can study there. It'll be fun. I'll help ya."

"Okay," Yugi said "Just please don't get cheese on it…again!"

A pretty blonde girl greeted the two as they walked in the door.

"Table for 2?" She said

"You can make it 3, if you want…" Joey said, dreamy-eyed.

Yugi wacked him with his book. "2, yes." He said.

"Okay," Joey said, his mouth full of pizza "What would be the spawn of two bunnies if their fur colors were black and white?"

"Joey," Yugi said "I don't need to know that,"

"Alright, fine,"

Joey thumbed through the pages, finding a picture he liked. "Hey! This kid has 6 fingers!"

Yugi rolled his eyes, snatched the book, and turned to a health-related page. "There. Try asking me something from there."

Joey took another huge bite of pizza "Okay, here's one" He swallowed hard and guzzled the rest of his soda.

"What is the most common type of cancer?"

Yugi eyes brightened "Skin cancer!"

"Ding ding!" Joey said "That's one point Yugi, zero points, Joey!"

Yugi smiled

"Hey, Yuge," Joey said, giggling "I'm surprised Yami didn't get skin cancer with that crazy tan of his. Ha!"

Yugi frowned "I asked you not to talk about him. Especially in a bad way."

"Yugi, relax, it was a joke," Joey said "I wasn't saying anything bad."

Yugi turned his head to stare out the window.

"Yugi, listen. I'm sorry. I know you miss him. Hey, you know, I miss him, too. He's a nice guy. But, what did I say before?"

Yugi sighed and looked down at his plate "He's better off where he is."

"Right," Joey said "Now eat your pizza!"

Unknowing to both of them, Yami wasn't exactly where they thought he was…

Yay! That's finished! I think I can go places with this!

Review, please! Tell me how I did…

GK09