Hi! My Yu-Gi-Oh! Obsession is still fresh so here's another Fanfic! Blind, Tender, and eventual puppyshipping.

Fair warning; later on in the story, there will be Malik Bashing. I know usually we don't bash the Hikaris but some of the elements of this story are based on the original series, so Malik is gonna start out the bad guy for a while, so be prepared for that. Slight [unrequited] theifshipping, sexual scenes may be depicted, and gender bending Hikaris. Enjoy!

Anjie-Kun Out!

Chapter 1:

A new school year was beginning at Domino High School. Yugi Moto was so excited that she had barely slept all night, so waking up was easy for her. She stretched out her arms and yawned, then got up and pulled apart her light blue curtains, letting in all the bright light from the sun's rays. Her large amethyst eyes glimmered in the light, as she sighed happily, wondering what the day would have in store. After a few moments, she sauntered out toward the bathroom to freshen up and get ready.

After her hygiene was tended to, she laid out her uniform for school; a pink blazer with white trim, a white dress shirt, a light blue pleated skirt, and bow tie, and white socks. She then began brushing her tricolor hair. It spiked outward and down, to her nape. The base of the hair was black, while the tips were a reddish-magenta color. She also had crooked blonde fringes that framed her soft, pale face, with a stray strand in the center of her forehead.

She got dressed, grabbed her bag then headed out the game shop. Her grandfather, Solomon Moto, was outside the shop sweeping before she came out. She planted a quick peck on his cheek, before leaving. "Bye Grandpa, I'll see you later!" she said waving happily. The kind old man smiled as well and returned the wave, "Have a good day, Yugi!" he said. Soon the excited teen was off nervous but, excited to begin a whole new year.

Meanwhile down the street Atem Sennen was also heading out. He looked like a darker, older, boy version of Yugi with dark skin. Some of his blonde fringes shot up like lightening bolts, and the tips of his black star shaped hair were red. His eyes were sharper, and the irises were deep crimson red instead of amethyst. He was wearing the blue school boy's uniform, with the front open revealing his white polo shirt, which was open a little, his black leather choker, and his black shoes. "I'm heading to school now dad." he said. His father Aknamkanon was sitting at the kitchen table reading a news paper.

He looked up and smiled, "Have a good first day son." he spoke happily. Atem was slinging his bag over his shoulder smiling back with happiness as well. He said, "Thanks! I'll see you later." then left. As he made his way to the sidewalk he was greeted by his best friend [frienemy] Bakura. He was a mildly tan skinned teen boy who bared sharp brown eyes and spiky silver hair. He too liked to wear his uniform open, and was also wearing a white polo shirt. Atem growled as he walked up to him. "I thought you would have been kicked out by now." drawled Atem.

"What can I say, my friend? I'm good at getting away with what I do." Bakura responded. The clever teen has had a nasty track record of steeling from: other students, teachers, and even rival schools. These escapades of Bakura's somehow went unnoticed for a whole year and for some reason Atem kept them all secret. The annoyed teen sighed and continued walking with his impish companion close behind.

Soon other teens wearing the Domino High School uniforms started herding toward the same direction, mingling in their own individual groups. Atem and Bakura tried to block out the many girls waving, hello. "Hi Atem!" said one girl. Atem just ignored her, though she and her group still giggled gleefully. "Wow Atem, I guess your new title as King of Games proceeds you." said Bakura. Atem growled angrily. "Please. So I won a Tournament, it isn't that big of a deal." Atem spoke nonchalantly. The amused thief snickered and replied, "How modest. Face it, popularity was inevitable the second you beat Pegasus. I mean what would you expect after winning against the very inventor of Duel Monsters?" said the taller teen as he swung an arm over his buddy's shoulder.

Atem started blushing a bit. He really didn't care for this new title of his. It was an honor and all but to him it wasn't that big a deal. He just really loved Duel Monsters enough to try his hand at a tournament. Apparently winning got him the new name King of Games and Bakura wasn't letting him live it down, mostly cause he he's a sore loser, sense he was one of the participants who lost to Atem. "Hey you're part Egyptian right?" Bakura asked wearing a smirk. "Yes, you are too. What's your point?" answered Atem. The other chuckled and asked, "So if you're Egyptian and a king now, doesn't that make you a Pharaoh?" Atem flinched at the remark.

Bakura was really trying his patients he was about to retort until he caught a familiar pattern of hair in the corner of his eye. He turned his attention to a girl across the street. It was his old classmate from last year, Yugi Moto. Atem had hardly noticed the girl then. He remembered that she was pretty short for her age, but never really acknowledged her. He was intrigued that she bore a striking resemblance to him, it was baffling.

She must have felt him staring, because she stopped and turned toward his direction. Atem gasped at the partial view of the girl's large amethyst eyes.

She gave a smile making Atem jump a little. He only scoffed and continued on walking in a faster pace with Bakura trying to keep up.

Yugi was confused but it didn't really bother her. She knew Atem was popular so she didn't expected any special treatment from him. She wasn't a very confident girl, especially with boys. She didn't think she was womanly enough to garner any guy's attention, so love wasn't exactly on her list of future school feats. She brushed it off and continued on still smiling eager to see her friends from last year.

The students were soon settled into their new homeroom classes. Yugi and her friends were fortunately assigned to the same homeroom together. It was free time so the students just mingled and chatted. Over by the windows at the edge of the class Yugi and Joey were playing Duel Monsters on a desk. With their friends Téa, Ryou, and Tristan watching. "Now my Dark Magician can attack your Jinzo directly, bringing your life points to zero." announced Yugi, as she brought down her winning card. Joey was shocked at her sudden loss. "Wow Yugi, that's incredible, how'd you do that?" asked Joey. "I guess I've always been good at games, Grandpa did teach me everything I know after all. I just do my best, it isn't a big deal." said Yugi.

Joey was amazed with Yugi's modesty. She clearly had the skills of a professional duelist. "Man Yug', you should've entered that tournament in America, you would've definitely won." Joey said impressed. Atem was watching from the center of the classroom he was also assigned to the same homeroom. He had been trying to read a book but was distracted by Yugi and Joey's game. He began listening in the whole time, and was too impressed by the small girl's skills. "No, Joey I couldn't have. I mean I guess I'm okay, but I would never have stood a chance in Duelist Kingdom." Yugi said while shyly scratching her index finger on her cheek Atem couldn't believe what he was hearing.

Yugi's strategy was so impeccable, and well devised that even he didn't see it coming. As he listened in on her every attack, he became shocked with every revealed trap, she had planned. In that last move, she activated a Spellbinding circle trap card, rendering Joey's monster defenseless, so that she could send her Dark Magician to attack. It was quite an incredible duel it made Atem even more intrigued by his female counterpart as he watched her intensely while she continued denying praises.

Atem smirked to himself as he stood up from his seat and walked over to the group. Yugi and the others looked up. "Hello-Yugi is it?" he said. Yugi froze, why was Atem Sennen talking to her? She gave a timid laugh before saying, "Uh, Yeah. Can I help you A-Atem?" she pushed some of her hair back from her face shyly. "I couldn't help but over hear your duel. Your skills are very impressive." said Atem, while still wearing his charming smirk.

Yugi blushed his deep baritone voice was so captivating. "Uh, thanks." Atem's smirk grew, "Perhaps you and I should duel sometime." he said, making Yugi become flustered. She looked down and fiddled her thumbs anxiously. "Uh-Um!-O-Okay. S-sure!" she stuttered. Suddenly the bell rang ending class Atem turned to grab his stuff.

He turned and waved 'goodbye' before leaving with the rest of the other students. Yugi and her friends just stared after him shocked, and confused. "Oh my God, did he just…Challenge you to a duel Yugi?" asked Téa. Yugi jumped. She honestly didn't know for sure what any of that was about! "Of course he did! You saw that cocky smirk on his face, he totally wants a challenge, and I say bring it on!" Cheered Joey, pumping her fist into the air. Yugi whimpered in despair How could she ever hope to stand a chance dueling the King of Games?

"You do realize it's Yugi's duel, right Joey?" scolded Tristan. Joey began rubbing the back of her head, sweat dropping, "Heh-heh, yeah." Yugi was silently wondering to herself, 'What do I do?' sighed hopelessly.

Meanwhile Atem was walking down the hall to meet up with Bakura. He was inwardly contemplating on what he had told Yugi. He truly was curious of how her skills would fair against him. He had faced some pretty amazing duelists in Duelist Kingdom, but none of them seemed all that formidable, of an opponent. He was lost in his thoughts when he heard an almost reptilian British accent call, "Pharaoh!" He looked up. It was Bakura, and he was accompanied by someone he had hoped he would never have to see again.

The guy seemed to be Egyptian. He had spiky, wild blonde hair, and half lidded dark violet eyes. Atem looked with wide eyes, "What are you doing here, Marik!?" he shouted. "I go to school here now." The young man said. Bakura got confused, "Wait, this is your crazy, psycho, maniac, childhood friend you use to visit, whenever you and your dad went to Cairo*?" he asked. Atem sighed and face palmed. "Yes, this is him." this was just fan-freaking-tastic!- if Bakura and Marik were annoying to Atem one on one, having them together at the same time would be a total nightmare.

Marik crackled with laughter at Atem's obvious distress, then put an arm around his old friend's shoulder. "It's quite a treat to see you again, my friend." he said. Bakura smirked, and patted Atem's shoulder, "HA!- looks like we're a trio now, eh Pharaoh?" he mused. Atem sweat dropped realizing this was going to be a long day.

Yugi was walking with Ryou down the hall lost in thought over what had happened in homeroom. She couldn't fathom why Atem would even give her the light of day let alone challenge her to a duel. He was the cool, confident, King of Games, and she was just some shy, timid, nobody who's dueling skills were amateur at best. After so time Ryou turned to her smaller friend, "So Yugi did you know what was up with Atem, challenging you?" she asked. "Huh?- Oh I don't know. I guess he was just trying to intimidate me or something." responded Yugi.

Ryou then smiled mischievously. "Or maybe, he was just so impressed with your dueling that it made him fall in love with you." cooed the white haired Japanese-Brit.

Yugi blushed profusely no way was that possible! "Don't even joke about that Ryou." she said feeling a little annoyed. "Why? Atem is quite the catch. He has amazing dueling skills, and that confident lean body, and those deep ruby red eyes…" Yugi couldn't take it anymore! Ryou's words were seeping into her brain creating images that she shouldn't even be having. She put a hand to her pale friend's face to shut her up, but the whitenette just giggled.

"Stop it Ryou! That's crazy!" she exclaimed. The taller of the two's eyes became soft with wonder. "How is it crazy? He's a delectable looking chap, is he not?" she asked. Yugi blushed and looked away. "No you're right. I agree, but I don't think Atem would ever go for someone like me." she said, discouraged, Ryou still kept her kind smile.

The two then made a turn at the corner into the girls' bathroom. "You shouldn't be so down on yourself Yugi." said Ryou as she opened the door. "Whatever Ryou. Anyway I don't even like Atem like that I don't even know him." said Yugi. Ryou washed her hands while Yugi just waited shrugging her shoulders. "Then you should try and get to know him." she said. Yugi rolled her eyes.

Soon she rolled them back half lidded in Ryou's direction and formed a mischievous smirk of her own. She then took a place at the sink next to her pale haired friend, pretending to check her reflection. "Well then maybe you should try getting to know Bakura better~." Ryou's soft pale face suddenly steamed, beat red at the sound of that name.

It was no secret to Yugi that the lovely Japanese-British girl had a crush on the sly thief since middle school. Ryou was startled that Yugi had recalled this fact. "I-I-I…Waaah! Yugi that isn't fair!" she yelled as she shook the smaller smug faced girl's shoulder. Yugi giggled and said, "It's okay Ryou, there's nothing to be ashamed of, who wouldn't want to tango with a bad boy?" Ryou turned back to her mirror and sighed exasperatedly. "I've never even talked to him, and yet somehow my feelings just keep growing." she said in defeat.

With a sympathetic smile, Yugi put a hand to Ryou's shoulder. Looking at her friend's kind thoughtful expression, she too smiled. "Don't give up Ryou. It'll be fine, you'll see."

The whitenette smiled and straightened her poster. The girls then grabbed their case and backpack. "Come on, lets get to class, before the bell rings." said Ryou. Yugi agreed and the two left.

After a while it was finally lunch time the group was seated at one of the center tables where there was more natural light. Joey was pigging out on her mini mountain of food, in a very unlady like fashion, "Slow down Joey you're gonna choke." scolded Tristan. The fiery blonde looked sideways toward her friend, glaring. "I ain't gonna choke! Mind your own business!" she shot back. Téa sighed wondering wear Joey puts all that food. Ryou giggled a bit at the situation as Yugi just stared with a blank expression.

Meanwhile Atem, Bakura and Marik had just gotten their trays, and were looking for a place to sit.

The cafeteria was fully packed after all every student in their grade was present, and the room echoed with various multitudes of chatter. While Atem was looking for a place to sit, two girls walked by, "Hi Atem!~" they cheered, waving to him. Atem ignored them, and closed his eyes, trying to fight away the frustration.

It failed however when Marik suddenly walked up next to him. "Well, well! Look at you Mr. Popular." he mocked. Atem growled, "Don't start this with me Marik. I get enough of it from Bakura." said paler teen chuckled at the comment. "Come now my friend, you need to lighten up." he said.

Atem opened his eyes to continue looking for a spot to sit in ignoring the half-brit. He hummed as his sights fell onto a familiar fairly, pale face over at some of the center tables- it was Yugi. Atem remembered that he had pretty much challenged her to a duel earlier. He contemplated on making good on his suggestion, however he felt it wasn't the right time. Although that was his conclusion he still wanted to go over to her for some reason. Why? He hadn't cared that much before and now…Bakura and Marik were standing behind Atem confused of why he had stopped. "Atem?" The silver haired teen asked, but received no answer.

He stood next to him at his angle to see what he was looking at. He looked around and saw a girl with tricolor hair, laughing happily with her group of friends. She definitely stood out and he realized that she must be the reason for Atem's stupor. "Well what's this?" the cruel teen said slyly, making Atem jump in surprise, "Has she been on your mind lately, my friend?" Bakura teased while rubbing a shoulder against his slightly embarrassed friend.

"I-I…it's not…I don't…" he struggled out. Atem didn't know how to explain, "It isn't like that, I just…" he turned away from Bakura when he felt himself blush. "Your face is red Atem!" said Marik, while wearing a wicked smile. Atem jumped with more embarrassment, then looked back over to the object his situation, looking for an answer to why he was getting like this. Yugi looked up to see Atem looking at her. Her huge purple eyes glinted like jewels in the sunlight…'WHAT THE HELL!?' thought Atem. He forcibly brought back his composure, and closed his eyes, unlocking his gaze with the confused girl, and turned to walk away, his friends following close behind.

Yugi tilted her head, 'he's always doing that. I wonder why?' she thought. She looked down at her lunch trying to understand Atem's strange behavior.

Atem had finally found a table to sit at.

It was a little further from the center, more of in the corner, but Atem still had a perfect view of Yugi. He didn't mean to pick such a spot it was just convenient…right?

Bakura and Marik noticed the seating arrangement, and once again decided to butt in. "Instead of being a stalker, perhaps you might want to, go over and talk to her?" said Bakura. Atem was so surprised that he nearly choked on his food, as he replied. "…what are you talking about thief? I told you it isn't like that!" yelled Atem as he wiped his mouth.

"What Yami? Are you saying you don't like her?" asked Marik ever so innocently, Atem glared at him he hated it when he used his middle name. "No of course I'm not! I don't even know her!" he spat. Bakura scooted closer into Atem's personal space, intentionally making him uncomfortable, "So then why are you so interested in her? Surely it couldn't be that you're attracted to her." he said, with sarcasm on that last part.

Atem was getting immensely bothered by this. 'Why can't they just let this go' he asked himself. "I don't…I mean- *sigh*- I just happened to over hear her dueling her friend in homeroom and…I was impressed by her skills, so I complimented her and… suggested we duel sometime, that's all." he explained. Bakura and Marik shared a moments glance processing Atem's words.

"So you eavesdropped on her duel?" asked Marik. "No!" Atem cried, "Then you flirted with her?" asked Bakura, "Damn it You two!" cursed Atem, "and then you challenged her to a duel." said Marik. Atem growled, "I did not challenge her I just…I was making an offer for a friendly game is all!" he said infuriated.

All this interrogating was getting on Atem's last nerve it was ridiculous. Atem pushed his tray from himself and propped his elbows on the table to hold his aching head in his hands. He sighed tiredly from all of the two jokesters' ranting. 'I can never get a break!' he thought. 'I can't believe this is happening to me, why couldn't I just have normal friends?' he pleaded for an answer from himself, feeling absolutely hopeless.

Yugi was chatting away with Ryou about their favorite duel monsters. Yugi was holding her deck in her hand, until someone snatched them from her. "Hey!" she turned to see Trudge holding her precious cards. "give those back!" she demanded firmly, though not very strongly. The taller one leaned over and grabbed her by the shirt, then dangled her completely off of the ground. "Heh!- You never learn, do you shrimp!" he said menacingly. Trudge has been a problem to Yugi before in the past. He would threaten her or physically harm her, by shoving her or throwing her around like a rag doll.

Yugi dreaded his mistreatments and had almost forgotten about him…until now.

The others watched in anger, especially Joey. "Hey! Pick on someone your own size, ya' giant lurching, shit bag!" yelled Joey. She knew how much of a monster this guy was, and it ticked her off greatly. "Huh?- You got somethin' to say, Bitch?" he shot back, still holding Yugi by her shirt.

Atem suddenly heard the yelling, Yugi's screams. "What?" he held up his head and saw the horrible scene, of Yugi being menaced by Trudge. Atem had remembered him from last year. He use to be quite a nuisance. However it wasn't him that he surprised to see, it was the way he was treating helpless Yugi. She was struggling and squirming in his grip.

"I said Let'er go, Bastard!" Joey and Tristan were positioned to fight, until Yugi squeaked out, "No! don't stoop to level you two!" Joey and Tristan stopped dead in their tracks. "Shut up you little worm!" shouted Trudge as he shook Yugi roughly. The poor girl detested violence and she just couldn't stand to see her dear friends getting into one on her behalf, not to mention she knew they couldn't take him on, even with the both of them; they attempted to defend Yugi from the towering bully last year when the three of them became friends. Trudge proved to be much stronger than them, so Yugi expected no different, were they to enter into another now.

Atem felt an overwhelming anger boiling inside himself. He couldn't understand it, he just felt this instinct to go to Yugi's aid. Bakura and Marik watched the scene pitied but unable to stop it. However Atem couldn't take it anymore. He glared then got up and went over to intervene. Yugi yelped as she kicked and struggled desperately to get free of Trudge's tight grip. Becoming annoyed the brute was about to tell the frightened girl to shut up yet again, until a smaller hand grabbed the wrist he used to hold the small girl.

He and everyone else turned and saw that it was Atem. Trudge smirked thinking that his odds were good, considering the brave teen's stature, compared to his own, until Atem deepened his glare and his grip, then *CRACK* Trudge's hand pained, releasing his own grip and dropping Yugi, who fell onto the ground. Atem's strength was greater than anyone had expected. Trudge glared up clenching his aching hand. "You're lucky I didn't break it. You must be quite pathetic to go around physically harming girls." he stated. It just made Trudge angrier. He has been under the belief that Yugi owed him money since last year, and his greed drove him to do anything to make her pay it.

Atem walked over and bent down to help Yugi. The young teen girl looked up to see, a warm, kind, gentle smile, and a hand offered to help her up. Atem's deep baritone voice said, "Are you okay?" Yugi froze mesmerized by the voice, and those eyes…God Ryou was right, Atem's eyes really did look like rubies. She reached out to take his hand, it was warm. The moment seemed almost romantic…until Yugi heard metal of some kind. She looked behind Atem and gasped, "Look Out!" she cried. She pulled Atem out of the way as Trudge came at her with a knife. "You're gonna pay for that you little brat!" he yelled.

Atem and Yugi looked back from the floor as Trudge turned to strike again. As soon as he struck, he was stopped by two punches to the gut, courtesy of Marik and Bakura. Trudge fell to his knees doubled over in pain while everyone who was watching gasped in shock. Yugi was relieved that Trudge was out of commission and soon Téa realized this had to stop. "Ryou" she said. Ryou was still in shock, by Bakura's strength, mouth agape and blushing a little.

She tried again, "Ryou!" she said louder this time snapping Ryou out of her shocked state, and back to reality. "Ah! Yes?!" she answered. "Ryou, get a teacher right now! Hurry!" Téa said frantically. Ryou nodded and ran out to fulfill her task.

She returned with three teachers, and soon the issue was dispersed. Trudge, Atem, Marik, Yugi and Bakura were all escorted to the principle's office. The tricolor haired girl winced wondering what was going to happen, to Atem and his friends.

Later on school was nearing the end of the day Yugi was just leaving the office. She had just helped straighten out this mess, telling the principle every truth about what had happened. She knew that meant telling the staff about Atem's and his friends' assaults toward Trudge, but she assured them that it was all in self defense. After her testimony she was set free.

When she came out Joey came over and asked her, protectively, "You alright Yug'? You didn't get in trouble did you?" Yugi huffed in slight annoyance. She hated seeing her friends worry for her so much. "Joey stop worrying, everything's fine, really." she said. "You sure Yug' ?" asked Joey still worried. Yugi just smiled brightly, "I'm sure. I'll be out in a bit, then we can walk to class together." she said. Joey was a little skeptical, thinking, 'how can she be smiling after all that?', she then smiled a bit. '…guess that's Yugi for ya'. she turned to go and wait for her friend outside. "Alright. We'll be wantin' for ya, Kay?" she said as she shoved a hand into her pocket, while waving with the other, then turned to leave. Yugi watched as she left with the same smile she wore a moment ago, then it faltered into a worried frown. She wondered what punishment would befall poor noble Atem, and his companions.

Finally school was over! Everyone was finally ready to go home. Yugi, and her group walked out of the school happy to have survived the first day, especially Yugi. She was relieved that she hadn't seen hide or hair of the brutish delinquent Trudge the rest of the day. Yugi figured maybe he was sent home, for his actions but then, what happened to Atem, and his friends; Bakura and Marik? She was afraid they'd been sent home too, just for trying to help her. Yugi lowered her head with guilt. What if they get expelled or something? And all because of her. Téa looked over seeing Yugi's distress. She got a little worried, "You okay Yugi?" she asked concerned. Yugi shot her head up, she gave a surprised look as she answered, "Ah!-I'm fine Téa! Jeesh, why does everyone keep asking me that?" she said.

"I know it's just that you look so…I don't know, down." shrugged Téa.

Yugi's eyes widened even lager than normal. She had hoped that her deep concerns hadn't been showing. She then faltered, lowering her head looking sad. "I-…huh?" Yugi started then stopped when she caught something out of the corner of her eye. It was Atem. He and his friends were walking out of the school, the two seemed tired and were staggering a bit.

Yugi stared realizing her opportunity to speak to him. She gasped when he caught her gaze their eyes locked with each other. As he once again hastily broke contact, Atem walked off in another direction. That was the last straw Yugi wasn't going to leave it at that. Not again. She had to go over to him, she needed to say something-anything. "Yugi?" asked Téa quizzically. Yugi quickly ran off, but turned back to tell her confused friend, "I'll be right back!" she called, then left Téa looking surprised at her usually shy and timid friend's sudden outburst.

Atem's head was pounding from all the piles of school work he had to do in detention. Lucky for him and the others it was all they'd be facing for a week, thanks to Yugi's testimony, of their protective feats against Trudge. Atem wanted to go and talk to her, but he didn't want the situation to seem anymore awkward than it already was. He decided to just go on home and pretend like nothing happened.

They were nearing the sidewalk when he heard a high pitched voice calling for him. "Wait Atem!" He turned to see Yugi running after him. His eyes widened and his mouth fell open. Bakura then put a hand to his shocked friend's shoulder. "Heh!- looks like your lady is coming after you Pharaoh. You'd better make your move." he taunted. Atem huffed and walked over to meet Yugi half way, so they could talk privately without the interruptions, of his so-called-friends.

As he walked up, Yugi stopped standing just a few inches away, looking up to him determinedly. "What is it that I can do for you Yugi?" Atem asked politely.

"I just…um…" Yugi's shyness suddenly surfaced. She pushed back some of her bangs back behind her ear, "I wanted to say…thank you-for helping me out, in the cafeteria." she finally said. Atem hummed with interest. "Oh, I see. Well it was nothing really, it was just instinct. I detest bullying." he said with a small amount of resentment. "So do I, but I'm use to it." she said. Atem looked at her in admiration, he couldn't believe how well she was handling the situation. She was so innocent and forgiving, it made him smile a bit.

"Look, I just wanted to thank you and your friends for sticking up for me. I really don't like violence but I still appreciate your bravery. So thanks." she said. Atem smiled back. "Anytime." he responded. He turned to leave, until Yugi said, "and hey!" Atem turned to her, "we should hangout sometime, maybe have that duel!" she said cheerfully. Atem smiled happily, and said "Yes, I would like that very much." Yugi's smile grew, then she waved goodbye and left, saying, "Great-see you tomorrow!" she ran back to her friends as Atem stood there smiling at her for reasons he couldn't explain.

However of course, Bakura and Marik had to ask. "So what's with that smile?" asked Bakura, "Perhaps he does have feelings for his little princess." said Marik. The taunting was annoying, but it didn't bother Atem like usual. He closed his eyes and sighed still smiling. He wasn't going to admit to liking Yugi, but he was going to admit that it was comforting to have a new friend in his life, and that was something very special to him. So with that, he turned and headed home, with a the delinquent duo, questioning him still he happily refused to answer.

To Be Continued…

Just a little some thing I worked on while making Pieces coming together. Hope you like it. There's more to come.

*Cairo- The capital city of Egypt.

Anjie-Kun Out!