Me: Hey everyone! I finally decided to start a Yu-Gi-Oh! fan fiction!
Yugi: She doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Atem: Even with the amount of wishing she does.
Yugi: Yami! Don't be mean!
Atem: Whatever. Please read and review. SilverHowl loves reading reviews. Oh, and check out her profile page.
Yugi: Yeah! She has a poll going on right now and so far only one person has voted. She recently started it.
Me: Anyways, on to the story!
Atem and Yugi looked at each other. At the same time, they said "Beat you downstairs!" They both raced down the stairs. Of course Atem beat Yugi. "I win!" Atem says while smiling. "No fair! Your older, so I think that I should've had a head start." Yugi says while laughing. Atem smiled at Yugi. He was so proud of him. Yugi had grown so much since their parents passed away. Atem was 13 years old when their parents had been murdered. His brother, Yugi, had only been 8 years old. It had been 4 years ago, but felt like it was just a week ago. Yugi and Atem looked almost identical. Yugi was shorter and Atem had a few extra blonde highlights in his hair. Atem was really tan while Yugi was as white as snow. Sometimes Yugi would try standing on his toes in attempt to be as tall as Atem.
Atem laughed at this, since even with the added height Yugi was still quite a bit shorter than Atem. "Atem? I'm hungry. Do we have to wait till dinner to eat? Can't we have just a little snack?" Yugi said. Atem frowned. "I'm sorry Yugi, but I haven't been able to pick up anything lately. We need to try and save everything." Atem said sadly. He felt bad about not being able to feed Yugi properly, but it wasn't like a foster parent could do any better. In fact, a foster parent would be worse. They wouldn't know how to treat Yugi. Where they were living, almost everyone was poor. Atem had to watch Yugi closely because when people would go through tough times, they would often kidnap kids and either ransom them or sell the kids to someone rich.
Everyone stole from each other so there wasn't even a point in trying to find a job. Not that Atem didn't want one. But there were no job openings and to move would cost a fortune. So, they just had to try and tough it out. They were living in a rundown apartment. And they were the only ones living there. There was no electricity but there was running water at least. When it was winter, Atem would go out and try to find a couple of extra blankets to keep them warm. It was a tough life, but somehow they managed to live out those terrible 4 years since their parents died. Their parents had been wealthy, but the murderers had stolen their parents money leaving them with nothing.
As soon as the other people who lived there found out, they had kidnapped Atem and Yugi and dumped them off close to the apartment. It hadn't been very long before Atem found this place. They both didn't have any friends so they only had each other for company. Atem could tell that poor little Yugi was really lonely. But there was nothing Atem could do, no one could be trusted. Some people stooped so low as to become your friend and then stab you in the back. Quite literally sometimes. It was a cruel and dangerous world out there, and you had to know every trick there was to know. That meant Atem teaching Yugi the cold ways of the world. Atem knew that it hurt Yugi every time he talked about the world with him. There was pollution everywhere, and you couldn't escape it.
There were wars going on everywhere, and the kidnappings would only increase more when there would be a war where Atem and Yugi were living at. They lived in Montana, close to the mountains. The winters were brutal, but the summers weren't too terrible. Yugi pulled on Atem's arm snapping him from his thoughts. "Can I come with you? You know, when you go to get more food? It's scary when you leave." Yugi said. Atem shook his head. "Sorry little one. It's too dangerous for you to come. Don't worry, I always lock the door, so no one is going to kidnap you. Plus, everyone thinks this apartment is abandoned and haunted." Atem said. Yugi nodded his head sadly. About an hour later, Atem got ready to leave. It pained him to leave Yugi all alone. They hugged and said their goodbyes. Atem left, locking the door after him. He went down the stairs all the way to the main floor.
Sometimes he would get lucky, and see a mother and her child buying food. He came across one now. He had amazing luck, because she was one of the wealthier ones. "Excuse me miss, could you give me some food? Me and my brother have nothing, no family, no money, and no food." Atem said with pleading eyes. The mother's gaze softened. "I'd like to buy 4 more apples and 8 peaches please." The mother said to the seller. The seller bagged up 8 peaches and 4 apples and gave them to Atem. "Thank you so much!" Atem said eagerly. The mother looked at him. It was nice to see an older brother care so much for his brother. She decided to follow him, so she left her daughter with her husband who was buying some steak.