Prologue

Me: Hey guys! It's been a couple months since I did a Yu-Gi-Oh story so I decided to make a new one! I actually had this idea when I was writing my other Yu-Gi-Oh story but I only got to writing it now since I was busy with my other stories. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. Kazuki Takahashi does but I do own the OCs.

Yami was curious. At the young age of ten, Yami was intrigued by the world outside of the palace. His father, Pharaoh Aknamkanon, was extremely overprotective of him and his older brother and crown prince, Atemu. Because of his father's overprotective tendencies, Yami grew curious of the outside world.

When he was younger, he heard stories from people in the palace about some of wonders they saw or the dangers they faced. It was always fascinated to hear about and made him long to go outside the palace walls. He also knew of the poor living conditions some people lived in and that made him all the more curious.

Yami, like all kids confined to one place their whole lives, started pestering his father to allow him to go outside. His request was always denied, however, so he eventually decided to sneak out. He ordered a slave to cause a distraction to allow him to sneak out.

Once he was out, he was struck with a sudden sense of panic. He had never been out of the palace so he had no idea what to do.

'What if someone recognizes me and calls the guards? What if I get kidnapped?' he thought frantically.

He breathed in and out and steeled himself.

'No, Yami. You are already out of the palace. Make the most of this,' he encouraged.

Pulling the hood of his cloak on his head, he started walking to the market center which he learned of from books. He looked at the market place in wonder. There were vendors everywhere, selling things like jewelry, food, and clothes.

But before he walked further into the market, he noticed a group of boys surrounding someone. His sense of righteousness kicked in and he started to walk over. To his surprise however, the person the boys were surrounding looked like a girl version of him. She had yellow bangs but unlike his, they didn't defy gravity. Her hair was mostly black but around half way through, her hair was red. She also had pale skin which was very unnatural for someone who lived in Kemet.

"Hey! What do you think you are doing?" Yami demanded to the boys who were surrounding her.

The biggest boy sneered at him and answered, "We're just having some fun. Right, Yugi?"

The girl, apparently named Yugi, shook her head. The boy grew angry but before he could punch her, Yami stopped him.

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!" the boy demanded.

Yami removed his hood which revealed his face and tri-colored hair to the bullies.

The boys, including the leader, stepped back in shock.

"You- your Highness! I apologize, I did not know it was you," the leader apologized with a bow.

"You do not need to apologize to me. You need to apologize to this girl you were about to punch," Yami commanded.

"O-of course. I am very sorry Yugi," the boy apologized through gritted teeth.

"You are forgiven," Yugi said softly.

Yami smiled, satisfied with the apology and said, "WIth that said, this girl is now under my protection so anyone who harms her will answer to me, understand?"

"Yes, Your Highness," The boys replied in unison.

"Good. Now spread the word," Yami dismissed with a wave of his hand.

The boys scrambled off after that. Yami turned to Yugi and offered her a hand, which she took gratefully.

"Th-thank you Your Highness but you did not need to do that," Yugi whispered with her head bowed.

"It was no problem. I can't stand bullies," Yami replied with a soft smile.

The two stood awkwardly before Yugi said, "Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself, did I? My name is Yugi."

"It's nice to meet you Yugi. As you can probably tell, I'm Yami. If you don't mind me asking, why are you here today?" Yami said.

"I came to get some food for my grandfather," Yugi replied.

Yami looked at her in surprise and asked, "You live with your grandfather?"

"Yep. He's only living relative after my parents died," Yugi replied, looking down at the mention of her parents.

"I'm sorry," Yami said hesitantly.

"No, it's fine. They died when I was young so I hardly remember them. So why are you here?' Yugi asked, changing the subject.

Yami ended up staying with Yugi for hours until it was sundown. When he went back to the palace that evening, nothing could keep the smile off his face not even the scolding he got from his father. He made his first friend and he couldn't be happier.

And cut! So what did you guys think? I wasn't originally going to post this since I'm on a quick break from posting but I wanted to hear what you guys thought of it. With that said, I probably won't update for awhile since I'm still on break but when I come back, this story will probably be finished and ready to post. In the meantime, I hope you guys enjoyed! Bye!