Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to 4kids, Toei Animation, and Kazuki Takahashi

A/N: 8/17/2017- I've decided to take this story back up again. :) I'm going through each chapter and adding, changing, and including more of my ideas that have come up as of late. For the last couple of months my muse has come back to this story. So I'm implementing a few changes.

1. Name changes on some characters. The reason for this is to both to adhere to the manga and the anime but I'm also including changes of my own. Some of the changes are to go along with backstories I've decided to create for some characters, who don't seem to have one (ex. Trey, Trisha, and Joy) and some who already have a background but I've tweaked them to my taste. (Ex. Samantha Kaiba is now Seta Kaiba to fall back on her Japanese name since she was born there.)

2. The addition of Yuugi's mother. Now we only see the named Mrs. Motou as such in only a few chapters in the manga and small appearances in the Japanese version of the anime. She is completely cut out of the English version which makes absolutely no sense to me. In my story however, her inclusion is important because I believe a female Yuugi would need a strong female figure in her life, and who ever better than his/her absent mother.

3. Backgrounds to explain the names of characters. Now names like Tristan/Trisha, Tea/Trey and Joey/Joy are very Americanized and would make no sense in Japan unless they had some sort of reason for being there. So I've decided to make backgrounds for these characters on why these characters have such names. They'll be referenced so it's up to you as the reader to pick them up. ;)

I'll be going to each chapter personally to include these changes, it might take some time, but I'm hoping that they work out and I'll be also making sure its consistency. Thanks again to all those who have followed, favored and commented on this story recently, I've almost given up that this story but there recent remarks have made me feel the spark to start again. I'll not name any anyone for you know who you are. :) You all have been great. And now it's with great pleasure that I give to you my story. Please treat us well. *bows*

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Summary:

Long ago, when the pyramids were still young, the Egyptian Kings played a game of great and terrible power. But these Shadow Games erupted into a war that threatened to destroy the entire world. Until a brave and powerful pharaoh locked the magic away, imprisoning it within the mystical Millennium Items.

Now, five thousand years later, a boy named Yugi unlocks the secret of the Millennium Puzzle. He is infused with ancient magical energies, for destiny has chosen him to defend the world from the return of the Shadow Games, just as the brave Pharaoh did five thousand years ago.

But this is not that story.

In that universe, 5,000 years ago, the Nameless Pharaoh chose not to marry. For the grief for the death of his father was still very much with him.

In this Universe, where our story takes place, the Nameless Pharaoh met a young girl during his grief and couldn't help but fall in love. Their courtship was brief and they were married within the year.

Not many now of the Nameless Queen, besides the tomb-keepers that live far underground, but scripture and lore tell of her tragedy and the circumstances of her death remains a mystery.

Now, five thousand years later, a girl named Yuugi unlocks the secret of the Millennium Puzzle. She is infused with ancient magical energies, for destiny has chosen her to help defend the world from the return of the Shadow Games, just as the brave Queen did at her Pharaoh's side five thousand years ago.

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A small girl could be seen in a classroom playing a card game of sorts with one of her best friends. She had spiked up laid back black hair that reached her mid back with magenta tips. Her bangs were gold spiked pieces that framed her face nicely. Her biggest feature was her big child-like amethyst eyes. An upside down pyramid hung around her neck by a thick rope. It was gold and had a shape of an eye in the front.

" Hey Joy! Earth to Joy! Hey, are you in there? It's your turn."

Her friend had laid back blond hair reaching past her shoulders and amber eyes. A strain mark could be seen on top of her head.

"Ummm..."

"Ah isn't she cute when she's thinking?"

A girl around the same age wrapped her arm around Joy's neck. She had long flowing brown and soft brown eyes. They were all wearing the Domino's school uniform. A collared shirt with a pink jacket with a light blue bow and a light blue skirt reaching around mid thigh. An exception was Yuugi, who had included a leather choker along with her uniform.

"Hey Trisha, Yuugi here's teaching me how to play Duel Monsters."

Her faced showed a bit of confusion. The game must have been new if she hasn't heard about it. That or she hasn't been paying much attention recently. She still had much to unpack from her move before school started.

"Drooling monsters?"

"Duel Monsterds, you nimrod!"

Trisha took a step back not wanting to anger her best friend more. Joy's accent tended to get thicker as she got angrier.

"Sheesh."

"Okay Yuugi. It's time to duel."

"They've been at it for hours. Joey's starting to get the hang of the game, but Yuugi's like an expert." Trey said from his perch against the window.

A boy stood by the group with short brown hair reaching past his ear. His azure eyes were his dominant feature. He was wearing the Domino's school boys' uniform. A shirt over a blue jacket with a high collar and a pair of blue pants. Unlike the other male student body, and select few, he had his opened.

"See, each card has an attack number and a defense number. The first player to eliminate the other player's life points wins the duel."

"Pretty good move, huh Yuugi?"

Joy crossed her arms as she laid down the card thinking she had finally outmatched Yuugi.

"Yup! Pretty good move, but not good enough."

She laid down her card as Joy eyes widened. Yuugi had eliminated the rest of Joy's life points.

"What? Thanks a lot. A card that powerful totally wipes me out."

Trisha looked a Joy with an eyebrow raised wondering how could she suck at the game.

"Whoa, you stink at this game, Joy."

"You did fine, Joy. I just have better cards. See, my Grandpa owns a game shop and I get all my best cards from him."

Joy's eyes widened at the possibility of getting stronger cards.

"Your own game shop. What're we waiting for? Let's go!"

Yuugi smiled. Joy will always be Joy.

"Okay, maybe I could even get my Grandpa to show us this super rare card he's got."

Across the room a girl was holding a book but not necessarily reading it. Her long brown hair went down to her back and flipped up. Her cold blue eyes stared at the group across the room.

'Rare card? Could they have found the card that I've been searching for?'

-KAME GAME SHOP-

"Mom? Grandpa? I'm home."

Yuugi called out as she entered the threshold of her home along with her friends. She scanned the room finding no evidence of the man or her mother. As she looked through again and elderly man stepped out from another part of the house.

"Hello Yuugi, your mother's stepped out to the store. Oh and I see you've brought company."

"Gramps, could you show my friends your awesome, super rare card?"

Grandpa Solomon put his hand on his chin with a thinking posture.

"Rare card? My special card? Hmmm..."

Yuugi clasped her hands together as she pleadingly looked at her grandfather.

"Please! Please!"

Joy, being more respectful than ususal, bowed a little to show she wanted to see it too.

"Pretty please?"

"Hmmm... Hah hah! How could I refuse? You kids are in for a treat. I don't take this card out too often. Ready? Here it is. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon, so rare, so powerful, I never let it leave my hands."

"Awesome!"

Trisha snatched the Blue-Eyes White Dragon out of Solomon's hands and looked at it skeptically.

"It doesn't look all that special to me..."

Solomon quickly grabbed the card and held it close to his chest.

"Ahh! This card is priceless. There are only four of them in all the world."

"Speaking of priceless, I'm ready to trade!"

"Not for this card."

"Huh? Nah, I didn't mean dat card. I meant, show me some other cool cards to get me started."

As they talked and traded for cards a jingle of the door was heard and silhouette of a girl was seen.

Everyone looked to the back of the door to see who entered.

Hello, can I help you?"

"Huh?"

"If you can't, it certainly wouldn't surprise me."

"Seta Kaiba!" exclaimed Yuugi.

She was wondering why Kaiba, of all people, was at the door to her game shop. She was so cold and secluded that nobody ever called her by her first name. Not even the teachers at school. She was also CEO of Kaiba Corporation, a gaming company that created and sold different merchandise every year.

"Kaiba?"

"Doesn't she have a big fancy company to run? What's she doing down here?"

It was true. Seta was the CEO of Kaiba corporation after her father had commited suicide.

"Not that it's any of your business, but I came to see the card."

Joy, seeing nothing wrong, walks up to her and put her hand on her hip as she faced the icy glare of the girl.

"Hey, are you into Duel Monsters too? This is perfect. Maybe we could all duel together sometime."

Kaiba walked in as her heels hit the wooded floor.

"Me? Duel you? I'd have more of a challenge playing solitaire." she said coldly.

Joy's face quickly turned to that of anger.

"What!"

"I am the number one ranked duelist in the country, and the favorite to win the Duel Monsters championship. Hah, you wouldn't last two minutes in a duel against me."

Joy clenched her fist and shook it at the Kaiba girl.

"Ooh, I'm shaking. Maybe you'd like to settle this with fists instead of cards."

Yuugi, being the non-violent one, stepped in between the two girls before a fight could escalate.

"Whoa! Take it easy, Joy."

"But Yuugi, Kaiba's asking for it."

"Now does this shop have any worthwhile cards or not?"

Kaiba catches sight of the BEWD and pushes Trisha and Trey out of the way.

"Can it be? The Blue-Eyes White Dragon in a dump like this? It is. The card I've been searching for."

Solomon quickly stashed away the BEWD before anything else happened to it.

"Well, enough window shopping. Is there anything else I can help you with?"

Kaiba lets out a growl before she picked up her suitcase and slammed on the counter. She opened it revealing hundreds of Duel Monster cards.

"Huh? Oooh." Solomon said.

"Listen to me, old man. Gimme your Blue-Eyes White Dragon card and I'll trade you all of these."

"Whoa!"

"Ahh, nice. But no thanks."

"Huh?"

"Nngh. Fine. If you won't trade, maybe you'll sell it. Name your price. I can pay anything you ask."

"I'm sure you could. But this card is worth more than you could ever offer. Not because of its power or because it's so rare, but because of what it means to me. This card was given to me by a dear friend and so I treasure this card as I do that friend. So parting with it is completely out of the question."

"No!"

"You'd feel the same even if it were a common card, right Grandpa?"

"Exactly. You see, this precious card has bonded with my heart."

"Fine! I've heard enough of your nonsense."

Kaiba closes her briefcase and walks away out of the game shop.

"Senile old fool."

A/N 2: Now most chapters won't be changed due to how I've written them. Most of the changes will be seen past chapter 8. I also want to keep them as a comparison on how I started out to how I write now. This story was published in 2012 when I was only 15 so you can see that in my first chapter. I'm currently 20 so I hope you see the difference between then and now. :)