Summary: Yuugi Mouto, an angelic faced boy who seems to attract a lot of unwanted attention from negative and supernatural forces. The only problem is that, well, he can't see most of those forces. How can someone protect themselves from things they can't see?
Maybe a mysterious golden puzzle can solve all this confusion?
Another day another misfortune, or, at least that's how it was for Yuugi Mouto. Every day, something pertaining to bad luck or the feeling of being watched always followed Yuugi wherever he went. Sadly, it's one reason why no one was his friend, and sadly, that's a reason he was targeted constantly from bullies. His grandfather, Sugoroku, had offered countless times to get him enrolled into a Private School, but Sugoroku had no money to keep his offer true. But that didn't stop the man from trying; the man had done his darndest to save up money for his grandson, and when the bullying had got so bad to the point the boy was hospitalized on repeated occurrences, Sugoroku was so desperate that he even thought of selling his most prized shop. His most prized shop that held all the memories of raising his daughter, living with his wife, and most importantly, watching over the young youth Yuugi. But, as Sugoroku believed, your loved ones are always with you even when you are separated, but that didn't stop him from hesitating to sell the shop. Also, what would happen if he were to die? If he died and left Yuugi without a home, without protection, without love, and without the comfort of the memories that were embedded into the shop, what would he do? How could you protect someone you hold dear from the negative forces they unknowingly attract to themselves?
Yuugi shuddered, an ice cold feeling of air, of something leaving trails of cold attaching itself onto his skin, refusing to move away even though it was uncommonly hot outside. Fear built up, but it wasn't anything new. Yuugi knew that once he passed the clothing store that sold wedding dresses, the feeling would only intensify. And if he took the back alleyway behind the hair salon to get home quickly, apathetic bullies that only felt the pleasure of others pain would be waiting for him. He would rather take the creepy cold than have to go through another hospitalization again. The last time Ushio and his gang caught him, he had to stay in the hospital for three drug-high days getting patched up and repaired just to go through the same thing again after he recovered from broken ribs and intense bruises. Life was hard, yes, it was indeed hard. One reason his grandpa was so broke was because he had to pay the hospital bills, but thankfully due to Yuugi becoming a normal customer, the hospital didn't charge Sugoroku near as much as they should. Sometimes, when Yuugi had attained beatings that had landed him for weeks stuck in the hospital recovering, the doctors kindly didn't charge Sugoroku at all.
Yuugi was halfway home when the intensifying cold finally disappeared out of nowhere, but to only be replaced by an aching heat that made Yuugi feel like he would topple over from intense dehydration in a matter of seconds. Huh, that was new. Yuugi silently cursed in non-cursing words like dang, and shoot! It was amazing at how he himself achieved staying innocent, but not in an ignorant way. Yuugi was everything but ignorant, it's probably due to negativities attraction to him that has kept him aware of the world and what dangers inhabits it, but that didn't mean he was aware of EVERYTHING. Yuugi could feel things like the drop and rise of temperature, but he never saw the shadows, he never saw the lust-filled gleam in eyes that followed his every move, and he wasn't aware that the creatures that caused his misfortune was always in his presence, dying to be noticed by their prey. Blame his lack of a sixth sense for his unknown ignorance to those creatures, for like most people in the world, he does not see the unknown that dwell in world, hiding in the shadows.
Huffing and clutching his parched throat, Yuugi rose to his feet and sprinted with his remaining energy to his home. He ignored the pain in his throat with some ease due to being used to having worse wounds and made his way finally to the front of the game shop. As soon as he stepped into the domain of his home, the heat started to dissipate, taking the dehydrated feeling with it thankfully. He called out in his normal tone, "Grandpa, I'm home!" Dropping his school bag to the ground by the stairs that led up to his room, he headed straight to the kitchen to quench his earlier thirst that he had gained from the heat that had radiated its waves of heat onto him. Grabbing a water bottle from the fridge, he downed the bottle in a matter of 10 seconds; a new record. After disposing of the bottle to only grab another, Yuugi walked into the shop part of the house that was separated by a measly paper sliding door and different floor tiles. Sure enough, Yuugi walked to the counter to find his grandpa in a half-dazed sleep clutching onto a wooden box covered in an extremely dense layer of tape, which could quite possibly cushion the box if it ever fell onto the cold floor. "Grandpa?" Yuugi asked tenderly, not really wanting to wake the man. A few seconds later, Sugoroku awoke from his half-slumber and blinked his eyes cutely, or at least as cute as an old man could get. Then suddenly, he shot up from his seat and handed the box he was holding to Yuugi. "There is a magic puzzle inside Yuugi," he said, in his serious yet ancient voice, "I've heard rumors that the person that solves it will be granted one wish. I want you to have it." Yuugi was awestruck, his grandpa did something that he did not have to do for him, yet he still did it instead of doing something for himself. Yuugi was grateful, for everything his grandfather gave him he cherished deeply. "Thank you, Grandpa!" Yuugi cried, wanting to give the old man a crushing hug to show him how grateful he was, but couldn't due to the box in his hands. Also, Yuugi wasn't quite sure if his grandpa's bones would be able to handle the hug that he wanted to give him. Though, Yuugi settled with leaning on his grandpa for a small, grateful childish hug. "Where did you get it Grandpa?" Yuugi asked curiosity and anxiety growning with every passing second. "There was a dig in Egypt, you know, the really important one 2 years ago, and I happened to stumble across it." His grandpa's old face held a smile filled to the brink with pride, and his dull amethyst colored eyes gleamed with happiness and love. It was sight for sore eyes; Sugoroku hadn't smiled like that in years, minus the pride though. His grandpa's smile made him visibly jump up and down with joy and a want to finish the puzzle immediately. He placed the water bottle he was holding down and began to work on removing the blasted tape from the box, which was indeed, going to take hours. Oh joy.
Please read all of the authors note, for it is important.
Hiya readers! It's been a LONG time since I updated anything old or posted anything on for that matter! Now, if y'all want updates, y'all have to review so I know I'm not speaking to empty air! Oh yea, and speaking of old fics, well, I decided to delete angelic truths and start over later. I also wanted to say that I'm looking for a beta that wouldn't mind betaing my chapters for this story, or if there is a beta with time, I'm also searching for a beta for the xxxholic story I'm also working on. It would be really awesome if I found a beta that doesn't mind working on both with me, but I'm a grateful person and will take what I get.
I always forget the disclaimer so I only want to say this once, I sadly DON'T own Yu-Gi-Oh, yes, very sad indeed. If I did own it, Yu-Gi-Oh! would've been shonenai and would have never EVER come into contact with 4Kids. Though I do believe the guys that did Yami, Yugi, and Joey's voices did excellent jobs, though that's probably just me ^^:
Oh yea, one last thing. For now since I'm unsure about what the rating should be, I'm going to rate it M because of future (lime I believe is what it's called) sexual (but not sex) situations and blood and gore. Also, people, if you find gay relationships of any kind a bother to you, please do not read this. I do not want to put with comments that negatively judge gay relationships, so you are warned now. I will spare you my rage if you listen to my warning. Thank you for reading and see you next time!