AN: Okay so here's another anime fanfic about- well if you saw the genre it was placed in then you already know. It's Yu Gi Oh! My god do I love this show! The original is the best there is! It was my childhood! I mean, GX was cool, It actually old Yugi in the first episode! And he sounded like Atem, that was so awesome!

Though at first I thought that WAS Atem but then I remembered that he went to the Afterlife. And it mention Yugi quite a bit in a few episodes, even showed his actual deck at one point. (though why didn't he have his deck? What is he retired or something?)

5D's I didn't really get into very much, but I do however like Yusei. And Zexal does remind me of the original, and Astral is a badass, and it's nice, but nothing beats the original! XD.

So this fanfic is about Atem and Yugi! No yaoi, (obviously) Though instead of Yugi being 14 or however old he was when he finished the Millennium Puzzle, he's going to be younger, a lot younger. Like eight-ish. This is solely because I want to make Yugi small and adorable. Well more small and adorable then he already was. This is about a while before the actual series began, I want them to bond before that happens.

I should apologize if the Pharaoh is OOC, but you know what? Yugi is adorable, who wouldn't be OOC?

"Did you have a nice day at school, Yugi?" Solomon Muto asked his grandson as they both walked home to the Kame Store.

Yugi looked up at his grandpa. "Yeah!" He stated happily, a smile formed on his innocent face. "During recess a baby red bird fell out of a nest and it's mama and brother's were chirping, they were worried, so guess what I did, grandpa!"

Grandpa smiled. "What did you do, Yugi?" He asked as he unlocked the door to his store and went inside, his grandson followed behind him, ecstatic. "I climbed up the high tree and placed the bird back in the nest!" Yugi said clearing proud of himself as he bounced up and down. His golden Millennium Puzzle moving along with the boy's movements.

Well, that would explain why his sleeves are torn. Solomon thought fondly. "That was a very kind and brave thing to do, Yugi. I'm proud of you, my boy!" His grandson was always such a kind child. Always thinking of others first, before himself, even at such a young age Yugi would go out of his way to try and do good. And Solomon couldn't be more proud.

Yugi beamed at the praise, he closed his violet eyes and grinned. "Thank you, grandpa!" The eight year old said as he ran up stairs. "I'm going to go do my homework now!"

"Yugi!" Solomon called to his grandson.

The boy stopped on the fourth step and turned his head back at his grandpa. "You make sure you tell Yami not to bother you while your finishing your homework, alright?"

Yugi giggled as he nodded his head, a year ago he had almost caused his grandpa to faint from shock when he showed him who Yami was and what they could do when they said the word 'Yu-Gi-Oh' closing his door behind him, he placed his book bag on the table and took out the three papers he had to finish and turn in tomorrow. He placed his hands on both sides of the object around his neck.

"Other me?" He called out quietly.

The boy felt a light hand rest on his head. "Right here, aibou." Yugi looked up and saw the content (almost identical to his own) face of the spirit that lives inside his Puzzle. His eyes brightened when he saw his friend, he immediately wrapped his arms around the older boy.

Though his other self was a spirit, though Yugi was the only one who could see him, he never questioned why he could touch Yami, give him a hug. He was just so happy to have a friend, one that would look after him, one that was always glad to see him, and his other self felt the same way.

Yami returned the hug with a small chuckle. "Hello, Yugi." He greeted softly.

"Hi, Yami!" They stayed this way, for a few minutes, Yami figured out long ago that his dear friend was a hugger, and a long one at that. But Yami wasn't complaining. He never would.

Yugi let go and gazed at the spirit. "Did you hear what I did at school, Yami?"

The spirit of the Millennium Puzzle nodded. "I did more then hear, Yugi. I saw the whole thing from inside the Puzzle." He taped the object around his aibou's neck to emphasize his point. "Your such a caring boy, my aibou. Well done."

Yugi laughed, rubbing underneath his nose with the front of his finger. Making the eight year old look more adorable then he already was. It has only been a year since his aibou completed the puzzle and set Yami free. And at that time he never thought he would to care for Yugi like he does now.

[_A year ago, 12:02 a.m: Early morning._]

A young boy around seven yawned, tiredly as he gazed at his Puzzle. He was almost done. Just a few more pieces to go. Just a few more and he will have completed his treasure. He rubbed his droopy purple eyes as they started to become white hazy. He grabbed the two of the last three pieces, and gazed at the gift his grandpa gave him, in thought.

"Let's see..."

Here?

No.

...Here?

Yugi's eyes widened. They fit! Now it was time for the last piece, the one that has the open eye. The seven year old jumped up and down in excitement. Butterflies flew in his stomach as he placed the last one in the slot. It slide in perfectly. But his treasure did something that shocked the boy, it started glowing.

The golden light grew brighter and brighter. Then something burst out of the object, several things actually. They were dark, growling, terrifying creatures. They swirled around the boy. Yugi couldn't help but shake in fear as scary things continued to torment him.

He hugged his treasure to his stomach. Yugi whimpered as tears started to form in his eyes, he brought his head down and rested it against the golden puzzle. Silently he wished he had someone that could make the bad things go away, to save him, to help him, He wished for a friend who would protect him always. He wished for a friend that would care for him.

"Please...Someone- Help me!"

Then the glowing began again. But it was different from before. It felt warm, like someone was wrapping a blanket around him. Then Yugi had the strangest temptation to say something. It was so strong that he did it without hesitation.

"YU-GI-OH!"

An unknown entity stood up with the puzzle in his hands. He glared at the dark creatures for their torment. "Evil spirits, I command you! Begone! Leave this child alone!" The monsters growled and hissed at the sudden intruder, but in a bright flash of light, the unknown ghost created from the object in his palms, they were gone in an instant.

Yugi blinked, looking around the room he saw that the creatures that were scaring him were no where to be seen. "Where did they go?" He wondered a loud.

"Do not fear, they will scare you no longer."

The seven year old looked behind him and saw someone floating there, the older, taller teen looked almost identical to himself, right down to the clothing he wore, his arms were crossed and he gazed at Yugi with a look of curiosity and calmness. What was strange was that Yugi could see through him. The boy with the tri-colored hair mimicked his other self's expression.

"Are you the one who saved me from those scary things?"

The spirit nodded. "Yes." His voice was soft and full of confidence. "Are you the one who completed-" He pointed to the object in the innocent child's hands. "-This?"

Again Yugi mimicked the transparent older teen. "Yes."

His other self extended his hand to the young child. Even though he had no memory of who he was or why he was trapped inside that gold Egyptian item, he was still impressed that this boy was able to complete such a difficult challenge. "Thank you, my young friend."

He was caught off guard when the boy hugged him around his waist. He stood there shocked and feeling a bit awkward at this sudden display of affection. What was he suppose to do? Hug the child back? He had just met him. How could he show such affection to someone he barely knows?

Looking down at the seven year old, his expression immediately softened. Wrapping his arms around the child, he returned the embrace.

"My name is Yugi."

Yugi? That seemed fitting. What name could he have Yugi call him? He, for some reason recalled he went by several.

"Yami... You can call me, Yami."

[_Present time._]

"Other me?"

Yugi's voice brought him back to the present. Yami turned his head. "Yes, aibou?" Noticing Yugi was now at his desk working on homework.

"Oh, were you thinking again?"

"A little." Yami inhaled, even though he did need to. Yugi put his pencil down, his attention now fully on his other self. "What were you thinking about?" He asked. Yami walked toward his friend's bed and sat down. "About the day you and I first met. Do you remember?"

Yugi nooded, a smile formed a crossed his face. "Yep! You saved me from those monsters."

The spirit of the Millennium Puzzle was glad that Yugi remembered that day. "And we became partners." But Yugi shook his head at his statement, this simple action caused Yami to feel confused and scared. "No, not just partners. We became best friends." His voice was small but filled with belief.

The confusion and fear melted away when he heard Yugi's words. He placed a hand on his chest, where his heart is located, he felt something warm begin to grow there, this feeling would only appear when he was around his Yugi. "More then that, aibou. Brothers."

Yugi looked like he wanted to run over and hug the older teen. But he restrained himself from doing so, knowing he still had one page left of homework to do. "Would you like some help, Yugi?"

There was a perk to being invisible to everyone else when Yugi took over. That perk was, he could watch and listen to Yugi's teachers, teach his aibou and the other children. Since Yami could only remember that his origins lay in ancient Egypt, this era still continued to baffle and interest him, Yami took every opportunity to learn all he could, but he was still learning, just like Yugi was.

The boy's eyes beamed. He motioned his other self to come over. Yami did so, but stopped when he heard the sound of rain outside. He turned his attention to the windowed roof for a moment, and just watched the water fall.

The rain was the type of weather that fascinated him, the cool rain drops falling out of the sky, falling down his face, arms and the rest of his limps, making his usual spikey hair fall flat. Yugi had let him experience this sensation three months ago when it rain for three weeks straight and Yami did nothing but stare at it the whole time his aibou was at school one day.

It was so marvelous that Yami stayed outside for two hours. Yugi paid for his actions later on when he came down with a fever the next day. Yami apologized several times to Yugi as he knelt beside his bed, a hand ran through the child's hair, guilt ridden that he was the cause of his aibou's sickness, when it was his job to protect the boy, not make him ill.

But his aibou just smiled and stated that as long as Yami enjoyed himself that was all that matter to him.

"Yami?"

For the second time Yugi's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. He looked down at his dear friend, brother, partner. "Do you want to take over for a while?" Yami knew he should say no, seeing as his pal still had homework to do and couldn't afford to not get it completed because of him, but Yami couldn't help it.

He nodded.

Yugi grinned fondly at his other self. He let Yami take over without the slightest bit of hesitation.

"I promise, I won't stay out as long as I did last time, Yugi." His aibou appeared next to him and gave Yami's solid hand a quick squeeze with his transparent one. Violet innocent eyes looked up at older, strong, confident violet eyes.

"Stay out as long as you want, Yami. You deserve to live too."

That warm feeling appeared in his chest again. He closed his eyes for a moment or two. Putting his arm around the eight year old, he gave Yugi a one-armed hug.

"Come, aibou. Let's go outside." He stated running out of Yugi's room.

Yugi laughed, happily as he floated next to his other self as they made their way outside.

AN: There's not that many Yugi/Atem friendship/brotherhood fics written, so I thought why the hell not make one of my own, since I love their bond so god damn much! =3 I love the show, and I'll continue to love the show until I die.

Yeah, the original has a lot of corny moments, and yeah some of those corny moments make me roll my eyes and want to take a drink of water because it's just too damn sweet for me sometimes, but you know what? It's a story about friendship and people making a living off of playing a card game that was based Egyptians sealing away evil spirits. And also it's an anime show. What did you except?

So thoughts? What did you guys think? I may add on to this, though the chapters will probably be moments between Yugi and Atem that I thought were particularly cute in the show and possibly making Yugi younger then how ever old he was in that scene.

Please leave them in a review, and I'll see you guys soon.

PS: Can someone tell me why Yami Yugi and Atem are two separate people in the character category here in the Archives, when they are the same exact person, just with different colored skin and clothing?