A Pharaoh's Cat
Post-cannon, spoilers for the ending; The Pharaoh has returned….Just one little problem…He returned as a cat. This is going to cause some problems… More notes inside.
STORY NOTES:
WARN: Simple Puzzle-shipping OOC AU-ish Post-cannon Spoilers bound.
1) I know that saying Mou Hitori no Boku in third-ish person view, is not grammatically correct, but we all know what it means, and it sounds so much better when it's said like so, to me anyways.
2) I haven't watched every single episode of Yu-Gi-Oh.
3) I probably have the Ceremonial Duel a bit backwards, but this is because it suited the story line better the way I remembered it, and I wasn't about to go make myself cry again to see if I was right….So…Shut up and let me dream…?
4) This is my first time writing in third-ish person view, I normally favour first person.
5) I don't know much about Egyptology, I only know a few things from my memory of when I was taught it. Like Ra is the sun god, Anubis is the god of the underworld.
6) There is significance towards Atem being a cat, his appearance (etc), even if it's not explained much through the story.
7) I'm not even sure if cats are anything sacred; though I'm pretty sure they guarded the gates for the underworld is what the Egyptians believed in.
8) I thought it would be funny to have Atem return as a cat, and to keep Yuugi the same height as when the series began.
9) My writing style is seemingly old-fashioned, and possibly hard to understand. Because in some way shape or form some information is unknowingly left out.
10) Everything that was written had no intention of upsetting/wronging anyone, it was just my memory, feelings and thoughts about how Yu-Gi-Oh finished, and how everyone deserves a happy ending is some shape or form and how Yuugi couldn't possibly be happy with how the series ended, nor Atem to some extent.
-Chapter 1-
The last thing he remembered was walking into the gates of the afterlife. So why was he suddenly looking up at a familiar place, which wasn't Egypt. Unless Egypt has changed in the past five seconds from being a desert to a park-like ecosystem…No, Atem was sure that Egypt hadn't changed, but he still had no idea where he was. Not in the afterlife, that was for certain. He wondered briefly if anyone could see him, no one, but his Hikari, ever could, unless his Hikari had changed to him. His little Hikari had won against him in the ceremonial duel, which was able to free him and let him into the afterlife, which also meant his Hikari didn't need him anymore, right? He gritted his teeth, and sat up, which caused him to see his hand…Well, it wasn't a hand. Atem blinked, he moved his hand again, the same object moved, it wasn't a hand it…resembled more of a paw…So did his other hand! Somewhere, someone had to be laughing; this was some kind of dream, a joke…? He looked to the sky, it was perfectly normal, blue with grey swirling clouds, there would be rain later, the ground below his hands was the green grass, which was normal too. So why was he so different to what he normally would have looked like? Atem sighed, if he couldn't figure that out, he'd at least need to figure out where he was, so, he got up on all fours, he noticed strangely as if he was an animal, and the first thing he did, or try to do, in his case, was to walk…Which, for him, made him fall flat onto his face, he let out a strange strangled noise, which did not resemble anything that sounded like either Japanese nor Egyptian. For the love of Ra…! Atem got up and tried again, this time he didn't fall to the grass, yet again wounding his already beaten pride.
Atem concluded he was in a park of some kind, no one was around, which made things worse, because, for this little interlude, he couldn't tell if people could see him, or if he was still a spirit. It was starting to infuriate him, where were the people? Where was anything? Maybe it was the afterlife, and someone was making him suffer for all the wronging he had done? It would be suffice, but to not know where he had been placed? Turning him into some animal? What was going on? Where was he? Atem made a frustrated noise, which came out as a growl, or something similar, which made him jump at himself. However, because he had jumped from himself, he saw the entrance to the park, a sign that would tell him where he was. He quickly bounded over to the sign. What the sign told him, made his fur, yes fur, stand up on end. This place was called Domino Park.
That was in Domino City…
Domino City…That was the place where his Hikari lived, along with his friends.
…Someone was really setting to punish him for all the wronging he had done.
Why was he suddenly back here, when he went through the gates to the afterlife, in an animal form no less…?
Why…?
Before he could notice the Shadow's change, there were people everywhere, he made the same strangled noise as he rushed to get out of oncoming feet, which was then he realized he was small. Small enough for people to walk all over him. From a safe place, on a higher up wooden poll, he hissed in his annoyance. If this really was Domino City, he knew not where he was in it, and he was pretty sure the city wasn't that big.
Suddenly there was a child loaming over him, as he tried not the shrink in less size. Was this how his Hikari felt most of the time? He would be sure, to size down if he ever saw his Hikari in human form again.
"Hey, kitty, kitty…" The hoaxing human-child tried.
Atem's eyes widened, Kitty…Kitty….?
"Kitty…?" He exploded….Well, tried; it came out as a mewling noise.
He was a cat? He sat there unmoving, horrified.
Another human came rushing from the side.
"Talia…! Don't touch that animal! You have no idea where it's been!" The older voice commanded the smaller.
Atem blinked. He'd only been stuck in the Sennen Puzzle for a couple of thousand years after being a ruler of Egypt….Been a spirit for a few years more…Walked through the gates of the Afterlife therein after…Now was suddenly a cat…That was where he had been…
The little girl pouted.
"Mou, Kaa-san…! It's lonely." Talia responded to the scolding.
"I'm sure, it's not, its waiting for its master, come along." The older voice told the girl, not noticing the cat's head watching one from the other, Talia suddenly brightened, as if what her mother had said made sense.
"Bye-Bye Kitty…!" The girl said and they were off, with not as much as another blink in Atem's direction.
He was waiting for something? Perhaps, yes, someone to tell him what was going on. Where he was (and why it looked like Domino City), why he was a cat, of all things. Yes, he was waiting, waiting for some answers. He looked to the sky again, and noticed the clouds had become something fierce, he growled at them, but his eye twitched as the sky suddenly opened up, and cold water poured down from them. Swearing his blasphemy, he bolted to find somewhere covered, leaving the strange Domino Park behind.
He butted his head against the wall, he wasn't getting anywhere. He had no idea where he was, or how far he had run to try and find cover, he was soaked through he could tell as his fur weighed more now. On an up lodged stone in the path he tripped into a puddle, growling his annoyance he got back up, only to freeze at his appearance.
He really was a cat.
He could barely recognize himself.
His eye colour was the same….almost. They looked more of his Hikari's colour now, with a black strip of fur from the outer side of his eyes down to his nose. His ears sagged under the weight of the water, curled in, so the water hopefully wouldn't get into them, but he guessed his colour was a yellowish brown-black colour, with what may have looked like white from the inside of his ears and under belly, though it looked more grey from the rain now. His tail, he noticed was low to the ground, and looked as if it wanted to curl around on one of his hind legs.
Atem cursed again, as the rain got harder, there was nowhere for him to seek shelter. He still didn't know where he was, in this so called Domino City.
He walked around the bend and ended up hitting himself on a rubbish bin, he fell straight onto his tail, which made him yelp in pain. Maybe he could add brain damage to his depression. Grumbling again, though he only became more frustrated when it came out as cat noises, he kept on his way. Caring little for the rain now, it wasn't bad enough that he was now a cat, he happened to be a soaking wet cat. He sighed as he looked at his front paws, what was his Hikari doing now? Was he still in Egypt? Was he here? Atem stopped in his tracks, what was the date? How long had he been gone? Was his little Hikari alright? His head suddenly flopped in defeat as he let out a groan; too many questions, not enough answers. He did get one question answered though, he wasn't a spirit; the little girl and her mother had seen him. He didn't have much more to think about it, as he tripped again, but this time, he stayed down, losing himself and staying unconscious.
As soon as he came back, his head filled with questions; where was he, when was he, it had stopped raining? Why was there something soft underneath him? He groaned as feelings resurfaced, he opened his eyes to see everything blurred, he looked to where he was lying; he was on layers of cupboard.
"You do know it's not very Cat-Like to wonder about in the rain?" A voice came, making Atem jump and spin to the source, though all he saw was a tail the rest of the black feline was somewhere else. Atem eyed the feline.
"Where am I?" He asked, hoping that he spoke the same language the other cat did.
"You're in Domino City." The feline's voice replied, with its tail still up in the air, its face still not seen.
"Domino City…? Why am I here?" He asked, still eyeing the feline's tail. Though was suddenly alert when the other cat flipped around to face him, he would not stumble back. He only heard the other cat laugh.
"You're new, aren't you?"
"A question for a question…?" Atem asked, he knew it was fairly obvious of the cat's question, the cat just didn't knew just how new it was for him. The other cat sighed, and sat down.
"Yes, you're in Domino City, you're here because I dragged your sorry feline's rear here out of the rain." The cat answered Atem's questions.
Atem blinked. "Thank you." He offered in a reply.
The other blinked. "You're definitely new here." He chuckled. "Name's Ink..." He replied, in a way of saying his hello.
Atem returned the gesture of name-calling.
"You from Egypt or something…?" Ink joked. Atem didn't reply, thinking it was probably better not to. "So…" Ink said in a way of changing the subject, and Atem's ears perked up at. "Since you're new, I'll do you a favour, I'll tell you where felines don't go…if you know what I mean by don't go."
Atem knew well of those two words strung together in the same warning voice.
All the places Ink listed were places Atem had never heard of before. But committed the terms to his memory, in the ever case he should wonder into them.
"This might seem as a….weird question…But what is the date?" Atem asked, watching how Ink blinked in confusion, and then smirked.
"What you have a curfew, or something?" He joked.
Atem was perfectly serious. "You might say that."
Ink blinked, and told him the date. If Ink was correct. His Hikari would be, hopefully, home.
"Do you know where the Kame Shop is?" Atem asked a little hopeful to find his Hikari.
"Kame Shop…? As in the gaming shop up the road…?" Ink asked blinking, nodding up the alley way. Atem nearly tripped over himself, getting up and out the alleyway, not noticing that Ink had followed.
"That it…?" Ink asked, and watched as Atem nodded. "Well, then, you better find your masters, they haven't been home in a few weeks…" Ink offered, and Atem looked to him.
"They are not my masters." Atem told truthfully.
Though Ink waved it off… "Whatever, whatever…You can keep the bed if you like; you can get your own food, right?" Ink asked curiously. Atem nodded to him, though he didn't really hear him.
Perhaps, now, he was still meant to look over his Hikari.
There was dust everywhere, or all over what Atem could see anyway, from the tree he had climbed up in to see, He knew that Sugoroku kept the place spotless. They weren't home yet, but if they were they hadn't been home long. Atem felt tired, though he couldn't stop until he found his Hikari. He wouldn't stop, until he found him, if only for a minute to make sure his little Aibou was safe and well. Atem was content to sit on the porch and watch the distant sun roll down the sky, so absorbed he didn't notice the figure next to him.
"Oh-ho..." A voice said, making Atem panic, while making a strangled noise as he turned to face the voice, only to come face-to-face with a familiar face.
Atem blinked. "Sugoroku…?" He asked, regrettably the question came out as a high meow.
Sugoroku laughed again. "Hungry, are we?"
Atem blinked again, and his head went subconsciously to one side, which made his ears flop.
"Oh, how could I refuse that face? Come on in; let's see if I can find anything."
Atem blinked, but followed the older man inside.
Sugoroku couldn't find anything for Atem, or anything for himself for that matter, the man seemed to laugh nervously, as he looked sheepishly back to Atem, who was told to stay on the counter and not move, which he hadn't, and he didn't plan to, unless asked, that is. Sugoroku then went somewhere else, taking all the unneeded-outdated goods with him. Atem didn't move, he wasn't told to, but he involuntarily shivered when he heard a voice calling.
"Gramps…! I'm home!" The voice announced. "Jounouchi-kun hit himself on his way home…" The voice informed the not-present Sugoroku, coming nearer to the kitchen. "Gramps…?" The voice called out again, walking into the kitchen, Atem found himself frozen stiff. He couldn't move, even if he had wanted to. Not even when Yuugi looked to him and frowned questionably. Though his Hikari must have decided on something because he came over to him...
"Nee, have you seen my Grandpa anywhere…?" He asked of Atem, who blinked, he of course couldn't answer his Hikari's question.
"Oh-ho…! There you are, Yuugi!" Sugoroku announced as he re-entered the kitchen, noticing both his grandson, and the very stiff cat.
"Grandpa, why do you have a cat here?" Yuugi wondered pointing towards Atem. If Atem could have, he would have chuckled.
Sugoroku laughed. "The little guy was hungry, but I wasn't able to find him anything or anything for us." Sugoroku told Yuugi. All the while Atem blinked 'little guy'? He called his Hikari a variation of that!
Yuugi then looked downcast.
"So, are we going to starve?" He asked, while Sugoroku blinked in alarm. Something within Atem snapped, as he butted his head against Yuugi's arm, and he looked to the cat. "…Hey, I didn't mean that you're going to starve…." Yuugi tried to explain, failing fast. Atem kept his head against his arm, as he tried to hold in a whimper for him.
"Nee…Where'd you get this cat, Gramps?" Yuugi asked blinking in surprise.
"I found him on the porch. I don't know if he is owned by anyone…"
"Does that mean we keep him, if he isn't owned by anyone?" Yuugi asked another question.
Sugoroku moved to the fridge to open it, to see if there was anything he had overlooked. "I was thinking about it. Though, we would need to take him to the vet, to check him out." He told Yuugi, who nodded, and looked back to Atem.
"Hey." Yuugi addressed him, and Atem looked to him, his head going to one side again. "Can I pick you up?" He asked curiously. Atem faintly wondered if they had ever had a cat before, or knew how one acted. Because Atem was pretty sure, he wasn't acting like a normal cat. Though, to answer his question, he placed a paw on his hand, and let his Hikari lift him to his eye level, which wasn't that much higher up then the counter was.
"You don't have a collar…" Yuugi pondered. "Did you lose someone too?" He asked of him. Atem blinked, his little Hikari….He still— Atem watched as the happy smile dropped only to be replaced by a downcast one. "I know I did…" He heard his Hikari whisper.
If Atem could do anything; he mewled at him, causing Yuugi to laugh. "You're a funny one!"
Hearing the laugh, Sugoroku turned to them. "Why don't we go down to the vet, now? While he is getting checked out, we can go shopping for food…" He pondered.
"Yeah…!" Yuugi agreed excitedly, and then turned to the cat he still had hold off. "That alright with you…?" He asked, yet again Atem mewled at him, making his Hikari laugh at him once again. "Off we go, Gramps!"
"I'm getting there, I'm getting there…." The older man grumbled, as he watched Yuugi place the cat down, and leave, Atem stayed where he was, looking to Sugoroku, who knew the look.
"He's your master now, little guy; you take your orders from him." Sugoroku told Atem, who tried not to laugh as his head went to one side, though it did give him an excuse to not leave his Hikari's side once more, Atem then bounded off to find where his Hikari went to.
"You won't wonder off, will you? I don't have a leash…" Yuugi stated worriedly at Atem as they went to the door.
"I'm pretty sure, the little guy won't run off on us, give him an order and he sticks to it." Sugoroku replied calming his grandson, while Atem looked to them both.
"Huh…Okay!" Yuugi then looked to Atem, who looked back, stopping the mid-way shiver curling his fur. He looked like he was about to order an issue, but then deflated. "Mou…How do I ask a cat to stay near me, and not wonder off…?" Yuugi questioned aloud as he pouted, Atem needed no further prompting, as he got up and sat next to Yuugi's left leg, while Sugoroku laughed, and Yuugi looked astounded.
"That's how, my boy!" Sugoroku laughed, while Yuugi blinked.
"I guess…so?" He questioned himself.
Yuugi sat down in a chair, with Atem in his lap, waiting for his grandfather to come back from speaking to the receptionist.
"I guess I don't know whether I get to keep you or not…." Yuugi pondered aloud, though, to him-self, Atem looked up to him and cat-voiced his concern for the boy, causing Yuugi to look down, and smile.
"I'm pretty sure they'll say yes, you're pretty well behaved, and you don't mess around." Yuugi told Atem, whose head went to one side. Atem settled himself into Yuugi's lap, trying to act like a normal cat in front of strangers, he wondered if he was doing a good job, all the while he pondered something else; if his Hikari would ever know it was him, his heaved a sigh; the odds weren't good.
"Though…if I do get to keep you…I need to think of a name for you…" Yuugi thought aloud again. Atem briefly wondered if it was his fault as being his yami for so long to cause him to think aloud. Yuugi looked to him thoughtfully. "I can't think of a name…!" He seemingly whined, and Atem tried to make a laughing noise, which made Yuugi laugh.
"Yuugi…!" Sugoroku's voice came, alerting the both of them, Yuugi was wanted. He was too go see the vet alone with Atem because Sugoroku needed to sit down.
Yuugi placed Atem onto the table.
"Behave." Yuugi whispered pleadingly to him. "Do as they want 'kay?" He asked again.
Atem stiffened, and he sat, making Yuugi giggle slightly.
Being a cat was weird for Atem, but for it, he was able to be close to his Hikari, though unknowingly to his Hikari though that Atem was still there. He cringed at the vet.
"We'll have to keep him over night." He commented.
Atem's eyes widened. Staying…here…Alone…Without Aibou…! What?
"What? Why?" Yuugi was quick, ready to defend him, subconsciously.
"It is very late, Mouto-san." Both Atem and Yuugi blinked at the name. "You'll know tomorrow if you can keep him." He replied.
"Mou…Tomorrow is school…" Yuugi responded in a low voice.
"You can stop by on your way home, we'll have the answer by then."
"Can I say goodbye?" Yuugi asked and the vet nodded to him.
"Bring him through here in five minutes I'll have his cage set up."
CAGE…?
Not another cage!
Though at the word, Yuugi cringed, but nodded. As soon as the vet left Yuugi picked Atem up, and seemingly hugged the feline, who did nothing but lean into the warmth his little Hikari offered to him.
"You are a strange cat." Yuugi giggled, and Atem mewled at his defence, only making Yuugi laugh.
However, it didn't last long. "I'll come as soon as I can, after school, okay? I don't like the idea of someone being in a cage." Yuugi told him, and Atem flinched. "You won't like it, but please behave?" Atem mewled in response to him, making the small boy smile sadly, and then walk through to the other room.
He walked slowly to the open cage the vet opened for Atem. Yuugi placed Atem in the metal cage, while Atem sat down, meaning he wasn't going to do any harm, nor run away, and tried to suppress the shiver as the vet closed the bared door down, but they both cringed at the noise it made as it locked shut. Yuugi was able to place two fingers through the bars to pat Atem's head.
"I know what to call you…" Yuugi told him, making Atem perk up and listen, as well as the vet. "I'll call you Tentou, okay?" Atem nearly scoffed, typical little Hikari, he butted his fingers, and gave a quick lick. Yuugi smiled and withdrew his fingers from the caged door, but waved his goodbye to Atem.
"Well, he's taken to you, Tentou." The vet responded while writing the characters for the name and placing them on the door. Atem blinked then settled down to sleep, if he could…
The lights went out one by one, and Atem was left alone, with nothing but two bowls, one filled with water, the other filled with….cat food…?
Was he meant to eat it…?
How was he meant to eat it…?
He didn't touch the food; he drank the water though, once he had figured out how, much to his chagrin. Atem sighed, he was alone…again. But at, some weird interlude, he was alive, he had a body, granted it was a cat body…Perhaps, if he was able to 'live' with his Hikari, he'd be able to repay his little Aibou, even though they were separated, Atem could see his little Hikari still needed him. Though, he wasn't admitting he, himself needed Yuugi. Atem growled softly at the admittance when the thought came across, and turned his head away from the bars, and he could pretend he was still by his little Hikari's side….at least for now. He hadn't wanted to leave to leave in the first place.
Yuugi wondered the shopping lanes, he'd somehow walked away from Sugoroku, not that he had noticed; he was too deeply in thought to realize. He sniffled, and his eyes clamped shut, he wouldn't cry! Not again… He mentally changed the subject, as he opened his eyes, he wondered if Tentou was alright, being in a cold cage, Yuugi mentally shook his head, how could anyone be alright in a cold cage? He sniffled again, but then blinked, realizing that Sugoroku was nowhere near.
"Aw man…" He pouted, and then tried to retrace his steps.
…Only to bash into someone; who sent him flying to the floor…
"Itai…." He groaned in pain.
"Yuugi…?" A familiar voice called, and he looked up.
"Anzu…!" He cheered enthusiastically while getting up to greet her.
"What are you doing here?" Anzu asked, curiously.
"I'm here with Grandpa! We don't have anything to eat…" Yuugi told her in a small voice.
Anzu smiled. "We don't either…!"
Yuugi blinked, in confusion. "We….?"
Out of nowhere Jounouchi and Honda seemingly jumped out of nowhere, with their hello.
"Jounouchi-kun…! Honda-kun…!" Yuugi announced happily.
"So, Yuge…!" Jounouchi started while hugging Yuugi's head lightly, making him yelp. "What are you doing here?" He asked, while Yuugi tried to pry himself away.
"He's here with Gramps." Anzu stated.
"I lost him!" Yuugi yelped in a small voice, still trying to pry Jounouchi away.
"We don't have much to do, let's go find him!" Anzu said cheerfully, covering her worry, Yuugi tried to nod. "Jounouchi, let go of Yuugi now."
With that Jounouchi let go of Yuugi, in fear of Anzu.
All four of them went to opening of the lanes and looked down every one, until they came to one, which they saw, Sugoroku in.
"Gramps…!" Yuugi announced pointing down the aisle, then running down it, with his friends, to come up next to Sugoroku who was in the pet section.
"Yo, Gramps, what ya doing here…?" Honda asked seeing as Sugoroku was trying to pick something; Sugoroku looked up, and laughed sheepishly.
"I don't know what cats eat." He told them, making them all, but Yuugi blink.
"Why…?"
"Nee…! Nee…!" Yuugi announced waving his arms up and down to get his friends attention. "We found a cat, and want to keep him!" Yuugi told them, making his friends blink.
"Yuge….You alright…?" Jounouchi asked concernedly, making Yuugi blink.
"You shouldn't take stray cats from the street, Yuugi…" Anzu told her friend.
"Demo…" Yuugi pouted downcast. "He…." Yuugi seemed unable to finish what he was going to say. He didn't know why he wanted to keep Tentou, he just wanted to. Jounouchi laughed nervously and held Yuugi in a head lock, making him yelp in surprise.
"It's alright, Yuge…! You took him to the vet, yeah?" Jounouchi asked.
"We did, yeah; they have to keep him over night, to make sure he's okay to us to keep." Yuugi stated, yet again trying to pry his friend away.
This made Sugoroku look up. "Oh, that's right; did you name him, Yuugi?" He asked, while Anzu glared at Jounouchi again, to make him let go of Yuugi. Yuugi nodded.
"I named him Tentou…!" Yuugi announced happily, making his friends blink in surprise.
"Does he answer to it?" Anzu asked, curious as to why Yuugi named a cat after the sun.
"He seemed to. I told him to stay and he stayed! I've never had a cat before!" Yuugi announced happily.
"Yuugi, cats don't just stay when they're told. That's trained dogs." Anzu told Yuugi truthfully.
"Then why did Tentou stay?" Yuugi asked her curiously, she had no answer.
"Alright, alright, children…" Sugoroku started. "I've picked small amounts of different flavours, that way he can try him with it."
"But you haven't got him, yet?" Honda asked, confused.
"The odds are good we'll keep him."
Hearing positive words, Yuugi perked up. "Yeah…! Yeah…!" He announced happily.
"If not, I don't think I'll want to look at Yuugi, again." Sugoroku said quietly to them but not loud enough for Yuugi to hear.
"Is he still…?" Anzu asked quietly, and Sugoroku nodded.
"I think Tentou keeps him occupied from thinking too much about what happened…"
Yuugi walked out the shop first; he was the only one not holding anything, as any bag they had filled would tip him over.
"Nee…! Nee…! It's dark!" Yuugi announced, and Sugoroku laughed.
"So, Yuge, where did you find Tentou?" Jounouchi asked.
"I didn't! Grandpa did! He said that Tentou was sitting on our porch!" Yuugi told them.
"….That's a bit strange…isn't it?" Anzu asked, and Yuugi shrugged.
"…Hope he's okay…" Yuugi pondered aloud.
"He'll be fine." Honda said.
"Sure he will!" Jounouchi encouraged. "I need to go now; I need to get back to Serenity."
Soon it was just Yuugi and Sugoroku.
"I'll need you to go straight to bed, Yuugi. You have school tomorrow."
Yuugi nodded. "Yeah…! Then I'll get to see if Tentou will come home!"
Sugoroku laughed as Yuugi ran up the stairs to his room.
Yuugi's room was as he left it; he sniffled, and quickly closed his closet door. He had quickly come into his room once he came back from Egypt, to place his stuff away; the Sennen Puzzle box was placed on his desk, innocently placed where he had put it, he quickly stopped looking at the box and quickly set out to change his clothes and sink into his bed looking to the wall to close his eyes, only to open them again to see inside his soul room, turning around to see no door which was normally there. Only then did he start to cry.
The morning sun hit over Yuugi's eyes, he groaned and went to turn over before he realized it was morning. His eyes opened quickly as he jumped out of bed to change and charge down to greet Sugoroku, though his grandfather wasn't there, at the same time he realized the time and yelped, he grasped his backpack and fumbled with its contents to run out the door.
"I'm leaving now, Grandpa!" Yuugi shouted to Sugoroku as he rushed past him, as he was sweeping the porch.
Yuugi ran to where his friends would be.
Anzu saw him first. "Yuugi…!" She called, making the other two boys turn to watch Yuugi rush up to them with a smiling face.
"Anzu….! Jounouchi-kun…! Honda-kun…!" Yuugi called as he came up to them.
"Ready for school, Yuge…?" Jounouchi asked of his friend.
"Yep…! Once it ends I get to go see Tentou….!" Yuugi announced happily.
"Are we invited to come along?" Anzu asked looking to him, and watched as he nodded to her question.
They still all wondered why Yuugi would go as far as to name a cat after the sun.
All the lights were turned on at the same time making Atem jump a mile as they blinded him, making him growl.
"There, there, Tentou." A voice called from somewhere, as Atem's eyes adjusted. "I see you didn't touch your food." The voice carried on. He would of if he knew how to eat it. Was he meant to gobble them up all at once and chew it? That sounded rude. Atem looked through the metal bars to see the same vet that was with his Hikari yesterday. He came down low to open the cage, where Atem was sitting, he grasped Atem around his mid-stomach and walked into the other room to place Atem on the table, where Atem sat, and kept his tail close, and watched as the vet busied himself with paper, only to look back to Atem every now and then. What was going on? What was he doing?
"You're very docile, aren't you?" The vet asked Atem, whose head went to the side, the vet continued with his papers.
Why so many test-things? Atem was tired, the vet was now sitting, though, and Atem refused the sleep until he knew whether or not his Hikari was around, but then he wouldn't sleep anyways. The papers stopped ruffling. And the vet stood up, making Atem have his full attention on where he was going, he settled the papers aside, and walked to the table again.
"The only thing wrong with you is that you won't eat…" The vet announced.
Atem's eyes drew wide. This would be a problem for his Hikari to keep him…? Atem blinked as he watched the vet walk around the room and reach out for a jar, which he opened and placed a few objects into his hand, he then placed the jar back and came back over to Atem, and placed his palm open towards Atem, who started at the objects in his hand. They were biscuits, he guessed. Was he meant to eat them? How was he meant to eat them? Take them from his hand?
The vet took lead and held one biscuit to his mouth, Atem got the hint eventually.
The biscuits tasted awful, they tasted like some sort of fish, and something else Atem didn't know. Though it seemed to please the vet that he ate the disgusting biscuits, and went back to the papers, Atem wanted something to drink. When would his Hikari get there? His eyes wondered over to the clock. It was midday. Atem mentally sighed; his little Hikari would still be in school. Disgusting school…Atem watched as the vet came over to him and picked him up.
"Sorry, little guy, you need to go back in you cage for a bit." The vet announced, and Atem shivered. The vet placed him gently down on in the cage, there was fresh water, at least. He could drink that.
Atem couldn't see the time from his cage; it was starting to worry him. When would his Hikari get here? He turned his head away from the bars again, the vet wasn't in the room, and no one else was either. He was alone so often now, he wondered if he was meant to be alone all his life…
