Hello! This is my first story with chapters. It's an adventure/fantasy kind of story, unlike the others I've written. This was really influenced by the video games "The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess" and "The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past". Nobody's forcing you to read it if you don't want to.

Disclaimer: (This will remain a statement for the rest of this story. I simply don't want to repeat it like twenty times.) I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. If I did, then it probably wouldn't be about Duel Monsters anymore. I don't own any of "The Legend of Zelda" stuff either (well, I have the games, I just don't own them. Confused? So am I.). Nintendo does.

As for the appearances of the characters, I won't really describe them, so I hope you know what everyone looks like. If there's a lack of description, it's probably because I want you to imagine it.

Prologue: Another School Project

Dring! Drrriiing! Drrrrrriiiiiiing!

"Hurry up, Yugi! You're going to be late for last period!"

"Coming! Sorry, Joey! I had forgotten my textbooks in the locker!"

"Yeah, but hurry!"

Yugi and Joey rushed down the hall as quickly as possible, just barely making it there in time for English class.

Dring! Drrriiing! Drrrrrriiiiiiing!

"Phew! That was close!" Yugi said to his friend. Joey just winked as they reached their seats.

"Be quiet, everyone! Class is starting!" The English teacher called out to the class. At once, everyone was quiet. Compared to the average teacher, she had half the temper and was twice as strict, so nobody dared to disobey her.

"Today, we are going to start a new project. We're going to write a story, and it will be done in groups of four. However, I get to choose the partners."

Everyone made a face the moment the teacher turned around to write the details on the blackboard. Another project! She gave out tons of projects, about once or twice a week. It only got worse when she chose group work since she would always be the one to choose the partners. She would always pair up people that hated each other for some reason, and make them work together as if they were the best friends since the beginning of time.

"Now," she continued after she wrote down the instructions. "This time I want to be fair, so the names will be pulled out randomly from a paper bag, and I'll then write down the group on paper. Understand?" The students nodded in synchronism. At least now luck would decide who was going to be with whom.

The teacher then took out a brown paper bag containing names and proceeded to take names out.

"First group: Yugi Moto, Joey Wheeler, Ryou Bakura, and Seto Kaiba."

"WHAT??" cried Joey. "KAIBA??"

"Be quiet or you'll get a fail as well as three detentions," the teacher snapped back, and started calling out more names. Joey shut his mouth, but that didn't prevent him from staring at the tall teen with brown hair who was just ignoring him and reading a book. He looked at Yugi, who was looking back at him. But… at least they'd be together. Then, Yugi's gaze shifted to Ryou, who was looking down timidly at a blank page of a notebook. At least being in this group gave him a chance to try to get Ryou to come out of his shell. He remembered himself just like Ryou- lonely, timid and scared to make friends. That is, until Joey came along and showed him what true friendship meant. However, being with Kaiba was going to be a problem. He and Yugi were rivals to exaggerate on the bright side. For a moment Kaiba turned his head and his eyes met Yugi's. His blue eyes showed no expression that could be described better than hate.

"Now, I'm going to give you ten minutes to think about the story with your partners," she said after all the names were all called. "You'll also have to arrange a way to get together at somebody's house, because this is due on Tuesday. If it's late, it's an automatic fail and all the members of your group get detentions. Also, do your rough copies by hand. That way, I'll know how much each person has done. If you haven't written anything, I'll suppose you didn't do anything. Understand?"

"Yes, teacher," the class replied monotonously. Then, the class started to divide itself into the groups the teacher had made earlier. Some girls and boys blushed as they saw that their crush was in their group, others grimaced because they were stuck with somebody they didn't like. Joey, of course, expressed himself in the latter way.

"C'mon, Yugi! Let's just ditch Kaiba and do our own work!" he exclaimed as they grouped around Kaiba's desk. Ryou just shuddered when he looked at everyone, and he fixed his stare to the blank wall. Kaiba didn't say anything, but he put down his book.

"Stop it, Joey!" said Yugi. "Arguing isn't going to do anything! Besides, it's Saturday today, so it'll only be for three days." Joey relaxed a bit, but then realized something.

"Hey, where should we go to work after school? I can't invite you to mine because of my dad…" He was right. His dad was always drunk, so inviting them over wasn't the best idea in the world. "Hey, how about going over to Kaiba's mansion? He's the one who is a gigabillionaire."

"Listen." All eyes turned to Kaiba at his cold, uninviting voice. "I hate to work with geeks like you, but since I absolutely have to, then I will. But I am NOT going to let you step into my house with your dirty feet. Besides, my company is working on something very important, and there's a lot of data and important things that are in my home. Therefore, I shall absolutely refuse to let you come in, even if it means I have to go to a trash heap for this project. And mutt, "gigabillionare" isn't even a word."

"Did he just call me a-" started Joey, but Yugi interrupted him, trying to bring peace.

"So, Ryou, how about you?" he asked.

"Um… Well, I'm sorry, but I… can't exactly invite you…because…well…" responded Ryou, even more timid than before. It looked as if he was going to cry any moment, but Yugi saved him.

"Don't worry! It'll be a pleasure to invite you to where I live. It's upstairs of a game shop though, so it might be too crowded. But Grandpa won't be here today until late in the evening, so it'll be okay. I'm sure he won't mind!"

"Then it's settled!" Joey said. "But at when? It'll be fine for me anytime."

"Well, since school ends at two thirty, how about at four o'clock?" Yugi asked..

"Whatever," said Kaiba. Ryou just nodded.

School had ended, and Yugi waved goodbye to Joey. They usually walked together, but Yugi had to go home and prepare. He had given Kaiba and Ryou his address, and he hoped that they would be able to find where the shop was. He then looked at his watch. 2:45. He had more than enough time to eat something and finish his other homework. He walked further, and he was already a couple of blocks away from the game shop. Suddenly, he sank down on his knees and clutched where his heart was.

"Strange…" As soon as it came, the feeling left. "Did I just feel something weird?" he said to himself. But since it was gone, he decided that he was just imagining things. There were just two blocks left until he reached home, so he felt that if anything was wrong he could get some medicine. One more block…

By mere chance, Yugi shifted his gaze to the alleyway on his left, and gasped as he saw a sparkling stream of crimson on the ground. At once, Yugi rushed in to find where it came from. He just hoped that he wasn't too late.

Cliffhanger? Well, I'll update really, really soon (like tomorrow). Oh, and just to make something clear, students in Japan go to school six days a week. That's why it's Saturday. Please review!