The Beginning of Part 1
Brighter than Most
"If a man hasn't discovered something he would die for, he isn't fit to live." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chapter 1: Encryption
Three thousand years ago, Yami had stood as the noble and just Pharaoh of Egypt. Now, he just shared a body with plain old me.
Me. Yugi Motou. A really short (I'm 5'0" exactly) tenth grader who loves card games. A deplorable example of the archetype, "The Fall," right? Wrong. Apparently, Yami liked card games, too. And that was something new for me to experience. Having a friend, I mean. One that was always (and boy, do I mean always) there for me.
My first friend had been Tea Gardner. She was pretty, busty, and had incredible spunk. She also luckily didn't like bullies picking on people smaller and weaker than them (this included me). And thus, she became kind of my protectress. I made a lot more kick-butt friends later.
...But I still thought she was pretty. And I still do, four years after we met.
Except she's dating somebody that looks nearly exactly like me, and she still acts as if it is possible for us to be normal, everyday friends. Freaked in the mind, that's what she is. But other than that, I love her and I would do anything for her... Including making her happy, even if that meant she wasn't with me but with somebody else. So, I set her up with Yami a lot, put on a big, happy smile, and chirped a "No, of course not!" whenever anybody asked if their relationship bothered me. Why should it? I live for her happiness... And would die for her love.