Okay, people, here's chapter two of Guardian. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, because if I did, it wouldn't be FANfiction, would it? All unrecognizable characters belong to me.
Yuugi slowly opened amethyst eyes before tugging the covers over his head. He had only caught a short glimpse at what the clock had said, but once it registered in his mind, he jumped out of bed, "Grandpa!" he shouted while locating his school clothes frantically.
"Yes, Yuugi?" came an older man's reply as he walked to the door.
"I thought you said you were going to wake me up at six thirty since my alarm is broken!" the boy whined, searching high and low for a matching pair of socks.
"Well, since its Sunday, I thought you might want to sleep in." Grandpa explained cheerfully.
"Grandpa, its Tuesday." Yuugi groaned, examining under the bed for his missing shoe, "Don't you remember, I woke up at six thirty yesterday so I could go to school?"
"You did…? Oh! I thought you went to Jou's house." Grandpa replied.
"At seven in the morning?" Yuugi sighed, running a brush quickly through his spiked black and red hair –not that it made much of a difference- and grabbed his things off his desk, "Bye Grandpa, I'll see you after school!" he called as he opened the door to his room, raced down the stairs and out the door chanting "Ohgodohgodohgod, I'mgonnabelate…." as he ran down the side walk.
Of course, as luck would have it, he ran into an obstacle. A big obstacle. There was Ushio, standing there waiting for him, "Better hurry or you're going to be late," he chuckled.
'Thank you for that brilliant observation, Captain Obvious.' Yuugi thought angrily, "I-I know… that's why I'm running… please excuse me!" he said running around the large gorilla of a high schooler.
"Hold it there, spiky." Ushio growled.
Yuugi stopped on a time and had to use every muscle in his body not to let out a groan, "Y-yes, Ushio-San?"
"I'm still waiting for my bodyguard payment." He growled, glaring at Yuugi.
"Uhm, right… I'll get that to you later, promise!" Yuugi started to run again, but was stopped once more by Ushio's booming voice.
"You mean you'll get it to me tonight. Meet me in the back of the school at six, or I'll track you down. Trust me, you don't want that." he said and then walked off, raising a hand up in a lazy attempt to wave.
Yuugi could only sigh, "Great…" he huffed before taking off like a rocket to school.
The school day passed none too quickly, and with the added stress of how to earn enough money to give to Ushio within two hours, it didn't make concentrating on his school work very easy.
So, he left that day confused as hell about what he had to do on his homework, "Perfect, this day is going great," he mumbled.
He watched the ground on his walk back home, finding it to be much faster somehow. Then, he stopped, noticing something very strange; the ground had turned to white sand, "Huh?" he wondered aloud and looked up.
There was a sparkling ocean in front of him. The sky was completely white, and even though there was no sun, it was warm and bright. He shielded his eyes from the rays of the… sky, was it?
"Uhm… hello?" he called, looking around for someone who could tell him what the heck was going on.
He heard a soft groan and raced to the sound of it. There, lying in the sand was a man. Yuugi gasped, the man nearly mirrored him, except he was obviously taller, more mature looking with a stronger looking build, far more tan, and shoots of gold were in his hair. All those things aside, maybe this man could tell him where he was, or how he was supposed to get of this place.
Yuugi quietly padded closer to him, kneeled down next to him, and lightly shook his shoulder, "Uhm… excuse me…" he asked.
"Huh…?" the man grumbled, and began to open his eyes.
That was until Yuugi snapped out of his dazed due to the sound of a car honking at him, "Ah!" he exclaimed and ran across the road to the sidewalk.
"Dammit, kid! Watch where yer goin'!" the driver growled before taking off.
Yuugi sighed, "I guess that's what I get for day dreaming…" he entered the Kame Game Shop, "Grandpa, I'm home." He mumbled and went upstairs into his room, more than ready for a nap.
He flopped down on the bed and stared at the ceiling, that day dream had been quiet odd. Why was he on a beach with some guy who kind of looked like him, and he could have sworn he heard the sound of children laughing in the background, but there had been no one there.
Then his mind switch something much more important, he had to bring Ushio the money… the money he didn't have, "I'm just going to have tell Ushio that I can't pay him back… this isn't going to end well." He thought aloud, peering over at the clock. He still had two hours to pass… nap time.
With the end of that thought, he almost immediately conked out into a dreamless sleep.
Yami felt someone shake his shoulder, and grunted. Wherever he was right then happened to be very comfortable, and he had no intention of moving.
"Uhm… excuse me…" he had heard that someone say in an innocent voice.
Yami opened his eyes to find that no one was around. He sat up in the sand, still not sully awake, "Is someone there?" he asked, though he received no response. Once he finally got a semi-full sense of reality, something struck him, "I wasn't here before…" he mused to himself.
"The next prodigy!" came a loud voice belonging to young girl, only about seven or eight in appearances.
Yami stared at the girl; she had very dark skin and bright blue eyes. A pair of white bunny ears stuck out from shoulder length, frizzy, dark purple hair, and a pair of tiny white dove wings from her back. She was dressed in a white, low cut sundress, but wore a black coat that extended down to her ankles.
"My name's Munkir." She grinned as she flittered around him, "And you must be Nefret's successor." She stated, peering at him from all corners.
"Uh… who?" he asked, arching an eyebrow slightly.
"… You don't know who gave you your shadow powers?" Munkir sweat dropped and sighed.
"I wasn't even aware I had these so-called 'Shadow Powers' or even what they." Yami was now 99 sure this was all some strange dream. He briskly stood up and began walking down the beach when he collided with something hard, "Ow," he grumbled, faltering backwards, "What'd I run into…?" he looked up, there wasn't anything there except the distance.
Munkir flittered over to him again, "You can't leave until sister Nakir or I allow you too."
"And what're the chances of that happening anytime soon?" Yami growled, becoming impatient.
"Patience is a virtue, my Prince." Munkir giggled with a wink and snapped two clawed fingers together.
Suddenly, Yami began to feel dizzy, and fell to his knees, "Sleep well, Princey." The girl cooed before flying off and Yami lost consciousness once again.
To be continued…
Oh, if anyone took offense to the fact that Yuugi's grandpa has memory problems, I'm sorry. I've just planned this story for a while, and he just seems like the type that would have alzheimer's disease. Maybe that's from watching to much Yugioh: Abridged Series and being with my grandma. . Again, I'm very sorry! -bows-
Alright, now, it's bribing time! If I'm going to update again, I'll need five reviews, please and thank you! Now, I'm going to be since it's one in the morning, but I don't have to get up early. Ah, the beauty of homeschooling. Ja ne, everyone!