The morning light was playing in the colors of red, orange and yellow as Yugi opened his teary eyes.
'A nightmare. Again.'
Yugi had these quite often now days most of them was about seeing Atemu die. However each of them always happened differently, and always in the most horrible way he could imagine at the time. He rubbed his eyes, to swipe away the tears, and he set up in bed. Shortly after he was in an awake state he pushed himself out off bed and stood up, still sightly rubbing his eyes, trying to conseal the red eyes and tear stained face of crying. Just as he scolded himself for having such dreams again, his door creaked open revealing his grandpa.

"Yugi my boy! You're already awake? I thought you would be still asleep."He said looking slightly surprised at Yugi.
"No... I'm awake... Just still tired... From last night's activities."He answeared quickly making up something, not wanting to worry his grandpa with his nightmares.
"My, Yugi I never would have thought that you were that kind..."His Grandpa said mockingly. AT this Yugi's face burned to scarlet shade instantly.
"Not like that Grandpa! I ment homework!"He said trying to push him out the room.
"I was only teasing."He chuckled."Be sure to come down for breakfest!"He said with his final words as he was pushe out the door, which was thightly closed after him. Yugi sighed in releaf as the intruder was removed. He shook off the uneasy feeling of the dream, and he resumed on his morning rutine.

(((Scene change brought to you by: Atem, from the Land of Two Fields)))

The Pharaoh, put down his quill with a shaking hand, and slowly condescended in a laying position. Around him seven people with concerned looks on their face was satnding around him in a circle. The Pharaoh wa dying. This was his death bed, and the people around him was his court. They wanted to spend every last moment with their Pharaoh. He of all people cought a true killer of the time: cancer. He just finished writing his will. The court argued with him about this, wanting a scribe to write it for him, so that he can save his energy. However the Pharaoh wanted to this on his own, taking this as his final indispensable responsibility.
"My Pharaoh... Are you sure about this?"A tall male with black hair and beard asked him. With worry in his eyes.
"Of course..."He started weekly."He is the only one who I can trust with this..."He said as he swifted his gaze to a picture on his night nightstand, and a small smile crept it's way on his face."He will be the perfect heir..."He looked back at his questioner determindedly.
"If you trust in him My Pharaoh, then so do I!"A pretty girl in her early twenties called out with tears in her eyes but smiling at her lord brightly.
"Thank you Safa."The Pharaoh returned her smile, and he closed his eyes the final time. With one final word in his mind.
'Yugi...'

The court looked at the corpse of their late leader. All seven of them was filled with sorrow and despair. The first one to speak was the bearded man named Ossame El Wasem. He was an old friend of the Pharaoh, thus the first to be invited to his court.
"I belive now we should act as his willed us to."He said masking his pain with coldness. He gently covered the Pharaohs face with a white silk, and lift the paper that held the sacred writing of the Pharaoh. He turned to a more mature woman, and held the letter out for her to take.
"Umayma. Please take this to an errand, and tell them to give this to the Head of the Tomb Keeper Clan. They will know what to do with this."The priestess gracefuly took the paper, and rold the paper up into a cylinder.
"Yes Master Ossame."She bowed and gracely as swan left her collieges.
"Selim you will take care of the preparations off our new Pharaoh's arrival. This is a great responsibility. Please take it seriously."He turned to the youngest member of the court who was still crying, completely loosing his pride as a man. He responded with a curt nod and also left through the large door.
"I take it you will be in charge while we'll be lacking our selves a ruler?"Yasmine a buff man asked, narrowing his eyes at Ossame, who answeared with a simple nod.
"Aw don't tell me young Yasmine hoped to play Pharaoh for a few weeks?"Sohair the shaman of the court asked teasingly.
"Shut up Sohair."His brother Mando solded him.
"Please get his highness to our doctors. And Yasmine. His heir will soon be arrive, so it wont be a long time. Please accept it."He adressed him with a slightly disgusted tone.
"Yes... Master Ossame..."He mutually replied with the same tone.

(((Scene change brought to you by: The Pharaoh waiting to be judged by Osiris)))

"Yugi! Your friends are waiting for you! hurry up with breakfest!"His grandpa called out, startling Yugi, who stuffed a toast in his mouth, and grabed his bag running down stairs. True to his grandfathers words, Honda, Jounouchi and Ryou were waiting for him there. However Anzu was no where to be seen. She stoped walking to school with them a while ago. She rearly talked to them anymore. Jounouchi's guess was that she was still depressed loosing her 'boyfriend'. Yugi was worried about her alright, but the listener friend role quickly was filled up by Ryou, who became more active in their chatters and hang outs.

"Mornin' Yuge!"Jounouchi walked up to him giving him with a great bear hug. Behind him Honda let out a sigh shaking his head, while Ryou quietly face palmed.
"Jounouchi... Stop strengling Yugi to death... His turning blue..."Ryou said detectible annoyance in his voice. Jounouchi looked down at his small friend, who's face was indeed switching colors. He let Yugi go with an awkward laugh scratching the behind of his neck.
"Sorry Yuge... I just gotta let you know that we are here for you all the time!"He flashed a grin.
"Seriously Jou... We went through this every morning..."Honda smacked the back of his head, which to Jounouchi instantly responded with pushing him down to the floor starting a fight.
"I honestly feel like a mom sometimes..."Ryou said as he gently put a feet on Jounouchi's back who was currently on top, making it imposible for them to move."Good morning Yugi. I'm terribly sorry for always starting the morning like this."He smiled towards Yugi, who was still nomming on his toast.

Yugi smiled back at him and waved his hand dissmisevly, as Ryou raised his leg thinking the two boys calmed down by now.
"No worries. I got used to it by now. And good morning to you too!"He chirped smiling. He wiped off the left bread off his face and walked up to the entrance of the Kage Game Shop."Shall we go?"
"Right behind 'ya Yuge!"Jounouchi answered cheerfully following Yugi out the door, leaving Honda on the floor. After him walked Ryou dazing away for a moment releasing a sigh. Honda quickly followed after him still slightly dirty.

On their way to school stories about the weekend were shared, and jokes about Jonochi's dueling skills.
"Jou! I'm telling the truth only! You couldn't even beat Ryou last time!"He shoot at him after hearing Jounouchi saying that he was close to Yugi's level."No offence."He quickly added turning toward Ryou who was walking on his left.
"None taken."He smiled at him. Jounouchi enraged with Honda's comment turned towards the whitette, putting his hands on his shoulders.
"Ryou, do you have your deck with you?"He asked changing to a serious tone. At this question Ryou's eyes seemed broken for a moment, seeming as if he would be having a flashback.
"My... Deck..."He said looking down not raising his eyes.
"Oh right... Sorry I shouldn't have asked..."He said remembering. Ryou never really had a deck of his own. He always refered to it as Bakura's deck. he would claim that he only put a few in it, and after a time Bakura would only keep the Change of Heart. And on his own Ryou never wanted to make an official deck, not knowing how to start it or what would he want to put in it.
"You know what Ryou? Let's make a deck for you at the game shop after school, alright?"Yugi offered not wanting his friend to be sad. At this Ryou finally raised his head, which know had a smile on it, with small signs of a few tears.
"Yugi... Thank you..."He said closeing his eyes in content.
"Don' think that I won't help out too Ryou! We'll make an unbeatable deck for you!"Jounouchi joined in.
"Yes! Let's!"Honda said, which earned a laugh from Jonochi.
"You bearaly know the rules Honda!"Which comment earned a second smack on his head from the brunette. They kept arguing in their walking phase untill they bumped into someone.

"Anzu! Good Morning!"Yugi beamed at his old friend. Said girl turned around with a shocked expression, and she forced a week smile seeing the four boys.
"G-good m-morning g-guys..."She stuttered quietly. Right now Anzu seriously looked like Ryou a few minutes ago. She gave a vibe of a paniked person, or a rabbit fleeing from it's hunter.
"We were just talking about hanging out at my place, and build a deck for Ryou. Do you want to join us?"Yugi asked trying to make the atmosphare more comfrtable."We could make a deck for you too! I remember mentioning that you wanted to try out the Madolche type. Is that right Anzu?"
"Yeah... I did say that.."
'Awkward..'Yugi noted to himself.
"I'll think about it... See you later guys..."She gave a small wave and ran ahead of them as fast as her legs let her.
"Well that was wired..."Jounouchi commented.

(((Time skip brought to you by: The Great Gods of Egypt)))

Yugi was offically bored out of his mind. Infront of him Joey was asleep, due to his hate for litriture. A little right to him Ryou was scribling down what he saw on the board paying close attention to the teacher. Right next to him was Honda, who was building a pencil fortress. So in a nutshell, everyone but him was occupied. He missed Yami at times like this. During boring classes he would always keep him company, talking about new strategies he came up with, consulting them with Yugi. As the teacher spoke her voice made time go slower in some magical way. Shadow Magic? Maybe.

Suddenly a loud buzzing noise was heard. The teacher paused her speech and turned around. All shoulders were stiff, exept for the sleeping Jounouchi and Kaiba who was just glaring at the first mentioned boy. The teacher put down her chalk and walked infront of the teacher's desk. She looked around the classroom whit an icy glare. Another buzz. By now the teacher was clearly anoyed with whom ever the sound was coming from.
"Who's phone is this."This was reather a statement than a question, wanting the student who the phone belonged to step out in an instant.
"S-sorry Sensei... It was mine..."Yugi slowly stood up. To this the teacher only sighed.
"Muto-san why isn't your phone turned off."Again with that tone. It was really annoying that when the teachers are angry, they always look at students like scum.
"My... Grandfather is not feeling well... He said he wasn't okay this morning... So I told him to call me if there is an emergency... He wouldn't dave called me in the middle of school day if it wouldn't be one! Please let me answer it Sensei? His health could be greatly dameged..."He told the most beliveble lie he could think of. To this the teacher sighed and supported herself with her hands on the table.
"Alright... But be quick about it."She said, as she held out a pass for Yugi to take.

Yugi didn't hesitated, he quickly stood up from his place, grabbing his cell phone, taking the pass from his teacher, bowing infront of her, and quickly exiting the room. Once he closed the door, he picked up his phone.
"Yugi! Why in the name of Ra did I had to wait so long for you to pick up the sphynx damned phone?!"An all too familiar voice said on the other end of phone. Yugi smiled at the sound of the voice and set down on the floor.
"Well I don't know what time is it in Egypt, but I'm in school right now. What's up Malik?"
"Oh! Oh... Sorry about that Yugi. Did I couse you any trouble? Who am I kidding, I did didn't I?"
"Don't worry, nothing magure."He said giggling."So why am I honored with your phone call?"He said jokingly.
"Right! Ahem... I the great Malik Ishtar, Head of the Tomb Keeper Clan, am in Domino right now delivering an important note to you. So count on me to show up at the game shop soon."
"Really?!"Yugi called out loudly, instantly smashing his hand on his lips for making the loud sound.
"May the God's strike me down if I'm lying."He said in a serious tone. Followed by this a loud bang was heard from the side of the caller."Hey watch it birds! I have an important task to do! Yugi! The birds at your country are Ra damned jackasses! This grey one almost used me as a toilet!"At the hearing of this Yugi burst out loughing, at his native friends actions.
"As much as I enjoy this chat, I have to go back to class. See you later at the game shop then? Ryou and the others will be there too!"He mentioned remembering his promise about helping his albino friend with his deck.
"Ry?! I haven't spoke to him in like years! Never mind... That was yesturday actually... I miss him a lot too anyway! Hey! What if me and Ry would stay after I gave you the latter? We could totally have a sleep over! My first sleep over!"
"Okay, I'll ask him."Yugi said laughing once more."See you then."
"Bye bye!"

As Yugi hung up, the bell rang, signaling the end of the day. Yugi stood up from the floor and walked in the room of absolute discord. Everyone was packing up faster, then they ran on P.E., and Yugi's friends already did the trouble of packing up for him.
"Thanks guys."He said as he collected his school bag from Honda. They made their way to the school gate, where a brunette girl caught up to them.
"Yugi! Who was the one on phone last period?"She asked with her old smile, which still screamed fake.
"Oh! It was Malik! He told me that he was in Domino, and he has something to give to me. Did you changed your mind by the way? Do you want to join us?"
"Sure."She said as she started to walk to the game shop next to Yugi, leaving the other three teens back.
"Hey! What happened to the 'Bros before hoes'?"Jounouchi asked his two companions.
"Don't worry Jou we'll walk with you. Anzu must have her time with Yugi too. She probably misses him too."Ryou lectured him.

(((Scene change brought to you by: Scheming Anzu)))

Yugi and Anzu were the first one to arrive at the game shop soon followed by the other boys. Yugi instantly opened the door to the living part of the house, letting his friends in. He told them to go up stairs to his room, and he got a perticular booster box from the stock, and followed them up. When he entered the room, Anzu was sitting on her bed, and Jounouchi in his chair. Ryou and Honda was sitting on the floor, next to the bed.
"So? Do you guys have any ideas about your deck theme?"He asked cheerfully as he sut down the box, searching for his unused cards in the closet.
"You already know my preference Yugi."Anzu said smiling. Yugi nodded, and pulled out a big box out of his closet.
"Well... I honestly don't know... I just want the Change of Heart to be in it. Besides that I'm fine with everything."Ryou said shrugging.
"Ryou that won't do! You gotta have 't leat one idea about it!"Jounouchi exclaimed, clearly over reacting the situation.
"Alright how about this? The first card I draw from a booster pack, will be the theme of my whole deck."He came up with a quick idea.
"Cool! So you'll decide it with fate!"Yugi conclouded, as he opned the booster box.
"By the way Yuge? What booster is this? I don't remember seeing these in other shops."Jounouchi asked as he read the title.

"'The Dessert's Blessing'. It wasn't supposed to come out for at least a month or two. Pegasus sent it to me as a present."He said smiling shyly. He opened the box to reveal fifty neetly packed packedges."Why don't you go first Ryou?"He offered. Ryou blushed as all the attention turned towards him. He crowled closer to the box, and let his gaze travel through the packs. He drew one from the middle, and carefully opened it. He pulled out five cards and slowly took a look at the first one. His eyes widened.
"What'd you pull?"Honda sked looking through his shoulder. His eyes widened too."I don't know about this game, but pretty sure this card is really strong, and badass."He smiled at Ryou who was looking at the card. He seemed mesmerized by it and thankful.
"Dragon of Wonderland... This must be new, I've never seen this before. It's a ritual monster too, and it has some great effects. Are you going to build you're deck around this?"

"Yes, I think so."He said finally raising his sight to Yugi smiling at him. After that he viewed the other four cards."Let's see... Alexandrite Dragon... Wonderland's Cry... Man Eater Bug... Kuribohrn and Reverse Trap... Wow... I even pulled the ritual spell for Dragon of Wonderland..."Yugi smiled at his friend as he started to strategise in his head. He pulled out a pack and handed it to Jounouchi, who exitedly opened it.

He ended up with a Doron, a Noble Knight Artorigus, a Gladiator Beast Andal, a Silver Santinel, and a Blue Eyes Red Dragon.
"Blue Eyes Red Dragon?"He questioned as he looked at the card.
"It looks rare."Anzu remarked.
"No fair there's no way that I'll be able to summon this monster!"He groaned."It needs a Red Eyes and a Blue Eyes..."After Jounouchi the friends kept taking turns pulling out and opening packs. At the end Ryou didn't even needed help to bild his deck. They aslo built the Madolche/Dark Magician Girl for Anzu. And since Honda was there, they crafted him a Gladiator Beast deck.

They were all having fun, when suddenly an elderly voice called out to Yugi.
"Yugi, my boy! Your friends are here!"At this Yugi jumped up in joy motioning his friends to follow him. Everyone followed him, to the living room. When they entered the place Malik was sitting on the couch, next to Rishid.
"Yugi!"He jumped up in exitement, hugging him the same way Jonochi this morning. Yugi strugling, but hugged back."I'm so Ra-damned happy to see you!"He shouted tightening his grip around his short friend.
"Mal-lik... Air..."He heavily breath out.
"Opps... Sorry... I was just way too happy to see you again! Ryou!"He exclaimed leaving Yugi, and throwing himself at Ryou in an instant, knocking him on the ground. Yugi didn't even have time to say hello to Malik, he was so quick.
'Someone more active then Jonochi, but with the same strenght... An absolute nightmare...'He joked in his head.

But Ryou's pleading for help, stoped his train of thoughts, and pulled him back to reality. He chuckeled, but before he could make Malik stop, Rishid spoke.
"Brother, please stop. You're clearly putting him in an uncomfrtable, dare I say deathly situation."To this Malik only pouted and lifted himself from the ground, helping Ryou to stand, who was atempting to glare at him, but apparently th key word was trying.
"Right, right. I'm sorry."But his apolagetic mood passed in a moment once more, and he cheerfully greeted Jounouchi, Honda and Anzu too.

Once all the 'hellos' were passed, his expression became serious once more, even formal.
"Now. I came here to deliver an important message to you Yugi."He said, and he pulled out a letter from his back pocket."What do you know about your father Yugi?"
"Well this was kind of random... But I know that he died in a car crash, and after that Grandpa took care of me."
"That wa a lie."Malik stated emotionlessly, some sign of guilt visible in his eyes. Yugi confused tilted his head, not understanding the situation.
"He never died in a car crash."He said shaking his head.
"Then... Is he alive?"Yugi asked hopefully, wanting to know more about him. However the fact that Malik refused to keep eye contact with him wasn't a good sign.
"Your father... He passed away recently... He wanted you to have this. It's his last will."He finally said and handed Yugi the letter. Yugi hesitantly opened it with shaking hands, and teary eyes.

His father was alive all this time... He never even could have imagene this... He never really knew him yet he was still crying. In the background Ryou was on the side of Malik who for some reason seemed intirely sad too, but for what reason Yugi had no idea. Jounouchi was right next to Yugi resuringly holding his shoulder. He opened the letter and he slowly read through what it said.

My Dear Son Yugi,

This is my last will in this life before I pass on to another. My time has come Osiris's fields await me. My last request maybe sudden, and a strange thing to ask in a letter, but I will try my best to explain everything.

My name is Hakimi Muto, Pharaoh of Egypt. As I'm writing this on my death bed, I was forced to choose a heir for my crown. My dear son, you may not know me, but I still remember your face when I last seen it. You are the only one who I fully trust. I want you to be the next one in the line of the Pharaoh's.

Deer Yugi I still have much to tell you, but my time and strenght is limited. I want to tell you with my last breath how much I love you, and the name your mother gave you at your birth. You're Rem. Protect it with you're Ib and spirit. Your name is Heba my son.

Live a happy life,
Your father,
Hakimi Mutou

Once Yugi finished the letter, his face held more emotion than confusion, but those feelings would be unreadable.
"What'd it say Yuge?"Jounouchi asked carefully his friend. His face was filled with worry, just like when, Atem crossed the gate to the underworld.
"My father was... The Pharaoh of Egypt..."He weekly hiccuped. Hugging the piece of paper to his chest."He... He... Wanted me to be his heir..."The room was filled with shock, and tension.
"Pharaoh of Egypt?!"Jounouchi shouted, trying to hide his confusion."Oi, Malik, this batter not be joke! Yuge is already weared out from loosing Yami!"He grabbed his purple hoodie, but Malik kept his emotionless face.
"Jounouchi... I don't think he's joking... I know him and he wouldn't go this far for a prank..."Ryou defended him, trying to stop the fight. Jounouchi finally let go of his shirt, letting Marik walk up to Yugi.

"Yugi... Do you accept?"He asked still in formal tone. Yugi wiped his tears of his face, deep in thought. He hesitated for a moment. Every eye was glued on him, waiting for his faith changing answer.
"Yes...I accept..."He said finally, with his determinded look back in his eyes.

What Will happen now that Yugi accepted his father's request? Who is this suspicious Yasmine guy? Is Anzu really scheming something? Stay tuned for the next chapter! But if you are curious leave questions in the comment section, I Will be glad to answer them :)