Gelly: Thank you all so much for the reveiws! They make me really happy! -Cries happy tears- You know, I was really worried when I first started this story... like, what would you guys think? Would it appear good? But anyway, thank you for all your comments. I just love them. Makes me want to update more. :)

Authoress's Note: Chapter updates are unknown. I could finish a chapter a day after uploading one, but not be able to upload it till a week later. It just depends. So, please continue to bare with me. n-n;

Disclaimer: Oh yes, I own lots of Duel Monster cards. Even the three Gods and Demon cards! I can't use them though...

Certain shoutouts at the bottom!


Puzzle Piece 2

The bed bounced a little. "Am I glad to have today over with."

A small, light chuckle sounded from beside him. "Come on, I'm sure the meeting wasn't that bad."

"You would say that, seeing as you are not the one who has to suffer it." A glare and a grumble. "Those people can be right idiots... makes me want to hit them!"

"Now now, that wouldn't be very becoming of you, my Pharaoh." Light humor flowed from the words.

A sigh escaped from parted lips, before the Pharaoh's gaze fell on the smaller form sitting next to him. For a moment, he just stared, before giving off a small, sad smile. "I know. But sometimes... it becomes to much."

"I know it does," Started the other, reaching out to stroke the Pharaoh's cheek. "Being Pharaoh is hard. And thats why," A happy smile. "I will always be with you. I love you, my Pharaoh."

A hand came up to pin the smaller's hand to his cheek. "And I love you," The Pharaoh began, slowly bending down towards the other. The response was for Amethyst eyes to close, tilting his head up slightly. The taller got closer. "I love you so much... H-"

Atemu bolted upright.

He gave a few panted breths, to calm himself down.

Another dream... He thought, running his hand through his hair. It seemed like a harmless dream, but any dream he had caused him to feel like it was a nightmare. But, that wasn't what made him wake up like that.

He felt a sudden movement beside him, and turned his gaze down, spotting the other still asleep next to him, snuggling into him. Atemu frowned. Before, he was just a shadowed form... like I could remember, but not remember. But now that I actually saw him, I now know..." He brought his hand up to run his fingers through the smaller's hair, making the sleeping one sigh slightly in contentment. ...It was you.

He realised what he was doing, and quickly removed his hand. He blinked in surprise at it, before sighing and getting out of bed. This just made the little one start to whimper and reach out.

"It's okay, little one... I'm not going to leave you alone." Atemu spoke, reaching out for his old Kuriboh plushie on his bedside table, and pushing it into the other's arms. The whimpers stopped, and the form snuggled into that instead. The teen smiled at the cute scene. "I'm just going to get some breakfast."

With that said, he grabbed a t-shirt, put it on, and headed out the door to the kitchen. As he made himself his usual ssandwich, he began to think.

It was only moments later, that his grandfather came in. "Ah! Good morning, Atemu."

"Mornin', grandpa."

A light chuckle came after the half-awake reply. Sugoroku walked over to start cooking himself some bacon. "Thinking about him again, my boy?"

Atemu blinked, and stared at his grandfather's knowing smile in confusion. "Him...?" After a moment; "Oh! Him!" He blushed a little before going back to his making of his breakfast.

"Has he woken up yet?"

"No." Was Atemu's half annoyed, half worried reply. Then, he sighed, put his sandwich on a plat and took it over to the table. Sitting down, he looked over to the older man. "...Do you think he will, Grandpa?"

"Of cause he will!" He chipped, putting the bacon of a tray. "He's just very tired. Being trapped in a puzzle for thousands of years is very tiring, you know."

Atemu just stared at him. It still seemed very odd, how Sugoroku just accepted that some boy had come from the puzzle. He turned his gaze to stare down at the puzzle around his neck. He wore it last night to bed, and completely forgot about it. It just fit so perfectly that it was unnoticeable. To him, anyway. But it was strange... how did the boy get trapped in the puzzle? And more importantly, why was he trapped in the puzzle?

He seems to know me. The teen took a bite of his sandwich. Well, know my name, anyway. Did he know someone who had my name? Maybe looked like me?

He is in my dreams of me being a Pharaoh...

It had been three days since Atemu had completed the puzzle, and the mysterious boy appeared to him. The boy, even though he was awake and seemed to recognise him at first, but after he fainted... he had become unconscious, only seeming to whimper in his sleep when Atemu was gone for too long. The teen still found that very odd... at first, Atemu had tried to let the boy sleep in his bed while he slept on the floor, and all he did was cry out, until Atemu joined him. When he did, he fell into a peaceful slumber, snuggling up to the flustered teen.

Poor Atemu had never felt so awkward in his life.

"Atemu?"

Said teen blinked out of his thoughts, and turned to the old man now sitting at the table with his bacon. "Yes?"

A smile. "Don't worry, my boy. He'll wake up, and you can ask him who he is." with that said, went to his food.

A few seconds..."...Grandpa..."

"Yes Atemu, I'll let you off school again today. Our new guest wouldn't be too happy with you gone now, will he?"

Atemu really blushed at that. "I was the first person he saw! That's the only reason he's so... so..."

"Attached?"

"Yes, attached, to me." He huffed. "It doesn't mean anything."

Again, Sugoroku gave a knowing smile. "Of cause Atemu, of cause."

Atemu just huffed again, and went to put his plate in the sink, and headed to his bedroom. What was it with his grandfather these last few days?

He's been like that ever since I put this thing together...

A small whimper hit his ears when he reached his door. He opened it, and found that the small one in his bed was missing his warmth. Sighing in defeat, Atemu grabbed his book, and his homework due next week. Staying in bed is nice, but not for hours on end. Atemu liked being able to be up and about doing things. He wasn't one for not being active. He never understood why, but he felt more happy when he was doing something, even house chores.

But he guessed being in bed was a good thing, if it finally meant for him to do his homework.

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"Hello Jounouchi. Yes, he's still feeling unwell, so he won't be in today. Yes, I'll let him know you called. You'll get his homework? He'll like that. Yes, okay, thank you for calling. Goodbye, Jounouchi."

Sugoroku put the phone down. It was getting a little hard for him to convince Atemu's friends that he was unwell (whenever he was, he'd still go to school and still go out – he hated to stay in bed. The old man was quite surprised that he's putting up with it at the moment) and to not come see him. Well, until the unknown visitor was awake. They really needed to know who he was.

He gave a little hum and went back to the shop counter. Whoever he was, he seemed to had taken a liking to the teen.

The door opened. "Ohayo, Motou Ji-San!"

He blinked, then smiled. Looks like someones going to find out. "Ah, good morning, Anzu-Chan."

Anzu smiled back, bringing over a basket full of fruit. "I wanted to bring over our present for Yami on my way to school."

"Oh, that was very thoughtful of you all. I'm sure Atemu will love it."

She nodded. "He must be really sick to stay in bed."

"That he is." Sugoroku grinned. He picked up the basket off the counter. "I'll take this up to him, and let him know you popped by. I'm sorry you can't see him, though."

"That's okay, just tell him we wish him to get better."

"I will."

"Thanks."

Anzu closed the door to the shop with a small "Click!" of the lock, and started down the path towards the bus stop. It had really upset her and the others to hear that their dear friend was ill, so they all took it upon themselves to get him something, to cheer Atemu up. Anzu of cause was the one to volunteer to taking the present over to the Kame game shop, in hopes of seeing him.

She closed her eyes and smiled a sad smile. There she goes again, thinking about the teen again. She was sure she had gotten over him by now...

"Who am I kidding?" She grumbled to herself, opening her eyes to spot the bus stop. "I've been crushing on him for years... I'm not going to get over him overnight."

It was true; Anzu had fallen in love with Atemu on their first year of High-school. They had been friends since forever, growing up together since pre-school. It had only been last year, a month before Atemu's birthday, that she had cornered him, gaining enough courage to tell the guy how much she felt for him. Atemu had looked sad, having to reply that not only did he not feel the same, and that he was in fact gay. Sure, she was very upset, but joked a little about the fact of "it's always the pretty ones..."

So, even though she loved the fact that she now had a gay friend to fuss over, it still hurt to know that her feelings would never be returned.

The large bus pulled over. She waited for the bus doors to open and stepped in, finding a seat and sat down. She sighed. I'm happy if he's happy.

After finding out he was gay, everyone else in the school somehow did too, and the poor teen became an even more of a bully magnet. Anzu decided there and then to just squash her feelings and work towards just being his best friend she always was, and help Atemu find his "soul mate".

She looked out the window. I'm happy if he's happy...

Ruining something precious wasn't worth it for something thats not there.

"Hey Anzu!"

Anzu changed her sad look to a happy one, turning to smile at the person who called her. "Morning Otogi. Didn't miss the bus this morning, huh?"

He shook his head, sitting down next to her. "Nope. Caught it just in time." He looked at her, and raised an eyebrow. "You okay? You seem a little distracted."

"No, I'm fine." She lied, gazing out the window now that the bus was moving again. "Just tired, is all."

Otogi stared at her for a moment, before shrugging. "If ya say so." Then, he grinned. "So, did Yami like our gift?"

"I didn't get to see him, but Mutou Ji-San said Yami would like it."

"Man, guess the guy really is sick to stay in bed!"

Anzu gaze a real smile at that. "I said that too."

- x – X – x- X – x -

"Oh, she came over today?"

Sugoroku nodded at the teen in bed, spotting all the paper scattered around him. "Yes. Their all worried about you, you know. Are you sure you don't want them to know yet?"

"Are you nuts?" Atemu all but yelled, causing the boy asleep next to him to frown a little. "Do you know how they might react? Poor kids distressed as it is..."

His grandfather blinked. "But... he's unconscious."

"And still aware of what's going on around him!"

A laugh escaped his throat. "Oh, come on now, Atemu. He hardly knows whats happening."

Atemu was going to argue back, but the small form next to him started to whimper. The teen all but glared at the old man. "You see?"

But is was just waved off, that knowing smirk showing up again. "It's not me causing him that." He headed over to Atemu's bedroom door. It was opened. "Don't worry, my boy. He'll wake up." And with that, walked out and closed the door.

He continued to glare at the door. For a moment, that was all he did. With a sigh, he turned back to his homework all over his lap. There really was something weird with his grandfather. And it seemed, even when his parents were alive, he was the only one to notice.

His face deemed down in sadness. His parents. He really did miss them, but it was because of him that they had...

With another sigh, he pulled away the covers, got up and walked over to his window. He stared down at the street below him. Man, he felt pathetic... He was almost 16! Was he always going to think little of himself?

"I may look like I scream confidence..." He started to mutter to himself. "I feel like that's how I'm meant to be. Like, somethings trapped it and hidden it away, waiting for the right time for me to find it and become the person I was supposed to be..."

Atemu turned around, and walked over back to his bed, picking up all his homework and taking it over to his tidy desk, dropping the papers all over it.

"But the question is, will I ever find it?"

Silence answered him, and he sighed a tired sigh. He had worked on his homework all day, and found it quite exhausting. He went to climb back into bed, and snuggled up to the other warm body next to him. Before he closed his eyes, however, he found himself staring into the colour of amethyst.

"...Atemu?"


Gelly: Well, you guys know what to do! reviews are my happy pills. :) Well, till next time!

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ONIX-21: Well, I thought that having a living flesh Yuugi was better than in spirit... you know, for... uh... future perposes. ;)

yugixyamiyaoilover: Ooo... still not sure if Yuugi remembers or not! Haha.

ornvinge: You know, a "Light Realm" isn't a bad idea... who knows? Seeing Yuugi do a Penalty Game would be fun... guess we'll just have to wait and see!

SRRH: How is Atemu going to indeed? Claim he's a little brother from far away? who knows. Hmm... Incest would be fun to write... but no. XD