Over A Decade's Wait

by ll Kairi ll

Sequel to His Decision! Yugi was never more happy than now. He had a home, great friends, a girl friend, and his brother. This year was perfect because it was his senior year. But what happens when someone comes and changes all of that? YugixTea AtemxOC

6. Over A Decades Wait

HAPPY FATHERS DAY! I hope you treat your father like awesomeness! And... if you're a father, well, have fun today! XD

Disclaimer: I so do not own Yu-Gi-Oh nor any of it's characters! Though, I wish I did. That would have been totally amazing! 3

Chapter Five:

If Atem had not been right behind Yugi, the teen would have fell. Atem had placed his hand on his Light's shoulder to stable him and to should that he was there to support him. Never in his life of being with Yugi, had he ever heard anything about the father. He never even thought to ask.

"My . . . My father?" Yugi asked, his face showing confusion. He frowned at the man, trying to tie everything together. In a way, the man did look like Grandpa, minus his tallness and his buff. But, how could he be related? Or, well, in Yugi's mind, that's what he was wanting to know. He sometimes thought about his father, wondering what he was like and everything, but, just . . .

The man nodded. "Yes. I am your biological father, minus some of my looks." He said as if reading his son's mind. He gave a smile to show that he was friendly.

Yugi shook his head. He felt weird. Like, all of his emotions were letting loose. His happiness that he indeed had a father was displaying, but at the same time the confusion of why he was here, now, after seventeen years. And under those, anger. For the same reason for his confusion, there was also the anger. Why on earth, after a decade and seven, almost eighteen years, did his father decide to finally show up?

Atem stayed quiet. He didn't have a say in any of this since he had no relationship to the man standing before them. At this point, he wish he had his and Yugi's connection so he could ask him how he was holding up. From all of the emotions going on a spree, he could tell not very well.

"But, if you're my father," Yugi slowly said, trying to slow down all of his thoughts and emotions before they killed him. "If you're my father, why are you here right now?"

Chokichi frowned and tilted his head a bit. "I'm sorry, I do not understand. What do you mean?"

Grandpa grunted and before he let his grandson say anything, he spoke, "Well, I think that's enough." Yugi looked over to him and noticed his grandpa looking at him with sorrow-filled eyes, but that quickly changed when he looked back to his son. "You never did tell us the reason why you are here, Chokichi."

His son looked away from his own son to his father. He forced on a smile and said in a tight voice, "Well, what do you think? I came to see my son and wife."

As he was talking, Atem leaned towards Yugi and whispered, "How are you holding up, aibou?"

At first, he didn't say anything, just stared at his real father. The one he never even seen before. The one he was always wishing he had. Then he softly spoke, "I don't know. I'm confused, I think."

Atem nodded. "How about we go help Ryou look for Bakura. That will help you sort things out."

Yugi nodded, forgetting about their friends in the game shop, waiting on them. Even with something to do, he still didn't move. If he left, would he see his father again? Why was Grandpa looking at his son with a look that said, I want you out of this house? Was there some kind of secret hidden here that he didn't know about?

Miyuki must have noticed her biological son frozen in shock while her other son looking at her for help. She gave him a small nod of her head and said when there was a pause, "Yugi, Atem, how 'bout you two go out and walk Iggi." At the sound of his name, the beagle squeezed himself out from underneath the coffee table to ran over to his owner. He whined and gently head butted him. "That ways we will be able to talk."

Atem nodded. "Just call when you need something," and he dragged his Light out from the living room.

Before they left the room, Yugi finally found the chance to speak. He pointed his question at Chokichi, "Will you be here later?"

His father shook his head. "Probably not." In which Yugi felt his heart break. "Though, I'll be here all week, if that'll help." Yugi felt his eyes brighten a bit and he nodded his head. His father smiled a warm smile, though on the insides, he felt like wrenching. "Have fun on your walk."

Atem finally managed to tug Yugi out of the room where they came back to the door. They slipped their shoes on in silence and Yugi hooked his dog up to his leash.

"Well . . . that was unexpected." Atem commented, trying to loosen the mood up.

Yugi stood back up. He stood with a unease stance, like he was weighting stuff. "No kidding." His voice was off and didn't sound anything like him, more like a shocked animal finding it's home had been destroyed. "I . . . never thought I would actually meet my father. Jii-chan and mom never talked about him at all."

Atem nodded, unsure how to respond to that. He looked down at Iggi who had a strange look on his face. Strange for a dog, at least. He looked back up and walked towards the door. "Well, c'mon; better get going."

Yugi nodded and didn't say anything.

In the game shop, the four teens were talking. Ryou was describing some of the places he knew his yami would go whenever they weren't together.

Then Joey would ask a random question, "So wait, how is it that Bakura can go where ever, and you're not like dying? Yugi and Atem can't really go anywhere without each other before Yugi starts burning up."

Ryou shook his head. "Well, me and Bakura are different than Atem and Yugi. Unlike them, me and Bakura have our own dark and light so we can be anywhere in the world without having the need of the other. Yugi, on the other hand, has only light."

"That," Tea added, rolling her eyes, "And we don't even know if Bakura is in Japan or not."

Ryou nodded his head, though he was still looking a bit concern for his other. When he looked away from the three, he saw Atem and Yugi walking towards them with Iggi in step next to his owner. "Hey guys," He smiled.

Yugi didn't say anything but Atem nodded his head in greetings. "Hey, sorry we took so long. There was . . . someone in the living room that startled Yugi." Again Yugi didn't say anything, just looked away, his mind still trying to sort stuff out like why his father decided to show up here and now with out a call or anything.

Tristan frowned. "What kind of someone?" He took noticed of his friends quietness and a strange look on his face.

"It must be an important someone for Yuge to be like this." Joey put in. Never once, had Yugi acted so quiet and distracted. Well, kind of, but none that the blond could think upon right now.

Yugi finally looked up. "My father came to visit."

Joey, Tristan, and Ryou tilted their heads in confusion. They never heard of Yugi talk about his father so they thought he was dead or something like that. They never thought to ask of it because it never came up. Tea, however, gasped.

"He's here? Now?" She said. Unlike the guys, she had known Yugi the longest, so she knew a bit more then they did, even if it wasn't that much. All she knew was that the dad had left when Yugi was born and no one has seen nor heard from him since. When they were kids, Yugi would talk to her about his father, always guessing what he looked like and what he was like. He would always imagine meeting him and he and his mom living as one big family. Now a days, Yugi didn't even utter a word about his father. Those fantasies ended when sixth grade came along and his dad still hadn't shown up.

Yugi nodded. "I don't even know how to describe him." He replayed their first encounter, even if it was only just a few minutes ago. "He . . . All I can say is that he looks familiar but at the same time, he looks like a complete stranger." He looked back towards the door, wishing he could be in the room to talk with his father.

Iggi watched his owner and whined. He didn't like how things were going. His owner had all of these emotions on display, he didn't know which one he was feeling the most. The beagle bumped his head against his owners leg, and when it didn't do anything, he barked, catching everyone's attention. Finally, Yugi looked down at him, a look of forgot and shock on his face.

"Iggi," the teen got down on one knee and the said puppy got up on his hind legs and set his front paws on his owners knees. "Sorry, spaced out. But, I'm guessing you want to go now?" The puppy's tongue rolled out and he did an almost eye roll that Yugi took as a 'duh'.

Ryou cleared his throat, watching owner and dog mingle for the minute. "I really don't mean to interrupt, but, I was wondering if we could uh . . . go now? It'll get dark soon." He bit the inside of his cheek, hating that he sounded so bossy. But, desperate times call for desperate measures. Kind of.

Yugi got to his feet with a guilty smile, looking more like himself. "Uh, sorry. But yeah, we should get going."

Everyone filed out of the store and got into a group of two's. Atem decided to go with Yugi, just in case and so that they could talk, and they were to check out the park. Joey and Tristan went to go check stores and the woods, and Tea and Ryou went to the club and anywhere else that they could think of.

"So, meet up around here . . . . when?" Joey asked, just before they were about to leave.

Tea looked to Ryou who said, "What time is it right now?" He looked down at his wrist but remembered that he forgot to put his watch on earlier.

Tristan looked down at his watch and said, "A quarter till six."

"Alright, meet up here around seven. Is that good with everyone?" They all nodded and even Iggi, who was sitting there like he was part of the circle, which in a way he was. "Alright, see you then." And they all split up, going towards the place they were assigned.

XxxxX

Right when his son walked out of the room, Chokichi mentally grunted. In his mind, he thought 'Huh, never expected him to look like my father. Well, minus his hair color and eye color. I wonder where he got the eye color. Surly not from me . . .' Then he thought about his son. 'But he did get his shortness from my father. Though, he really isn't that short. So, got genes from mom and dad. Funny.' Though it didn't amuse him. He turned to look back to the two people in the room and dropped the smile he used for when Yugi had entered the room. Always make a good first impression even if you are not acting like your usual self.

Solomon was still glaring at him, and spoke with a deep, slow voice as he tried to hide his annoyance. "I'll ask you one more time, Chokichi before I kick you out of my house," Said name couldn't help but smirk at that statement but let his father continue, "Why the hell did you come back?"

"Why, to see my old man and wife again. Not to mention met my son for the first time. I always think it's good and healthy for the son to meet his father, no matter what the past was like."

That caused Miyuki to slightly flinched. Solomon noticed from the corner of his eye and patted her arm, trying to send her an unspoken message. That helped the female a bit.

"There's a reason why Yugi hasn't meet you yet." Miyuki said in a low, and somewhat dangerous voice. Her face darkened just a bit. "And I would have prefer him not to have met you whatever the circumstances. And it wouldn't be healthy for him to meet a man like you."

The husband raised an eyebrow but was still smirking. Now he found something to be amused about. "Why, I'm hurt, sweetie."

"I'm not your 'sweetie' and I never will be!" She growled. "When you left all those years ago, you cut off all names and affections and whatever else you used to call me!"

"I left? I don't remember me leaving. I only remember you and my so called father kicking me out."

Solomon snorted. "And for a good reason. I will not have my own son beat his wife in my house nor anywhere else. I don't even know how you came to be abusive! I never raised you like that!"

Chokichi finally lost all of his amusement and turned to a cold look. "You barely raised me to begin with, you old man. Mom was the one who raised me. After the divorcement, mom changed. She was no longer a weak woman. She grew to where she hated your guts and had a strong will. Every other week that I saw her before the divorcement, I would learn from her what it was like to hate someone. People would say that wasn't a good thing, but I found it as helpful as making your own money to buy stuff."

For an instant, Solomon felt like a wounded animal. He and his wife, Yugi's grandmother who he's never met, had a great thirty years together until one day they had a fight over something he forgot about. He had been very depressed when she had left him and they got a divorce.

The son continued, "And I wouldn't have been abusive if my own wife," he spat like it was an insult, "knew her duties. You were worthless from the beginning, I don't even know why I decided to marry you and left you with a child."

It got quiet in the room. Chokichi paused, realizing he had gone off course. He had decided earlier that he wouldn't bring up arguments today and just say what his real business here was. But, of course, the past was brought up and he became lost in it. Not to mention angry.

He cleared his throat and straightened his tie out of habit before speaking again,"Sorry, got of course."

Solomon took a step forward, his face stricken with rage. He said the words more slower than before and with each word, it felt like a wave of anger rolled off him, "I will ask you one more time. Why are you here?"

Tired of the game that he had started, he finally gave in. Though, he said it with a cold but calm voice, almost mimicking his father minus the slow-ness, "I came here to retrieve my son and wife."

The other two were speechless.

Miyuki frowned. Did he really come back here, after seventeen years, to try and get her and her two sons back? Did he really think it would be that easy? "Is that really why you came here?" She asked, slowly, making sure it wasn't some kind of joke. "You wanted to take me and my two sons back with you to where ever you're living now?"

"Don't you mean our son?" Chokichi wanted to snap but didn't. "Don't forget that he wouldn't be here if it weren't for me." Then he paused, catching on to what his wife had said. "Sons? We didn't have two kids. We only had one. Has being here made you gone crazy?"

Solomon looked back to Miyuki who looked at him with an 'Oh shit' look. They had a silent conversation before they both looked back to him.

Miyuki spoke with caution, "No, I gave birth to two boys. They are twins."

Chokichi scoffed. "What the hell is she talking about? I was there when you went through your pregnancy with all of the doctor office visits to when you gave birth. We only had one child and he is Yugi. What ever you are smoking, stop; it's making you think crazy."

Solomon narrowed his eyes. "No. whatever you are smoking, stop. When my daughter-in-law gave birth, we thought it was just one child. But, a few minutes later, another came. Were you not paying attention when they came home? Atem and Yugi were both here."

'Atem? I clearly remember not having a son named Atem.' But he did remember someone standing behind his son when they stopped in the living room ten minutes ago. He looked like a doppelganger of Yugi, but looking a bit more taller and older. His eyes were more crimson and narrowed instead of his son's amethyst and rounded. The other fellow looked more lean and muscular. And not to mention, the teen, Atem, was wearing more Gothic looking things. He did have his school clothes on, though underneath the uniform was a short-sleeved black shirt. He was wearing a solid gold choker necklace with a strange small eye carved onto it. Chokichi remembered something of it from when he was younger and his father went to Egypt for digs, the eye represented an Egyptian thing. Eye of something... Anubis? Something like that. Anyways, that's what was on the choker. Another necklace though it was a long chain that had hid on the inside of his shirt was there also. Atem also had worn some chains around his wrists, but not that many. And the ones to catch his attention was the boys boots. Not normal shoes, but black, studded (?) boots.

"I will tell you," Chokichi shook his head to get back on the matter at hand, "I do not remember having twins. There was only the child Yugi. Atem or whatever his name was, I do not know where you got him from, but congrats for making it look like Yugi and him are twins. He is no son of mine. I will only be taking you and Yugi," he nodded to Miyuki, "back home with me so we can become a new family."

"Believe it or not," Solomon grunted, "he is your son. You may say he isn't, but he is. And they are not going anywhere with you."

Miyuki nodded. "Yugi and I are remaining here. This is our home. I'm sorry you came all this way to just be sent back. Now, I can either ask you or call the cops; get out of this house."

Chokichi just softly chuckled and rubbed his temples with one hand. "Do not think this is over, dear. I will be back and you and our son will be coming back with me whether you want to or not. I will use force if I have too." He dropped his hand then bowed from the Japanese tradition. "Good evening." And then he turned and left without a waiting for a response.

Quickly, the man walked out of the game shop and to his car, all the while grumbling under his breath. "Bastards, both of them. Do they really think they can win against this? They better think again if they do. I will get them to come back with me. I will use force." He got into his car and turned the ignition on. "Tomorrow, I know Yugi will be thinking about me. He will want to get together and talk." He smiled. "How naive that child is." He laughed and drove away from the game shop.

XxxxX

"Dad, what are we going to do?" Miyuki crashed on the couch and buried her face into her hands. "I don't want this to be a repeat like when Yugi was born. I – I don't think I could go through that again. That took to much therapy to balance everything out. Whatever we going to do?" The poor woman was shaking from head to toe.

Solomon sat down next to her and pulled her to his chest. Softly, he mumbled, "I do not know. All I do know is that we have to keep him away from Yugi and Atem. I can already see bad things happen if they are to be near him."

The woman started to sob. "Y-Yugi will be so mad when he finds out the truth about his father."

Solomon nodded. "I know. When do you plan on telling him?" He asked gently.

"When ever he comes to me."

Another nod. "It'll be alright, Miyuki; I won't let anything happen. If I have to call the police, I will. He won't break our family up. I promise you."

Miyuki barely nodded her head.

Did neither of them know, that promise might be broken.

XxxxX

Walking down the street to the park, the two boys were silent. They were looking for someone so yeah it would be quiet. But, it shouldn't be this quiet, should it? They were allow to talk, and like any normal day, they would have chattered up a storm at the same time looking for Bakura. But, there wasn't really any talking going on right now.

Well, that isn't really true. While they were walking, Atem would try to get a conversation with Yugi going, but it didn't really get very far. Yugi would agree with him or disagree with him with a 'Uh huh, yeah,' or a 'sure, not really.' That was about it.

After answering Atem with a 'Sure', Yugi finally sighed. He looked away from his searching to his brother who was watching him with those concern crimson eyes. "Atem, I love you, I do, but, can you . . ." He paused, looking for the right word without trying to hurt him.

"Shut up?" Atem guessed. Yugi shyly nodded. Atem just shook his head with a smile. "Sorry, aibou, no can do."

Frowning, Yugi tilted his head. "Why not?"

"Because only one of us is allowed to be quiet. And that is only sometimes. The other has to always keep a conversation going. And usually, we both are talking so we keep on a conversation." He gave this sort of pouting impression off. "And usually, I'm the one who is quiet. You always have something to say. You being this quiet is like the Nile going dry." He said dryly.

Yugi shrugged and didn't crack a smile. He went back to looking. "Just a lot going on." 'Though, not really. I just . . . didn't expect someone like my dad to ever show up. I thought I would never ever meet him. Ever.'

"You know, Yugi, if you want to talk about it, I'm all ears." Atem said gently. "I know how you're feeling about this. This being the first time you've ever seen him."

"Really? I find that hard to believe." Yugi mumbled. "You grew up knowing your dad. I didn't."

"I know because of what you are feeling. I don't know what you're thinking, but I do know how you are feeling. You're confused and happy and angry all at the same time. Happy because you get to finally see him after all these years. Confused on why he is here. And angry because of why it took so long for him to have come." Atem stopped walking and so did Yugi.

Yugi was still looking away so Atem softly grabbed his chin and turned him to face him. Crimson met amethyst. He let him go. "Yugi, I just want you to know that I will be there for you no matter what. If you need someone to talk to about your father, I will listen. I can tell you want to talk to mom about him, it being obvious," he added when Yugi curiously looked at him. "so do that when we get home. Just know that I am here. I do not know this man –,"

"Neither do I," Yugi said with an almost jealous hint to it. But, his voice sounded more sad than jealous.

"And that's why you know I'm here for you. Me and all of our friends are. Just remember that." Atem gave a half smile before he patted Yugi's hair like he was a kid. "C'mon, we should continue looking."

Yugi watched as Atem took Iggi's leash and continued on walking. The puppy looked back to his owner with a sad look and then barked.

"Thank you, Atem." Yugi whispered. He knew that he could always talk to him about anything. But, just being reminded that, he felt a bit better. Still confused and angry with about his father, but a bit better.

He quickly caught up with his brother. "It's just . . . Seventeen years later, and he finally shows up. Over a decade of waiting." Yugi said, out of the blue. "I didn't know how to react when I saw him. I still don't know how to."

Atem nodded, mentally sighing in relief that his partner decided to finally talk. "Everyone reacts differently. You were in shock, and by the looks of it, you still are."

"I know. But, let's say you never met your father before and you just met him today. What would you do?"

"Depends," he said in a matter-of-fact voice.

"On?"

"Do I know anything about him?"

Yugi shook his head. "Nope. Nothing. You didn't even know his name much less what he looked like."

"Then how do I know he is my father?" Atem asked. Might as well have a bit of fun, right?

The other huffed but was starting to look more like himself. "Uh . . . your mom introduced you to him. That's how you know him."

Atem nodded. He thought for a moment. What would he do if this had been his first time. "Well, truthfully, I think I would have acted like how you did. I would have been in so much shock that I wouldn't have been even able to think, much less talk." He thought some more. "If we had time to talk to each other, I would probably have drowned him with questions."

Yugi nodded. He wanted to do that when his father had actually started to talk to him, but he didn't get the chance. Mom, obviously didn't want them there, had shooed him and Atem out of the room. 'Huh, at least there's always tomorrow. I hope . . .'

"So, you really would have been in shock too?" Yugi asked, just wanting to be sure.

Atem nodded again. "Yup."

"Alright." Yugi said. "Well, one more thing."

"Yes?" He looked at his Light with a curious look.

Yugi looked down an alleyway but only saw a brick wall and a few over-turned trash cans. "Do you think I will really be able to talk with my father tomorrow? He said that he would be here all week, but . . . I don't know if my mind wants to believe that. The looks Jii-chan and mom were giving him were not very kind. And when he said that, mom almost had a look of fear."

"I noticed that too," Atem said, lost in thought. "But, if he said he is going to be here all week, he probably will. I doubt he would just come here to Japan from somewhere and only stay one day. That would just be wasting money."

"True . . . I just want to know why he never stayed here." Yugi sadly sighed.

Atem thought for a minute, "Well, when we get home, you can always ask mom. I bet since your dad came here, she's going to explain things now. And if she won't, ask Jii-chan. One of them are bound to tell you the truth."

Yugi nodded. He looked a bit excited. "That is true. But, I'll ask mom when we get home." he looked inside a girl's clothing store. Never know where Bakura could be.

For the next hour, they all looked. And when they came back to the rendezvous point, they all were empty handed. Ryou hunched his shoulders.

"I'm never going to find him . . ."

Joey placed a hand on his shoulder. "You will. Don't worry. Remember, we found Yugi . . . or he found us." He added when Yugi frowned at him. "We'll find Bakura. Or, he may come home on his own. He is a big boy now. Just relax."

Tea nodded. "Yeah. We'll just wait it out. You never know, he may be out of town looking for a cat to bring home." She smirked and Ryou's head shot up.

"Oh, he better not! I can't stand that Persian he brought home! I don't even know why I let him keep it!"

Yugi smiled. He was kneeling on the ground, playing with Iggi. "If you want, I could always get Iggi to chase him away." At the sound of his name, the puppy barked, sounding like he was agreeing.

Ryou smiled weakly. "I love the offer, but I would be dead if Bakura came home and the cat wasn't here. That, and Iggi might be missing also."

Both Yugi and the dog widened their eyes just a tad. Before Yugi could respond, Atem grunted out, "Yeah, over my dead body." He was standing there with his arms across his shoulders and was frowning.

"Aww," Tristan slung his arm around Atem's shoulder. "Did someone get very attached to the puppy?"

Atem gently, but firmly to get him off, elbowed his friend in the side. 'As a matter of fact, I did. And, Yugi would kill me if I didn't do anything." They all look to their friend who smiled widely and nodded his head.

Joey whistled. "Man, what have we turned Yugi into?" Though he was smiling.

As they continued to talk, the sun started to set early. So they had to break up and go home for the night.

Yugi said to Ryou already and Joey and Tristan, now he was saying good night to his girl friend. He kissed her softly on the lips. "I'll see you tomorrow at the movies, alright?"

She nodded and leaned for another kiss. "Mmhmm."

Atem rolled his eyes and so did Iggi. He moved forward and grabbed his Light's jacket collar and started to move towards the house. "You said you good nights already. Now let's get inside." Over his shoulder, he called out to a giggling Tea, "Night, Tea."

Yugi pouted. "Meanie head." Then to his girl friend. "Good night, Tea. Make sure to call me when you get home safely." It wasn't like he was an over protective boyfriend, he always have done this. When Tea had ever come over and left after dark, he would make her promise that she would call him to tell him she got home safely. If she forgot to call, he would panic and let his imagination get carried away.

Tea nodded. "I will. Good night, Yugi, Atem."

XxxxX

Once in the house, the two boys went towards the kitchen where they were going to eat a late dinner. Yugi let Iggi off the leash who slowly padded into the kitchen after Atem.

In the kitchen, all of the dishes were washed except for a pot of spaghetti on the stove. Two plates were next to it, meaning they belonged to Yugi and Atem. Grandpa was sitting at the kitchen table, his head in his hands. For once, he really did look his age. Just sitting there with his shoulders hunched over. But when the boys walked in, he looked up, looking more like himself.

"Ah, I was wondering when you three would show up." He said, including the puppy who went to his food bowl and happily ate the food already in it.

Atem nodded. "Yeah, sorry we're late. We were out helping Ryou look for Bakura. Apparently Bakura had gone out yesterday and decided not to return. We looked all over the city."

Grandpa looked bewildered. "Should we call the police to send out a search team?"

Yugi shook his head and went to the pot of food that made his stomach growl. "No, we're going to wait it out. If he doesn't show up soon, maybe."

As Yugi was talking, something about Grandpa seemed to change. His expression went to a bit sad like he was about to deliver him some bad news. Before he allowed his grandson to dish himself some food, he stood up from his chair and walked over to him. He placed a hand on the teens shoulder.

"Yugi, before you eat, your mom wanted to talk with you."

Yugi tilted his head and put the spoon back down. Atem who was right next to him, also titled his head. "About what?" Yugi asked.

Grandpa sighed. "Oh, I think you know."

And he did. "Where is she?"

"Upstairs in her room."

Yugi nodded and left the room without a word.

Atem watched his Light leave before turning to Grandpa. "Jii-chan, I was wondering . . ."

The older man nodded his head. "You want to know about Yugi's father, am I right?" He nodded. "Alright, well, dish yourself some dinner and I will tell you."

Atem quickly got some spaghetti onto his plate and grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and sat down at the table. Iggi lifted an ear, looking like he was listening too while he ate.

"Well," Grandpa started off, "It all began before Yugi was born."

XxxxX

Quietly, Yugi made his way up the stairs, taking one at a time. Finally, after so many years, he was going to learn something about his father. More than 'He lives somewhere else and won't bother us anymore'. He's been looking forward to this day for quite some time now.

As he inched closer, something in Yugi's mind was rejecting the idea of learning about his father, like it was too scared or that he wouldn't like what he was going to hear. But, he pushed the thought and feeling away. He's waited long enough.

Once on the top step, Yugi peaked down the hall. His room was dark and was wide opened. Atem liked to keep his door opened, but at a crack. The bathroom door was opened but dark. The only room left was the guest room, but they turned it into their mom's room when she decided to live with them again. Her door was opened a crack and light shined underneath the hole.

Yugi walked over to the door and softly knocked two times before entering.

Inside the room, had a nice aura about it. The over head light was turned to a low and the lamp on the nightstand was on medium. The walls were a light pink color, for some odd reason, though it helped make the place peaceful. The room was pretty small so it only contained two dressers, a queen-size bed with light blue sheets on it, the nightstand and lamp and a book case that was filled with books and many picture frames. The pictures of when she was a little girl to teen to grown up. They had many unfamiliar people in them. Some of the pictures were of Yugi when he was a baby to growing up. Some of Grandpa and a few of Atem. And one or two of Iggi.

Sitting on her bed, reading a thick book, was his mom. She was dressed in her pajamas while laying back against the wall. When Yugi had walked in, she looked up and smiled weakly.

"So, Solomon sent you here?" Yugi nodded and went over to the bed. He hopped up and sat in front of his mom with his legs criss-crossed.

"Mom, I think it's time I know about dad."

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Till next time! And another cliff hanger! XD I'm so mean to y'all!

And, I need y'alls help. The look I gave Atem, I don't really like it... I was going more for a Yugi type look but Gothic? I just remember back before Battle City, Yugi was changing the string for a chain for the Millennium Puzzle and Yami had said something about something. :p And then when Yugi had asked Tea to go on a date with Yami, Yami was curious about why Yugi was dressing like that. So... if you have any thoughts, they would be greatly appreshiated. I do, however, have a few thoughts already... but I need more help going towards jewelry... ^^ Please and thank you!

Oh, and before I answer my anonymous viewers, Lisa is not here... she's somewhere else and shouldn't be here for a while. :)

Couldn'tThinkOfaName: I'm so happy! Well, so that you have no idea about Bakura. Exact reaction I waaaanted! ^^ And I do agree, when you can easily predict what's going to happen, it's no fun! And awww, thank you! I just flow with my story and when ever I feel like ending it, or when it looks good, that's when I do it. But, I was going for a cliffy because they are awwwesome! And Chokichi! ^^ And don't worry, I always forget how to spell his name. For some reason the spelling doesn't want to stay in my head . And thank you, I feel awesome that you said that! (Though in a way, it should be bad) But, if something had happened to me in where I couldn't write to my story anymore, because I was in a coma or something, I would leave a note to my sister to send a Authors note to y'all. ((And I wouldn't know how I would do that if I were in a coma.)) But, glad you liked it!

AnzuFan: And thank you! ^^ I know I will always have y'all to read! That's the only reason why I update still. And just, thank you! XD

Kisara: And all those questions will be answered! Some of them this chapter and some future chapters! :) You have to read to find out! And I will. Thankfully, it didn't take as long to update this chapter! And I know right? I, even as the author, wanted to write to what kind of things Atem did as drunk. But, hehehehe, I can't say!