This is the unedited version for WW. My beta hasnt sent me the edited piece and since it has been three weeks, Im posting it. There will be mistakes becuase I am not perfect. I will replace this chapter with the editted one when I recieve it. Again, this chapter is not editted!

There is two things I want to share with you guys and one of them will change your views on Yugi Motou. First, there is a fourth series coming out for YGO. Second Yugi Motou is short becuase he's diabetiec. Kazuki Takahashi said so in one of his interviews.

I hope you like the chapter!

Disclaimer: still not mine.

Morning came too soon for the kindergartner. Surprisingly he slept well without Atemu by his side. Yuugi sighed mentally at being reminded that he was separated from his kin. He snuggled closer to the being that was holding him.

What would today bring? Would he find Atemu or would he wander aimlessly around the forest with Mai. Yuugi felt like a burden to everyone but his brother. Jou, Anzu, and Honda had no qualms about expressing their feelings to the kindergartner; as for Mai, would she get tired him as fast as Atemu's friends did? Yuugi didn't know. Why did fate give him this hand? Was it this cruel to all five year olds in the world? A few tears slipped down Yuugi's cheeks and the kindergartner put his thumb in his mouth.

What in the world was he sleeping on anyway? It felt like the air mattress Atemu brought and the body his head was resting on had similarities to Atemu. It was his imagination. It had concocted sensory images in order for Yuugi to feel better. Maybe that was why he slept well.

Yuugi saw a hand reach over and pluck his thumb from his mouth. His eyes traveled up and stayed there. If he wasn't imagining things than the person beside him was his brother. Yuugi was laying on Atemu! Atemu had found him sometime in the night! Atemu was still asleep, or that was the impression he was giving with his eyes closed. A smile formed on the small one's face as he kept gazing at his older brother. He was afraid if he looked away Atemu would disappear and turn into another person.

Yuugi caught sight of the bruises on his brother's chest and mentally cringed. There were so many! Yellow, blue, black, brown were only few of the colors Yuugi recognized but they littered every part of his chest. Not wanting to look at them, Yuugi laid his back on Atemu's torso, trying to evade the bruises.

Atemu had found him! Feelings of happiness bubbled within the youngster.

Morning. Just one word could bring endless possibilities. It could mean new beginnings to some; while to others it means the end of an adventure, a life. To Atemu it brought a new definition of pain. He was so sick of it. The pain. Where did it start? Where did it end? Maybe there were some pills left in his bag.

Atemu wanted so sleep and never wake up. Well not for that long, but long enough where he didn't wake up to a body that wanted to kill him. Except Yuugi was awake and Atemu had responsibilities. Groggily, Atemu forced his eyes open and was blinded by the sun. His left arm shot up in front of his face in order to block the sun out. After a few seconds his eyes adjusted and he was presented a clear view of the morning air.

The teen felt Yuugi sit up and Atemu did the same thing, rubbing his eyes in the process. Looking around, the teen noticed that Mai's tent was gone but a note and two granola bars sat on the logs by the nonexistent fire.

"Yami?" the timid voice escaped the youngster. Atemu looked down at Yuugi and met his big amethyst eyes.

"Yes Aibou?"

"I missed you!" And Yuugi flung himself into his brother's arms. Atemu winced a little but returned the embrace with wholeheartedness. This was his brother, his life.

"You know I'll never abandon you; not for anybody or anything"

"I was scawed you did" Atemu pulled Yuugi back and looked him in the eye.

"Yuugi, you are my life, leaving you behind would mean my destruction. I could never live with myself if I abandoned you for my own self-gain. It might take me a while to get back to you but I'll always be back for you; only for you."

At his words, Yuugi started to cry. Never again would he doubt his brother. He flung himself back into Atemu's arms and cried softly.

"I'll never leave you. Okay?"

"Otay."

The two brothers stayed liked that. Atemu waited till Yuugi calmed down and took the time to calm himself down. The very talk of not abandoning Yuugi brought his heart rate up. It was too horrible to even think about; let alone plan for it. It felt so wrong signing the document that Kaiba had presented him. It was repulsing but he did it anyway.

"Alright Yuugi, we better get a move on it. Todays the last day to qualify for the finals and I need four more star chips, so let's get you cleaned up an we can be on our way." At the words 'cleaned up', Yuugi escaped from Atemu's grasp and stumbled off the air mattress. The youngster stood up and crossed his arms.

"NO bath." Atemu had to chuckle at the emphasis on no.

"Sorry buddy, but your filthy and filthy is unhealthy. There's water nearby. Think of it as a trip to the pool." When Yuugi heard pool, he raised his arms and a smile erupted on his face. He loved pools.

"Come on, I wan to swim!" Yuugi climbed back onto the mattress and grabbed Atemu's arm and began to drag him off the bad.

"Aibou!" Atemu laughed.

"Come on!"

"Alright, alright, I'm coming. Sheesh hold your horses."

"Howses? Were!" Yuugi started to look frantically around in order to spot the big beasts.

"Aibou" Atemu groaned playfully, "It's a saying. There's no horses here."

"Oh… Pool!" Atemu laughed. Yuugi was being a child and that's what he needed to be. Not worry if he was going to be abandoned or not.

"Come on then" The teen hopped off the mattress and walked over to his backpack. First thing he did was take two ibuprofen pills. Then he took two towels and a bar of soap. Atemu pointed the direction of the water and Yuugi was off in a heartbeat.

"Yuugi slow down!" Atemu broke into a jog in order not to lose sight of his brother. He didn't need an episode of yesterday. He found Yuugi standing in front of a small lake.

"This not a pool." Yuugi said absentmindedly.

"No but's a lake." The elder stripped both of them of their clothes until they were standing in their boxers. He then grabbed Yuugi, hoisted him over his shoulder, and ran into the lake; with Yuugi screaming in laughter. After reaching a decent level he plunged Yuugi and himself into the water. Both brothers came up laughing.

It was about half an hour before the boys exited the lake to dry off. Yuugi walked up to Atemu while holding his arms close to his body.

"Aibou" Atemu knelt down and wrapped a towel around the younger boy. With the second towel, the teen wrapped it around his waist. He then picked Yuugi up and walked over to the campsite; setting the youngster on the air mattress.

Atemu rubbed Yuugi dry and toweled his hair. He then handed the youngster a dry, clean pair of underwear, a long blue sleeved shirt with the sleeves white and navy jeans.

"Here get dressed." Yuugi nodded his head and took the clothes. Atemu started to dry himself off. Pulling out black jeans and black shirt, the teen dressed himself quickly before putting socks and shoes on. He turned to Yuugi who was just wearing jeans.

"Aibou where's your shirt?"

"No shirth. I'm justh like you!" Yuugi giggled. Atemu laughed.

"No, you can be like me at home; here you have to wear clothes."

Yuugi pouted before grabbing his shirt and putting it on. He then accepted breakfast from his brother and plopped down on log and watched as Atemu put away all their things in the backpack. After everything was packed away, the teen went and picked up the granola bars and the note.

I'll see you at the finals.

"Alright, done?" Yuugi nodded his head, "Then let's go and find me a challenger!" Yuugi jumped up and ran ahead of his brother to scout the area for any potential opponents.

The late morning air was nice; warm with a hint of a cold bite. A nice breeze accompanied the air and Atemu was relieved to find there were no voices accompanying it. Perhaps everything that happened yesterday was a hallucination. Nah, it was too dark and weird for his mind to think of something like that.

The morning walk reminded Atemu of the one he embarked when he got off the ship but this time he was able to relax and enjoy the scenery. And relax he did. Atemu walked at a leisurely pace while his eyes stayed on his brother. There was no urgency in his step, his face empty of all emotion. The moment was perfect. That was, until they stumbled upon a dueling field with three girls.

"Aww, he's so cute!" exclaimed one of the girls as she picked Yuugi up. Yuugi's face scrunched up and he tried to wiggle out of the girls grasp.

"Yami!" Yuugi whined. Atemu laughed at his brothers attempt to escape the three females who were fawning over the youngster. The girl who was holding Yuugi had blonde hair tied up in a ponytail. She wore a pink blouse with two of the buttons unbuttoned at the top and jean shorts. The girl on her right had short red hair with yellow dress on. The girl on the right had brown hair that was loose around her face. A regular tee with blue jeans was her attire. All three of them wore regular tennis shoes.

"Isn't he just adorable!" squealed the girl with red hair. She tickled Yuugi on the nose while he tried to evade her hands.

"I want to take him home!" exclaimed the brunette while running her fingers through his hair. Atemu lazily walked up to the trio who held his brother with an amused expression on his face and his hands in his pockets. These three girls were harmless and were just out to have a little fun; and they were cute too!

"You sure you want him? He hates being clean." Atemu smiled at them.

"Look! An older version! He's cute too!" the red head stated with stars in her eyes.

"I want to take both of them home!" the brunette followed with her eyes closed while nuzzling her own hands and nodding her head.

"Yami hewp!" Yuugi once more tried to get out of there grasps.

"He talks!" the blonde latched even tighter onto Yuugi. Atemu laughed again. The moment was priceless. The blonde then put down the youngster and stood up tall. Yuugi quickly made his escape by running behind Atemu and grabbing onto his pant leg as if it was his life support.

"My name is Atemu Motou! It's a pleasure to meet you." Atemu walked up to them, bowed, and kissed each of their hands. The three girls blushed.

"A gentleman" the brunette was still dreaming.

"My name is Christy" the blonde one replied.

"I'm Mandy" the red head followed.

"I'm Suzy" the brunette said.

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" All three girls replied at the same time.

"And this shy guy is my little brother, Yuugi." Atemu pointed to the little body that was peeking out from behind him. Yuugi quickly hid his face.

"He's just adorable!" Mandy appeared behind Atemu and started to cuddle with the child. Yuugi blushed and tried to get out of her grasp.

"Aibou tell them hi." Yuugi gave his brother the 'do I have to' look. Seeing that he did Yuugi shyly voiced his greeting.

"Hi"

"He talked again!" Suzy rushed up to him and grabbed him arm. Suzy and Mandy started a tug of war with Yuugi. Yuugi looked so helpless. Both girls then looked at each other and sandwiched the kindergartner between them as they hugged the youngster. Yuugi sent another 'help me' look to Atemu.

"So you're the elusive Atemu Motou" Christy stated then raised her right hand. "Want to duel?"

"That's what I was looking to do. I wager four star chips."

"Done" Atemu then turned to the two girls who were suffocating his brother.

"Would you ladies mind looking after him while I duel Christy?"

"We thought you would never ask!" Mandy jumped up and latched herself onto Atemu right arm.

"We won't let him out of our sight!" Suzy latched onto his left arm. Atemu chuckled to himself. Yuugi looked lost. The two girls kept spitting out gibberish and he didn't know what they were saying.

"Suzy! Little Yuugi looks sad!" Mandy and Suzy quickly unlatched themselves from Atemu and ran over to the youngster to make him 'not sad'.

"Don't be sad Little Yuugi! You're big brother will come back to as soon as Christy beats him."

"Hey!"

Mandy gave Atemu a sheepish smile.

"Are you going to duel or are you going to play babysitter to the babysitters?" Christy asked from her side of the platform. Atemu quickly jogged over to his platform and got into position.

"Eager to lose?" Atemu sent a teasing smile as he shuffled his deck and drew five cards.

"Oh not all cuteness" Christy said while doing the same thing.

"Ladies first" Atemu waived his hand toward the blonde on the other side of him.

"I like you." Christy drew her card, "I place a card in defense mode and set two cards down. Your turn"

Atemu: 2000

Christy: 2000

"Hmm" Atemu drew and stared at his hand. He had Kings Knight, Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight, Negate Attack, Berfolment, A thousand knives, and Dark Magician Girl. So far this was a good hand. He looked up at the field and frowned at the two face down cards. Was it worth to attack? Well he was going to find out.

"I play Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300/2100) in attack mode." A knight on a purple horse appeared. The horse reared in anticipation for its command. "Gaia attack!"

"Tsk. Tsk. Sorry cuteness, I'm not that easy. Activate Trap. Spellbind Circle." Christy exclaimed and raised her trap. Gaia galloped towards the defense monster but before it could launch its attack a yellow circle encircled; stopping it dead in its tracks. Gaia reared in protest but the circle remained.

"Now your horsey is trapped and cannot attack." Christy giggled.

"Good move. I place one card down and end my turn." Atemu smirked. "Two can play that game, oh beautiful one."

"Did you hear that Mandy! He called me beautiful. EEEE" Christy jumped up and down.

"Well we got his brother so there!" she replied and cuddled with Yuugi. The youngster was getting over his shyness and blushed.

Atemu: 2000

Christy: 2000

"My move" Christy regained composure and studied her cards. A smile played on her lips. "I play Silent Magician LV4 (1000/1000) in Attack mode. Then I play the card I just drew Hand Destruction, forcing us to send two cards from our hands to the graveyard and then draw two new cards."

Atemu looked at his hand and discarded Berfolment and A thousand knives. He then drew Pot of Greed and Crystal Seal.

"Because you drew two cards, my Silent Magician gains 500 attack/defense points for every card. Silent is at 2000/2000. Yay! I'm so smart!"

"Cheer all you want, it's not enough to destroy my knight."

"Oh drats, I'll just wait till you draw again. But for now I'll activate Gravekeepers Servant. It forces you to discard one card from the top of your deck if you want to attack. And now I'll flip my Fortune Lady Water (?/?) to attack. Her attack and defense is 300 times her level. And she gains an additional 300 on each of my standby phases. So if I did my math correct she has 1200 attack and defense points. I end my turn" Christy folded her arms and stared at her opponent.

Atemu: 2000

Christy: 2000

"I knew girls took a long time to get ready. I didn't know they took longer to make their moves." Atemu teased and drew a card; Brain Control.

"Because you drew a card my Magician gains an additional 500 points. He's at 2500/2500. Yippee!"

"I wouldn't be cheering just yet. I activate Pot of Greed which lets me draw two cards." Atemu added Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts and Magicians Unite.

"Weren't you listening? My magician gains an extra 500 points for every card you draw. So he's at 3500/3500 now. Don't tell me all that hair is suffocating your brain." Christy replied dully. She then brought her energy up. "Because it would be a shame to cut it off. Your hair makes you hot!"

"Haha, then wait till you see what I have in store for you. I sacrifice 800 of my life points in order to play Brain Control." Atemu placed the card on the field and a brain with two hands materialized. Christy's mouth dropped.

Atemu: 1200

Christy: 2000

"No..You can't" Christy stuttered.

"You know what happens next beautiful. I take control of your Silent Magician LV4." The two hands from the brain extended and grabbed a struggling Silent Magician and brought it over to Atemu's side. "I discard Dark Magic Curtain in order to attack your Fortune Lady Dark with your own monster. Silent Magician attack!"

Atemu: 1200

Christy: 0000

"But..but.." The blonde looked dumbfounded and then "I dueled Atemu Motou!"

"Good duel." Atemu said while his platform lowered. He walked over to the two girls and Yuugi. Christy jogged over to him. Atemu offered his hand but Christy launched herself at him and hugged him. Atemu caught her just in time. She then let him go and presented him with four star chips.

"You won them fair and square" Atemu accepted the star chips and inserted them into his gauntlet. He had ten now. Enough to get into the Finals. "Boy will people be jealous when they hear I dueled you!"

"But you lost" Atemu stated.

"I don't care! I met you and your adorable little brother." Christy stole the kindergartner from Suzy's arms and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Yuugi blushed even more. He sat there quietly in the arms. Atemu could tell he was getting hungry. It was noon after all.

"Well I have one star chip left. I better go find someone to duel if I want to qualify for the finals."

"But then we'd have to leave Yuugi behind!" Mandy exclaimed and grabbed Yuugi from Christy. "And he's too adorable to leave behind."

"I want to hold him before he leaves!" Suzy then snatched the youngster from Mandy.

"Ladies he's not a toy." Atemu warned them. Recognizing the warning Suzy kissed Yuugi on the cheek and set him down. Yuugi then waddled over to Atemu and held his arms out. Atemu picked him up and placed him on his hip. The kindergartner laid his head on the nape of his brother's neck.

"Sorry, we get a little feisty sometimes." Mandy apologized for herself and her two friends.

"No harm is done, don't worry about it."

"Well we better get going. It was nice meeting you and Yuugi." Replied Christy. "We would stay but seeing as this is the last day, I better get my duel on."

"Hopefully we'll meet again"

"Maybe someday." All three girls walked over and kissed the brothers on the cheeks and the three girls departed. Atemu knew he was never going to see them again. It had the aura around them. But he knew he would have three friends somewhere in the world.

"What did you think of them Yuugi?" Atemu smiled at his brother.

"They were cwazy" Yuugi mumbled. Atemu laughed.

"Ya, girls can get a little crazy. Hungry?" Yuugi nodded. "Alright let's see what I have."

The teen set Yuugi down and took his backpack off. He pulled out a package of beef jerky, two apples, two granola bars, crackers, water and a juice box. Yuugi quickly grabbed the jerky and stuffed a piece in his mouth. Atemu grabbed a granola bar and watched an amusement as his brother fed himself.

After the brothers finished their lunch, Atemu decided they better go to the castle. It was quite a long walk from where they were and they still had to climb those stairs. What in the world was Pegasus thinking when he built those stairs?

They walked on the path the led them to their destination. Yuugi was walking on his own and he was exploring his surrounding by stopping at every tree and inspecting the life that was going on. While Yuugi explored, Atemu found himself in his own little world. He thought about Yuugi, about the tournament, the whisper and things concerning the whisper. A flash of anger passes his features when he thought of his 'friends'. He hadn't thought of them all day. He couldn't forgive them for what they did. His thoughts were interrupted when Yuugi called him over.

"Yami, come hewe." Atemu made his way to Yuugi and stared at what he was pointing to. It was a praying mantis. "Whaths that?"

"That's a praying mantis. It's an insect." Atemu kneeled down.

"Is ith friendly?"

"It's not poisonous but you shouldn't touch it."

"Hm, a pweying manthis…"

"Come on Aibou, the castle is still a good hour away. I want to get there before night fall."

Suddenly a shriek resounded in the air. Atemu froze and went on high alert. His hand unconsciously found Yuugi's and gripped it.

Another scream broke the air. This time he recognized it as Mai's. Without thinking Atemu grabbed Yuugi, sprung up, and sprinted the direction of the scream before Yuugi could take a deep breath.

Thoughts? Were nearing the climax of the story! And if you want to read the editted version of this chapter, tell me so I can notify you when I replace it.

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