Well, the authoress must make the casual, mandatory remarks, which, as it has been so kindly brought to my attention, I have not made in the past.

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, but I do own a dollar twenty-five in nickels, and a cup-o-noodle....

So, without further ado, here's the fanfiction!!!

Chapter 2

The Light Awakens

Yugi mumbled to himself, curled into a ball, the darkness crawling around him, his body frozen to the touch as it drifted inside the sealed puzzle, tears highlighting his violet eyes. He couldn't move, couldn't feel, couldn't breathe. His soul felt charred, as if it had survived the greatest fire unscathed, only to incinerate itself five times over the next day.

A golden light flooded through the shaodwed realm, and Yugi looked up, only to find himself standing in his own room, in front of a small boy, a boy that resembled him in many, many ways.

"Who, who are you?" the boy asked, his voice wavering, clutching the ancient artifact in his hands. Yugi smiled, all memories of his past floating away as he held out his hand in greeting.

"You may call me Yugi. And who might you be?" Yugi asked, his voice soft and flexible, holding an undercurrent in its waves. Like honey and steel.

"I'm... I'm Shinta. How did you come out of the puzzle?" Shinta asked, looking the puzzle over in his hands. Yugi laughed, and tied the artifact around the little boys neck, so that he wouldn't drop it or lose it.

"I was sealed away in the puzzle a long, long time ago." Yugi smiled, sitting down next to the boy. Shinta smiled, taking a liking to the spirit of the Milennium item readily.

"Shinta, we're going to be late to the movies....." Shinta's father threw open the door, and stared at the two boys in horror.

"Dad, this is Yugi, and he's the spirit of the puzzle!" Shinta giggled happily, holding up the eygiptian artifact, as if it were sure-fire proof. Shinta's father merely stared at Yugi, tears coming to his crimson eyes.

"Aibou, is that you, is it really you?" Yami stuttered, picking up the short blonde in a bear hug, sobbing.

Yugi, having no memory, and no idea who Yami was, struggled madly to get out of the embrace, without hurting Shinta's father in any way, refraining from swearing in front of his young aibou. Finally, giving up on the peaceful approach, Yugi kicked Yami deftly in the knee, and stood in front of the trembling Yami, his eyes flashing anger and confusion.

"I don't know who you are, or why you decided to attempt to strangle me, but I will not allow you to harm Shinta!" Yugi spat, his temper rising. He was becoming quite confused, and for some reason that he could not place, quite sad.

"Yugi, that's my Dad! He wasn't attacking you, he was just being weird. He does that a lot." Shinta said, fingering the puzzle. Yugi looked back at the smaller boy, and nodded, sitting back down on the bed.

"Does he attack people randomly a lot?" Yugi asked, his eyes a faded violet once more. Shinta sighed, and shook his head. Yami just stared at the two boys, tears running down his face.

"Yugi, don't you remember anything, at all?" Yami whispered, falling to his knees, staring at his hands.

It was his hands that had sealed the smaller boy away, his hands that had destroyed his own life, and his hands that Yugi claimed he had attacked him with. He had waited for so long for the puzzle to be solved, and now that it was, Yugi had been reawakened, without his memory. Yami sobbed, looking up at his precious hikari. His Yugi no longer existed, his spirit had been claimed by the millenium item just as his had so many years before.

"Dad, you all right?" Shinta asked, going to his fathers side, trying to comfort him. Yami shook his head, standing up.

"I'm fine Shinta. Yugi, I welcome you to the Motou house, you may stay in the room next to Shinta's. I will see to it that you are registered for school in the morning." Yami whispered, slipping silently out of the room, and closing the door behind him.

"Jeez, I've never seen Dad act that weird, its like he saw a ghost, or something! Want some cookies, Mom just baked a batch." Shinta asked, opening the door. Yugi smiled, and nodded, following the small red headed boy into the kitchen, to munch on cookies and milk....


Well, how did you like Chapter 2?

I'm sorry that it sucks, I typed it up at school during my break, but I hope it was worth it!!!

R&R if you will!!!