Disclaimer: I do own Yu-Gi-Oh. Yup, dat's it.

H: This takes place many, maaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnyyyyyyyyy years after YGO's general time. The main character is Yugi's granddaughter!

HH: Toldja it was in the future.

Wayne: We're not gonna say who Yugi married, tho. Or who Joey married. Or who anybody married, for that matter. ^_^

Eek: Wouldja just start already?

H: Okay, okay. Calm down, sheez.

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I walked through the front door of my house that day to find my mother crying. "Mom, what's wrong?" I cried, running over and hugging her. I had only seen my mother cry twice before, once when Gramma had died and once when Dad had gone to war and never came back.

She threw her arms around my neck and sobbed onto my shoulder. "Shaina… Your… grandpa…" She whimpered. "He passed away…"

My eyes widened in shock. "Grampa Yugi? But he can't die! Nothing can kill him!" It was true, almost. Everyone in the family had great respect for Grampa Yugi, a noted Egyptologist. He was known for giving wonderful and entertaining gifts, wearing a weird triangle artifact around his neck, and surviving every cave-in, epidemic, and encounter with armed forces he came up against. He was immortal to all of us under twenty. The tears welled up in my eyes. Grampa had always been so nice to me, and now he was gone…I sat down and cried with my mom for many hours.

That Sunday we went to his funeral, but I couldn't stand it, so I sat in the bathroom in the church and blubbered. After he was buried, they lured me out and began to read the will and handing out the last presents he had written to give to everyone.

"Shaina," said my Uncle Joey (named after Grampa Yugi's best friend). "Grampa said that you, and only you, must have this." He handed me the necklace Grampa used to always wear, and an envelope addressed "To Shaina, From Grampa". I slowly opened it, trying not to rip the paper, and carefully unfolded the blue stationary inside. Struggling to read the loopy script, I sat down under a tree by myself.

"Dearest Shaina,

In all of my years of life, I have enjoyed children the most. I have watched my son and daughter grow up and my granchildren grow up, and I love every single one of them. However, I have sensed that you are different from the others; more mature, perhaps, more intelligent. Maybe. But there is something else. You have a strong heart, and that is more important than anything you will ever gain. You must remember that, Shaina, all of your life. I am giving the Millennium Puzzle to you because of this, and I hope it will bring you as many adventures as it brought me in my youth. Always wear it, and, above all things, DO NOT LOSE IT. Farewell, and, when you meet him, tell Yami that I am waiting for him in the Hall of Ma'at in the form of my young soul, as soon as he can rest in peace.

Love,

Grampa

I looked at the golden object in my hand. A brown cord went through the arch at the top of it, and the Eye of Horus stared up at me. I read the last sentence of the letter again. Gramps must have been insane, I thought. What does he mean, "As soon as you meet him". And "the Hall of Ma'at"? I shook my head. No such thing.

I felt my attention tugged back to the "Millennium Puzzle". Remembering the request in the letter, I hesitated, then slipped my head through the cord.

A gasp escaped my lips as a tingling sensation swept through me, then disppeared. I lifted up the Puzzle and stared curiously into the Eye. "Make a wish," a little voice whispered in my head.

"I wish…I wish for adventure." Then, as abruptly as it had come, the feeling of magic was gone, I was looking at a gift from a dead guy, and my grief came back.

But now I felt…stronger, somehow. A solitary tear escaped my eye, but it was brushed away and no more ventured out. Standing up, a sense of purpose welled up in me, though I didn't know what for at the time. When it came time to go home, I comforted Mom, and when it came time to go to school the next day, I got out of bed.

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H: And so ends chappie one.

HH: *yawn* How fascinating.

H: Ø _Ø Oh shut up.

Wayne: U^_^ Please R&R. a new story hooray!