Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, its characters, and I did not make up the event. Rated PG-13 for violence, dark themes, and character death. ************************************************************************

The events of Sept. 11, 2001 in this story actually happened. I grieve for the families and service people that lost their friends and families in the attack. What Yami does to Bin Laden, I hope actually happens. United We Stand! I and, I hope, all of Fanfiction.Net Remember. God Bless America.

Now, on with the story.. ************************************************************************

The Future is Saved: A 9/11 Tribute Yugioh style
By Yami Kajita

Chapter 1: Peaceful Morning Shattered

On the morning of Sept. 10, 2001, things were as they should be in New York. People were going about their daily business; not a care in the world. There was the usual traffic jam, cars honking, and the normal activity at the newly bought Game Shop, owned by a kindly old man named Solomon Motou

His grandson named Yugi was practicing his strategy for the upcoming Duel Monsters Tournament. His opponent was the most skilled duelist of them all. He was also like a big brother to his aibou, Yugi. His name was Yami.

The two boys did everything together. They were totally inseparable and Yami made sure it stayed that way. Today, the two boys were touring the city since they had just moved there from Japan two months ago. On their walk they encountered an old gypsy woman. She motioned for them to come closer. Yami shielded Yugi in case she tried anything suspicious. She made waving motions over the crystal ball and gasped, "I have seen the future and two tragedies will occur. Many lives will be lost, both foreign and domestic. The horror will start tomorrow." With that, she faded out of sight.

Yami and Yugi were left speechless and alone. Worried about his aibou's safety, Yami cut the tour short and headed home, Yugi in tow. They told Grandpa (Solomon) about their day and the gypsy's warning. The old man seemed puzzled and confused but tried to remain calm. What was the meaning of this warning? He decided to put it off till tomorrow. Little did he know that tomorrow would be too late. Thinking that the boys were just overreacting, he and the boys ate dinner and went to bed with out another word about it. Yami didn't sleep a wink that night. He was afraid he would lose his Yugi in whatever disaster that was about to happen. Before he knew it, he had worried himself to sleep.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, everything changed. People screaming and tires screeching filled the morning air as four plane crashes occurred almost at once. No one expected it and no one saw it coming until it was too late. Two of the planes collided with two buildings known as the World Trade Center towers. Both were hit in critical spots and both were demolished. The third crashed in to the Pentagon in our nation's capitol, Washington D.C. The fourth crashed outside a town in Pennsylvania.

It was that same fateful day that Yugi was walking to school which was on the other side of the WTC. All he heard and saw was a loud bash and falling debris. Frightened, Yugi desperately zigzagged through the deadly maze. He looked up and suddenly his world went black.

Yami woke up with a jolt, not only from the noise of the towers collapsing, but also because he could not sense his koishii Yugi. He tried to use their mind link; Nothing. Yami began to cry as he frantically searched the shop for any sign of Yugi. Then he remembered that Yugi had school today. His sigh of relief was short-lived when he turned on the news.

Plastered on the screen was countless images of the towers burning and falling to the ground. He froze in place with horror in his eyes. This was the tragedy the gypsy foretold. He immediately knew something had happened to Yugi and it involved this incident.

Having seen enough, he teleported himself to the crash site and started his search for his aibou, both physically and mentally. The sight was appalling at best! There were bodies strewn everywhere. He even found Joey's body under a hill of steel and concrete. Yami's face became flooded with more tears as he gazed at the lifeless form that was his first friend. After saying an Egyptian prayer, he searched on, hoping to the gods that none of his other friends were dead. By now, Yami was ghostly white from head to toe with dust. Even his hair was white.

Tears upon tears rolled down his face as he searched on, accompanied by police officers and firefighters. What Yami found in huge crater-like hole was Yugi's arm sticking out of a pile of debris. He yelled at the top of his lungs as he used strength beyond his thin form to free his aibou's body.

Looking at a lifeless Yugi, Yami felt nothing but pain and anger beyond limit inside. Whoever was responsible for this atrocity would pay with their life and soul. He clutched Yugi's body tightly as he took in Yugi's scent.

He was about to leave when he heard that someone was identified as the culprit behind this attack. Dashing to the television set, He glared mercilessly at the image of Osama Bin Laden, who had openly admitted to planning this massacre. With what little control and patience he had left, he picked up Yugi's body and teleported home. As soon as he closed the door, he screamed to high heaven, "YOU BASTARD!! YOUR SOUL IS MINE!!" Yami fell to his knees and spent the rest of the day plotting his revenge.

************************************************************************ I hope you like my first chapter and are with me when I say that we will win this war! ( Please R&R