Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh! I wouldn't be writing this…I think.

^*^*^*ATTENSION ALL READERS*^*^*^*

Do NOT read this fic if you know nothing of the Ancient Egyptian Arc because in the next few chapters I'll be introducing the characters.  They are ALL cannon. 

Now that's out of the way…

I kinda have a feeling people would be saying stuff like this:

"Wristwatches weren't even invented back then!" or "A wristwatch? How is this author gonna pull this off?"

Well, the simple answer is this: "You'll find out as you read along!"

P.S. This is my first Yu-Gi-Oh! fic so be gentle!

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The Millennium Wristwatch

Chapter I: Discovery of Time

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The loud annoying ring of the alarm clock was echoing throughout the small room.  Anzu Mazaki has just been having a wonderful dream about being one of the top duelists in the world until everything suddenly shattered and found herself sprawled on the floor.  She muttered a small curse before she got up knocking the noisy vibrating object on off her desk. 

Another day of school equals another day of boredom.  Aside from talking to Yugi and the gang, it's always drifting off to sleep in class.  The reason for that is…well, working at your job.  She barely has time to talk to her friends anymore because her boss tells her that she must work immediately after school.

School ends at 3 p.m. you moron!

Not to mention she gets off at late. Ugh.  Going back home is a chore too especially when it's dark.  You think that a young girl like herself should be waiting in an empty bus stop at ten o' clock at night?  Don't think so.  Looking over your shoulder constantly is a must.  Some whacko could just come up from behind and mug her or worse! 

By the time she gets home, it's about ten thirty.  Without a second to rest, she hurries to do her homework.  Everything has to be done by at least midnight — if she's lucky.  Think that's hard?  Ha! Wait until projects and reports come in.

Well, that's daily routine for ya.

Anzu dresses up and hurries down stairs to eat breakfast.  Her parents were on constant business trips and hardly see or hear from them. They do send money every month though.  It's boring being all alone at home.  Silence is depressing so she plays very loud music and sometimes practices her dancing.

In the kitchen, she grabs a carton of orange juice from the fridge and pours it in a glass.  She then waits for the toast to pop out of the toaster.  Anzu is an impatient person.  Tapping her fingers on the counter, she takes a sip of the juice and continues to wait.  Her gaze suddenly went to the wall clock.  It's 6:50 a.m.  Doesn't class start at 7?

"Kuso!"  Now in a state of panic, she throws her book bag on her back and bolts out the door.  The toast is now forgotten.

Down the block the brunette runs.  "Why me!?" she yells.  "If I'm late to class again, Mr. Tanaka is gonna fail me!" The mere thought of it made her quickened her pace…but she failed to notice a tri-colored haired boy.

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Little Yugi stretched his hands high up into the air. He felt like waking up early so he can take his time going to school.  It was the best thing that ever happened since he was usually late to class.

"Ah! Isn't a perfect day Yami?"

"Yes, magnificent." replied the spirit as his transparent self walked beside his partner.

"Do you want to do anything after school?"

"It all depends on you, aibou."

"…right."

Suddenly a thought struck the spirit and he gave Yugi an angry look.  Yugi noticed it and shuddered.

"W-Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Don't you have a three page oral report due for your English class?"

"It can wait." He gave his biggest, cutest smile to him.

"Yugi, it's due in two days.  You have not even started!"

"See, what happened was…Hey! Isn't that the school up ahead?" Before Yami could say anything, Yugi started a jog towards the building.

"Jeez, I thought he forgot! The last thing I want is one of those 'Studies will lead you to success!' lectures."

As he continued to jog, he looked over his shoulder to see if his yami was following him but he wasn't there.  Worried, Yugi stopped for a minute to look around.

"Where did he go?" Yugi scratched his head and thought, "Maybe he went inside the puzzle.  That must be it.  Heh, he was probably too lazy to come after me."  As he turned back the right direction, Yami was right there in front of him.

"Lazy am I?"

Yugi jumped back and clutched his heart.  "Gah! Don't do that! You practically gave me a heart attack!"

Yami laughed.  "That will teach you to mess with your elders."

"Elder?? You're my age for goodness sake!"

"Not true, aibou.  I am a 3000 year old spirit."

"You were my age when you were sealed in the puzzle, thus, you can't age after that," Yugi smirked at his come back.

"Yes, but do you believe that I will remain the same age for the rest of my life?"

"But aren't you dead?" replied Yugi as he emphasized the word.

"That doesn't mean I should stop celebrating my birthday."

"ARG! You're impossible!"

As the duo continued to argue, footsteps could be heard from behind them.  They stopped to listen. 

Step, Step

"Do you hear that Yami?"

Step, Step, Step

"Clearly."

"It's coming closer!"

Step, Step, Step, Step

"Quickly, let me take over! This person could be dangerous!"

"No! I could handle-"

"Watch out!"

It felt like slow motion as Yugi turned around when he was met with a blur of pink and blue.  This 'blur' hit him so hard that they both fell to the ground with a thud.  Both lay there for few seconds until the 'blur', a certain brunette, realized she was over something.  Looking down, she saw tri-colored spikes…but who was the owner of this odd hair do?

A muffled voice was heard from underneath.  She noticed that it was Yugi's face pressed against her chest and immediately got up.  Poor little Yugi was red as a tomato.

"Yugi! I'm so sorry!" Yugi remained dazed but snapped out of it when he saw Anzu's hand extended offering to help him up.  He took it and smiled sheepishly.  "T-Thanks, Anzu."  She smiled back at him and they both walked the rest of the way.

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At school...

"I didn't know you could run that fast Anzu!" exclaimed Jounouchi(Joey for short), who was putting his books in the locker.  Honda was beside him resting his back on his locker, laughing occasionally.

"It's not funny Joey.  How was I supposed to know that the teacher was absent today?" she scoffed as she slammed her locker. 

"He told us since yesterday!" Joey then burst out laughing at her short term memory.  Meanwhile Anzu had a large vein popping out of her head.

"C'mon guys, it happens to everyone," Yugi defended as he looked up at his best friends sadly.

"Are you kidding me Yug? You practically got laid man!"  More laughter erupted as Yugi turned bright red and Anzu began pounding Joey and Honda's heads in.  Luckily Otogi happened to pass by and pulled the rabid girl off the pummeled teens.

"Whoa, Anzu! What got you in a murderous rage?" said Otogi while holding her back.  She broke off his grip and straightened out her uniform.

"I don't want to talk about it."  Joey and Honda regained consciousness and added, "We say you did it on purpose." This led them to even harder punches from the girl.  It took Yugi and Otogi to hold her back this time. 

Ryou was just going to the library when he saw all the commotion.  Curious as he is, he went over to see what was happening. 

"Hey guys, what's-ACK!" One of Anzu's punches accidentally hit the albino square in the eye.  She stopped her rampage to apologize to him.

"I'm sorry Ryou! It's just that these idiots were getting on my nerves and-"

"I'm fine Anzu! It wasn't your fault," He gave a weak laugh and rubbed his now bruised eye.  That was when his spirit decided to complain to his host.

//You dolt! She can't get away with ruining my face!//

/Bakura, it was MY face she hit, not yours./

//We share the same body!//

/It's not like you felt it!/

Everyone was staring at Ryou blankly.  He had an angry face and was glaring at his Millennium Ring.  Yugi seemed to understand what was going on and giggled.

And so the bell rang and the day resumed when everyone went to their classes.

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After school…

Anzu is patiently waiting for Yugi in front of the school gates.  He insisted on walking her to work since it was partially his fault on the embarrassing scene at school.  She tried to convince him it was her own fault that she caused the whole scene but he insisted anyway.  That's the Yugi we all know and love ^^.

"Anzu!" Yugi came running toward her, tripping along the way but kept his balance.  "Sorry I'm late, Joey got into another fight with Kaiba."

"Pitiful Joey, he can't last a day without saying or doing something to him." said Anzu as they both began to walk.

"So Anzu, don't you start working at three thirty?" asked Yugi as he looked up at her. 

"Not anymore! My boss just called me on my cell a few minutes ago and said from now on I start at four." 

"That's great! We could spend more time together!"  Yugi went to various shades of red when he realized what he just said.  Anzu on the other hand, was very flattered and felt her self blushing a bit.  She took the opportunity to say something sweet back.

"I agree Yugi.  It'll be…just you and me."  Yugi looked back up, still with his red face, and smiled lovingly.  Being very shy, he set his eyes downcast and slowly took her hand in his.  Anzu gently squeezed back.

Her gaze suddenly went to her pink wristwatch.  It read 3:30p.m.  They had plenty of time to spare.  It was even better for both of them spending time with their first crush. 

~*~

"You're so lucky you have an ancient spirit in you Yugi.  He could be helpful in tests."

"Yeah right.  He won't even help me with one question!" They both laughed at Yami's strict actions for the past twenty minutes now.  He was always the top thing to talk about.

Anzu didn't want this wonderful time to end but had to because of her job.  She looked at her watch and stopped dead in her tracks pulling Yugi back.

Yugi asked in concern, "What's wrong Anzu?"

"My watch isn't working! It stopped at three thirty! What time is it!? I don't want to get fired!"  Anzu started panicking like a mad woman.  Yugi put his hands on her shoulders to calm her down.

"Don't worry, I'm sure there's still time." Yugi looked around hoping to find a street clock or a digital one on the side of a building but with no luck.  Finally, he found a solution.  "Why don't you check your cell?"

She frantically searched in her yellow book bag and picked up her pink cell phone.  It read 3:50p.m.  Yugi and Anzu sighed in relief.

"Thank god!"

"Well, we still have ten minutes left.  Why don't we get you a new watch?" he offered.  "Your work place is just around the corner so you won't be late."

"You're right.  Let's go find one then.  I was just lucky I had my cell today."

So they quickly went searching throughout the block for a store that had watches.  Most of them looked too expensive; others had some that looked too old.  Anzu swooned after a watch that had a cute Kuribo on it but it was a limited edition one; much too expensive to afford. 

She was about fed up with searching and was panting from running around.  "Jeez! Is it so hard to find a decent wristwatch around here?"  Yugi was too tired to say anything. 

Anzu was just about to leave when she spotted a lone store in a dark alley.  "What about that place?"  She asked as she pointed to the location.

"Why not? It's the last place we haven't looked.  We have about two minutes left so let's hurry."

Both of them made a short jog to the mysterious store and looked around.  The inside was small and dim lighted.  It mostly consisted of antiques such as pottery, old furniture and portraits.  Many of them were perched up on wooden shelves that reached the ceiling while others were piled around on the dirty floor.  Yugi gestured Anzu that he will look on the left while Anzu looked to the right. 

She searched from shelf to shelf but found nothing—until something shiny caught her eye.  The object was in a glass box in a dark corner.  Something told her to check it out and so she slowly went over to pick it up.  To her surprise, it was the cleanest thing she has seen since she first entered the place. 

Inside the box was a gold wristwatch.  The frame of the watch was the shape of an eye that resembled the one on Yugi's puzzle.  It also had brown leather wrist bands and the clock itself was gold complete with golden pointed hands that told the time. 

"Hey Yugi! I think I found the perfect wristwatch!" Yugi took his eyes off a portrait and went to Anzu.  His eyes widened when he saw the watch.

"Anzu, don't you think it looks like a Millennium Item?" Anzu took another look and laughed.

"Don't be silly.  You and I know that there are only seven items." 

Yugi laughed himself.  "You're right.  There can't be more than that!"

"Well then, let's see how much it cost." As they neared the counter, a man in a hooded cloak was there.  Neither Yugi nor Anzu could see the persons face.  He just simply punched in buttons in an old fashioned cash register and awaited the money.  The item cost ten dollars so they both agreed to pay five each.  The person took the money and went to the back room.

After that strange encounter, Anzu and Yugi went outside.  "That guy gives me the creeps.  Not matter, because I got a new watch," she literally jumped for joy but Yugi reminded her that she had thirty seconds to get to work.  She shrieked and ran off waving Yugi bye and thank you.

He watched her until she was out of sight.  "She sure is something."

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Anzu was running as fast as she can to that hateful job at Burger World.  She just applied there to make a living for herself and earn as much as possible for that dream vacation to New York, not to mention her career in dancing.  Ever since she was hired, she had a hard time getting there on time.   Her boss just couldn't settle for a decent time until today.  It was all going good but her crappy wristwatch decided to stop working.  Thanks to Yugi, she was able to buy a new one. 

As the neon sign began to come into view, she decided to check the time to see if she was really late.  Something told her to show off her new watch to the boss.  He would probably be a little jealous of her.

Anzu took out her new watch and saw that the two hands pointed to twelve.  She took out her cell to check out the accurate time to set for the watch.  Thankfully, she just had enough time to at least put the right time.  As she placed her fingers to the knob of the watch, she felt a small shock from it.  Like anyone else, she ignores it.  When she gave the knob a little turn, a warm golden light illuminated.  The light got brighter and brighter blinding the girl.  She had no choice but to close her eyes, waiting for it to stop….

~*~

The hot sun beamed down across the land as the calm winds moved the sands like waves in the ocean.  Behind a large sand dune lies a girl wearing a pink and blue school uniform.  Her form is unmoving as the sand slowly piles up on her.  Feeling life comeback into her, she flutters her eyes open and finds her face on warm sand.  She had enough strength to stand up but felt like a brick hit her head.

"Where am I?" Anzu asked as she rubbed her temples trying to relieve some pain.  Her eyes drifted around the unknown area and saw nothing but sand.

"This place is like desert," she thought to herself.  "I hope it's some kind of prank from Joey."

Seeing the large sand dune in front of her, she decided to climb it to have a good idea of where she was.  A couple of pyramids were seen as she continued to climb.  Finally reaching its peak, Anzu looked around once again while covering her eyes from the sun. 

A blurry vision of a city was seen from a distance.  Anzu felt extremely grateful that she found a sign of civilization.  Having no where else to go, she began her journey to the estranged land. 

"Maybe…this is all a dream."

To be continued…

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A/N: How did you like it? Good, bad, could do better?  Please review!  If you have any questions I'll answer them next chapter.