"Dark and Light"

Prologue

"At A Glance"

Cherry: Okay guys, I know I've said there's too many yaoi stories featuring you two out there, but I've always wanted to write one myself, particularly since I think you'd make a cute couple.

Yugi: Oh brother! What about your other story?

Yami: Yes. That one seemed to be popular. Keep with that one until it's done, then do a sequel! Don't write a yaoi story.

Cherry: (isn't listening) Yugi, do the disclaimer.

Yugi: Cherry doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh! (thinks: Thank God.) She doesn't own me, Yami, or any of the other characters.

Cherry: For the time being, though, Yugi and Yami are under my command! (locks door)

Yugi and Yami: (anime sweatdrop) Uh-oh . . .

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Yugi Moto walked quietly down the street, his book bag on his shoulders. He glanced backwards at the building he was leaving and sighed; he really hated school, and he wished that he didn't have to return in the morning to the place where he was practically nonexistent. The only sort of attention he did seem to attract was from bullies who got a huge kick of torturing the little guy, and Yugi, being as tiny as he was, most certainly qualified as the "little guy."

There were a few students who noticed the pain and hurt that Yugi went through, but they were reluctant to do anything about it because of their reputations. Ryou Himori and his girlfriend Anzu Mazaki, for example, were two of the most popular people in the school, and they wanted Yugi's pain to stop, but didn't want to risk their popularity to do it. Jounouchi Katsuya and Honda Hiroto also saw. They were a pair of punks that could hardly be seen without each other. (There were a few rumors going around that they were involved, but they weren't.) Jou felt especially sorry for Yugi because when he had been a kid, Jou had been picked on just the same way, but again, reputations stopped them from taking action.

As Yugi thought of the bullies and their promise to give him a beating the next day if he didn't have enough money for them, something out of the corner of his eye caught his attention. Turning to take a proper look, the sight before Yugi's eyes caused his breath to catch in his throat.

His eyes had locked with a pair of dazzling ruby eyes set in a handsome . . . no, handsome was not the word. The eyes were set in a gorgeous face (though Yugi still felt that didn't do it justice) that was similar to his own, except with a maturity that Yugi had yet to reach. He stood taller than Yugi, and his body was not exactly muscular, but lean and well-built. He also had the same spiky red, black, and gold hair that Yugi had.

Yugi felt himself blushing. He had never seen anyone more gorgeous in his life. The man was extremely attractive.

All at once, the man was gone. Yugi blinked. Had that been his imagination? It made sense, considering Yugi was attracted to guys as well as girls, and he may imagine someone sexy like that, but for some reason, Yugi didn't think that he had been dreaming.

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Cherry: Well? What do you think? Nothing too serious for the first chapter.

Yami: It might have been nice if you'd let someone talk a little.

Cherry: Maybe, but that's for next chapter.

Yugi: Yeah, if you say so. Please, remember to review! Give lots of reviews so that she doesn't get upset and hug someone!

Cherry: Watch it Yugi!