Disclaimer: All Yu-Gi-Oh characters belong to Kazuki Takahashi, in which I have no clue whom. Any make up characters belong to me. I like to thank my friends; Alatáriël Sîrfalas and Melissa (Hikarigirl18) for helping me write this fic.

By Any Other Name
By Yami-Yugi

Chapter 3

They played until it was getting dark, Yami looked out at the sky. "You better head on home, Yugi." He said as he looked at his young little friend "Or your family might get worried about you."
Yugi looked sad, but nodded in agreement and cleaned up his deck and got down from his dueling stand. "Yami, do I get to keep these cards?" He said with pleading eyes.
Yami smiled. "Of course," he said, "Just make sure you take good care of them, alright?"
Yugi smiled with excitement. "I will!" and he headed out the door to his home. Yami watched little Yugi run down the street and out of site. He was going to miss that little boy even if it was for a short time. Yami yawned and started to head for his chambers, now it was time for a good night sleep.
But as Yami's mind was busy with the day's previous events, he failed to notice the lurker in the shadows. A voice from the dark whispered, "I will become king...and nothing will stand in my way."

Yugi arrived home. "I'm home!" he said happily as he entered. Yugi's grandpa poked his head in and smiled at him.
"Playing with your friends?" he asked Yugi.
"Umm… sorta. But never mind that, look what King Yami gave me!" Yugi said excitedly as he held out his brand new dueling deck.
Yugi's grandpa eyes widen in fear, expectably when he heard the name King Yami. "What do you mean the Pharaoh gave you it?!" he said, "Don't tell me you went to the palace!"
Yugi looked a little hurt, and tears came to his eyes. "Yami is nice!! He taught me to duel!"
Yugi's grandpa shook his head sadly. "Yugi," he started "The Pharaoh is not a nice man and everyone knows it. Just look around the city and see what "Yami" has done to us." Yugi popped his head outside and tried not to look at the homeless people wandering around. "Yugi," he's grandpa started to say again "I forbid you to go to the palace anymore, got it. I don't want to think what the Pharaoh might do to you."
"But Grandpa…." Yugi started.
"No buts, Yugi," his grandpa started "I mean it."
Yugi sighed sadly, "Okay Grandpa."

The next day, Yami woke up and went to his privet bath. Once he had done with his bath and was dress, he went to his throne room. I wonder when Yugi will show up. He thinks.

Little Yugi sat on his doorstep outside and looked at the ground. Yami was nice to me, he thought. Why should grandpa fear him?
"Yugi," his grandpa said as he pokes his head outside "Would you go to the market for me?"
Yugi jumped up at his grandpa's voice. "Uhh...sure grandpa." he said quietly.
His grandpa gave him a few coins. "Now there's a little extra for a treat. Be good, and don't get lost!" Yugi's grandpa watched as Yugi ran off.

Yami sighed as he sat on his throne, once again bored out of his mind. He called for one of his guards. "Have my little friend Yugi arrived yet?" he asked.
"Sorry your highness," the guard said.
Yami dismiss the guard and put a hand on his chin. I wonder where Yugi is? He thinks I hope he has not forgotten me.

Yugi arrive at the market just as he got there, "There you are Yuge!" Yugi turn towards the voice and spies his blond hair friend.
"Hey Jono," Yugi said with a sigh.
Jono blinked kind of confused. "You okay Yuge?" he asked, "You sound kind of sad."
"Oh," said Yugi "It's nothing."
Jono then notice the copy of the Millennium Puzzle hanging around Yugi's neck. "Were did you get that Yugi?" he asked.
"Ahh…"
"There you guys are!" shouted a brown hair girl and the guy with brown hair in a point ran up to them.
"Yea," the boy started "Expestly you Yugi. Where did you disappear off to yesterday?"
"No were special." Yugi lied. Expect making friends with Yami. Yugi thought.
"Oh," the boy started.
"Come on guys," the girl said "Let's look at the new booths."

"Ah, excuse us, your highness," said a guard as he came before Yami's throne.
Yami looked hopeful at him. "Is Yugi here?" he asked.
The guard shook his head. "Sorry your highness." He said.
Yami sighed sadly and quite mad now. "Then why are you here then?"
"It's your father's tomb sir, it's been robed."
Yami yawned and narrow his eyes at him. "Like I spouse to care?" Yami never really care for his father, and this bit of news he didn't care for either.
"But sir," the guard started "Your father's Millennium Ring has been stolen."
Yami raise his eyebrow in surprise, even though he didn't like his father but he DID care for the Millennium Item his loyal servant, Shadi's family gave to his father like Shadi gave him the Millennium Puzzle. Yami also know the dangers if a Millennium Item was taken by those with black harts. "By who?" Yami asked.
"Ryou Bakura," was all the guard said to make Yami mad.
"Bakura…" Yami said with a low growl deep in the back of his throat. Yami knew of the reputation Ryou Bakura had as the best and uncapturable tomb robber in Egypt but this was going to change right now. "Where is he?" he asked.
"I believe he's at the town market." The guard said, "Trying to sell it."
Yami stood up. "Let's go." He said.
"Are you sure you want to go your highness? I mean you are not well like and going out there you will be a target for someone who want to assonate you."
Yami gave a smirk. "I'm not worry about that." He said, "Let's go."
"If you wish, your highness."

Yugi and his friends' walk down the street looking at all the booths then they saw a booth run by a young teenager with white hair brown eyes. "Hey," said Jono as he pointed over to the booth "Let's check out that one."
The teenager smiled at them as the came near. "Welcome," he said.
"So," started Jono "What ya selling?"
The teenager smiled and shows them lots of Egyptian jewelry among them was the Millennium Ring. "These are the finest jewelry of the land." He said.
The girl was eyeing the ring. "Ohhhh that's pretty." She said "How much?"
"Teana…." Started Yugi "Are you sure?"
Teana smiled and nodded. "Yea." She said.
At that time, the teenager was eyeing the copy of the Puzzle hanging around his neck. How did at kid got Yami's Millennium Puzzle? He thought No matter how, I know a way to get it. "How about a trade?" he said "The ring for that around your neck kid."
Yugi blinked in surprised as he looked down at it. Trade for Yami's gif? Yugi thought confused Why dose he want it? Yugi looked back at the teen and shock his head. "Sorry," he said, "I'm kind of attach to it."
The teen got this mad look on his face, took out a dagger and brought it to Yugi's neck. "GIVE IT OR YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF RA AGAIN!" he shouted.
Yugi gulp scared out of his mind. He didn't know what to do. He and the others heard clopping of horse hooves. "RYOU BAKURA! You are under arrest." Yugi recognized the voice and looked. There on a golden chariot, with two horses and some guards around him was Yami glaring at the white hair teen madly with his crimson eyes. Yugi smiled happy up at Yami, but at the moment Yami was too much in Pharaoh mode to notice the young teen.
Yugi then notice his friends and everyone in the market near by had backed away scared from Yami. Why dose EVERYONE hate Yami so much? Yugi thought more confused then ever.
The white hair teen, Ryou Bakura, laughed. "What are YOU to do about it PHARAOH? Sick your puny guards at me? You know better then that."
Yami only glare at him more. "Do you KNOW of your crime, Bakura?" he asked "You STOLE the Millennium Ring from my father's tomb!"
"And I thought you hated you father?" Bakura laughed.
"That's not the point," Yami said glaring at him still "The point is that you will finely be caught once and for all."
Bakura only laughed again. "That's every funny Pharaoh," he started "You know I will just escape from any cell you put me in."
"Who saids I will put you in a cell?" Yami said still glaring at him "I was thinking in the lines of sealing your soul in that ring, since you like it so much to sell it."
Bakura only laughed again. "Yea right!" he said, "You can't do anything. This kid has your puzzle." Bakura grabbed Yugi tight and press his dagger against Yugi's neck. "And I will kill him if I have to get it off him." he said with an evil grin.
Yami glared even madder at Bakura, and yet, he was smirking at the same time. "That's not the REAL Millennium Puzzle." He said as he raised his puzzle up for all to see "This is the REAL puzzle. That one is just a fake, a copy as it was."
Bakura looked scared and surprised at the same time. "N-NOOOOO…. T-That can't be!" he said.
"It is." Said Yami.
"No matter," said Bakura "I'll just kill the kid anyway." Before Bakura could do anything, Yugi bitted him hard on the hand, letting Bakura letting him go. "OW!" he shouted as Yugi ran over to his friends who pulled him protectly behind them "Why you little…."
"MIND CRUSH!"
Yugi watched surprise as Bakura's body fell soulless into the ground; the Millennium Ring glowed a little before dimming. The guards took the ring and the other stolen jewelry. One guard pass the ring to Yami, who took it into his free hand. Everyone started to run off in different directions. Yugi stood were he was looked at Yami, and then suddenly he felt someone grabbing his arm. "Let's go Yuge!" he heard his friend Jono's voice and started to felt a tug.
"Wait!" Yami commanded, still in his Pharaoh mode "I wish to speck to the boy."
Suddenly Yugi's friends once again stood protectly in front of him. "Guys…." Yugi started.
"Don't worry Yuge," said Jono "We're not going to let him hurt ya even if it means ending our lives to do it."
Yami sighed as he got out of his chariot and walking slowly towards them. "Stay away from Yugi!" Teana shouted madly.
The guards slowly came up to the friends with their weapons drawn, but Yami raised is hand up to stop them. "No," he said to the guards "put your weapons down, there will be no killing."
"How can we believe you?" Jono asked madly "After you had kill so many innocent people, and left many homeless!"
Yami could only sigh before saying, "Come to my palace and I will explain."
"Yea right!" Teana said.
"If you don't come willing I have to force you to come by force." Yami said "And I know you don't want that."
The group sighed. "Very well, but Yuge stays…" just Jono as said that Yugi made it around his friends and was running towards Yami "YUGE!"
Yami gave as smile as he kneeled down to Yugi's height, and just as Yugi had gotten to him Yami gave his small friend a hug. "I was wondering when you would come to see me," he said.
"What the…? What's going on here?" Jono asked very confused.
Yugi turn to his friends. "Guys," he started "Yami here is my new friend. He's very nice."
"NICE HIM!" the group said in surprise.
Yami nodded slowly again as he stood up. "Will you please come to the palace now?" he asked, "I'll explain everything there."
"Okay…" Jono said still kind of surprise and confused by all this and they all started to head back to the palace.
Yugi looked up at Yami with tears in his eyes now, Yami notice and looked concern at him. "What's the matter Yugi?" he asked.
"M-My grandpa forbid me to see you again…" Yugi said between sobs "H-He said you were mean man…."
"And he IS!" shouted Teana, but then shut up fast when Yami glared madly at her.
They rode off towards the palace with Yugi riding with Yami and the others on the other horses. "Wheee! This is fun," said Yugi. Yami just smiled at his little friend.
"How can Yugi like this Pharaoh? He isn't nice at all."
"I want answers but that's why we're going to the palace, so we'll find out, I guess."
Unotice by anyone, a cloak figure stood ontop of a roof of a near by building aiming a bow and arrow at his target. He pulled back the string and let the arrow fly. Back at the group as they near the palace is when the arrow struch it's target, Yami. The Pharaoh fell off the carriot in pain as the horse bucked. "Yugi!" the others shouted.
"Yami!" exclaimed Yugi as he dusted himself off and ran to his side. Yami winced as he tried to stood up, but the pain was unbareable, the arrow where his heart is. The guards was over the Pharaoh ready, most looking around the hoping to see the attacker. "Yami?" Yugi said shakily as he sat next to the Pharaoh and put his arms around him for support.
A small smile pass on Yami's lips. "I-I'm okay little one," he said with another wince "A-Are you okay?"
"Yeah, but you shouldn't move much. Try and stay still."
"Yugi, are you alright?" asked Teana.
"I'm fine, but Yami needs help." Teana gave a thoughtful glance then decided that she should help him. He was mean, and she still didn't like him, but he was hurt so none of that mattered now. "Hey Jou, we need help over here. Yugi's fine, but the Pharaoh needs us."
"What's the matter?" asked (grandpa).
"It's Yami. Someone shot an arrow at us he's hurt."
"Yugi!" shouted Yugi's grandpa, quite mad "I had told you not to be around the Pharaoh!"
"B-But Grandpa..." Yugi started.
"I-I said I'm fine." Yami said with another wince as he once again tried to get up. He grow as he looked at the arrow in his chest. With crismon eyes glareing, he grabbed the arrow with his right hand and started to yank on the thing.
"Yami, don't do that! Please just stay calm and wait patiently for some healers to get here." But it was too late, Yami jancked out the arrow, the whole bloody thing in his hand now, blood from the wound still flowed. Yami's crismon eyes still glaraeing at the arrow now in his hand. "Yami you shouldn't be so rash like that. You should calm down and conserve your strength," Yugi added worriedly as he put his arms more comfortingly around him.
"I'll be alright, Yugi. I know what I'm doing."
"But Yami..."
"I said I'm fine, little one." At that time the healers from the palace came.
"My pharaoh, we got here fast as we..." one healer started to say then saw the arrow in Yami's hand "You highness! What in Ra's name do you think you are doing?! That's dangerous!"
"You should never pull an arrow out yourself," another healer said.
"Please stop fussing over me, I know what I'm doing. Believe me."
"Please Yami..."
"Please don't worry Little One."
"Are you sure about that, Master. Come we must get you medical attention immediatly."
Yami just glares at them with a low weak growl. "I...SAID I'm FINE."
"You obviously aren't. At least let us get a good look at you." "Please Yami, do it for me?" asked Yugi.
Yami sighed. "FINE!" he said.
"I'm sorry," Yugi said starting to cry. Yami noticed this, "I'm sorry, I'm just...please don't be upset."
"It's not your falt, little one." Yami said as the healers check him over.
One scraches his head. "I don't get it." he said "It looked like it penertaed the hart yet...."
"The gods must think kindly of you today, your masjesty." said another one.
"I know, there's no trace of the arrow ever entering his body. The Gods must really love you Pharaoh."
"See," Yami said as he slowly stood up "I'm fine."
"Thanks Yami. I'm glad you're okay now." Yami smiled at this.
"Now..." Yami said "Shall we head to the palace?" Yugi smiled as the Healers escorted the group to the Palace.