Ch. 2
Yugi sat outside while he ate his lunch. He rested against the trunk of the big oak tree outside in the courtyard of the school. No one bothered him here. That's just how he wanted it too. He didn't want his friends out there, sitting beside him and ignoring him. He looked up at the sky. It seemed so warm today. He was happy out here, alone. No Yami to bug him in his head and no so-called "friends" to bug him about Yami.
"Well, well, if it isn't the person I was looking for," a sinister voice drawled. "And all alone too, I see. Wonderful. This will be so much easier."
Yugi whipped his head in the direction of the speaker just in time to see a black snake slither towards him. Yugi looked up at the man, but could see nothing. He wore a black cloak and hood, covering his face and any distingiushing features. The only thing Yugi could see were two eyes that glowed with a yellow color and two slits down the middle. The snake wound up Yugi and wrapped itself around him until its head was by Yugi's neck.
"I do hope you will enjoy what time you have left," the man sneered as the snake's fangs dug into Yugi's neck, "because you don't have that much."
The last thing Yugi remembered before the darkness was the cackling of that evil man.
"Yugi," a familiar elder voice called to Yugi, shaking the small teen's body.
Yugi lifted himself slowly and shook his head after he had come back to the world of the living. He sat up, putting his back against the tree, and looked around to see Grandpa by his side, peering into his face worriedly.
"What are you doing here in the middle of school?" Yugi asked, confused. "Lunch isn't even over."
"Yugi, school's been over for four hours," Grandpa stated bluntly. "It's 6:40 now," Grandpa told him, showing Yugi his wristwatch.
Yugi gagged when he saw that his grandpa was telling the truth. But how did it get to be so late? Had he been lying there the whole time? If so, then why? Did that man have anything to do with it? What about the snake bite? What kind of snake was that anyways?
The back of Yugi's neck burned. He reached up and rubbed it, trying to relieve the pain. The rubbing helped a little, but not really that much. It continued to ache and burn, but it was better now. Grandpa watched in confusion and worry.
"Yugi, what's wrong?" Grandpa asked kindly.
Not wanting to worry his grandfather, Yugi replied, "I just have a crick in my neck from sleeping on the ground, that's all."
"Oh," Grandpa acknowledged, knowing Yugi was lying. "Well, come on, let's go home," Grandpa stated as he stood and extended his hand to Yugi.
Yugi smiled and took it. The two of them began to walk home. But there was something in Yugi that didn't feel right. He didn't know what it was. It was like that feeling you get when something is about to happen or go wrong. He didn't want to know what the feeling meant.
"Yugi, I think we've got a problem," Grandpa stated as they neared their home.
Yugi looked up from the ground to see broken glass on the ground in front of their house. His heart lurched. They had been robbed. It was obivous. They had gone through the shop window. Yugi and Grandpa ran into the house to find that no cards, games, or merchandise had been stole. And when they entered the living room, they found that nothing was missing there, either. A sinking feeling washed over Yugi.
He ran up to his room and looked at his desk, which was empty. The Puzzle had been stolen.
"Grandpa!" he cried out in fear. "The Puzzle, it's gone!"
He heard the pounding of his grandfather's feet on the stairs as he padded up them. And when Yugi turned around to look at Grandpa, his head became light and he dizzy. Grandpa entered the room just in time to catch Yugi.