Disclaimer: I do not own the Yu-Gi-Oh charates. I do own Sakura, Haru, Alexandra, Allen, and Sarai.

MP: K the pairings are Seto/ Isis, Yugi/Anzu, Joey/ Mai, Rebecca/ Mokuba, Marik/ Serenity. Don't like 'em, then too bad.

MP: Mai is going to be acting OOC because she is a mom in this story. Heck, many characters will be acting OOC.

Yu-Gi-Oh: Millennium Age

Chapter 1: 5 weddings, 2 funerals and a missing person's report

It was all peaceful after the Dartz incident and the memories of the pharaoh were recovered. The group grew up. Yugi proposed to Anzu(A/N I'm using her Japanese name) right after another victory in a dueling tournament. She said yes. Mai and Joey had already tied the knot and so had Seto and Isis. At about 6 months after Yugi and Anzu's wedding Marik proposed to Serenity. She said yes but her brother was mad. The final wedding took place the year Haru(Joey and Mai's) and Alexandra were born. Isis died while giving birth to Alexandra. Seto was heart broken.

A year later was when Yugi and Anzu were blessed with Sakura. That same year Sarai was born to Serenity and Marik. Then after that came Allen. The next tragedy to happen was on Sakura's 4th birthday. The whole gang had gathered for the party (except Seto who had business). Alexandra and Haru were fighting. Sakura twisted her ankle during one of the games they were playing. Anzu scooped her up gently. She volunteered to take Sakura to the hospital.

While on the way there, a drunk driver came out of no where at 70 mph. He slammed into the driver's side of the car and the two cars were stuck together. Yugi, Joey, and Rebecca all rushed to the scene. The paramedics were treating Sakura when they got there. They asked him if the girl's mother had been the one driving the car. Yugi said yes and saw the paramedics reaction. He told him Anzu had been killed in the crash.

Yugi didn't speak to any one for days before and after Anzu's funeral. Sakura looked up at him with her blue-violet eyes, and kept asking him,

"Daddy, why aren't you moving?" After the 22nd time of the little child asking him her ruffled her tri-colored hair. He picked her up and held her close.

"Daddy, is mommy going to come back soon." She asked. Yugi shook his head. "No, she's in a better place. It's just you and me, Sakura." "You promise never to leave me?" she asked. "I'll never leave you sweetie." He said smiling. She snuggled against him and she fell asleep.

They were always together, you could barley separate them for anything. Sakura showed good aptitude for solving puzzles. Yugi went out and won the occasion tournament so he could provide an income. Yugi was also taking classes at the local college for a masters in ancient languages. He decided to teach Sakura Egyptian so she'd have something to do while he was in class. He knew she would like it.

"Sakura, wake up." He said gently waking the little girl. She sat up. "Do I have to go to that day-care again?" she asked. "No. You'll be going to uncle Joey's house. Here. This is something for you to do until Aunty Mai picks you up." He said handing her a small book. "It's strange little pictures?" she said looking at the hieroglyphics. "It's hieroglyphics; Egyptian writing. Since you can read very well I've decided to teach you one of the ancient languages I know." He said.

She hugged him and said, "Thank you daddy." She was translating basic sentences whenever Mai came to the door. "Sakura!" she said and the little girl looked up. Mai walked over to her and saw the books laying near the girl. "Come on Sakura. Take your things with you." Said Mai. Sakura nodded and gathered up her books and put them in her bag. Haru was playing out back when Mai arrived. "Haru Sakura's here." She said and then went back to doing the dishes.

The phone rang and Mai answered. "Hey Joey how's the academy?" she asked. "Fine. " Said Joey with his Brooklyn accent. "Well be home soon, I'm babysitting. You wouldn't believe who asked me to baby sit." She said. "Who?" asked Joey. "Yugi. Sakura has a book of strange letters with her and she's actually translating them to English." Said Mai.

"That's the Mutous for you." Said Joey. "Look I've got to go. Be home by 9." He said. "Good bye, honey." Said Mai and hung up. Haru was looking over the hieroglyphs and Sakura was translating them for him. "These words all look very strange." He said. "Well it's ancient Egyptian." Said Sakura. At 6:00 PM Yugi came by to pick Sakura up. "Hey Yugi. Sakura was the perfect angel. She and Haru have been reading that strange book the whole time." Said Mai. Yugi saw them and laughed, they were arguing over something.

"It's an H!" said Haru, "No, it's an A and H is that squared swirl. You see it's a bird." Said Sakura. "Hi Yugi. Could you tell Sakura that's an H." said Haru. Yugi looked at the glyph. "You're both wrong it's an M." he said. Sakura gathered her things.

"Thanks for watching her." Said Yugi. He led Sakura out and that was the last time Mai saw Yugi. The next morning a scream was heard from Yugi's home which was not to far from the Wheeler residence. Joey went running and saw Sakura standing by the door holding on scrap of paper and a piece of Yugi's puzzle. "Sakura what happened?" asked Joey. "Some one came out of the shadows and attacked Daddy. He was attacked so hard his puzzle fell off and shattered." Said Sakura. "What's that?" asked Joey pointing to the paper in her hand. "The shadow left it behind." She said.

Joey looked it over and it was covered in hieroglyphs. "Can you read this?" he asked. "It says; Beware the shadows. Be wary warrior of the light. Below it, there are three words written wobbly. Please solve puzzle." She said. "Your whole family line is weird to me. You can keep the puzzle. But as a cop I'll have to take the paper." Said Joey.

The next few days there was an investigation. Sakura was placed in protective custody. When they turned up nothing the police placed a missing persons report seeing that the only witness was a child. Joey found a document on the federal files that stated that guardianship of Sakura would go to Joey if anything happen to him or Anzu. "Mai look at this." He said showing her the file. "It means we're going to have to look after Sakura." Said Mai.

"It's better we raise her than some set of complete strangers." Said Joey. Mai rolled her eyes,"I never said it was bad. But she'll probably be just like Yugi was after Anzu died." And she was. She barely said a word. She gathered up her things and placed them in a box. She took them to Yugi's room and that's where Joey found her. "Come on I'll help you take some of this with you. Besides, the house was paid for any way so you can come back here anytime you like." Said Joey. Sakura nodded and she went to the closet and took the clothing down and placed hem in a box.

"I can come back any time?" she said. "Yes, as long as Mai or myself knows about it." Said Joey. Sakura took a golden box out of a drawer and went with Joey. When she was shown to her room she set her boxes down and quickly unpacked. Once everything was taken care of she opened the golden box and began to work on the puzzle.