NOTE (PLEASE READ THIS FIRST SO YOU WOULD NOT BE CONFUSED):If you know who Cleo and Athena are, good for you. If you don't know I have other stories about them. You can go to my profile and check them out. They are my OC s. Athena is Yami's younger sis and Cleo is Yugi's younger sis. In this fanfic though, I'm making Athena older than Yugi so don't be confused.
Chapter 1
What Really Happened
"Mom! Dad! No!" a boy of about 8 yelled in the middle of the night. His parents were lying on the floor of their bedroom. Not moving. Not breathing. Not anything. They were dead and he knew it. Their motionless bodies lay on the bloody floor where their child could properly stare at them in utter horror.
"Yami? What's going on? I heard noises and we're scared," the boy heard his sister say. An 8 year-old girl appeared through the doorway, followed by two 4 year-olds. All of them were rubbing their eyes sleepily.
"Athena, you have to get out of here. All of you!" Yami yelled. He didn't want his little siblings seeing the horrific sight on the floor.
"Yami, what do you me-" Athena stopped talking and stared in utter silence. Her eyes finally focused and saw the frightening incident that happened to her parents. "M-Mom? D-Dad?" she managed to say.
"Athena, all of you have to get-" Yami started but was cut off by the twins.
They had both started crying while saying things like, "Mom… Dad… Hot… Fire…"
The older twins were confused. What had they meant by those last two words? Their question was soon answered when they looked down the hallway and saw that flames were dancing their way towards them.
It wouldn't have been a big problem since people with the fire element are immune to fire, but in this case, Yugi's, Cleo's, and Athena's powers still haven't awakened yet. Yami was the only one who was immune to the fire and he had to get his siblings out of here. He grabbed Athena and carried her on his back while he carried Yugi and Cleo in his arms. He let the power of the Phoenix take over his body. He spread his wings, which were a deep red, crimson, and flew out the window. He put his brother and sisters down on the ground and hugged each one of them. He turned to Athena and said, "I want you to be strong. I'm going back in there to get something and I want all of you stay here." He took out a bird shaped necklace out of his pocket. It was a phoenix. He took it and put it around Athena's neck while saying, "Be strong, Ana." He kissed her forehead, then flew back inside the house.
"Big Brother!" Athena yelled.
Yami maneuvered himself through the hallway. He burst into his room and opened up his closet. Almost everything had burned away. He dug through the black ashes that were once his clothes and found a metallic safe. "At least it hasn't melted," he sighed in relief. He opened up the safe and inside was a golden upside down pyramid shaped pendant on a silver chain. "The Millennium Puzzle," he whispered to himself. Suddenly, a part of the ceiling fell, snapping him out of his thoughts. He spread his wings wide once more, then flew out of the room. He had to find the nearest exit. The window in his bedroom was blocked and so was every other exit he managed to reach. There was only one other room where he hasn't been through yet and that was the guest room. He was almost through the hall when a piece of the roof fell on him and he hit the hot floor. He tried getting the piece off but it was too heavy. His little body can never push it off.
"Help! Help!" he yelled though he knew that no one would come. "So this is it?" he whispered to himself. "I'm going to die at 8?" He finally gave up and relaxed. "At least my Athena, Yugi, and Cleo are safe. And at least I'll be with Mom and Dad," he said to himself with a small smile.
His eyelids felt heavy and he felt his consciousness slipping. He held the Millennium Puzzle tightly and just relaxed. His eyes finally closed and accepted his death.
The last thing he heard was someone unfamiliar shouting his name the suddenly, the heavy piece of the roof on his chest became light.