Title: Yugi's Other Grandfather
Genre: romance, humor
Rating: T for mild language
Pairing: YamiXYugi (puzzleshipping)
Summary: Excerpt from "Visits Aren't Always Enjoyable". Yugi's and Yami's relationship is put to the test when Yugi's strange other grandfather, a young sixteen-year-old-looking man by the name of Sampson Alighieri arrives. And to make matters worse, Ryou's strange grandpa, Loki Bakurae, awakens as well. And as if things couldn't get any worse, Loki and Sampson are best friends. How will Yugi, Yami, Bakura, and Ryou ever survive the onslaught from their strange, yet loving grandfathers?
Me: All right!
Lucy: This isn't so much of a puzzleshipping fic as a kinda confusing one in which Yami and Yugi meet Yugi's other grandfather, who is not what you would expect him to be!
Me: This is part of a much smaller fan fiction we want to write, and the next one-shot ties into it!
Lucy: Please enjoy!
Chapter One: Yugi's Other Grandfather
Yugi and Yami walked home late together, hand in hand. Ever since they had started going out, long before Yami had received his own body from the Egyptian gods, they had been very close. Yami and Yugi loved each other more than life itself, and would do anything for one another. They both smiled before entering the Kame Game Shop.
Unawares of the horrors that awaited them...
"I'm home," Yugi called.
He and Yami both entered the house and closed the door behind them. It was fairly dark out, since they had stayed after school to help clean up the halls after a senior prank had gone wrong. They weren't involved, but they had decided to help out.
Apparently, when they arrived, they had walked right in the middle of a huge argument between Solomon Mouto, Yugi's grandfather, and Hera Mouto, Yugi's mother.
"Hera!" Solomon was yelling. "What were you fuckin' thinking?"
Yugi's mother, Hera, stammered slightly. "S-Solomon! He would have killedme if I didn't!" she yelled back. Yugi's mother was a very pretty woman, to say the least, and it distressed anyone to see her upset. She had long redish hair and bright brown eyes. She was tall and lovely and was very kind and sweet to everyone she met.
"Shut up!" Solomon yelled back. "How could you let him out?"
Yugi and Yami shared a confused look with one another. They looked back to the two bickering adults. Yami mouthed, "What's happening?" to his little boyfriend, and Yugi shrugged, mouthing back, "I dunno. I'll check".
He turned to his mother and grandpa, and cleared his throat.
"Uh... I'm home?" Yugi called.
Instantly, the moment he spoke, both his mother and his grandfather snapped him a shocked look. Yugi jumped and looked at Yami, who looked right back down at Yugi. Solomon and Hera had looked at Yugi as if he were the Devil himself. Once they saw who it was, Hera sighed and turned back to look at Solomon.
"Phew," she whispered. "It's just Yugi and Yami."
Solomon calmed down for three seconds before he went back to shouting at Hera about something. Hera decided to argue back and started telling Solomon her side of the story. Solomon didn't want any part of it, and he dismissed it. Yugi looked to his boyfriend. Yami shrugged and said that he had no idea what was going on.
Yugi turned back to his grandpa and his mom. "Grandpa, why are you yelling at Mom?" he asked. Yami, seeing as this might require some explanation, walked and sat on the couch, motioning for Yugi to join him.
Solomon turned and nodded to Yugi. "Because your mother is an idiot," he said with a huff. "I've tried keeping him at bay for so long, but now it seems that he's escaped..."
Solomon trailed off and snarled.
Yugi looked to his boyfriend in horror. Yami looked at his hikari and nodded slightly. He mouthed that it would be all right. Yugi nodded and leaned up against his boyfriend's chest. Hera smiled at them. Hera knew all about the Sennen Items and that Yami was a shadow creature. She even knew about their relationship, and accepted it.
"W-what do you mean?" Yugi whispered.
Unfortunately for him, and everyone else, Yugi had asked his question just as the door to the living room was kicked open, and someone came running into the living room at the speed of a little jack rabbit.
"I'M HOME!" a voice called. "How is everyone?"
Yugi and Yami stiffened, both frozen solid in fear. The voice was very familiar. In fact, it sounded almost exactly like Yugi's voice, only a bit more deep than his was.
But there was no one except Yami, Yugi, Hera, and Solomon living in the house.
Curious as to who had come running into their home/game shop so suddenly, little Yugi turned around to see who had called, and his eyes went wide with horror. He gasped and pointed at the person, shaking, shocked that he wasn't going to fall over from the shock. Yami had to clutch his aibou close, though his eyes were wide with horror, too.
"I-it's me?" he shouted.
Sure enough, standing in the doorway was what looked like Yugi, or rather, the same face and appearance as Yugi. His eyes were bright yellow, pupils like slitsslits, and his hair was the same style as Yugi's. The color, however, was very different. His bangs were a light blue, and the rest of his spiked star-shaped hair was a dark gray, almost black.
This young man, whoever he was, looked to be about seventeen years old. He was wearing what appeared to be some of Yugi's clothes. He wore the black tank top that Yugi owned with his name written across it in bright red letters. He was also wearing some of Yugi's jeans and a pair of his sneakers as well.
"D-Daddy!" Hera shouted in shock.
Solomon snarled angrily, folding his arms and looking away. "Damn," he snapped.
Yugi's heart nearly stopped at his mother's words. "D-Daddy?" he shrieked. He jumped up and pointed to the strange star-haired man, who was now staring at Yugi with wide golden eyes. "As in grandfather? He's my grandfather?" Yugi was hysterical now, pointing and shouting about the young man standing in the door.
Yami was horror struck.
How could someone this young be Yugi's freakin' grandfather? It just didn't make sense! No human should be able to be as old as Yugi was and be a grandfather, especially not when Yugi's mother was well over thirty, and Yugi was sixteen himself.
Hera smiled and pointed to the boy.
"Yugi, Yami, allow me to introduce you to this handsome young man," she said with a smile.
The young man seemed to chuckle at the compliment and he stood beside Hera. Yugi noticed that the young man was just about as tall as Yugi was, just a few inches shorter than his mother and Yami.
"I'd like you to meet Sampson Alighieri," Hera smiled. "Yugi, this is your other grandfather."
Yugi stammered in shock. "M-my... grandfather?" he whispered.
Hera nodded and flashed her son a tiny smile. "Yes," she said. "He came to Domino a couple decades ago, and he's been sleeping peacefully in the basement for a couple years."
Sampson, as the man was called, turned and glared at Hera. "What do you freakin' mean I was 'sleeping in the basement'?" he yelled. He turned and glared towards Solomon, who was snickering evilly. "Somethin' tells me that your elderly father-in-law may have been responsible for my, oh how should I out this, extended stay in my fucking coffin!"
Yugi and Yami blinked, and they were both thinking the exact same thing. Coffin?
Solomon laughed evilly and turned towards the other grandfather.
Yugi flinched at the wicked look in his grandpa's eyes. Solomon was never a violent man, but after seeing this side of him, Yugi was having some serious doubts about that.
"Oh no, my friend," Solomon said through grit teeth. "I just wanted to make sure that nothing interrupted your... beauty sleep."
Sampson glared and then laughed slightly. "Well then," he murmured. "I guess I should thank you for letting me have my peaceful sleep. Though, I hope those boulders weren't too much for your elderly bones to move. They were so heavy I almost couldn't move them. I almost lost all my energy and dried up and died!"
Solomon seemed to stiffen and laugh at the though.
"Oh, perish the thought!" he said. "I couldn't bare it if your sleep were any less than perfect... or final. But after all, you can just suck energy from humans and regain your youth, correct? That's where I'm jealous of you, my dear Sampson."
The two grandfathers then started laughing.
Yugi and Yami watched as they laughed, and then looked to one another.
There was something strange behind their laughter. It was almost as if they were wanting to kill each other, but at the same time, they were both trying to be as civil as possible.
Halfway through their laughter, the two grandfathers stopped and glared at one another.
Yugi and Yami could almost see the sparks that snapped between the two. Yugi clung to Yami, who in turn held his aibou as close as he possibly could get him.
Hera, deciding to intervene, took her father by the arm and led him over to Yugi and Yami.
"Father," she said. "I'd like you to meet your grandson, Yugi."
Sampson looked up and didn't study Yugi or Yami very well. "There's two of them," he said. "Hera, did you have another kid? They both look so much alike, it's kinda bizarre."
Hera laughed nervously. "W-well, no," she said. "I-I just had Yugi. The taller one is Yami, Yugi's boyfriend."
Sampson nodded and stared at both Yami and then down at Yugi.
Yugi noticed how intently his young-looking other grandpa was staring at him. It was at this time that Yugi noticed that he and his grandpa looked exactly alike, except for the color of their hair and eyes.
Suddenly, Sampson smiled widely. "Oh my..." he whispered, amazement in his eyes. "Come here, cutie!" he shouted as he grabbed Yugi and put him in the biggest headlock anyone in the Kame Game Shop family had ever seen. "Ha ha! This is great! You go to sleep and the whole family's gone and grown up! You've got all the strong genes in this family, I can tell!"
Yugi squeaked as he was gripped into a headlock. He flailed and reached out to his now-horrified boyfriend. "H-help me, Yami!" Yugi managed to squeak out.
Yami watched his boyfriend with a horrified expression, and was going to go do something, but suddenly, the other star-haired man drew back in confusion and looked down at Yugi's body.
He stared at him for a moment before grabbing his shoulders. "H-hey! How did you get so short?" he shouted as he started bear-hugging Yugi, who in turn flailed and tried to escape.
"O-ow! Grandpa!"
"Geez, why are you so short? You're like a freakin' kindergartner!"
"Ow! Please!" You're not much taller yourself!
"Who's the cause of this huh! I know you didn't get this like because if me!"
"OW! GRANDPA, STOP! LET ME GO!"
"Who, I asked!"
Yami watched as his boyfriend struggled against his grandpa. He got angry that his hikari was in distress, and his shadow magic leaked out and about the room. It crept along the walls and shattered mirrors. Hera and Solomon sensed this and rushed to Yami. Hera placed her hand down on his shoulder to calm him.
"Y-Yami, calm down," she said. "He's just a little old man."
Solomon snorted and walked up beside Yami. "Little nothing!" he yelled. "Come on, Yami! You wanna take him out right now? Good! I'll assist you, help you hide the body, defend you in court, and even bail you out if you get arrested for murder!"
Hera turned and blanched. "Father-in-Law," she said. "Why are you so impuslsive?"
"Someone help me!" Yugi yelled.
As they argued and shouted; Hera and Solomon arguing about killing Sampson, and Sampson and Yugi yelling; the door to the Kame Game Shop swung open, and Anzu poked her head into the living room.
"Guys?" she called.
Yami sighed in relief when he saw his friend. Anzu had use to have a crush on Yami, but when she learned that Yami and Yugi were going out, she instantly lost her crush and just stayed their good friend.
Anzu looked around the room, not noticing Sampson. "What's going on?" she asked. "I heard screaming all the way outsi-"
Sampson suddenly dropped Yugi and turned to Anzu. "Anzu!" he shouted with a wide smile across his face. "You've gotten so big in the last few years since I've seen you!"
Anzu looked over, saw Sampson, and squeaked in terror. She backed up against the wall, eyes widen, and turned away. "Oh there is no freakin' way that you could still be here!" she shouted.
As she turned to run away, Sampson raced after her. "HEY ANZU! COME HERE AND SAY HI TO GRANDPA SAMPSON!"
"NOOO!"
Yami rushed over to Yugi and helped him up. Yugi stared over at his mother and Solomon. "Anyone wanna tell me what happened there?" he asked, pointing to the door.
Hera sighed and shook her head. "When Sampson first woke up, I was three months pregnant with you at the time," Hera explained. "Your friend Anzu's mother had already had Anzu some time ago, and let's just say that Sampson has a thing about babies and young people. And since she was the only baby around, he kinda... smothered her with affection. I guess she never got over it."
Solomon folded his arms across his chest. "Now she's never gonna come back!"
Hera turned towards Yami and Yugi. "Please forgive him," she said. "He's very, very impulsive. He does things without thinking sometimes, and it may get to be on your nerves."
Yami shrugged. "It's all right," he murmured. "As long as he doesn't grab Yugi like that again."
Yugi laughed nervously and looked over to Solomon. His grandfather was snarling and fixing the bandanna he wore over his spiked gray hair, his purple eyes narrowed with hate. Yugi flinched and laughed a bit nervously. He looked at his mother, who was staring at Solomon. She seemed a bit worried about something.
"Mom," Yugi dared to ask. "Why do Grandpa and Grandpa Sampson hate each other?"
Hera sighed softly. "Because-" she said. "-they are always arguing about who would have been better to raise you. Father-in-Law wanted to raise you under this heritage, but your grandfather, my Daddy, wanted to raise you under your other heritage. He felt that if he raised you well and taught you, you'd awaken one day."
Yugi was confused. "A-awaken?"
Yami stepped forward and wrapped his arms around his aibou. "And just what do you mean by that, Hera?"
Hera sighed and looked away. "You see-" she whispered. "-there is a reason my father hasn't aged. You see, Yugi, he's... Oh, how do I put this without freaking you out? He's... a shadow creature."
Yami and Yugi's eyes widened. "A shadow creature?" they both yelled.
Hera nodded. "Yes," she said. "My father was born over eighty years ago in Europe. During that time, he made friends with the Bakurae family. Yugi, your friend Ryou's grandpa, Loki Bakurae, is the one who brought Ryou's family over here several years ago. But Ryou's father changed his last name to make it more Japanese."
Yami looked to Hera. "But I don't understand," he said. "Even if he was a shadow creature, he'd have aged by now."
"True," Hera said. "And he has and can. But as you must know, shadow creatures, ones that are not in an alliance with a hikari, as you and Marik and Bakura are, must take emotional energy from humans to survive. But if they take enough, then they are able to stay young for a while. Their lifespan is also much longer than a human's."
Yami was confused, but Yugi was shocked.
"You mean I'm... a shadow creature?" he whispered, his voice trembling.
Hera turned to her son. "Only 1/4th," she said. "You see, I'm a half shadow creature, but I have no powers. I married your human father, and therefore, I didn't think you'd have any shadow magic either. But your grandpa Sampson seems to believe that you do."
Yami started. "But how can-"
His sentence was stopped when Sampson kicked the door open and came back into the room. He was pouting angrily, holding a piece of Anzu's pink school jacket in his fist.
"Anzu-chan got away," he said.
Yugi stared and wondered what Anzu must be thinking. She must have been horrified to just suddenly have a young-looking elder come running at her all of a sudden.
Hera laughed nervously. "S-sorry about that," she said. "Anzu-chan is going through a bit of a phase."
Sampson turned and glared at his daughter. "Well-" he yelled. "-she didn't have to run like she was being chased by monsters!" Sampson turned and smiled at Yugi. Yugi flinched and clung to Yami. "Oh well," Sampson said, grabbing Yugi away from Yami and into a huge hug. "I guess I'll just have to play with this one for a while. Hee hee, we're just like twins!"
Yugi sweatdropped and laughed nervously. He looked over to Yami and mouthed, "help me", as softly as he could. Yami nodded and reached to his aibou, but the star-haired grandfather looked up and smiled at Yugi.
This stopped Yami.
He felt incredible power, even more than he possessed, resonating from this man. He knew right then and there that, even if he was over 5000 years old and had much more experience with shadow magic than Sampson, this old man who looked like a sixteen year old would be able to beat him any time, any place.
"By the way, what was your name again?" Sampson asked Yugi.
Yugi sighed and looked away. Yami stifled a laugh and looked away from his boyfriend. Yugi turned back and looked at his young-looking grandpa, who was still smiling at him.
"I-it's Yugi," he said.
Sampson smiled at him again. "Yugi, it means 'game' right?" he asked. Yugi nodded. "Great! I love games! I have a feeling we're going to be great friend, Yugi!"
Yugi laughed nervously and looked to Yami. /That's what I'm afraid of./ he called via mind-link.
Yami nodded and tried to calm down. He knew that he had to rescue his boyfriend from his psychotic grandpa, but if he did anything, then Sampson would most likely fight him off. Yami just sighed and leaned back, watching in growing aggravation as Sampson asked Yugi questions, still clinging close to him.
Me: All right! Sampson is a fun grandpa! We like using him almost as much as we enjoy using Loki Bakurae, Ryou's very strange and very young looking grandfather!
Lucy: We realize this was not our best, but we hope the next few will be good!
Me: We hope no one will flame us! We tried to make this one as good as possible, and we understand that it was inspired from the anime "Karin" where her grandmother arrived! However, this story will not be like that, just this one little section!
Lucy: Please review and we shall update another chapter as soon as we are able to, you guys!