As Anzu buttoned up her school jacket, she heard a knock coming from the downstairs door.
"Mom, Dad, can one of you get that?" She asked from upstairs.
"Who could that be, coming by this early?" A male with brunette hair and grey eyes asked as he got up from the kitchen table.
"It must be Anzu's friend." Mrs. Mazaki said, as she followed her husband to the door.
Mr. Mazaki opened the door to reveal Atem.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"My name is Atem Mutou, I'm Anzu's friend." Atem answered.
"Come on in Atem and have a seat. Anzu will be down in a few minutes." Mrs. Mazaki said.
"No need Mom, I am ready." Anzu said from behind them. "Hey Atem, let's go."
"Yeah." Atem said as Anzu walked towards him. "It was nice meeting you Mr. and Mrs. Mazaki."
"Same here Atem." Mrs. Mazaki said as she placed a hand on Anzu's shoulder. Anzu looked at her mom and heard her whisper softly. "He is very handsome, honey. You two look cute together."
Anzu blushed, hoping Atem didn't hear that before taking his hand and walked away.
"Anzu, what was that about?" Atem asked as the two were at a far enough distance from the house.
"Nothing important." Anzu noticed the millennium puzzle hanging by a chain around Atem's neck. "What's that?" She asked.
"This is the Millennium Puzzle, my Grandpa gave it for me a few years back and I just finished it yesterday. Legend has it that this once belonged to a Pharaoh, over three thousand years ago."
"Wow, I wonder if there is anymore items like it." Anzu became more interested.
"There is, Grandpa said there are six other items but they could be anywhere in the world right now."
'Tea.' A male voice whispered.
"Did you say something, Anzu?" Atem asked.
"No, I didn't." Anzu answered.
"I must be hearing things." Atem whispered to himself.
A few minutes later Atem and Anzu reached in front of the school only to see a group of girls, running towards them, screaming.
"Atem, what's going on?" Anzu asked as Atem grabbed her hand and ran away.
The two ran behind the school and saw a small shed. He dragged Anzu and the two quickly hid in it.
"Atem-." Anzu said before he covered her mouth.
The group of teenage girls ran passed the shed and disappeared. Atem removed his hand his hand from Anzu's mouth.
"Atem, why were does girls chasing you?"
"I am the King of Games, so some of the girls here are after me because of my popularity." Atem explained.
"You were the one that defeated Maximillion Pegasus? No way!"
"You didn't know?" He asked.
Anzu shook her head for no. "At least your popular with the girls. You must have a girl by your side." Anzu hoped it wasn't true. It puzzled her, she only met him yesterday and since the first moment they spoke, Anzu felt like they had met before.
"No, I don't have a girlfriend. This may sound strange but ever since I can remember, I felt like my heart belonged to someone but I don't know who she is. Silly isn't it?"
"No I don't think it's silly. In fact I feel the same way as you." Anzu said.
"I hope you find whoever it is." Atem said.
"I hope you find her. Whoever holds your heart will be a very lucky girl for having someone as sweet and smart as you." Atem blushed because of what she said.
Unaware by Atem, Anzu was blushing too and after a few moments of uncomfortable silence Atem said. "Anzu, I think we are in the clear, so let's go."
Anzu nodded before the two left the shed and head off to class.
A woman with long raven hair, dark brown eyes and wearing a light brown dress reaching down to her ankles and a golden necklace. As the woman sat around her desk, the necklace began to glow.
"The Puzzle has been fixed, now the battle will soon begin." She said in a whisper.
"You are correct Isis." A voice said. Isis looked up to see a man with a Golden Key hanging around his neck and wearing ancient Egyptian clothing.
"Shadi?" Isis checked to see if her office door was closed.
"Isis, I had a vision of a young boy. He has finally done what countless men before him could never do." Shadi said. "All the Millennium Items have been found now and the greatest shadow duel will begin."
"I know what I must do." Isis got up and opened a small safe.
"You must hurry and get to the boy before your brother does."
Isis smiled as she opened the safe. "No need Shadi, my Necklace has shown me that the boy will come to me." Shadi disappeared as Isis took out something from the black safe.
Once school was dismissed Atem, Anzu, Joey and Tristan walked home quietly till Joey asked, "Anzu we are going to the arcade tomorrow, do you want to come?"
"'Tomorrow is a Saturday so I would love to go." Anzu smiled.
"Awesome." Joey and Tristan said.
"What time and which arcade?" She asked.
"Noon and it's the Domino arcade." Tristan answered as they reached an intersection. "See you three tomorrow, I am going right."
"See yah, Tristan." They answered before he ran off.
"I am going left, see you two later." Joey smiled as he walked off, leaving Atem and Anzu alone.
"And we are going straight." Anzu laughed as she and Atem started to walk. They started to talk about random things and saw how much they have in common till they reached Anzu's house.
"Anzu, how about I come pick you at eleven thirty tomorrow? That's if you want me to?"
"Sure, that sounds great." Anzu said before going into her house.
Atem had a small grin on his face as he walked home.
Night slowly approached, Atem closed his Grandfather's game shop for the night and went up to his room. He took a quick shower before coming out wearing nothing but a blue boxers and the millennium puzzle. Atem lay on his bed about to drift off to sleep till he heard a knock coming from his door.
"Come in." Atem sat up. The door opened to reveal a short man with grey spiky hair and purple eyes wearing a blue jumpsuit, white shirt and an orange bandana. "Hey, Grandpa."
"Atem, I just wanted to congratulate you on finishing what many men had failed to do and are you feeling any better since this morning? You seem a little off when you left the house today." Grandpa Mutou said.
"Yeah, I feel better. Yesterday all I remember is fixing the puzzle then I saw a light. The next thing I knew I woke up this morning with the Puzzle on the table.
"Maybe something magically is at work but we will discuss that at another time." Grandpa got up and left. Atem sighed as he lay back onto the bed and drifted off to sleep.
Dream
In a large garden, two persons sat by a white coloured water fountain One wore royal Ancient Egyptian clothing while the other wore a beautiful dress that reached her knees.
"You look beautiful as always, my love." The tri colour, spiky hair teen said.
"Thank you, my Prince. You don't look so bad yourself." The brunette, blue eye girl said.
"I love you so much, Tea."
"I love you too, Yami. I just wish we didn't have to keep our relationship a secret." Tea pouted.
"I know Tea, and once I become pharaoh, I promise to change that rule. I can't picture marrying anyone but you." Yami kissed her lips. Tea moaned as the kiss became more passionate.
"Yami, we should stop before someone sees us." Tea tried hard to not enjoy the kiss but failed.
"Don't worry, I told the guards not to let anyone in. I want to enjoy as much alone time as I can with you. You're the best thing that ever happened to me." Yami said.
"And you are to me." Tea said.
"Tea, I can't picture my life without you nor will I make it a reality." Yami rubbed Tea's cheek.
"You're so sweet. I don't know what I did to deserve you but I will spend the rest of my days, cherishing the moments we have." Tea leaned over to kiss Yami's lips.
End Dream
Atem woke up to see the sun rays, shining into his room.
"That was a strange dream. It almost seemed like a memory." Atem whispered. "The girl looked so much like Anzu. She looked so beautiful and breathtaking. It felt so real." Atem shock the thought out of his head. "It was just a dream. I know I feel something towards Anzu since the first moment we meet but…" Atem was interrupted when his grandfather called him for breakfast.
"Coming, Grandpa." Atem got up and when downstairs.
Anzu opened her eyes and thought. 'It was only a dream but it felt so real. I know I have feelings for Atem but am I in love with him? Love takes time to develop and I feel so confused.' Anzu sighed as she got up to take a shower. 'Maybe the day out with Atem and the guys will help clear up my feelings.'