Chapter 2: Second Trial

Yugi stood lightly, shifting his homework back into his back pack. His stomach growled loudly to him. It was clearly time to eat. He moved slowly and silently down the steps, into the kitchen.

His parents were still arguing in the basement. It was a good thing that they hadn't found his secret hiding place; a large library. The door was hidden behind a bookshelf on one of the far walls of the room.

Stepping, lightly into the kitchen he moved quickly so that he could avoid his parents' wrath. When they argue they almost always got yelled at and/or hit. Though moving fast and being quiet are two totally different things. Yugi panicked when he dropped a plate and almost didn't catch it. Despite the fact that he caught it the plate still hit the floor loud enough for his parents to hear.

They stopped yelling and both walked up the steps. His dad looked furious and his mom looked really peeved. Neither of them looked really happy about him being down stairs. Yugi looked at them like he was not surprised about them being there. Then his dad took the plate from him and pulled back his hand to whack him.

Yugi held up his arms to defend himself but as he did a bright flash of light came from the gem and he blacked out. When the darkness cleared from his eyes and mind both of his parents were on the ground. His dad was covered in bruises and there were a few shallow cuts on his face and arm.

His mom was in similar condition but she was supporting his dad. She was staring at him like he wasn't even human. Glancing down at his hand, the plate he had gotten for himself was broken and had blood on it. He dropped the bloody plate and returned his mom's stare. Her face tightened and it was clear from that gesture that he was to go to his room and then get out of the house.

Yugi turned and ran back to his room, panicking. When his dad came too he was so in trouble. The only concern that he had was; what if whatever had happened to him happened again? That would be really bad if it did. Since his mom basically told him to get out he packed several things and took off.

He ran out the front door hearing his mom say that she would call him when it was safe for him to come home. Yugi nodded and vanished into the gathering darkness. After about three hours he found himself in front of his grandfather's game shop. With a small smile he pulled the spare key out from under the door mat and unlocked the door.

The shop was as his grandpa left it; relatively clean and well organized. A thin layer of dust coated everything and as he walked upstairs he realized that all of the furniture was covered in plastic or something. That was a good thing. Now he wouldn't have to worry about dusting off all of the furniture.

He walked back into the store and opened the breaker box. After blowing away some cobwebs he flipped most of the switches. The lights flickered on and the heat kicked in. It was really fortunate that Grandpa had bought the generator for the basement.

Closing the box and going up stairs to the kitchen he realized that only the non-perishable items would still be edible. Depending on how long he stayed he might have to go shopping. Opening the fridge he was met with the sight of a few pieces of rotting fruit and several other things. A putrid odor filled the fridge from the fruit so Yugi closed it quickly.

"I hope Dad won't be too pissed off at me. I have no idea what I did though. All I remember is blacking out I don't remember a thing." Yugi thought as he rummaged through the cabinets, eventually coming up with a can of ravioli.

Sitting down in front of the T.V. he munched on his ravioli. Soon he was fully settled into the comfortable living room couch with the T.V. on in the corner. Right as he started to nod-of something on the T.V. caught his eye. It was Ishizu and she was opening another ancient Egypt exhibit at the Domino Museum. Smiling Yugi drifted off to sleep; he would go see the exhibit tomorrow.

It was cool when Yugi woke up the next morning. A subtle stiffness had settled over him since he had been sleeping on the couch. With a big stretch he walked up to his old room. I was just like he left it; a little dusty and crowded. Moving through the dust cloud of dust created by opening the door he stepped to his closet. His old clothes were still there, they might be a bit small on him but they would fit nonetheless.

Pulling out the first thing he grabbed Yugi smiled. It was his old school uniform. With it came many good memories. Still smiling he changed into it. After sliding the gold gem onto his wrist he moved downstairs to find something to eat. It was ravioli again for breakfast. Yugi quickly decided to go to the store after he went to the museum.

Yugi left the house as soon as he finished eating. As he got closer to the museum he saw the captain of his school's football team. The guy was also headed to the museum it seemed. Right as Yugi ducked around a corner he was spotted.

With a loud, "Hey!" the football team captain took off after him.

Both of them ran, with Yugi dodging in and out of the buildings. The jock ran after him and almost missed him when he ducked in and out of the buildings. After about ten minutes Yugi felt a pull on his collar. He had been caught and was about to be beaten to a pulp.

As he was turned around the gem on his wrist flashed like it had when his dad advanced on him. Once more his world was clouded in darkness. This time he felt a strange pull at his soul, strange but familiar at the same time. This time when the light once again was visible Yugi actually remembered what happened.

The football team captain swung at him, despite the bright light. Instead of crumpling to the ground Yugi brought his own hand up and cracked the jock's wrist. After dodging the punch he swung his leg in a high kick. It hit the jock square in the head and he stepped back, dazed. Following through Yugi swung his other leg in a kick to the jock's stomach, causing him to fall over. As he hit the ground he passed out and Yugi woke up.

Shaking his head to clear it Yugi took off back toward the museum. The football team captain would be out cold for a few hours so he was free to do as he pleased. Finally making it to the museum he saw Ishizu standing in the front. He walked up to her with a light wave and she smiled, inviting him into the museum.