What is this feeling? (Part one)

Atemu sighed and tried to keep his frustration from showing. He was standing in the office of Kaiba Seto, listening to him scream at some person on the phone. For some reason, their meetings always started, ended or where interrupted by an "important" call.

'Why can't things just go smoothly for a change?' he thought. 'It wouldn't hurt, and Yuugi is already suspicious about me being gone all the time. I wouldn't pass on being with him now. How long has it been since we talked? I can't even remember'. He looked out the window trying to find something to occupy his thoughts while he waited for the CEO to hang up, so they could continue what they had started. But for some reason he couldn't get his look-a-like out of his head. 'Why can't I stop thinking about him?' he questioned himself. He couldn't get the picture of Yuugi pouting with his face flushed from this morning's panic attack. He smiled at the memory. 'I don't understand why he thinks that he looks bad? Atemu pondered. 'If he only knew how good looking he is…'

"Hello! Earth to Atemu!"

Said person flinched at the wake up call. "What? Are you done?" he asked, feeling quite surprised.

"Yeah, I'm done" answered Kaiba Seto. "But the question is really if you are done, daydreaming about whatever you are daydreaming about"

"What are you talking about, Kaiba?" Atemu asked, beginning to feel annoyed over the conversation.

"Don't even try to deny that you where fantasising about something" he said accusingly. "Or maybe it's someone?"

Atemu stiffened by the last statement. "I have no idea what you are talking about Kaiba" he said stiffly, clenching his fists.

"Oh, really?" he smirked, basking in the reaction of Atemu. "Anyway, I got the last papers this morning"

"Really?"

"YES. Do I really need to repeat myself?"

"No"

"Thought so. Here is your birth certificate, and all the other papers you need. And I've arranged all the school papers to, you start tomorrow"

"Thank you Kaiba"

"You don't have to thank me, this was your price, remember?"

"Right. I still appreciate it though"

"And I also fixed that little problem with a last name, the one you suggested worked fine, Sanehsu Atemu" said Kaiba with a grin. "But I can't understand how you can be so vain that you would call yourself 'son of the king'. You are no pharaoh any more…"

Atemu choose to ignore Kaiba, there was no point in starting an argument over this, all he really wanted to do was get out of the CEO's office, head home and be able to spend the evening with his aibou.

"Thank you again" Atemu said stiffly while he rose from his seat. "I'll take my leave then"

He headed towards the door and was just about to leave the room when he was stopped by Seto Kaiba's voice:

"You know, this wasn't the last challenge. Someday I'll beat you and then go after Yuugi so that I can win back my title"

"First, you have to get through me" came the answer.

The sun shined brightly over Domino city. 'It's a nice day' Atemu thought while he walked along the streets, heading home. 'I really wish that Yuugi could be here with me…' He sighed and slowed the pace, looking through the windows of the stores. 'I can't believe how much things have changed since I came back and got my own body…' he thought, recalling his memories of the past events.

Two months earlier, the Ceremonial Battle had been held and he had left for the afterlife so that his spirit could find peace. He had finally reunited with all of his friends from his life as the pharaoh of Egypt, and he had been happy. But his spirit had still been restless, he didn't find peace. The Egyptian gods had called him to them, wanting to know what disturbed his spirit. They disliked the fact that the man they owe so much wasn't satisfied. During the encounter he had realised he left something important back on earth, with his friends, with Yuugi, even though he didn't know exactly what. They had agreed on sending him back to earth, to let him live out the life he never had the chance to when he was pharaoh and then return when his time came.

Before he knew it, he'd found himself standing in front of the Kame Game Shop. At first he hadn't known what he should do with himself, he didn't want to frighten his aibou. After all, it wasn't every day that your best friend came back from the dead…

In the end he assembled his courage and went in the game store. It had been just as he remembered it, boxes with games neatly stacked on the shelves, beside the fact that Yuugi's grandfather wasn't standing behind the counter. A shout from the back of the store told him that Sugoroku was getting something from the storage room. He could still remember the scene that had occurred when Sugoroku came back into the store.

After a couple of minutes, the door to the storage room opened and Sugoroku walked in with a pile of boxes in his arms that blocked his view so that he couldn't see who his costumer was

"Sorry for the delay, how may I help you?" said the man while he put down the boxes behind the counter with his back against the 'customer'.

"…" Atemu didn't know what to say, and his throat dried up which made it impossible for him to speak even if he had come up with something to say.

Finally Yuugi's grandfather turned to face him, with a bright smile on his face. When the old man got a good look at who it was standing in front of him, his eyes widened, mouth opened slightly and an expression of sheer disbelief written in his face.

"…" Atemu still couldn't find his words.

Sugoroku slowly walked around the counter to face the unexpected visitor. "Atemu?" he said with the look of a man that couldn't believe his own eyes. Their eyes met and Atemu, who finally found his voice uttered barley audibly:

"I'm back…"

But the talk that continued after the first encounter was by far the most bizarre on he'd ever had. It's was really hard to describe what had happened after he left. Some things he simply didn't want to answer and other things he just didn't know, like why he was back? The old man hadn't wanted to pressure him about the past so he'd diverted the conversation to more practical subjects, like where he would stay and what he would do now. In the end, Atemu had gotten the offer to live with them, which he'd gladly accepted.

'I'm really grateful to Sugoroku for taking care of me' he thought to himself as he walked down the street. 'And to all my other friends for that matter, even to Kaiba for helping me with all the legal issues that come up when you're not supposed to be alive.' He smiled dryly at that thought.

He picked up the pace again, really longing for an evening alone with Yuugi, playing games or just hanging out together. 'But first I have to tell Sugoroku about my plan' he thought happily, humming an old song he remembered from his days as the pharaoh of Egypt.

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Bee: Sorry for taking so long to update this, I've had so much to do during the holiday and school suck right now!!! I had to split this chapter into two parts because it took so long to write it….

Atemu: You give up to easily, you know

Bee: I do not!

*Atemu smirking*

Yuugi: Atemu, be nice…. -_-'

Bee: See? *smiles smugly* Anyway I'll probably write the second part this weekend when I have more time…

Atemu (whispering): Layabout….

Bee (chasing after Atemu): I HEARD THAT!!!!!

Yuugi: Please read and review, Bee get very happy when you do -- she feels more inspired also = faster updates…. Hope you like the chapter even if I'm not in it *smiles cutely*