Chapter One:

~A Diamond among Rubies~

"Now are you sure you have everything, Yugi?" an elderly man asked his eighteen year old grandson. The young man nodded and smiled "yes grandpa, I have all the stuff that I need." The elder smiled back "Be careful Yugi, college is a very dangerous yet fun place to be." The boy nodded and waved as he walked out the door, of his game-shop home, "Bye gramps", as he watched his grandson walk toward the University he smiled 'have fun, Yugi' he thought. The boy in question was dressed in a pair of skin-tight, black leather trousers, a silk, crimson red, long-sleeved shirt, with a black vest over it, his feet adorned with studded black boots.

Around his neck was a golden choker with a beautiful red rose on it. The boy's grandfather had told him that the choker was around his neck when he was born. Though he never knew why, he smiled as he saw the school, his golden blonde bangs swaying in the breeze. The black part of his hair was graced back into ponytail, where the rose red tips were visible. His bright and beautiful amethyst eyes shined in the sunlight. He was five foot five, which was a bit short for his age, though he didn't care that he was different from most boys.

His grandfather had told him once, that he was what most people called a 'pretty boy' even though he was short, the young man was quite a fighter and was considered a 'looker' of course at the last school he was at, they teased him so bad for being short, that he fought to get the bullies to leave him alone. If one dared to become the boy's friend, then they would have someone who was a loyal and very compassionate friend, even though he knew how to fight, the young one wouldnt hurt a fly, because he was very gentle, he got teased a lot, at one point the boy considered being neutral, but it didn't last very long.

He glanced around and noticed some of the students of Domino University were staring at him, he sighed and walked on, making his way to the headmaster's office. Once there he smiled kindly to the headmaster, who was an aging gentleman; who just so happened to be friends with his grandfather, the headmaster smiled "hello Yugi", Yugi smiled "professor Alkemetiz...thank you so much for letting me come..", the professor smiled "it was no problem...besides you are very gifted..and I know the art professor will love your work.", Yugi blushed "thanks" the headmaster smiled "we also got your request and it has been granted that you get your own mini-apartment... that way none of the other students will bother you"

Yugi smiled and nodded, he took the key from the headmaster and nodded to him "thanks again", the man nodded and Yugi walked out "oh and Yugi... your classes won't start til tomorrow..so you can take today and tonight.. to fix your apartment and arrange it" Yugi smiled again and waved, walking toward the dorms. Once there Yugi unlocked the door and smiled "wow..I had no idea that they'd give me a fully fernished apartment..", Seto chuckled "only the best for my cousin..", Yugi 'eep'ed and turned "Setty!", he put his boxes down and hugged his taller cousin, Seto smiled "I guess you escaped out of jail, early huh?", Yugi laughed "you could say that", Yugi..with the help of Seto finished putting his things into his apartment.

"so you excited?" Seto asked as they sat down on Yugi's couch, Yugi nodded "yeah I'm really excited.. can't wait to start, though I really hope that I'm not scurtinized because I'm eighteen and got into college early", Seto nodded "and plus you have the advantage of Seto Kaiba being your cousin..", Yugi chuckled "yeah that's another thing.. I don't want to flaunt that about..I'm not like you..", Seto raised his hands "I know, Yugi.. your parents wanted you to live a normal life... and which in a way I am glad you got to..atleast you didn't turn out snobbish..", Yugi nodded and smiled "so Seto, how are your classes going?" Kaiba chuckled "well actually.. I just finished a test.. and saw you walking across campus...

so I decided to check on you." Yugi chuckled "how thoughtful of you Setty, anyways how's Mokuba?" Seto smiled back "energetic as always" Mokuba was Seto's younger brother by five years. "He'll be a sophmore at the end of this semiester." Yugi nodded "he's really getting up there rather quick, huh?" Seto nodded "yeah, anyway.. I need to head to bed.. I got three tests tomorrow..." Yugi chuckled "alright, you get some rest", Seto nodded and hugged Yugi "night, cousin", Yugi waved him off and then walked to his fridge and sighed, Seto had stocked it his shelves full with food, sweets and drinks. He shut the door of the fridge with a chuckle and headed to his room.

Once in his room, Yugi walked over to his walk in closet and looked around.. he had hung his clothes up earlier with Seto's help and got a bit of a laugh from his twenty year old cousin, because you see Yugi had a thing for leather... and had a lot of it... he told Seto he thought the stuff looked great on him.. and many agreed.. if anyone looked awesome in leather.. it was Yugi. He made a soft laugh as he shut off the light and changed to his PJs, knowing he'd have classes tomorrow. "I might want to rest up..." he said softly as he laid down, "oh wow... this bed..." he snuggled into it and about five minutes later, he was sound asleep.

As he slept Yugi was having a very interesting dream...

~Dream Sequence~

He wondered down the hall of a darkened place, what looked to be a crystallized palace, his soft amethyst eyes looked about wondering where he was, he continued on... until a light appeared just a few feet from him.. as the light dimmed, he saw a small fairy.. hovering just above him

"welcome Light of the Rose King.." she said, "we have been expecting you.." she fluttered near his face, her silver wings glimmered.. she had soft pink hair with beautiful reddish yellow eyes, she was dressed in a pink dress, which had roses printed all over it, He blinked "wait.. who's been waiting for me?" the fairy smiled "your other half of course.. the darkness of the rose king..." he nodded and followed her as the palace slowly became brighter... he gasped when they entered the throne room, seeing twin thrones... the second throne had a person in it... though he was shrouded in darkness.. Yugi could still see the young man's gorgeous ruby red eyes... "there you are my darling.." he spoke...

Yugi shivered, the voice of the stranger was baritone and sounded velvety... "Odiera please allow my husband by.. we have much to talk about.." the fairy nodded and Yugi walked over.. he blinked as he saw the young man had huge black feathered wings..tipped in bright blood red.. "sweet one.. is something wrong?" Yugi shook his head and sat next to the stranger..the young man smiled kindly and leaned forward... just as their lips were to meet...Yugi heard a strange noise...

Yugi: well chap. 1 is now up... and chap 2 is on the way, Happy reading!

Yami: my aibou does not own Yugioh, R and R, and comments are welcomed... btw Happy New Year Everyone!