Gelly: Oh my Ra, I got 10 reviews in just one day! I was so happy to see that... ;-; Made me feel like people were enjoying something I've written. -Smiles- Made me want to update real quick!

Authoress's Note: The first few chapters won't be very long, most like 1000 to 3000 words, but I hope to make them longer as the story goes on. No idea how many chapters there will be, or when I update though. -Sweatdrops- Please bare with me!

Disclaimer: Me no own Yu-Gi-Oh!. Me only own cute Black Magician Girl Rabbit Plushie. Me no gonna share! -Hugs-

Gelly: Now, onto the next chappie!

Shoutouts at the bottom!

SLAM! "Kokuô-Kun, if you'd be so kind as to pay attention? Or is there something more important you'd like to share with us?"

Some of the girls in the class giggled as Atemu slipped lower into his desk seat. "N-no, sensei, I'll pay attention." This only caused some more girls to giggle.

The teacher nodded sternly, lifting up his large ruler. "See that you do, Kokuô-Kun. If you want to daydream, do that in your own time, not mine."

"Yes sensei."

He turned back to the black board. Atemu gave a glare at the teacher's back before gazing back out the window.

One year. By next week, when it was his 16th birthday, for one whole year he would have been working on that puzzle, and still is wasn't completed. Sure, it was slowly, but surely, getting together, but it still looked nowhere near finished.

Still... the more I work on it, the stronger that feeling becomes.

Jounouch had joked once that Atemu had a wish on the puzzle for some lover boy, and Atemu had giving him a gift of a whack over the head with his book bag. But still, that little comment had reminded him that as he put the pieces of the puzzle together, it felt like he was going to meet up with someone he hadn't seen for a long time.

Maybe I'm just getting excited... Grandpa did make it sound like something extraordinary was going to happen if I completed it...

Wander if something will?

Atemu suddenly wished he had the puzzle with him now to work on.

"Kokuô-Kun!"

"Sorry sensei!"

x – X – x – X – x -

During lunch, the gang of five sat under the large Sakura tree in the courtyard, munching away. It was silent, till Jounouchi piped up a question.

"So, Yams, hows dat puzzle coming? You've never shown us, yet never told us ya completed it either."

Atemu stopped munching on his food and shook his head. "No, I haven't completed it yet. I look to be more than half way, but it's really hard. But... the more I do it, the more..."

He stopped there with a frown. It still seemed a little weird to talk to his friends about the feelings that swirl within him while he worked on that puzzle. He had told them not too long ago, and they seemed to accept it... along with lots of jokes, of cause.

"The feeling gets stronger?" Anzu tried, spotting his frown.

Again, Atemu shook his head. "Not just that... more like, I'm about to meet someone after such a long time. Like, I watched them go and have waited for them to return."

The others all looked at each other. This wouldn't have anything to do with all those dates he turned down for some unknown reason, did it?

"That's... pretty deep, Yami." Honda said, putting his lunch down.

Otogi nodded. "Yeah. I mean, it's just a puzzle, isn't it? There shouldn't really be anything special about it, should there?"

Atemu thought on that for a moment. Their right, it's just a puzzle. But, why was it causing him to feel this way?

He sighed. "It's not just that, though... lately, I've been having these dreams."

"Dreams?" Jounouchi repeated, tilting his head.

"Uh huh." The short teen stared at his half eaten sandwich. Then, he frowned. "It's odd. The dreams aren't the same, but it's always in the same place, with the same people, and I'm..."

When he didn't continue, Anzu prompted him. "You're...?"

"I'm... a Pharaoh, I think. In Egypt. And their so clear when I dream them, and I remember what happened when I wake up. I've remembered every single one, so far."

And he stopped there, taking a bite to start eating again. The others took that as a cue to drop the subject for now, and went back to eating their own lunch. While they wasn't looking, Atemu gazed up at them all silently, knitting his eyebrows together.

Weather they believed him or not, didn't really matter. But at the moment, he wasn't going to tell them about a certain someone who always appeared within his dreams.

- x – X – x – X – x -

"'ey, Yams! Wanna come over to da acade wid us today?"

Atemu shook his head. "Sorry, I can't. Grandpa needs me in the shop."

Honda snorted. "You know, you don't come out with us much, anymore. It's either working in the shop, homework, or the puzzle."

A glare was sent his way. "Well sorry I've been busy."

"Yep, wishin' for dat lover boy is very hard work."

Jounouchi got a whack over the head for that. Atemu was getting very good at whacking people nowadays...

"Look, I'm not doing anything this Sunday, so why don't we go out then?"

Honda and Jounouchi looked at each other and then shrugged. "Sure, why not? Otogi and Anzu might be free."

"Dey normally are on a Sunday." Jounouchi nodded. "Awright, Sunday it is den!"

"So then you can use today and tomorrow to do your homework." Atemu grinned. "That way, I'm not the one doing it."

The blonde slumped. "But Yaaaaamssss..."

Atemu waved his hand at them, as he started down a different road from them towards his house. How he survived with those guys, he had no idea.

Keeps his days interesting though.

x – X – x – X – x -

"Ah, thank you, Atemu." His grandfather said, thanking his grandson as he closed the shop door and locked it.

Atemu put the large card-board box down on the counter. "No problem, Grandpa." He stood there, watching Sugoroku sweep the shop floor, before scratching his head. "Umm... Grandpa? Mind if I go up to my room for a bit?"

"Going to work on that puzzle, eh?" Sugoroku grinned. "Of cause you can. By the rate you're going, you'll complete it in no time."

"I hope so." The teen sighed, slumping a little. "I'm just taking so long... I fear I'll never get it completed."

The old man smiled fondly. "You will, my boy. You will."

Atemu gave a small smile, before he got shooed away. He went to his room and shut the door, intent to have his alone time. Sure, it was just him and his grandfather that lived in the flat above the shop; it was still nice to give himself the illusion of privacy, knowing full well that Sugoroku wouldn't intrude on him.

The teen sighed under his breth before turning and heading towards his desk, sitting on the chair. There, sitting silently and innocently, was the puzzle. It looked like it was more than half completed, and in the shape of a pyramid. Sure, one side, corner and almost the entire top of the pyramid was missing, but it defiantly looked like a pyramid. Lots of little, different shaped pieces of gold were scattered around it.

Atemu picked up one of the pieces, staring at it thoughtfully. "I waited 8 years to get you, on that day. You were all I could think about."

He tried to put the piece somewhere, but it didn't fit. Growling in annoyance, he put it down and picked up another one. With that, he tried to connect it, but that one wouldn't fit either. Again, he tried a third one.

Yelling out in frustration, slamming the gold puzzle piece on the table. "Come, ON! Why won't you fit? I've tried ever single one three times already!"

He scratched his head roughly with both hands, before letting his head fall hard onto the desk. This was annoying him to high hell, yes, but he so badly wanted to complete the thing.

"Why can't I finish you...?" He whispered into the wood. "After taking almost a year... why won't you work?"

Atemu shifted his head to stare at the puzzle. It glinted in the setting sun, as if mocking him for sounding so pitiful. But he couldn't help it – it was looking like the puzzle didn't want him to complete it.

Sighing, he sat backup and grabbed the puzzle, holding it carefully in his hands. In all honesty, Atemu had never been good at anything. Okay, he could be good, if he tried, but after the death of his parents almost 11 years ago, he had felt so depressed, that he had given up trying anymore. The teen had always needed to try twice as hard to get anything right anyway. Now, almost at the age of 16, he didn't really have many skills to go on. Bad grades, awful at sports and few friends, Atemu could barely even call himself a Game Master.

He gave a bitter smile. Sure, he had lots of admirers, but that wouldn't help him in the adult world when it came to a job. But he didn't care. He knew that when he finished school, he would work in his grandfather's shop, and take over when he retired.

Atemu turned the puzzle over in his hands. "Puzzles and card games have always been my best skills in the gaming world. But this puzzle seems to be proving me wrong."

He contained to gaze at it, wandering if he should give up and retire for the night – it was getting rather late. Coming to a conclusion that he should, he was about to put the puzzle down... when he noticed something. There, right in the middle of the inside... was a shaped hole. It liked like the shape of the bottom of a diamond, which so happened to be the shape of one of the pieces on the desk. The teen picked that piece up, and stared at it. Just maybe...

He slipped it in and with a "click!", fitted into place. His eyes widened with excitement when he saw another hole formed. "I get it! It looks like the puzzle only has outside walls to put together, but in reality, you have to fill in the inside too! So by turning it this way..." He did so, and put in another piece with a "click!". "You can see holes for pieces to fit in!" A third went in, and two more holes were formed.

Atemu suddenly found that the puzzle was now quite easy to do. It seemed that, whoever created the puzzle, made it so that it fooled people into thinking it's rather hard, so those with weak hearts would give up. Now that Atemu had found the trick into the thing, he found the pieces going in no problem.

Soon, in just 10 minutes, the whole puzzle was almost complete. Only one piece needed to go in, right at the front; the largest piece with what looked like an eye on it. He held his breth, picking it up. "I've done it... I've completed the Millennium Puzzle!"

What he didn't notice, was a small, quiet pulse, coming from the puzzle. It seemed to sense it's completion, giving off an anxious, yet happy, feeling that Atemu mistook for his own excitement. One year... one year of work after waiting for 8 years to have it... it was finally going to be finished.

"Just wait till Grandpa sees this!" He laughed, nearing the puzzle piece closer to it's fitting hole. Then, he stopped. Something... seemed odd.

He had a small, yet worrying feeling. What if nothing happened? What if, Otogi was right, and it really was just a puzzle? Working on it for a year... what if he got disappointed?

"But it shouldn't matter." Atemu muttered, shacking his head. "Even if nothing does happened, it would still show that I can do something right." He went back to grinning, and placed the piece in place with a final "click!".

All was silent for a moment, and Atemu didn't even relies that he was holding his breth. Suddenly, without any warning, the puzzle glowed, and shot a beam of light right at Atemu's forehead. In seconds, his skin felt like it was being burned, causing agony to shoot through him. He cried out in pain, and fell from his chair to the floor. A loud "thud!" echoed around the room, along with his screams. Then, it all stopped, and the pain went away.

Atemu pushed himself up shakily into a sitting position. "W-what the hell...?" He gasped, eyes wide in shock. He looked up, and saw that the puzzle was no longer glowing.

He was about to get up, when another sound hit his ears. It was a small cry of fright, and shuffling before a thump against the wall. Jumping at the other sounds, Atemu turned his gaze towards his side, and almost jumped out of his skin.

There, cowering, arms wrapped around his knees and head buried in them, was another person. He was small, and covered in what looked like blood, that seeped out from cuts all over his arms, legs; his whole body. He was shivering with small sounds of fear.

What surprised Atemu the most was, that not only was this boy naked, but almost had the same hair style as his own.

"Uhh..." The teen was a little dumb-struck at what had happened, and where this boy had come from. But, from that little sound he made, caused the boy to flinch, and cower more into himself.

Atemu continued to sit there for a moment, before deciding that he needed to find out what the hell was going on. So, he got up slowly, as to not scare the boy any further, and walked carefully over to the other. He knelt down, and lightly put his hand on the boy's shoulder. He flinched again. "Come on, little one... I won't hurt you."

The boy stopped shivering with a small gasp. Then, slowly, he lifted his head up. Doing so caused Atemu himself to gasp.

His little look-a-like didn't have red eyes like him, but the most stunning Amethyst eyes he had ever seen.

They both stared at each other, before the boy threw himself at the teen, and cried. The next thing he did was faint, before speaking out in a whisper; "Atemu..."

The teen stared down at the boy in his arms with even more wide eyes.

Oh yes, he really wanted to know what the hell was going on.

Gelly: Well, you guys know what to do! Give a review. They make me happy and know that you're enjoying this. ;3

FifthDayOfMay: Glad you liked the joke with the love potion. -Smiles- Hope the second chappie was okay for you!

atem4ever: That's good to hear. Hope it gets better for you.

Ornvinge: Heh heh... I like the name a lot of people use for Yuugi's Ancient Egypt name. Just plain old "Yuugi" doesn't work, unless it was made so Yuugi came from Japan, still. :3 But, as you've read, it took Atemu much quicker than Yuugi to solve the puzzle.

yugixyamiyaoilover: -Laughs- I like Anzu. Sure, in the Manga/Anime, she has a crush on Atemu/Yuugi, and in all honesty, they were my first favoutite pairing... but I like the idea of Anzu being a mega Yaoi Fangirl and squealing over her friend's gayness. XD

girl1213: Another Love potion fan! XD I'll try my best with the story.

ONIX-21: I've seen lots of stories like this... but not trading places (if anyone knows of any, let me know!) so I thought... hey! Lets make them trade places! And see where it goes.

detective1412: If you do one like this, try not to make it too much the same. XD;;; But no, I'm not going to make this story follow the manga, not really. As you've read, I've got a very different idea. -Smirks knowingly-

StandAlone: Sorry about the spelling mistakes, there. -Sweatdrops- I've never been at all the best, even with a computer's help. -Sighs- But I hope it wasn't bothering you too much! I'll try my best with it. Hope you enjoyed this chappie.

Yizuki: Well, you got to read more! XDDD

Kandei: And I've updated for you to read more. n-n

And thank you to those none reveiwers also!