Gelly: I fail at life! -Whacks head-

I had this chapter nailed quite a few weeks ago... but the computer I used at my mum's had a different program to me, so it got all scrambled when I tried to open it... so, I had to do it again. Then, my own computer blew up on me while I was finishing up my second attempt. So now, I've had to restart on my very crappy and broken laptop. So yeah, this chapter has been rewritten three times, which makes you loose interest to do it. So, I apologise for the long wait. -sighs- It's not even really a long chappie... -sighs again-

Anyway, in the last chapter, when Yuugi was translating Atemu's name, I had put "Sunset King" when I had meant to put "Morning Star King". I'm such a proon. -sweatdrops- But I can't be assed to go back and change it... and since no one noticed or commented on it, I guess it doesn't really matter.

I've seen to have also noticed that there is more humour than angst... that wasn't meant to happen! But oh well, I'll try to make more depressing moments. But still with humour. -big sigh-

Also, from this chapter onwards, there will be Ancient Egyptian words spoken ever so often. They will be translated at the end of the chapter.

And... I guess that's it. I would also like to thank all my reviewers who gave me their thoughts! I shall continue to make this story enjoyable for all of you. -smiles- Now, onto the next chappie!

Disclaimer: I was this close, THIS CLOSE, to getting the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh!. Too bad they saw me...

Puzzle Piece 4

Today was Saturday. Yes, Saturday. Not as good as Sunday, seeing as that was the only none school day, but today, was different. And Atemu was very glad.

You see, he had been off for almost the whole week now, and decided to take up the chance of staying off for as long as possible. School wasn't Atemu's favourite place to be anyway, so when Sugoroku offered for him to stay home to help Yuugi adjust, the teen pounced to accept.

Speaking of Yuugi... Atemu found one thing he didn't like about him. And that was his Early Birdness. Sure, Atemu loved to be up and about, keeping himself busy and active as much as possible, but when it was before 8 in the morning, or a day he didn't need to rush out of bed, he preferred to stay asleep.

"...Até?"

Ah yes, sleep. He remembered what that was. It was when he would shut down and stay unmoving until he needed to be awake again. Keyword "needed" here. But oh no, he now had a certain someone to get him moving much earlier than he needed to be...

"Come on Até, you've gotta get up."

Atemu grumbled and hid his head under his pillow. "Go away..." Came the muffled sound.

Yuugi sighed. "Até, do I need to get the water again?"

This got the taller teen to sit upright in record time. He narrowed his eyes at the threat. "You wouldn't dare."

A cheeky grin came. "If I dared the first two times already, then I would dare again."

And this, Atemu knew to be true. Just like Yuugi said, he had already showered Atemu when he didn't get up. Twice. This always left a very wet, and very moody Atemu to deal with in the early hours of the morning, which the poor teen could not cope with. He grumbled, falling back down onto the bed and hiding under the covers. "What are you, a deranged alarm clock?" All Atemu got was an even bigger grin, though he couldn't see it. He could here it in Yuugi's laugh, though.

"If it will get you up, then yes."

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Atemu had now decided that he hated his Grandfather at the moment. Right now, the teen and his small companion were sitting at the table, eating their pancakes (Yuugi seemed to love them, and always begged Atemu to make them ever morning), even though Atemu was still half asleep.

He grumbled, and Yuugi looked over to him in a apologetic manner. To Yuugi, it felt like to him that Atemu shouldn't be sleeping in anyway. It seemed wrong to him, like Atemu should be up and about doing something way before Yuugi should be. "I am sorry Até, but Motou-San said you needed to get up bright an early."

That was right. A few days ago, the old man had cornered Yuugi and filled his head with lies of how Atemu abserlutly MUST get up very early. And so, Yuugi took it to heart and had ever since woken him up whenever he did, which was very early indeed. That was why he hated Sugoroku at the moment. Atemu glared at nothing. It wasn't fair! Atemu was exhausted from the week's event. He didn't need to be woken up at the early hours of butt-cracking dawn!

A grumble sounded. "It's okay, little one. I suppose we needed to get up early anyway."

At this, Yuugi tilted his head. "We did?"

"Uh huh." Atemu nodded, taking a mouthful of pancakes and swallowing. "I promised I would take you to see the city today, didn't I?"

At this, Yuugi beamed at his taller counter-part. "Really?! You mean it?!"

The teen gave a chuckle at Yuugi's enthusiasm. He really did look like a child at times. "Of cause, Yuugi." He smiled. "It's nothing special really, just to show you the world you live in now."

Yuugi's eyes dulled at that after a moment, and Atemu had worried he had said something to upset the boy. But before he could apologise, the smaller had spoken up. "...I don't have a home to go to anymore, do I?"

Atemu watched Yuugi lower his head, eyes being over shadowed by his golden bangs. It broke Atemu's heart to see Yuugi look so sad... and he decided I never wanted to see it again.

"Um..." He swallowed. "I-I don't know if this is alright, but... this can be your home." When Yuugi lifted his eyes to look at him, Atemu lowered his own. "...If you want."

Yuugi blinked at him for a moment, before giving a grateful smile. "Dua Netjer en ek, Até."

Atemu's head lifted up as he stared at Yuugi in confusion. It was a different voice that spoke up, though. "Ah, you appear to know Ancient Egyptian."

The taller teen looked at his grandfather, who had just entered the room. Yuugi gave a nod to the old man. "T'e. I woke up this morning with the memory of what my real language is... so now, I feel like I have two languages, like I've grown up learning them both at once."

Sugoroku nodded, sitting at the table with them. "I do believe that this is a small sign of your memory returning to you."

"That's good." Atemu spoke up, looking over to Yuugi beside him. "Soon, you'll be able to remember who you are!"

"Yeah..." Yuugi whispered, looking between lost and relieved.

Atemu's grandfather smiled at the small teen, reaching over to pat his hand. "My dear boy, there is no need to think on it now. We'll sort everything out when we come to that bridge."

Bridge? What bridge? Atemu thought, looking confused again. Sort out WHAT?

Atemu was sure his grandfather was getting more confusing as the days went by.

"By the way," The old man started, standing back up. "What Atemu said was true; this is your home now, and your part of our family, Yuugi."

Yuugi watched Sugoroku leave the kitchen, becoming completely silent. His taller other was watching him carefully, waiting for him finish on whatever he was thinking about. It wasn't too long, but Yuugi finally spoke up in a whisper; "family, huh...?" He chuckled darkly. "I have a feeling that I have no idea what that feels like..."

"Then don't think about it." Atemu told him, looking stern. "Just go with the flow, and enjoy it. I'm taking you out today, right? So I want you to have fun! No sad Yuugi today!"

Yuugi blinked at him, taking the quiet, yet stern command in. He slowly smiled, making Atemu smile back. "Hai, Até."

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"Whoa! These buildings are huge!"

Atemu chuckled. It seemed that no matter how many times Yuugi saw these buildings, he couldn't help but once again, state the fact that their rather big. Already, the teen had taken Yuugi to see the harber, the sea, the other shops (Yuugi had thought that Atemu's Grandfather owned the other shop in town), the park, the beach, the town centre, the school (which Yuugi said he couldn't wait to join Atemu in going to), the hospital and many other places they past. Now, they were on their way to visit the arcade (Atemu had bought some money so they could play there for a while).

"Yes, they are pretty big. The biggest building here is the Kaiba Corp. building."

"Kaiba corp.?" Yuugi repeated, titling his head cutely. "What's that?"

"Well," Started Atemu, scratching his cheek thoughtfully. "The guy who owns the place. Kaiba Seto, specialises in game simulations, and has joined up with Industrial Illusions, to create world wide games. The largest game so far, and the most popular, is Duel Monsters."

Yuugi's eyes lit up. "Duel Monsters? I know that game!"

"I know you do." Atemu said softly, placing his hand on Yuugi's head to rub his hair in a affectionate manner. Yuugi's cuteness was getting to him. Yuugi purred at the attention. "Come on little one, we have places to go."

"Like the arcade!" The smaller said, excitement within his voice.

Atemu nodded. "It's just around the corner." And with that, grabbed Yuugi's hand and proceeded to guild him towards the direction he had pointed to. Yuugi was just a bundle of energy, so it was only moments when Yuugi started to pull Atemu that way. The taller teen just laughed as he did so, knowing now full well that Yuugi can't be stopped when he's like this.

It was only a few minutes till they reached the large building, Yuugi stopping in wonderment at all the flashy lights and sounds coming from the entrance. But when Atemu started to pull the boy towards it, suddenly found himself unable to. Atemu raised his eyebrow at the now shivering Yuugi.

"What's wrong?"

"I-it's... why is it so dark in there?"

Ah, that's why. "Don't worry," Atemu reassured, tugging his hand lightly. "You may only see a few lights out here, but it's really quite bright in there. It's a bit dark so the lights from the games look better." He tugged again. "I won't leave you alone, either. Okay? You'll have fun once your in there, I promise."

It took a few moments for Yuugi to battle with himself, but then decided that it wouldn't seem that bad, remembering all the games Atemu had told him about. With a timid nod, he followed Atemu closely into the building, jumping at a sudden "Bang!" from a game really close by.

"Let's try that game. You get to race in cars."

"Cars?" Yuugi asked, following Atemu and sitting in a machine next to the teen.

"Cars are things like these that take you places. They can be really fast." Atemu moved his hands to grip the steering wheel. "These games are some of my favourites."

Yuugi watched Atemu do a race a few times, before joining in. It got the hang of it, but the sudden movements the car made sometimes spooked the small teen into letting go of his steering wheel, causing his car to crash on the screen. Atemu frowned.

"Maybe a puzzle game might be better for you."

Atemu changed his mind when Yuugi kept beating him at any two player puzzle game they tried.

"Maybe not a puzzle game... constantly losing isn't fun." Atemu grumbled, wandering around with Yuugi in toll. He was hugging a stuff plushie of a Marshmellon from Duel Monsters closely, which Atemu had won him from a claw game only moments ago. From how Yuugi reacted to seeing it, Yuugi just HAD to have it. "Hmm... maybe a shooting game? Those are quite fun with two players..."

Suddenly, everything went off and the lights blacked out. It was obviously a power cut, but everyone around them freaked out anyway. They had all started to run towards the only bit of light there was, which was the outside sun. Atemu own panic surged through him, but not because of the dark, but because of what happened now during the dark.

"Yuugi!" He called out over the yells and shouts. "Yuugi, where are you?!"

Try as he might, Atemu couldn't find him, and was eventually pushed out the arcade by the crowed of people within it. He stood there at the entrance, waiting for it to clear, in hopes of getting back in and finding Yuugi quickly – fast.

An opening had presented itself, and the teen was about to take the chance, when a heavy hand landed itself on his shoulder, halting him. "Hello shrimp."

Atemu froze at the voice that floated by his ear. Oh no... not him, anyone but him...

Before he knew what hit him, Atemu was roughly pulled away from the crowed, and into an ally close by. One bothered to say or do anything, to them it just looked like someone was taking a walk with their friend. Atemu gave a small whimper of fear. He could normally take care of himself... but when it came to Ushio, he knew he didn't stand a chance.

Said teen grabbed Atemu's shirt by the collar, and slammed him hard against the wall, holding him high. He smirked. "I haven't seen you at school lately."

"I-I've been o-off." Atemu stuttered, swallowing. "Haven't been too w-well."

"Oh yeah?" Ushio snorted. "Look fine to me, playing in the arcade and all." He suddenly put on a creepy smile. "You know, we're all alone here... makes me want to have some "quality time" with you..."

Atemu's struggles to get free stopped as he froze at those words. Oh god... he's going to...

"Atemu!" Yelled out a smile voice, causing both teens to turn. Ushio saw a much smaller Atemu look-a-like, and snorted.

"What do you want, kid?" He sneered, tightening his hold on Atemu. "Can't you see we're busy?"

Atemu whimpered in slight pain from the hold, and Yuugi's glare grew. "Let him go." He said sternly, narrowing his eyes. It looked very odd on him, when he was normally a quiet, playful, shy type person.

"And what if I said no?" The huge teen sneered.

Yuugi's hands by his sides shook, as he started to shake in anger. "I said; LET. HIM. GO!"

Suddenly, before Ushio knew what hit him, a wave of pure pain shot up his body, making him let go of Atemu, causing him to fall to the ground hard. The smaller teen quickly crawled away, as Ushio cried out in agony. In mere moments, the ground shook, and a chain of bright light shot out from under Ushio's feet, quickly wrapping around his ankle. Then, the same happened to his other ankle. And his wrist... and his other wrist. A fifth chain of light shot up and wrapped around the waste, holding Ushio still.

"May Horakhty have mercy on your soul..." Atemu turned, and his eyes grew wide at what he saw.

Yuugi's face showed nothing but pure rage... and an unseeing aura whipped around him, causing his hair and clothes to lightly sway about. The smallest teen sneered, and a strange sound sounded high above them, which in turn made Atemu look up.

There, he saw a huge, bright glowing being, whose eyes held nothing in them. Before Atemu could do any more, a hand lightly touched his forehead, and made him look eye to eye with his little one.

"Pr-aA... antyw Pr-aA..." Yuugi whispered, and Atemu's eyes began to feel heavy. "Sleep."

And all became dark.

Ha! Bet you wasn't expecting that! -giggles-

Anyway, hope the chappie was enjoyable for you all to read! I know it's a bit short, so I'll make up for it next time, in which I hope I'll update by next week. I already know how it's all gonna go, so I should be able to. -smiles-

Review me your thoughts, and I shall take note of them! Go on, you know you want to! And if you don't have anything to say... then review anyway! They make me happy and want to update. -laughs-

Please forgive me for any spelling mistakes!

Translations:-

Dua Netjer en ek, Até: (to a man) Thank you, Até

T'e: Yes

Pr-aA... antyw Pr-aA...: Pharaoh... my Pharaoh...