Gelly: Thank you all for your thoughts! And please, ignore the fact that I've changed my name... again, again! I just can't seem to decide. -sighs-

I went to the Anime Expo this weekend! It was fun, and I went as a moogle. And I huggled a Black(Dark) Magician Girl many times. And a Yami, who had a pet Blue Eyes Toon Dragon. They were cool too. I took pictures!

This story is starting to get interesting, isn't it? Especially with what I wrote in the last chapter. Heh, I just thought; why is Yuugi always the weak one? Lets make Atemu get picked on for once! And that's why Atemu and Yuugi have switched half of their personalities with each other.

Disclaimer: I tried to get the rights from Takahashi-San by cosplaying as Yuugi... didn't work, though. -sweatdrops-

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Puzzle Piece 5

"Who are you Yuugi?!"

Said person curled more into himself on the bed, trying to hide away from the one yelling at him. Yuugi didn't blame Atemu for being mad, but he didn't need to put it like that. "I already told you; I don't know."

"Like hell you don't!" Yuugi flinched. "What was all that back there? You even knocked me out!"

"I..." Yuugi swallowed. How was he supposed to answer? He really didn't know. "W-when... when I saw him hurting you... I got angry and something just... "snapped", and I just suddenly had this knowledge of this power... to protect you..." The small one gave a sniffle before hiding his face further into his knees in his curled posstion. He suddenly felt very frightened. Was Atemu going to leave him now? No! he didn't want that! Anything but that! "I'm sorry Atemu!" He cried in his distress. "I didn't mean to! I'm sorry! I'm Sorry!"

Atemu gave a sigh when Yuugi began to cry into his knees. He wasn't angry, just completely confused to the point where he didn't know how to react any more. How was he supposed to react? "Yuugi," He began softly, moving to sit on the edge of the bed, making Yuugi go rigid. "Look, I'm not upset with you." He reached out, and placed his hand on Yuugi's head. "It's just, you seemed like a normal person... only to show you have this great power within you? How am I meant to react to that?"

Yuugi lifted his tearry eyes to stare at Atemu's confused ones. The taller's softened at him.

"I'm grateful that you came to save me. I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't. But, I cannot lie to you." Yuugi tilted his head. "You scared me, Yuugi. You really did. The look you gave Ushio... it wasn't the small playful boy full of smiles who appeared in my life. Literally." Atemu gave a chuckle, which in turn made Yuugi smile a little. "You had become... something else. Something entirely different that I didn't know at all."

It proves how much I still hardly know you.

"Promise me something?"

Yuugi tilted his head at the question. "Like what?"

"No matter what happens, you won't block me out again." Atemu said sternly. "You'll let me stay by your side, no matter what."

At this, Yuugi seemed relieved. "So... you won't leave me?"

"What?" At what he said, Atemu seemed confused, but quickly shook it off and hugged the small teen tightly against himself. "No, Yuugi, no. I won't. Ever. I freed you, and I'm going to take care of you..." He brought up a hand to pet Yuugi's hair again. "And we're going to find your past. Together."

Yuugi once again sniffled, but quickly rubbed the new falling tears away. He leant forward to nuzzle his face into Atemu's shirt, making him blush. "Thank you...Até"

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"Is he asleep?"

Atemu nodded as he closed the bedroom door quietly. "The day's events really exhausted him."

Sugoroku hummed in understanding, before passing his grandson and heading down the stairs, Atemu in tow. They both went into the kitchen, where Sugoroku went to grab the plates he had set food on only moments ago, before checking up on the boys. He had heard every word that was exchanged, they were both loud enough for the old man to hear all the way from here. He shook his head, picked up two of the three plates and set them on the table Atemu was already sitting at. The third, he put in the oven for Yuugi to eat later.

The two sat in silence as they ate, lost in their thoughts. With no words exchanged during the whole meal, they got up, took their plates and dumped them in the sink, before heading out the kitchen. They both walked into the living room, and sat down on the couch.

"I called the school today."

Atemu gave him a look. What? Your not even going to ask what happened today? Certainly a funny way of starting a conversation after a long period of silence...

"I told them that Yuugi is a transfer student," He contained, ignoring Atemu. "That the school he was going to go to couldn't have him any more, and it was too late for him to go back home. So, they've agreed to take him, since some other transfer students are starting also."

This made the teen frown. An odd time for a real transfer to start...

"Anyway, I have the forms for him to go through. He'll need to take them in when he starts on Monday."

Sugoroku got up off the couch and headed out the room. But Atemu still sat there in thought. Seconds later, his grandfather poked his head back in.

"By the way, that package on the coffee table is for you."

Atemu raise an eyebrow as the old man vanished again. Turning his head, his gaze fell on the big, square box sitting on the said table. He got up, and walked over to it, looking it over. There was no return address on it, which reminded Atemu of another package he received only half a year ago. His eyes widened when he remembered the symbol of a eye stamped on over the stamp.

"It's from Pegasus!" He yelp in shock, jumping away from it. Why the hell was that American sending him another parcel? There was no way he was going to open it!

...But...

"He did promise he wouldn't cause me any more trouble... so it shouldn't be to bad."

Reluctantly, against his better judgement,Atemu picked up the box, and set it on the floor. There, he ripped off the brown tap and opened up the top. What he found was half surprising, and half expected.

There, settled in like before, was one little tape, and something small and round wrapped round in brown wrapping paper. With a shrug, Atemu pulled out the tap, and pushed it into the player.

"I must be mad." He spoke, waiting for it to load. "Last time this happened, he took my Grandpa's soul." Atemu shuddered, remembering the incident. That was the very first time he experienced magic first hand, and started to believe in it. But to be honest, every since he received the puzzle, nothing was normal any more.

A flicker and a flash. "Hello there, Yami-boy!"

"Pegasus..." Atemu gritted his teeth. Is this going to be like before? maybe he shouldn't have opened the box...

"Oh, I do hope you get this! It's been so long since we last spoke!"

"Enough of your games! What do you want?!" The teen yelled at the screen.

Another smile broke on the face on the screen. "Before I continue, let me just say, this isn't like last time. This time, it is a complete recording, so if your making that face I know so well, or are yelling at me, then you can stop that." His creepy smile turned flat. "This is very important, Yami-boy, so please listen."

Atemu just sneered at the man. "You made it seem important last time..."

"This message is about a legend, that started almost 3 thousand years ago, in the land of Ancient Egypt." This perked up the teens interest, so he shut his mouth and listened. "In the package, is another item. It is the only one of it's kind, and you mustn't lose it, until you find the one it should return to.

3 thousand years ago, ruled an Egyptian Pharaoh, who held great power known as Shadow Magic. This was a very rare gift indeed, only gifted to those who was supposable born with only half of their soul – their dark part of their soul. This Pharaoh, was one of those half souls." Pegasus took a deep breth. "during the rule of this young Pharaoh, a disaster struck, which almost caused the fall of his kingdom. And there was only one way he could stop it..."

Atemu leant in closely to the TV. this story... this... myth, was really intriguing him.

"By sacrificing the other half of his soul." Pegasus stated, looking tired all of a sudden. "The light half of his soul. By sacrificing this half, and sealing the disaster away with his Shadow powers, his kingdom was saved. But whatever happened to this Pharaoh, no one knows." The American brightened up again. "You remember what I told you last time, right? That Duel Monsters I created came from Ancient Egypt? Well, this was part of all Summoning magic... Shadow, Holy, Chaos, ect... which has once again come alive due to the "Millennium Items"."

"He means my Puzzle!" Atemu gasped, looking down at said item, which he hadn't taken off since he put it together... it felt natural for it to always be there... half the time, he forgot he was even wearing it. That was how natural it felt.

"It is a shame that I could not find out more of this legend... Most of it lost in time..." Pegasus stated sadly. " But anyway, I remember you had the Millennium Puzzle with you, even though it was still in pieces. But it is not the only one of it's kind, oh no. There are six others."

Grandpa said that a few days ago... When Yuugi first woke up.

"The one I used to have... which gave me the power to read minds, is now with you. There are five more you must find, Yami-boy. I know, all will become clear when you find them. And..." He smiled, a real smile. "Thank you, Yami-boy. I truly mean it. If it wasn't for your Guardian Angel, we both wouldn't be here today."

And then there was static.

Atemu stared at the screen in shock. Well what was he meant to think now? His head hurt...

A while later, after over coming his second shock of finding a golden eye was now in his possession, dragged his feet up the stairs. It was late. Really late, and Atemu was tired. All he wanted to do was sleep. And cuddle up. With Yuugi.

The teen blushed at the thought. If he was honest, he liked to cuddle up with Yuugi at night. He always did, since Yuugi hated the dark, but found comfort in Atemu's arms. And Atemu found he slept better holding Yuugi too. It just felt... natural.

Everything just feels "natural" ever since Yuugi arrived. Like, he triggered something.

And now here he was, staring down at the sleeping teen in his bed, who was cuddling up with his own Plushie, Marshmellon. At that moment, he just knew, who it was that had helped him through his ordeal with Pegasus half a year ago during the Duellist Kingdom Tournament. His friends had been there... but they couldn't have helped him with what he was going through...

"That's not going to work, Yami-boy." Pegasus taunted, his uncovered eye peering at him knowingly. A smirk appeared on his face. "I am prepared for it."

Atemu stopped his movement of pulling a card from his hand, a worried look crossing his face. Was he bluffing? No... no one bluffed that many times and always gets it right. He was always right on that tape, and he was always right during Duel with Kaiba. What was there to say he wasn't right? Was he even bluffing at all?

What am I going to do? He thought, getting scared. He needed to win to free his grandfather... he promised Mokuba he would rescue his brother. Atemu cringed when Pegasus attacked his only defence with a Toon monster. He can read my mind... my mind, and I have no way to stop it...

(Mou hitori no boku...)

Atemu blinked. What was that?

(Mou hitori no boku...) It was a voice, it sounded faint and far away, but it was there. (Please... let me help you.)

How? The teen replied, wandering if he was going mad. Maybe he was, with everything that had happened. What can you do?

(Block Pegasus out.) Came the answer. (Open your mind, trust me, and I can help you.)

Atemu wasn't sure if he could, but was willing to try anything. Okay... I trust you.

And with that, reached over to his deck on the table, and touched the top card. In that moment, he felt another, none seeing presence of another... smaller hand, on top of his own. Atemu couldn't see it, but felt it. The pull he had been feeling this past year... doubled. (Just draw your cards and play them... I'll handle the rest.)

And the voice was right. Pegasus could no longer read Atemu's mind, and lost the duel, Atemu barely winning. As promised, the American released the two souls he had trapped, and placed the now blank cards on the table. Atemu stood up, relieved it was all over, and started to walk away., till Pegasus slammed a fist on the table. Hard. "How? How were you able to block me?! I was able to read your mind... till that moment!" He looked up. "What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything." Atemu stated, turning to look at him. He felt proud happiness from a presence within his mind... cuddling up to him blissfully. "It was my Guardian Angel."

Pegasus blinked at the term, watching the teen turn and walk away, into the awaiting embrace of his friends...

"It was you." Atemu whispered, bending down slightly to lightly rub Yuugi's cheek with a finger. A small coo escaped Yuugi's lips. "Whether you were still trapped or within my mind... you helped me. Even before I did anything, you still helped me."

But Atemu was confused... if Yuugi was able to talk to him then, why hadn't he do so since? Did Yuugi even remember that day? The teen shook his head. It was late, and he was tired. He'll think on it later.

Atemu placed the Millennium Eye on the bedside table, before dressing down to only his shirt and boxes. He climbed into bed and cuddled up to Yuugi, who in turn nuzzled his face into his chest in his sleep. Atemu blushed, but smiled any way before joining his small counterpart in sleep.

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The Pharaoh gasped as small hands roamed over his chest, lightly touching the hardening nibbles. He moaned, suddenly crying out when nubs were harshly pinched. A whimper of need escaped his throat.

"Hmm... We're rather needy tonight, aren't we?" Whispered a voice from above.

The Pharaoh whimpered again. "Please, Ari... don't t-tease me..."

At that, the smaller pinched again, making him cry out, and shudder as he blew over the sensitive nipples. "Now now, you know the rules..." He stated huskily, leaning down to the Pharaoh's ear. "Being Pr-aA, you have to be the strong, commanding son of Ra... but that's during the day... because at night, when it's just us..." He licked the shell of his ear. "You like to just let go... and have someone else dominate over you... take command, Até." He nibbled the ear, before attaching to the throat, biting and sucking, determined to leave a mark. "You are the shadow of the day, and I'm the light in the dark. I take control."

The one beneath did nothing but pant, completely feeling boneless. The smaller was right, he had to be strong and commanding... but with his little one, he just couldn't. He loved his small one taking control. Another gasp came, when hands attacked the chest again, leaving feather touches in their wake. Ra, they were so close to were he really wanted them to go, but the one on top wasn't having any of that. Tonight, it seemed he was going to make it last as long as he wanted. He whimpered at the thought of being teasely tormented through the night. "Ngh... A-Ari! Please... He-"

Atemu jerked awake, before sitting up so fast, he hit his head on the backrest of his bed. He grimaced, and rubbed it. "Ouch..." He couldn't believe it! Atemu had a dream about... about him and... doing... oh. Dear. GOD! He never had dreams like that! Ever!

"Are you okay, Até?"

Then, it dawned on him. Atemu was dreaming... that... while Yuugi was... right next... to... him...

"I've gotta go to the bathroom!" He cried, throwing off the covers and dashing out the room, heading straight into the bathroom across the hall. He didn't have a full wet dream to cause a big problem, but he had dreamt enough to cause a small one. Atemu had a huge blush covering his face. He had never felt so embarrassed in his life as he did now.

But... it felt real... like a distant memory... Atemu thought, after he had sorted himself out. Are they Yuugi's? No... I always see him in front of me. He closed the door to the bathroom and crossed the hall to his room, stopping at his door. What were those words? Ari? Pr-aA? Yuugi had said words like that before...

Atemu decided there and then to learn Ancient Egyptian.

"Yuugi?" He started, opening the door. "Look, about earlier-"

"What is that?"

Atemu blinked at the sudden question. "What is what?"

"That," Yuugi pointed at the golden eye on the table from where he sat in bed. "What is it?"

"...Oh." The taller scratched his head. "Umm... it's called the Millennium Eye. It has the power to read minds and feel emotion."

"I see..."

Atemu watched Yuugi closely. From the way he was reacting to the item, he wandered if Yuugi was the one Pegasus was talking about on the tape. "...Hey, Yuugi..." He sarted, grabbing Yuugi's attentional. "...You want a closer look?"

Yuugi slowly nodded after a moment, so Atemu walked over to the bedside table. He picked up the eye and brought it over to the small teen. He waited for Yuugi to put his hand out. The way he did... the way his eyes looked dazed, as if in a trance... Atemu then knew, that what Pegasus said was true. He placed the eye carefully into Yuugi's outstretched hand.

For a moment, all was still, till the eye began to glow. It shown brightly, before it died down. seconds later, it started to crack, and to Atemu's horror, it shattered. Millions of pieces floated, before shooting towards Yuugi's chest and vanishing on contact.

Yuugi started to scream when this happened, and grabbed onto Atemu's shirt once all the pieces were gone. He continued yo cry in agony though, scaring Atemu quite a bit. "It's okay, Yuugi, it's okay..." He said helplessly, hugging Yuugi tightly, as if trying to make the pain go away. Yuugi was now just making heavy pants of breth, calming himself down.

A few moments... and he began to shake. "I... I'm okay now."

Atemu jumped out of his skin. T-that was like-! "You spoke in my head!"

Yuugi blinked into the taller's shirt. "Huh?"

"You spoke in my head!" He repeated, pushing Yuugi away so he could look at him. "Didn't you notice?"

Another blink came, before eyes went unfocused, as if searching through himself to find an answer. After some moments, Yuugi came back to him. "Yeah... I did."

"But... how?"

"I'm not sure." Yuugi said truthfully, frowning. "I just suddenly remember this knowledge of having this power... of speaking into you mind and feeling what you feel." A small smile came across his face. "You feel shocked... and a little embarrassed."

Atemu blushed lightly. Great, just what he needed. He shook his head, thinking over what had happened in the last few minutes. The Eye had the power to read minds and emotion... and it had somehow merged with Yuugi on contact. Maybe the items were part of Yuugi's power? Maybe he observed it without realising it? "Your full of surprises, you know that?" The teen sighed tiredly.

Yuugi just grinned back.

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Gelly: Yay for any kind of Puzzle goodness!

Wasn't much of a Yaoi scene... but, I am hoping to do a really big one in this fic!

I dunno... was that chappie confusing to you? Or did it make sense? I have way more to add on, but I haven't got much time left. So I thought, stop it there, so you guys get to read something before I go away. I wasn't going to make you all wait for so long... again! I will be writing while I'm away, so you will have another update soon!

Anyway, please review! They make me happy, and want to update. Just a simple "good chappie" will do. -smiles weakly-