Note: This story has undergone a ton of editing. There have been some names and some of the subplots have been changed. To all new readers please enjoy the revised version.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu gi oh if I did Yugi and Yami would do a lot more then just give each other high fives. I also do not own any quotes from movies, songs, TV shows etc. that show up in this fic. I don't even own the title it's from a Randy Travis song.

Spirit of a Boy

I don't know when it was I first fell in love with him. Maybe it was the day he came out of the puzzle. Everything about him said he was someone special, the fact that he popped out of an inanimate object aside. He had such an intense look, eyes of deep pure crimson. The edges of his face and the leanness of his body gave him an aura of confidence. The minute I heard him speak I knew I was in the presence of someone who commanded respect. Whenever it was that my feelings for him surfaced to my consciousness all these things blended together to create my soul mate. Little did I know that this feeling of love I had for him was going to develop into something with a life all its own.

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I always knew that this boy was different from anyone I had ever known. He showed the world an attitude of a childlike innocence of one who knew nothing of the harsh ways of the world, but underneath that mask I sensed that he knew very well of the world's darkest side. I was instantly attracted to him in ways I never thought possible. I wanted to share all his experiences. To be with him at the highest highs and the lowest lows. Of course I was shocked back to reality when I thought the best and the worst were at Duelist Kingdom and this turned out to be far from true. I can pinpoint the exact day these feelings of attraction and lust cumulated into that wonderful emotion they call love, it was at the duel with Pegasus when he passed out right before my eyes I was so terrified that he was dead and I felt a burning passion to avenge him by stopping the one who did this to him. And when it was all over the look of victory in his eyes made me rejoice with him. I could never have imagined that that one act would change both of our lives forever.