Chapter One

The Fight

It was about nine at night in the town of Domino. At the Kame Shop, Yugi Muto, a young teenager, was in his room. He was fighting, fighting with the Spirit of the Puzzle, Yami, as he was called. Though Yami was not his real name, at least he wasn't sure if it was, he had lost all memories he had of his past and did not know much of anything, other than he was a Pharaoh in the past. One other thing he knew for sure was that Yugi was mad at him at this time. "Why are you always so upset with me?" He asked his friend who looked similiar to him. Yugi was a tad shorter then Yami, also he had less blonde hair then his taller counterpart. Yugi was 16, he was a high school student at Domino High, and he for some reason struggled with height. His hair was blonde, black, and red, and it was spikey. Completely natural though of course. "Why do you always have to be so protective!?" Yugi asked back.

"Aibou, lately I just been worried about you. I feel like something isn't right. There is a dark presence." Yami looked out the window feeling goosebumps on his arms.

"There is always a dark presence! As long as you are around, there will always be danger!" Yugi stated. "But lately, you have been so clingy. After we returned from America, you been acting like I am going to leave or something."

"Yugi, I won't deny that what happened in California was hard on me," "Hard on you!?" Yugi interupted. "How do you think I felt?" He hollered. "I was the one who lost my soul, I was the one trapped, I was the one who was in danger! Not you!"

Yami looked upon Yugi in shock. Yugi had never raised his voice to him like that before. Of course he took all that into consideration. It was after all, his fault. If he hadn't played the Seal of Orichalcos, if he would have listened to Yugi, then none of that would have happened. Instead of replying, the Pharaoh bowed his head. "No answer I take it! You know what, I think I am done with the conversation. I do not want to talk to you anymore. I have school tomorrow and I just don't have time to be arguing with you over stupid crap again!" With that Yami vanished, within the puzzle, the contents of his mind. He and Yugi shared a body, but their minds were different. So the Millennium Puzzle split both of their mind's into two parts inside of Yugi, allowing some form of privacy. When Yugi did not sense the Pharaoh anymore he threw himself on the bed and started to sob.

Yugi awoke in the same spot he fell into the bed, he looked over at his clock and saw the time. 8:20! "Oh crap! I have to be at school in ten minutes!" He rushed to get ready, changed his clothes and was about to head out the door when he noticed that his puzzle was still on the desk. He went to reach for it but suddenly, "I am done with this conversation! I do not want to talk to you anymore!", his fight with Yami flashed before his eyes. Yugi sighed. "Maybe it is best that I leave the puzzle home today." He ran out the door and was off to school.

Upon arriving late to school, Yugi walked over to his desk and was greeted by, Joey, his best friend in the whole world. Yugi could trust Joey with his life. He and Yugi became friends after Yugi learned to stand up to a bully and was able to save Joey from getting beat up any further then he already was. "Hey Yug'." Joey smiled. He was a blonde haired, brown eyed, sixteen year old. He was much taller then Yugi and was snarky at times with his words. "Boy are you late!"

"Yeah don't remind me." Yugi sighed. "I went to bed late and I don't recall hearing my alarm." He looked down at his desk with sad eyes.

"Hey where is your puzzle!?" Tristan asked. Tristan was Joey's friend who had known Joey a long time. With brown hair, hazel eyes, and of course the tallest of the group, Tristan became friends with Yugi after helping Joey with the same bully Yugi was struggling with. Seeing the small little Yugi, stand up for himself and others who already weren't the nicest to him, really showed Tristan that Yugi wasn't such a weakling after all.

"No way! Yugi isn't wearing the puzzle?" Tea questioned as she walked over to the group. Tea was Yugi's childhood friend. On and off since they were little, they played together. Sometimes Tea would just do her own thing, but she always hated seeing Yugi play alone. She had short brown hair, blue eyes, and was the only "girl" friend Yugi had. Being too shy to admit it, Yugi once had a crush on Tea. It didn't go anywhere, but Tea helped build up Yugi's confidence in himself when it came to standing up for what was right.

"Yeah about that." Yugi paused, "Me and the Pharaoh got into a fight last night and well I decided to leave the puzzle home today. To give us time to cool down."

"Wow Yugi. That's bold." Joey replied.

Tea leaned down to Yugi, "What was the fight about?" She asked.

"The same thing as last time. He has been helicoptering over me since we got back to America. I am tired of him trying to be so overly protective of me."

"Yug', you didn't see him back then." Tristan added. "He was a mess. I mean for a good couple days he barely spoke. His face was covered in tear stains. He was really heart,"

"I don't care!" Yugi snapped. "It was all his fault, so he can just deal with it. I just want to get back to a sense of normalness again." He began to sit in his desk as he noticed his Senpai was returning to the class.

"Ha, what is normal for us!?" Joey said as he returned to look at the front of the classroom.

Classes had ended and Yugi and the gang were heading out of school. "So glad school is over for the day." Joey yawned. "I am tired and hungry."

"And yet you ate all your lunch and half of mine." Tristan added.

"I am a growing boy! I need food and lots of it!" Joey looked to Yugi and smiled. "Hey Yugi, are you hungry? Wanna go get something to eat before heading home?"

Yugi jumped a little, coming out of a small daze he was in. "Oh, no thanks Joey! I think I am going to head home and get my puzzle back on. I kinda have felt naked all day."

"It would be nice to maybe talk to the Pharaoh a little more in a calming matter as well." Tea spoke, "You two shouldn't be fighting over something like this. Maybe ask him why he was acting the way he was."

"You're right, we shouldn't be fighting. But I am just wanting to put the past behind me." Yugi started walking a faster pace. "Bye guys! See ya tomorrow!" He waved and ran down the road towards his home. As he got closer, he started to see lights, police lights. He slowed his pace down a bit and got to the end of the street, where his grandpa's game shop and their home, was at. Grandpa was outside talking to a police officer. Yugi ran up to see what was going on. "Hey gramps everything ok?"

"Yugi! Oh Yugi! It's terrible! Someone broke into the game shop and our home!" Solomon Muto, Yugi's grandfather replied. He was about the same height as Yugi, grey hair and wore a bandana. His eyes were a dark purple and you could see an old soul within them. He was the only father figure Yugi had in his life. Solomon stepped up when Yugi's dad wouldn't and helped his son's girlfriend when his son left her. He never believed Yugi was his, but based off the resemblence they shared, they certainly were somehow.

"What!?" Yugi was shocked! "How!?" He could barely speak.

"They broke a window at the shop while I was at a doctor's appointment. They took money, rare cards, and anything they thought was valuable. Then they someone got into the house and took whatever they could get their hands on." Grandpa spoke, upset that he left the shop unattended. "Yugi! I haven't gone into your room yet, could you go upstairs and see what might be missing from your room? The police need a list of everything that was taken," That's when it hit Yugi!

"My puzzle!?" Yugi ran into the shop, up the stairs, into the living of the home. He saw the couch flipped, the tv gone, some of the games for the game systems were gone or broken. He looked to his left and vaguely saw the kitchen, it too was trashed. He looked straight ahead and down the hall, all the doors were open and he was starting to feel his heart beat faster. He sprinted to his room and looked inside. His mattress was flipped, the closet torn apart, clothes all over the room and floor. His desk, where he kept the puzzle, was covered in clothes and papers. Yugi began to scramble through the room, looking, digging, for his puzzle. What seemed like forever was merely just minutes of searching, to come up empty handed. Through tears Yugi could only mutter up a few words. "My puzzle, it's gone."