So here's the deal: This FF is the "text" version of a doujinshi that can be found on YouTube called "The Pharaoh and the Slave". It's a Puzzleshipping doujinshi that's light on yaoi, medium on story, and heavy on only decent art. :D Not to insult the writer or anything, it's just that the drawings get a little lopsided at times.

The English version that's on YouTube is pretty poorly translated, so you sometimes get phrases like "Where are you escape?" …Really? So I'll try my best to make it sound like… well, normal English.

It can be found on YouTube, as I said, and it's a… 12 chapter story with a light lemon scene in chapter 11. I'm going to extend that part once I get to it. A little gift you all the Puzzleshipping fans out there! :D

Enjoy!

The Pharaoh and the Slave – Chapter 1

"Prince! Where are you, Prince!"

Atem crouched down behind one of the many bushes in the garden surrounding the walls of the Palace he called home. The 7-year-old boy had gotten bored of his usual lessons, so he had run away from Shimon, his teacher and advisor, and was now hiding.

"Prince, come here!" Shimon shouted. "The lesson is not over!"

Atem stayed perfectly still, trying to ignore the leaves that tickled his bare, tan chest. He crept off to the side and ran behind a bush a little farther away, where he heard a noise.

"Huh? Someone is laughing?" he said quietly. He crawled through the bush towards the laughter of a small child. He poked his head out from behind it.

'Ah,' he thought. 'She's only a slave with her child… I think that I've seen her somewhere…' She kind of looked like his aunt. His eyes fell on the child that was holding her hands. The woman turned slowly in a circle, pulling the little boy about Atem's age with her. The boy laughed and smiled at her. But what Atem noticed, other than the fact that the boy's skin was white, unlike his own tan; was that the boy had a hair style much like his own, with blond bangs, and onyx hair with crimson along the edges. The boy looked over to his right and his eyes fell upon Atem's hiding spot. When he saw the prince there, his amethyst eyes sparkled and his smile grew wider.

Atem's own eyes widened. 'What..? He… he looks like me!' Surprise took control of his actions, and he dashed away from his hiding spot in the bush and ran through the garden, only to bump into someone.

"Ah!" He fell on his butt and looked up at the person, ready to apologize. But the need to apologize faded when he saw the familiar long brown hair and happy eyes. "Mahad!" he exclaimed.

"Prince Atem," Mahad said, smiling "where are you escaping from?"

"Escape?" Atem stood up and brushed himself off. "I don't escape! It's dishonorable! A prince never escapes!" he said sincerely.

"Really? Well then, what are you doing?" Mahad asked.

"Ah… hehe. I… I was looking for you!" he lied.

"How can I help you?"

Atem shook his head and gazed up into Mahad's eyes. "Mahad, I have to ask you something! You always know everything! I saw a child who looked like me, but his skin is white. How is it possible?"

Mahad put a finger on his chin and thought for a second. "Um… a child like you… Oh yes! He is the son of you noble aunt Tiye's slave! The wife of master Aknadin. The servitude captain Aton says that he had bought her in Central Market."

"Get to the point…" Atem muttered. Mahad casually flicked his forehead, indicating that he had heard him.

"The name of the child is Yugi, and his mother is Yume. He was born here in your day. The Pharaoh, your father, thought the similarity between the two of you was a bad omen and he wanted to kill him. But in the end, Yugi has turned out to be good."

"Wow!" Atem said happily. "That's great! His name is Yugi, no? I want to meet him!"

"Prince!"

Atem froze and looked over his shoulder and the big, white haired man glaring at him. "M-master Shimon…" he said, dreading what was about to happen. Shimon grabbed his wrist, effectively bringing him back to his lessons.

Yugi sat next to the Palace wall, playing with some wooden dolls he had helped his mother make. He hummed softly to himself as he arranged them in a different order than before.

"Hey! You!" a voice called out. He looked up and saw two kids his own age, maybe older, standing in front of him. "Your name is Yugi, no?" the boy asked. "I'm Atem. Do you want to play with us?"

The girl smiled down at him. "Hi! I'm Mana!" she said.

Yugi gasped when he recognized the boy. "You're the child that I saw yesterday!" he said. "You really do look like me!"

Atem smiled. "And you like me! Well, do you want to play with us or not?"

"Y-yes!" Yugi stood up and allowed Mana to pull him after Atem, who was running away.

"Let's go! Come on Yugi!" they said.

Yugi smiled and laughed. 'It's fantastic!' he thought. 'It's the first time that someone has asked me if I wanted to play with them. The other children avoid me because of my white skin… but now I couldn't be happier!'

The three of them ended up sitting against some of the trees with the dolls Yugi had made. Mana tried to balance one on her knee while Atem tried to balance one on his head. Neither had much luck.

"Wow, did you really make these?" Mana asked when the doll fell over again. Yugi nodded.

"They're great!" Atem said. "You must make one for me too!" They chatted on and on until Atem saw Mahad running up to them.

"Oh, here you are. I've found you at last, Prince!"

"Ugh… Mahad, what is it?" Atem asked.

"The Pharaoh wants to see you," he said.

"My father is really boring sometimes. What could he want this time?" Atem stood up, and Mana followed.

'Huh? What? What did he say?' Yugi thought. 'Prince? Pharaoh? What do they mean?'

Atem looked over his shoulder and waved to Yugi. "I'm sorry, Yugi, but my father wants to see me. I'll see you soon, okay?"

"Bye bye Yugi!"Mana said, waving her hands, before running after Atem, who was following a very confused Mahad.

Yugi had waved back, but he wasn't really paying attention. He was trying to comprehend what had happened. It soon his him like a ton of bricks. "Oh Ra!" he exclaimed. "He really is the Prince!"

[That night]

Yugi layed in bed next to his mother, who's arm hung loosely across his small body. She and the other slaves were fast asleep, but Yugi was wide awake. 'I can't believe that I played with the prince!' he was thinking. 'When I told my mom, she didn't believe me, but it's true! Because he's my friend!' He smiled and laughed silently to himself. 'I'm too excited to sleep!' He scooted out from under his mother's arm and left the house they shared with the other slaves. "I'll just go for a walk," he said to himself.

He walked around the garden, where he heard a soft crying noise. He saw the familiar wild hair poking out from under a blanket against one of the trees. He walked over and stood by Atem, who hadn't heard him approach. "Hey, why are you crying?" Yugi asked.

"Ah! Yugi!" Atem jumped a bit and whipped a few tears off his face. "I'm not crying! A prince can't ever cry!"

Yugi smiled. "But a child, yes! My mom says that it's normal." He sat down and snuggled under the blanket with Atem. "What are you doing out here? I didn't think that a prince was supposed to go outside during the night." He smirked slightly, using Atem's own analogy.

"…I do it often." Atem confessed. "I hate that big, empty room. It's hard to sleep there. A long time ago, Mahad slept with me to keep me company, but now that I'm seven years old, my father says that I have to sleep alone. I hate staying alone!"

"Well then, tonight I'll stay with you!" Yugi said.

"Okay," Atem said. He leaned against Yugi's shoulder. "I envy you so much Yugi…"

"What? You envy me?" Yugi said, surprised. "But you're a prince. What do I have that you haven't?"

Atem was silent for a bit, before answering. "A mom…"

"What are you saying? Everybody has a mom."

"I haven't. She's gone to Osiris' Garden (1) and it's my fault. My father has said that she died when I was born. Everybody says that she had worked too hard. She was liked by everyone. I miss her, but I also feel guilty too. It's my fault that that gentle person died…" Atem broke off, unaware of the few tears that escaped his eyes.

Yugi closed his eyes and said "It's okay. I still like you. I like you a lot!"

Atem sighed and moved a bit closer to Yugi. "Thanks, Yugi."

(1) In the doujinshi, it says "Osiride's Garden". Osiride is another name for Osiris, but my spell-check doesn't like Osiride, so I just used Osiris to make it easier.

One thing I've noticed about the doujinshi while reading it… every time a character says "thanks", they spell it with an 'x' at the end. "Thankx" Weird huh?

Well, thanks for bearing with me on the explaining of this one. Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed typing it.