Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ By Any Other Name ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: All Yu-Gi-Oh characters belong to their rightful owner, in which I have no clue whom. Any make up characters belong to me. I like to thank my friend; Alatáriël Sîrfalas for helping me write this fic.

By Any Other Name
By Death Angel

Chapter 2

The next day, Yami waited patiently for little Yugi to come to the castle. Around 11, Yami finally spotted through his window the little boy approach. As he walked up to the guards, they took a close look at him and studied his puzzle, obviously making sure it wasn't a forgery. At last, they let him through, and Yami hurried down to greet him. "You finely made it my young friend." He said with a smile.

"B-but you're the …the Pharaoh!!!!!" and immediately Yugi sank down and bowed till his head touched the ground.

"Yes, I am," Yami said "And please get up young, Yugi."

Trembling, Yugi slowly got up. "What is it that I can do for you, your majesty?" Yugi asked.

"Please, just call me Yami." Yami said with a smile. Yami then notice the boy was trembling. "Is something wrong?" he asked, as he played with his Millennium Puzzle around his neck, then he realize why he was "I frighten you do I?"

"Oh yes sir… I I mean NO! No sir. I mean Yami, sir. Its just, I've never talked to a pharaoh before. What is it that I can do for you?"

Yami couldn't help but laugh. "Take it easy." He said as he robbed the top of Yugi's head with a smile on his face "Hey it's almost lunch time, have you eaten yet?"

"Uh.. no Yami." Yugi said as he looked up. And as he did this, Yugi noticed that Yami's hair. It looked just like his own! "But you don't need to give me anything to eat. I'll be fine."

"No," Yami said with a smile "I insist. To me you are a guest in my home." He handed his hand out to Yugi. "Come." He said with another smile.

Slowly, Yugi took Yami's hand and they walked to the dining chamber together. If you were to see them, you would think they were brothers. But, Yami and Yugi were both unaware of the dark shadow following them through shadows along the hallway. "I will be Pharaoh."

As they walked Yami smiled down at Yugi. "How do you like the palace?" he asked.

"Its the most wonderful place I've been to." Yugi replied.

"If you like you can come here as much as you please as long as you wear that copy of my Millennium Puzzle around your neck." Yami said with a smile "No one will stop you other wise."

"Oh wow. But please, Yami. Why did u ask me to come here? What can a small boy like me do for such a great and powerful pharaoh?"

"How old are you Yugi?" Yami asked.

"I am only 14, your majesty. Why is it that you ask so?"

Yami gave him a confused look. "14?" he asked, "If I didn't asked I would have thought you were 10." Yami gave him smile. "I'm the same age, but seriously, I asked you here well cause…" Yami pause for bit; he couldn't put what he was thinking to words. Finally, words came to him and he said, " I wanted to know, little Yugi, if you are interested on learning on how to duel."

Yugi stared up at Yami. It was almost like a brotherly emotion between them. "Duel? But…I'm only a street kid. Why would you want to teach me to duel?"

Yami sighed. "I'm getting quite board with the game every time I duel with Seto," he said, "I wanted a challenge."

"But Yami…why me? I have never dueled in my life. I told you that before. And who is Seto?"

A voice in the shadows: "Who is Seto? I am Seto. How could a random street kid not know who the great Seto is. I must show myself." And Seto swooped upon Yami and Yugi.

Yami rolled his eyes. "Were you spying on us all this time, Seto?" he asked as he glared at his high priest with his dark eyes.

"Is that YOUR business, YAMI?" Seto retorted.

Suddenly Yami seemed to grow much taller, and a magic hue surrounded him. "I AM THE GREAT PHAROAH YAMI. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL YOU TELL ME SOMETHING IS NOT MY BUISNESS. I GOVERN THESE PEOPLE, SO THERFORE, EVERYTHING IS MY BUISNESS. Leave this room, Seto." Yami boomed "Besides you are my high priest so you should not act like that in front of me."

Seto snarled at the two of them and stalked off. "You mustn't mind him, Yugi, he is only an entertainment occupant." Yami smiled with humor. "Come on," he said to the young boy as the walked on.

Yugi slowly followed Yami into a large room with giant slabs on the walls. On the slabs were carvings of giant monsters. "Yami, what are those?"

"Those are the monsters that are called in order to duel in the Shadow Games." Yami explained.

"Are you gonna teach me how to play with those, Yami?"

"No Yugi. You are not ready for that just yet." Yami replied, "I'm going to show you how to play with just the card version. It's safer for you that way."

"Ok. Sounds good to me." Yugi said. But Yami noticed that Yugi was shaking with excitement.

"Now Yugi, these are some powerful cards I'm giving you. You must promise to be very careful with them." Yami said.

Yugi nodded. "I will." He said.

Yami smiled. "Good. Now…lets start. First off, Yugi, you need to know the basics." Yami started. And so, it went on like that. Yami sat down with Yugi, and for many hours, Yami taught Yugi the rules and tricks of Duel monsters

"Okay," Yugi said, "I think I got ya." Yami smiled.

"Alright then, Yugi lets have a practice battle and see how you fare."

"Okay…" Yugi said.

Yami smiled. "Okay an I'll go first, I play the Dark Magician in attack mode."

Yugi stopped for a moment to think. "Now lemme see...the dark magician is an attack monster in attack mode...so I need to pull a monster that can either beat him, or a magic monster combo."

Yami nodded. "Yes," he said "But I should warn you that the Dark Magician is my most favorite and powerful monster I have, and I too have some special cards that help power him up."

Yugi took all of this into proportion. Then suddenly, his eyes went into a deep black and he snickered. Yugi drew a card and placed it down on the field. "I play the Swords of Revealing light to stun your magician! And I send out the Summoned Skull in attack mode! And I give it castle walls to heighten its defense by 500 points!" Yugi said excitedly.

Yami smiled. "Good play Yugi," he said as he drew a card. I'm being to like this boy. He thinks. "Until the swords die down, I will just power up my Dark Magician." He said, "I give it, the Book of Secret Arts! And I end my turn."

"But your dark magician will be no match for my summoned skull!" Yugi yelled. Yugi drew his card. "Heh." he said. I use the polarization card to fuse Summoned Skull and....THE RED EYES BLACK DRAGON!" Black Skull Dragon!"

Yami raised his eyebrow in surprised. He's getting pretty good, he thinks.

"Its your turn Yami." Yugi said as he smiled.

"I'm thinking." Yami said.

"C'mon all you can do is draw a card, Yami." Yami sighed as he drew. "Yami, do you really think I can win?"

"Maybe, but I'm still the King of Games." Yami said.

"Well, ok. But I still think I can win anyway." Yugi said and smiled.

"We'll see." Yami said.