Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Cold Life ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer - Yu-gi-oh does not belong to us, the only thing that does is the card frost. Don't own don't sue.

A/N - Hello, I'm Leira and I've written chapter one. This fic is shared with lemonaddict and she'll be writing the second chapter. Please r/r!

Cold Life

How did this all start anyways...? It seems like so long ago I was finally released from my prison...Only to be put inside another.

I guess...the beginning is where I should start...Yes, the beginning...

"Hey Yami! ...What's that?" Yugi asked, running into the game shop after a long day at school.

"A card. A rather interesting one too..." Yami replied quietly, his gaze fixated on the card in his hand.

"Interesting? What's so interesting about it, Yami?" Yugi asked. He set his bag down and leaned over the counter, as much as his small frame would allow to, see the card his Yami was holding.

"No attack or defense?" Yugi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No...I don't think that's right...See here? It doesn't have zeros." Yami pointed to the place where the monster's attack and defense are normally shown. Indeed there were no zeros, but no numbers either.

"What does it mean?" Yugi asked.

"I think it means, 'wait and see'. There are question marks showing that possibly the monster will remain a secret until it's used. Perhaps if I were to duel with this card..." Yami began mumbling to himself, pining over the mysterious card.

"Hey, Yugi! Yami!" Joey burst into the game shop and walked up behind Yugi, wrapping his arms around him. "What are you guys doing?" He asked.

"Yami was showing me this really weird card he found." Yugi said.

"Weird? What's so weird?" Joey asked. Yami showed him the card. "Hmm, Frost; Magician of the Night. What does that mean?" Joey asked, handing the card back to Yami.

"I don't know...I've never encountered such a card. I've been wondering about it all afternoon... Joey?" Yami asked suddenly.

"Yeah?"

"Do you have your deck with you?" He asked.

"Yes. Why?" Joey wondered. He stood up straight, letting go of Yugi to fish out his deck.

"Would you mind dueling against me? I really need to test out this card." Yami said.

"Sure. Right here?" Joey asked.

"Here is fine. Let's go into the house though. Would you mind closing the shop, Yugi?" Yami asked.

"No problem. I'll meet you guys out there." Yugi said. He went to the shop entrance and began locking up while Joey and Yami headed into the back to set up the match.

Ten minutes passed and they finally set up the match, ready to duel.

"You ready, Joey?" Yami asked.

"Of course." Joey replied. Each had their five cards in their hand and it was Yami's turn.

"Frost; Magician of the Night, defensive mode." Yami placed the card on the field. Nothing happened.

"Already, Yami? Man, couldn't you have waited a little?" Joey teased.

"He's just really anxious, Joey. To be honest, so am I." Yugi said. He was sitting at the side of the table, watching his Yami and his boyfriend duel.

"Well, don't get worried yet, Joey. Nothing has happened yet." Yami pointed out.

"Yeah, Yeah. Flame Swordsman, in attack mode. I'm gonna wipe out your card before you use it." Joey chuckled.

"Joey!" Yugi whined. But it was too late; the defense on Frost slowly began to appear. Number by number, starting with the last.

"Zero...Zero...Eight..." Yami said. He waited patiently for the first number to finally appear. "Three. That makes 3800, Joey. You lose." Yami grinned. With his one monster, he wiped out Joey's life points in one turn.

"What?! No fair! Rematch, rematch!" Joey pleaded. Yami and Yugi laughed at him.

"Of course Joey, he hasn't seen the monster's attack yet." Yugi said. Joey calmed himself and began reshuffling his deck, as did Yami.

When they were once again ready to duel, Yami let Joey go first.

"Alright. Red Eyes, Black Dragon, in attack mode!" Joey cheered. He was happy that he got his best monster on the first turn. Although it was poor strategy to put him out now, Joey wasn't taking any chances after the last match.

"And again, Frost; the Magician of the Night, this time in attack mode." Yami said. He placed the card down, and called an attack on Joey's card. Slowly the numbers appeared. Once again, from the last number.

"Zero...Zero...Zero..." Yami said.

"Looks like your monster is one big zero, Yami." Joey taunted. Yami glared at him, but before they could say anything else, the last number appeared and there was a flash of black light coming from the board. Yami looked at the card. Four. That made 4000.

Slowly, Joey, Yugi and Yami backed away from the table as something began to come out of the card.

Finally, a human form appeared, fuzzy at first, but soon they were able to make out the outline of its limbs. It hovered in the air, its knees tucked against its chest with its arms around them. It stretched itself out and gradually lowered itself to the ground. The light disappeared, and a human stood there. A funny looking human because he was dressed in what looked to be like a jester's outfit. It was black and white, as was most of him. Its hair was black with silver tips and its left eye was whitish silver while the other a deep pitch black. It stood there for a few minutes, blinking at them and the room around it, then bowed. It spoke in a soothing and seductive voice, one which they were sure was natural, and introduced itself.

"Greetings, I am Frost; Magician of the Night."

The three of them just stood there, gaping at him. He looked just like the figure on the card. Yugi immediately ran to the phone when the creature stood up straight. Yugi called everyone. Malik and his Yami, Ryou and Bakura, Tristan, Mai and Téa, though the last two were just out of habit. He really didn't like them sometimes...Most of the time.

When he finished making the calls, he went back into the room and looked at the scene. It was the same as when he had left. Joey and Yami were staring at the card-come-to-life and it was staring back at them, blinking innocently and confusedly. These were strange humans indeed; Yugi assumed was what the creature was thinking.

"Uh...Are you really a card?" Joey asked, taking a cautious step towards the card. It simply looked at him and nodded.

"That was where I came from, was it not? You summoned me, did you not?" It asked. Just then, the doorbell rang but before anyone could answer it, four people burst in. Malik and his Yami who had poor Ryou between them, fighting over him each wanting to hold him, and Bakura who followed in silently after them.

"What was the big emergency, Yugi?" Bakura asked, seeing that the other three were too busy to ask. The card turned to look at the new people, Bakura held back a gasp as he stared at the beauty of the boy who seemed no older than they were.

"Who are they?" It asked. It pointed to the four people and turned to look at Yami, obviously recognizing him as his master, or at least all-knowing.

"Friends of ours. Did you call Seto, Yugi?" Yami asked, changing the subject. Yugi slapped his forehead.

"No! I completely forgot!" Yugi said. Yami sighed.

"It's alright; I'll go do it myself." He began to walk out of the room. As soon as he did, the card began to follow him, innocently as ever. Yami noticed and paused. The card copied. Yami walked again and so did the card. Yami paused and spoke to it.

"Stop following me." Yami said. It looked at him, confused. Yami didn't notice and continued walking. Yami heard him following again and turned around. The card stood and stared at him as if to ask, 'Why are you stopping? Is this where we're going?'

"Listen! Will you-" Yami began to yell, Yugi interrupted him.

"Why don't you stay with us, he'll be right back." Yugi said sweetly. The card looked at him, then back at Yami, then at Yugi until he looked like he was about to pass out from dizziness. He knew they looked alike...But wasn't sure if he should listen to the small version of his master. It stared at him for a few minutes, then agreed silently and sat down, crossing his legs. This card's innocence made even Yugi look like a rebel. It finally caught the attention of Malik and his Yami who had finally stopped pawing Ryou long enough to notice its fluid movements as it sat down, looking around. Malik's Yami let Malik have Ryou for now and walked over to the card, sitting on the floor. He sat down in front of it and began to study him. The card did likewise. Yugi tried not to laugh as the two mirrored each other's actions. Both looking at each other with wonder. Soon, Yugi could no longer hold back and burst out laughing. This startled the card and he ran and hid behind the couch. He looked at Yugi, his eyes asking if there was something he did wrong. Yami Malik looked up and Yugi and glared in annoyance before walking over behind the couch to try and coax him out of there. Yugi noticed the frightened card and calmed his laughter.

"It's alright...I'm sorry if I scared you." Yugi apologized, but as soon as Yugi looked at him, the card ducked behind the couch. They all noticed the sound of bells, most likely coming from the jester's hat. Joey sighed and walked over to Yugi and lifted him up, carrying him over to the comfy armchair to sit down. Joey could tell that Yugi was tired, so he allowed him to rest on his lap. Joey just found him too cute to resist when he laughed. It was hard not to pounce on him then and there.

The card peeked out from behind the sofa; Yami Malik was now back over with Ryou because the card began ignoring him. The card watched Joey and Yugi with silent sadness; it was something he knew he could never experience. He was a card, not a person so no one could ever love him. He collapsed back to the floor, unable to watch any longer. The sofa was in a corner so he was only visible when he looked up. Knowing he was invisible, he quietly began to weep to himself, every one of his master's friends were in love, even the master himself. He knew because of the privacy he wanted so badly while calling someone named Seto. He cried because in this group he was alone, and no one would have time for him.

He didn't belong.

A/N - I hope you enjoyed this, now it's up to lemonaddict to write the next part! Please r.r!