Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Coming Together ❯ A Treasure's Journey ( Prologue )

A journey for a person, is it any different for an object or special treasure? What about a treasure so old it's 5000 years old and from Ancient Egypt where legends of a Pharaoh who didn't die but mysteriously disappeared originated? A treasure destined to belong to one person, but how long will it be before the two, the will-be owner of the item and the item itself, come together at last?

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A simple teenage boy walked down the street, looking through various shop windows and at other people. His emerald green eyes shifted through an old antique shop before they landed on a golden box with a strange eye placed on the front.

Smirking wickedly, the boy entered the shop soundlessly and walked over to the box for a better look. Trying to open it, he found he couldn't.

`But how can it be locked? There's no keyhole or anything here.' The boy growled frustration. He picked up the box and shook it. `There's defiantly something inside though I can hear it. I wonder what though. Oh well, me and the boys will open it with or without the key.'

The boy smirked again as he placed the gold box inside his jacket and zipped it up. He then walked out casually and paced down the street quickly.

A few minutes later there was shouting and somebody skidded to a halt just behind him.

"You thief! You stole that golden Egyptian box from my grandfather's shop! Give it back or I'll go to the police and have you arrested!" the boy shouted at the green-eyed teen whose smirk only widened.

"Catch me if you can then grandpa's boy." The teen then jumped and landed easily on the fence behind him before back flipping off and running in the opposite direction towards his gang's hideout.

The little boy pushed himself through the hole in the fence and ran as fast as his little legs could carry him. A short while later he tripped on a small ledge in the sidewalk, making himself lose the emerald-eyed teen. The boy started to cry until old arms enveloped him and kissed the top of his head.

"It's alright, Sakuyo. Let it go; it doesn't matter." A wise voice told him.

"But Grandpa, he stole that gold box that your friend found in Egypt."

"It's fine, Sakuyo. It wouldn't open anyway so I already knew no one would buy it."

The boy nodded and hugged his Grandpa close.

**

"Ha, that stupid shrimp will never catch up." The teen exclaimed triumphantly as he continued to run and not look where he was going.

Soon after his short-lived victory smirk, the teen tripped and the box fell from his hands and tipped into the fast and swift moving river to be washed away.

"No, damn it!"

"Was it really worth that much, Teniki?" A deep voice asked behind him.

The one called Teniki looked up and gasped. "Leader Kenichi!" The emerald-green eyes faced towards the ground. "I'm not sure, sir. It was a gold box and had something in it I'm sure because I heard it. But it wouldn't open and there was no keyhole or anything to it."

"Then do not worry of it. We'll find something else to entertain us tonight; like that little boy from the shop you stole from. I'm sure he'll be fun to play with."

The two boys laughed and crossed the river to their hideout.

**

Down the dangerous rapids and other obstacles the lost treasure went before it finally washed on the bank.

"Hey look, Robby!"

"What a weird box?"

"Yeah. Come on let's take it to daddy. He can check it out and then put it in his hobby shop for sale."

"Good idea, Cassidy. Let's go!"

The one called Cassidy picked up the box and stuffed it in her backpack until they got home.

*6 months later*

An old man walked into the hobby shop on 4th Street and looked around some. After a few minutes a golden gleam caught his eye and he walked over to it.

"Excuse me? How much is this?" The old man asked.

"That box? Not much, my two girls brought it in about six or seven months ago saying it was washed up on the bank of a river a few miles away from here. There's defiantly something inside but nobodies been able to open it. I know I should take it down, but for some reason I have this weird feeling that someday someone will come and be able to open." The shop owner exclaimed.

"I see. My grandson told me he's been having a weird dr4eam about a gold box with a strange eye on it and this caught my eye. I'll take it."

The owner smiled and nodded. "Of course."

The man paid for the box. "I hope your grandson has better luck than we did."

"Thank you, you're most kind." He said before leaving and heading off down the street.

**

"Yugi, I'm home!"

"Hi, Grandpa!" A boy called as he ran downstairs and greeted the old man.

"How was the shop? Everything go well?"

"Yeah. I closed down early though because I had a bit of homework left to do." The tri-haired teen explained. Spotting the box he asked, "What's that? It looks like that box I told you about in that dream from a few nights ago."

"Yes, I found it in a hobby shot on the other side of town. It reminded me of that dream so I got it for you."

"Really? Thanks, Grandpa. I'll take it upstairs."

"It's weird though."

Yugi turned around in the middle of the stairs for his grandpa to finish.

"The shop owner said no one's been able to open it."

"That is weird. Well, goodnight, Grandpa." Yugi exclaimed before running up to his room.

**

Yugi set the box on his desk before he rid himself of his school jacket and pants and getting dressed for bed.

The boy walked back to his desk and sat down.

`I wonder what's inside. Must be real valuable if it's sealed off as hard as it is."

He slid is fingers over the lid and let the palm of his hand rest on the eye on the lid. He the then slid his hand over the seal where the box was supposed to open and cocked his head some in wonder.

`It would be sort of cool if I could open it though.'

Just as finished that thought the seal lit up and a gold, bright light emitted from it.

Yugi blinked in confusion before both of his hands to each side of the lid and lifted it. To his surprise the lid lifted with ease and noiselessly.

The inside was glowing gold still and when it faded the inside showed many different pieces, of one them bearing the same eye as the box.

`Now I'm freaked out…hey! Maybe it's a puzzle or something!' Yugi stole a glance at his clock as it flashed the time: 11.45.

`Stupid school, stupid bullies; I hate school. Oh well, better get some sleep I'm going to need it for after school when those jerks start chasing me to beat we up again.'

Yugi stood and walked over to his bed. He turned out the light and closed his eyes; his dreams filling him of no longer the box, but now the strange pieces inside.

*1 year later*

Yugi's grandfather was out on a business trip and Yugi was left alone for the week. He was on winter break so he's had plenty of time to work on the puzzle he started a year ago and he's been anxious ever since the pieces started to disappear into their respective places in the puzzle.

"Yes, I'm almost done, just a few more pieces. Gosh, it's been so long since I first started this puzzle it's hard to believe it really is almost finished." Yugi exclaimed happily.

He picked up the last few pieces that were left and looked at them before putting two down and twisting the last one his hand and trying it in a slot in the puzzle. Shaking his head he twisted it again and tried again.

He bit his lip in concentration and moved the piece to another open spot. He smiled greatly as the pieces slid easily in the place and locked there.

"Alright, two more pieces and it'll finally be done." He picked up the next piece that didn't have the eye on it and twisted it in fingers and put it into the only spot available. A little bit of fiddling and the piece finally slid in and locked.

"Yes, one more piece and it's done at last!" Yugi shouted happily as he picked up the final piece and twisted it so the strange eye that, he learned from research after seeing it so many time, was from Ancient Egypt times.

He didn't know why but he always had the feeling of a strange connection with Egypt ever since he was really little.

He shook his head and locked in the final piece of the puzzle.

He cocked his head and looked at, admiring his hard-earned masterpiece. He smiled greatly and kissed the eye on the puzzle. "I…am a genius. I truly am a game master just like Joey and Tristan and Ryou say I am."

He started laughing proudly before he altogether stopped and looked at the puzzle in his hands as it started to glow a soft golden color and still getting brighter. He squeaked and dropped the puzzle, but to his surprise it didn't fall but was levitated.

Yugi backed off and fell on his bed with another surprised squeak and crawled as far as he could before he hit the wall and froze.

A second later a large, white flash spread throughout the quiet room and when it faded before disappearing altogether another person was standing in the middle of the room, puzzle settled gently in his hands.

Yugi sucked in air as he gasped and held his breath. `H-he looks j-just l-l-like m-me.' He thought nervously.

The mysterious double's eyes opened to reveal a deep crimson.

Yugi swallowed and found he couldn't move his confused and nervous amethyst eyes away from the other's piercing red ones.

The double looked back and Yugi and his gaze softened as he looked at the boy on the bed and then back at the puzzle in his hands before looking back up at the huddled up figure on the bed.

"Yugi." The figure breathed gently.