Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Pieces Of Our Puzzle ❯ The Pharaoh's Search ( Chapter 3 )

Thank you so much for the reviews, everyone! Really, thank you .! A few notes for this chapter...

One: I already mentioned but this story has yaoi couples...-Glomps them all- -Is a big yaoi fan of YGO-

Two: In a certain scene Yami has a fit and sends `something' to the Shadow Realm and Bakura happens to be there at the time. I know that could never happen, lol, but I just thought it was funny.

Three: LoL, Again with that scene, I know Yami's power involves `Mind Crush' and sending people to the Shadow Realm well I decided to add more to it.

Four: If any of you people are `Sailor Moon' fans and have seem `Sailor Moon Sailor Stars', Yeminshi is a lot like Taiki and Taichi is a lot like Seiya.

Five: Ugh, YES, Yami is still dating Tea after all this. -Kills her off-. There, now he can't bwhahahaha!

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Yugi was startled awake when the plane began to land, bringing its wheels out to make a smooth landing in West Palm Beach, Florida. Reaching over, he shook the red headed beauty, startling her awake from her long nap.

"I'm sorry," He whispered softly, "Did I scare you?"

Brushing a red strand out of her eye, she laughed, "No no. Not at all. I guess I wasn't used to sleeping so much. Besides,." She groaned and cracked her neck, "If you woke me up any later, I might have lost my neck."

Laughing he stood up and reached a hand out to help her stand up. When they were out of their seats, they made their way off the plane and into the terminal. They felt so small and left out compared to the huge crowd all over them. Walking through the airport, they went to retrieve their bags from the flight and then Yugi suddenly felt the pit of nervousness returning. Here he was, on the other side of the world. Hours and hours away from Yami and all the others. He was alone now. However, all of those thoughts were pushed aside when he felt a squeeze from Arianna, who grabbed his hand tightly and smiled at him,

"Don't be afraid. Before I moved to Japan I used to live here. I know everywhere to go. Say, what a minute. Do you even have anywhere to go? I mean, you told me you ran away along with the rest of your life...but do you have anywhere to go?"

Shaking his head and staring at the floor, Yugi frowned, "No...I don't...I might just check into a hotel or something until I'm able to-"

"Oh nonsense! Come stay with me and my dad! Really! Please?"

Staring at her with his wide purple eyes, he gasped, "Oh no! I couldn't do that! I-I'd feel like I was imposing on you and your dad or something! I-"

However, before he could say anything else, she was already dragging him out the doors and into a taxi that was close by.

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Pieces Of Our Puzzle
Chapter Three: The Pharaoh's Search
Everlasting Hikari
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The room was covered in silence except for the ticking of the clock that was hanging above the wall and would make an occasional noise every hour. Not a trace of clothing or any toys were on the floor. Blankets and sheets had been placed in the right places, making the bed nice, and neat. The puzzle that the Pharaoh once worn remained in the corner. Yami sat on Yugi's bed, staring at the now empty room. Everything was gone. Everything that was Yugi's. Everything in the house.

`And here I was thinking I was going crazy when I saw half the stuff missing in the other rooms the other night," He laughed sarcastically, `What an idiot I am.'

Sighing, he walked over to the corner and took the golden puzzle in his hands and caressed it, "This is all my fault. I drove him away. My plan to hide my feelings for him turned into a disaster. I never thought this would happen."

A few tears fell from his crimson eyes but he quickly wiped away and found himself hugging the puzzle to him, "Why. Why did this have to happen...Why..."

The phone rang causing the spirit to snap out of his thoughts and he walked over to it,

"Hello."

"Yaaammmiii!"

"Tea, please. I don't want to talk now. Yugi is missing, don't you even care."

"Well, yeah, sure I do but come on already! It's a nice day out-"

The Pharaoh rolled his eyes as he hung up the phone with a loud slam and almost threw it into the corner. It rang once again and he glared at it, in hopes that he would be able to blow it up with his eyes. These kind of objects should be sent to the Shadow Realm without further warnings.

A knock was then heard and Yami held his breath in hoping it wasn't anyone he didn't want to see right now. Opening the door he came face to face with Kaiba, Joey and Solomon. Holding the door open, he allowed all three of them in before closing it again.

"Kaiba. Joey. Nice to see you..."

"........So tell me, Yami. Is Yug really gone??" Joey asked, his voice cracking.

Nodding silently the Pharaoh frowned, "I'm afraid so, Joey...I just..."

Another ringing shrieked through the house. The doorbell. Opening the door once again, Yami made his way out of Yugi's room, down the steps and towards the door that led to the gameshop. Sighing, he then opened that and traveled down those steps and opened the blinds of the door to see who it was. Seeing the faces of Marik, Malik, Bakura, Ryou, Serenity and Tristan, the ancient spirit guessed they knew what was going on. Relief passed through his veins when he saw Tea wasn't there.

"Come on in..." He said silently and opened the door, letting the group in and then leading them upstairs.

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Stepping out of the taxi and holding onto Yugi's hand and her own bag, Arianna walked down a path that led to a house surrounded by tall trees and a lot of flowers. Outside were men working on the house as if to add more to its already surrounding beauty.

"This is it." She whispered to Yugi and pressed her slim finger in the doorbell.

They heard some movement of objects then footsteps as a figure approached the door. Opening the door, a man that seemed to be in his early 30's with shaggy brown hair opened the door. His eyes were the same as Arianna's and his figure was tall yet slender.

"Yes? Can I-"

"Hi dad! Happy to see me?" The red headed teen beamed.

"Oh my god! Arianna, it's you!" He yelled and reached down to take her into his arms and hug her tightly. "What brings you here? I haven't seen you since your mother passed away..."

Frowning she told him what had happened and she cringed when she saw the anger boiling in his features as his grip on her tightened, "That son of a bitch! I knew he was an idiot when I first met him! I don't know what the hell your mother saw in him. If I ever see him, I'll-"

"Dad. It's alright. I'm fine now. Oh! Dad, I met a friend on my way here." She said smiling and reached over to grab Yugi's hand to make him stand next to her seeing how he was off to the side "This is Yugi Mutou. He's from Japan."

The man's eyes widened as he stared at the young boy before him, "Yugi? As in the number one duelist Yugi??"

Blinking his large violet eyes, the boy nodded shakily, "Y-yes, sir. I didn't know people in America knew about me..."

"Of course, my boy! We all do! What an honor it is to meet you! Kenneth Ezrythal is my name. So nice to meet you. However, whatever are you doing here?"

Kenneth blinked when he saw his daughter pull him to the side and talked to him away from the youth who just stood there nervous, just as he was before. When they finished talking, Kenneth smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder,

"Yugi, you're welcome to stay here as long as you want. Please, don't feel like you're being a bother either! Make yourself at home. I have an extra room for you to stay in so it's absolutely no problem!"

"S-sir. I couldn't. Real-"

"Oh, Yugi! Are you going to start this again? Daddy said it's fine as did I before! Come onnnnn! Pleasseee?" Arianna whined, giving Yugi her puppy dog face.

Sighing, the tri colored hair boy nodded, "Alright...But if I cause any trouble. Tell me, alright?"

Both Arianna and her dad laughed and together the three of them went inside the house, ready to unpack and start their new lives.

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Growl ing at the phone, Yami held it up to his ear and waited for people to pick up. He called the airport after the gang had left and was trying to get a ticket to America. Even though he knew it would be almost impossible to find his hikari, he had to atleast try. He had called them up, only to be put on hold because they were so busy. Probably some holiday approaching.

"Ra! How long could this possibly take!? This is...."

Then he muttered something in Egyptian that no one would seem to understand and continued to growl into the phone. Drumming his fingers on the counter tap, he could feel the anger growing inside of him,

"COME ON ALREADY!!!"

A voice finally came on and Yami sighed of relief. He was about to speak but then he realized that the voice that was indeed talking to him was not human.

"Thank you for holding! Your call is important to us. Please wait while we transfer you to another line."

"Finally." The Pharaoh huffed. It would have been so much easier to go to the airport. If he even knew how to. He didn't even know who thought of them.

`How the hell can a giant bird like that just put people inside and take off? It makes no sense to me what so ever!'

"Hello there."

"Hi. I woul-"

"We're sorry. All representatives are busy. Please stay on the line or try back later."

"ARGGGHH!" He yelled but blinked when he heard strange music playing in the background.

"What in the name of Ra are they doing? They play this when people have to wait? They should atleast have belly dancers or something!"

Chuckling, Solomon walked into the kitchen, "We don't have those in this time, Yami. We have music to keep us entertained."

Sighing, the Pharaoh leaned on the counter, "At the way this is going, I'll never get to America."

Mr. Mutou's eyebrow frowned and he placed a hand on the ancient spirit's shoulder, "It's not that easy, Yami. America is really huge."

"How huge? Like how big the palace was?"

Shaking his head, the old man had to laugh at the boy's confusion, "No, Yami. There are over 50 states in America. Each different in its own glory."

A bewildered look passed the Pharaoh's face, "States? What are those?"

"Well, let me put it this way, they're like 50 little countries all trapped in one large one."

Widening his eyes, the Pharaoh looked at Solomon with such a look that lasted for awhile that he didn't even notice someone had come on the line,

"Hello? Are you there?"

"Huh...Oh. Hi, yes, I'd like to buy a ticket for America."

"America? What state would you like, sir? The only available flights we have right now that aren't on hold are New York, Illinois or Nevada. State your pick please."

"Whatttt? Why does this have to be so Ra damn confusing! Solomon, the only flights they have left are Knew Yok, Ewlinnois and Neverda."

Solomon laughed at the confusion the spirit was having and corrected him, "You mean, New York, Illinois and Nevada."

"Uh, Yeah, those...Which one should I start with?"

"Start with? Yami, do you have idea how insane this sounds? Not to mention how expensive this is going to be."

"I don't care. I need to find Yugi and I'll look for as long as I can!"

The old man shook his head at that and sighed. Atleast Yami cared enough to try but he had a very large feeling finding Yugi was going to be like finding a needle in a haystack, probably even worse.

Pondering for a second the spirit then spoke into the phone again,

"I'll take New York...For now..."

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Yugi blinked as he climbed down the stairs after he finished unpacking in his new room, turning around a corner he looked at all the pictures on the large wall that connected to the living room. The house may have looked tiny on the outside but inside it was huge!

Turning a corner, he found himself in a large room that was covered with pictures of bands and plaques. Above him were shelves that held large trophies with names on them that Yugi had never seen before. Preferably band names.

"Yugi?" Arianna's voice rang through out the house, "Oh! There you are! I see you found Daddy's trophy room."

The boy nodded and pointed to one, "What did he get them for? I mean, well.."

At the same time, Kenneth walked into the room, smiling brightly, "Ah. I see you found my awards I've won in the past."

Smiling slightly, Yugi looked up at the man, "Yes, sir. I'm curious though....What are they for?"

"I'm a producer, Yugi. Or I used to be...I used to work with many different music groups and I'd even win awards for my producing. However, after all the awards were won, they all left, split up or just walked right out of the blue. In all my years, I've never had a band that lasted over a year or so."

"That's terrible, sir! I can't believe they would just walk out on you like that...When was the last time you had an actual band?" The violet eyed boy asked.

Sighing, Kenneth sat in a chair that was close by, "About two years ago. I've been searching for another one. Hopefully one that would stay this time. However, I've had no luck at all. None."

Yugi frowned at that, "I'm sorry, sir. I wish I could help.."

Laughing, the man stood up, "Ah, don't worry about it. I shouldn't be moping like this. Now, what would you two like for dinner? It's almost 7!"

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Grabbin g the blinds to the window, Yami pulled on them with a hard tug to block the sunlight out. Turning over in his bed, he smashed his pillow under his head and began to fall back asleep but couldn't when he heard footsteps.

"Oh for the love of Ra! What does it take to get some sleep around here??"

"Yami! It's almost 8! Don't you have a flight to catch!?" Solomon's voice yelled through the door.

The spirit than suddenly sat straight up, nearly hitting his head on the headboard,

"Oh shit! I forgot about that!"

Throwing the covers off of his body, he reached over to grab his black robe and tied it before running into the bathroom to take a shower. Downstairs Solomon was cooking breakfast as quick as he could in hopes the Pharaoh would atleast eat before he left. It was going to be a long flight. He shook his head and sighed. Yami wouldn't give up for anything but even Solomon knew it was hopeless to find Yugi.

Staring at the phone, he frowned; Kaiba hadn't called ever since that day. Perhaps he hadn't heard anything on Yugi yet. Snapping out of his thoughts, Solomon gasped in horror when black smoke covered the kitchen. Reaching over to grab the pan off the stove, he threw the bacon in the garbage along with the frying pan.

`Why the hell can't I make some decent bacon for once?? Oh well, French toast it is.'

The phone rang causing Solomon to drop the French toast mix as he stalked over to the phone with a scowl on his face. He looked at the caller ID which he bought the other night. Tea Gardner. Ohhh what a lovely invention this one was. Smiling, he picked up the phone and then slammed it back down and resumed cooking breakfast.

The Pharaoh then came down with a suitcase and his hair sopping wet, "Who was on the phone?"

Rolling his eyes, the old man went back to cooking, "Who do you think?"

Groaning, the ancient spirit sat down in a chair and sighed, "She never gives up does she. I mean, I still care for her but she's just driving me insane lately. She doesn't even seem to care my hikari is missing."

Shrugging, Solomon began to cook the mix and make breakfast, "Doesn't surprise me one bit."

Blinking, the darker Yugi looked up from his spot, "What do you mean?"

"Nothing. Nothing. Here, eat your breakfast then I'll drive you to the airport for you to catch your flight. I just hope you know what you're getting yourself into."

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Sighing, Joey layed ontop of Kaiba while the other teen was stroking his puppy's hair. However, hearing him sigh, he stopped and looked up at him,

"What's wrong, puppy?"

Sitting up and looking at the blue eyed male, he frowned, "It's just dat...We haven't heard a word frum Yug yet and I'm kind of worried....Ya don't think anything happened ta him do ya?"

Kaiba shook his head, "No. I think he's just learning to grasp the traits of America. Give him time, Joey. He just left this weekend. Which reminds me, I wonder what Solomon plans to do with Yugi's absence? This week vacation was great for all of us but now that it's over, he needs to figure out what he's going to do about that."

"I kno....it's gonna be weird not seeing him in school...Yami probably won't be dere either seeing how he's trying ta find Yug. I doubt he'll even find a strand of his hair."

Nodding, Kaiba stood up from his place on the couch and walked over to the phone, "I'll try Solomon now to see if anything has been heard. I doubt it but I want to see if anything has changed."

Picking it up off its receiver, his slender fingers pushed in the digits and waited as it rung for someone to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Solomon? Hello. It's Seto Kaiba. How is everything?"

"It's good. I just got home from driving Yami to the airport. If you ask me, he's wasting his time on this. He'll never find Yugi."

"I know what you mean. I meant to ask you, what are you going to do about school? You can't say Yugi has been sick for that long. Who knows how long he'll be gone."

"I know. I already thought about that. I'm just going to have to tell them Yugi is studying over in America for a couple of years. They should buy that."

"Mm, good idea. Anyway, I just called to see if anything has changed. I take it that it hasn't.?"

On the other line, Solomon was shaking his head, "No. Yami still continues to search for Yugi and talk about him but he's still dating Tea. I don't know why or how he's even with her but I guess it's none of my business. Oh well, I should go. Better go open up the shop. It'll be dead today but I should atleast have it open."

"Alright then. Goodbye, Solomon. I'll call you if anything happens or is heard."

"As will I. Goodbye, Kaiba."

"Bye."

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"Arianna! Slow down! I can walk you know!" Yugi laughed as he was flying through the air while she dragged him through the doors of the mall. Inside there were people staring at him. Some looked at him wide eyed while others gasped and whispered to other people.

"I think people recognize you." She said laughing while poking him in the side.

He nodded, "I think so too...Anyway, why did you drag me here? I mean, we still have a lot of setting up to do in our rooms."

"I know, Yugi." She said, pushing him into a certain store, "But school starts in a few days so we need to go clothes shopping!"

Bewilderment filled the young one's eyes, "Huh? Why go clothes shopping for school? Don't we wear uniforms?"

Laughing the red head pulled him over to a certain section of the store, "Uniforms? No way! This isn't like your old school, Yugi. In this one we can wear whatever we want. Well, not whatever we want but you know what I mean. It's a public school. No uniforms."

"Sounds good to me," Yugi smiled, "I just don't know if I'll fit in anything. I-I'm so tiny."

"Nonsense! You have some growing to do, Yugi. Don't get so worked up! For all you know in another year you could be as tall as my dad!"

He laughed at that, "Yeah right. I'll be short for the rest of my life. Just the same old Yugi everyday."

Grabbing his hand once again she dragged him over to another section, "Stop putting yourself down, Yugi! Here try this on! Oh! And this and this and this..."

Gasping, he held onto all the clothes she was throwing at him and nearly fell to the floor as he was buried in them but she still continued to throw them, not noticing he was getting stuck under a large pile,

"Arianna!"

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Scowling bitterly as the rain fell down into the streets hard and covered the city, Yami threw his coat over his head to keep his hair and himself from getting soaked. Walking through the streets, he rolled his eyes when either girls would stop to stare at him and give him flirty looks or when people would stop and whisper to one another with words such as, `Oh my god, Isn't that Yugi Mutou? What's he doing here? Ask him for his autograph!'

Disgust filled his mind and veins when he saw girls on the street offering themselves to passing people for money. A few tried to offer themselves to him, for free but he declined it, trying to be as polite as he could. He had Tea in his life and he didn't want anyone else. Well, he wanted Yugi still but now the kid was missing and he didn't know how long it would take to find him.

`What's this?' He asked himself when he came up to a large building, `A museum. Hmm, Well, may as well go in here for now till the rain stops.'

Walking into the museum, he began to explore each and every room, starting with the large sections of wild animals followed by many different kinds of sea creatures and then the dinosaurs. After finishing those, he came across a room he'd been dying to see. The ancient Egypt room.

`Now this is my kind of place. Hmm, what's this?' He asked and looked at a pamphlet that was next to the display infront of him that was surrounded in glass,

`Pharaoh Atemu. Heh, let's see what they said about me. He was a cold hearted Pharaoh, bla bla bla......Was married to....WHAAAAAA? This isn't right! He then....WHAT IN THE NAME OF RA!? THIS IS ALL WRONG!'

Scowling at that, he kicked the pamphlet so it came crashing down along with other displays. Ignoring that and the stares he was getting, he looked over at the mummies that were wrapped in silk and placed in another glass case,

"Pharaoh Atemu? I'm inside here? Yeah right! This place is utter bullshit!"

His ranting was interrupted when two guards came into the room, "SIR! What have you done!?"

Rolling his eyes, he kicked the case once again, "YOU MORTALS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME! ARGHHH!" He closed his eyes in annoyance, trying to control his anger but he couldn't. With the Eye of Horus on his forehead glowing brightly, he opened up the floor to let the entire display fall into the depths of the Shadow Realm.

Meanwhile at the time, Bakura was enjoying a little break in the Shadow Realm when all of a sudden the display crashed and landed on him, making him jump up in fright. Glancing over at it, he saw the Egyptian treasures and pamphlets. He could have only guessed.

"PHARAOH!!!"

Ignoring the yell he could have sworn he heard, Yami then waved his hand and let the other displays that were in the room go crashing into the wall and shattered with such a force that it could have knocked down the whole museum. The guards were staring in such horror that they didn't have time to react when the Pharaoh just rolled his eyes and scowled leaving the room. Walking out of the museum, he received more looks from people but just ignored them as he continued his journey through the streets.

`Screw this city. I'll try another part of New York. I mean, how big can it be??'

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Hesitating to go through the doors, Yugi stood away from them and hid behind a tree with Arianna trying to drag him away from it. However, the more she tried to pull him, the more he wrapped his arms around the tree,

"I can't go in there! It'll be just like my old school where people pick on me and beat me up!"

"Oh come on, Yugi! Nothing is going to happen. I'm right here! Besides, you're famous here! Now come on!" She gasped and tried to pull him off the tree, "Yugi!"

"I can't! I just can't!" He whined, still holding on tight.

"Hey! Is that Yugi Mutou?" A girl asked causing Yugi to blink as he let go of the tree, making Arianna go flying back along with him.

They crashed into a man that had black hair with glasses upon his face and was reading a book under the tree. The man was taken by surprise as he found himself catching both the red headed girl and her tri hair colored friend.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry, sir! You see my friend here-"Arianna started to babble but the man just held up a hand to silence her.

"It's fine," he said while brushing himself off, "Accidents happen. Why your friend was hanging onto a tree, I'll never know. Yeminshi Shina. Can't say we had a very `easy' meeting."

Blinking, Yugi looked at the man, "You're from Japan too? Did you run away?"

Arching an eyebrow, Yeminshi looked at the boy, "No. I'm a transfer student. Have been for about a year now. Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in the school over there?" He asked, pointing to the elementary school making Yugi frown.

Arianna sighed, "Mr. Shina. I'm Arianna Ezrythal, this is Yugi Mutou, he's 15 years old. Not 12."

Taking his glasses off and putting them in his case, he nodded, "Ah. So you're Yugi Mutou. It's funny though, when you duel you seem to be a lot taller." Yugi rolled his eyes at that knowing half the time Yami was the one dueling, "But maybe I'm mistaking. I apologize for before. What brings you to `Central City High School' if you're all the way from Japan? Transferring?"

"N-no, sir. I ran away from home..." The youth whispered, staring at Yeminshi's frozen green eyes.

Standing up, he reached a hand to help both Arianna and Yugi up as he brushed himself off even more, "Ran away, eh? Why would you run away when you have such a famous life as the number one duelist?"

"I-it's really a long story..."

Nodding, he picked up his book and placed it back into his briefcase and picked it up,

"I see. Well then. If you ever want to tell me, you may. However, the bell is about to ring and since you're new to this school; you might want to rush inside now and get prepared. This is a nice school, well mannered people, with an exception of a few. Mostly my friend, Taichi, he's a little on the wild side." He walked over to the doors, "I shall see you later. Take care Mr. Mutou, Ms. Ezrythal."

Then he disappeared through the double doors and out of sight of the two teenagers. Arianna blinked,

"Well. He was nice. A little too intelligent for me but nice. Oh no, now look what happened, Yugi. Since you had to put up a fight your new clothes are filthy."

Glancing down at the once blue jeans and black shirt, he snickered, "Sorry about that. I didn't mean to put up such a fight."

Sighing, she brushed some of the dirt off, "It's alright. Luckily it's not a lot. I'm not that clean either but we'll be alright. Now come on, let's go already!"

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Spinning around and around was really making him dizzy, the Pharaoh groaned as he leaned over the ledge and threw up, making the people next to him pull away or cringe. When he lifted his head up, his crimson eyes were flashing. This was not something he was looking forward to. Taking a deep breath, he sucked in all his air and yelled,

"YUGI! ARE YOU OUT HERE!?"

People gave the tall boy weird looks as they watched him continue to yell out a boy's name. Who the hell would call out to someone in the middle of the ocean? Yami then felt the boat going around in circles again and got sick yet again. The people on the large boat quickly moved away from him and walked up the steps.

"This is not what I planed on happening!" The Pharaoh yelled, startling everyone on the boat, "Let me off this thing now!"

"Sir, you can't just jump off in the middle of the water. We will be docking in just a few minutes, please be patient."

"WELL CAN YOU ATLEAST STOP SPINNING IN CIRCLES!?"

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"Hello there. You must be the two new students. I'm Mrs. Applebee (A/N: -Dies laughing- Sounds like a pre school teacher.) I hope you'll be happy here at `Central City High School', we have a very nice learning system here. My class should be coming in soon so then you could introduce yourselves."

Yugi sighed but smiled when Arianna held onto his hand and gripped it tightly and rubbed his tiny fingers as if to calm him down. He was really starting to take a large liking to this girl. It had only been not even a week and not once had she abandoned or ignored him.

They stood infront of the classroom while the students piled in. They recognized one, Yeminshi who just gave them a polite wave and a smile while he was trying to control the crazy friend he mentioned before. Taichi. And he was just as wild as the man said he was. His figure was tall, with the average weight but a little built to it. Baggy jeans and a baggy shirt with chains on it clung to his body. His right ear was pierced and there was a ring in his eyebrow that made Yugi cringe. Hard and demanding pieces of hazel with a touch of blue were his eyes. Dark blue bangs fell over his face, slightly covering his eyes from the world. In his hand seemed to be a guitar case while his black packback was slung over his shoulder.

"Attention class! We have two new students today. Please meet Arianna Ezrythal and Yugi Mutou. They're both transferring from Japan."

The class gasped and whispered while some whistled, mostly at Arianna because they found her attractive, making her blush and Yugi frown. However, the whispers and gasp were from.....

"Excuse me?" A girl raised her hand, "Are you the Yugi Mutou that duels?"

Nodding shakily and fidgeting with the corner of his shirt, Yugi spoke up, "Y-yes. I am.."

"Cool! We have the number one duelist in our school!"

"I know he's kind of cute too, isn't he?"

"I have to get to know him!"

"His friend is really pretty too! And they seem so nice, let's go meet them!"

Smiling, Yugi looked around the classroom. For once, he felt the three feelings without Yami around. Happy. Safe. And protected.

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Gaspi ng for air and sighing of relief, the Pharaoh nearly crawled over to a payphone that was in Japan's airport and dialed the number to the game shop. Solomon picked up almost immediately and spoke into the phone,

"Hello? Solomon Mutou speaking."

"S-solomon. C-come pick.."

"Yami? Is that you? Why are you back so soon? It's only been a few days."

"I don't care! America is crazy! They have museums that have false facts about me and girls that sell themselves on the street and large objects that ride on water and spin in circles! I couldn't wait till I got home! COME PICK ME UP!!!!!"

Laughing on the other line, Solomon nodded, "Alright. I'll be there in a few minutes."

Hanging up the Pharaoh sighed and sat down on a chair near by, ignoring the girls that continued to flirt with him. He failed. He didn't find Yugi. Solomon was right.

`Solomon was absolutely right. I didn't think it was this impossible to find Yugi. I'll try again next week...I'll have to try again....When I recover from this one...'

Groaning, the Pharaoh fell backwards and sighed, feeling a tear fall from his eye, "I failed you once again, my hikari. Again..."

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