Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Millennium Items ❯ The Hero's Beginnings ( Chapter 1 )

Suguroku was sitting at his desk, a few papers scattered on it, ink well and pen inside by the side, he seemed deep in thought, he thinks aloud, "why... why hasn't Thief King Bakura done anything" he scratches his grayish thin haired head in wonder, "He hasn't done a thing lately, its odd but-" a burning aroma reaches him, he sniffs the air in confusion, he looks to the source of what broke his thought, he saw the pot of food over the fireplace boiling over and Yami at the window, looking out and paying no attention to the pot, "AIAI! YAMI! THE POTS BOILING OVER!"

 

Yami looks over unknowingly towards Suguroku. "Oh. Sorry Grandpa. I was just thinking ...." he walks over to the pot, not yet taking it off. "About all of those people going after the millennium items. I should be out there protecting them, too! I should be next to all of those magicians ....." He looked up at the ceiling daydreamly.

 

Suguroku sighs, "Yami... You need to stop daydreaming. You have more priorities than the war. Let the magicians and solders do their thing. You need to take care of your younger brother, for after all he's only four" he says crossing his arms.

 

Yami rolls his eyes. "But I'm 18! It's about time I started to lead a life of my own!" he reaches for pot, his finger getting burnt at the touch; He quickly pulled his hand back, putting his finger in his mouth with a "Tch!"

 

Suguroku let out a small chuckle at this, "yes, you are 18... But, even so you don't have any experience, and you aren't good for battle. You need to stay here, where it's safe and where your family is"

 

Yami sighs, this time being more careful at taking the pot off the fire. "I am good! I could defeat them all. Even the Thief King Bakura!" he sets the pot down and gets out three bowls.

 

"Now don't get ahead of yourself. You don't belong on the battlefield. And I remember last year you couldn't even stand up to getting rid of a rat." Suguroku says, laughing a bit at the memory

 

He scowls, dipping the clam chowder into each individual bowl a bit forcefully. "For your information, that rat wasn't normal. It was huge! Almost as big as Yugi's hair!"

 

Suguroku scoffs at this, "and you also need to quit exaggerating. That's starting to get annoying." he goes over and takes his bowl of chowder and goes back over to his desk, "now Yami, I'm a bit busy so could you take Yugi his lunch?"

 

Yami's scowl deepens, mumbling under his breath as he carries a single bowl of chowder out into the backyard. "Huh! Cares more about that little brat then me! I don't know what he sees in him." Approaches Yugi in his playhouse and sets the bowl down on the ground. "Little whiner can't even do anything on his own!"

 

Inside his playhouse, small Yugi leans a bit out his little window and looks down at the bowl and back at Yami, tilting his head to the side. Yugi had looked like a kid Yami because they looked almost identical and because of his young age, he could speak but most times doesn't say anything because he's limited on vocabulary.

 

Yami puts his hands on his hips. "Well? Go on. Suguroku made it special, just for you."

 

Yugi goes back in his playhouse and comes back out through his door and sits down in front of his bowl, he takes a spoonful bite of his chowder and looks back up to Yami, he points to himself and tilts his head to the side and copies Yami's word, "whiner?"

 

Yami flinches a bit, suddenly realizing Yugi had heard what he had said about him. "Oh! Uh, heh! I-I didn't mean it. I was just, uh...“ He put his hand behind his neck nervously, stomach dropping. He stares at Yugi for a moment, and then lunges at him, tickling him without mercy.

 

Yugi started to laugh helplessly, he didn't quite know what 'whiner' meant nor he didn't really want to know because of Yami's tone about it, all he knew was Yami called him it. Which he didn't mind.

 

Yami stands up, smiling. "Don't worry! I'll protect you, little brother." He looks around and sees a goat. "Thief King Bakura! You dare challenge me?" He picks up a stick, thrusting it out at the goat. The goat takes a step back, surprised. "Ha! Even the King of Thieves is afraid of the almighty warrior known as Yami Moto!" He turned towards Yugi, smiling bravely as the goat behind him lowered its head.

 

Yugi smiled up at Yami but saw in between Yami's legs that the goat was ramming towards him, not know what word to say, he pointed behind Yami to the goat but it didn't help because the goat then rammed Yami, sending both Yami and Yugi, who Yami had collided with, to be thrown into the mud puddles

 

Yami lands face down in the mud. He turns onto his back. "The mighty warrior ... draws his last ... breath ....." He pretends to die and flops his hand down in the mud.

 

Yugi sees him do this and his face turns sad cuz he actually thought something bad happened to him so Yugi shakes Yami's shoulder lightly in worry

 

Yami opens one eye slightly, giving a small smile.

 

Yugi sees this as well. He smiles, giggles, and hugs his brother in joy. It was then Suguroku finally came out to see what the fuss was about, "what's going on out here??"

 

Yami quickly gets up onto his feet. "U-uh, Yugi fell in the mud. That's all." He tries brushing the mud off himself.

 

Yugi looks to Yami and copies him by trying to help brush the mud off Yami. Suguroku sighs a bit, "well... might as well wash him up... I don't want him to catch anything with all that filth on him"

 

Yami rolls his eyes. "You can't catch anything from freakin' mud." He starts brushing Yugi off

 

"With all the germs in the ground he might." Suguroku goes over to Yugi and ruffles his hair playfully. Yugi smiles and giggles a bit by this.

 

Yami's shoulders sag as he rolls his eyes, cussing silently. He picks Yugi up him over to his playhouse where a small tub of water is sitting close by. He begins to take Yugi's clothes off. "You can't catch anything from mud. Besides, you have an immune system of steal! You almost never get sick." Yami looks toward the house angrily. "He overreacts over everything about you."

 

Suguroku had gone back into the house and so Yugi looked to the water and touched it carefully, not wanting to be in cold water... he shivers when he touches I because it was cold, he looks to Yami and shakes his head slightly. Not knowing which words to choose to tell him he didn't want to go in the cold water.

 

Yami notices Yugi shaking his head. "You have to have a bath, Yugi. I'll get in trouble if you don't." He strips away the rest of his clothes.

 

Yugi looks back to the tub of water and shivers again, this time he knows his words, "no... it's... cold" he says, wondering if he said that right.

 

Yami blinks, a bit surprised Yugi had said anything. "Wait here. I'll go get some warm water." Gets up and quickly runs into the house, planning to boil some water within a few minutes.

 

When Yami left, Yugi puts his clothes back on. He looks to the water then to the sky. Then something inside him kinda snapped. His eyes widen and dilated; his arms start to tremble and he starts to kinda panic.