Pharaoh's Return

OK, I really hope you all like this. Its a YGO DM fanfiction with Atem and Yugi as the main characters. Here goes:

Chapter 1:
Yugi stood up
looking around the almost empty collage library. The bell had rung about
thirty seconds ago and Yugi had been lost in his book. It had been
about two years since he had seen Joey, Tristan, and Tea. they had all
gone their separate ways after graduating high school. Tea had become a
professional dancer in America with her own dance studio, Joey had
become a pro-duelist, and Tristan had gone off with plans to marry
Serenity.


He laughed slightly at the memory of Joey going
ballistic on Tristan when he said that. The brown haired man had run
form the room faster than a speeding bullet to get away from the other
boy. Tea had been there and she laughed just as hard as he did. Too bad
that happened two years ago and not two minutes ago. The three of them
almost never came back to visit him.


Essentially he was all alone.
Atem was long gone, having found peace about two years ago as well.
Yugi missed all of his friend, especially the Pharaoh. They had been
almost like brothers and now he was gone. It wasn't like Yugi needed
him, it was just that he wanted to hear him say something smart and
ancient king like.


As he walked through the no so crowded halls he
thought about all of his friends. Since he was so preoccupied he didn't
notice that the captain of the football team had stepped out in front
of him. It came as a surprise when he hit the taller boy head on.


"Hey, watch the jacket, bookworm." he sneered, looking down on Yugi blue eyes blazing.


Yugi
lifted his reddish purple eyes to meet his when he apologized. This
only seemed to piss the big jock off even more but before he could lash
out at Yugi his pals stepped in and stopped him. Just form the look on
his face said that the thing between them was not over yet.


Sighing
Yugi walked to his locker. His parents were going to flip out on him.
Pretty much he was late. and they didn't like it when he was late. OK,
yeah he was living with his parents. He didn't like them much but the
good thing was his room and board was free, so he didn't complain much.
The other reason he was living with his parents was that Grandpa has in
an assisted living home.


The only reason that Grandpa was there
was because of Yugi's parents. They put him there thinking that he was
too old to take care of himself. The thing was they were dead wrong.
Grandpa had managed to wriggle his way out of their claws and was living
with Rebecca and he grandfather. There was only one problem with that
though. Rebecca lived in America and he lived in Japan. It became really
hard to visit his grandfather so that made him even more lonely.


He
walked into the house and into a chorus of angry voices. His mom and
dad were arguing again. With a sigh he walked to his room. To his
surprise there was a small package on his bed. Picking it up he read the
label. Yeah, it was for him and it seemed to have been sent from Egypt.
Then, upon looking closer he saw that it was from Ishizu.


Smiling
he tore open the box revealing a beautiful pyramid shaped gold gem.
There was a chain attached to the top so that he could wear it around
his neck of wrist. Lifting it out of the box made a note fall from with
in. Picking it up he read it carefully.


It said " Yugi, I am
sending this to you so that you don't really forget the time you spent
here with me and my brother. Well, that is only part of the reason. The
other part is that I don't want it anywhere near my brother again. Marik
found it but didn't notice that it was possessed by an evil spirit. The
spirit attacked him, severely injuring him. I dispelled the spirit but
the stone retained the ability to host spirits of great power. Maybe you
can use it for something. Take good care of it, Ishizu."


Smiling Yugi slipped the slim chain around his wrist and moved to his desk. Setting the note down he began his homework.


I'll post the next chapter soon. Hope you enjoy it.

Here's chapter 2.

Chapter 2:

Yugi stood lightly,
shifting his homework back into his back pack. His stomach growled
loudly to him. It was clearly time to eat. He moved slowly and silently
down the steps, into the kitchen.


His parents were still arguing
in the basement. It was a good thing that they hadn't found his secret
hiding place; a large library. The door was hidden behind a bookshelf on
one of the far walls of the room.


Stepping, lightly into the
kitchen he moved quickly so that he could avoid his parents' wrath. When
they argue they almost always got yelled at and/or hit. Though moving
fast and being quiet are two totally different things. Yugi panicked
when he dropped a plate and almost didn't catch it. Despite the fact
that he caught it the plate still hit the floor loud enough for his
parents to hear.


They stopped yelling and both walked up the
steps. His dad looked furious and his mom looked really peeved. Neither
of them looked really happy about him being down stairs. Yugi looked at
them like he was not surprised about them being there. Then his dad took
the plate from him and pulled back his hand to whack him.


Yugi
held up his arms to defend himself but as he did a bright flash of light
came from the gem and he blacked out. When the darkness cleared from
his eyes and mind both of his parents were on the ground. His dad was
covered in bruises and there were a few shallow cuts on his face and
arm.


His mom was in similar condition but she was supporting his
dad. She was staring at him like he wasn't even human. Glancing down at
his hand, the plate he had gotten for himself was broken and had blood
on it. He dropped the bloody plate and returned his mom's stare. Her
face tightened and it was clear from that gesture that he was to go to
his room and then get out of the house.


Yugi turned and ran back
to his room, panicking. When his dad came too he was so in trouble. The
only concern that he had was; what if whatever had happened to him
happened again? That would be really bad if it did. Since his mom
basically told him to get out he packed several things and took off.


He
ran out the front door hearing his mom say that she would call him when
it was safe for him to come home. Yugi nodded and vanished into the
gathering darkness. After about three hours he found himself in front of
his grandfather's game shop. With a small smile he pulled the spare key
out from under the door mat and unlocked the door.


The shop was
as his grandpa left it; relatively clean and well organized. A thin
layer of dust coated everything and as he walked upstairs he realized
that all of the furniture was covered in plastic or something. That was a
good thing. Now he wouldn't have to worry about dusting off all of the
furniture.


He walked back into the store and opened the breaker
box. After blowing away some cobwebs he flipped most of the switches.
The lights flickered on and the heat kicked in. It was really fortunate
that Grandpa had bought the generator for the basement.


Closing
the box and going up stairs to the kitchen he realized that only the
non-perishable items would still be edible. Depending on how long he
stayed he might have to go shopping. Opening the fridge he was met with
the sight of a few pieces of rotting fruit and several other things. A
putrid odor filled the fridge from the fruit so Yugi closed it quickly.


"I
hope Dad won't be too pissed off at me. I have no idea what I did
though. All I remember is blacking out I don't remember a thing." Yugi
thought as he rummaged through the cabinets, eventually coming up with a
can of ravioli.


Sitting down in front of the T.V. he munched on
his ravioli. Soon he was fully settled into the comfortable living room
couch with the T.V. on in the corner. Right as he started to nod-of
something on the T.V. caught his eye. It was Ishizu and she was opening
another ancient Egypt exhibit at the Domino Museum. Smiling Yugi drifted
off to sleep; he would go see the exhibit tomorrow.


It was cool
when Yugi woke up the next morning. A subtle stiffness had settled over
him since he had been sleeping on the couch. With a big stretch he
walked up to his old room. I was just like he left it; a little dusty
and crowded. Moving through the dust cloud of dust created by opening
the door he stepped to his closet. His old clothes were still there,
they might be a bit small on him but they would fit nonetheless.


Pulling
out the first thing he grabbed Yugi smiled. It was his old school
uniform. With it came many good memories. Still smiling he changed into
it. After sliding the gold gem onto his wrist he moved downstairs to
find something to eat. It was ravioli again for breakfast. Yugi quickly
decided to go to the store after he went to the museum.


Yugi left
the house as soon as he finished eating. As he got closer to the museum
he saw the captain of his school's football team. The guy was also
headed to the museum it seemed. Right as Yugi ducked around a corner he
was spotted.


With a loud, "Hey!" the football team captain took off after him.


Both
of them ran, with Yugi dodging in and out of the buildings. The jock
ran after him and almost missed him when he ducked in and out of the
buildings. After about ten minutes Yugi felt a pull on his collar. He
had been caught and was about to be beaten to a pulp.


As he was
turned around the gem on his wrist flashed like it had when his dad
advanced on him. Once more his world was clouded in darkness. This time
he felt a strange pull at his soul, strange but familiar at the same
time. This time when the light once again was visible Yugi actually
remembered what happened.


The football team captain swung at him,
despite the bright light. Instead of crumpling to the ground Yugi
brought his own hand up and cracked the jock's wrist. After dodging the
punch he swung his leg in a high kick. It hit the jock square in the
head and he stepped back, dazed. Following through Yugi swung his other
leg in a kick to the jock's stomach, causing him to fall over. As he hit
the ground he passed out and Yugi woke up.


Shaking his head to
clear it Yugi took off back toward the museum. The football team captain
would be out cold for a few hours so he was free to do as he pleased.
Finally making it to the museum he saw Ishizu standing in the front. He
walked up to her with a light wave and she smiled, inviting him into the
museum.


Chapter three will be posted soon. Please tell me what you all think.

Here comes chapter 3:

Chapter 3:
Ishizu and Yugi
talked for a few moments before she was called off to manage a certain
part of the exhibit. She showed him the newer parts to the exhibit and
they looked through the older sections remembering how these artifacts
had played an important role in their lives a few years ago. It really
didn't seem all that significant to the rest of the museum's guests but
to Yugi and Ishizu it was important.


As they walked Yugi told the
woman at his side about the strange things that had been happening to
him since he got the gold gem from her. At first she seemed worried but
then he told her that it only happened twice and that it had only
happened when he was in trouble. Hearing that Ishizu's brows knit
together and her face took on a contemplating look.


The whole
thing seemed strange; a spirit taking over Yugi's body and mind when he
was in danger then leaving without a fuss when he was safe. That made no
sense to the young Egyptian woman. After a moment she decided to call
her brother Marik to see what he thought about the whole thing. Waving
Yugi after her Ishizu made for the curator's office.


The man was
sitting behind his desk looking a little smug and overly confident.
According to Ishizu he always looked like that. Since he looked like
that it was hard not to dislike the guy. He looked up as the door
closed.


"What can I do for you, Miss Ishtar?" his strangely high pitched voice sounded out of place with his large body.


"I just need to borrow the phone in here, please. I need to call my brother." came her simple reply.


"All
right. Let me just get out of your way for a bit. Don't let this kid
touch anything in here. I don't want to deal with it right now." the fat
curator said pointing at Yugi.


"I will make sure he doesn't touch anything, sir." Ishizu said with a slight bow.


The
man nodded and left the room, closing the door behind himself. Yugi
watched the door with a weird look on his face. Ishizu shook her head as
she picked up the phone. It took her a moment to get the number right
then another minute for Marik to pick up. When he did Ishizu launched
directly into the story Yugi told her about.


Marik sat on the
other end of the phone listening and thinking about what his sister was
saying. It seemed to him that one of the spirits of the dead was
entering the real world through the gem and saving Yugi from getting
hurt.



Then she told him how the spirit stayed only long enough to save
the young man from some kind of trouble and left when it had done so.


"I wonder…" Marik's voice trailed off as a new thought crossed his mind.


"What do you think could be happening?" Ishizu asked as Yugi looked around the room, his arms tucked safely behind him.


"I
think that it might be the Pharaoh. He might not seem aware of his
actions in the spirit world but the way you are describing it I well and
truly think he is the one stepping in." he replied, his voice taking on
a more serious tone.


"Do you really think that? If that is true…
What could be going on in the spirit world and our world?" she
questioned looking nervous.


"I have no idea but I will try to get
Odion open a spirit line so that I can talk to the Guardians. I will
call you back when I hear from them. Good bye, Sister." With that he
hung up and left Ishizu to tell Yugi what he said.


Sighing the
young Egyptian put the phone back on the hook. Yugi was now looking at
her with a confused look on his face. In short words she told him what
Marik said. Hearing that it might be Atem who was taking over his body
when he was in trouble seemed to brighten his day. A small smile split
his face when she said that. Things really seemed to be looking up for
him.



I hope you really like chapter three. It will take me a little bit longer to get chapter 4 up but I'll get it up as soon as I can.

Just letting you know, It's not necessarily a good thing to publish each chapter so close together. I suggest putting all these ideas into a word doc, notepad, or some other processor (if you haven't already) and let them sit for a day or more. That'll prevent the story from burning out too quickly, and it'll also give people time to respond and provide feedback.



As for the actual story, it's not bad so far. The plot has a lot of building potential, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. Need to work on the grammar a bit, as bad grammar can be a complete turn-off to readers. Other than that, not bad.

OK, I'll take that into consideration. Right now chapter 4 is written but I'll wait to post it. Yeah I really suck at grammar. Hey, do you think you can help me on that.

Probably. I can proof-read and such, maybe revise sentence structure if needed. Let me know what I can do to help.

Thank you. Should i PM you the stuff or email it to you. I can do either, whichever one is more convenient for you.

I think PM would be better, since I don't really use my email for anything ^_^;;

OK then. I have chapter 4 on my iPod and as soon as it connects to the internet I'll PM it to you. :D