Pharaoh's Guardian (Yami/AtemxOc fanfiction)

Chapter 2

A/N: Thank you to MusicNote2020 for the comment and 654321ytrewq for the story vote. Sorry if this short but me and the family are going to visit grandpa on the day of the dead or Araw ng patay in tagalog. And I realize by then when I post this it'll already be over, so, meh. Hope you enjoy the chapter as we start on Yugi's POV and a week later after the first chapter.

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[Yugi]

I walked back home with a large smile on my face that was sure to have gained some stares, but i didn't care at the moment. School festival was coming up and my classmates decided on my idea for our attraction. A Carnival game themed one! I had never been so happy in a long time. I'm pretty sure nothing can make this day even better.

"Grandpa, I'm home!" I called as i walked in the game shops front entrance. I took off my shows ans left them on the shoe rack and I entered the apartment space at the back. Once I entered the kitchen I stopped in my tracks. On the table was a good spread of food, fairly recent, and at the center was a delicious looking cake. It was weird because it wasn't grandpa's birthday nor mine, and I know there wasn't anything recent to celebrate. So what-

"Surprise." A voice whispered next to my ear. I jumped away from whoever it is and started to rub my ear. But once I saw who it was I was ecstatic.

"Iris!"

I practically tackled her in a hug, completely forgetting that I was wearing the Puzzle.

"Ow, ow, ouch!"

"Sorry!" I apologized and let go.

"A-Ah, no problem, Yugi. Just...really surprised." She gave a low laugh as she took off her glasses to rub her eyes.

"Oh, Yugi! I see that you've seen your cousin already." Grandpa came in to the kitchen with a good hearty laugh.

I gave grandpa an accusing look. "Grandpa, why didn't you tell me that Iris is home?"

"Well, I'm pretty sure that a surprise isn't a surprise if I told you now, would it?" Grandpa replied. Oh, he is cheeky. 

"Well since we're all here, let's have an early dinner, shall we?" Iris happily suggested as she steered us to the table.

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[Iris]

I cannot believe it. I refuse to believe it. Ra damn it, Shajid, nest time I see you, you are a dead man.

The Millennium Puzzle is around my cousin's neck! Did he solve it on his own? I have to find out.

"Yugi, where did you get that interesting Egyptian artifact? I asked after I finished dinner and grandpa beginning to slice the cake.

"Oh, this?" he paused to lift up the Puzzle with care. "I found it inside a golden box one day in grandpa's storage room. When I saw what was inside I begged grandpa to give it to me."

"And the boy was very persistent, too. I could have sold it but he was adamant." Grandpa wedged in into the conversation with a huff as he drank his tea.

Yugi rolled his eyes and continued. "Anyway. Once I assembled all the pieces it turned out like this. Which really surprised me. And I've recently finished it, too. Now we both match!"

Yugi finished with a bright smile as he mentions my own necklace. Mind you, it is not one of the Millennium Items but it is just as powerful. Bestowed onto me by the Pantheon goddess Nephthys when I was still a High Priestess back in ancient Egypt. It was the deal we had as well as the other God and Goddesses. A pact of sorts. Only binding until I fulfilled my task. And it looks like my task has finally showed itself after three thousand and fifty-five years later. And it irritates me to no end that grandpa has had it all along. In my defense, I cannot sense the Puzzle, the other Item yes, but not the Puzzle. Never the Puzzle. That's why it took me so long to find it. I'm pretty sure the Gods and Goddesses up there are having a field day at my expense.

A thought then came to me.

"...How long have you had it, exactly?" I hesitantly asked, because I feel that I'm going to look like a fool in the end if I don't.

Yugi had the decency to look embarrassed as he scratched the back of his head. "Um......you see...."

Grandpa placed down his mug after taking a sip of is tea. "Yugi has had the thing for eight years now." He supplied as he continued to eat his slice of cake.

I nearly fell of the chair but quickly caught myself. "W-What?"

"Grandpa!" Yugi whined.

"Yup. He had been really sneaky about it, too. I mean, even you wouldn't have noticed, Iris. Even if it was under your nose." Grandpa added.

Biggest. Understatement. Of. The. Century.

I fought to not cave and bang my head on the table and simultaneously groan in despair. I could have found the Puzzle when I was ten years old! I hate the fates right now. Yugi, my dear, sweet, lovable, adorable, innocent cousin, why must you be so crafty in your young age?

"Very sneaky, cousin." Was all I could muster to keep my outward appearance calm and blase as possible even though I am having a breakdown internally.

As I manage to finish my cake and tea, since I am practically stress eating now, I came to the conclusion that my permanent vacation here in Domino is going to be interesting, that I'm truly certain.

TBC