"Impressive, they're pretty scared of you, Tea." Yugi commented.
"If I act soft they'll mess with me." She replied. I was watching this scene with little interest. I was leaning back in my chair, hands behind my head, and legs on my desk. "Yugi! Sometimes you got to have guts!" She told him sharply, startling me, sending me and my chair backwards onto the ground. I let out a yelp of pain when I landed on my back. They didn't notice.
"But… Joey isn't a bad guy." Yugi replied.
"Saying that about such a guy is why people mock you!" Yugi blinked as Tea pointed to the box. "By the way, what is this?" I sat up quickly, two-toned brown and red hair a mess, and crawled over to the desk they were at, as music played in the background.
"Oh, right! Tea, you and Luna haven't seen it yet right? Let me show you my secret." Yugi said.
"I'll keep it secret. Let me see! Let me see!" Tea said. I nodded, trying not to squeal. I'd finally get to see it!
"My lips are sealed."
Yugi opened and lifted the lid slowly, so as not to damage it. We looked at the pieces in awe. It almost seemed that they were glowing, which they were. I gasped. It was, indeed, beautiful.
"Eh? It's so pretty!" Tea exclaimed.
I picked up piece of the puzzle and looked at it. And for a second I could've sworn it glowed when I touched it. I pretended to be confused. "Is it a puzzle?" I asked, voice filling with excitement. Even though Yugi was the only one who could solve it I couldn't help but be excited. I loved solving puzzles! He nodded.
"I haven't finished it, so I don't know what its shape is yet!" Yugi exclaimed. I grabbed a piece that looked like it would go with the one in my hand and put them together. To my surprise… it clicked. My eyes widened in surprise. I carefully placed the two combined pieces back in the box before anyone noticed. "So it's something you can see, but can't!"
"I see." Tea said.
"My house is a game store, so we got games from various countries." Yugi explained. "This is the prided find of someone who used to own the store. They found it in an Egyptian ruin, it's a very rare puzzle."
For some reason… the word Egypt peaked my interest.
"Egypt?" I asked, blurting the word out before I could stop myself. Wonderful… just wonderful.
"Well look, there's all these strange markings carved around the box. I'm guessing the meaning of this is written here." Yugi said and continued in a dark voice. "The person who solves this puzzle will have their wish granted." He burst out laughing. "Ha ha! Yeah! I said too much!" He gained a sad look. "You must think I'm dumb…I see it in your eyes, Tea."
Tea laughed nervously. "No way!" Yes way. "So, what do you wish for?" I rolled my eyes.
"If he tells you it won't come true, obviously." She glared.
We walked past Ushio, this episode's bad guy, and watched him and the other people do their routine cheer thing. I was debating whether I should drag Yugi away from here and avoid a bunch of trouble, or let the plot continue. I decided number 1 and grabbed his arm and went to pull him away but Ushio stopped us.
"Wait a moment you!" We stopped. "You're Yugi Mutou and Luna Scarlet, right?"
"Yes." Yugi said after a moment. I noticed Ushio looking at he uniform I was wearing distastefully. I nodded.
"Actually, I want to ask you something." He leaned down close to us and I couldn't help but stare at his eyebrows. Seriously! They were like mountains!
God! Those eyebrows are huge! I thought, gaining a disturbed look on my face. I can't stop staring at them! Hasn't he ever heard of tweezers? I then realized I missed half the conversation.
"You two can relax. From now on, I, Ushio, will be your bodyguard."
"Eh? But I haven't really experienced that! Excuse us!" Yugi said, taking my hand, and ran.
"Grandpa! We're home!" Yugi called, opening the door. Only to have his eyes widen in surprise. "Tea!?" I blinked and looked in the shop.
"Hi."
"It's been so long since I came over to play." She told Yugi, smiling.
"You're late, Yugi! Luna!" Grandpa scolded. "By the way Tea, you've grown so much!" Grandpa winked. "Especially your chest! It's finally 80 centimeters? Wonderful!"
Tea forced a smile.
What's up with this guy? I thought, weirded out.
"Oh! Yugi! I heard from Tea. That puzzle, you still haven't given up on it?"
"Who's giving up?" Yugi asked. I chuckled lightly.
"That puzzle is above Human knowledge. You can't do it." Grandpa told him. I shook my head. Yugi can do it. "By the way, there's a lot of history behind it."
"History?" Tea asked.
Grandpa gained a dark look, spooking all three of us. "An excavation team found the Millennium Puzzle. They brought the Pharaoh's box from a giant valley… But, everyone in that excavation died mysteriously." My eyes widened. I remember… my mother… she died in an Egyptian excavation. Or at least that's what I was told. "The second to last person left this behind because he wanted to live, but the last… Tera, was her name, took the box out of the tomb, and right before she died… said… 'Shadow Games'." Tera… my mothers name. But… it can't be her. No, I won't believe it.
"Yugi! This puzzle sounds dangerous!" Tea told him.
"Shadow Games? Yami no Game." Yugi said, translating it easily. "What's that? I like it."
"Look at the symbols carved in this box." Grandpa said, walking over and pointing at it. "The one who solves me, will receive my dark knowledge and power."
"I see!" Yugi said. He then raised the box in the air exclaiming, "So my wish will come true!" Yugi turned around and had an excited look on his face. "I'm excited! I'm definitely going to finish it now!" Tea sighed and placed her hands on her hips. Grandpa gained a greedy look on his face.
"Return it! It's a treasure after all!" He tried to grab it from Yugi who ran and hid behind me.
"You're only thinking of value! No!"