Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh

Yami woke up to his blaring alarm clock early Monday morning. He groaned before rolling out of bed and wandering down the stairs to see if his grandfather needed any assistance before he headed off to Domino University for the first day of classes of his junior year.

"Morning Grandpa." Yami said as he walked down into the shop to see his grandfather straightening the card display below the glass counter.

"Morning Yami, are you ready for your classes?" Solomon said casually.

"Yes grandpa I am. Today I have a course on Egyptian history, which I'm really looking forward to." Yami said offhandedly not missing the sadness in his grandfather's eyes, but also knowing his eyes held the same sadness in them.

"Yugi would have loved to take that class with you." Solomon said, suddenly no longer feeling any desire to finish fixing his display.

Yami sighed, "I know he would have too grandpa." Yami said before shaking his head, he missed his twin brother terribly, but there was nothing he could do about it. Yugi had disappeared while walking home from school one afternoon five years ago, vanished without a trace. Yami always had blamed himself for his brother's disappearance, insisting that if he'd walked home with Yugi that it wouldn't have happened.

Solomon pulled Yami into a comforting embrace. No one other than the two of them knew about what had happened, though occasionally Yami's friends from college would wonder about why Yami was so sad sometimes, and despite asking several times neither Solomon or Yami had ever given them an answer. After a few minutes Yami and Solomon reluctantly released each other and Yami wiped his eyes which had begun to tear up.

"I probably should be going, don't want to be late." Yami said. Solomon nodded and with that being said Yami turned and headed out the front door.

Yami walked into the lecture hall and plopped down into his seat silently, trying his best to ignore his friends bickering. However, one thing Bakura said managed to catch Yami's attention.

"Yami, check it out, that kid over there looks just like you." Bakura said pointing to a boy with tri-color hair very similar to Yami's own who had just walked into the lecture hall.

Yami felt his blood run cold, that boy looks just like Yugi. How is that possible? Yami thought as he found himself rising to his feet and making his way across the lecture hall towards the boy who looked so much like his brother.

Yami walked up to the boy who was pulling out everything that he would need to be prepared for the lecture.

"Yugi." Yami said quietly, though just loud enough for the boy to hear him. Yami watched as the boy stiffened.

"I don't know who you think you are but I'm..." the boy began before looking up and locking his amethyst eyes with Yami's own Crimson, "Yami?" the boy asked, clearly shocked.

Yami nodded, not really being able to trust his voice. The boy jumped out of his chair and practically tackled Yami to the ground as he proceeded to attempt to hug Yami to death. "Oh Yami I've missed you so so so so SO much." Yugi said.

"I've missed you too Yugi." Yami said as he hugged his brother back. After a few minutes the two separated, both wiping tears from their eyes, unable to believe that they were really seeing each other again. Once they had let go of each other Yami decided that it was time he got some answers out of his brother.

"Yugi, where have you been all this time? What happened to you?" Yami asked.

Yugi just smiled at Yami, "I'll tell you after class Yami, because this'll take me way to long to explain to you now." Yugi said.

"Alright Yugi, but at least can you come and sit with me and my friends?" Yami asked.

Yugi looked at Yami and could tell that he didn't want to be away from his brother, and Yugi could understand exactly how he felt. "Sure Yami." Yugi replied before he picked up his books and followed Yami over to where Yami had been sitting.

"Yami, dude, what's with the runt?" Marik asked when he saw Yugi following him. What Marik wasn't counting on was Yami grabbing him by the throat.

"You say that again Marik, and so help me I. Will. End. You." Yami said before he dropped Marik back into his seat.

"Gees Yami, take a joke man." Marik grumbled, while rubbing his neck. Yami glared at him for a second longer before signaling for Yugi to sit in the open seat next to him.

"Yami, you didn't have to be so mean about it, I mean you and I both know that I've been called much worse." Yugi said.

Yami glanced at Yugi, "It may have been awhile but you can't have forgotten that everyone who I ever found out had dared to insult you or hurt you got the crap kicked out of them. Yugi, that hasn't changed." Yami said with a smile.

"So, Yami who is this, an old love interest that you got reunited with." Bakura asked with a sneer.

Yami and Yugi both gaped at him. "Don't be a pervert Bakura, Yugi's my brother, my twin brother." Yami said.

"Brother?! Since when do you have a brother?" Marik and Bakura asked.

"Since, oh I don't know, the day I was born." Yami said, which made Yugi laugh.

"Yami, if he's really your brother how come we've never heard about him, let alone met him before today?" Marik asked.

Yami immediately got quiet and instead chose to focus his attention on his notebook.

"Yami?" Bakura asked, not missing his friends odd behavior.

"Bakura, Marik just drop it. It's none of your business." Yami said, and nothing else was said because the professor walked into the class room and began his lecture, though Yami was only half listening his mind buzzing with questions about his brother's sudden reappearance, why was he back now? And was however took him all those years ago going to come after him again? Yami's attention was drawn to his brother when the door to the lecture hall had suddenly been opened and another figure, also who had tri-color hair walked in, Yami saw the way Yugi stiffened, as well as slide down lower into his seat in an attempt to hide himself. The man looked over to where Yami and Yugi were sitting, locked eyes with Yugi for a moment before he turned and walked back out of the room.

The professor, who had momentarily stopped his lecture when the doors had banged open, shrugged before continuing on as if nothing had happened obviously thinking it was a new student who was trying to find their class. Yami noticed that Yugi was shaking slightly.

"Yugi, what's wrong?" Yami whispered. Yugi glanced up at Yami and wrapped his arms tightly around his brother burying his face into Yami's chest, crying. Yami rubbed soothing circles on Yugi's back in an attempt to comfort him. "Yugi, do you want to leave the lesson, so you can..." Yami began only for Yugi to cut him off.

"No, if I leave he'll, he'll get me. Please, I don't want to go back Yami." Yugi said between sobs before he buried his face once more into Yami's chest.

"No one going to take you away from me again Yugi. I promise." Yami said, and that was indeed a vow Yami intended to keep.

A/N: just testing the waters with this, to see what kind of a response it gets. I'll continue if I get enough of a response. Sorry if the beginning seemed kind of rushed, but I needed it to happen like that for the rest of the story to play out, and without the early part with Solomon and Grandpa none of it would have made any sense. Please, read and review. I would love to hear what you all think of this.