Two years post the Ceremonial Dual, Yami and Atemu had settled into daily life with their hikari, Yugi and Heba. Both were turning sixteen and in high school. Yugi and Heba's grandfather had passed away not long after the Ceremonial Dual and so Yami and Atemu took over management of the shop while their hikari's were in school.
At first glance, anyone would think Yugi, Yami, Atemu, and Heba were brothers because of their similarity in looks but it's not the case at all.
Yugi and Heba were the only brothers out of the four. Twins with their only differences being their skin and eye colour. Heba was tanned with rich purple eyes while Yugi was pale with clear amethyst eyes.
Atemu was the first Pharaoh to face Zorc 5,000 years ago and made the choice to sacrifice himself to seal Zorc away. His puzzle was passed down for 2,000 years until it was passed into the hands of Yami.
Yami made the same choice as Atemu to seal Zorc away. His choice caused the puzzle to split into two and shatter. His priests created golden boxes to place the puzzles in Yami's tomb. Those puzzles waited 3,000 years until the twins found and solved them.
"Yami! Atemu! We're home!" Yugi called as he walked in the door. Heba had gathered the mail on his way in and was looking through each of them. He followed Yugi into the lounge.
"How was your day?" Yami asked giving Yugi a kiss on the forehead. Atemu did the same to Heba, who was too engrossed in the mail to notice.
"It was ok," Yugi replied with a smile. "Tea was being a little annoying with her friendship speeches but other than that."
"Yugi…" Heba's tone made everyone look at him. He held a sky blue envelope in his hand. The remaining mail had been hand to Atemu.
Yugi look at the envelope then at Heba, his smile fading. Heba motioned with his head to follow him. They both put their bags down and Yugi gave the two spirits a smile.
"We'll be right back."
Yami and Atemu watched them leave before silently following them. If something was troubling their hikari's then they wanted to know about it.
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Yugi took the envelope from Heba and opened it to reveal a piece of folded parchment inside. He quickly scanned he contents.
"The council meeting is tomorrow," Yugi said softly. "They had to put it on our sixteenth… How are we going to explain this to our boyfriends?"
"You know we can't miss a council meeting," Heba replied pacing back and forth, tapping his lips with his finger. "But we also can't tell them about this until we are eighteen. Gabriel-sama would kill us if he found out we told them." Yugi shuddered at that thought. "In any case" Heba continued. "We have no choice but to attend the council meeting."
"There's one good thing though," Yugi said with a slight smile. "It's at 4pm. So if we were to go there straight after school then we might be able to get back before they suspect anything."
"You think Ryou and Malik will be there?" Heba asked with a sigh. Neither liked the idea of lying to their yami's but the situation was unavoidable.
"I hope so," Yugi replied. "I heard Raphael-sama and Uriel-sama almost killed them for missing the last one. The only reason they didn't was because they had a hard time getting away from their yami's." Yugi shook his head. "I still don't understand why the Millennium Items were released in this incarnation. We usually receive them when we have a human incarnation."
"I'm not complaining though," Heba said with a smile.
"Neither," Yugi replied. "Just curious on why." He started to make his way back inside. "I'll give Ryou and Malik a call to see what they think we could do."
Heba nodded before following Yugi inside. "Just make sure you're alone before you do."
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Yugi, Heba, Ryou, and Malik stared up at Domino City Hall with disdain. None really wanted to go to the council meeting but none had a choice in the matter. It had taken a lot of convincing to get their yami's agree that they would be home by six. The four hoped that the meeting wouldn't run so long.
After it was over, the four trudged out and looked up at the huge clock. It was exactly 6pm. Yugi and Heba waved goodbye to Ryou and Malik with the promise that they and their yami's would be at their sixteenth that night.
It was uneventful and quiet as they made their way through the city back to the game shop. Uneventful that is until…
"Looks like we have two younglings looking for some fun," A familiar voice purred from the dark alley. "I will certainly enjoy myself tonight."
Yugi and Heba took one look and bolted in the opposite direction.
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