Apocalypse [YGO Fanfic AU] (On Hold)

Chp 1: A Day Like Any Other

Chapter 1

A Day Like Any Other

The day started like every other day. Yugi got up, got dressed for school, said goodbye to his grandfather, caught up with his friends and got through his classes. He took the notes during lectures in some classes, and in others, he was lost in thought with his head resting in his palm and turned towards the window he sat beside. He thought about the usual things in his life and wondered what day would change his life for better.

Soon the bell rang, signifying the students that it was lunchtime and they were dismissed. Yugi and his friends: Joey, Serenity, Tristan and Tea sat on the roof with their lunches.

Joey Wheeler was a tall, blonde with a detention record for his usual snide, smart-ass comments and talk-backs. Not to mention his urges to punch something; more accurately, someone who pissed him off. Joey was left in the hands of his drunk and abusive father when his parents divorced. But he was lucky that Serenity would go to the same school as him. And even when he came to school with a new band-aid on him, while Serenity frowned, Joey smiled for her. He was a very loyal friend to Yugi, and Yugi appreciated that very much.

Tea Gardner was Yugi's childhood friend ever since elementary. This blue-eyed brunette was a very nice and sweet girl. She stuck up for Yugi whenever someone was bullying him and tried to get herself into things that Yugi showed her that he liked. Always supportive of her friends, Tea, being the kind girl she was, made sure everyone was feeling okay. If they weren't, she would drag them to the nurse. Whenever one of the girls or one of her friends needed advice, they knew to go to Tea.

Serenity was Joey's little sister. While she was with her mother, she slowly became depressed, not sure what to do without her big brother around. She even starved herself a few times whenever something reminded her of Joey. So her mother decided to enroll her into the same school as Joey's. Soon after that, sweet, sweet Serenity instantly became her usual cheerful self. If you ever want to find Serenity, you will most likely find her with her protective big brother.

Now, Tristan Taylor isn't much...or is he?! He may seem average looking, but he is very unique. In the beginning, Tristan was bullied in his younger years for constantly talking about how he dreams to clean up the world. Tristan, being weak, couldn't do a thing. But then Joey came along. He was one of the popular kids in elementary and stood up for little Tristan and taught him how to defend himself and how to defend others. When upon meeting Serenity, he believed love at first sight. But of course, being the now, cool and smooth Tristan, he did it subtly. Apparently, too subtle when Serenity was completely oblivious to his hints. But like Joey, he would do everything in his power to clean the bullies' error of their ways.

They all spoke about their classes and other such things.

"Gruhh.."

Yugi glanced to the edge of the roof, hearing something strange. His friends looked to him. "Hey, Yugi, what's up?" Tristan asked.

Yugi shrugged his shoulders, keeping his eyes glued to the edge. "I don't know...I thought I just heard something..." He replied.

"What was it?" Tea asked with a small tilt to her head.

The noise became a bit louder. "Gruuhh..."

"It was sort of like... a moan..." Yugi vaguely answered as he stood. He walked over to the edge and placed a hand on the fence. His eyes widened at the sight as his body froze him in place. His friends all stared at him expectantly.

Joey got up and walked up to the edge. "Yug'? What's wrong?" he asked. His eyes widened along with Yugi's. "What the hell..." he whispered.

The others looked to each other before getting up to see what was going on. They were speechless. There was a large group of people of twenty who were limping around. They all liked like they had been through a fire and had some flesh peeling off of their faces. Some had missing extremities and some had some of their clothes torn.