Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Black Cats Are Bad Luck ❯ Litter Boxes and Diaries ( Chapter 3 )

A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I really appreciate it!! No big author note this chapter, but if you want to hear a little news about Yu-Gi-Oh R duel 2 (which has a bit of YamixAnzu in it), please read it at the bottom! Now, R&R please!!

Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh, there'd be a lot less dueling in the plot and a lot more romance!

Black Cats Are Bad Luck

Chapter Three: Litter Boxes and Diaries

Yami lazily opened his eyes, waiting a few minutes for them to adjust to the brightness of the room before looking around. Immediately, he noticed he was alone and that Anzu was nowhere to be seen in her bedroom. Standing up and stretching, the kitten jumped off the bed and walked out the door.

Treading quietly down the hallway, he poked his head into the bathroom. When seeing no Anzu, he came back out and continued into the kitchen. And there, sitting at the kitchen table all dressed up in the Domino High girl's uniform, was his supposedly `missing owner'.

The brunette was flipping through a fashion magazine and eating a fruit salad. Letting out a small meow, Yami quickly drew her attention. She smiled widely and abandoned her breakfast, walking over to the black kitten and getting on her knees in front of him. "Good morning, Yami. Did you sleep well?" she questioned while petting him under his chin.

Yami purred in response and nuzzled his face into her hand.

Anzu chuckled. "I hope that's a yes." She took the kitten in her arms and stood up. "I have to go to school soon s I won't be able to see you until about three-thirty this afternoon. Just make yourself comfy here and remember to use your litter box if you need to go potty." She winked at the end of the statement. "Wouldn't want my parents to come home and find your business everywhere."

Yami looked over to the litter box in disgust. Anzu had bought it for him on Sunday.

"Yami! I have a present for you!"

The kitten pranced into the living room, greeting Anzu with a soft meow. The brunette was standing next to a white sand-filled box. Since he had never seen such a thing before, Yami was quite confused.

Anzu picked up her pet and placed him in the box. Yami's nose wrinkled at the smell and he tried to hop back out. "No, no, no," she scolded, holding him in place. "This is your litter box. You have to use this to do your `business'."

The spirit-turned-kitten stared at her blankly through his amethyst eyes. Standing still where she held him for a few minutes, he waited for her to remove her hands. When she did, he stood there for a few minutes. Then he grew bored. Meowing, he attempted to jump out of the litter box.

The brunette sighed. "I guess you don't have to go. Oh well. It's there if you need it."

`Thank god spirits don't go to the bathroom,' Yami thought happily.

A loud honk came from outside the house. The small animal jumped and hid behind the chair Anzu had previously been sitting in. The teenage girl giggled at the action.

"That's just Jounouchi and the guys," she explained. "They always pick me up in the morning."

Yami came out from behind the chair and leaped up onto the windowsill. Sure enough, a green car sat at the end of the driveway with all the windows rolled down. Jounouchi sat in the front seat, hands on the steering wheel and head bobbing to whatever vile music he was listening to. `Probably `rap,' he decided. `That's the kind of stuff a pervert like Jou would listen to.'

Personally, the spirit couldn't understand why that type of music was so popular. It just seemed...trashy. When he was Pharaoh and, well, alive, the people enjoyed classical music and instrumentals. It was classy.

`Times really have changed. Pity.'

In the passenger seat next to the blonde was Honda, also bobbing his head to the music. Yami really didn't like Honda that much. In his opinion, the brunette was too much of a skirt-chaser and also not too bright. But, since he was one of Yugi's friends, he tolerated him.

Speaking of Yugi, the little tri-haired teen sat in the back seat. His hands covered his ears to block out the loud music and he was constantly looking outside as if trying to find something.

Anzu came over and smiled down at Yami. "I have to go now," she whispered. "See you later!" After kissing him on the head, she opened the door and, after locking it behind her, ran down the driveway to Jounouchi's car.

Yugi came out and opened the door for her, blushing when she gave hum an appreciative hug. After everyone was settled in the car, it pulled off the curb and sped down the road in the direction of Domino High School.

AAAAAAAAAAAA

Yami paced back and forth on the carpet of the living room floor. Stopping for a moment, he glanced up at the clock hopefully. He growled to himself when he saw it was only 12:21.

`I'm so bored! This is even worse than staying inside the Sennen Puzzle while Yugi's at school. At least I was able to talk to him through our link. Now I'm alone. I hate being alone!'

Sighing loudly, he made his way into Anzu's room. Since there was nothing else to do at the Mazaki house while his `owner' was at school, he could at least explore her bedroom. Nudging the door opened, he looked around.

It was as normal as it ever was. Clothes strewn everywhere and the bed not made. While living with her for the past few days, Yami had noticed that Anzu had the weirdest habit of making her bed in the evening. As in, before dinner or maybe a little bit earlier. What was the point of making a bed a few hours before sleeping in it was what Yami wanted to know. He just found it very strange. Indeed, Anzu was a very strange person.

Or maybe it was just women. The whole female gender seemed to be crazy, from the spirit's viewpoint.

Looking around again, Yami noticed an unfamiliar purple book laying slightly open at the edge of the bed. `I didn't notice that before.' Approaching the bedside, he stared up at the small book. After jumping up on the bed, he studied its cover.

It was pretty plain, with the exception of a red heart in the middle with the word `Diary' written in the center of it. Seeing no harm in it, the kitten flipped the book open with his left paw. `Heh, funny. I'm left handed and left pawed!' Yami thought with a laugh. Then he groaned. `This body is making me act crazy. Like yesterday when I chased that rubber mouse.' He paused in thought to look at his reflection in the mirror. `Spirits are not meant to be turned into kittens,' he concluded. `It does things to them.'

Turning his thoughts and attention to the open diary, Yami quickly began to read the first page.

Anzu Mazaki's Diary

Date: August 3rd, 2004

Time: 6:04 pm

Entry One

Dear Diary,

Today was my first day as a junior at Domino High. It was pretty uneventful. Yugi and I have almost all the same classes together. The only exception is during my dance class, he has ceramics. I have British Literature with Ryou and Jounouchi; and Shizuka and I both have gym and Algebra 2 together. Honda doesn't have any classes with me, but we do see each other at lunch period. Ryou also has the same Chemistry. I'm glad he's good at science and things like that, because I most certainly am not.

After school today, Yugi showed me this odd puzzle that he had completed. It was shaped exactly like an Egyptian pyramid (only upside down) and was made of real gold! Yugi called it the Sennen Puzzle and said he had found it in the back of his grandpa's storage closet. He also said he had been working on it for the past eight years. It's a good thing he's so patient. I would have given up on it long before then.

The strange thing about this Sennen Puzzle is the feeling I got when I touched it. My hand became so warm and that warmth seemed to just spread throughout my entire body. It was the weirdest feeling ever. But...it was also quite enjoyable for some reason. I just don't understand what it was. I also felt as though there was another presence in the room with us. Not a physical presence. It was something else.

I don't know. Maybe I was just too tired from the first day of school. I should really get my homework done though. I'll write more tomorrow.

> Anzu <

Yami blinked a few times, reading the passage over. `I don't understand....Are these Anzu's thoughts or something?' He looked down at the book. `I guess that's what a diary is. A thoughts book. I wonder if Yugi has one.'

After reading the second and third pages, he found that her thoughts lead up to duelist kingdom. Not wanting to remember that, he decided to see what else was in Anzu's thoughts besides that. Flipping to the middle of the book, Yami decided to read another entry.

Anzu Mazaki's Diary

Date: October 7th, 2004

Time: 10:56 am

Entry 31

Just a short entry today, Diary. Today was the most amazing day ever. I swear, it was incredible. You know how I told you yesterday that Yugi wanted me to spend more time with the Spirit of his puzzle to cheer him up? Well that's what I got to do! I had a whole day alone with him. And I must say, after today, I have fallen even more in love with him.

Yami stopped reading. His eyes were as wide as saucers as he stared at the last sentence in the first paragraph. He read it six more times to make sure he had it correct. When he was sure he did, his thoughts turned into chaos. `This is when she fell in love with me? How did this happen? Why me? Why did she tell a stupid diary and not me?!'

"Yami! I'm home!"

The spirit looked up at hearing Anzu's voice. Pouncing down to the floor, he ran out into the foyer to greet her. He didn't expect Yugi to be standing next to her though.

"Mew?"

Yugi's eyes grew wide and he came forward. "Yami?" he asked, worry in his voice.

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Yu-Gi-Oh R, Duel 2 NOTE: In this manga episode 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh R, Yami is dueling with some crazy guy who used to work for Pegasus. I think his name is Tenma. Anyways, Tenma thinks that Yami hurts Pegasus, and Pegasus supposedly means a lot to him. So, as revenge, Tenma takes something that means a lot to Yami. This is, of course, Anzu! Well, Yami gets all mad and tries to charge at him (well, he probably wouldn't since he's