Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Deception ❯ Chapter Two ( Chapter 2 )

Deception

By: Chibi-Suiko

A/N: Nothing much to say here accept for thanks to the reviewers and their positive thoughts and that I'm sorry that it took so long to post this chapter! Read and review people! The two are the keys to continuation!

Disclaimer: Don't own it. Don't want anyone else to own it. Don't wanna be sued for stealing characters.

Ages: All of the four of them are 17 accept for Anzu for now-obvious reasons. Just accept it.

Rating: PG-13 for cursing, angst, and possible violence later on.

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Things you should know:

"Words" - - Speech

Words - - Either thoughts or dream mode, it's not hard to figure out which.

Words / "Words" - - Just means emphasis, in case you couldn't guess. You may also see them in underline or both bold and underline.

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Chapter Two

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Recap paragraph (You'll see these before the start of every chapter, hopefully): She heard some laughter and turned but it was only a couple of students. A male and a female. They looked like they were greatly enjoying their time together. She closed her eyes and relaxed. She certainly wished that she could have that. She knew the person all ready that she wished she could spend her while with...

(And now we begin the second dream!)

Rose petals fell from the sky and graced the ground. The air smelt of them, the aroma so smooth and moving. She simply loved when it felt this way. Just how life seemed so perfect. Her friends all crowded around her, smiling and hugging her. They seemed to be celebrating something. It was strange. When she was small, she never could remember sharing her time with so many people. It was like destiny or something had brought them together.

Or was it the smallest of them, Yuugi? And his alter-ego, Yami?

Suddenly, she didn't feel in the mood for happiness. She remembered now, why he wasn't here any longer... He was dead. The one person she truly cared about was dead. What about the others..? Were they going to leave her too?

Were they going to disappear into oblivion and watch her fall as well..?

She loved them, like any other human would love their friends. She wouldn't waste such an opportunity to show it.

She gladly came together with the others, all of them waiting for her so that they could enjoy the moment as one family. If that was what they were. Gradually, the smile disappeared from Honda's face and he began to walk away. None of the others seemed to notice. She grimaced, there had been this look in his eyes telling her that he didn't want to be around them again. It was like the sight of their group disgusted him.

Next was Jonouchi... The one who'd just got done telling her that he'd never leave his friends... He vanished from her gaze, following the first to go.

She looked to the last one of her friends. She knew that they wouldn't leave her. The bond that they held was too strong to break with a single snap. But Yuugi turned, giving her this look that wasn't angry, or unwanting towards her, but pleading. He'd rather be with the other guys than her.

She found herself nodding; she'd never deny her greatest friend what he wanted. She felt so alone then and collapsed listlessly to the ground. She could feel the pain from hitting it so hard. There was no one left for her. They'd all disappeared to where they could truly be happy...

" Anzu..." There was this strong determined voice calling out to her.

" Anzu..." It wanted her to follow them, her friends... It told her that they would be waiting.

She jumped to her feet and ran. They had to be this way, she'd clearly seen them running in this direction! Just as she thought she'd found them, she screamed. Their decrepit bodies lay discarded on the ground. There was no flesh, just a soft vapor rising above their bones and internal organs. She turned to run, just in time to see a shadowed figure, laughing wildly as the trump card was played. Next moment, as he came towards her, stepping closer and closer, all that she saw was red--

" Kaijou--!"

He looked slightly hurt and affronted, "But you said you wanted true friends. Trust me, I won't let anybody hurt you..."

" Kaijou! I said I wanted true friends, hai. I didn't say I wanted anyone murdered, though, to get them..!"

" And after all this time..."

" Nani--?!"

" Waiting for you--!"

" --For me--?!"

" Watching how you hurt when you were left alone--!"

" I-I don't understand--!"

" I only wanted to help!" They shrieked and, next moment, she was devoured in flames, the last cry from her lips--

" --Kaijou--!"

" ...Kaijou..!" She murmured. Someone kept shaking her, wanting to wake her, "Kaijou--!"

Immediately her eyes snapped open and she saw Yami standing above her. She was still outside in the courtyard. She looked at her watch and realized the time. She was late!

She jumped to her feet but Yami pushed her back down.

" Relax, Anzu. The nurse is on her way." He was looking at her worriedly and she decided to avert his attention.

" What're you talking about, the nurse? I'm not in any type of trouble, I'm not sick and I'm not... Hurt..." She stated, "I think we should get to class. Takina-Sensei will be worried."

" It's all right. She gave you first period off so that you could be checked out. Yuugi and I were walking up the entrance and we saw you here waiting. You collapsed right in front of us. Yuugi went to get the nurse but we decided that I should just stay here. He's been taking a while. I suppose that she's either not in or busy. You've been out cold for ten minutes."

She wasn't listening. The second time somebody had come to see if she was all right. She wondered if--

" --We were pretty terrified, as well. It looked like you were sleeping but you kept muttering 'Kaijou' in the most hatred-filled voice... You sounded pretty shaken." He shrugged, "Gomen ne, but we both thought it wise that you see the Schools' physician. We wanted to be sure that you're okay, after walking home last night... It was pretty chilly..."

She didn't say anything yet... Then--

" Ten minutes? Why didn't you wake me up sooner?"

" We couldn't get you up. Yuugi spent five minutes trying to drip some water down your throat."

" Do you know why I couldn't get up?"

" That's what we're working on. That's why we wanted you to see Karou-San (The Nurses Name)."

Yuugi popped his head from the doorway to their left.

" Oh, thank Kami-Sama that you're up Anzu-San! I was worried that something may have been really wrong. I hope that you're not angry but we called the nurse in to see if you're all right. She's coming now." He stepped forward with a cup in his hands, "Here's some more water. We're hoping that you aren't sick. Since tomorrow's your birthday, it'd be really upsetting to find out that you couldn't celebrate it."

She nodded just as the nurse stepped through the doors. She was actually steering a wheel-chair, obviously not knowing whether Anzu could walk on her own. Anzu smiled, it was nice to know that people did care. Her mother was right. It was just a nightmare after all. There really was nothing to worry about.

The Junior year got her two male friends to help her get a comfy seat and the nurse steered her inside and down the hall. She felt so foolish being dragged around like this. It was so embarrassing. She looked behind her, Yami was carrying her books but Yuugi had disappeared from her sight. Where was he?

She suddenly got this reoccuring vision of him wandering away from her, his rotting corpse on the ground. Friendship seemed to be killing her friends in her dreams and herself in actual life!

How strange could things get?

Arriving at the office, she stood up on her own and fell onto the soft cot next to the clock. First period was almost over. She had to get back so that she could help assist the teacher in clean-up for a few minutes and then she had to hurry to class... Now that she was here, though, she could never make it in time. She felt like she was letting everyone down by making so many faults.

She looked to Karou-San, who was bringing over the thermometer and some tylonol and water. Anzu looked at it. It didn't seem to matter what she thought of her situation, everybody else was taking good care of her.

She yawned and the nurse stuck the thermometer into her mouth, lucky that she didn't accidentally swallow out of shock. Two minutes later, it beeped and the nurse removed it after checking her pulse.

She flipped it a bit and then stared, "Just a slight fever. Nothing to worry about. I hear that there's a twenty-four hour bug type of thing going around. This is probably it. I suggest that she go home and get some sleep. By tomorrow or the day after, everything should be fine." She turned to her desk and wrote down a note, "Here, give this to your teacher so that they know and then you may leave. I think that somebody should go with you, just to be positive that you're okay. I'll send him--" She pointed to Yami, who stepped back in shock of being addressed, "He seems responsible and caring enough."

'That's right, he does... Why's he still here? He's hardly ever this kind to somebody. Though, I guess that I could be referred to as his friend...' She felt the heat rising in her cheeks at the thought of--

" Well, guess that we should go." And Yami stepped forward with her bag over his shoulders and helped her up, "Yuugi should be waiting for us at the classroom. He said he needed to ask Jonouchi something. Let's go before the bell rings and then you can get whatever classwork and books you need from your locker."

She nodded and let him lead her from the office and down the hall just as the bell rung. He gripped her tightly so that she wouldn't be lost in the swarm of students, which all high schools had during 'Travel' time. She got caught on somebody's foot and fell, he pulled her back up just as somebody tumbled straight into him, sending both Yami and Anzu to the floor.

She got up and helped him this time, gripping his shoulder and hoping to pull him closer to the wall so as to avoid collision again. She didn't understand how she could have gotten sick... She'd always dealt pretty good against illness. Nevertheless, she felt strained after such a feat as half-carrying the tumbled boy across the hall. Maybe it was because of stress... As her classes president, she had so much more to handle than the others.

She and Yami scrambled down the hall as though they were a couple of slueths and next moment, Yuugi came crashing through their first period door, Jonouchi's car keys in hand. Anzu laughed, it seemed kind of funny when such a 'shorty' held them.

" Jonouchi said that you two could borrow his car to get home and he'd pick it up at Anzu-san's after school." Yuugi grinned and gave them to Yami. He let go of Anzu long enough for her to stow away to her locker and grab a few things. As she pulled out her notepad, something fell to the floor.

She looked down to see a single long stemmed red rose. In a sense, it seemed romantic. Her birthday was the next day, someone could be giving it to her in order to court her or something. But then, after another flash of the dream dashing continuously through her head, she dropped it. It suddenly terrified her. It was strange how a flower could spook her so badly.

Yuugi waved to Yami and ran down the hall, being expected in Homeroom. Anzu called him back just so that she could give him the absence note and thank him for going to give it to their Sensei. She bowed in friendly respect and turned back to Yami who'd picked up the rose.

" What's this for?" He asked and suddenly dropped it himself. She rushed over, "I'm bleeding..." He grimaced and began to try and stop the small thorns cut.

Anzu pulled out a tissue and gently wrapped his finger in it, making him turn slightly red in the face.

" Well..." He turned abruptly and pulled her slightly. She picked up the rose and stuck it inside her notebook, then followed after him as he left through the front door, "...Ano--Which car was his..?"

" It's that one..." She pointed to a small blue convertable, "Do you even know how to drive..?"

" Vaguely..." And he pulled her to the car, sitting her in the front seat, "Don't worry. I think I can handle it if I go slow."

It was tiring, just sitting there as he tried to start up the frosted engine and, quite surprisingly, the sound of its incapability to run was soothing, it was making her nod off. Yami grunted and gave the vehicle one last push and, next moment, he was moving. Which kind of shocked him...

Though, not as much as a few seconds later, when Anzu fell asleep and snuggled right into his shoulder. He gave a jolt and the car went skidding a bit but he got it back under control.

Her house was right around here, he didn't understand why it seemed so hard to find it now. Anzu was so very distracting at the moment that he almost shoved her off of his shoulder but he wouldn't dare. At least not until she was completely better. He gave a look back up the road from the front view mirror and saw it, the plain brick house with the tiled roof.

He pulled into the driveway and parked the car the best he could, pulled out the keys, and removed his companion from her seat belt. She didn't seem very much ready to wake up yet so he grabbed her around the waist and under her knees and picked her up, carefully scrounging for the door and its knob.

She murmured something inaudible but he didn't mind. It felt so calming having her breathe into his neck the way she was...

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A/N: Okay, another little chapter without much of a cliffy yet filled with the sweet slightness of Anzu/Yami moments! I can't really say anything else here accept that I am still so thankful to those of you who were brave enough to read and review an Anzu-loving fic in public view! I know I shouldn't feel so embarrassed about what I believe in but... There's just so many people out there who hate Anzu so much, it really disgusts me. Character haters should be made illegal in the world of fiction! Arigatou for listening to my speech.

PS to Tea/Anzu fan: I knew as soon as I saw your name who you were. I was like, 'Oh no! It's her to act all crazy about my work again!' Just kidding! Thanks for reviewing and everything and I really appreciate your support. Also, I don't know if you'll be here or Yuugi-Land first but I did update my fic on your site so... Gets-ta reading! Lol! Anyway, I'm glad you realized who I was. Although I did mention in Yuugi-Land that I wrote on FFN...

--Chibi ending transmission.