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Chapter 1

Remembrance of the Past

Elizabeth awoke once more on the couch of Anna's house. Summer was beginning to come to a close and it was becoming more and more stressful for Elizabeth. Those four people, as Elizabeth and Anna called them, tried to attack a few days earlier, though for no reason. Elizabeth knew, however, what their goal was.

At the end of summer…you must choose…or those who you love will die; their raspy voices whispered in her ears. Which would Elizabeth chose, light or darkness? Should she let them live, or die? It felt to Elizabeth that these questions and more seemed to run through her mind at the speed of sound, causing a headache. Takuya, seeing this, felt concerned.

"Hey, Elizabeth, are you feeling alright? You look like you're in pain," Takuya tried seeing what was wrong with Elizabeth. Elizabeth seemed to pull out a coy smile.

"You think I'm in pain? No, I'm fine, I must still be a bit sore from the other day, but other than that, I'm perfectly normal," Elizabeth sweetly replied, but the sweetness was, in fact, nothing more than an excuse for Takuya not to worry. In fact, she knew that

Takuya could pick up that she was hurt and lying; she was just buying some time.

"Guys, what are you talking about?" Anna had just entered the room, seeing the two talking about something that she didn't know.

"Nothing, Anna," the couple chimed, trying to seem like everything was hunky dory in the world. However, Anna knew that they were hiding something, though she didn't know what it was.

"What are you two hiding?" Anna asked impatiently to the two guilty people.

"Elizabeth's hiding something, and I'm trying to talk her out of it," Takuya pointed at Elizabeth, who glared at him in return.

"Elizabeth? What are you hiding?" Anna now proceeded to look at Elizabeth after she had already gotten back her innocent face.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, and did you listen to the conversation?" Elizabeth asked in return.

"I didn't here the conversation at all, but-"

"So why are you trying to stick your nose where it doesn't belong? If you keep that nose sticking out, you're going to lose it real quickly," Elizabeth finished before Anna could finish herself.

Anna kept quiet, now realizing that Elizabeth had won the argument. With a triumphant look, Elizabeth went to the shower while brushing away her briskly growing hair from her face as she moved.

"So, Anna, what is it that you wanted to talk to us about?" Yugi asked Anna while Elizabeth was in the shower. Yugi, Takuya, and Anna were in the computer room and could here the water pounding in the room to the left of them.

"Doesn't it seem odd that Elizabeth has been, you know, fairly jumpy these days?" Anna asked, hoping that they knew what she meant.

"I've tried asking Elizabeth what was wrong this morning after she seemed to have a headache. However, she wasn't telling the truth, and when I'd asked again, you showed up," Takuya explained to Anna, with her listening closely as if the information meant her own life or her death.

"I've noticed it as well, but Elizabeth won't spill. I even tried to enter her mind and look myself, but I got caught in the act and was kicked out," Yugi commented. Anna took notes of the happenings that involved Elizabeth.

"I asked Elizabeth about it as well, but she never told me what was up. I wish that she would tell us what was wrong," Anna sighed, feeling more desperate than ever.

"I can't tell you guys about it, ok?" Elizabeth angrily snapped at the three from the entrance to the computer room. While they were talking, they failed to notice that Elizabeth's shower was over and that she'd heard the last snippet of the conversation.

"Why can't you tell us? We're worried about you, and-"

"You'd only worry about me more, ok? Now, I'm dropping it," Elizabeth yelled at Takuya before he could finish and stormed back into the bathroom.

"Don't let it get to you, Takuya. I'm sure this will all simmer down once Elizabeth calms down," Yugi assured Takuya, hoping to cheer him up.

"Let's hope that that's the case," Takuya stared at where Elizabeth last stood and prayed that what he said was true.