A/n: wow, I can't think of anything to say except that (---) is a pause in dialog and the roses divide my paragraphs.

Desperate Love part one:

   The flight

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Anzu sat next to Yugi on the couch in her living room.

Her father would be home soon but it was time he knew.

She'd been dating Yugi for nearly a year and they were finally ready to face the consequences.

Yugi knew his grandpa would not be happy but neither was sure about her father so they settled on telling him first.

Both were nervous to say the least but by far Yugi was most.

Anzu took his hand and looked into his eyes.

She could see fear in them.

"It'll be okay Yugi, I can't imagine why he wouldn't like it. He has no reason to hate you and you have money he'll love that."

Yugi looked down.

"I may not for long. Once I tell grandpa I'll have to move out. He hates your family."

She squeezed his hand softly.

" I don't care, you can move in with me. I'm sure my father will understand."

He took a deep breath to try and calm his stomach.

She gave him a hug.

"Whatever happens Yugi, I love you."

He smiled, his nerves calmed as soon as she spoke those words and he kissed her.

Bliss turned to burning pain in the back of his head suddenly as he was thrown into the coffee table.

He opened his eyes and scrambled to his feet as he heard his beloved scream.

"Please stop! What are you doing to her?!"

She sat huddled on the couch, arms crossed over her head and sobbing at the sting on her cheek.

"I'm sure nothing worse than what you've done to my daughter!"

Yugi looked up, eyes wide as he saw her father taking of his belt.

He raised it above his head and brought it down with a snap and she screamed again.

This time Yugi dove in front of the hit and wiped the blood away from his cheek.

"I said stop! We weren't doing anything wrong! I love her!"

Anzu stood in spite of her shaking and burning body.

"Yugi, go home, I have to---"

She stopped as she was backhanded and fell back onto the couch with a sob.

He turned to her.

"Anzu! Are you okay?"

He then turned to her father and punched him hard in the lower jaw.

"Don't you dare touch her like that again! Come on Anzu, we're going!"

He pulled her up and fled with her.

As they ran they heard her father screaming after them.

"Don't ever come back here again!"

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   They arrived at Yugi's house to find his grandpa in the kitchen.

"I thought I said she wasn't allowed here ever again!"

She fell on her knees at his feet.

"Please let me stay here! I don't have anywhere else to go!"

She broke into tears as she felt Yugi's arms come around her.

"Grandpa please let her stay. I love her. I really love her. I swear this isn't just a crush."

He turned away.

"Yugi. There is a reason that I hate her father, and it's a very good reason that neither of you know about. I simply cannot allow her to stay here without putting myself and both of you in danger."

Yugi stood and stared him in the eye.

"Than we have to leave."

Sugoroku sighed and for a moment they thought he was going to give in but he slammed his hand on the counter he stood at and glared at Anzu.

"Than take what you can and get out! I hope I never see you again!"

Yugi turned and walked silently to his room, trusting that his grandpa would at least be nice to Anzu.

She couldn't look him in the eye as she sat at the table.

She jumped as he set a glass of water in front of her.

His voice was soft as he spoke to her.

"I didn't mean what I said but I had to say it to Yugi or he'd have left you. I do like you Anzu, but your father has had me on the run for the past twelve years. I can't let him know where I am."

She looked up and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"What is it about my father that I don't know?"

He shook his head.

"I can't tell you that. Here take this money and go as far away as you can. I hope the decision you've made is the right one."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out two thousand yen.

She stared at the money for a moment but he stood and shoved it into her pocket as he heard Yugi's footsteps on the stairs.

He walked back behind the counter and refused to say goodbye as Yugi took Anzu's hand and left.

They walked out into the uncertain night and headed to the train station.

Hand in hand and with only five thousand yen, they boarded a train with no idea where they would go.

Yugi held his love closely through the night before finally falling asleep with the first rays of dawn.

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End part one. Will Yugi and Anzu find true happiness or will their past come back to haunt them? Stay turned for part two.