Mockingbird Chapter 1: First Sight, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Mockingbird

Anzu has mysterious powers She moves to a new school, wanting to forget her past and everything that happened in it, including her powers. So what happens when she meets a mysterious white-haired boy who also has powers of his own?

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh's characters or the card game... I also don't own any of the song's at the beginning of the chapters.

"Second Sight" -by Lush

"...Keep your eyes on me
Don't let go of my hand
Running together
We go together so well
I can tell..."

Chapter one: First Sight

"Anzu, we're going to move to another town."

"…"

"Anzu, did you hear me? The town is called Domino; I think you'll like it there."

There was still no response. The brunet only stared off into space. She wasn't deaf, of course she heard her mother speaking. No, she wasn't deaf; she was gifted.

Or cursed. You may choose to your liking.

"It's ok, honey, she heard you." Her father told her mother. Mrs. Mazaki only looked at her daughter with worry written all over her face and dressed in her aura.

"Do you think she's ok? She's not responding. We're moving next week." The mother whispered harshly, Anzu still heard her.

"She's fine, dear, why don't you go start packing?" her father suggested. With one final look to her daughter, Mrs. Mazaki walked up the stairs in defeat. Anzu's father looked back to the young girl.

"We're moving next week; you might want to start packing." And then he left.

It was more than ten minutes before the teenager moved. She stood up slowly and turned her head to look beside her.

"I'll follow you, Mistress…" she heard someone say before an image appeared beside her. There, another girl appeared. She had long blond hair and bright green eyes. Her cheeks were pink and she wore a soft smile on her face. She was adorned in a large hat, and a unique dressing style.

"No, stay here with Mahaado. He'll miss you too much, and you him." Anzu spoke softly. Her voice was clear, pure; like an angel's.

Then, another appeared beside her. This was a man with dark purple hair and sharp, light blue eyes. He wore all purple and no emotion was on his face.

"Then we'll both come with you." He spoke to her. She shook her head.

"No, you cannot come with me. I'm sorry, Mana, Mahaado." Anzu spoke, her azure eyes held wisdom far beyond her years.

"I will miss you, Anzu. You will always be my Mistress." Mana spoke while placing her arms around the brunet in a hug. Anzu stared in shock.

"As will I, Anzu, you will always be my Mistress." Mahaado said as he hugged her as well. Anzu slowly placed her arms around her two friends.

"I will miss you both so much. Good-bye, my dear friends…" Anzu spoke while the two began to disappear.

"Good-bye, Mistress."

(Scene change)

Anzu sat in the car, just watching the scenery fly past her window. She had said her final good-byes to Mana and Mahaado. They were to stay where they belonged. Her mother had told her that she would go to a co-ed school in the town of Domino. At least someone was happy about this move…

"We're almost here, Anzu! Get ready to see your new home!" her mother said excitedly. Anzu didn't respond, as usual. She only continued to stare out the window with a blank look on her face.

In less than five minutes, the car stopped. Anzu had a perfect view of the new house. It was white with dark blue shutters. The door was also white with a golden handle. The house had a fence around the perimeter.

Anzu sighed and rose from the car. She looked up at the house once more and then looked around. She saw Spirits at the edge of the fence. There were three. That was a lot to handle…

Anzu met questioning gazes as she stared at the Spirits. Each one of them realized that this mysterious girl could see them. Slowly, one came up to her, as if unsure. Her parents walked into the house with luggage.

"C-can you see me?" the woman-spirit asked carefully. Anzu only nodded in response.

"And them too?" she pointed to the others. Anzu nodded again. She looked behind the purple-haired woman at the other two spirits. There was another person-spirit and another animal-spirit. She had never met an animal-spirit before.

"What's your name?" Anzu asked the woman. She was slightly startled, but smiled gently.

"My full name is Magician of Faith, but you may call me Faith." She responded. "We welcome you to your new home."

"I'm Anzu Mazaki, I'm sorry that we must burden your house with ourselves." Anzu apologized gently. She knew how to act around Spirits; she had grown up seeing them.

"It is alright. We will protect you, Mistress." She told Anzu reassuringly. Anzu nodded as Faith walked back to the other two Spirits.

Anzu grabbed a few boxes and walked into the house. She looked around after she placed the boxes down onto the ground. The inside was very elaborate. There were winding stairs up onto the next floor, the house seemed much bigger on the inside. Slowly, Anzu walked up the stairs and walked around the empty house.

She stopped in the hall-way and looked around at all the doors. Her gaze stopped and rested on one. It was at the far right end of the hall-way. Slowly, Anzu walked to it. She opened the door and peered around the room. It wasn't huge, but it wasn't small. Anzu found it to her liking and walked inside.

She went around the room, searching for something. She soon found it. Whatever 'it' was.

Anzu held up a necklace. It wasn't beautiful, but it had a certain charm to it. It had something that could draw you in to look at it. The necklace was a long dark blue hexagon that was supported by a silver chain. She was entranced by this necklace and looked closer. In the very center of the hexagon was a small black shard. She shrugged and put it on, hiding it under her shirt.

Slowly she walked out of the room again, making a mental note to look around again when she had the chance. Right now she had to help unpack her things.

Inone hour they were all done unpacking the huge truck that traveled behind them. The truck pulled away from the house and Anzu's mother was beaming in happiness.

"Well, let's get ready!" she exclaimed excitedly. Anzu sighed and walked up to her new room. It had two windows in it and a nice blue carpet, she just noticed them. One window was facing the neighbors house, the other was to the sunrise, well, where it would be, anyway. She decided to put her bed in the corner between the two windows, her dresser would be to the right of the sunrise, her other dresser would be on the wall next to that, and a shelf would be on that wall as well. On the last wall would be her desk and hamper. She nodded and got to work on her new room.

In less than two hours, she was almost done. She had found something else, there seemed to be a closet door in the wall to the right of the sunrise window. She decided to investigate that later since she was almost done. So Anzu took a small break. She went downstairs to where the refrigerator was already installed (thanks to the movers) and got a drink of milk. Then, she heard a knock at the door. She set the glass down on the counter and went to the front door.

She opened it and looked out. There was a woman standing before her with a huge smile on her face, in her hands she held out brownies. Behind her was another person, he looked to be Anzu's age.

"Hello, dear! I'm Bakura Takana, you're new neighbor! Is your mother here?" the woman said happily. Anzu nodded just as her mother walked down the stairs.

"Hello, you must be neighbors, come in, come in!" she said happily. Anzu stepped aside and watched as they all went in the house.

The woman had a yellow outer aura, so she was happy; her inner aura was a nice golden color. Her mother was happy as well, so she was surrounded by a yellow glow that only Anzu could see. Anzu waited calmly as the boy walked in.

He walked in slowly, after everyone else; he had long white hair as well. Anzu's eyes widened slightly in surprise. 'He doesn't have an inside aura!' she exclaimed mentally. Something was wrong, she was sure of it. But, his outside aura was a multitude of colors. But, none were yellow. Purple, blue, green, and a tinge of red were all she could see.

His head slowly went up, from looking at the floor, to looking straight ahead. Slowly, he turned to look at Anzu. Cerulean met dark chocolate. Somehow, Anzu was drawn to him. There was something there… something powerful about this boy. What could it be?

"Anzu, don't just stand there, get something for them to drink."

Anzu snapped out of her reverie and nearly dashed into the kitchen to get out of that room. It had suddenly become very stuffy in the living room. She dug through a few boxes to find the cups, but eventually found them. She poured milk for everyone, but herself, and waited patiently. The young boy walked into the room again. Anzu didn't move; he didn't look at her. She prayed silently to God that she would make it through this day.

Mrs. Bakura introduced her son as Bakura Ryou. Anzu found out that they would be going to school together. Anzu nearly died at this, but nothing betrayed her emotions. She stayed calm the entire time the neighbors were over. The boy didn't talk at all, only stared off into space and drank the milk. Anzu watched his aura carefully.

The thing that caught her attention most was that the outer aura was thin, just like hers. It was like he didn't express a lot of emotions like most people did. But, his inner aura extended from his body at least five inches, except it was clear. It wasn't white; it was clear, almost non-existent. Anzu would've wondered if he had one if she didn't occasionally see a glimmer of silver or white. His inner aura took up more room than the outer, usually they would be equal in distance, but his weren't. His was just like…

She probably would've kept staring and gone on with that thought, if Ryou hadn't looked up at her.

Again, their eyes met. Anzu was lost in a chocolate pool that she didn't want to leave. She felt her heart skip a beat as they met. She could still see his emotions on his outer aura. It suddenly turned completely light purple, showing that he was confused. Anzu forgot how to breathe; all she could think about was Ryou. She suddenly knew everything, but nothing at the same time.

Then, she looked away. Immediately, she felt a loss. They didn't even touch, only looked at each other and he had this much of an effect over her? The room began to close in on her; she needed her way out. She needed to get out of the room.

"May I please be excused?" she asked suddenly. Her mother looked up from her conversation, nodded, and then went back to talking. So she left.

She nearly ran into her room and quickly began to fix and move things around again. She had been able to get her bed done all by herself and now she had to move the two dressers and the shelf. The desk was already where she wanted it to be.

After pushing and shoving and pushing some more, Anzu was finally done moving the two dressers and shelf. She was proud of her work and immediately started opening new boxes to put things away. She didn't even realize how close it was to dinner-time.

The first thing she took out was a CD player and plugged it in. She turned it on and flicked around on the stations, until she found one she liked. She put away random things to the music until one of her favorite songs came on. She jumped up in happiness and turned up the radio. She stood in the middle of the room and waited for the words to start.

How can you see into my eyes, like open doors?
Leading you down into my core, where I've become so numb.

Anzu danced slowly right on beat with the music. She could understand what the girl was saying, as she had grown up in America until she was five. Her mother was American, but her father was Japanese. She didn't mind though, it was cool knowing two languages.

Without a soul… My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold,
Until you find it there and lead it back home.

This was her favorite part, where it suddenly speeds up.

(Wake me up) Wake me up inside, (I can't wake up) wake me up inside! (Save me!)
Call my name and save me from the dark!
(Wake me up) Bid my blood to run, (I can't wake up) before I come undone (Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become.

She moved her body to the music, singing along quietly. Her hips swayed as her arms went out before her. She danced in an intricate pattern, only known by the dancer. She didn't even hear as her door was open.

Now that you know what I'm without, you can't just leave me.
Breathe into me and make me real.
Bring me life.

Her eyes were closed as she kept dancing to the song. She had tuned everything out, all she could hear was the song. All she could feel was her heart pounding in her chest. All she could sense was her own energy, no one else. It was as if she was a normal woman.

But that was impossible, right?

She spun around quickly, eyes still shut. Her hair and skirt flung out around her body, making her seem like an ethereal being. She stepped from side to side as the music slowed down again.

Bring me to life (I've been livin a lie… there's nothin inside…)
Bring me to life…
Frozen inside without your touch, without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead…

This was another of Anzu's favorite parts. She speeded up her tempo right on time with the music that played loudly.

All this time, I can't believe I couldn't see.
Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me.
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems; I've got to open my eyes to everything.
Without thought, without voice, without soul
(Don't let me die here, there must be something more…)

"Bring me to life!" Anzu sang loudly with the music. Suddenly, she stilled, turned around and fell onto the floor, leaning on her bed. Standing in the doorway was Ryou Bakura. He was watching her. She quickly became very fearful. How did she not sense him before? Only after she sang did she feel him.

She was shaking, something that she hadn't done for a long time. All she did was stare up at him; her eyes were wide with shock. He only looked back calmly; both were sure not to make direct eye contact.

Nothing happened. No one moved. Anzu didn't even bother to get herself up from the floor. She was scared. Could he feel that? Did he understand what he could do to her? Anzu highly doubted that he could.

Bring me to life. (I've been livin a lie, there's nothin inside.)
Bring me to life…

She was near the point oftrying to hidewhen the song finally ended. Something was wrong here. How could he have been there without Anzu sensing him as he walked in? How could she not have noticed that there was someone else in the room, especially him? Did that mean something? Could he mask his own energy from her? She didn't think anyone could do that.

Without saying anything, Ryou turned around swiftly and shut the door. She could still sense that he was on the other side, waiting. Slowly, she stood up and tried desperately to calm herself down. She breathed in deeply, and exhaled. Then, she inhaled again. Finally, she masked over her emotions and calmly walked from the room.

Sure enough, when she opened the door Ryou was there in front of her. His aura was back to normal, though she didn't know if it was any different before, she didn't think to look. She sighed and looked back up to him.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, coldness trimmed her words.

"Your mother wanted you to come down again, she said that we would eat together." He said quietly, his words were warm. Anzu was breathless. His voice… he had the voice of an angel… of a Seraph...

Not another word was exchanged between the two as they walked back down the stairs, Ryou behind Anzu. She could feel his gaze on her, but she ignored it. She walked into the kitchen and stood in the doorway. Ryou stood by her.

Their two parents were chatting animatedly. Anzu nearly snorted at the innocence of it all. She was supposed to be the innocent one, not her mother! She quickly placed her mask on as her mother turned to look where she and Ryou stood.

"Why don't you two get some food and sit in the living room, I was able to hook up the TV with your father, you two can get to know each other better!" she stated happily. Anzu kept her mask on and quickly gathered some food on her plate. She walked out to the living room and sat down on the couch. Ryou followed after her and joined her about five minutes later.

They both sat there in complete silence, only eating. Neither bothered to turn on the TV, nothing good was on. They didn't look at each other at all and they didn't speak. Then, Ryou's aura suddenly changed.

Anzu looked over to him in slight surprise. It was his inner aura that changed; it was now growing steadily darker. It was turning a deep grey rather quickly. His eyes were wide and his hands clutched at the couch, gripping for something to hold on to. Ryou's outer aura multiplied in length. The color was very dark and deep blue, showing he was scared. Anzu was stunned. This had never happened in front of her before; actually, this wasn't even possible!

Was it?

Anzu involuntarily placed her hand over his and gave him a small squeeze. Suddenly, everything stopped. His inner aura turned back to the normal clear color, but his outer aura remained the same. Luckily, it was slowly shrinking, allowing Anzu to inhale more easily. The air seemed thick around her, and hard to breathe in.

Ryou slowly, shakily, looked over to Anzu. He caught her hand in his own and brought it up about chest level. Anzu was fixed in his gaze. Despite his outer aura, his eyes were quite calm and caring, with only a hint of fear in them. His eyes were warm and friendly. Anzu's gaze softened in his. He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it gently. It was a thank-you.

Anzu smiled in return. That was the first time she smiled in a long time. He finally settled down and then they both sighed. Together, they fell back into the comfortable sofa on which they sat. They didn't even realize that they were still holding hands.

Nearly forty-five minutes later, Tanaka Bakura and Marie Mazaki walked out of the kitchen. Tanaka needed to leave so she was going to get her son. Both mothers sighed and 'awwwww'ed at the sight of their children.

They were both asleep on the couch; Anzu had her arms around Ryou, while his arms were around her waist. Anzu's head rested on the boy's shoulder and his head rested lightly on hers.

"I've never seen my Anzu get so comfortable with someone so quickly!" Marie whispered to Tanaka, who smiled in return.

"I know what you mean. Ryou has always been shy, especially around girls his age. Maybe this will turn out to be a good friendship." She whispered back.

"We should probably wake them now."

"Yes, but only after we get pictures!"

Several flashes and loud giggling occurred after this statement, but the two still did not wake up. It was only after some nudging and more giggling did the two finally decided to open their eyes.

They first saw each other, face to face, only mere inches apart. They both turned their heads to see their parents smiling down at them with cameras in their hands. Immediately, both knew what happened and they jumped away from each other in a blink. Ryou was at one end of the couch, Anzu occupied the other. Both mothers smiled lightly at their behavior.

"Ok, Ryou, it's time to go." Mrs. Bakura said quietly. Ryou nodded and stood up from his seat on the couch.

"Good bye, and come back again!" Marie said and waved goodbye. Tanaka smiled and waved back. Anzu stood from the couch as well and stood beside Ryou.They stood for a little, backs turned to the other person.Finally, they turned to each other.

Suddenly, Anzu placed her arms around Ryou's neck in a hug. "You don't have to be alone. I'll help you. You can share your pain with me." She whispered so only he could hear. His eyes closed as a smile appeared on his face. He hugged her back slowly and lightly. Finally, they broke apart and looked at each other again.

Ryou and his mother left after that. And before Marie could ask her daughter about anything Anzu rushed upstairs to her bedroom. There, she saw the three spirits.

"Hello, again." She greeted calmly.

"Hello. Do you like your new home?" Faith asked. Anzu nodded in response. It was true, she really did like it.

"Allow us to introduce ourselves," started another female monster, "I am Wingweaver, and this is Kuribo." She stated while gesturing to a small fluff-ball with eyes and appendages. The guardian that just spoke had long purple hair and wore a long yellow dress. She also had wings, three pairs of them to be exact.

"It's nice to meet you." Anzu said. She patted Kuribo on the head lightly and it cooed happily in response.

Anzu turned and looked at the closet she had found earlier. "Do you know what is in that closet?" she asked the Spirits.

"Yes, we do. Inside that closet are passageways to other rooms of this house." Faith answered. Anzu turned from the closet to look out the window. The neighbor's light was on in their room… Wait, wasn't Ryou one of her neighbors?

No, it couldn't be him.

Could it?

Anzu shook the thought from her head. It would be way too convenient if that was him. And her life was anything but convenient.

She shook her head and walked over to the closet. She opened the door and looked around. Sure enough, there were three other, smaller, doors that probably led all over the house. She would have to investigate these and remember where each went.

She closed the door and went to her bed. With a final glance at the closet she turned off the lights and climbed in.

Anzu kept looking over to her neighbor's house. That light… and that shadow in the light… Anzu silently wished that it was Ryou. But considering her luck, he probably lived a few streets away from her. She sighed as the figure turned out the lights in the other house.

Slowly, she closed her eyes and went to sleep. Tomorrow would bring more people to meet and things to see. Because tomorrow was the first day of school.

(End of Chappie)

Well, that was fun! I've been working on this on and off, so the chappies probably won't come out as fast as Dragon Power. But don't worry, cause they will come eventually! Ok, and here's a few things to make things a little less confusing:

Spirits: every house has at least one Spirit that guards it and it's occupants. The house that Anzu used to live in had two, the house she just moved to has three.

Aura's: Everyone has an inner and outer aura (As Anzu dubbed them...) Anyway, the outer aura shows emotions with colors, you'll figure it all out later, there will be alot of references to it. The outer aura is the color of their emotions at the time. The inner aura is the actual color of the aura. Everyone's is different, even if by a shade. You'll see what color Anzu's is later on.

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Umm... that's all for now! If you have any questions, or things that confused you, feel free to ask in a review (Or e-mail, or IM) It really doesn't matter... Anyway, Please review, even if it's a flame (Just make sure you don't flat out say that you hate this story, or the characters in the story and have taht as your only reason... make it a GOOD reason if you're gonna flame me...) anyway, Review!

Ja ne!