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BTW I never edit my stories, so if there's any mistakes then I'm sorry but I'm simply too lazy to read it over.

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(One year later)

The brunette opened her eyes slowly as the morning rays hit her face through the small gap between her curtains, she cringed as the bright sun blinded her eyes as she quickly shut them again. She turned over so the sun wasn't in her eyes, she rubbed them and threw the covers off her body as she slowly slid out of bed and stood up.

She walked up to her large mirror that was on her wall, she looked at herself in the mirror and smiled, her eyes laid on a picture of her mother, Jay, Seto, Mokuba and her stepdad. (Still don't know what to call him, sorry) They were all smiling and looked full of happiness, even Seto was smiling and that's saying something.

Seto had changed over the years too, the first year their parents were married he had hated Anzu as they were enemies in school, he used to always bully her any chance he got. But through the years he had changed and warmed up to her, especially when her Father stopped visiting her and when her Brother left her.

Anzu still hadn't heard of Jay yet, she had no idea why he left. But she got over it; she didn't need him or her Father anymore. She had a new family now which was her stepdad and his sons; Seto and Mokuba. And Anzu was very happy with that, of course she still thought about her Mother and how she blamed herself for what happened.

Anzu looked at the other pictures she had on the edges of her mirror, There were some of her alone, Some with Mokuba and Seto and even one with her stepdad that she now called 'Dad'

Then there was a whole bunch of pictures with her school friends; Mai, Serenity, Joey, Tristan, Duke and of course she had loads with her bestfriends; Yugi and Ryou. She even had one with Bakura, he didn't look very happy though but in another picture he was smirking at her. Anzu shook her head sighing.

She then came across another load of pictures on her walk-in-closet doors, it was of an Egyptian woman that Anzu used to be close friends with, she was about twenty-one years old. She used to live across the street from the Kaiba/Mazaki Mansion, she also lived in a Mansion which was called the Ishtar Mansion, strangely Anzu had never been in the mansion, and her name was Ishizu Ishtar.

Isis was what people called her for short, Isis had told Anzu about her two younger brothers who looked almost identical but Anzu had never seen them. Isis had said that they stayed in Egypt but they used to all live in the Ishtar Mansion all together with their parents that had passed away which caused the three of them to drift apart.

After spending two years living in Mystic Falls Isis had announced that she was leaving to go and meet some relatives in Italy, after that Anzu didn't hear from her ever again. That was when Anzu was Fourteen, she was now seventeen. This made Isis probably Twenty-four.

Anzu walked away from the closet doors, she knew by looking at these pictures she'd only feel upset again, everyone she cared about where slowly leaving. She would be surprised if her new family left aswel.

Anzu opened her curtains to allow the sun to enter in her room; she looked across the street to see the abandoned Ishtar Mansion. Anzu wondered if Isis's brothers would ever come back and live there again. She shook the thought out of her head.

Everyone had huge Mansions in Mystic Falls, literally.

There was of course the Kaiba/Mazaki Mansion, The Ishtar Mansion, The Muto Mansion, The Wheeler Mansion, The Valentine Mansion, The Taylor Mansion, The Touzoku Mansion (A/N - Ryou and Bakura's) that was just to name a few. But strangely enough none of them acted like snobby-rich kids.

Anzu heard a soft knock on her door; she turned towards the door and opened it.

"Good Morning Anzu!" Mokuba said at the top of his lungs, he jumped on Anzu as she fell to the floor with a thud.

He squeezed the life out of Anzu, nearly.

"Mokuba, Don't kill your sister now" Said a deep male voice, as he chuckled.

Anzu looked at the door where her stepdad was standing, amusement dancing in his deep blue eyes.

"Very funny, Dad" she said sarcastically, yes she had started calling him Dad.

He shook his head as he left the room, Mokuba ran after his Dad leaving Anzu alone on the floor with a sore ass.

Anzu groaned, it felt so numb.

"Need a hand?" Said another male voice, Anzu looked up into warm blue eyes, that had been shed from its coldness.

"Yeah, Thanks," She said as Seto pulled her up to her feet again. He smiled at Anzu and ruffled her hair like a little kid even though he was only a year older.

Anzu glared at him, He just chuckled at the expression on her face.

"Mokuba with his crazy hugs again?" he asked, but he already knew that was exactly what happened.

I just nodded my head laughing.

"You had breakfast yet?" He asked as he noticed she was still in her nightwear.

"No, I was going to head down to eat now," She replied as she straightened her hair out.

"Ok, Get changed then I'll come down, Bakura's here by the way," He said smirking; Anzu closed the door in his face rolling her eyes.

Bakura was close friends with Seto and Anzu also knew that Bakura had a small crush on her, the signs were all there. He wasn't even trying to hide it.

There was a time when Anzu had a tiniest crush on Bakura but that was a long time ago and also Bakura was Ryou's older brother, the idea of dating his older brother was kind of weird. And it would be awkward for Ryou.

Anzu laid out pair of tight skinny jeans and white strappy top on her bed, as she skipped into her bathroom and got in the shower.

The warm rays crashed down her body as she proceeded to lather soap on her body as the water instantly washed it away, she then grabbed her favourite strawberry scented shampoo and rubbed it into her hair, and she closed her eyes as she finished off.

She turned the shower off and stepped out the shower and wrapped herself in a towel, she looked into her bathroom mirror and brushed her teeth a second time, Anzu was kind of a maniac when it came to teeth, but it helped since she now had perfect pearly whites that she was quite proud of.

She rinsed out her mouth as she walked to another towel hanging from the door, she dried her face again.

Anzu was about to turn the handle to walk back into her bedroom when she heard something from her room, she stopped frozen. She tried to listen but couldn't hear anything.

Suddenly she heard something or someone shift again; she burst the door open with her tooth brush aiming at the thing.

She blinked and dropped her toothbrush when she saw it was just her Dog, it looked up at her with innocent eyes whimpering.

Anzu melted at the Dog's cuteness as she ran over to the white Labrador's side.

"What's the matter Boy?" She cooed as she rubbed his ears which the Dog seemed to like.

She picked the puppy in her arms and put him on her bed to rest.

Anzu then locked her door, she opened her underwear draw and pulled out a red pair and matching bra, she looked at the Dog on her bed to see he was fast asleep. She then dropped the towel slowly and pulled them on; she then put on the tight black skinny jeans and white strappy top, and then completed it with her Spike Studded High Heel Ankle Boots.

Anzu blow-dried her hair and straightened the ends that were wavy; she then applied eye-liner.

She unlocked her door and walked out, Mokuba ran into her on her way down the stairs, Anzu ruffled his hair and kissed his cheek.

She finally made it to the kitchen as she said good morning to the chef as he smiled at her, she walked into the dining room and she saw Bakura, he looked up and smirked at her.

"Took you thirty minutes to look like that?" he said grinning, clearly appreciating her appearance. The brunette rolled her eyes at the white haired teenager.

"Why are you always here to ruin my mornings?" she asked with a serious look on her face.

"I just can't resist seeing your sexy as-"He was cut off when Seto wacked him on the head.

"I'd prefer if you don't finish that sentence about my stepsister," Seto growled, clearly disgusted with his Friend.

"Thank you Brother, but you should have wacked him harder," Anzu giggled, Seto chuckled at the brunette.

"Maybe next time," Seto said grinning.

Bakura growled at the two which only added to their amusement.

After breakfast, Yugi and Ryou came to visit Anzu and they all played Fifa, well Ryou and Yugi did while Anzu just watched and chuckled at them. Typical Boys.

"Come on Anzu, You play" Yugi whined as he saw that Anzu was left out.

"Nooo, I hate playing Fifa it's so boring!" She said with a yawn to emphasis here point. Ryou chuckled.

"Then let's play something else" he said as he put his controller down and looked through the other games that Seto and I had.

"No, I need to go to the cemetery "she said quietly, it's been awhile since I've been to my Mother's grave.

Both of the boys nodded in understanding, smiling at her.

"But, you guys can stay and carry on playing, I won't be long" she said smiling at them.

"Yeah, that would be great, we'll see you when you get back" Yugi replied, hugging her goodbye.

Anzu got up and headed to the door; she looked back at them once again and closed the door behind her once she was out.

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After was sat leaning her back against a giant rock in the cemetery, she was furiously writing in her diary.

It was something she always did when she'd visit her Mother's grave, she'd write everything she wanted to tell her mother in the diary, and she'd write her memories in the diary, sharing them with her Mother.

Anzu smiled as she began writing down how much of a great stepdad Seto's father was and how she loved her family.

Then she started crying when she started writing about Jay and her real father,

I still haven't heard anything from Jay or Dad, well Dad came to your funeral but he left the next day and he hardly said anything to me because he looked really upset, almost broken. But his stupid girlfriend dragged him away, I hate her so much, Mom. I wish you were still her, I really miss you and if I could undo the past then I would do it, I never got to tell you this properly Mom, but I Love You and its true what they say, you never know what you had until it's gone.

I haven't heard anything from Jay, I really miss him. Seto's been trying to contact him but it's like Jay doesn't want to be found so after four months of searching I told Seto to stop trying and it was no use. I wonder if Jay even knows what happened to you, I'm sure he would hate me if he found out, just like I hate myself for what happened to you, I should have tried harder to save you….. And I still can't remember how I got on that bridge; I don't remember anyone saving me. It's weird.

Anyway, I think I'm going to head home now. I've been here for quite a while now. Yugi and Ryou will start to worry.

I Love You, Mom.

Anzu Mazaki Xoxo

Anzu wiped her tears away as she shoved her pen back into her pocket, Anzu walked towards her Mother's grave to see her beautiful name on there,

In Loving Memory Of

Christina Kaiba/Mazaki

1973 – 2012

Anzu closed her eyes as she kneeled down in front of it, two minutes passed and Anzu still stayed in that same position.

Suddenly she felt a cold breeze go past her, her eyes flew open at the sensation.

She stood up straight and looked around; she noticed that everything had turned smoky, she couldn't really see much.

She clutched at her heart, she was scared.

Suddenly a black bat flew past her; it sat on top of one of the tall rocks. Anzu looked at it, as it eyes flashed orange?

She cautiously stepped away, hugging her diary to her heart.

Then the next thing the bat did shocked Anzu, it flashed its fangs at her.

Anzu gulped, as she regained her courage.

"Go away, Bat thing," she said as she took more steps back as it came closer to her.

"I'm warning you," she said weakly.

Anzu dashed for the exit out of the cemetery, she looked back and the bat was gone, but you could see a shadowy figure, she guessed it was a man.

She gasped.

She ran away, all the way through the woods. She was stopped when she ran right into a brick wall, wait… this wall had arms.

Strong arms grabbed hold of her shoulder gently but firmly to stop her from falling back, the person pulled her against their chest as she rested her head on 'him'

Her heart calmed down after a while, she pulled away from their embrace. She looked into the most beautiful pair of lavender eyes, she thought she'd seen them somewhere before but she couldn't put her finger on it.

"You okay?" He asked his voice was so smooth and soothing but at the same time deep. She couldn't stop looking at his eyes, trying to remember where she'd seen those eyes before.

She snapped out of it after a second and replied breathlessly.

"I think so," He reached for my arm which confused me, his fingers brushed against a cut she didn't know she had. It was bleeding.

"How did that happen?" he asked concerned, Anzu shrugged her shoulders.

"Probably from running away from that Bat in the cemetery," she answered.

"A Bat?" he asked alarmed, Anzu looked into his eyes again and she saw anger.

"Yeah, it was creepy, it's eyes flashed orange like it was trying to tell me something and it kept coming closer which is why I ran," she answered to the stranger.

"It didn't hurt you or anything did it? Like, bite you?" he said, checking her neck for any marks.

Anzu shook her head, no.

Relief washed past his eyes but it was hidden again.

"Marik you're dead," he mumbled so that Anzu couldn't hear.

Anzu stood there awkwardly, she looked down at her cut to see that it had gotten worse and there was more blood.

The blonde stranger walked towards her, he ripped a bit of his sleeve off.

He fingers brushed past the blood and he got quite a lot on his fingers, his eyes automatically darkened and he had veins nearly popping out from around his eyes, his lavender eyes had turned to a deep red.

"Your eyes!" Anzu yelled, the blonde closed his eyes for a second and opened them to reveal his soft lavender orbs again.

"I have eye infection, sorry" he mumbled. Anzu nodded uncertainly.

He wrapped his ripped off sleeve around her elbow that was cut.

"It should heal soon," he said after he was done.

Anzu nodded.

"It's getting dark, you should head home and it's not safe at night" he said, looking into her sparkling oceanic eyes that held so much life in them.

"Yeah, I'll see ya around I guess and… Thank you" She said smiling, gesturing to her arm.

He nodded, smiling at her.

The blonde watched her as she walked towards her car tiredly and started the engine up.

He looked down at his fingers, they were still covered in her blood and it smelt so good, he sucked them.

There wasn't much blood but it still satisfied him, just a drop of her blood can satisfy any vampire. This is why she needed to be protected against the others.

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END OF CHAPTER

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