Hi there everyone! I hope I did good with this chapter! Now, before we get into some things, I might as well answer a review since there were only three of them. (If everyone could send in a little more reviews I would be happy. This story is still a work in progress and I want people to REVIEW! (So I can make it better.)

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End of answering questions. So . . .

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Memories of You

Chapter 2

She was running through a familiar field, though she didn't know why it was familiar. The flowers were of every color in the rainbow and from colors in between. The sky was a bright blue that didn't have a cloud in the sky. The field rang a bell in her memories. Then she remembered it, it was the field where her parents had taken her when she was ten. Raven remembered when they first showed her the place; it was in the spring time . . .

That must have been why they were in bloom in her dream.

"Raven!"

She stiffened at the voice; it was a soft, loving voice, a voice that she knew. Turning around she saw, in the distance, her parents. They were smiling and waving at her. Her mother's short chocolate drown hair whirled in the wind, her eyes a deep sapphire blue, her skin untouched by time. She wore a baby-blue summer dress and a flower necklace that Raven had made for her to match the dress.

Her gaze drifted to her father, Atem. He was wearing a simple white shirt and blue jeans. His hair was, like always, defying gravity. His fierce, but gentle crimson gaze warmed Raven's heart like it always did when she was sad. Like her mother, he was untouched by time as well.

Pressing her hands to her mouth she stared, wide-eyed, wondering if this was a dream to torture her or to comfort her. Finally she opened her mouth and rasped, "Momma, Daddy?"

They smiled and her mother held out her arms. Raven wanted to take off running towards them but she, for some reason, stopped at the third step. Struggling for a moment to try and pick up her feet, but no matter how many times she tried, she couldn't move her feet.

Raven turned to them and this time she yelled out to them. "Momma! Daddy!"

They were still smiling as the wind picked up; string the flowers around, blocking her view. "No! MOMMA! DADDY!" she screamed.

She woke up then.

Sitting up in bed she gasped, controlling her breathing. Fresh tears were pouring down her cheeks. Raven noted that she was holding the Mother's Journal tightly. She put it to the side and flexed her fingers.

Getting out, she went downstairs for breakfast. It was a plain Eggo waffle and a cup of coffee. She shuffled upstairs and put her breakfast to the side and took a shower. Once out, she sat down, Eggo in one hand, her other hand, opening the journal.

Our Wedding

My whole name is Anzu Mazaki

Your father's whole name is Atem Mutou

We were married on April 8, 1984 at a beach somewhere in Jamaica.

Before the wedding I felt very nervous, though I knew that I was ready to marry your father. I guess you get nervous anyway.

Before the wedding I felt the same as Anzu, I was nervous. I was pacing around in the room so much that Yugi had hold me still! I was ready to get it over with. (Personally I wanted a secret wedding. Then we could come back and go on with everything. But your mother changed that.)

The wedding reception was a normal one. A small dinner for everyone. We only had one cake, when we actually wanted three. (One for Joey and one for Tristan.) Of course, they didn't understand that so we only got one cake and the last piece was fought over by them. Lord, they started a food fight. To this day I still wonder why they're so proud about that fact. (Your mother still won't forgive them.)

Raven laughed as she remembered Uncle Joey telling her, very proudly, that he and Uncle Tristan had started a food fight at a had walked into the room then and told them both that if they started a food fight at Raven's wedding in the future she was going to box their ears.

Raven would have to remember to tell them that the threat was still up. She turned the next page and continued to read.

Our Early Year(s) Together

After we married we lived out in the country. Atem decided to slow things down a tad-bit, so we packed our stuff up and moved. Of course we didn't go very far, maybe and hour or two from Domino so your father could still go to work. He had his laptop with him so he had quite a few days off.

We spent a lot of time walking around in the forest that was in the back. There was a nicely sized stream in the back too. We went camping there and watch the stars.

We dreamed about a family. Not too big, not too small. We went to the doctor but only to get bad news. There was a chance, that if I had a child I would die in child-birth and I wouldn't be able to see you. It scared both of us so we stopped thinking about a family

Let's Talk about YOU!

When I first learned that I was pregnant with you I was shocked and scared, but I pushed the fear away and let the happiness and joy flood through me.

Your father was scared shitless. He even fainted! (Which he still denies to this day.) I told him that if I died then so be it, I wanted you in our life. Your father still had some of his hard self and I wanted to soften him a bit.

Memorable events during the pregnancy were your first kicks, the ultra sound, and the making of you baby room. We had to move again though, the country home that we were in had heavy amounts of iron in the paint and I didn't want to hurt you in any way.

The names we considered if you were a boy were Danny.

If you were a girl, Eva and Aura. (But we named you Raven in the end.)

To prepare for you, we moved, of course, to a small, starting out family home that was perfectly safe. You may not remember your nursery well, but it was of the midnight sky. Your father almost broke his back trying to get the room perfect. Your Uncles helped out. (Even Uncle Seto . . . surprisingly.)

Raven's brows shot up. Uncle Seto helped out? Now that was surprising.

My due date was December 8, 1985. You were two days late, and it drove your father absolutely crazy.

The Day You Arrived!

Date: December 10, 1985

Weight: 7lbs. 8oz

Hair: Black

Eyes: Crimson

The doctor who delivered you and got up early (As in 5'o clock) to do that was Dr. Manfred E. Trostel

It was Domino Hospital

We named you Raven Mutou at the last minute.

When I first saw you, I felt so blessed that I had actually lived to see you and that I was alive to raise you and continue to be with your father.

Your father's reaction was of pure joy. Raven, when you get married, have a child, and you watch your husband hold a tiny little baby, your baby, you just want to melt into a buddle of goo. I watched as your father's hard aura, which was fading away; disappear completely as he held you for the first time. I hope that when you get older you will understand what I'm saying.

Everyone said you resembled your father. (That didn't matter to me though; I actually preferred that you look like your father. He always did have a glare that made grown men cry . . .)

Those first few days with you were magical. No words could describe what I was feeling. Though some nights when you cried I thought I couldn't take it.

Your First Year

In general, as an infant you were a Mother's ideal baby.

You didn't eat much and you slept so soundly and didn't wake up until 10 in the morning!

The one thing that would usually make you stop crying was when one of us would rock you in the rocking chair. (You loved that thing.)

A song that we sang to you was Hush Little Baby

You made us laugh when you would make this certain sound with your mouth. To this day I don't know how you did it.

When you started eating food, your favorite was the apple baby food.

You hated watermelon with a passion.

Your favorite toy was a stuffed white bunny with a black ear

The games you played were Pat-a-cake and your favorite, Peek a Boo with your father.

Everyone who came to see you was in awe. You had the wrapped around your little fingers in a matter of minutes.

Your first birthday was celebrated by inviting everyone. Uncle Seto and Aunt Kisara gave you a silver rattle with your name engraved in it as a keep-sake when you got older. Yugi and Rebecca got you loads of toys. Everyone else, (ordered by your Aunt Mai) got you new clothes.

Raven was about to flip to the next page when her cell-phone jolted her out of the trance the journal had on her. Flipping it open she said, "Hello?"

"Hey there, Raven! Want to go out for the day?" a male voice asked.

She thought about it for a moment and then noted that she did miss Lonewolf just a little bit.

"Sure! Just let me get ready, okay?"

"Yeah, I'll be waiting outside your house."

"Alright."

"See you in a bit."

"K."

She flipped the phone closed and hopped out of bed to get ready, but before that, she put the Mother's Journal under her pillow so that she wouldn't misplace it.


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