Konichiwa, Minna-san! I'm sorry this took so long to get out! I didn't mean for it to, really! Anyway, Here's the fourth chapter! Enjoy!
ChapterFour: Taking Over
Song by Evanescense- "Taking Over Me"
"... but who can decide what they dream?
And dream I do...
I believe in you,
I'll give up everything just to find you.
I have to be with you;
To live,
To breathe,
You're taking over me..."
Anzu opened her eyes and blinked. This was the second night in a row of waking up in another house. Slowly, she got out of her bed and looked around. Amane was still asleep and it was six-fifteen. She walked out of the room and blinked as the light hurt her eyes.
Just as her sight adjusted, a door opened. She looked towards it reflexively, wondering what was coming out. At first, it didn't quite register at all, although it was familiar; white hair and deep brown eyes. The only part that really threw her off was the fact that the only thing he was wearing was a towel around his waist…
Wait, a towel?
Reality slammed back into her brain quickly as she realized she was staring at a nearly-naked Ryou. Quickly, she turned around and tried her best to control her blush, failing miserably while doing so. She missed the blush that caressed his face, but did catch a small chuckle from someone in front of her.
She looked up and saw a Spirit. It was laughing at them… Anzu sighed and kept her head down, still blushing intensely. "G-gomen nasai, Ryou-kun; I didn't know you were in there…" she stuttered, obviously embarrassed.
"Hai, daijoubu, Anzu-chan…" he said lightly and rushed into his room. As soon as he closed the door, both teenagers let out sighs of relief. It was then that Anzu turned back to the Spirit. It looked back at her, slightly surprised that she could see.
"You can see me, right?" it asked. Anzu nodded calmly in response. "My name is Shadow Tamer." she said. Shadow Tamer had long light blue hair and dark blue eyes. Her outfit was gold, and more like a swimsuit with a long tail in the back. A whip was on her side, Anzu noticed. (http/ yugioh-land. com/loshtaun 2edc. html) delete spaces.
"So, you are one of the guardians of this house?" Anzu asked.
"Yes, I am a guardian of this house but, I am also the guardian of Bakura Amane." Shadow replied. Anzu nearly stumbled back in shock. What was it she thought last night?
…What if everyone had a guardian…
Anzu's blue eyes were wide with shock. Had she been right about that? Shadow looked at her, a confused expression on her face.
"Is there something wrong?" she asked. Anzu only shook her head numbly. "Well, I must be going then. It was nice to meet you, Anzu." Shadow nodded in farewell and then disappeared. Anzu didn't even wonder how the guardian knew her name.
It was then that Amane opened the door to her room and walked over to Anzu. "Ohayo, Anzu-chan. O-genki desu ka?" she asked with a smile on her face. (Good morning, little Anzu, how are you?)
"Genki desu; anata wa?" Anzu replied, diverting her gaze from Shadow's last spot to Amane. (I'm fine; and you?)
"Genki desu." She said and then brought Anzu with her downstairs. Anzu followed quietly, her mind blank. She couldn't even think of where to start thinking, it was all too confusing for her.
Before she knew it, she was seated at the dining room table, being served breakfast by Amane. The black-haired girl was quick; Anzu didn't even have time to object before it was served. The brunette ate quietly, thoughts wandering aimlessly through her mind.
It was only after Ryou also arrived at the table did she remember the first event of the morning.
She decided to issue her self-control; instead of spitting out all of her food all over Ryou as she remembered and then blushing from head to toe, she only dropped her chopsticks and the food that she was going to eat and then blushed from head to toe.
Yes, in this case, that really was self-control.
She nervously picked up her chopsticks and continued eating, avoiding not only Ryou's gaze, but Ryou entirely.
Finally, Amane also joined the table. Following closely were their parents; both of which had smiles on their faces. Obviously, they were morning people and passed that trait down to their children. Anzu became slightly jealous of that.
"So, how was your night sleep?" the mother, Tanaka asked with a bright smile. It was barely even six fifty and she was already beaming brightly.
"Fine." Ryou answered curtly.
"Ours was good; don't worry, Mom, we didn't stay up late at all." Amane said truthfully. And although Anzu would've liked to stay up later discussing what Amane had meant last night, she was glad for the extra sleep now. She nodded in response to Amane's answer.
"Well, that's great." Tanaka said, another smile blooming on her face. Anzu nearly grimaced. It was simply too much happiness for her to take in this early in the morning.
The rest of breakfast was filled with small chatter, mostly the parents with a few side comments from their children. Anzu remained quiet unless spoken to, which, luckily for her, was not often.
"Oh my, it's nearly seven fifteen. Ryou, would you please escort Anzu back to her house so she can finish getting ready for school?" Tanaka asked innocently. Ryou was momentarily stunned before replying.
"Of course, mother."
Anzu gulped nervously. She would be alone with Ryou… but it was only for the two minutes it took to get to her house. That made it slightly better. She sighed and continued to eat the rest of her breakfast in silence; either ignoring or not noticing the glances cast from a white haired boy.
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"Thank you for taking me back home, Ryou-kun." Anzu said with her head bowed. Ryou walked beside her calmly, his hands stuffed in his pockets.
"Of course, Anzu-chan." He commented lightly. He was trying his hardest to not remember the incident that morning. It wasn't really super embarrassing; it was just that it was… very weird…
Ryou shook his head to clear his thoughts. It was something that he wouldn't bring up again, and she wouldn't either. He should just forget about it completely.
They approached the door quickly and stepped up to it. "I'll wait for you, so we can walk together to school, okay?" He asked gently, his eyes on hers.
"Okay, that sounds good." She replied. Anzu made the mistake of looking up into his eyes and being caught in his gaze.
She gasped lightly as she was suddenly caught up by his look. His shimmering brown eyes were all she knew, and all she ever wanted to know. He gazed back down at her also trapped in her cerulean stare. Without noticing, they inched closer to each other. Their breaths mingled together and their eyes became lightly misted. They were so close…
Without warning, Anzu jumped away from the white haired boy and his eyes widened. What were they just about to do?
Anzu sucked in air and then rushed inside the house with a quick, "Wait here," and disappeared. Various shouts, thuds, explosions, and other such noises sounded from inside the house until Anzu rushed out again, fully dressed for school. She let out a long sigh and then straightened up quietly.
"Well, are you ready to go?"
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Anzu inspected the shelves slowly. She was currently in the library during her free period. Her day had gone by without very much happening; lunch was probably the most interesting. Even though Mai had chosen not to sit with them again (probably due to the cryptic warning she gave Anzu during her first day at school.) it was still more interesting than the rest of her day.
She was looking for something to help her with protecting herself from the evil thing in her room. It had been a real hassle this morning to change and gather her stuff. Luckily for her, the house guardians helped her quite a bit. Anzu needed to find something that could block the evil from getting into her room. Luckily, it only seemed to be after her and no one else in her family.
Though, she was slightly doubtful that she would find anything about magic in the school library.
Anzu shivered as a chill crawled down her spine. She looked to the left and spotted a long, thin door at the end of a lengthy hallway. For some reason, she was drawn to it, like some sort of magic pulled her towards it. She stepped towards it, drawn to wondering what was behind that door.
Before she knew it, she was standing in front of the door. Carefully, her shaking hand reached out and grasped the door-knob. Anzu turned the golden handle and peered inside cautiously.
Shelves and shelves of books appeared in her vision. Cerulean eyes got bigger as she looked around the dark room. She flicked on the lights and walked in deeper. She walked up to one of the shelves and picked out a book; Magic and Talismans.
Gasping, Anzu looked up at other books. They were all about magic! She placed the first book back in its place as she wandered around again, looking for books that would help her.
In barely no time at all, she already had four books picked out that could help her in many ways. All of them were rather thick, and also heavy. Idly, the brunette wondered how she would manage to sneak them out of the library. She doubted that the librarian knew of this place, she was too strict to believe in magic… Anzu believed that this could be a haven of someone else…
She didn't dwell on who knew about this place for long. Quickly, she shoved the four books into her backpack while taking out other books she could carry. She could only pray that no one asked what was in her pack to make her carry her books in the first place.
Luckily for her, she did not get any hassle from anyone in the library, and was able to walk out unnoticed. She let out her breath she was unconsciously holding and stuffed all the books into her locker as soon as she got there. Her heart raced in anticipation; she could barely wait to get home.
"Anzu-chan?"
She whirled around to face the person who called her name. She was defiantly not ready and was very surprised that there was someone in the hall besides her; it was free period, after all. The first thing her mind registered was long golden locks of hair and amethyst eyes staring at her intently.
"Oh, Mai-chan… it's only you." Anzu breathed a response. She turned completely to face her and let a small smile grace her features. "O-genki desu ka?"
"I should be asking you the same thing." She answered curtly. Anzu looked at her unsurely.
"What do you mean, Mai-chan?"
"There's something wrong, isn't there? Something dangerous…" the blonde looked around Anzu, instead of directly at her, making Anzu shift silently. Finally, her purple eyes locked onto her form again.
"I told you before; you are in danger if you stay with those people. I don't want to see you get hurt, Anzu-chan." Mai paused for a moment, as if deciding what to say, "It's not them, it's something else… I can't explain it… but I know you understand." She ended, closing her eyes slowly. Mai took two steps back, then turned and walked away from the brunette, leaving her alone in the hallway again.
I really want to know her power… Anzu thought idly. Sighing, she picked up her backpack, which she dropped when placing the books in her locker, and went to a study hall class for the remaining time of her free period.
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Finally, the last class of the day. Anzu breathed in deeply and sighed in relief. Her final class was Art, except on Tuesdays and Fridays, when she had Gym. And although her art teacher was strict, she still enjoyed the class. Even better, she was allowed to sit with her friends in a group, as they had to work on a project together.
"Leave it to Mr. Lee to give us a project on the third day of school…" Jou mumbled under his breath.
"Well, at least it's just a collage and not something really hard. And we even get to work in groups." Yugi commented lightly. Jou only growled in response.
"What are we gonna do the collage on? It's due in three weeks time…" Ryou stated. Anzu looked over to him and nodded. What could they do the collage on?...
"Any ideas?" Anzu asked the group while looking around at each of them.
"Umm… we could do a collage on people in this school."
Everyone's heads turned to stare at Jou, who had just offered the idea. He soon shied away from the looks as no one said anything, and only continued to stare. Finally, Yugi spoke up.
"That's perfect! We could bring camera's to school and take pictures and then gather the best ones and finish the project." He added onto Jou's thoughts. Everyone was taken with this idea immediately and the decision was made. Their collage would be about the people in this school.
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Finally, Anzu sighed, School is over for another day… She was beyond happy; though, she would never show it. All day she had only wished for school to hurry up and be over. Now, her wish was granted and she could finally go home and look through those books she found…
"Anzu-chan!"
Picking her head up, she stared into the distance. I know that voice… she thought dimly. Turning around, she soon saw it was Ryou, jogging slightly from the school.
"Oi, Ryou-kun." She said calmly and waited for him to catch up to her. He soon did and they walked together happily.
"Anzu-chan, why are you carrying all of your books?" he asked innocently. Luckily, Anzu didn't miss a beat and answered back coolly.
"I have a lot of homework, so instead of breaking my back, I'm carrying it too." She lied quickly. It was then that a pang hit her heart.
I-… I feel bad for lying to Ryou? She thought deeply. Her brow furrowed in concentration. But, I've lied before, mostly to my parents… why should it bother me now? It shouldn't!… I know it shouldn't… so then why does it?
She could barely process that very thought, let alone realize that Ryou was now standing in front of her asking what was wrong. She blinked her eyes twice and then once more in surprise of him being so close. She was about to look into his chocolate gaze when it happened again.
His inner aura began to get darker.
He stumbled back and grasped his head; eyes clenched shut tightly in pain. His outer aura suddenly expanded a ten-fold, turning a deep blue. Anzu suddenly found it hard to breathe as the air became thick around her.
"Ryou-kun!" she called; he fell onto the ground, still clutching his head.
"No… I won't… stay back!"
Anzu's breath caught in her throat as she heard him speaking. There was no one around him, except for her. His voice changed… almost deeper, but she could still hear his voice in, through, it.
"Ryou-kun…" she said again, this time reaching out to him with her hand.
"Stay away!" he cried, shying away from her touch even though she was at least two feet away. Immediately, Anzu drew back her arm. His aura continued to vary between dark and light grey; like he was fighting something…
…Or someone…
Azure eyes burned with a blue fire as Anzu made her final decision. "Ryou." She whispered fiercely. His eyes snapped open, revealing one chocolate and one crimson eye staring at her. Her hands began to shake as she marched determinedly to the fallen form of Ryou. In a smooth motion she swept down and caught him in her arms. "Ryou…"
His form stilled, but he managed to continue to shake in fear and loss of control. Anzu only gripped him harder to stop the constant chills. The air surrounding her choked her slightly, but she was completely surrounded and submerged within Ryou's presence. Even if she could sense the darkness, it was still comforting, because it was still Ryou. He was still with her.
Finally, he stilled completely and rested his forehead on Anzu's shoulder for a long while. His aura was slowly returning back to normal, but it had taken most of his energy to fight off… whatever that was…
Just as she was about to pull away from the boy, firm arms wrapped around her torso, holding her to her place. She gasped lightly before she too settled comfortably into the embrace. The two held each other like that for a while, neither wanting to let go for fear that everything would shatter in a dazzling display of colors.
And somehow, each knew that it would.
"Anzu-chan! Ryou-nii-san! Daijoubu desu ka?" (Little Anzu! Brother Ryou! Are you okay?) Someone cried out. Both boy and girl heard the shout and footsteps running towards them and pulled away from each other. Anzu gathered the books she dropped earlier as Ryou stood up and looked to see who was coming towards them.
"Amane-chan; hai, daijoubu desu." (Little Amane; yes, I'm fine.) Anzu responded as she looked away from her to Ryou. He looked like he was very tired and nodded weakly to his sister.
"Daijoubu…" he offered weakly, smiling to cover up his exhaustion. Amane didn't believe it for a second, though she didn't say anything against him. Instead, she only stared at Anzu, as if wanting answers without asking the questions.
Anzu looked up at Amane, feeling her stare. Immediately, sapphire was caught by silver for the second time in two days. It felt like wind was whipping around her in a flash, sucking away the air about her. Amane's black hair swirled around her, making her look like an ethereal being. Anzu didn't notice as her necklace she found, only four days ago, began to glow a faded blue.
"What are you…?" Anzu whispered, not really intending to say anything. Amane nearly jumped back in surprise, her eyes back to brown. Her eyes were slightly wide, and she turned to Ryou in a choppy movement, completely unlike her usual grace.
"Come on, let's get home now… Okaa-san might get even more worried." Amane said while turning around. "She sent me to look for you, Ryou-nii-san. You're ten minutes later than usual and you're only halfway home. You'll need to explain to her why you were late." She stated. Ryou sighed in response, knowing full well that he couldn't tell his mother why he was late.
Anzu followed quietly. Her house was next to theirs, so she was allowed to… it wasn't like she felt as thought she needed to stay with Ryou to watch over him, right?
If I could only figure out when these… attacks are going to happen… I was with him the last two times… or were those the first few times? Anzu shook her head angrily, You're only giving yourself more questions! She yelled internally.
The brunette brilliantly decided that she needed to carry Advil in her backpack, in case she ever decided to think about everything ever again. She could feel the migraine coming at her full force and decided that when she got home she'd have to relax a bit.
Then she realized that she couldn't.
She was almost about to slam her head against the sidewalk. The only thing that made her stop was that she knew it would not help with the upcoming migraine. It would also not help with her sanity level at this particular moment.
That thing was still in her room. There was no way of her going in there without first discovering a spell of some sort to cast it away, and that could take a while to find. She prayed with utmost intensity that the books weren't cursed in some way or locked so that only a secret incantation could open them. She really would bang her head against something if that were to happen, namely the book; it might give her the proper chant to say…
Again, Anzu shook her head roughly and then regretted it deeply. That migraine was going to be coming sooner than she first thought at the rate this was going…
She closed her eyes and continued to walk, following the presence of Ryou and Amane. She had figured out a while ago that this took concentration and if she did it correctly she wouldn't run into anything. She couldn't think about anything else, only their presences.
It was usually very calming to focus on Ryou's presence, but now his aura was different. He was still shaken up quite a bit after that attack, she could tell. He was jumpy, and weak from fighting off… whatever that was… His aura was no longer a calm, peaceful one, but rather one that was nearly sparking in edginess.
Looking to his aura only made Anzu wonder even more what was going on, so she switched over to Amane. What she felt there nearly stunned her. She was… protective? Her aura was reaching out towards Ryou, as if to encase him in a shield. And although she was also anxious, she felt as if she needed to keep her older brother safe from harm. Did she know what was going on with him?
But, how could she?
And now I really wanna know her power as well…
Anzu sat on a wooden floor with her legs crossed under her and three books strewn around her. The last of the four books was in her hands and she flipped through it mercilessly. The only light in the room came from above her and shone down on her with utmost intensity. Her book-bag was located beside her and was opened, in case she needed to take out anything to cover up the other books.
A knock sounded on the door. Anzu jumped in reply and then hurriedly shut the book and placed random things on top of the other books before her parents could open the door.
"Anzu, honey, maybe you should do your homework in your room instead of the closet… I know you want to be alone, but this is just…" her mother trailed off, opening the door carefully with a look of confusion and worry on her face and in her aura.
"I just need silence. I can hear things from downstairs in my room, but not in this closet." Anzu replied. It wasn't a lie, but it also wasn't the truth… of course, she would never tell her mother the truth… unless she thought she was ready for it; which would probably never happen.
Oh, yes, mother, I would be in my room, but right now there's something potentially evil in there and I am actually trying to find a way to keep it out of there instead of doing my homework like you think… Yeah, that would be a sight… Anzu thought bitterly as her mother nodded down at her.
"Well… ok, then. I just came up to tell you that dinner is almost ready and we'll be expecting you down there…" Anzu mumbled a faint response as her mother shut the door. It was only when she heard the footsteps walking down the stairs did she unveil the books and begin to look at them.
At one time she thought she had found it, but then she realized that wasn't for containing evil, it was for containing food. Of course, the food was supposed to be poisoned or cursed or something, but it really didn't help her at all. Anzu sighed and continued searching the book, determined to find something.
She continued to flip the pages, almost in a trance. Her eyes wearily scanned over the pages before turning to the next ones. She was almost beginning to think that there was nothing she could do besides fight it herself.
Finally, she shouted in frustration and threw the book down in front of her. She leaned back on the wall behind her and glared upwards at nothing. "I blame you for this…" she spoke bitterly, talking to the heavens. She rolled her eyes as she didn't get a response and then looked back to the book again.
She froze as she stared at the page it opened to.
How to Contain, Trap, Destroy, or over-all get-rid-of Evil
Why didn't any of these books have a Table of Contents?
In joy she stood up quickly and picked up the book. When she stood to her full height, she got a firm whack on her head from a corner of a box sticking out from a shelf. Wincing, she bent down again and held her head. She glared up at the ceiling again, rubbing her head from the bump. "I guess I deserved that…" she muttered darkly and then stood again, this time more carefully.
She marked the page in the book and then shoved all the books into a nearby corner. With that, she went down to dinner. After she ate she would read the passage and hopefully be able to rid herself of the evil in her room.
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Anzu stood in front of her room wearily. Her parents were downstairs, cleaning up after dinner, so she was alone upstairs for a while. She had already finished her homework so she was going to deal with this evil thing once and for all. She turned to her right, looking at the guardians.
"I'm going to need your help. I need to you distract it while I say the spell. I'll lock the evil in this," she held up a small green paper-lantern, "And then it'll be all over, okay?" she asked, readying herself.
"Yes, we understand." Wingweaver responded. With a quick nod to everyone, Anzu turned the knob of her door and it swung open. Four sets of eyes peered inside and widened slightly at the sight of a dark mist in the center of the room.
Almost immediately, it shifted in its place and launched itself towards the door. The guardians blocked the attack at Anzu and began to fight it relentlessly while the brunette opened the book and placed it before her.
"In the darkness of the night,
Instead of shadows, place the light.
Protect me and all within,
Myself, my friends, and my kin.
"Bind it now, bind it quick,
To the item that I pick.
Shadows rise and shadows fall,
But light shall be the rule of all!
"Lady Assailant of Flames,
Aqua Spirit of Water,
Empress Judge of Earth,
And the All-Seeing White Tiger;
"Come out! Release yourselves and do your bidding,
Into the world I call you, to the world of the living!
"Fuh-Rin-Ka-Zan!"
Anzu finished quickly just as a blinding light came out of the book and formed into four shapes. The first three were people, and the last was a large animal. All four then flew into the green lantern Anzu set out before.
Suddenly, the evil was drawn back towards the small, now glowing, lantern. It looked as though it tried to fight against it, but in the end it was sucked inside. The three guardians looked slightly tired out, but they still smiled at Anzu as she stood up.
"You did it." Magician of Faith said, a smile on her face. Anzu shook her head softly.
"No, you all did it. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been able to say the spell. Thank you, everyone." She said kindly. The cerulean-eyed girl smiled at the three guardians and bowed deeply as they disappeared. Anzu stood up to her full height and looked around the room.
"Finally, it's mine again…" she whispered. Picking up the small lantern, she wandered around the room, looking for a place to put it. She eventually found a suitable place for it hanging on the wall. It clashed with the room, it being green and most of the room being blue, but it would have to work for now.
She flopped onto her bed and closed her eyes, not even bothering to change. She snuggled into her white blankets, her thoughts wandering to a certain boy before her dreams took her away.
Well, that's the end of that chapter... She finally got rid of that evil thing in her room(Which DOES hold improtance!) and Ryou had another attack! I'm rather happy right now, because a friend just got back from a long family vacation, so nothing can get me down:D
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