Well, here I am again!!!

I wrote this right after I posted up the new chapter, problem was that my net was temporarily disconnected!! But don't worry everybody!!! I am back, and with it I bring a new chapter for all of you to read!! Thanks to all who reviewed and a even bigger thanks to all my new reviewers!! Hope you guys like it too!!! Well read and review!!!

-NightRaven13

DISCLAIMER: I don't Yu-Gi-Oh….if I did I'd be filthy rich!!

The next day couldn't come soon enough for Anzu.

Surely enough though, it did. Unfortunately for most, it also brought the pouring rain with it as well. Anzu did not mind though, she weaved her way through all the soaking wet students and made her way towards the third floor landing.

"Hey Anzu! Aren't you gonna have lunch with us?" called Jou as she headed towards the stairs.

"Sorry guys, I kind of have to go work on something for class." she responded quickly.

"Well, we'll just see ya in class then." replied Jou, Honda nodding in agreement behind him.

"Ok, see you in class then!" she waved cheerfully and ran up the stairs.

As she walked down the hallway towards the class at the far end, her heart made small little hurdles. Why she felt nervous, she was not very certain herself.

I hope he's still there, she thought, Most importantly, I hope a teacher isn't in there!

She poked her head inside the empty class, no one was there. Anzu let out a small breath of relief.

"Well, that's good."

Anzu stepped inside and sat at the desk she had been sitting in the day before. She let her book bag fall with a dramatic bang, hoping maybe it would catch his attention.

"So, I'm here like I said I was going to be." She spoke loudly.

Silence.

"Um…are you still here?"

Silence continued.

Anzu sighed, "I'll take that as a 'no'."

She made a grab for her things and got up to leave, when suddenly he appeared right in front of her. Anzu couldn't help but let a small scream escape her lips.

"EKKKK!" she stopped and recomposed herself, "Jesus! Don't scare me like that!"

"Leaving so soon?" he asked with a smile on his lips.

"Ha ha. Very funny." She replied, obviously a little annoyed.

"Well, you are laughing. So I assume you found it somewhat entertaining?"

Anzu only stared, her annoyance only increasing a little. The young man seemed to have sensed it and remained quiet.

"I'm sorry. I see it was not as amusing as I thought."

"It's alright." She smiled at him, "I tend to have a bit of an inpatient temper sometimes."

"I see…" A confused look playing across his eyes.

"Anyway…" trying to change the subject, "Where were you anyway? Why didn't you come when I asked if you were here?"

He smiled, "I wanted to test your patience."

Anzu frowned, "I see…"

He chuckled in response, "I apologize if that annoyed you in any way, as you so clearly are making obvious."

"Am not."

"Are so."

"Am not!"

"Are very much so."

"Am…" somewhere in the distance, footsteps could be heard approaching. Anzu turned her head towards the door, then back at the young man.

"Crap! Someone is coming!" she whispered franticly, "Students are not suppost to be up here alone!"

The young man thought for a moment, then looked at her.

"Go up to the roof."

"What! How?" she kept looking at the door and back at him, "Does it look like I can fly and go through walls to you?"

He smiled, "No, just use the door across the hall, it leads up to the roof."

"What? But…" but he was already disappearing through the wall.

"See you there."

"Wait! Come back! Hey!" He was already gone.

Anzu stomped her foot, "Damn!"

The footsteps could be heard approaching the stairs on the landing. Anzu poked her head outside, then made a mad dash towards the door across the hall. By the looks of the door handle, it was clearly obvious that the door had not been touched, let alone opened, in a long time. Anzu grabbed at it anyway and tried to get it open, but it would not turn.

"Oh great! Just what I freaken needed!" She spoke to one in particular, "How am I suppost to get in!"

Anzu turned the knob more furiously, until finally in snapped open. She flung the door aside and went in, shutting the door behind her as the teacher stepped on the landing. He stopped and looked down at the end of the hall.

"Huh?" asked the teacher as he scratched his head in confusion.

Anzu sighed in relief, "That was close!"

She looked at the darkness ahead of her, then noticed that a small flight of stairs led up to another door above. Anzu backed off the door and ran up, careful that she didn't trip in her haste. She pushed the other door open, and was immediately greeted by a sudden rushing wind and the sound of birds chirping.

"I see you decided to join me." She heard the young man say. Anzu turned and noticed that he was sitting near the air vent opening.

She approached him slowly, "Well, if you hadn't left me to almost get caught, I might have been up here already!"

"Oh, did I forget to mention that the knob tends to be a bit difficult sometimes?"

"Yeah! You did!"

He laughed, "I apologize."

Anzu sat next to him, all the while making it a point to stay angry.

"Are you angry?"

"Maybe…" she muttered.

He laughed, "My, you sure are quick to get upset about things, or at least pretend to be."

She smiled a little, "Yeah, maybe."

They both laughed, then sat for a while in silence. The wind blew serenely around them as birds flew and chirped over head through the quiet clearing skies. Anzu cleared her throat, breaking the silence.

"So…" she began.

"To answer your question…yes."

"What?"

"Your question, the one you asked yesterday."

"Which question?" she looked at him confused.

"You asked whether I was…dead…or not."

Anzu flinched a little, "Oh, yeah…sorry."

"No, it's quite alright…it's just…no one had ever asked me that before."

Anzu smirked, "Gee, I wonder why that would be."

He smiled, apparently finding her sarcasm amusing. They sat again in silence, Anzu not knowing whether she should ask more or not.

"So…do you have a name?"

He turned his amethyst gaze towards her, a struggle evident in his eyes. Anzu was quick to recover.

"It's ok if you don't want to tell me…I mean…I won't get upset or anything. I was just a bit …"

"I don't remember."

Anzu stopped, "What?"

He looked up at her again, "I said I don't remember."

"Not at all? Not even your last name or anything?"

He shook his head. Now she really felt like a jerk.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to be insensitive or anything."
"It's quite alright." his gaze returned to the distant horizon. Anzu turned away, feeling bad for even asking the question.

"But…" he turned back with a slight smile on his face, " you may call me Yami, so as not to get you confused."

"Yami…" she whispered, "Dark?"

He nodded.

"Why dark?"

"Where do you think I spend most of my time?"

"In the dark?"

"Precisely."

Anzu thought about it for a minuet, "Well, ok! Kinda mysterious, but it seems to suit you if you ask me."

He smiled, "I am glad you agree."

She held up her hand, as if to shake his, but then realized what she was doing. She let her hand drop back onto her lap while he chuckled at her mistake.

She laughed a little too, "Sorry…I meant to introduce myself…My name is…"

"Anzu Mazaki?" he finished for her.

"How'd…"

"I was there when they took you down to the nurse yesterday."

Anzu blushed, "Oh…yeah…"

"It's quite alright Ms. Mazaki, there is no need to be embarrassed on my account."

"Ok…but you don't need to be so formal…just call me Anzu."

He smiled, "Very well Ms. Peach."

Anzu groaned, "You can cut the formalities."

"Sorry, it is quite hard to let old customs go simply like that."

"You sound like my grandpa."

"I am probably as old as him too."

Anzu blinked at him, then thought about it.

"Just how old are you?"

"I was eighteen when I died, but if I were alive, I should be seventhy-six."

Anzu's jaw dropped, "You mean you've been dead for nearly sixty years?"

He nodded, "Roughly around that amount."

"What have you been doing all this time?"

He turned his dark gaze back at her, "Mostly waiting…for someone to see me…like you did yesterday."

Anzu blushed, then turned away so that he wouldn't notice.

"I know this might seem rude…but…may I ask how old you are?"

Anzu turned back, the blush all gone, "I'm sixteen."

"Really? Quite young."

Somewhere below, the bell rang. Students began to move and bustle to class, pushing and laughing as they went. Anzu leaned over the ledge, watching as everyone left and emptied out the quad.

"You have to go don't you?" she heard Yami ask behind her.

"Yeah," she turned, "Will I see you again tomorrow?"

"Only if you wish it so."he replied.

"Of course." Anzu turned to leave, "See you again tomorrow."

"Goodbye Ms. Mazaki."

Anzu frown, "Cut the formalities, remember?"

"Yes, I am sorry."

Anzu smiled, then disappeared down the dark staircase, back to the world of the living.

"Goodbye…Anzu." He whispered, a smile on his face.

Anzu ran down the dark staircase, but not before looking back.

"Goodbye…Yami." she whispered, then walked through the door and back into a world unknown to what she could see.

Ok all!!! Well, I hope you all like the new chappy! I know it's a bit short, but I just wanted to get this down for all of you to read….please review!!!

-NightRaven13