Hey guys, sorry that I haven't updated in a long time. I've been studying for finals and I'v been putting it off for so long (and after that...no more freshmen year!! YEEESSS!!) Anyway, I'm trying to make this chapters and the next really dramatic so try and enjoy.

Crystalline Embers

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Chapter 4: A Shocking Ultimatum


"No, Atemu, I said get the white and multi colored towel set...no I'm not painting the bathroom lime green...where did you get lime green out of multi colored polka dots? I told Jonouchi and Honda to get the groceries! Make sure that they do!" Anzu told him, holding her cell phone while she pushed a cart full of pillows from ikea, "Okay I love you, bye."

For the past few days, Anzu and Atemu were starting to shop for going back to college. Since Anzu's parents decided to pay for her place she was staying in, she took it upon herself to start getting the house together so that Atemu could move in with her, another delightful thing that made her day.

Jeez...men sure have a way of remembering to do things, Anzu thought, looking at the new dining ware, Ooohh, just what I'm looking for multi colored polka dot plates, and it comes with the cups and everything! Today's my lucky day!

"Oh, Anzu, I wasn't expecting to see you here." Kisara said, while Anzu turned and faced her. The women that had been a mistress to her ex-boyfriend, the women that had been manipulating Seto into sending Anzu away to that college that was 3 or 4 hours away.

"What do you want? You know, your the last person that I want to see." Anzu replied, bitterly.

"Look, Anzu, honey it's not like you didn't see this all coming. I mean, the late nights, the disappearances at the parties, his calender being booked for months." Kisara explained, as she blocked Anzu from picking up some of the dining ware. The last few words she said, was accurate. That was Seto's excuse for always being gone...that brought rage into Anzu's head.

"Get out of my way, or will I have to throw you out the way?" Anzu growled, gritting her teeth.

"Look, I understand that your mad, but honey, your only eighteen years old. Seto would have wanted an experienced wom...," Kisara started, before Anzu shoved her out of the way, causing things to fall from the shelves and onto Kisara.

"I guess you chose for me to push you out the way." Anzu mumbled, putting her chosen dining ware in the basket and was on her way.


"Okay, 'Temu, we got the groceries that your women was whining about plus a few other things." Jonouchi told him, while they met up with Atemu in the mens department of Target, "What are you doing over here?"

"I was planning on buying some socks." Atemu told them, shaking a pack of white socks at them, "Anyway, did she call you two at all?"

"Yeah, she was nagging us to buy her some noodles." Honda told him, leaning against the rack, "I'm gonna check out the movies."

They act like they're the ones moving in with Anzu and I, Atemu thought, rolling his eyes.

"Oh, hey, I was waiting for you near the check out lines." Yugi told him, coming from the shoe department.

"Oh I'm sorry, dwarf." Atemu mumbled, laughing to himself.

"I heard that!" Yugi exclaimed, wrinkling his nose. As Atemu approached the check out line, he noticed a certain person in front of him.

"Oh hey, Atemu." Mokuba greeted, looking away from his face.

"Hi, Mokuba." Atemu replied, putting his stuff on the sliding item counter.

"Umm, how's Anzu? I've been worried about her. She was the only friend I really had when Seto wasn't around." Mokuba admitted, as the lady started to scan his things.

"She's fine, we're just getting ready to paint our bathroom." Atemu told him, rolling his eyes behind his back. But then again, he sort of felt bad for Mokuba. If Anzu was his only friend while she was living there, then he must have been really lonely right now.

"Our bathroom? Your moving in with Anzu?" Mokuba asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, just so that we can live a happy life together without certain people we know bothering her, if you get my drift." Atemu replied, as Mokuba took his bags.

"Well, see you later then." Mokuba told him, leaving the store. Little did Atemu know, that other sets of eyes were watching him and Anzu.

"Where is she now?" Seto asked, answering his phone on his bluetooth receiver.

"She's approaching the ikea parking lot, sir." one of his guards told him, watching Anzu get into her car.

"Good, I wouldn't want her out of my site." Seto commented, hanging up. She doesn't know that she's still mine.


Meanwhile, as Atemu and the others approached Jonouchi's car, Atemu had got some strange feeling in him that sensed trouble. Yugi sensed it too.

"Did you feel that?" Yugi whispered, as they started putting the groceries in the trunk.

"Yeah, it doesn't feel right. We need to be more cautious." Atemu told him, as he closed the door to the back seat.

As Anzu approached her small home, she realized that the boys got back before she did, which made her feel safe since she felt as if someone were watching her...or them.

"Hey, Anzu, about time you got back. You can help us with all these groceries." Jonouchi said, as she locked the doors behind her.

"Thanks, for getting the groceries. Oh yeah, Atemu, I got the paint and stuff in the basement so we should be able to start painting tomorrow." Anzu told him, realizing she had a message on her cell phone, it was from Seto, "Whatever."

"What happened?" Atemu asked, kissing her cheek.

"Nothing, just thinking about you." Anzu replied, sweetly smiling at him, "Now come on, help me take this in the kitchen."

"Aww come on, no more kisses?" Atemu questioned, laughing as he helped her take the ikea bags into the kitchen.

"Hey, is that the new kitchen ware?" Honda asked, as she placed her bags on the table.

"Yeah, I decided that I wanted to paint the kitchen raspberry, white, and black. That's why I got the kitchenware to match." Anzu explained to him, taking out a square, raspberry colored plate.

"Those look nice." Shizuka added, coming from the wash room, "I hope you don't mind if I washed my clothes. I couldn't afford to go to the cleaners."

"Oh, no problem." Anzu told her, hearing her cell phone ring again. She looked at the screen and it read Seto.

"Is it him?" Yugi asked, knowing by the way Anzu looked at the screen.

"Yes, I wish he'd stop calling me. I guess he doesn't know what the term 'over' means." Anzu muttered, turning her phone off.

"Come on, Anzu, we have to focus on our lives, no that bastard Kaiba." Atemu told her, hugging her.

"Yeah, your right. But I just get the feeling that he's like stalking me." Anzu replied, resting her head on his chest.

"Let's call in a pizza or something. It'll make you feel better." Jonouchi suggested, picking up her portable phone.

"I don't have anymore money, Jo." Anzu murmured, putting her head down on the table.

"I have a little extra cash. I can handle this." Jonouchi replied, dialing the number.

I'm so happy that I have good friends and a good boyfriend, Anzu thought, smiling as her and the gang headed into the living room.


"I don't understand this at all! She won't answer my calls, she probably knows I hired people to watch her. Damn it! Her and that no good ass hole, Atemu. Took away my title, and now he takes away my girl!" Seto shouted, slamming things around his office.

"Maybe if you didn't cheat on her, she would still be around." Mokuba mumbled, staring down at the floor.

"Even if I didn't cheat on her, she would have tried to see that bastard even if I made it forbidden for her not to see him again." Seto mentioned, going back to work.

"I don't see why you hired people to watch her. Your not with her anymore all because you had to play the late night card. You got what you deserved." Mokuba said, getting up from the couch, "And I used to look up to you. Now I know not to make the same mistakes."

"Get back here, Mokuba!" Seto shouted, watching his brother slam the door. Great, now my own brother hates me! That bitch will pay! Phase one of my plan will begin very shortly.


The next morning, Anzu woke up on Atemu's chest. She remembered her and the gang stayed up watching comedy movies, but after a while fell asleep.

Wow, what a night. One where Atemu and I didn't do it, Anzu thought, sitting up and yawning.

"I see someone had a nice night." Atemu muttered, while he sat up with her.

"Yeah, one where your not all over me." Anzu giggled, removing herself from his lap.

"Good morning, you guys sure had a good night." Shizuka murmured, sipping on her freshly brewed coffee.

"Look, we didn't do it, Shizuka." Anzu told her, putting her hair in a ponytail, "I have to start painting the bathroom today."

"Oh yeah, you know who has been hitting up your cell phone this morning. 35 missed calls." Shizuka informed her, raising her eyebrows.

"Will that stupid jerk get it through his skull, I'm not with him and we are totally over!" Anzu yelled, finally getting so mad that she threw her cell phone out the window, "I can always get another from mom and dad."

"I'm sure." Shizuka giggled, taking another sip of coffee.

Meanwhile, parked near a tree were Seto's hired guards that were supposed to be keeping tabs on Anzu. That was phase one of his plan, but Seto on the other hand was ready to move onto Phase two...the kidnapping.

"Like I told you before, I know that she's leaving for her dance class at 6 pm. Then you get her and bring her back to the mansion. Clear?" Seto barked, as his guards responded. He then slammed the phone back onto the receiver. Little did he know Mokuba was listening through the door.

"I gotta tell Atemu before they kidnap Anzu." Mokuba muttered, running into a guard.

"Your not telling anyone anything." the guard said, knocking Mokuba out with chloroform. By the time Mokuba woke up, he was locked in the study of their mansion. Too bad for the security guard he left Seto's laptop in there with him. He sent a quick e-mail to Anzu, hoping that she would receive it before time ran out.


Back at their house, Anzu was packing her bag for dance class while the guys were helping Atemu paint the bathroom. Luckily for Anzu, she wouldn't have to sniff anymore paint fumes.

"I'm leaving guys. I'll lock the door on my way out." Anzu called up the stairs, as she opened the door to leave. All of a sudden she heard her cell phone ring, it was from Mokuba.

"This is Anzu." she said, listening for a response.

"Anzu, it's Mokuba, you have to stay home from dance class. I don't know the full details but Seto is hiring people to kidnap you." Mokuba explained, as he heard something crash in the background, "Hello? Anzu? ANZU ANSWER ME! ANZU!!"

"We got her, Mr. Kaiba." the guard told him, while the other carried Anzu's knocked out body and threw her in the backseat. After about ten minutes after everything happened, Anzu woke up feeling dizzy. She noticed that she was in Seto's room, apparently she was tied up and still remained in her dance sweats.

"I see your finally awake." Seto said, turning in his chair.

"What do you want, Seto? I thought I made it clear that we were history." Anzu stated, sitting up.

"See, I on the other beg to differ. You never claimed that you wanted to break up with me, you just simply left." Seto replied, sipping on some champagne.

"Well let me repeat it for the last time, WE ARE OVER!" Anzu yelled, starting to get aggravated.

"Ahh, you see, Anzu, your in no condition to be making demands around here. I mean, your the one who's all tied up." Seto explained, standing up towards the window, "You probably already know that my brother attempted to save you from all of this happening. Apparently, he seemed to have been eavesdropping on my conversation and took it upon himself to tell you. But we see how that turned out."

"Why don't you just let me go? I mean, your the one who cheated on me. Your the one who lied and said that your calender was booked for an entire month when it really wasn't. Your the one who tore this relationship apart not me. Your the one who can't seem to grow the hell up! You were the one trying to tell me I couldn't see my best friend...who is now my boyfriend. You, Seto Kaiba are the one who couldn't see to step up from being a child and be a man." Anzu countered back, leaving Seto speechless.

"Anyway, I'm going to make a deal with you, take it more as an ultimatum. If you agree to be my girlfriend again, I'll spare you and your friends their lives. Refuse to comply, and I might just have to see them get tortured to death." Seto replied, laying the statement flat on the table, "Since I'm nice, I'll give you a week to decide."

"Your sick!" Anzu exclaimed, as his guards undid the ropes. And with that she left. On her way home, by the bus, she thought about what he said. Either live with him, or see her friends die.

I can't accept his offer, nor can I decline. I'm in love with Atemu, and I love my friends. I just don't love him, I can't develop a relationship with someone who cheated on me, and who is to say her won't do it again? Anzu thought, sadly crying to herself, I don't know what to do.


For the past three days, Anzu had been avoiding Atemu for the obvious reason...she couldn't tell him what happened a few nights ago between her and Seto. Then again, she felt guilty about keeping it from him because in a way, him and the gang were involved whether they like it or not. Their lives depended on her decision...which hasn't been made yet. She decided that she would meet up with Shizuka at the Domino Shopping Center. She had to tell somebody, and Shizuka was her closest girlfriend.

"Hey, so what did you want to talk to me about?" Shizuka asked, while Anzu hushed her.

"Not so loud...come on." Anzu whispered, leading her into a store. She was trying to be careful because she didn't know if any of Seto's men were sneaking around. Once they were in a safe place, Anzu told Shizuka everything.

"So he's saying that if you two don't get back together in a week, he'll kill us?" Shizuka asked, feeling shocked at the scenario.

"Yeah, and I can't go back to him. He'll keep cheating on me." Anzu replied, taking a few plane tickets out of her pocket, "Here, these are flights to Paris. My parents know a guy there that can get you and the gang in a safe place. I can't have your lives on my hands."

"I understand. I'll miss you!" Shizuka choked out, hugging her best friend.

"I'll miss you too, but this for your own good." Anzu replied, sniffing.

"How are you going to break it to Atemu?" Shizuka asked, as they started to leave the fitting room.

"I don't know. I guess I'll tell him tonight." Anzu told her, as they left the store. Once Anzu, got home, it was dark when she got inside and then the lamp flicked on, it was Atemu but he wasn't happy.

"I saw Yugi packing his bags this afternoon, well not just him but Jonouchi and Honda too. Care to explain why?" Atemu questioned, keeping a stern face on Anzu. She said nothing.

"Okay, fine, you don't need to explain because I already know. All thanks to a nice phone call from Mokuba." Atemu added, while Anzu continued to stare down at the floor, "Where were you on Saturday night, because apparently you weren't at dance class because your car seemed to have never moved! Why didn't you tell me Seto gave you an ultimatum?"

"Because I couldn't tell you...it's so horrible. Plus, I knew you'd find out from Mokuba eventually." Anzu cried, covering her face, "I didn't tell you because he threatened to kill you and the gang if I didn't agree to get back with him. That's why the gang was packing this afternoon, because I found a safe place for them to go where Seto couldn't find them."

"How am I supposed to help you Anzu, if you don't tell me what's going on?" Atemu asked, holding her.

"I can't go back to him, Atemu, but I can't have you die, I love you too much and I couldn't live without you." Anzu sobbed, starting to get the hiccups from crying.

He's going to have to do a shit full if he thinks he's going to kill me, Atemu thought, taking Anzu upstairs.


As Anzu woke up in the middle of the night, she noticed that Atemu wasn't in bed with her, nor was he anywhere to be seen in the house. She looked everywhere and he was nowhere to be seen.

OH GOD PLEASE DON'T TELL ME HE WENT AFTER SETO! she thought, throwing her sweats back on and rushing out the house.

Meanwhile, as Atemu approached Seto's mansion, he walked right up to the entrance gate. He had many bones to pick with Kaiba but now he crossed the line...big time!

"Hey, your not authorized to...," the security guard started, before Atemu punched him in the face and knocked him out. As Atemu continued to make way through the mansion he approached Seto's office, from the bottom of the door, he could tell that he was still up because the light was on. He tapped on the door and waited.

"Come in." Seto said, plainly as he watched the man who wrecked his dueling career time and time again, "Well, well look what the sand dragged in."

"Enough with the idol chit chat. You wanna throwdown, Kaiba, then let's fucking throwdown!" Atemu exclaimed, as he punched Seto in the face.

"Fine, I've been waiting to kill you ever since you came back!" Seto shouted, tackling Atemu into his dresser.

"You'll have to do more than that to get me down." Atemu mumbled, as he got up from the trashed dresser. He grabbed Seto by his collar and started punching him consecutively until his mouth started bleeding, "Remind you of how much pain you put an innocent woman through?"

"Hardly." Seto grinned, pulling a gun from out of his drawer, "Say goodbye for good, Atemu."

"NO, ATEMU, STOP!" Anzu screamed, rushing through the door. Before she had time to blink, the gun had shot someone. Someone landed to the ground, but who was it?


Wow that was super intense, I don't even know how I managed to pull this one off in a few hours!! The next chapter is the result of the fight between Atemu and Seto. Someone was shot but who was it? Whomever it is, are they dead? Find out in the next chapter! R&R plz.

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