OK, hello my readers, i have returned with a fast update! Best part... ITS OVER 6000! words XD! Its over 6000 words. And its got all the fluff and romance you people love. And at the same time... it will be serious. The plot will be revealed with this chapter and the next one. So bare with me please. I'm writing this so fast that i haven't slept for... blah... days.
Reviewers! Ok, and the answer to the last riddle was Counterfeit Money!
Startistica: Thanks for all the love :P! And yeah, Atemu was the Trick King back then so i thought "Why not?" XD! You're close to the answer.
The Man with Imagination: Yeah, but now the story shall progress further! And no... it's not a nintendo...
Guest: Um... I'm sorry but on my profile I wrote that I only write for Yugioh. I might consider the 5D's suggestion though... but thank you for that :)
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Princess of Sorrow: (I almost had a heart attack when i got the reviews from you XD! I have loved your work for so long, so yeah XD) Ch 1: Thanks :) I do try my best. Ch 2: What do you mean 'what is this story'? Um... th-thank you... Ch 4: Yeah, Yugi can be pretty evil XD! Oh yeah, when Atem reveals the truth, all the readers will say "WHAAAAT?!" 0.o?! L-learn... from me?! No way! You are WAAY better than me! Ch 6 (I pmed you about ch 5... i think): Yeah, i was feeling a little jovial when i wrote that chapter :P I write depending on how i feel (It sucks... trust me...) Ch 7: Atemu doesn't know how to mind his own business :P Yugi and Atemu get along WAY better than Atem and Atemu do lol. Oh he has no idea what he's doing XD! Yeah, i thout a little background while adding a nice little scene would be nice. The teasing... oh that is SO not over yet XD! Well, i guess its a good thing i'm updating now :P Better get your popcorn ready.
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Lara The Dark Angel: Ch 5: LOL! It's ok, review whenever you can :) And thanks! Yeah, i write depending on how i feel. If i feel silly then i write humor. If i'm depressed and or serious i write more down to earth things. It gets annoying though XD! Ch 6: Its ok, just know Atemu is the spirit and Atem isn't. Yeah i LOVE seeing Atem OOC. XD! Oh yeah! I just got that idea at the end and thought "Oh, my readers will LOVE this!"
I hope you enjoy the chapter! :D OH! AND ATEM HAS A POTTY MOUTH IN THIS CHAPTER!
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH!
Chapter 8
The next day in school, for Atem, was crazy! It was so bad that he felt he would pass out. It wasn't because he felt sick and it wasn't because he felt injured. All day he's been hearing things about himself… and all these things were from the girls of the school. As he walked the halls with Anzu, she noticed that he was a bit jumpy. When they passed a pair of girls, she saw Atem pale. Atem looked at the two girls and heard,
"Oh my gosh, he is so hot!" He's been hearing that since the day he got there. The part that was making him pale was that the girl didn't move her mouth! Atem eyed the girl next to the first one and heard,
"The things I'd let him do to me…" Atem quickly brought his attention back to walking and noticed Anzu was staring at him.
"Uh… is there something wrong?" he asked. Anzu blinked and gave him a confused look.
"I should be asking you that. Reading too many minds I see." Anzu gave him a smirk and he face palmed. Of course! Blinking a few more times, Atem looked down at his puzzle, rage and annoyance filling his eyes.
"Atemu, what did you do?!" A few seconds of silence before hysterical laughter. Atem growled silently while following Anzu around, hearing the thoughts of… girls.
"He is just too sexy. Does he like older women?" Atem heard that last part and looked around to see it was a girl in a higher grade. He sighed in relief, almost had a heart attack there.
"Atemu!" More laughter. "Ugh…" Atem rolled his eyes as he and Anzu sat in science. Atem closed his eyes and focused on that annoying Pharaoh.
Next thing Atem noticed was that he was in a dark room.
"Atemu, Atemu are you in here!?" Atem tried to find his way but failed and bumped into a wall. Sighing, he heard laughter again. Atem followed the sound carefully and bumped into a wall. But that didn't seem right to him. Why was the sound coming from a wall? Atem got curious and felt around, what he thought was, a wall. He felt around, still hearing that annoying laughter, and suddenly, he found a knob.
"What? This wasn't here before…" Atem turned it, opening the door and saw light. None of it reached the room he was in though. Once again, the chance to see what was in that room alluded him. Atem exited the room and entered what had seemed to be a hallway. He looked left to see darkness, and then right to see darkness. The walls on each side were different. The side Atem was on, had metal, but the other side had stone. The stones looked very old, ancient even. The stones had a faded yellowish color to them and looking directly forward, Atem saw another door. It was black, with gold vein-like lines stretching out from this eye it had. The same eye that was on the puzzle. He heard the laughter again, it was much louder, and obviously coming from behind that door.
"I guess he lives in there or something…" Atem walked over to the door and opened it. What he saw in that room was astounding. It was a large room, dimly lit, and a bit damp. Atem recognized this sensation and saw its similarity to a Pharaoh's tomb. Tall pillars, hieroglyphics written everywhere but the floor, and thinking of the floor, Atem looked down to see the same type of floor in a tomb.
"Great…" Atem heard Atemu's very loud laughter now. "At least he laughs loud." Atem followed the laughter and found yet another door. This one seemed normal though. Metal, a knob, nothing out of the ordinary. So Atem proceeded to open it, and when he saw what was inside, he smirked. "Found you." Atem saw Atemu on a stone throne, his legs hanging off the side as he leaned on the other. Atemu froze in his laughter and looked over. Getting up, he looked at Atem and became confused.
"H-how did you…?" Knowing what he was going to say, Atem shrugged his shoulders and continued to smirk.
"You laugh loud. Even a deaf person could've found you." Atem never though he would see it. He actually embarrassed the smug Pharaoh. Atemu blushed a very visible red. Atem wanted to laugh but settled for a light chuckle. "Now," Atem walked up to Atemu and grabbed the part of his cape that covered his neck. "What did you do?!" Atem glared menacingly at Atemu's crimson eyes.
The Pharaoh laughed nervously and put his hands up again.
"Ok, ok, I'll tell you." Atem let go. "Ok, I just thought it would be funny if you could read all female minds." Atem went wide eyed. Out of anger, Atem grabbed Atemu and pushed him against the wall.
"Are you fucking insane?! I don't want to hear girls saying what "they'd let me do to them" or "how sexy I look" or any crap like that! Undo it now!" The whole room shook and Atemu went wide eyed. Atemu was surprised at Atem's strength and emotion.
"It seems that when he's emotional, he can increase the power of the millennium puzzle… hmm, I'm going to remember that one." "Relax Atem, it was but a joke. Nothing too serious." Atemu then got an idea. "And did you notice that you couldn't read Anzu's mind today?" Atem blinked and thought.
"No… I couldn't… why?" Atemu chuckled.
"Well, since you love her I decided against that. I mean really, unless she wanted you to read her mind would you have been able to. But I thought you would have liked to give her privacy." Atem glared.
"I don't love her."
"You're right, I mean really. Why would you want to look into her brown eyes again?" Atem smirked.
"Her eyes are blue." Atemu grinned.
"HA!" Atem went wide eyed.
"Damn it!" Atem let go, turned around, and crossed his arms. "J-just… just undo what you did." Without saying anything else, Atem left the puzzle and opened his eyes to see he was about to take a test. He looked next to him and saw Anzu making a sour face to the test. He chuckled, making Anzu look up and blush. He smiled and looked down to start his test.
Yugi and Joey were in gym, running laps, in the heat. Joey and Yugi ran together, talking about Atem's weird behavior.
"Eh Yug, is Atem alright?" Yugi looked up at him and shrugged.
"I guess he's just still getting used to it here. He did get here two days ago, remember?"
"Oh yeah… ok, never mind then."
It's been a few months since Atem's arrival and everyone was having a great time getting to know him! Saturday has finally arrived yet again and the gang was getting ready for the arcade.
At the Mutou house, Atem and Yugi were talking like gossiping girls on if the arcade has any new games or not. Atem wore his favorite black shirt, he wore his studded shoes, choker, and the uniform pants since his were dark blue. Yugi just wore his white buttoned down shirt, his uniform pants and sneakers.
"And I heard from someone that the arcade has three new games!" Yugi yelled. Atem blinked and jumped up.
"Alright! I get to play three new games today!" Yugi sat on the couch and waited for Atem to calm down. When he did, there was a knock at the door.
"Hello, I'm looking for a pair of spiky haired twins! They're my best buds and really awesome at games!" yelled Joey as he, Tristan, and Anzu walked into the living room. All greetings aside, they said good bye to grandpa Mutou and left. Before Atem walked out, Gramps stopped him.
"Atem," He turned around.
"Yes Gramps?"
"Be careful." Atem looked at his grandfather, seeing the worry plastered on his face. Atem gave a reassuring smile.
"Of course." Before anything else, Atem ran out to join the others.
The gang saw Atem and all began their walk. Joey leaned over to Atem and said,
"So Atem," Joey started. He looked up at Joey.
"Yeah,"
"What games you gonna play?" Atem hummed and tapped his chin as they were coming up on the arcade. Atem, Joey, and Tristan kept talking about games non-stop while Anzu and Yugi however, were having their own little conversation.
"Anzu, you don't have to do my dare anymore." Anzu blinked confused.
"Why?"
"Because you don't need it anymore." Anzu was even more confused now. Just the other day, she dared Atem to try to carry her books and his on his head. She mainly did that because she didn't want to carry her stuff at that point. Giggling, she looked at Atem, remembering how hard he tried to balance everything. He wobbled everywhere before bumping into her. She frowned then, she had really gotten used to challenging him to things… and she could tell that Atem enjoyed them too.
"What should I do?" Yugi saw her reaction and grinned.
"I knew it, worked like a charm." Yugi patted himself on the back from a job well done (A/N Not literally). "Now for phase two." "Hey Anzu,"
"Yeah Yugi?" Everyone finally entered the arcade.
"Have you heard of that new game that's raging for girls?" Anzu thought for a minute as the guys went off to play games.
"You mean that "Lovely Pair" thing?" Yugi nodded and handed her a small brown bag before running off. "I guess his grandpa didn't want me to be left out." Anzu sighed and put it in her pocket before looking around. She sighed. "And once again, I'm by myself… sheesh, I get that the guys wanna be guys but really? If they wanted to bro-out, they didn't have to invite me…" Anzu walked around, a little depressed that her friends had abandoned her, so, being the optimistic girl that she is, she went to play Dance Dance Revolution.
When she got there, a guy in a red jacket, dread locks, and he looked very smug. He was dancing and received a perfect score, completely destroying his opponent. Anzu gawked at his talent but knew it wasn't enough to beat her. She was also hearing the audience.
"Aw yeah! Johnny Steps wins again!"
"That got was stupid to challenge him…"
Smiling confidently, she made her way through the crowd.
"Sorry, excuse me, pardon, sorry." Anzu kept this up until she made it to the front.
Atem had just finished getting the high score on all of his favorite games and became bored.
"Ugh… come on guys. Aren't there any real games here?" Joey and Tristan racked their brains while Yugi just continued racing. Sighing he got up to search for games he hasn't gotten the high score for. "Wait… oh no, Anzu went off on her own again." Atem changed what he looked for and went looking for Anzu.
"So who's next to challenge me?!" Atem heard this and turned his head.
"A challenge?" Atem walked over but was stopped by a crowd. He sighed and tried to make his way through. When he got to the front, he saw Anzu, brimming with confidence. Atem's heart pounded against his rib cage, he has seen many confident girls, but the fire in her eyes almost made him melt.
"I'm challenging you Johnny!" Anzu said. Atem blinked and quickly went up to her and grabbed her arm. "Huh, Atem?"
"Anzu, are you sure you want to face him? He doesn't look like the fair type." Anzu grinned and got out of his grip.
"I'll be fine." She walked up the steps and threw off her jacket, landing right in Atem's arms.
"Anzu, what do you think you're doing?"
"Having some fun!" She turned to Johnny. "Alright, let's do this!"
"You got a lot of spunk girl. How about we make this interesting?" Anzu rose a brow.
"I'm listening." Atem didn't like this…
"Well, if I win you gotta go out on a date with me." Atem went wide eyed and felt his stomach flip. Atemu couldn't help but laugh but Atem ignored him and he looked at Anzu, a little worried, for her of course. She still looked confident. This made him smirk.
"Ok, and when I win, you leave me alone. Meaning, no "re-matches", no "give me a second chance", none of that." Atem sighed in relief. Johnny laughed.
"Fine, I accept. And I'll make sure you're treated right on our date." Atem's eye twitched and walked behind Anzu.
"Anzu," She turned to him, seeing him very serious. "Kick his ass to the next millennium." She smiled brightly and nodded.
"You got it!" She focused on the screen, waiting for it to start. Her heart was beating fast. Not because she was going to dance in public for the first time, not because she was dancing against a very experienced and talented guy, it was because Atem was watching, encouraging her to win. She took a deep breath, and heard it.
GO!
Anzu took off, not missing a beat, she moved gracefully as the arrows came up on the screen. Anzu moved to the beat as if she was born to do so. Atem was so mesmerized by her dancing that nothing, not even Atemu could distract him. Atem watched as Anzu moved, noticing how shapely her body is. She spun around, making Atem follow every move she made.
"Wow…" he mumbled. He then heard some random people commenting.
"Yeah, go girlie! Shake that ass!" yelled a guy.
"Oh my god, I hope you win girl! We need some rep!" yelled a girl.
On the stage, Johnny was beginning to get nervous and decided to "pull out his special moves". At one part, he tried to trip Anzu. She gasped,
"Ugh, he's cheating!" Anzu landed on the correct arrow, playing off of what happened. Next, Johnny tried to elbow her. Seeing this, Anzu dodged. She wasn't going to disappoint Atem, not after everything he's done for her over the months.
He's walked her home, they've hung out, they studied together, and he's even helped her with her issue with trust. They're basically best friends now so there was no way she'd let him down!
Atem went wide eyed, but decided not to help there. He still remembered the fire in her eyes, he knew she'd be fine. He knows her now, he knows her all too well. So he just held her pink jacket in his arms and smiled.
"Hey, keep it clean Johnny!" yelled a guy.
"Ha, she's still beating you!" yelled another guy.
About another minute was left and Anzu was about to win, when something happened… Johnny fell over! Now that Anzu has no distractions, she used that time to beat the high score!
Finish!
Everyone waited for the machine to say 'perfect'.
Flawless!
Everyone gasped, Anzu beat the all-time high score and reached a new level beyond perfect!
Anzu took a breather and turned to Atem, giving him a thumbs up while winking.
He smiled. "Hah," Anzu came down to him, so excited that she hugged him and he hugged back, laughing. When they separated, he gave her jacket back. "Anzu, you were amazing up there. It was like watching a star hatch and break out of her shell for the first time." Anzu blushed modestly.
"Well, it was my first performance really." Atem went wide eyed, mouth a gape.
"But… it looked so natural for you to be up there…" He then closed his eyes and chuckled, causing Anzu to look at him with a confused expression on her face. "Anzu, why don't we go hang out? I already beat every game here along with breaking the high score on them." Anzu smirked.
"All the games?" Atem blinked and then chuckled.
"Ok, maybe not all of them." Anzu giggled causing Atem to smile. "Come on, let's get out of here." Atem held out his hand for her. Anzu thought about it and gladly took it, hearing a few people "aw" at them. Blushing, Anzu gripped his hand a bit harder and Atem began to lead them out of the arcade.
Yugi, Joey, and Tristan had just finished racing and started to look for Atem and Anzu.
"Hey look!" Joey pointed to the door just in time to see them leave, running out, laughing and smiling. The guys smiled and grinned cheekily when they saw the two holding hands.
"Atem… the guy works fast I'll give it to him." Tristan said while rubbing the back of his head. Yugi gave a light laugh.
"Yeah well, I think we should go back to my house for a little. Don't you guys agree?" Yugi tried his part in smirking and pulled it off. Joey and Tristan looked at each other and shrugged.
"Sure, you guys have better games anyway." The three took their leave from the arcade, heading over to the Mutou house. On their way, Yugi mentioned a new game that came the other day. Yugi said that Atem "tested" it and Tristan and Joey laughed.
"Oh please, I bet he beat the game with no effort!" Tristan said. The guys laughed as the turned into a short cut, through an alley. Not paying attention, all three bumped into someone. Rubbing his butt, Joey yelled,
"Hey, why don't ya watch where ya goin'!?" Joey grumbled and muttered to himself before looking over to his friends' pale faces. "Eh? What's wrong?" Joey looked up and saw a Domino High school uniform, he noticed how husky the guy was too, he was big and tall, and looking at his face, Joey saw pale skin, big black eyebrows, strange black, spiky hair (not like Yugi's though), Joey swallowed hard. "U-Ushio…" The big brute pounded his fists, smirking.
Yugi looked at him, scared out of his mind. But something didn't seem right… Ushio's eyes… normally Yugi would be on the verge of messing up his pants, mostly because of the black abyss eyes he has. But this time they were dull, grey even. Yugi examined Ushio closely and found no other difference. What's going on here? And where's Atem when you need him?!
Atem and Anzu just finished their drinks that they got from the coffee shop. Atem got a double chocolate chip frappuccino while Anzu got a cookie crumble. While inside, Anzu just stared at Atem, who, was devouring his drink. Giggling when she thought about it, Atem looked at her.
"What's so funny?" She looked at him, laughter filling her eyes.
"Nothing…" Atem smirked.
"You know, you're not a good liar." Atem wrapped his arm around her shoulders while she wrapped her arm around his waist. Atem blinked and looked at her, shocked before smiling. "Come on Anzu. Tell me what was so funny." He smirked playfully. Anzu giggled.
"I was only thinking about how you scarfed down that chocolate drink." She stuck her tongue at him and he blushed a little.
"W-well, I have a slight problem with chocolate." Anzu giggled and tickled his side making him flinch and resist smiling. "S-stop that! I-I can't…!" Atem used his free hand to grab hers. Anzu giggled again.
"I could tell you had a problem with chocolate Atem." Atem smirked.
"Then why did you do that?"
"Do what?" she asked innocently as she got out of Atem's grip. Atem chuckled as she moved at a quicker pace.
"You know what." Anzu stuck out her tongue again.
"If you want to know, you'll have to catch me first!" Anzu began to run as Atem chuckled.
"Is this a challenge?" he asked coyly. From the distance, he heard a faint,
"You bet it is!"
"Alright then, here I come Anzu!" Atem gave Anzu a little head start, making this more interesting for him.
A few minutes went by and Atem felt like he searched the entire area. Sighing, he went to the docks to see if she was there. But once he got there, he saw Anzu, sitting at the end of the docks, looking at the orange colored sky. He quietly came up behind her and whispered in her ear.
"I found you." She gasped and turned.
"Oh… it's you Atem." Atem chuckled and sat next to her.
"Yeah, I couldn't find you so I decided to look here." He looked up at the sky. "Wow, it's been a while since I've been like this." Anzu turned to him and asked,
"What do you mean?" Atem blinked, he didn't realize he had said that aloud. He sighed however, leaning back, and using his hands to hold him up.
"It's nothing Anzu, just talking nonsense." Anzu put her hand on his. Atem went wide eyed, looking at her while trying to hold back a blush.
"Atem, you said you'd never lie to me." Anzu looked into his eyes and saw unreadable emotion as if there were many, all trying to dominate the others. Anzu felt bad that he bottles everything up… it just didn't seem right to her, but then again she's done the same thing. "Atem, you've listened to my problems. You can tell me yours." He made no movement. "Um… maybe we should just forget I said anything…" Anzu raised her hand off Atem's but he grabbed it back. She looked at him with a shocked expression. "Atem?" She looked into his eyes to see a change. One emotion surfaced… and it was pain.
"Anzu, you're right. I said I would never lie to you. And I don't go back on my word. You can always believe that." He placed her hand over his heart, still holding her hand with both of his. She blushed, making him smile. Atemu even smiled at her innocence. Atem placed their hands down on the boardwalk, both looking into each other's eyes, moving closer to one another. "You were amazing today."
"I was going to say that about you Atem." He chuckled and used one hand to place it on her chin.
"AAGH!" Joey got kicked in the gut and was sent flying to the wall, almost hit Tristan.
"Joey ack!" Yugi screamed as Ushio held him by the neck. "Joey, you gotta go with Tristan and get out of here!" Joey shook off the dizziness and looked at his pal.
"Yugi, you're crazy if you think we're gonna leave you here!" Tristan finally woke up.
"Yugi, we're gonna get you away from that bastard!" assured Tristan. Joey nodded and rolled up his sleeves.
"N-no! You guys have to go and find Atem!" Ushio laughed madly.
"Yes, go find Atem. I've been dying to have a rematch with him!" Joey and Tristan didn't know what he meant. Atem left in third grade, could he really have been fighting from that young age? Or even, does he fight like that?
"L-listen! Atem will know what to do, just go!" Ushio laughed again.
"Yeah, and when you find him, tell him to go home. He might need to!" Maniacally laughing again, Ushio hurried off with Yugi, choking the little guy into unconsciousness. Joey and Tristan sucked in their pride and ran off to find Atem.
Anzu's heart was beating so fast, she thought she was going to pass out. Here she was, sunset at the docks, soothing sounds of the waves and Atem.
Atem thought he was going to explode! Perfect mood, perfect day… perfect girl. The only thing he didn't like was the fact Atemu was yelling in the back of his head 'You love her! You know you love her! Go ahead and kiss her! I dare you!'
Atem ignored his spirit friend at the moment but heard the challenge. Since he never backs down from a challenge… All he had to do was lean in, and that would be it! It's so simple! He took one more look at Anzu and gave a sly smile as he began to lean in.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh! What should I do?" Anzu questioned everything until all her thoughts and memories of Atem came flooding into her mind. He's funny, smart, honest, helpful, a major gamer, and… Anzu began to blush at her last thought. "He's… very good-looking." (A/N I would have said something else :P) Still having her blush, she leaned in to meet him halfway.
Here they are again… so unbelievably close that their hearts couldn't take much more.
"So close… I know it." Atem thought.
"Just a little more…"
"Atem!" They both opened their eyes, shocked and embarrassed. Atem turned around to see a very beat up Joey and Tristan. He stood up, and helped Anzu up as well. Joey and Tristan stopped running, trying to catch their breath.
Atem looked at them and didn't see Yugi, which worried him greatly.
"Joey, Tristan, what's wrong?" Joey caught his breath and walked up to Atem, putting both his hands on Atem's shoulders. Atem could see only sadness in Joey's eyes. He looked over at Tristan and saw that he was looking down. "Guys…?"
"Atem… I'm so sorry… we… we couldn't protect Yugi…!" Atem went wide eyed as he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
"W-what…?" he whispered.
"Ushio came and attacked us. But something was wrong! His face looked way more vacant than usual! And he looked pale too, way more than he actually is!" Atem went wide eyed.
"Did… did he also look kind of… vein ridden? L-like you could see his veins swollen on his skin?" Joey thought for a minute.
"Yeah, how did you know?" Joey backed up. The wide eyed Atem put his hand on his face, but had his fingers spread out so he could see with both his eyes still.
"Atem, he also told us to tell you that you should go home." Tristan added. Without hesitation, Atem ran off, being closely followed by his friends.
"Not now… oh please… not now!" Atem could feel Atemu prying at his mind to relax, but Atem didn't listen and just kept running. "I didn't want this… I didn't ask for any of this!"
When Atem made it to the shop, he bursted through the door and found gramps, on the floor, unconscious. The shop, a mess, broken glass everywhere, nothing seemed to be stolen though. Atem went over to his grandfather, who laid in the middle of the floor, face down on the floor, and got down on both his knees, fighting back tears.
Joey, Tristan, and Anzu came in and gasped.
"Atem…" Anzu whispered. They all saw his shoulders shaking.
"They… they hurt my grandpa…" A dark aura appeared around him, causing everyone to stand back in fear.
"Atem, you have to calm down! Your emotions react with the puzzle too much!" Atem didn't hear Atemu as the aura became violent, as if he was creating a tornado.
Joey and Tristan quickly moved in front of Anzu, shielding her from any potential danger.
"Atem…?" Anzu said a little louder.
"Grandpa… GRANDPA!" Atem shouted to the top of his lungs. "They took my brother, potentially killed my grandfather… I'VE HAD ENOUGH! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME NOT THEM! IT'S NOT FAIR!"
"Atem… this isn't you! Stop!" Anzu ran into the aura, making Joey and Tristan yell to her, trying to call her back. Anzu ran in, trying to beat the strong winds and shaking ground. Once she came to the center, she found Atem, standing up, and glowing a golden aura covered with the dark aura. As she ran in front of him, she saw his eyes, they were cloudy, a mix of purple and red. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't terrified, but she didn't have time to be scared! She ran up and hugged him, whispering calming notions to him. "Atem, you don't have to be angry. You're not alone, you have us, your friends. So please… go back to your normal self."
Atem looked at the person in front of him and couldn't recognize the person. But when he was hugged, the warmth seemed familiar…
"This isn't you… You're not alone…" Atem blinked.
"Anzu…?" Anzu blinked and looked up at him, seeing his eyes fighting between cloudy and pure amethyst. She put her hand on his cheek.
"That's right, it's me. I'm here." She saw his eyes twitch a bit as the aura let up.
"Anzu." He hugged back and the aura vanished. Joey and Tristan sighed in relief when they could see their friends again. But Atem was shaking and leaned on Anzu's shoulder. It didn't take long before they all heard whimpering. Anzu felt her shoulder get a little wet, that's when she knew.
Atem, the strong, confident, poker-faced, brave, stubborn teenager, was crying on Anzu's shoulder as he hugged her.
"G-grandpa… Yugi…" Anzu rubbed his back as she motioned for Joey and Tristan to call an ambulance. Anzu guided Atem upstairs to his room.
"Atem, you need to rest now." He shook his head as he leaned against the wall, wiping away his tears.
"No, what I need is… n-never mind." Anzu walked up to Atem and placed her hand on his cheek, making him look up.
"Atem, why do you like keeping things to yourself? Atem, if you're caring a burden, then you should share that burden with your friends and the people that care about you. If you're in pain, then share your pain with us. You're not alone Atem. Believe me you aren't." Atem couldn't believe what he was hearing. This girl… this girl had such a big effect on him. His emotions got the better of him and his hand came up to her waist, but when he planted his hand there, he felt something in her pocket.
"What's this?" Atem took the item out and Anzu blushed.
"Atem, just so you know, Yugi gave me that. It's a game a lot of girls like so he got me one, but I didn't ask him too!" Atem removed the bag and he had two plastic hearts in his hand.
"Oh yes, that "Lovely Pair" game, right?" She nodded shyly before taking one of them. She needs to calm him down so maybe this game could help. She moved across the room and sat on Atem's bed.
"Sit down Atem." She patted the spot next to her and Atem complied. Sitting down, they faced each other. "Ok, now for this game, you have to enter your information into your heart while I enter mine. If we're compatible, it will beep, if we aren't nothing will happen." Atem didn't look too convinced.
"Anzu, are you sure we should be doing this now?" Anzu sighed.
"Atem, after what just happened, you need to relax. Trust Joey and Tristan with your grandpa Atem, you have to calm down and get your mind off of things." Atem still didn't look sure. Anzu groaned… and then smirked. "Come on Atem, I dare you to put in your information." Atem went wide eyed and glared at her.
"Fine…" Atem began to put in information as did Anzu. Pushing away at the buttons, entering every detail it asked. Birthday, age, height, prefers, pet-peeves, gender, everything was asked.
"Are you done?" Atem nodded. "Ok, now we press enter and wait."
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"I guess nothing…" Atem was cut short.
Beep, beep, beep!
Both Anzu and Atem went wide eyed. Anzu especially because she didn't really expect them to match. Atem was shocked because...
"You already love her." Atemu said.
"Shut up…" Atem answered while fighting back a huge blush. His heart started to beat fast again as he looked up at Anzu. "So we match…" Anzu nodded, slightly blushing.
"Yeah… Atem?"
"Yes?" She bit her lip, looking away slightly. Atem sighed. He knew what she was going to say. "I know…"
"Yeah, it's just… kind of annoying. Every time we get… close… something always…" Anzu was cut short by Atem, attacking her lips. She went wide eyed before closing her eyes and wrapping her arms around his neck. Atem kissed her with all the emotion he could muster up. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him. Next thing they knew, Atem sat on his bed leaning against the wall, Anzu was on Atem's lap, kissing each other senseless. Atem felt like this kiss was taking all his pain, all his worries away. But at the same time, it worried him further.
Anzu couldn't believe what was happening! Here she was, in the Mutou house, in Atem's room, kissing him! It felt so natural to her though, the way their lips moved against each other with such greed, such passion, then Anzu blushed. Atem's tongue escaped his mouth, asking for entrance into Anzu's mouth. She didn't want to let him in… but he was too damn irresistible!
"Atem, your gramps is gonna be alright!" Joey and Tristan ran up to Atem's room, yelling that the whole time. Before they entered, Atem and Anzu quickly separated, completely flushed. When they came in Joey and Tristan stopped and looked at them. "Are you two ok?" They nodded. "Uh… ok, did you guys hear me?" They nodded again.
"Ok then… let's just go to the living room Joey…" Tristan pushed Joey out. "You kids play nice now." he teased. Once the door closed, there was nothing left but awkward silence. Not wanting to waste any more time, Atem broke the silence.
"Sorry about that Anzu. I didn't mean to get so… intimate." Anzu did something Atem didn't expect. She blushed and giggled!
"Atem, I've noticed that you can't control your emotions that well. But… I think it's time you told us everything." Atem nodded.
"You're right. I can't leave you guys in the dark any longer." Getting up, Atem regained his confidence and courage. Anzu watched him and felt so relieved. Atem was back to normal. Atem held out his hand to her. "Come on, if I'm going to talk, I need to say it to all of you." Anzu nodded and took his hand, letting him guide them to the living room where the other two are. When they entered, they saw the two watching TV.
"Joey, Tristan," They both looked up and saw how serious Atem was and turned off the TV. Atem let go of Anzu's hand so she could sit down. "It's time you know the truth…"
"Atem, are you sure?"
"Yes Atemu, I need help. All the help I can get." Atemu and Atem looked at each other and nodded.
"Ok, 3000 years ago…"
Ok guys! So... any comments, questions, concerns about the chapter? Oh and if there were any choppy parts i do apologize for it. I stayed up all night writing this.
And now...
RIDDLE OF THE DAY/NIGHT! I have an end but no beginning, a home but no family, a space without room. I never speak but there is no word I cannot make. What am I?
See ya next time!
