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Chapter 10
"Competition."
Same old same old, I thought. Life was happily crashing my hopes under its feet every single time I tend to build up some hope. I should have known better; I was an orphan after all, with no good past, no parents, no money, no dreams and no hopes.
I tried to gather hope, I tried to forget about the fact that my parents let go of me for no justified reason. Or probably died together and left me alone. Did it matter anyways why I was alone?
All I should think about that I was thrown, despite all potential reasons, into the doors of Domino Orphanage, to be referred to as an 'orphan' or probably a 'foundling' since I didn't even remember having parents or a last name.
Even this 'Mazaki' thing, the headmistress Mouri said they found a paper attached to my clothes saying that my name was Anzu Mazaki. She seemed glad whenever she told me this story showing me the elegant script on the paper. She would say that it was important to know the last name for future needs, marriage and stuff.
I snickered. Yeah, as if I was going to be married that is. Leen was right, no one will be interested in me, and I will always be crashed under the feet of reality.
And to think that I saw hope again with Sugoroku, I felt like I could finally rest and have the life I always dreamed of, the secure I was deprived of. It was all wrong! Life sent him for me to make me suffer again. But why? What did I do wrong?
My hand on the window frame wobbled, as a tear escaped from my eyes. I was standing next to the window, waiting for Atem to come back with Ai, ignoring Mai and Jono's pleads for me to have a rest.
Massive headache invaded my brain as I pressed my forehead against my hand to massage my aching temples, to cover my bloodshot eyes and to hide my tears from them.
"He's here.." Jono said weakly, his voice cracking a little bit for my likings. I raced to the door, inhaling and exhaling sharply as I waited to be welcomed with the lovely face of my daughter. Yes, she was my daughter. I raised her up, I took care of her, I taught her, fed her, watched over her, told her bedtime stories. I brushed her long hair, cleaned her up when she was a baby. I was worthier of this word more than her own parents were.
But, when my eyes fell on Atem, holding my baby into his arms, while pools of blood covered his shirt and her new dress, I felt my breath get stuck in my throat.
"Ai.." I whispered, taking a step back in mute horror.
Mai and Jonouchi came to join my side, holding my arms to stop me from doing something stupid, while my shoulders stiffened, my toes curled up, my gorge felt so dry telling me that I could no longer use my voice.
Her beautiful raven hair got sticked to her wet from blood face, her eyes were closed peacefully, her face paled and so awfully light colored.
Atem didn't make any move, other than closing the door behind him, looking down at me with his usual unreadable expression. But he looked rather fatigued and his forehead was sweating.
I could not take this scene anymore. My legs gave up on me; they were too tired from the tragic scene playing in front of me, or from carrying my weight. No, I concluded; they were tired from both. I heard Jono and Mai call my name, snapping my eyes shut as I caught myself and fell on my knees instead of my face. My palms were pressed against the cold, wooden floor, as I shivered while gasping sharply.
Atem knelt in front of me, bringing Ai down to the floor with him as he laid her opposite of me. His eyes held sympathy, or at least that's what I saw. But why didn't he say anything? Why didn't he say how Ai died? Well, did it really matter?
As my hand traced her severe wounds, I noted how blood shed severely and then dried up after it streamed down for a long time with no one stopping it, eventually causing clots all over her body. My eyes softened thinking of how much she suffered before she died and I couldn't stop the liquid that breamed over from my eyes. Fresh tears ran freely down my cheeks. She was so cold like an ice cube, I felt so useless. What kind of a mother that can't protect her own daughter?
Yet, I wasn't the one blameful here. I clenched my fists angrily, feeling my heart throbbing against my chest so hard that I swear the pulse could be seen through my skin.
My gaze flew to Atem, staring at him with death and hate raging up within my blue eyes. This was his entire fault. He was the reason I was suffering like hell now. He stole my happiness when he killed grandpa, raped me, tortured me, and now ended up in Ai being killed.
Groaning in absolute anger, I threw my hand against Atem's face, slapping him with such unbeknown strength that I swear if he was a human he should have been unconscious now. The slap voice echoing in the quiet room. I could hear Jono gasp and Mai stop her crying fit following it with a gasp.
However, Atem didn't make the slightest move, as he eyed me with a blank face, his bangs covering his beautiful amethyst eyes.
I was shaking all over, tears still flew out as I sniffed silently, scanning Atem's face throughly with my hand still stretched out, wobbling uncontrollably, ready to aim for another slap but I got all frozen to do anything as I couldn't maintain myself any longer.
Losing control over myself, I shrieked with such intensity, from the depth of my broken soul as I covered my face with my hands. Loud cries of agony and despair filled the air as I hit the ground with my fists. Mai came to hug me but I shook her off, still yelling and yelling nonstop like crazy. Jono tried to help her in stopping me, but it was no use, I felt such great power building up inside of me and I felt like I could kill them all. It was so strange, but I felt incredibly strong.
Atem decided to interfere, holding my shoulders firmly as I hit him so much trying to break away. "LET GO OF ME YOU FUCKING MONSTER!"
But he didn't bother to listen, because he already grabbed me up and threw me on his shoulder as I hit his back. "Jono, go bury this girl now and clean this place up!"
"Wait! What are you doing to Anzu?" Mai yelled trying to stop him from taking me upstairs but he pushed her away with one hand, causing her to stumble and fall on the ground. Jono went to her side, helping her up as Atem climbed the stairs and got into his bedroom.
This time though, I didn't panic at the idea that I was in his room. He has forbidden me to get into his room at any costs, unless he wanted to rap me like last time, so bringing me here meant no good. But my soul was already broken and it mattered less to me on what he planned on doing.
Throwing me on his bed violently, he got on top of me, holding my arms on both sides as I struggled, moving my body back and forth to get free of his grasp as I kept on yelling and cursing him.
"SHUT UP ALREADY!" He hissed, throwing me wrathful glances, but I was furious I didn't care if I was upsetting him. Instead, I wanted to upset him more.
"WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD DO YOU WANT WITH ME? WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU? WHY DID YOU GET ME OUT THE PRISON? WHY DID YOU SAVE ME I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANGED NOW AND I WOULDN'T BE SUFFERING THIS MUCH! WHY DID YOU SAVE ME?" I yelled bitterly, sobbing so hard under his grip as my mind span with confusion. I couldn't think of any conventional reason that answers my questions, and I was sure Atem wasn't going to answer me.
Instead of answering me, he bent down, kissing my lips. I froze at my spot, all signs of rampage melting away as I stared with wide eyes at his serene face as he kissed me, his hands massaging my arms soothingly. But my tears did not stop as I grind my teeth to fight tears back and to stop his tongue from getting in.
Breaking the kiss, Atem's face was only inches away from mine as we exchanged some looks before I looked away awkwardly, tears still cascading down no matter how much I tried to stop them. It hurt so damn much that I felt needles stabbing my heart when I recalled Ai's face.
"Why didn't you save her?" I mumbled.
"I couldn't," he answered calmly, his grip on my arms loosening as he got off of me. "Marik is Ishizu's brother. He is a wizard, not as good as his sister but he has a couple of tricks under his sleeves. Unlike Ishizu, he doesn't seem to love the idea of vampires dominating the world and he wants to fight them to take revenge of his dead family." Atem explained to me, but I didn't care for this. What did it matter to know Marik's reasons of killing? Ai wasn't a vampire. He wanted Atem why would he kill Ai?
"He wanted you...why did he kill Ai in the process. This is so unfair." I muttered frigidly, my head hung down in sorrow.
"She told me to tell you not to be angry with her for ruining the dress." He quoted her, making my whole body shake in response.
"Are you kidding me? I'm not taking it off, ever! I'll die wearing it!"
Pushing my lips into my mouth, I screamed again in agony as another crying fit started up. Atem watched me sob painfully, his eyes focused on me with an unreadable expression, clearly not having the slightest will to sooth my pain. What made my temper flare again now. He was so heartless, more than anyone could imagine. And I couldn't help it as I yelled at him.
"GET OUT OF HERE! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
He didn't seem to be affected in my yell or my defiant glare as he shrugged carelessly, leaving the room as I tried to block the anger that filled my heart, returning to sob on his pillow.
~...~
Atem went downstairs, seeing Jonouchi hugging Mai to his chest as she sobbed crazily. He was relieved to see the floor cleaned and the body had disappeared. Jono looked up at him, giving him a sad look that he averted, leaving the house to the garage to hit his BMW i8. Hopping in, he drove off, ponding angrily on the steering wheel.
Turning on the radio, he flipped carelessly through the channels until his ears caught something important.
Early this afternoon, the headmistress of Domino Orphanage was found suffocated to death in her office. Her assistant Saki was found there as well in a bad state. However, after taking the necessary treatments she woke up and told the police about the case. Apparently, a young man unidentified by the orphanage came to take a little girl Sakagami Ai, claiming that he wanted to adopt her. When Miss Saki got in the office she found the headmistress Mouri dead on the floor, and despite her tries to protect the girl, but the young man succeeded in kidnaping her. The police are investigating under the assumption that the kidnaper wants to take money. A task force has been established for the investigation..
Atem slammed the steering, cursing under his breath. His mind raced with questions about everything going on..
There's definitely something off in this all together. Who was following Anzu that day? Even if someone followed her, he needed to get inside in order to know who she was seeing. That means that she saw him, and that she should know him. The person working for Marik and that caused all this. It must be that bastard Ryuji; I loathed him from the very first time I laid my eyes on him. On top of that, I can't read his mind and that could be a spell Marik learned from his sister.
Dear listeners, there is another breaking news that happened earlier this night in the Four Seasons Hotel. The ball room was set on fire and firefighters were unable to reach and help the guests leading to the death of some of them -or getting them disappeared per-say.
Their corpses were buried along and police couldn't indicate how many people died inside.
Atem turned the radio off, chuckling humorlessly at the news and thinking that whoever did this had succeeded in hiding vampire traces from there. Even if the survivors said anything, that doesn't matter. His thoughts were cut by the ringing of his phone.
"Yami.." He heard the voice of Blood from the other side of the phone. "Come to the lair right away." He ordered him.
"Fine." Was his answer as he hung up.
~...~
Blood was in a state of rampage when Atem arrived in the lair. Despite the calm expression he wore the whole time, but Atem knew better not to buy it. Seto was there too, watching him with a dry look that he averted carelessly. Having to know the relationship that he and Anzu shared at the orphanage only seemed to add a few more hate points to his credit.
"Care to explain to us my dear Yami how you let Marik escape the other day?"
"I didn't. He used a spell to run away." Atem answered truthfully.
"I think the question should be why he was covering up for him the entire time?" Seto snapped, crossing his arms to his chest.
"Now now Seto..." Blood interrupted, seeing the two rivals exchanging deadly glares.
"I was giving him some space for him to trust me. Until one day that I decide to crush that place." Atem said, knowing that this was a stupid lie to begin with. Seto laughed humorlessly, throwing his arms in the air.
"You should take a prize for intelligence. Seriously, since when did you start to think this wisely?" Seto mocked. Atem threw him a quick scowl before he turned his attention to Blood.
"What happened in the party was weird enough. And it was not Marik's doing, so why don't you explain what happened?"
"Don't change the subject Yami!" Seto hissed. "Why were you covering for him this whole time? You know he's our enemy! You were helping him out instead of killing him."
"I tried to kill him but he used a spell and got away after killing that human little girl." Atem snapped back. Seto tried to keep himself from tearing the person in front of him into pieces. Hearing that Ai was killed by Marik made his blood boil with furry. It was all because this creature was protecting him, and yet Blood didn't appear the bit affected by the treason of Yami.
Blood sighed, rubbing his temples. "Enough you two!" He cut them off, pointing at them both. "You two are in this thing. Marik seems to have gotten stronger in spells, so you should find him and bring him down. He has already killed lots of our men."
"I'm not teaming up with this person. He is selling us up for some unknown reasons!" Seto declared in skepticism.
"Heh, I think we should make it a competition. Whoever finds him first is the best." Atem said with a smirk. Seto rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Let's make it even better." Blood said, grabbing their attention. "The one that brings him down is the one that will become a full vampire this year. Only the best will be turned by me, of course after he gives me his sacrifice."
The two guys had surprised faces, unable to believe this. This year will have only one transformation. And it's for the best? They both longed to be turned; they both fought so hard to be recognized amidst this big number of vampires. Now that they are the best two, they needed to figure out who was worthier of becoming a full one.
Although, Blood was not someone you could trust, and the way he smirked gave them an unease feeling, but it was him and only him that could make their dream come true. They had to bring Marik down at any costs.
~...~
Later that night, I sneaked down the bedroom after my cries died down. Wanting so much to go to Ai's grave, I went down seeing the lights so dim in living room. Hopefully, that monster was out. I gasped at seeing Jono sitting on the couch as Mai slept peacefully, her head resting on his lap. Without hesitation, I asked where Ai was buried and he could only answer me briefly since I didn't give him much time to chit chat, heading out to the place.
Jono guided me to the place and I walked there not caring about the darkness that loomed over. It was actually about sunrise time so the world will be lightened soon.
Reaching the woods surrounding the mansion, I went to the place that overlooked the ocean. The mansion was built on a hill, with spacious woods surrounding it from all directions. In the end of the woods, there was a cliff surrounded by a fence since the hill was really high and there was a downhill in the end of the cliff that ended up to the ocean below. In the place inside the fence, grandpa had his wife's tomb along with a new small one that belonged to Ai.
I sat on my knees next to the tomb, touching the wet soil with my hands, a sharp pain piercing into my heart upon thinking that my dearest kid lied there alone. While the responsible for her death was out there, enjoying his life. Such unfair this life was. Great people were dying here and there while bastards that deserved to die were enjoying life to the fullest. Probably it was like this, so good people would rest away from bad people?
"I'm sorry for being such a bad mother..." I whispered, "I know you can hear me; I'm not mad at you for the dress, you made it even better by wearing it. You looked like an angel with it." My lips stuttered as I bit them furiously. "I should have taken care of you more than this. I should be the one asking for your forgiveness. Forgive me my dear Ai for being a bad mother."
I clenched the soil within my hands, holding it dearly in my arms like I was holding Ai and I hoped inside that Ai would forgive me, or I'd live my whole life weeping over her.
Abruptly, a hand came from behind me, settling on my head to pat it gently. Looking up, I saw Seto smiling down sadly, his lips twitching up in a slight smirk.
"It's okay. I think you were a great mother to her Anzu." He assured me, kneeling down next to me to place flowers on the tomb. I sniffed the tears back, my brows knitting together in a hopeless attempt to stop yet another crying fit.
But Seto knew me better, he knew that I was suffering with a huge pain and that only tears will heal my broken soul, so he didn't try to stop me. Instead, he chuckled softly at my stupid tries, as he brushed away a few strands of my hair.
"It's alright to cry Anzu.. We all have moments of weakness because we're humans. You have to express the freedom of letting out your emotions." He advised, his forehead caressing with worry. "You've already shoved you feelings aside enough. It's time you cry freely."
I nodded my head as new tears began to fall from my eyes. Gosh, how many tears am I going to shed in one day? But I cared less, because once the tears started, I couldn't stop them or the sobs that caused havoc on my breathing. "I lost her..." I chocked through the sobs. "I lost her Seto...just like I lost everyone else."
Seto's eyes softened as he pulled me into his chest, enveloping me like a scared child as I clutched into his shirt, wanting so much to feel his arms around me once more.
I didn't need someone to tell me to hang on or to be strong. I needed physical consoles, and having Seto now, after three years of departure, holding me so firmly yet so gently, was enough to make a happy smile travel to my lips as I rested my head on his chest, his gentle heartbeat calming down my heated heart.
Far away, Atem had his head rested against a tree trunk, after he witnessed the embracing couple. A slight pain went through his chest, as he clenched his eyes shut, a tired breath escaping his lips.
~...~
"Tell me Seto," I started awkwardly after my crying fit died down, resting my head on my knees as I wrapped my legs to my chest. "Why are you a vampire?"
Seto glanced over me, his mouth twisting into an unpleasant frown. I immediately regretted asking him that. "I had to avenge Mokuba." He said without any preamble.
I tensed at his answer, unable to let it sink into my head. "How could you avenge him by becoming the same thing that killed him?"
"That thing I became is helping me become strong enough to avenge him." He sounded offended.
"I'm sorry." I mumbled. I've always hoped to be close to him to be able to console him for his brother loss. But now, I only seem to be insulting him, rather than consoling him. "I'm sorry for what happened to him, he was like a younger brother to me."
"Heh," he sneered. "If you considered him like this you shouldn't be with the person that killed him."
His words fell on my ears like a thunder sound, making me wince with surprise. "What?"
"Yami killed him!" He muttered coldly.
"He could never do such a thing!" I defended, for some reason as I swallowed hard from the icing look he sent me.
"Why were you scolding me that day at the orphanage while you already has gotten yourself a boyfriend?" His eyes dig through me giving me a creepy feeling. He was upset and his fists were balling up as I avoided his eyes, heaving a sigh.
"He's not my boyfriend." I said the truth, but I could see in his eyes that he didn't buy it one bit and that itself made a wave of pain wash over me.
"No need to lie to me Anzu, you can live the life you want for all I care." He said, standing up to take a leave. Unconsciously, I grabbed his arm to stop him midway.
"Who told you that he killed Mokuba?"
"It's obvious! We were going ahead of him and were crushing his grandpa's Corp that's why he needed to busy me with another thing."
"This is absurd!"
He freed his arm from my hold, eyeing me with a weary glance. "Why?"
"Because he wasn't living with his grandpa or even running his corps for all I know. He is the one that killed Sugoroku Mutou."
I watched how his expression turned into baffled, his eyes twitching in disbelief, as he contemplated on the new info, but then he shrugged it off. "I don't care. He killed my brother I just feel it."
"He would never! His brother died years ago, he knows that pain. He wouldn't cause it to others." I explained my point vaguely, still not getting why I was defending him or how I was that sure that he didn't commit such thing. Well, he was a heartless person and he had done terrible things, so why not killing Mokuba?
"You were saying he killed his grandfather, so why not killing a total stranger?" He asked with an ill-tempered voice.
"I don't know," I said, lowering my gaze. What the hell has gotten into me? Why did I care to clear his name? Something so weird was going inside of me; a feeling of nostalgia, remembrance, that I couldn't understand. "How did you become a vampire anyway?"
He peered down at me swiftly, mumbling something under his breath before he rubbed his face wearily. "You know I have no reason to tell you," he remarked.
"And you have no reason to keep anything from me, too." I persisted and even though a small smile crossed my lips, Seto caught the stiffness in my body.
Then, there was a tense pause as the two of us stared at each other, not willing to say more. His hand ruffled his smooth hair, sighing as he said at last. "Gozaburo was a full vampire and he turned me into this thing." He copied my words making me feel the insult I threw at him earlier as I looked away awkwardly. "In the end, I needed to have a free will. He never appreciated me although the corp only grew bigger thanks to me. I busied myself with work forgetting any other thing including Mokuba and you. I had to prove to myself that I could be a strong person and forget about the weak orphan I once was. So, after Mokuba died and he turned me, I got rid of him eventually becoming the owner of Kaiba Corp." He smirked.
"You killed him?" I gasped.
"Well, he wasn't quite the angel type Anzu. He was a piece of shit anyways." He muttered.
"Why haven't you killed Atem already?" I queried seeing him raising his eyebrow in amazement.
"Atem?"
I breathed out heavily. "Forget about it." I spatted. Seeing his troubled face and his clenched fists made me feel unease. What did I do now to upset him?
"I don't want to kill him. There's another better way of revenging. I thought of beating him in his own game." I blinked in confusion as he explained. "The only thing he cares about is the full vampire thing, so if I won him in the battle and became a full vampire, he'll die painfully, specially that I have his girlfriend with me. Well, ex girlfriend per-say."
This time, I was really baffled. "Shizuka?"
"Yes," he nodded. "They were in love with each other. So, taking her away was my first revenge and making her love me instead was the second. The last one will be killing her and serving her blood to Blood to become a full vampire."
My hopes turned up suddenly. "So you don't love Shizuka!" But then, realization hit me and I found myself confused and angry. "How could you take her away from her brother and think of killing her while you suffered from your brother's death?"
"I don't care." He was unaffected, slightly smirking at me. I was at a loss of words, unable to believe that this was the same person I came to love before. He was sweet..innocent and considering. He never thought of hurting anyone. His entire life evolved on Mokuba and I and he was always thinking of how we were going to live after we get out the orphanage. What happened to that guy? I had no inkling.
"I can't believe you're saying that! How could you torture Jono like this?" I glared up at him, seeing the spasm of surprise within his eyes.
"Why are you defending them that much?" He snapped.
"Look at yourself! You've turned into a monster just like them. All of you sicken me and yet Jono doesn't deserve this. How could you make him go through such a thing? Plus, you're getting this whole thing wrong because Atem doesn't love Shizuka. He hates her I don't know why..."
"He probably is saying that to deceive you. He brought you to live with him to avenge me taking Shizuka away." He concluded, pursing his lips. But I shook my head negatively, irritated by how he had all these wrong thoughts in his head.
"He did not know that we were in love in the orphanage up until the party yesterday." I explained to him, but he clenched his teeth, anger filling his eyes.
"Stop defending him in front of me! You're agitating me!" He growled threateningly.
"I'm only opening your eyes to the truth. He didn't bring me, grandpa is the one that adopted me!"
"Listen Anzu, that person you're defending will be killing you soon to become a full vampire. So I suggest you to run away before it's too late." He said irritably before taking off, leaving me behind confused.
~...~
The days passed meaninglessly after my encounter with Seto. It was plain torture for me to be faced with Atem everyday and knowing he was the main reason Ai was killed.
I hadn't eaten well, or done anything useful. I was either lying in bed avoiding Atem, or anyone else for the matter. I was fatigued. I lacked sleep, food, I lacked every essential thing for living, and although I promised myself not to confront him, but I did one day, after I've lost all the remaining shreds of patience I had.
"What do you want with me?" I snapped at him when our eyes met. Jonouchi was here, surprisingly, and he came to put a hand on my shoulder but I brushed it off tensely.
"Anzu, you're tired. You need to lay down. Look at yourself! You're scary!"
I ignored Jono fuming at Atem who was checking me up with boredom, giving me a kind of don't-miss-with-me stare. Like a complete looper I ran over, taking a hold of his shirt, pressing my face against his, pulled my bottom lip over my top one and bulged my eyes at him.
"WHAT AM I DOING HERE WITH YOU?" Jonouchi showed up behind me and went like "Stop it," and stuff, but I cared less.
"Listen Anzu, you seem to be hallucinating since you barely had any sleep the last couple of days. So, go have a rest and leave me alone. I'm not in the mood for your soap-opera states." He said, annoyed.
Deflated to fuck, I tightened my grasp on his shirt feeling the heat of my anger burning my insides to ashes. Breath in, breath out, deep breath in, deeper one out. Oh god, I was feeling mad. So mad. It was hot and green in my veins. "Why did you bring me here? There HAS to be something you want with me!"
He rolled his eyes, pushing me away without much strength though. Looking at me as if I grew two heads. "You're my bitch."
I saw Jono scowl at that thing as my eyes sparked with absolute anger. "Don't you dare call me this -"
"But you are." He interrupted with amusement.
Aaargh! I grand my teeth with frustration, shaking from head to toe as he watched me indifferently. What kind of a person was he? Why was I supposed to stand someone like him? But I'm not letting this last forever, I thought going to the kitchen.
"Man Yami, whatch' doing this for? It's only Anzu!"
"She's my bitch. You know that the old Anzu died and I told you not to bring this subject up again!"
"Atem!" The two gazed at me with shock seeing me pulling a knife to my neck. Jono swallowed hard as he gawked at me, while Atem had a calmer expression.
"Throw this knife away Anzu!" He ordered me.
Shaking my head, I glared daggers at him, pressing the knife firmly against my neck. I couldn't stop myself from thinking that this scene was somehow familiar. "Tell me why am I here Or else!"
Atem had a smirk, a gleam of surprise passed through his eyes for less than a second, before he moved in his unique speed, snatching the knife away, as he grabbed my face fiercely.
"Listen bitch, I'm the only one that decides when you die. So don't think that you can kill yourself that easily." He hissed. Behind the smirk, the threat was real. I grimaced at him, loathing him from the deepest of my heart. Faintness then took the best of me, and I felt the room spin around me as I lost control of myself, falling to my knees with Atem who grabbed me. I heard Jono yell my name, but I was too tired. Then, Atem told him to take me to my room to rest. He did so with no further conversations, taking me up my room and placing me gently on the bed. He tucked me under the cover as I looked up tiredly at him. He murmured something about getting me some food and I knew that despite the will to object and stay like this, my body needed some energy to keep moving on.
Jonouchi returned back with a tray of food and some orange juice. He was about to leave the room to give me some alone time when I grabbed his hand.
"Please stay Jono. I need you."
His eyes softened and a small smile played on the edge of his mouth as he nodded slowly, grabbing a chair to sit beside my bed. As I chewed on my food and drank my orange, his eyes never left me and I heard him sigh before he started.
"Listen Anzu.. I'll tell you everything that happened." My face lit up at hearing this and despite my anger, I managed to smile. "It all happened about twenty six years ago..."
Pos: Alright you guys.. A cliffhanger! The next chapter will be when you will get the whole story. Stay tuned everyone!