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+Save the Innocent: You're Insane+
Anzu adjusted her light blue, deep v-neck, long-sleeved top until it rested right above her pierced belly button. She was three months along, so her belly was starting to develop into a nicely, sized bump. The brunette couldn't help but smile as she fitted her white skinny jeans till they hung snug on her hips.
She had no doubt in her mind that this baby was Yami's. And Anzu was determined to use the growing life inside of her as a get out of jail free card, along with a lovely Egyptian boy toy at her disposal for as long as she wished.
Indeed, the mind of someone insane was truly terrifying.
"Are you ready?" her lawyer, Ms. Rhodes, waltzed through the door, face set in stone and suit ironed until there were no signs of wrinkles at all.
"Of course," Anzu replied haughtily, placing a piece of brown hair behind her ear. "I have the upper hand here – the ultimate trump card." She spun around in the full-length mirror, before turning around and flashing an evil smile. "This court case is mine."
Walking with an air of confidence slung around her shoulder, Anzu started for the door, only to be blocked by her less-than-happy lawyer.
"What?"
'Look, let me be your daily dose of reality and tell you something: A life, no matter how small, should not be used as a playing card." Amber eyes flashed with an eerie coldness that literally sent the brunette a step backwards.
Anzu was – to say the least – a little taken back by her lawyer's tone of voice. Shouldn't she be over the moon with joy that they had such an advantage over Yami-kun? This court case was practically putty in their hands and Ms. Rhodes was acting like a total wet blanket.
Placing her hands on her hips, Anzu scowled. "What are you trying to get at?"
Ms. Rhodes held back two – very – strong urges right now. The first urge was to scoff, roll her eyes, and stamp out of the room. So what if she would loose out on a court case, and possibly get her higher-ups extremely pissed off? She'd rather stand and listen to her higher-ups nag on her by acting so rash, rather than working along side this complete disgrace to women everywhere.
It sounded harsh, but right now she was holding back on her second urge to seriously smack some sense into the brunette scowling in front of her. "I'm your lawyer, and as such I will do my best to help you out to lessen your sentence. But, I will not approve of you using your unborn child as means to sway the judge's decision."
Ms. Rhodes walked up until she was face to face with the cocky teen. "Reality's a bitch, honey, I just hope you get the wake up call." After finding some pleasure in the shocked look on Anzu's face, Ms. Rhodes headed for the door.
Before she left though, she threw one last smile over her shoulder. "What are you standing around for? Didn't you say we had a court case to win?"
Sarcasm slapped Anzu hard.
+Save the Innocent+
"Yami, you're tie's on wrong." Yugi giggled as he tried to adjust Yami's tie, all the while listening to the taller one grumbling on how ties were a waste of good fabric. "Quit squirming, Yami!" he scolded, slapping Yami playfully on the shoulder.
"But you know I hate wearing these infernal things." The crimson-eyed teen groaned, smirking at the pout he got out of Yugi. Oh how he loved to rile up his lover. Because he just looked so cute with cheeks stained in a pink blush.
"I don't care." Yugi deadpanned, barely paying any mind to Yami's childishness. His whole focus was set on trying to tie this damn tie! "There, done," he stepped back to admire his work with a smile, and then frowned when he saw Yami loosen it again.
"What?" Yami asked innocently, turning his attention to the mirror. He had to admit, the tie looked much better loosened then when it was choking him with a death grip. The blood, red tie stood out quite nicely in his all black suit – courtesy of Seto Kaiba.
"You're hopeless." Yugi shook his head, a smile teasing the corner of his lips, as he walked up behind his love and wrapped his small arms around Yami's slender waist.
His outfit was pretty much the same as Yami's, the only difference being that Yugi's tie was a rich purple. In the little one's opinion, his outfit looked more like a monkey suit, rather than something formal. While Yami's outfit made him look like the guy just walked out of a magazine.
In Yami's opinion, he'd rather have Yugi just wearing the tie.
"But you love me anyways." Yami pulled Yugi around, so that he was pushed up against the mirror, and brought him into a passionate kiss. A gentle, eager, tongue skittered across the silky, bottom lip of his Aibou; begging for entrance. Yugi happily obliged and allowed Yami's skilled tongue to explore and devour his mouth as he pleased.
When they finally broke apart, a thin trail of saliva connected their reddened lips together, and their breaths danced with each other in the same air space. Yugi's half-lidded eyes fell upon blazing crimson eyes, causing a blush to erupt against his pale cheeks.
Without much warning, Yugi buried his face into Yami's warm chest, and hugged him tightly. Yami returned the gesture, burying his face into Yugi's unmanageable hair, allowing the fresh scents of strawberry and vanilla to wash over him.
Their playfulness, their love, their lust that they just shared, were all just another way to hold back the nervousness that was fluttering through their veins. Today was finally the day; the dreaded court case had finally reared its ugly head. What would happen, they had no idea. They could only pray that things would turn out in their favor.
And that only a few tears would be shed.
After a couple of moments of comforting silence, Yugi finally pulled back to place a soft kiss on Yami's lips. "They're waiting for us downstairs." He whispered against his lips.
"I know." Yami whispered back, treading their fingers into an unbreakable bond. "Let's go."
+Save the Innocent+
"Jou, I'm only going to say this once: Do not – I repeat – do not be yourself." Kaiba warned, turning the corner and entering onto the highway.
Jou merely scoffed and slunk deeper into the passenger seat. "What's that supposed to mean, Kaiba? Embarrassed by your own lover?" the last part got choked out as a joke, but once he received that serious, unreadable look from Kaiba, he felt his heart lurch in his chest.
Not only did Yami enjoy messing around with his boyfriend, Kaiba was just the same way. How could you resist such an urge to fluster someone as cute as Jou?
A few more, unbearable, seconds later and the brunette dropped his façade only to ruffle his puppy's hair lovingly. "Of course not, Puppy, it's just that I know how you can get. One single outburst could turn the tables today."
"I know that!" Jou swatted the annoying hand away from his hair, but smiled nonetheless. "Don't worry, stingy, I was well trained to not get overly excited in public unless necessary."
Kaiba, who loved sexual innuendoes to the fullest, merely smirked.
"God, you guys are sickening to be near with." Mokuba whined, finding instant comfort in his "new best friend", Eiji. Who was sitting in-between him and Kio in the middle row, with Yugi and Yami having their own, personal love seat in the back.
"Brat," Eiji scoffed, but allowed Mokuba to get close to him anyway. Surprisingly enough, Eiji had a soft side for kids – he even wanted to become a teacher or a pediatrician back in the day.
Sadly, his dreams never came into full bloom.
"Why is it that you allow Mokuba to get all nice and cozy with you, but when I try to make a move you push me off like some annoying bug?" Kio whined, trying rest his hand on top of Eiji's only to have it slapped away.
Eiji bluntly ignored the pout he was getting from the other man. "Because you're not cute at all." He emphasized his point by bringing Mokuba closer to his chest, and resting his head upon the kid's bountiful, black mane.
"What sort of reason is that?"
"A good one," Eiji calmly shrugged and started to stroke Mokuba's hair. He really did enjoy making Kio get all worked up. If you asked him upfront if he really did feel something for the flustered men only a few seats away, he'd outright lie and say no. But over the time the two have spent together, even Eiji would admit that there was something he liked about the man.
What is was, he really didn't know, but he was always stealing the occasional glance at the man's ass, so that must be leading to somewhere.
"Alright children, time to stop bickering and actually act your age." Yugi joked, happily humming away the glares he was getting from both Kio and Eiji. In all honesty, he was happy his father found some interest in someone else, regardless of gender. He always thought Kio was just going to stay single, hung up over Haruhi's death, but obviously that was quite the obvious.
'I only hope Eiji would drop his pride and just allow things to happen.' He thought, resting his head on Yami's shoulder.
The rest of the car ride was silent, albeit the soft music playing from the radio, everyone's minds were just so consumed on what was going to happen once they went through those large, double doors to the court room.
'I just hope things go smoothly.' Yugi sighed, absentmindedly threading his fingers with Yami's. 'But, with Anzu there…' he tried to let that huge bubble of anger forming in his stomach to disappear, but it was so hard to do that when, in a matter of minutes, he'd be face to face with the instigator that brought them into this mess.
"Don't worry," Yami whispered into Yugi's ear, tightening his grip on his aibou's hand, "I won't let anything happen to you. We're going to be okay."
They could only hope so.
+Save the Innocent: Overruled, bitch+
The judge went through the papers one last time, pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance. For once, he'd like to have one sane case to handle. But, oh no, he always got the crazy ones.
This one, at least, was a common one – but still all the more insane.
"Drugged, then raped, and now the woman is coming to plead her innocence." He sighed and pushed his glasses upwards till the rested in his hair. "This is going to be a long day."
"The court room is filling up, Judge Hideaki." The burly, somewhat scary looking, bailiff nodded towards the judge.
With one final sigh, the judge rested his glasses on the table and took a long sip of his water. "Let's get this over with, Ryo." He held back one final urge to groan, before he opened the door and allowed himself to become immersed in the world of Law.
In such a world, words could be twisted, bent, used, at anyone's whim. You must be sneaky, yet there always have to be some truth hiding beneath the shallow surface. For Hideaki, he had to learn the difference between a truthful victim, and a pitiful bastard. Because, in the world of Law – just about any underhanded trick would, and could, be used.
"I should have become a veterinarian instead," he mumbled just as he always did when he was about to handle a difficult case.
People of all sizes and colors filled the room. Some spoke in hushed tones, while others were brimming with excitement – probably because this was their first sit-in court case. The jury filed in, one by one; with nervous, bored, or pissed off expressions on their faces.
And finally, the defendant and clients started to walk in. The girl – who he guessed was Anzu – wore a smug smirk on her face and wasn't afraid to show it off. Hideaki inwardly sighed, 'They're all the same.'
Then, his attention was turned on the two twins sitting at the table across from the defendant. 'And I can only guess one of them must be Yami.' His heart went out for the two, it really did. From what he could tell, the two boys were obviously very close. 'Probably brothers,' but he scratched out that thought when he caught a glimpse of their intertwined hands. 'Or maybe not,'
The last few crowds of people started to swarm in, but the voices seemed to only grow louder in Hideaki's ears. He just wanted this case to be over and done with, but sadly, he knew in reality things were going to be one hell of a pain to handle.
Sighing, Hideaki grabbed his gavel and pounded it a few times against the table.
"Order in the court!"
+Save the Innocent: Orange or Stripes?+
"Now then, Ms. Yuki was it?" the maid who found the incriminating evidence in the first place nodded timidly from where she sat. Ms. Rhodes nodded silently before pacing once again. "You said you found some strange substance in the cup Mr. Atemu drank before the incident, correct?"
"Hai," she replied with another nod.
"And do you have any idea what that substance was?"
"No, b-but," she swallowed nervously, "I had my suspicions that it was laced with some sort of odorless drug. That's why no one was able to detect it earlier."
"I see." Ms. Rhodes nodded silently while her foot tapped lazily on the ground. Things were going smoothly so far, even though some part of her wished the judge would just pound his gavel and claim Anzu guilty. Every single piece of evidence that was brought out so far pointed towards the use of illegal drugs. Not only that, but possible rape as well from what she read earlier to the case.
Yet Anzu still smirked like her little secret would turn things around. Which, it very well could, but Ms. Rhodes knew this judge was a no bullshit type of person, so she couldn't say what Anzu's verdict would be would make her any happier.
"Are you sure, Ms. Yuki, that the powder-like substance you found in Mr. Atemu's drink wasn't just some broken teabag residue?"
"Positive," she nodded once more. "The teabag we used had black tea inside. What we found in the drink was white, and it kind of made the tea get all filmy at the top."
Ms. Rhodes casted a sideways glance at the nonchalant girl behind her and inwardly growled. Did this girl seriously not understand what sort of situation she placed herself in?
'Deep breaths, Rhodes, just take deep breaths.' A few seconds later and she dismissed the witness from the stand, hearing everything she already needed to know.
"Is that all, Ms. Rhodes?" Judge Hideaki asked – with a faint tint of boredom laced in his words – as he peered down towards the frustrated lawyer before him.
Good, so he wasn't the only one finding this case a waste of time, also.
"Not yet, your honor, I still have one more person to call up." Ms. Rhodes turns toward the smaller one of the two boys over on the left side, "Yugi Motou, I'd like to call you up to the stand, if you will."
Yugi froze suddenly, unsure of what to do. He knew sooner or later he'd be call up to the stand, but he didn't think it would be know! Yes, he wanted to see Anzu put away for what she did, but he didn't want to recall the pain-striking things that happened only a few months ago.
Daisuke, I would love to have your help right now.
Yugi was only greeted with silence.
Sighing – really, did he expect any more from the now-silent personality? – Yugi shared one, reassuring glance with Yami before heading up for the stand.
"Now tell me, Mr. Motou, what exactly did you see the day the incident occurred?"
Yugi started to tremble slightly, biting onto his lower lip until he was sure there was some blood being drawn. Ms. Rhodes was taken back slightly, not really expecting that sort of reaction at all. Then – although the dots were faint – she started to piece together in her mind the situation here that she was never fully told.
'She didn't just rape the kid… she tried to break apart a relationship using the dirtiest means possible.' Now she really wanted to just walk out on this court case, but no good would come out of it until she saw Anzu heading off to jail with a shiny new pair of handcuffs.
Smiling softly, Ms. Rhodes walked up and placed a warm hand on Yugi's own trembling one. "I know this is going to be hard," she whispered, "but you want things to turn out in your favor right?" Yugi merely nodded. "So please, bear with me and try to recall what happened. The more evidence we have, the better."
The amethyst eyed boy looked up, tears glistening on either side of his eyes. Why in the world could Anzu's lawyer be on there side? That didn't make any sense at all? But, as amethyst connected with amber, Yugi felt a strange sense of safety and comfort with this woman, and nodded slowly to her small words of comfort.
So, Yugi told his story, and the whole room was captivated. The small cracks would appear here and there in his voice, but overall the room was silenced by the raw emotion the little teen must have suffered from that experience, that was finally all coming out now.
Kio instantly grabbed for Eiji's hand, and the latter merely let it go once he realized Kio was holding back tears of his own.
Jou had to be held back by Kaiba unless that v-neck shirt would be ripped to a million blue shreds, along with the rest of Anzu's body.
Yami wanted to go back in time, and wipe away that horrible stain in his memory. He wished it never happened, that he and Yugi had gotten to hung out like they originally planned. But he knew he couldn't fix what was already broken. All he could do was comfort Yugi now from whatever pain that was still tormenting his heart.
And Mokuba tried his best not to doze off in the middle of all this.
"Thank you, Mr. Motou, you may return to your table now." Yugi nodded, exchanging small smiles with Ms. Rhodes before returning to his seat.
"Is that all, Ms. Rhodes?" Judge Hideaki repeated his question.
"Yes, your honor, that is all."
"Good," Hideaki adjusted himself in his seat before raising his gavel and striking it against the podium three times. "We'll be taking a recess, now. When we return, it will be the client's turn to ask any questions, before we wrap this all up." He rose up from his seat, "Dismissed."
Everyone filed out one by one. Yugi and Yami stayed behind, waiting for the familiar and comforting faces of their friends and familiar to appear before they exited the courtroom and stood outside.
Mokuba was getting hungry – thus, getting irritable – so Eiji offered to take the little brat with him. Of course, Kio also had to join on this little adventure. With a big old grin, he dragged Eiji and Mokuba out for some food.
The remaining four stood in a little corner, voices hushed from the pressure, stress, and over all intensity they had just walked out on.
No one really wanted to say anything. Instead, they simply basked in the presence that everyone was in until Mokuba, Eiji and Kio arrived with a little bite to eat. They quickly gobbled it down, before the bailiff came out and told everyone court would be in session in two minutes.
The group started to go back, merging with the crowd, with Yugi and Yami straggling in the back. The two were in their own world, trying to piece back whatever sort of stability the other one might have lost.
They were barely through the door when the annoying, and snide, voice cut through the air.
"It's nice to see you again, Yami-kun."
Yami said nothing, keeping his eyes locked in front of him, while he dragged Yugi with him into the room. Anzu was miffed, to say the least, but she let that wave of emotion wash over her as she patted her stomach.
She needn't worry, since her free ticket out of here was sitting comfortably in her belly.
+Save the Innocent: You're Truly Insane+
"So, Ms. Mazaki, tell me, why are you so calm right now?" the lawyer Kaiba had hired was currently leaning against the stand, peering into cocky, blue eyes. "You do understand that this case isn't in your favor at all, right?"
Anzu merely scoffed. "Like I said earlier, I was in no means, using drugs, or even distributing them in the first place. Hence, I have nothing to be guilty of."
"But all evidence points towards you, Ms. Mazaki."
"Did anyone say they saw me put whatever the hell was in Yami-kun's drink?" she leaned back in her chair. "No, I don't think they did."
"Actually, I beg to differ." The lawyer started to pace, "As stated earlier, Mr. Motou walked in on you and Mr. Atemu doing adult-relating things. And, as questioned earlier, Mr. Atemu stated that he had no recollection of what happened between the times Mr. Motou entered the room, and the time he was found by Mr. Kaiba, and Mr. Wheeler."
He kept on pacing, "Furthermore, Mr. Atemu clearly stated that before his memory became frazzled; he drank something strange that was served by you,Ms. Mazaki. Now you tell me, who in the world would have any better opportunity than you to insert anything suspicious into the drink?"
Anzu stayed silent. Mostly because this lawyer was a pretty damn good one, along with the fact that anything she said would just be thrown back at her with carefully calculated words and a cool gaze. So she merely kept her gaze concentrated on a nearby wall.
Score one for the lawyer.
"Is that all?"
"Yes, your honor, I am done questioning. Ms. Mazaki, you may now leave the stand."
Anzu gratefully walked off and sat next to her stoic lawyer.
"Well then," Judge Hideaki pinched the bridge of his nose, inwardly praising that this long court case was finally being drawn to a close. "Now that we've got questioning out of the way, has the jury reached a verdict?"
The representative for the jury stood up and read from the paper in his hands. "We have, your honor, and we've deemed the defendant, Anzu Mazaki, guilty of illegal uses of drugs, and rape."
"Overruled!" Anzu sat up, completely radiating anger as her chair topple over.
"Ms. Mazaki, please sit down. Only I have the right to overrule someone." Judge Hideaki was getting more or less impatient with all of this, but he knew what was coming next when Anzu's hands instantly fell on her stomach.
"But you can't find me guilty! It isn't fair!"
"Oh really?" Hideaki raised an eyebrow, and nearly smirked. 'Might as well let her humor me,' He thought. "And why on earth can't I?"
"Because I'm pregnant with Yami-kun's child," she stated smugly, casting a smirk towards Yugi's way.
Yami's blood ran cold. Time stood still. And the feeling of dizziness swept over him like a tidal wave. The Egyptian felt faint. If it weren't for the constant pressure of Yugi's hand, and the loving, comforting, words from his aibou – he would have surely keeled over.
"Is that so…?" Hideaki let his voice trail off. Loving how easily he could build up this girl's confidence, than smash it to the ground with a smack of his gavel. He allowed his words to hang in the air, before finally clearing his throat and smiling. "If you don't mind, could you please stand here for a moment." He pointed to where he was talking about.
Anzu happily stood in the spot directed for her. She was jumping over the moon right about now. There was absolutely no way this judge would send her to jail now that he knew she was caring life inside of her.
It was all just too easy…
"How old are you, Ms. Mazaki?"
"Seventeen, your honor."
"And you don't mind being pregnant?"
"Why would I mind? Isn't it such a wonderful gift to carry a child within you?"
"I never said it wasn't. It's just that a girl your age should be more concerned about school, rather than whose life can you destroy next."
"E-Excuse me?" her voice faltered as she took one step backwards.
"Listen, in all my years as a judge, how many times do you think I've heard stories like yours come here before?" when he was answered by silence, he simply continued. "It's all the same to me, now. Whether your nine months along, or three months, you'll still be getting the same sentence from me."
He leaned in closer, allowing a carefree smile to sit on his face. "I really don't appreciate you using an innocent child as means to weasel your way out of your mistakes. Also, I'll bet my money on it that you've had a boyfriend – who wasn't Yami – prior to all of this, and haven't even taken a paternity test before stepping into these doors because you were so confident that you'd walk out of here jail free."
"Well, I'm not sorry to say that you've lost out on this one." Fear finally settled in over Anzu, as her body suddenly started to shake, before she fell into a helpless heap on the floor.
Hideaki merely shrugged it off and smacked his gavel a few times. "I sentence Anzu Mazaki to thirty years in prison, and nine months of Pregnancy counseling until the baby is born. During this time, we will send in someone to take a paternity test, and if the baby truly is Mr. Atemu's, we will settle the arrangements when the time comes."
"Court dismissed," Hideaki threw his gavel away, smiling to himself at the rounding applauds he got from the crowd behind him.
Sure, being a judge was a tough job, but it sure did pay off to see someone get what they rightly deserved.
EAT IT, ANZU! YOUR SORRY ASS IS GOING TO JAIL! MWAHAHAH!
But hmmm... who in the world could the baby's father be? 8D I wonder...
Anyway, this took me like 3483328 hours (I kid, probably three at most) to finish what I started last night. Thank God for music (:
Next chapter, I feel like I should give you all a Lemon in celebration of Anzu's Incaration. So yeah, let's give it up for some Yugi and Yami sex! And maybe even moooore~.
Before I leave you all, I've made a mediaminer account. You can go on my profilie for the link. Basically, I'll be posting the first chapters of fanfics I currently have working in progress. But ONLY the first chapter. If people like it enough, I'll work on getting those fanfics up on this site for the whole shabang to see :3.
Now all I have to do is figure out how to edit and work with the chapters on that thing... :/
Help?
Till Next Time. I hope you all enjoyed chapter 25!