Author's Notes: Sorry for the shortness of the last chapter. This chappie
is a bit longer. And from the title, I guess you can see that Anzu
remembers! Also, this chappie has Anzu/Yami in it.
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CHAPTER SEVEN I REMEMBER
"Pharaoh, it's my fault. I woke Anzu up."
"Seto, you are excused. I'd like to have a wonder with Miss Mazaki.alone." Yami smirked. Seto hurried off lowering his head, and Anzu kept close to the dog.
"I'm keeping Saluki." Anzu hugged the dog protectively.
"Saluki is the breed name, silly, not the name." Yami corrected.
"Well, then this is Saluki the Saluki." Anzu shot back.
"You are a fiery little girl, Anzu. You remind me strongly of someone with a brave spirit."
"Oh.really?" Anzu blushed as Yami came closer and closer to her.
"Yes." Yami smirked. Anzu leaned in as Yami lifted her chin and looked down at her. Yami kissed her lightly - a simple, chaste kiss, and Anzu kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck tightly.
"Oh my gosh.I.excuse me." Anzu broke the kiss, and she ran off into the woods. She ran and ran, with Saluki barking behind her.
* * * ~Anzu in the Woods~
'What did I just do? That was so.unreasonable of me.and the Pharaoh.what will he think.I'm in major trouble." Anzu ran and ran, until she bumped into the hard chest of a man. Five of them surrounded her, five of whom she could've easily taken down as Desert Rose, but now she couldn't.
The leader chuckled evilly, and took her firmly by the shoulders. "What's a little lady like you doing out in the middle of nowhere without an escort?"
The second smiled. "We'll take you as a companion." The leader took a knife, trailing it tantalizingly down her smooth bare neck, and all Anzu could do was breathe along, as the knife made a small cut at her shoulder blade. She refused to cry out in pain, but her voice betrayed her and a whimper was let out. A man holding a bag of white powder came. Saluki barked furiously.
"Here's the powder, Boss." The Boss took the powder, and as they circled her, a voice inside of her triggered, and for a split second, her memory flooded back.
The mistreatment of her mother.
Her drunken father.
Running away.
Meeting Isis and Malik.
Developing fighting skills.
Becoming Desert Rose.
Robbing and killing and thieving.
Meeting Jou and Honda.
Being drugged and taken down for the first time.
Meeting Seto.
Meeting Yami.
And everything else in between.
Yami arrived just in time to see Anzu's eyes filled with cunning bravery. She lifted her knee to the man's groin, kicking hard, and as he collapsed in pain, she snatched the powder, and stole a dagger from the leader's waist.
She circled her five opponents daringly, and as they charged for her, she let out a splendid battle cry and jumped, kicking two men in the face and stealing a chain. With the iron chain she lassoed up the fattest man, and smacked him into another. The two grunted, and Anzu still yet lassoed the man in and out, dizzying him, and using him as a weapon to knock the rest of the slim, trim men down.
She felt herself swing the man into a tree, knocking the tree down. She positioned herself in a fighting stance. The fat man had knocked the other three out unconscious. The only one that remained was the leader, the bulkiest of them all.
Unaware of the Pharaoh lurking in the shadows, her eyes blazed with fury. Easily, as he came charging towards her, she flipped backwards and threw him onto a nearby tree, where she took the knife. She drew it tantalizingly, sharpening it, drawing out every second. "Now where can I remember this scene from? Hmm." Anzu made a slight cut on her fingertip with the lightest touch of the dagger. "I wonder if I should use you as a dartboard, kill you straight at heart, or make you suffer, long and deep."
Taking the dagger, she was prepared to stab him, until Yami yelled. "Anzu!"
Anzu stopped, glancing at Yami, and her hand trembled, dropping the dagger. "I remember, Yami.I remember."
The man took this open chance to take the dagger, and flip her over to the tree, holding the dagger to her throat. Anzu just stood there in a trance, as memories of her past came back to her.
Yami let out a strangled cry as the man lifted the knife to stab her. He wrestled with the man, and Anzu, realizing that Yami was wrestling, stepped in. Yami was already sparring with the man, except the man could barely land a punch on Yami, whereas Yami was beating the guts out of him, but when one of the unconscious men started to reach for Yami, Anzu was startled, and jumped up and kicked him smack dab in the face, but it was a bit too late, because Yami had stopped to look at Anzu, and he got sliced in the arm.
"Yami!" Anzu exclaimed furiously. Her sea of blue in her eyes blazed with fury. How dare this stranger hurt her friend! What kind of guts did he have, injuring a Pharaoh, or more importantly, the friend of Desert Rose! Not caring about how she'd get arrested by her friend, she pulling out a single white rose, and the pricks off of one of the stems gave the man a cut, and Anzu appeared in her full fledged costume, complete with the skirt and roses lined in her hair.
Yami's eyes widened in shock, while the man's eyes widened in terror. "Yes." She smirked. "I'm Desert Rose.I remember now." Clouds covered her blue eyes, but then they cleared again. "And you hurt Yami.and now you'll pay the ultimate price.and even for your lowly pathetic soul.I'll kill you quickly."
Yami, afraid for Anzu.staggered with his hand clutching his wound, and placed a hand on Anzu's shoulder. Anzu turned, and using her foot to keep grasp on the man's throat, she looked up at Yami. "I remember." She whispered.
"Yes, Anzu. Please lower your knife.for me." Anzu, absentmindedly did exactly as she was told. She gently let her foot down, and the man staggered away, frightened, thanking Yami, apologizing, and stumbling away.
"Get away." Anzu's eyes suddenly tore away. She had no friend. Except Isis.
"Anzu.please. Don't do this."
"Yami, please! I'm just going to end up hurting you! Like I hurt my mother! And someone is after you, Yami.I have foreseen it." She glowed, and her Millennium Necklace was revealed. "I don't know what to do anymore, Yami. Everyone I encounter loses something. Even from the very start of my pathetic life." Anzu sank down.
"Anzu, your life isn't pathetic. You're a very special person. You are a grace, Anzu. And when time does come and tell, someone will come to claim my Millennium Puzzle. But you and I, we'll overcome that evil quickly, Anzu. Because you and I, we'll be something." Yami kissed her, and she kissed him back lightly.
"Thank you, Yami. You're the only one that still believes."
"What isn't there to believe?" Yami asked, and her tears broke into a smile.
~Seto~
"I hope that I didn't get Anzu into too much trouble. Where is that girl anyway?" Seto then noticed Jou snoring and talking in his sleep. He leaned down to listen.
"Mai!" Jou flung his arms out and hugged an imaginary person. Seto smirked. He'd have to say something about it the next morning (Hey! Seto can still be mean to Jou, can't he * laughs *).
~Yami Bakura POV~
I see that the possessor of the Millennium Necklace has regained her memory.and now it's time to move in for the kill - my two prizes, the Necklace and the Puzzle, and both will be captured at once, in the same net." He laughed evilly.
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Author's Notes: What did you think? I tried to make this chappie as well as I could. Anzu has remembered! And Yami Bakura has arrived, with a plan devised to get the Puzzle and the Necklace.
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CHAPTER SEVEN I REMEMBER
"Pharaoh, it's my fault. I woke Anzu up."
"Seto, you are excused. I'd like to have a wonder with Miss Mazaki.alone." Yami smirked. Seto hurried off lowering his head, and Anzu kept close to the dog.
"I'm keeping Saluki." Anzu hugged the dog protectively.
"Saluki is the breed name, silly, not the name." Yami corrected.
"Well, then this is Saluki the Saluki." Anzu shot back.
"You are a fiery little girl, Anzu. You remind me strongly of someone with a brave spirit."
"Oh.really?" Anzu blushed as Yami came closer and closer to her.
"Yes." Yami smirked. Anzu leaned in as Yami lifted her chin and looked down at her. Yami kissed her lightly - a simple, chaste kiss, and Anzu kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck tightly.
"Oh my gosh.I.excuse me." Anzu broke the kiss, and she ran off into the woods. She ran and ran, with Saluki barking behind her.
* * * ~Anzu in the Woods~
'What did I just do? That was so.unreasonable of me.and the Pharaoh.what will he think.I'm in major trouble." Anzu ran and ran, until she bumped into the hard chest of a man. Five of them surrounded her, five of whom she could've easily taken down as Desert Rose, but now she couldn't.
The leader chuckled evilly, and took her firmly by the shoulders. "What's a little lady like you doing out in the middle of nowhere without an escort?"
The second smiled. "We'll take you as a companion." The leader took a knife, trailing it tantalizingly down her smooth bare neck, and all Anzu could do was breathe along, as the knife made a small cut at her shoulder blade. She refused to cry out in pain, but her voice betrayed her and a whimper was let out. A man holding a bag of white powder came. Saluki barked furiously.
"Here's the powder, Boss." The Boss took the powder, and as they circled her, a voice inside of her triggered, and for a split second, her memory flooded back.
The mistreatment of her mother.
Her drunken father.
Running away.
Meeting Isis and Malik.
Developing fighting skills.
Becoming Desert Rose.
Robbing and killing and thieving.
Meeting Jou and Honda.
Being drugged and taken down for the first time.
Meeting Seto.
Meeting Yami.
And everything else in between.
Yami arrived just in time to see Anzu's eyes filled with cunning bravery. She lifted her knee to the man's groin, kicking hard, and as he collapsed in pain, she snatched the powder, and stole a dagger from the leader's waist.
She circled her five opponents daringly, and as they charged for her, she let out a splendid battle cry and jumped, kicking two men in the face and stealing a chain. With the iron chain she lassoed up the fattest man, and smacked him into another. The two grunted, and Anzu still yet lassoed the man in and out, dizzying him, and using him as a weapon to knock the rest of the slim, trim men down.
She felt herself swing the man into a tree, knocking the tree down. She positioned herself in a fighting stance. The fat man had knocked the other three out unconscious. The only one that remained was the leader, the bulkiest of them all.
Unaware of the Pharaoh lurking in the shadows, her eyes blazed with fury. Easily, as he came charging towards her, she flipped backwards and threw him onto a nearby tree, where she took the knife. She drew it tantalizingly, sharpening it, drawing out every second. "Now where can I remember this scene from? Hmm." Anzu made a slight cut on her fingertip with the lightest touch of the dagger. "I wonder if I should use you as a dartboard, kill you straight at heart, or make you suffer, long and deep."
Taking the dagger, she was prepared to stab him, until Yami yelled. "Anzu!"
Anzu stopped, glancing at Yami, and her hand trembled, dropping the dagger. "I remember, Yami.I remember."
The man took this open chance to take the dagger, and flip her over to the tree, holding the dagger to her throat. Anzu just stood there in a trance, as memories of her past came back to her.
Yami let out a strangled cry as the man lifted the knife to stab her. He wrestled with the man, and Anzu, realizing that Yami was wrestling, stepped in. Yami was already sparring with the man, except the man could barely land a punch on Yami, whereas Yami was beating the guts out of him, but when one of the unconscious men started to reach for Yami, Anzu was startled, and jumped up and kicked him smack dab in the face, but it was a bit too late, because Yami had stopped to look at Anzu, and he got sliced in the arm.
"Yami!" Anzu exclaimed furiously. Her sea of blue in her eyes blazed with fury. How dare this stranger hurt her friend! What kind of guts did he have, injuring a Pharaoh, or more importantly, the friend of Desert Rose! Not caring about how she'd get arrested by her friend, she pulling out a single white rose, and the pricks off of one of the stems gave the man a cut, and Anzu appeared in her full fledged costume, complete with the skirt and roses lined in her hair.
Yami's eyes widened in shock, while the man's eyes widened in terror. "Yes." She smirked. "I'm Desert Rose.I remember now." Clouds covered her blue eyes, but then they cleared again. "And you hurt Yami.and now you'll pay the ultimate price.and even for your lowly pathetic soul.I'll kill you quickly."
Yami, afraid for Anzu.staggered with his hand clutching his wound, and placed a hand on Anzu's shoulder. Anzu turned, and using her foot to keep grasp on the man's throat, she looked up at Yami. "I remember." She whispered.
"Yes, Anzu. Please lower your knife.for me." Anzu, absentmindedly did exactly as she was told. She gently let her foot down, and the man staggered away, frightened, thanking Yami, apologizing, and stumbling away.
"Get away." Anzu's eyes suddenly tore away. She had no friend. Except Isis.
"Anzu.please. Don't do this."
"Yami, please! I'm just going to end up hurting you! Like I hurt my mother! And someone is after you, Yami.I have foreseen it." She glowed, and her Millennium Necklace was revealed. "I don't know what to do anymore, Yami. Everyone I encounter loses something. Even from the very start of my pathetic life." Anzu sank down.
"Anzu, your life isn't pathetic. You're a very special person. You are a grace, Anzu. And when time does come and tell, someone will come to claim my Millennium Puzzle. But you and I, we'll overcome that evil quickly, Anzu. Because you and I, we'll be something." Yami kissed her, and she kissed him back lightly.
"Thank you, Yami. You're the only one that still believes."
"What isn't there to believe?" Yami asked, and her tears broke into a smile.
~Seto~
"I hope that I didn't get Anzu into too much trouble. Where is that girl anyway?" Seto then noticed Jou snoring and talking in his sleep. He leaned down to listen.
"Mai!" Jou flung his arms out and hugged an imaginary person. Seto smirked. He'd have to say something about it the next morning (Hey! Seto can still be mean to Jou, can't he * laughs *).
~Yami Bakura POV~
I see that the possessor of the Millennium Necklace has regained her memory.and now it's time to move in for the kill - my two prizes, the Necklace and the Puzzle, and both will be captured at once, in the same net." He laughed evilly.
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Author's Notes: What did you think? I tried to make this chappie as well as I could. Anzu has remembered! And Yami Bakura has arrived, with a plan devised to get the Puzzle and the Necklace.