First of all, reviewer response.

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Taitofan-I'm glad you like the couple! I updated.

malik'sgurl-Thanks!

Indigo Tantarian-Hai, it was short. Well, I updated this quickly and I'll update BatS when I get one more review. You were the only person who reviewed last chapter, so I'm kind of waiting to at least get one more review. I'll update "Hidden Emotions and Magic" (Hopefully) soon, and "Yami Bakura's Side of the Story" soon. Well, actually, I really can't decide between you and Seena. I think about it a lot, especially if I read my bio, and I can't really decide. So, in reality, ya'll are kind of tied. *sweatdrop* I'm not that good at picking favorites. Especially not songs, which you can probably tell by reading my bio. And I still have a LOT more songs I'm gonna add to it. I think I like music too much...

Sadiki: You can say that again!

A*A*F: Shut up!

akuBaku-This chapter is longer. No, you don't. They are VERY hard to write about. No, he's not. I updated.

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Okay, first, I'd like to say that I've raised the rating for reasons that'll become clear this chapter. This chapter wasn't that bad, but it'll get worse.

Second, I've added another pairing that is mentioned in this chapter.

Third, I will add another genre to this, I just haven't decided which will fit best yet.

Fourth, I need help coming up with a new title. Thanks to my mind giving me some interesting ideas, I really need to change the title.

Fifth, enjoy the fic!

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Shizuka walked into her house, took off her shoes, and put on a pair of house shoes that were on the floor for her to put on.

"Shizuka? Is that you or Jounouchi?" Her mother asked from the kitchen.

"It's me, Mom," Shizuka answered. After her eye surgery, she and her mom, Rumiko*, moved to Domino City so Shizuka and Jounouchi didn't have to be kept apart. Since Shizuka and Jounouchi's dad was often drunk, Jounouchi often stayed with their mother, though he didn't officially live there.

"Oh, and Shizuka," Rumiko began as she walked into the living room from the kitchen and looked at Shizuka, "Someone sent you some flowers. I put them on your desk in your room."

"Arigato." Shizuka replied as she walked up the stairs to her room.

I wonder who they're from this time, Honda or Otogi? She wondered to herself as she opened the door to her room and turned on the light. She walked over to her white desk, saw some beautiful red roses, picked them up, and smelt of them. These are beautiful!  And smell wonderful!

She then saw an envelope in with the flowers, opened it up, and began reading.

Dear Shizuka,

    I was thinking of you and decided to buy you the most beautiful thing I could find that I thought a lady like yourself would like. I hope you love them. But as you look at these, remember that they can never match your beauty.

With Love That I hope will One Day be Returned,

 

Seto Kaiba

I should have known, Shizuka thought as she rolled her eyes and threw the letter in the trash can by her desk. It's not that she had something against Seto, she just wasn't interested in him in that way and it annoyed her that he tried to buy her love.

She sighed and lay down on her bed. She suddenly felt really tired...

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Ryou was waiting for an answer when someone knocked on the door.

"Come in," Ryou instructed whoever was at the door, who proved to be Malik. "Oh, hello Malik. How are you today?"

"Terrible! I just found out that my sisters dating someone, and I think it's the Pharaoh!" Malik said, very angrily.

"I don't think she's dating Yami," Ryou assured Malik.

"What makes you say that?" Malik asked him.

"Because she's dating Shadi," Ryou answered.

"She's dating Shadi? How'd you find that out? I'm her brother and I didn't even know that."

"Because, moron, we listened to her when she was talking to us the other night at dinner," Bakura answered.

"Oh," Malik simply replied. "As long as she's not dating the Pharaoh."

"Why'd you come here anyway?" Bakura asked him.

"I was walking by and remembered that Sound of Domino** was having a huge sale and thought you might be interested," Malik answered.

"I see," Bakura replied. "Then that's where I'm going," he said, walking out the door.

At least now I don't have to answer Ryou's question and I can get some CDs while I'm at it, He thought as he was walking down the street.

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Marik lay on the bed that he had in the room that he stayed in at the home of Isis and Malik and stared at the ceiling. He didn't really consider it his home since he knew no one wanted him there. He had a lamp on, but it was still very dark. The room was made of mostly made up of the colors black and dark purple, with a little bit of dark blue.

"Everybody needs somebody to talk to at some point, no matter who they are," Marik heard Shizuka say for about the twentieth time in his mind. Why can't I get that out of my head? Why can't I get her out of my head? "I just thought you might want someone to talk to..." Did she really mean that? No! She couldn't! No one likes me. No one is supposed to care for me in any way! I'm meant to be alone! She's just like everybody else and will just cause more harm than good. That's the way it is. That's the way people are and always will be, as long as they're still alive, that is. When they're dead they can't cause or feel pain of any way. That is why death is better than life. That is why it is better to be alone than have friends who will only hurt you...

"Marik," Isis asked as she knocked on the door and brought Marik out of his thoughts, "Are you in there?"

"Where else would I be? And what do you want!?!"

"I'm going out to dinner with Shadi. Don't set the house on fire or anything," She answered.

"Fine," He began, "I guess I can just stay bored."

"Okay, I'm leaving then," She said as she left.

"Don't set the house on fire or anything." What? Does she think I'm a little kid? Okay, so I set the house on fire one time, but it was a total accident! Okay, so maybe it wasn't...but still! You think they could at least try to understand and maybe even trust me.

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Shizuka was in darkness, in the air, with very little light. She looks down at what appears to be herself in a very beautiful silver dress walk toward what appeared to be a body. A little more light appeared that revealed the body was lying in a pool of blood. The other her looked shocked and very sad at the sight. She knew that she knew the person who was in the blood really well, but couldn't see who he was. Another body fell to the ground, except this one had no physical wounds. It seemed...soulless. She could tell she knew this person too, but could not see the body well enough to know who he, or she, was. A person started laughing evilly as she saw the other her cry at the sight of the bodies and repeating the word "No" over and over, louder and louder, until...

"Nooooooo!!!!!!!!" Shizuka cried out in her sleep, drenched in sweat. Someone suddenly barged in her room. It was Jounouchi.

"Sis'? Ar' ya alright? Wat's wrong?" He asked her.

"Nothing...just a bad dream. I'm fine," she answered.

"Ar' ya sure?" He asked her, just to be certain.

"Yes, I'm fine. I'm just going to go back to sleep," she answered. That is, if I can.

"'Kay. G'Nite, Sis."

"Good night."

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* = I didn't know the name of their mom, so I just used Kazuki Takahashi's wife's first name.

** = It's the name of a music store that I made up for this and possibly other fics. If there really is a store called "Sounds of Domino," then I don't own it.

Disclaimer: I don't own YGO.

That's it for this chapter. Suggestions are welcome and appreciated. PLEASE REVIEW!