Hello everyone, sorry I meant to update a little sooner, but I forgot that I had to pack up my stuff and move, so it took me a couple of days (therefore my computer was boxed up for the last couple of days). Oh yeah schools out for summer and now I'm back home. Anyways it was really great to finally check my email and see all your great reviews. Thank you all!! Well I hope you like the direction the story is going in,( I know the S/A fans probably are), but don't worry YY/A fans, this is a love triangle.

When I first wrote this fic I was thinking about calling it Love Triangle, but then I thought to myself 'now there's a original title?' So then why did I change it to Love Kaleidoscope instead? Well for one thing Kaleidoscope is just a more fun looking word and I definitely didn't know how to spell it so I was curious on how to do that. Also Kaleidoscopes are just a lot more chaotic and cooler looking then triangles (don't you think?) and finally one night I got a great idea for a chapter, and now you guys get to read all about it here.

Disclaimer: You know it just occurred to me on why they call these things disclaimers. Dis- is like a root word for 'not' and claimer means 'to claim' so put them together and it means to not claim?? Just like me telling you guys that I don't claim to own Yugioh and all that good stuff. WHOA-HA-OH ain't I such a bright college student? And it only took me like 14 years of schooling to figure this one out. Oh Yeah, this is your tax dollars going to good use.........

Love Kaleidoscope

Chp.4 If at first you don't succeed........

"What is wrong with you?" thundered Mai angrily. Anzu stared down at the floor in silent shame. Mai shook her head and let out a heavy sigh. She had almost forgotten who she was talking to. Anzu was different from her other protégées.

"I'm sorry Mai, but there's just got to be another way, I just can't lie to myself or to anyone else."

"You disappoint me Anzu." sighed Mai as she almost decided to give up on her newly found apprentice. "I mean, I never thought you to be the type to give up so easily. You know as much as your run at the mouth over never giving up on your friends, you sure did give up on your self pretty quickly. I guess you don't care about Yami as much as you thought." Mai eyed Anzu smugly as she knew that her words had certainly struck a cord.

"What!?!" exclaimed Anzu. That had about done it. Maybe Mai had been living her lies of being a psychic so long that she had actually become one. How could she read Anzu's mind so easily? It's like she knew every little string and wire to tug at. "Don't you dare try to tell me how strongly I feel about Yami, you have no idea how much I hurt!"

"Well then what are you going to do about it? Are you just going to sit around and cry about it or you gonna get over it, wipe away your tears of defeat, and go claim the man you love!?!"

Anzu stared at Mai in shock. How had Mai always manage to do this to her. How had she managed to convince Anzu to go through with this? 'Damn she's good.' Mai may not be the sweetest most sensitive person, but her tough love speeches sure did do the trick, and now Anzu found herself back to where she started. "But I just can' t do it, I'm not like you Mai......I just don't have it in me."

"Oh don't be ridiculous girl, woman is a fighting beast. We all have it in us. Besides you definitely got the right equipment so you already have the advantage." Anzu gave Mai another one of her lost stares, but Mai had grown accustom to them. "Come on Anzu give yourself some more credit! You are a really cute girl!! I don't care how cold this Seto Kaiba is, if you work your stuff properly then I promise you'll have him wrapped around your fingers in no time. I mean in the end a guy is a guy."

There Mai went again making it sound all so easy. First of all Kaiba would be challenge to any woman, and secondly Mai also didn't realize the fact that Anzu hated his guts! "Come one Anzu," interrupted Mai, "Maybe it's time I give you a little lesson!"

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Anzu walked up the familiar path, however this time she thought it best to take her time. Almost 30 minutes had past before she made her way to the front of Kaiba's yard. The lilies and tulips greeted Anzu as they skipped happily through the breeze, as if they were happy to see her return. Anzu smiled slightly at their site as they brought a little comfort to her mind. Once again Anzu trailed her fingers through the water fountain as it's cool waters relieved her warm skin and cleansed it's way to her soul. As she reached the front steps of the mansion, images of the time she spent here before flashed through her head as she hesitated for a moment. 'What should I say? I know my guise it to say I've come to apologize for slapping him, but then what?' Anzu's confidence slowly began to fade as the thought of staring into Kaiba's icy blue eyes again gave her a chill.

Finally after about 5 minutes of torture Anzu rang the doorbell. Everything in her nature told her to make a mad dash, but her feet somehow stayed firmly planted to the ground. "Oh hello again young miss, I see you decided to use the door this time," greeted the same servant from the day before. "Please come in."

'I guess this old guy ain't so bad, he's just been graced with the same cocky ere as his master' thought Anzu to herself as she excepted his invitation. Anzu was almost taken aback as she entered through the huge entrance. Sure she knew this place was big, but she never knew that it would be humongous! Not only that, but the inside of the mansion was just as splendid as the outside.

"So miss did you come here to see Master Kaiba?" questioned the servant dryly. Anzu shook her head silently as she was still unable to speak from awe. "Well I'm very sorry miss, but Master Kaiba left early this morning for work. He won't be back till later this evening. May I take a message?"

The thought that Kaiba was always working had completely slipped Anzu's mind. How stupid of her to waste all this time fretting when she should of known that more than likely Kaiba wouldn't be home so often. "Oh, no don't worry about it, I'll just come back another time." stuttered Anzu nervously. There was no way she was going to tell this old geezer what was going on through her mind.

"Wow hey Anzu is that you?" smiled a voice from above her. Anzu stared up as she saw Mokuba walking down the stairs towards her direction. "Hey Anzu what brings you here?" Anzu could tell by the expression on Mokuba's face that he was truly happy to see her. 'Maybe all the personality in this family was inherited by Mokuba.'

"Oh well actually, I ummm" sputtered Anzu as she wasn't sure what to tell him.

"Hey I'm really sorry about my big brother. I know he can be kind of rude sometimes, but he really does mean well."

'Kind of? That's an understatement' scoffed Anzu to herself. However the look of shame and sadness in Mokuba's glossy eyes melted Anzu's heart. Somehow his soft innocent gaze always seemed to win her over, but he shouldn't have to apologize for his thoughtless rude uncaring brother all the time!

"Oh hey I know how to make it up to you!" exclaimed Mokuba eagerly. "Let me show you what my big brother made for me for my birthday!" Mokuba quickly led Anzu up the stairs without giving her a chance to refuse him, although she could have never said no to the eagerness in his voice. As they ran down the long hallway, and up what seemed like a thousand flight of stairs, they finally made it to Mokuba's room.

"See." beamed Mokuba cheerfully as he held the strange object up to Anzu's confused face.

"See what Mokuba?" questioned Anzu as she studied the odd looking object in Mokuba's hands. Mokuba gave Anzu a frustrated grin. "It's a kaleidoscope silly." giggled Mokuba as he automatically expected her to see how obvious it all was. "But it's really special, it's not like any normal one."

"Oh what makes it so special?" smiled Anzu back as her curiosity suddenly began to rise.

"Because my big brother made it for me." frowned Mokuba, as he seemed a little disappointed that Anzu couldn't see anything he was talking about right away. Anzu let out a little sigh as she hoped Mokuba didn't notice her roll her eyes.

"Well don't you want to see it?" gestured Mokuba as he held the kaleidoscope up to her face. Anzu hesitantly took the small scope from Mokuba not at all amused anymore. This wasn't the first time she had seen one. However as she put the scope to her eyes she was surprised yet again.

"My big brother said he made this one special, because he said every time he looked at it, it reminded him of me." Anzu marveled at the array of dazzling colors as they brightly sparkled and shined against the reflection of her eyes. This kaleidoscope really was something special! Nothing like Anzu had ever seen before! It was almost as if Seto Kaiba had peered into the depths of Mokuba's very soul, ripped it out, and placed it into this small scope. As she turned the scope the lights began to sparkle and shine many different shades, each signifying the different personality's of his younger sibling. Had a painter been asked to paint a portrait of Mokuba's spirit, he would have never been able to compare to the job that Kaiba had done. Just one mere color or many colors placed on a canvas together could have never captured the dynamic depths and complexity of a person's soul like this contraption Kaiba had created. It's like Kaiba knew exactly how to define his little brother and meld his soul into something as simple as a tiny kaleidoscope.

"I was really happy my Big Brother made this for me, but I would have rather him make one of himself for me instead so that every time I looked at it I would see him........" Anzu reluctantly tore eyes from her newly found wonderment as she noticed a slight tone change in Mokuba's voice "But he said I wouldn't want it because no light would shine in his....."

Anzu couldn't believe that Kaiba of all people would ever say such a thing. At first she had thought that Kaiba was such a jerk because no one had ever told him he was before therefore he was never put in his place, but judging from what Kaiba said, he was well aware of his own cocky and heartless attitude. So why did he still insist on being so unbearable? Could it be he really hated people that much or was he purposely pushing everyone away for a different reason?

Anzu stared into space for a quick second before she suddenly realized that the once cheery Mokuba was growing very depressed. 'No sense in us both feeling down.' thought Anzu to herself as a look of worry spread across her face. "Well Mokuba, so you said this was a Birthday gift right? So how old are you now?"

"Oh my birthday isn't until tomorrow, Seto just gave this one to me as an early gift. I get my best present tomorrow!"

"Oh really, what present could be greater than this?" questioned Anzu enthusiastically.

"Why him of course. He promised he would spend the whole day with me tomorrow without letting anything distract him. He really promised!!"

Anzu chuckled to herself, partly out of sarcasm and mostly out of amusement. What could be so great about spending the day with that cold snake? However, Anzu had to admit that the innocent and enthused gleam in Mokuba's eyes almost had her convinced.

"Well since it was so short a notice to me, I didn't get you anything at all. How about as my gift to you, I'll spend my whole day with you today, and we will do anything you want!" Anzu knew that Mokuba had to be real lonely being cooped up in this huge mansion all by himself. His brothers need for seclusion seemed to be affecting Mokuba's own social life, and she could just tell he was starving for some kind of attention.

"REALLY!!! Wow that would be just almost as great as spending time with my Big Brother!!!" Anzu smiled brightly back down at Mokuba as his cheerfulness seemed to be contagious. She was actually relieved that she would get to spend the day with this Kaiba instead.

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Seto slowly climbed the steps of his front porch. Just before entering the house he turned around and stared into the fountain behind him. The crystal waters glistened in the shadows as the moonlight reflected off it's essence and shined serenely into Seto's weary face. Seto loved that water fountain.

As Seto entered his mansion he was suddenly startled to hear the sound of laughter. "Hmm maybe one of Mokuba's friends is over?" shrugged Seto as he headed towards his study. Right now the only thing Seto needed was a hot shower and a warm cup of tea to soothe his nerves. However the sound of girl's voice startled Seto as headed up the stairs. Now he knew that Mokuba didn't have any friends that were girls, and even if he did, she sounded way too old. 'If it's another one of those money grubbing bimbos trying to use my brother to get to me I swear I'll rip her head off-" Seto was stopped in mid thought as he suddenly realized just who the girl was.

Anzu pounded frantically into the video game remote as a large beeping sound blared through the TV screen signifying that she had lost another life. "Oh whatever, these things are just a waste of brain cells anyways." huffed Anzu as she angrily tossed the video remote at a nearby pillow.

"That's funny that's what Seto says every time he loses" chuckled Mokuba as he grabbed the remote and got ready for his turn.

"That's a funny thing for someone who designed the game to say." laughed Anzu, unwary of the of the fact that Seto was standing at the edge of the doorway watching them.

"Tch that's because I designed the game so that no one over the age of 13 could ever beat it" smiled Seto to himself. He was amazed at how well the prissy little brunette was getting along with his little brother. Without knowing it a bright light began to flicker in Seto's icy eyes as he continued to watch the two together.

As Mokuba began to get sucked into the TV screen Anzu slowly edged in closer to him. A malicious smile formed on her face as she blew into his ear. However, Mokuba was so droned out that the playful gesture went completely unnoticed. Anzu let out a frustrated sigh as she realized the subtle approach could never separate a boy from his games so she did the next best thing.

Suddenly without warning Anzu pounced on Mokba as she lightly began to tickle his sides. The same loud sound blared through the TV screen signifying that Mokuba had lost. "Ha, now who's the master." cheered Anzu as she released Mokuba from her assaults.

"That's only because you sabotaged me" whined Mokuba through his laughs.

"Well let's just say that I learned it from the master," winked Anzu suggestively as she reminded Mokuba of his fight with Seto just yesterday.

"So you were spying!" giggled Mokuba as he tried to tackle Anzu. However, Anzu would have gracefully dodged his advances had she not been so near the edge of the bed. Without warning Anzu fell off the side of the bed as a video game remote smacked her in the head.

"Heh-heh serves you right." snickered Mokuba as Anzu threw a pillow at his head. Anzu's face suddenly turned bright red as she finally noticed the dark shadow in the doorway.

"Big brother." beamed Mokuba as he deserted his video game and gave him a huge hug.

"Hey kiddo, it's getting kind of late you better get something to eat, sorry I got home so late."

"Don't worry big brother, Anzu took me to that pizza place I always wanted to go to but you said you never had time to take me to. And guess what else we did?" Seto stared down at his little brother questioningly as if signifying that he was anxious to hear his little brothers news. "We went to see a movie, and then we went to the arcade and-." As Mokuba continued to revel in the events of that day Seto stared in the direction of his bed where Anzu sat and was trying to regain her composure.

The sound of Mokuba's voice began to fade as the two began to stare at each other. Suddenly Anzu's face began to grow pale as she started to grow more nervous. 'What's with the strange look he's giving me. Is he mad because I slapped him?" If Kaiba had given her one of his normal dirty looks all would have been fine, but the half decent look he was giving her now had her totally confused.

As Anzu stared into Kaiba's eyes it suddenly hit her. Those weren't the eyes of malice! Those were the eyes of gratitude! Kaiba was staring deeply into Anzu as if to be saying 'thank you for making my little brother happy.' Although Kaiba would never come out and say it through his lips, this was the closes Anzu would ever get to a 'Thank You' coming from him. Anzu's heart almost skipped a beat.

Suddenly the silence in the air warped the two back to reality as Mokuba stared at them errantly realizing no one was listening to him. Finally Anzu spoke up.

"Umm- I just came here today to,um apologize for last night." She knew she was lying through her teeth. She really wasn't sorry for slapping Kaiba. He had really deserved it. Anzu held her hands to her sides and balled them into fists as she braced herself for another one of Kaiba's usual insults.

"Whatever, don't worry about it." smirked Kaiba tiredly. Anzu blinked her eyes in utter amazement. Was he actually being half decent? It was at that point that Anzu noticed the sudden change in the tint of Kaiba's blue eyes. They seemed somewhat brighter. Mokuba smiled sheepishly at the two as the wheels in his little head began to turn. Suddenly Anzu didn't have the heart to continue with her plan that night. She didn't want to ruin her good mood thanks to Mokuba's company.

"Umm well I guess it's getting late so I better get going Mokuba." Mokuba let out a protestful whimper, but suppressed his whines as Kaiba gave him a 'that's enough look.'

As Mokuba walked Anzu out the door Kaiba followed behind them and headed towards his study.

"Oh yeah Anzu, I was meaning to ask you one more thing!" Anzu gave Mokuba a interested look as she stopped and looked down at him. "You see tomorrow me and Seto are gonna go to the zoo and the carnival and I would be so happy if you came too!?"

Kaiba spit his tea out his mouth as he stopped dead in his tracks. He was starting to exit his study when he heard Mokuba's request and was stopped just outside the doorway. 'What the Hell!'

Anzu had witnessed the whole scene as she tried to repress her smile. "Umm I don't think I should be intruding on you and your brother's-"

"Oh please Anzu, we had so much fun today, and I know we can all have fun together tomorrow too." Anzu melted into Mokuba's puppy dog eyes as she tried to think of any kind of excuse to decline his invite, however how could she say no to a face like that?

"Umm Okay......... I guess I can go with you two tomorrow......." stammered Anzu nervously. This was definitely going to be a day that she would never forget.

To be continued

Oh yeah and now cue in the beginning of some very chaotic chapters to come. These next couple of chapters almost made me want to make this a humor romance but I decided against it since I actually wrote this story with the intentions of being a little serious for a change. Oh well some of the old Momo humor had to get in there somewhere.

So how do you like the way the stories coming along now? Alright I know it's gonna get a little funny, but I also decided to add a little angsty drama too (Humor + Angst = Indigestion.......err I need to stop eating Taco Mayo so late at night........). I know you guys will love what I have in store for you anyways and guys also don't forget to give me your input!! I'm gettin ready to write the ending of this fic and I want to know who you guys want Anzu to end up with. Well right now we're not into the fic too deep, but like I said you can vote as much as you like (I prefer one vote per chapter please) and it's okay to change your vote later on down the line. My intentions are to change some people's minds or reinforce your already firm opinions (considering I can't decide who should get who either......heh heh, I know!! I think I should get Yami and Seto both HOHOHOHO, ::Sees eyes of evil glaring fan girls err and fan boys ready to kill her:: alright maybe not ^_^;; Yipe).

Quote of the Week: "If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it." (W. C. Fields)