Well man I knew that last chapter was kind of a dozy, and maybe one of my most suspenseful chapters but Wow! I'm so happy! I've never had so many reviews for one chapter. I guess it's now safe to say that you guys really like me. You may hate my cliff hangers, but (sniff) you really like me! Thank you guys, you are all so very encouraging!!!

Well things have certainly heated up for Seto and Anzu, but now I guess it's Yami's turn. Well oh well it looks like Anzu is about to get a taste of what love triangles are made of. Hope you guys enjoy.

Disclaimer: I am such a sugar fiend, and how I do love to eat sweets. However, I'm not a very good cook. So I decided to take cooking classes. Today I was shown how to make cookies. However mine were not very yummy and I'm sure if you eat mine they will give you a stomach ache. Oh well, I guess I still have a long way to go........ (P.S: This is not a subliminal message....sweat drop).

Love Kaleidoscope

Chp10 Love Rollercoaster

Yami stared into the deep blue sky and watched as the clouds rolled along with the sweet afternoon breeze. He let out a peaceful sigh as he admired their beauty. Normally Yami would much rather prefer his usual midnight walks, but something about this day seemed to call out to him.

As he walked along the familiar park path, his mind seemed to drift from one thought to another. Last night after what he had witnessed, Yami had decided it best not to dwell anymore on his feelings for Anzu. It was obvious that she had already given up on her feelings for him, and seeing as how he wasn't sure whether he had feelings for her or not gave him no right to be angry. He did however feel somewhat disappointed, and slightly hurt, but he wasn't angry.......anymore.

When he had seen the two together he had been so angry that he could barely contain himself, although he wasn't sure exactly why. It wasn't like Anzu was his girlfriend. So rather than cause a scene he simply turned around and went back home. When Yugi asked him what was wrong, Yami merely returned to his soul room without a word. His anger was so extreme that he was afraid that he might say something he didn't mean. At that time Yami had thought it better just to hurt Yugi's feelings a little by ignoring him as oppose to hurting him a lot by taking his frustrations out on his little Aibou.

However once Yami had cooled off and thought about things he realized he didn't have a right to be angry. He had his chance with Anzu, and now it had passed. Wanting to be with her when he wasn't sure how he felt about her was just selfish, but still, why did it have to Kaiba of all people!!!

"No, I won't get mad, especially on such a peaceful day like this one," gritted Yami through his teeth unaware that his hands were now balled up into tight fist. As Yami continued to admire the endless sapphire sky above him he didn't even seem to notice the familiar figure sitting on the park bench in front of him.

Yami stopped dead in his tracks as he stared at the object of his distress. Was fate working against him? There sat Anzu on the bench staring off into the distance. Suddenly Yami felt his heart beat change as he thought of the best thing to do. He wasn't really in the mood to talk to her right now, so he decided if it would be better for him to just pretend like he didn't see her. However, before he could turn around, for some reason Anzu looked up in his direction and their eyes met.

'Crap, now what do I do? If I leave now she'll think I'm avoiding her because of what happened last weekend, and then I'll just hurt her feelings again.' Yami and Anzu hadn't seen each other ever since the last time they had come to the park, so they never really had a chance to talk about what had happened. 'Well there's nothing I can do now. I mine as well settle things now, besides she has no idea I saw her and Kaiba together last night.'

"Hello Anzu," smiled Yami weakly. Anzu stared into Yami's crimson eyes and smiled back at him. It was good to see his face again, however she wish that it had been under some better circumstances. Just as she had feared, the day after she had confessed her feelings to him, Yami started to avoid her. Of course Anzu had been preoccupied with her own problems, but she knew that it was no coincidence that Yami always seem to disappear from Yugi just before school everyday that week.

Now was the first time that they had actually had a chance to talk since that fateful day. "Hello Yami, I'm a little surprised to see you taking your daily walk so early in the afternoon. I suppose even you couldn't let such a beautiful day go to waste." Yami shook his head in agreement as he finally made his way to Anzu.

"Do you mind if I have a seat, " questioned Yami, as he felt that now was the best time to settle things between him and Anzu. Sure their chance of being together had passed, but he still treasured her friendship, and until they talked about things, their relationship would never be same.

"Yami I just want to apologize for what happened the other day, I had no right to-" Yami placed his finger on Anzu's mouth as he made an attempt to cut her off. Anzu felt herself shiver with delight at his touch.

"No Anzu, let's get one thing straight, you should never have to apologize for the way that you feel. To do something like that would be the same as lying to yourself, and thus losing a part of your identity." Anzu almost whined out loud as Yami brought his finger back down to his side.

"If anyone should be apologizing it should be me. I should have been more sensitive to your feelings."

"Now looks who's apologizing for his feelings!! You shouldn't be sorry for feeling the way that you did either. I should have never put you in such a compromising situation like that by forcing myself on you." Anzu felt tears begin to well up in her eyes once again as she started to remember the events that had occurred that day. "And then I ran away from you and treated you so coldly just because I was being selfish. I'm so sorry Yami. I wouldn't blame you if you hated me now."

"Anzu don't ever say such things like that. I could never hate you. Your my friend and I care about you very much. Our friendship is much stronger than that. Do you really think something like this would change how I feel? I'm glad that you were honest with me, that's what friends are suppose to do. I told you I wanted to help you and if being honest with your feelings by kissing me was the only way you could do it then that's fine with me. Believe me I've had much worse happen to me." Yami added as he tried to suppress a playful smirk.

Anzu was so relieved to hear Yami's words, however every time she heard Yami say the word friend, a part of herself begin to ache. 'That's right, well never be anything more than just friends......'

"I promise you that no matter what happens between us I will never stop being your friend or caring about you, so please Anzu, quit hurting yourself like this. Let's just put the past behind us." It was kind of hard for Yami to say those words, but he knew they were the words that they both needed to hear.

They both had to make immense with their feelings. She had to stop punishing herself by thinking he still didn't want to be her friend, and he needed to give up on whatever feelings he thought he might have had for Anzu.

"I know how hard it was for you to tell me how you felt, and I know I didn't make things much better by not even saying anything to you. I guess I was just into too much shock to realize exactly how I felt and it wasn't until I had time to recover that realized I might also-" Yami quickly cut himself off as he realized what he was actually saying.

Suddenly all of Anzu's attention was focused and Yami's every words as a small light of hope shined in her azure eyes. "You also what Yami?"

Yami felt himself grow tense as he tried to avoid Anzu's eyes. 'Don't do this Yami, you'll only hurt her worse. If your her true friend then you won't do this,' scolded a voice in his head. "Well I-" just then a strange sound cut through their intense moment.

Anzu felt completely embarrassed. She had been so caught up with her problems that she had skipped breakfast and lunch that day. 'Saved by the bell, er growl' smiled Yami internally.

"My Anzu, I see your as hungry as I am, how about we get something to eat?"

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"So what exactly did you call it again?" questioned Yami as he blinked at Anzu incredulously.

"Italian," smiled Anzu back as she peeked at the bewildered Yami through the corner of her eyes.

"My that was very good, I never had anything like it before." Anzu giggled lightly to herself. She didn't think she could ever get tired of how cute Yami's naivety could be. It was sometimes hard to believe that someone as wise and as cunning as him could have so much trouble understanding minute things like Italian food. Sure it wasn't his fault that he had been locked away for more then 5 millennia, but Anzu still couldn't help but smile at the thought that Yami was so inexperienced when it came to the simple things of the modern world. Sometimes he reminded her of young child who was eager to learn everything about the new world around him. As if he had only been living in this world for a short time, and technically that was true.

As they continued to walk down the busy city streets, suddenly all the noise and life around them begin to fade out as Anzu's thought overpowered her. 'Why did my stomach have to growl then!?! Is fate against me!?!' The whole time they were eating Anzu's mind kept wandering off and she hardly could take one bite. What was it that Yami had been trying to say to her?

"Hey you there with the spiky hair!!!" shouted an abrupt voice which cut Anzu away from her thoughts. Both Yami and Anzu turned in the direction of the voice as Yami pointed at himself and mouthed silently to the man 'Who me?'

"Yes you, why don't you step up and take your chances at winning are big prizes and much more! All it will cost you is a hundred yen. Also if you win you get your money back! You see this is a simple game, the only thing you have to do is turn this here handle on this wheel full of balls and if you get a gold ball you win!" Yami rolled his eyes at the over enthused salesman as he decided it best to ignore his antics.

"Sorry I don't waste my time playing such unchallenging games, let's go Anzu-" As Yami turned towards Anzu it was already too late. She had already paid the suspicious looking host and was now in the process of turning the wheel.

"Oh darn I guess I didn't win, but I suppose I've always been a sucker for these kind of games," whined Anzu as she snapped her fingers in discontent.

"I wouldn't exactly call gambling a real game. It's just merely a contest of luck and chance." Yami smirked as he came up behind Anzu and gave her one of his all knowing smiles.

"I know, but I just really wanted to win their grand prize," Anzu pouted as she stared sadly at the game.

"Or?" questioned Yami as he tilted his head in confusion letting one of his golden bangs dangle in front of his face. "What prize is that?"

"Two tickets to the new amusement park that just opened up. I really wanted to see what it looked like." Yami stared at Anzu intently in an attempt to read her expression. He wasn't exactly sure what this 'amusement park' thing was, but it was obvious to him that it meant a lot to her.

"Fine then Anzu, I'll win these tickets for you," replied Yami calmly.

"Oh so your gonna win them just like that, like it's really just that easy?" questioned Anzu almost sarcastically. "Even you said these games are nothing more then contest of luck and chance."

"Yes that's true, but I'm still the King of Games, I never lose." smiled Yami coyly as he gave Anzu a mischievous wink.

"Hmm and such a modest King of Games you are at that." grinned Anzu back.

'Yeah right, like this spiky haired little know it all is going to ever win' mocked the game keeper in the back of his head. A evil smile formed on his lips as he watched Yami turn the handle on the wheel three times. Anzu held her breath as the wheel finally came to a stop and the sound of a ball clicking sounded the air.

"Oh well Yami, that's okay, I guess you can't win them all, besides you said it yourself, this isn't a real game." Anzu could hardly believe it herself, but this was actually the first time she had ever seen Yami lose at anything. She knew his pride was probably hurt so she thought it best not to tease him about it.

Yami made no attempt to answer Anzu as the same mischievous smile still covered his face. Somehow that wasn't quite the reaction Anzu had expected. As Yami finally turned to oblige her the cuff of his sleeve accidentally got caught on the handle of the wheel sending it crashing to the ground. Dozens of balls spilt out onto the floor as everyone nearby turned to see what was going on. "Opps, sorry" smirked Yami innocently.

"Hn? Hey wait a minute," exclaimed Anzu. "What's the big idea? All of these balls are the same color!! I don't see the gold one at all!!" The game keeper paled as a crowd of people nearby begin to whisper among themselves.

"Uh, umm don't be silly little girl, there's no gold ball because your boyfriend there won it, remember. So take your prize and get lost!" gritted the man through his teeth nervously as he gave Anzu a suggestive glance. "Just keep your mouth shut about this and I'll let you two have the grand prize." whispered the gamekeeper.

"Now hold up, were not going to go along with your little ruse-"

"It's a deal," smiled Yami as he snatched the tickets out the man's hands and dragged the protesting Anzu away. Normally Anzu would have put up more of a fight, but when she realized that Yami was holding here hand her mind suddenly went blank as she completely forgot what she was arguing about.

Anzu shook her head in disbelief as a smile begin to form on her face. "I don't know how you do it, but somehow you always manage to beat everyone at their own games."

Yami gave Anzu one of his famous know it all smiles as he handed her his prize. "Here you go Anzu, these are for you. I hope you have fun." smiled Yami.

Anzu begin to blush as she took the tickets from him. "Um, actually Yami, I was kind hoping that since I have two tickets, well" Anzu tapped her foot to the ground nervously as she lowered her eyes away from Yami. "-well I mean I only need one ticket so I was hoping that you might want to join me, you know seeing as how you won them and all."

"Sure," answered Yami quicker than Anzu had expected. Yami also realized this as he quickly suppressed an oncoming blush. "I don't see why not, besides I never been to an 'amusement park' before."

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The sounds of screaming startled Yami as he eyed the crowded theme park in attempt to locate their whereabouts. He was amazed by how casual everyone could act when there were screams echoing from every direction.

Anzu held back a giggle as she watched Yami eye his surroundings cautiously, as if someone was going to jump out and attack them. She could tell he wanted to ask her what all the screaming was about, but his pride and need to act brave around her prevented him from doing so.

"So what shall we do first?" questioned Anzu cheerfully as she interrupted Yami's suspicious probing.

"I'm not sure what you do at a place like this." answered Yami somewhat nervously as another scream echoed in his direction. 'Dear Ra, what is this place and why is that I'm the only one who hears that screaming?'

"Great, in that case I know exactly what to do!!"

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Yami dizzily stepped out into the crowd without a word as beads of sweat trickled from his brow. His once calm and clear crimson eyes were now hazy, wide, and blood shot. It was taking every ounce of his strength just to keep his legs from giving out as he suddenly begin to feel faint. "Wasn't that fun," giggled Anzu as she patted Yami on the back lightly almost sending his weak knees crashing to the ground.

"F-FUN! Why in Ra's name would anyone in there right mind spend good money to see what it feels like to have there heart go up their throat and back down again!?!" shouted Yami in disbelief as he pointed at the roller coaster ride that they had just gotten off of. It suddenly became clear to him where all the screams were coming from.

Anzu could barely keep herself from busting out into laughter as she gave Yami a empathetic look. "I'm sorry Yami, I didn't realized that you were so scared."

"I was not scared," scoffed Yami as he folded his arms over his chest in a manner that resembled a defiant child.

"Oh come on Yami, you don't have to pretend to be tough and cool all the time. I mean everyone gets scared their first time." It was now taking every ounce of Anzu's willpower not to laugh at Yami. He looked so cute when he was pouting and trying to act tough.

"Speak for yourself, your the one who was screaming and cutting off the blood circulation in my arm." Anzu eyed Yami wryly as she studied her denial stricken friend. Her cobalt eyes flickered at him playfully as a sudden malevolent thought came to mind.

"Well then if that's the case, we still have about a dozen more rides to try out, and that wasn't even the biggest one!" She sang as she grabbed his arm and dragged him towards the next ride.

"!?!?!" piped Yami helplessly. If Yami had known that 'amusement park' was Japanese for torture hole he would have never agreed to come here.

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As the sun drifted lazily into the horizon, a kaleidoscope of orange and purple hues painted the sky. Anzu let out a gasp of awe as the monochromatic colors danced off of the reflection of her glossy sapphires. This was definitely a ride that Yami could get use to. Not only did it move at a slow pace, but it also gave him a perfect view of the city.

"I do believe that this 'Ferris Wheel' contraption is my favorite ride," thought Yami aloud.

"Me too," whispered Anzu back as she continued to watch the sunset in wonderment.

As Yami stared out the widow of their cart his eyes suddenly drifted in Anzu's direction. However she was too preoccupied with the wonderful canvas of colors before her to even notice.

Yami had to admit that despite the horrendously heart stopping rides that he had been forced to ride, he had rather enjoyed himself. Spending the day with Anzu had actually turned out much better than he had expected. It was as if all the drama between the two of them had never happen. Now things between him and Anzu would be back to the way they should be.............or would they?

As the day had went on, the small tug at Yami's heart that he had told Yugi about had begin to grow. Somehow Anzu had the power to bring out a part of him he didn't even know existed. Just being around her made him happy, even when he was doing something as ridiculous as cutting his life short by riding on one of those torture machines she called a roller coaster.

Also Yami couldn't forget the one upside to those devil machines. The fact that every time they rode a ride together Anzu would always grab onto his arm in excited fright, and despite his own fear she somehow made him feel stronger. As if he could do anything. Her sudden touch would bring chills down his spine as he braved the rides for her sake.

"Wow gasped Anzu" as all the lights in the city suddenly lit up at once. "How beautiful! Yami, look."

"Yes, truly remarkable," sighed Yami as he made no attempt to take his eyes off of Anzu. He smiled dreamily at her as he admired the smile which had just appeared on her lips.

'Damn,' cursed Yami to himself. 'How could I let this happen to me?' He shook his head in frustration as a sudden realization hit him. 'Oh my dear Ra, I do believe I'm falling for this girl.'

To be continued...............

Quote of the Week: "Life is one big roller coaster; it has it's ups and downs"

Sorry Seto/Anzu fans, but I warned you that this chapter was coming. This is a love triangle. Oh and I was so evil to leave you all in suspense about what happened between Anzu and Seto the night before, didn't I. Well I did kind of give you guys all those Seto and Anzu chapters, so now it's time to see things from Yami's perspective (come on give the guy a chance). As I mentioned before I'm not here to pick sides. I'm just here to leave ya'll in suspense, begging me for more, along with your usual annoying dose of confrontations, mixed emotions, and hot love scenes (I'm a ham for these hopeless love fics). It will be worth it in the end!

Anyways what I got in store for everyone is just as crazy and heated as usual and hopefully just as good. Yes I admit it will be more Yami/Anzu focused for a bit, but we mustn't write Seto out of the picture yet. Oh I can't wait for the chapters when Yami and Seto find out about each other (IEEeeeeeee). Oh well until next time and as usual many reviews are always welcomed.