Hello everybody ::shudders:: (I was having a vision of me saying that with a Kermit the Frog voice). I need to stop falling asleep with the tv on all night. Sometimes you wake up in the morning and the wierdiest crap will be on, like Sesame Street (lord help us all I thought they cancelled that crap back in the 90's).

Anyho as usual I would just like to express my appreciation towards you guys, and I just hope you guys have been enjoying my ficcie so far. Well, umm I have nothing really interesting or witty say right now (like I ever do), so umm just read my fic, and umm like it!

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Mysterious voice: "Knock, knock"

Momo: "Who's there?"

Mysterions voice: "You know already"

Momo: ::Sweat drop:: no I don't"

Mysterious voice: "Yes you do now say it Momo"

Momo: "No! I won't you can't make me!"

Mysterious voice: "Denail is the first symptom of nutcase who could possibly be committed, Momo"

Momo: "Fine, fine, I'll say it!"

Mysterious voice: "Hehe I knew you'd see things my way"

Momo: ::grumbles::

Mysterious voice: "Knock, knock"

Momo: "Not Yugioh or it's characters, because I don't own any of them and I probably never will! There now are you satisfied. I said it! Well now that, that's settled I think I need to buy a door bell. Then I won't be a victim of anymore lame oh knock knock jokes!

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She slowly opened up her weary eyes and stared into darkness. Anzu blinked twice in order to focus on her surroundings, however the only thing she could make out was a shadowy room and a cold silence. "Where am I?" thought Anzu aloud as she attempted to raise her tired body.

Her body felt weak and her movements were slow, however Anzu finally was able to lift herself off the bed she was now lying in. The silky sheets cascaded from off her body as she rose to a sitting position and contemplated on why and where she was.

Finally a recollection of what had happened seized Anzu's mind, as she felt herself grow weak. "I remember" she whispered. "I talked to Yami and then I ran into Seto….."

Anzu suddenly felt her face go flush as she realized she was no longer wearing her own clothes. Now the only thing she was wearing was a pair of oversized silk pajamas, which Anzu dared not to think about to whom they belonged. "M-my clothes," gasped Anzu as she crossed her arms over her shoulders in an exposed manner and hopped out of the bed in a panic.

It was then that Anzu realized just where she actually was. She was obviously at Kaiba's mansion. It was the only logical explanation, but had Seto actually? Anzu shook her head wildly in an attempt to ward out her stray yet dangerous thoughts. Now completely embarrassed, confused, and not sure what to make of her situation, Anzu finally stepped out of the room and into a familiar looking hallway.

She had only been in Kaiba's house once before, but she could never forget this magnificent place. Although she had only gotten a brief glance, Anzu recognized the hallway from the time she spent there with Mokuba. It may have not been the exact same hallway, but they all were built basically the same. So by instinct and basic reasoning, Anzu figured that the best way to make her way through this maze of a palace was to merely find the staircase and make her way downstairs.

She trailed her fingers along the banister as she slowly walked down the long flight of stairs. The banister was her only guide as she made her way through the darkness. 'Man why is this place so dark, you would think he could afford to at least pay his electricity bill.'

When Anzu finally made her way downstairs she let out another disappointed sigh as she realized her tactic wasn't completely full proof. 'Now that I'm down here, what am I supposed to do? I don't even think I can find the front door.' Anzu continued to walk around the mansion aimlessly, as she decided on what her next move would be when her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the sound of typing on a laptop.  Anzu was instantly drawn to this sound as she realized that there could probably only be one owner for such restless key pounding.

Anzu found her assumption to be true, as she was led into a dark room that appeared to be a study of some kind. There at the very end of the room near a huge curtained window sat Kaiba at a large messy desk. He seemed to be completely mesmerized by the fluorescent lights radiating from his computer screen, as he made no attempt to acknowledge Anzu's presence.

Anzu started to open her mouth to say something to him, however no words were able to escape her throat. She wasn't sure what to say to him. How could she let herself be seen by Kaiba in such a vulnerable state? Anzu could barely remember what it was she had actually said to him. At that time, Anzu had been so emotionally unstable that she could have said anything to him. He was probably the last person next to Yami that Anzu had wanted to see and somehow by some cruel twist of fate there he had been to rescue her.

'So now what?' Anzu wasn't sure what to do as she continued to spy on Kaiba from the corner of the doorway. 'Maybe I should just go.' She knew it wouldn't be the most polite thing to do especially to someone who had just helped her, even if it was Kaiba, but right now she wasn't in any kind of condition to talk to him. Especially with her thoughts trailing off the way that they were every time that she saw him.

As Anzu finally turned to leave she was suddenly interrupted by a smug laugh. "So your finally awake I see, so where are you headed off to now, your not planning to go prancing around in the rain again are you?" Anzu suddenly felt her entire body freeze, while ironically her heart begin to pound uncontrollably.

"Eh, uhh, n-no" stammered Anzu nervously as she turned to face Kaiba. In the darkness of the room Anzu was unable to make out his face however she could perfectly see the superior smile on Kaiba's mouth through the image of her mind. She had grown quite accustom to his annoying smirks.

"Ohh is that so," mumbled Kaiba in a strange tone under his breath as he went back to typing on his laptop. Anzu suddenly felt her frustrations begin to rise as she realized that whatever Kaiba was working on was being prioritized over her. She wasn't sure why this made her particularly angry, however Anzu decided to swallow her pride and thank Kaiba for his help anyway.

"Umm Seto," Anzu half whispered, "I just want to apologize for what I said to you before and thank you for your help."

Finally Kaiba stopped his typing and looked up in the direction Anzu was standing. "You know Anzu my impression of you has started to change."

"Huh?" gasped Anzu as her heart began to flutter.

"Now not only do I think you're stupid, I also realize that you don't even have much common sense either. Your lucky I found you when I did."

"What!?!" screeched Anzu "Now you see here Seto Kaiba, how dare you call me stupid, it's not like I asked for you help in the first place!" As Anzu continued to explode on Kaiba she clutched onto her shirt angrily and suddenly remembered her clothes. "And what happened to my clothes!"

"Tch," retorted Kaiba as a sly smile formed on his lips. "Well wouldn't you like to know."

Anzu's face paled at his devious grin as an idea of how her clothes might have magically changed hit her. It was then that she noticed the symbol SK on the pocket of the pajamas that she was now wearing. 'He couldn't have-'

"Relax Anzu don't get all delirious on me, I had one of the maids change you out of your wet clothes." Kaiba chuckled softly as he realized that Anzu was overacting again. "You don't think that I? Oh come on Anzu I do have better things to do than take advantage of sleeping girls, besides you don't seem to have anything worth looking at anyway."

Seto swiftly caught Anzu's hand just before it could make contact with his face. "Now you don't want to hit strike three just yet do you Anzu?" smiled Seto coyly. "If you were to slap me now, that would make three times I let you get away with slapping me, and after that our game would be over too soon. Besides slapping someone is just petty and weak, but I guess that's just the way girls are-"

::WHAP::

Seto could barely believe what had happened as he stared through his desk blankly. "Damn you Kaiba!" shouted Anzu angrily as she stormed out his office.

Once Seto regained his senses he lifted his sore head from off his desk and blinked wildly. "Did she just punch me?"

"I just don't understand that guy, I don't understand any guys." Shouted Anzu as she stomped through the darkness aimlessly searching for any way out of Kaiba's torture hole.  "How can they all be so damn insensitive, and why…."

'And why do I keep torturing myself the way that I do over them…….'

"Having trouble finding your way out?" called a dry voice from within the darkness behind Anzu. "I'll let that one slide tonight considering I respect your right hook, it was pretty good for a little girl like you, but next time don't think I'll take it so easy on you."

Anzu let out a faint gasp as Seto tossed her clothes at her. "My limo is already waiting outside to take you home, follow me and I'll show you the way out." For some reason her anger had died down substantially upon hearing the sound of his voice. Now guilt began to take over her as she realized that she shouldn't have been so hard on him. That was just the way that Seto was. That was probably his best attempt at saying "your welcome."

After Anzu had changed back into her clothes, which one of the maids had dried while she was sleeping, Anzu followed Seto as he led her out of his house. Just as they reached the door, Seto paused for a moment as though he was gathering up his nerve to say something. "Anzu I…..never mind." He sighed tiredly as he opened the door for her and motioned for her to leave. Anzu started to say something to him, but decided it best not to provoke Kaiba further by trying to figure out what it was he wanted to say. Instead she merely walked out the mansion, gave Seto a weak smile goodbye, and got into the limo.

Seto rested his forehead on the heavy brass door and sighed in defeat as he listened to his limo drive away. "Dammit, why did I have to say that, why did I have to say any of those things? That's not what I wanted to say…….Ah hell maybe it's just better this

way. Besides women are nothing but trouble……..especially that one!"

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Anzu stared out into the distance as she lost herself within her thoughts. No matter how much she tried she just couldn't stop thinking about the night before. She wanted to forget about her feelings for Yami, that would be the smart thing to do, but the more she thought about what he said, the more she thought about, well, him. She just couldn't force herself into denying her feelings for him. She wasn't sure what to do about the situation, and then there was also her dilemma concerning Kaiba- "Penny for your thoughts?" beamed a cheerful voice.

"Oh h-hi there Yugi," smiled Anzu weakly. It had been awhile since she has talked to her childhood friend, and she felt pretty bad for ignoring him lately. 'If only all guys were more like Yugi, that would make my life so much easier…..'

"Umm Anzu I know you've been pretty preoccupied lately, and if you don't want to tell me the reason why that's fine, but I just want you to know that I'm always here if you want to talk." Anzu about melted as she stared into the concerned eyes of her friend. However, Anzu thought it best not to get anyone else involved in her problems. This was her hole she had dug and she didn't want to drag anyone else down into it.

"No I'm fine Yugi, just a little worn out I suppose," lied Anzu. Yugi eyed Anzu suspiciously, but quickly replaced his doubtful thoughts with a smile.

"Oh yeah Anzu this is for you," smiled Yugi as he handed Anzu a small envelope from his back pocket. Anzu stared at it in confusion as she missed the sad glint that had taken over his eyes. "Well lunch is almost over now, so I better be heading off to class now, I guess I'll catch you later!"

As Yugi ran off he made sure to hide his face from Anzu. He couldn't bare to let her see him cry. "I love Anzu, but I also love Yami………so I have to do this for them if I want  them to both  be happy." Yugi stammered as he made his way to his locker. "But if they both end up together, will that mean I lose them both?"

Yugi continued to stare into his locker as he tried his hardiest to hold back his tears. He couldn't show up to class with his eyes full of tears. He could never let his friends know how he really felt. If he did that would ruin everything, and then his friends wouldn't be happy, and in the end that was what was more important to him. No matter how much it hurt him, Yugi always put his friends first. "But just once what would happen if I didn't? No forget it, this is just the way things have been, how they always are….." And with that last thought Yugi let out a heavy sigh, pasted on a fake smile, and headed off to class.

Anzu watched as her smaller friend waved goodbye to her and ran off towards the school entrance. Finally she decided to open up the envelope. As Anzu read the contents of the note within the envelope her eyes begin to widen. However, before she had time to think or react the lunch bell suddenly rang, forcing Anzu to postpone any of her thoughts on the letter.

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Anzu took in the night air as she admired the scenery around her. She wasn't sure what to do. She knew she didn't want to bring her hopes up like she did before, but what else could she do at this point? "Please meet me at the place of the fireflies." That was all the entire note Yami had written her had said. "He's about as vague as Kaiba." muttered Anzu.

"Anzu I'm glad you came," called a voice from behind her. Anzu turned around half startled as she came face to face with the object of both her laughter and tears. Yami had his eyes cast towards the ground as he stood within the shadows of the field behind her. Anzu tried to read his actions through his face however it blended in too well with the darkness which had now taken over the field before them.

Anzu wasn't sure what to say as she stared at Yami in a cold silence. Finally after what seemed like an eternity of empty nothingness Yami spoke up. "Anzu I….." Yami let his voice trail off, as he seemed to suddenly lose his nerve.

Anzu let out an alarming gasp as she was startled by Yami's tone of voice. It was almost unrecognizable. This wasn't the same overconfident and strong voice that Anzu was accustom too hearing. Ironically this tone of voice sounded almost identical to the way Kaiba had sounded the last time Anzu had spoken with him. What could it be that they were both trying to tell her?

Yami shook his head as he let out a defeated sigh. "Here I want you to have this." Anzu blinked at him in confusion as she took the bag that Yami had handed her. Inside the bag was a jar filled with hundreds of white and purple lily petals. Lilies were Anzu's favorite flowers.

Yami watched solemnly as Anzu's eyes lit up with joy, making his own sad crimsons dull at their sight. "Thank you Yami but why-?"

"There my way of saying that I'm sorry. You see each one of these petals represents each tear that I have ever made you cry. Like your tears these petals have all fallen off of a once beautiful flower, a flower I fear I may have ruined due to my own fear and idiocy. I know it's not much but I pray that maybe……just maybe, if I were to bring you all of these tears, then together we can work towards making that once lovely flower bloom just as magnificently as it always did before."

"But why Yami, why do you need to apologize to me, you didn't do anything wrong?" Cried Anzu as she turned and finally got her first glimpse of Yami's face that night.

"Why? Because I'm nothing but a selfish liar Anzu. I lied to you and myself, and for why? Because I couldn't conquer my own fears and stupidity. It is for that reason I lied to you all this time, but now I realize that the cost for my own selfishness was a price far greater than any other. One I fear I will never be able to pay…….." Anzu gasped silently as Yami brought his hand to Anzu's face and brushed away a loose tear that had escaped from her eye. " That cost being, all those tears that I made you cry."

"Please Yami…..please stop it," cried Anzu as she felt her vision began to blur. The look of pain and sorrow that his eyes were emitting was almost too much for her to bear. She just couldn't understand why he was doing this. If anyone deserved to be called selfish or a liar it was her! If only Yami realized that it was she who had used Kaiba in order to try to win him over, and in the end it had failed and now she may have ruined not one, but three people's hearts.

Finally Anzu could take it no longer as she finally broke down and cried however before she could wipe away any of her tears, or hide her face, Anzu was caught by Yami's embrace. "See now look what I've done. I've made you cry again! Now I definitely don't deserve your forgiveness!"

Upon feeling his touch Anzu's cries suddenly begin to subdue as the warmth of Yami's body became a shield from all the pain and confusion that Anzu was now feeling. 'If only we could stay like this forever.'

Yami listened as Anzu's faint sobs begin to fade. Now the only thing that he could hear was the pounding of Anzu's heart close to his. At this point Yami wished that he could hold Anzu in his arms forever and he hated the fact that even though they were so close together, their bodies were like barriers keeping their hearts from each other. "Anzu I know I don't deserve to ask, but I'm begging that you please forgive me for the fool that I am. There is no way that I can erase the past, but I promise that I'll do whatever and for however long it takes to make up for all the suffering that I have caused you. Even if I have to die as many deaths as there are petals in that jar."

Anzu leaned her head against Yami's chest as she took in his words. She still wasn't sure why Yami was doing this, but she knew deep in her heart that no matter what Yami did to her she would never stop loving him. He was her friend, mentor, and much more. "Yami, please I told you that's enough. You don't have to apologize for the way that you feel. I don't care if you don't love me the way that I love you, the only thing I want to do is…..to be near you."

"No Anzu, your wrong," Anzu lifted her head off of Yami's chest as she stared into his eyes questioningly. "You see the reason why I'm apologizing to you is because I've been lying to you all this time. The words that I spoke to you, and the feelings in my heart that I had to control the day that we were here last, they were all lies. There are many reasons why I did what I did, but when it comes down to it those things really shouldn't have mattered. If I was really someone who was worthy of being the object of your love than I would have realized this long before I hurt you." Anzu felt as though her heart would stop as she listened to Yami's every word, and then he said it. "What I'm trying to say Anzu, what I should have told you a long time ago is that………I love you."

To Be Continued……..

Quote of the Week: "Anyone who's nver made a mistake before, has never tried anything new."

Well oh well, it would appear that Yami has beaten Kaiba to the punch line again. Well little Seto did have his chance, but you all know how he is. He would never admit to having any feelings to anyone or even to himself at that. Well at least not right away.

So the moment all you Y/A fans has finally come! But wasn't I so wrong to end it there. I guess they don't call them cliffhangers for nothing!

So will Seto ever confess his feelings? What will Anzu do now that Yami has finally told her the truth? And when will I ever find my other orange sock? Well get ready for the next chappie where most of these questions will me answered. Well see ya all next update!