Yeah! Momo updated again! Wow I can't believe that I've actually made it this far! My 17th chapter! And I've already wrote chapter 18 too! I guess this means that (dramatic pause) I might actually finish a chapter fic! Well I guess I better. I mean especially after how faithful all of you guys have been. I suppose the least I can do, is not do something as stupid as just quit like the lazy bum that I am. Also after reading some of your reviews of come to fear some of you guys and I think if I didn't finish this fic some of you my plot my death -_-…….

Anyways I'm also happy to say that…….I got my new computer!!! Yeah, I didn't realize how important my computer was until I didn't have it anymore! The only problems that I am having is that I can't access my email and since I got Windows Xp, the format of all my older version files won't open right (Arghhh, why didn't I save everything on a disk). Well enough about me, I guess it's time I get onto more important matters.

So now what you've all been waiting for……..

Disclaimer: My momma always said life is like a box of chocolates, you ain't never know what ya gonna get…..unless your me and you know you'll never get to be the lucky sap who owns Yugioh and it's characters…….hmm now that I think about my momma said life was always like a bag of cheezits……whatever!

The authoress Momochan does not own the Movie 'Forest Gump' in  any way shape or  form. It also kind of sucks that she had to write a disclaimer for her disclaimer. Perhaps this is due to the fact that she is a weirdo who just can't write a normal disclaimer and she also likes to ramble. Oh and by the way if you can read this you have really good eyesight and you probably realize that Momo has issues. And now just for the sake of being and idiot and thinking mini print is cool Momo will now sing a little song for you. "The bunny the bunny, the bunny, Oh I ate the bunny! I didn't eat my soup or my steak just the bunny. The bunny, the bunny oh I ate the bunny and now I feel sick from heaaadd down to my tummy!" The authoress Momochan does not own 'Veggie Tales' in any way shape or  form. It also kind of sucks that she had to write a disclaimer for her disclaimer that was for her other disclaimer.  Perhaps this is due to the fact that she is a weirdo who just can't write a normal disclaimer………..

Love Kaleidoscope

Chp17 Women is Fickle

"Hey Anzu," shouted an energetic voice from the back of the mall. Anzu probed the food court frantically until her eyes caught a glimpse of a mess of bright and curly blonde hair. "Well it sure has been awhile since I've seen you. Hmm something or should I say someone must be keeping you busy," winked Mai suggestively as she wrapped her arm around Anzu's neck and giggled into her ear. Mai had no idea how right she was.

"H-hi Mai," smiled Anzu weakly as she quickly escaped from Mai's overly friendly hold. After the past couple days Anzu had been through a lot and now Mai was definitely one of the last people that Anzu wanted to run into. Although she would never blame Mai for her problems, she definitely wouldn't write her completely out of her chaotic little love triangle.

"Well?" smiled Mai implicatively as she eyed Anzu somewhat suspiciously.

"Well what?" blinked Anzu questioningly.

Mai let out a frustrated huff as she realized to whom she was talking to. "Well aren't you going to tell me how things are going between you and Yami?"

Anzu's face suddenly paled as she realized her suspicions were correct. She had tried to play it dumb in hopes that she wouldn't have to talk about what had been tormenting her for the last couple of days, but she knew that her plan would have instantly failed. This was Mai she was talking to. Regardless of whether she wanted to tell her or not, Mai would have eventually weaseled every little agonizing detail out of Anzu in the end.

Mai tapped her foot on the ground impatiently as she waited for Anzu to speak. Anzu's silence was almost unbearable! However, Mai figured something must have gone terribly wrong, otherwise Anzu wouldn't be staring at the ground in such an ashamed manner. "So what's the matter girl. You're still not with Yami? Damn that guy is harder to crack then I expected."

"No, it's not that. Actually just the other night, Yami told me that he loved me." interrupted Anzu nervously.

"What!?! Well then that's great Anzu! I'm so happy for you! Now you finally got the man that you wanted,"shouted Mai enthusiastically as she gave Anzu a victory hug. However Anzu's silence on the matter was not the response that she had expected. Suddenly Mai cut her little victory party short as she finally noticed Anzu's strange behavior. "Now what's wrong with you? Your sappy little love story is all happily ever after now Princess, so don't get all hysterical on me." muttered Mai somewhat sardonically.

"No Mai everything has gone all wrong," cried Anzu as she struggled to keep herself from crying. "Yami said he loved me, and he says he knows about me and Seto, but he thinks were actually together!"

"Well that was the plan," shrugged Mai dryly.

"I know, but will he still feel the same about me if he knows that I was only using Seto to get to him. Will he still love me if he finds out that I'm nothing but a liar!?!"

 "He doesn't have to know anything," insisted Mai as she tried to calm Anzu down.

"No, I can't lie to him anymore. I couldn't bare to lie to someone again!" cried Anzu as she balled her fist tightly to her sides.

"Fine then Anzu, tell Yami the truth. If he really does love you then he will forgive you although if I were in your shoes, I wouldn't tell him anything. What the little guy doesn't know won't hurt him if you ask me. Other than that I don't see what the problem is." Suggested Mai as she waved her finger in Anzu's face knowingly.

"I know that, but I also told Seto everything." With the mention of Seto's name Anzu could definitely feel her tears start to surface their way out.

"Seto? You mean Kaiba?" questioned Mai in minor shock. "So what about him? That was part of our plan too. You know kill two birds with one stone or something cliché like that. Snag one guy and teach the other one a little humility."

"Mai he told me that he loved me!" shouted Anzu back with even more despair in her voice then before.

"He what?!" Sputtered Mai as she could hardly believe her ears. She knew that was what she had told Anzu to do, but she never expected that she would have been able to pull it off.  "I mean that's what was suppose to have happened."

"But Mai I hurt him!" stammered Anzu as she finally burst into tears. "At first I thought that's what I wanted to do, but that was before I got to know him. Sure he's rude, impatient, cruel, and a little heartless at times but he can also be a little sweet and deep down I know he's a good person. Yugi was right! Seto does have a heart somewhere deep inside. He was just afraid to let anyone see it. Then somehow I managed to break through to him. He trusted me and I betrayed him. I hurt him when I finally realized I didn't want to anymore and now he hates me!"

As Mai continued to listen to Anzu a sudden realization hit her as she quickly gasped aloud. "Oh no! This is all my fault. Why didn't I see it coming."

"What do you mean?" asked Anzu as she wiped away her tears.

"I got so caught up in my little plan that I failed to think this out. I didn't tell you before because I thought it would have been pretty obvious to you. I mean I should have known you wouldn't have been able to handle this. You heart just isn't hardened enough." continued Mai as she seemed to be talking more to herself than to Anzu.

"Mai what are you talking about," questioned Anzu a little more harshly as she realized she was being ignored.

"Girlie, you broke the first and most important rule of the game…..you fell in love with   your victim."

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"Dammit," growled Seto under his breath as he rubbed his poor bruised hand. "How could I have been so stupid? How could I have fallen to someone so much weaker than me? And why is it that I just can't seem to get her out of my mind!?!" After their parting Seto had thought about a lot of things. First he thought about how careless it was to reveal his feelings so idly. He definitely was going to blame Yugi for that one. 'Now I really do owe the little twerp one.'

Then he devised many plans to seek out revenge against Anzu, all which turned out to be very illegal. Finally after much debating he just decided to forget the whole thing ever happened and never talk or even think about Anzu again. However try as he might she was the only thing that was on his mind.

"Dammit," shouted Seto again out of pure frustration as he slammed his hand down on the nearby counter angrily. Realizing his fatal flaw a little too late, Seto let out another shout of pain as he retreated his poor broken hand from off the counter and held it up in agony.

"Hey Sherlock it's not wise to go slamming around broken things, you know for one of the smartest guys I know, you sure don't have much common sense." Chuckled a smug voice from behind Seto.

"Who asked you," grumbled Seto as he gave the older looking woman his dirtiest glare.

"Ouu temper, temper, now I see how you broke your whittle hand. You may have grown up to look like a pretty big man, but your attitude has never evolved from whiny little brat, aye little Seto." The only response the cocky women received was an intangible mutter and a very familiar eye roll.

"So little Seto it's been awhile since I've seen you here. I can't say I've missed your attitude, but it is good to know that I'm still needed." Smiled the women warmly as she began to examine Kaiba's hand.

"Well I wouldn't had to have come here if Mokuba wasn't such a cry baby." Muttered Seto under his breath. It may have been true that Seto wasn't too fond of hospitals, but it also didn't help that his doctor had a smarter mouth than him and an attitude to match. It was no wonder that Dr. Misato's family had been the family doctors to the Kaibas for so long. They were the only doctors with enough tolerance and moxy to handle them.

When Seto was much younger he would often times find himself visiting Dr. Misato's office, no thanks to Gozubaro's intensive training sessions. Eventually Seto had grown quite accustom to the old walls of this building as he found himself at this place frequently. Although Seto would never admit it, he actually always liked Dr. Misato and enjoyed seeing her annoying smirks.

Although she was strict and somewhat harsh, to a poor abused little child, she was the only older person he could trust. Misato was the only one who could comfort his pain when he was younger, even if she was just doing her job. Little to Seto's knowledge Dr. Misato had tried many times to help Seto and Mokuba out, however her influence just wasn't strong enough to match Gozubaro's.

However after he had grown up, Gozubaro found it unnecessary for Seto to come there due to what he called "character development" and after Gozubaro Kaiba passed away Seto found himself avoiding this place even more. It was just another harsh reminder of just how weak he use to be.

"Well, oh well, I thought you had grown out of bullying people when you got out of grade school, but I guess with a temper like yours, it doesn't matter how old you get, eh?" questioned the doctor smugly.

"Sorry to burst your bubble but it's nothing like that." Retaliated Seto.

"Oh so it was you who was getting bullied," answered the doctor coyly.

"No!" thundered Seto defensively. "It's just none of your business what happened. Besides your not my psychiatrist so just drop it! I pay you enough as it is! Ouch!"

"If I were you I'd watch what I was saying to the person examining me." Warned Misato as she eased up her grip on Kaiba's hand. "I mean if you don't want to tell me about your silly little problems that's just fine."

"Tch, women," grumbled Seto as he realized he wasn't to fond of any of them.

"Ohh so it's women problems. What's wrong little Seto is it that time of the month for you because I can recommend some really good cramp medicine-"

"What the fu- hell no, what is your problem? It just wasn't working out between us and I got a little carried away. That's all, so don't go making a small problem into something that's important, because it's not. She doesn't mean anything to me anymore."

"It's broken." Replied Dr. Misato dryly.

"Huh?" sputtered Seto as he felt his heart thump off beat. Was it really that obvious, how much Anzu had affected him? Did Dr. Misato really think he had sunk so low that he would let some girl hurt him bad enough to break his heart?

"Your hand, it's definitely broken." Repeated Dr. Misato as she stared down at Kaiba's hand with concern.

"Tell me something I don't know! Damn I'm starting to think I pay you too much." Thundered Seto angrily although he wasn't sure why. Maybe it was because he was taking his misunderstanding and frustrations out on Dr. Misato because he thought she actually gave a damn about his personal life.

"Well I think I know what your problem is. You're still very much in love with this girl." Smiled Dr. Misato calmly as she finally looked up at a very baffled Seto.

"Well that's what you get for thinking because you're wrong, besides who asked for your advice anyway?" retorted Seto hysterically.  

"Well didn't you just ask me to tell you something you didn't know." Answered Misato sheepishly.

"Dammit woman your impossible! Ouch!" cried Seto out in pain.

"You're a slow learner, now didn't I just tell you to watch your mouth." Hissed Misato as she began to wrap Seto's hand up. "Besides if I were wrong, which I never am, then why are you letting this get to you so much?"

"I don't know. Maybe because I made the mistake of telling this girl I loved her and now I'm starting to regret it. She completely humiliated me and now I hate her!" growled Seto as he clenched his fist.

"Little Seto," laughed the doctor as she pinned his bandages tightly. "You can just be so silly sometimes. Can't you see you just can't void out your feelings whenever they're inconvenient to you? Love is just not something you can own and fire. It would be better put that it is something that can own and fire you."

"Well I don't know what your talking about and I'm pretty sure you got me figured all wrong," smirked Seto.

"Is that so? Well let me give you a little advice. The only way you'll ever know whether I'm right or not is to talk to this girl again. It's obvious to me that what's tearing you up is more the fact that you told this girl you loved her and judging by your hand you never gave her a chance to tell you how she felt about you back. Now being the little boy that you are your agonizing on the fact that you have no idea how she feels about you and you won't find any closure on this matter until you do. Therefore what I suggest you do is talk to this girl one more time and ask her how she feels about you. Only then will you find any peace." Seto cursed under his breath as he listened to Dr. Misato. He hated it when she was right.

"Well now little Seto I guess were all done her for now. Now I want you to take a few x-rays, and then well see what we can do about patching this mess up." Smiled Misato as she gave Seto a scruff pat on the hand.

As Seto reluctantly got up to leave he paused at the door and turned to meet Misato's eyes. "Thank you….for fixing it." And with that final word Seto disappeared from out the room.

"Silly little boy." Chuckled the doctor warmly as she realized the little kid who use to come crying to her office frequently had finally grown up. "Your welcome, and later you should come back and thank me for fixing your hand too with a nice big bonus."

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As many dark clouds filled the air the moon cowered behind them as if it feared the very shadows themselves. Yami smiled to himself as he stared up into the sky and realized this fact to be true. He often times enjoyed dark nights such as these. It was as though he was within his own element. These were the nights he felt as though he was one with the world.

As Yami continued to take in the night air the shuffling of quiet feet suddenly interrupted him. "Anzu?"

"Yami…Sorry to interrupt you, but I just needed to talk to you and I knew you would be here."  Anzu cautiously walked towards Yami, as Yami turned to oblige her. "First of all I just want to apologize from running away from you the other night."

"That's okay. I think I'm getting use to that." Smiled Yami mischievously.

Normally Anzu would have laughed, but tonight she was too focused on telling Yami everything that was on her mind.

"And secondly I think you should take this back." Yami blinked at Anzu with confusion in his eyes as Anzu handed him the blue jeweled necklace he had given her at the amusement park.

"But why Anzu?" was the only thing he managed to sputter.

"Because I don't deserve to keep this anymore. You said this was a symbol of our friendship, because you believed that you could always depend and trust me, but Yami I'm nothing but a liar!" cried Anzu as she tried to restrain herself from falling apart in his arms.

"Anzu what do you mean?" questioned Yami with more concern in his voice. He wanted so badly to take her in his arms and comfort her, but he was afraid that he might scare her away again.

"Because I didn't tell you the truth. You see the reason why you believed that me and Seto were together was because for the past couple of days, I've been spending a lot of time with Seto, and do you know why?"

Yami stared at Anzu in a somewhat dumfounded state as he shook his head.

"Because I was trying to use Seto, to get to you. I wanted to make you jealous in hopes that you would notice me Yami, but now…I'm so sorry. Now I know we don't deserve to be together. I tried to manipulate both you and Seto and now I don't blame it if you both hate me! You both trusted me and all this time I only deceived you both."

"Anzu please," whispered Yami as he held out his arms to hug her but then quickly retracted the idea. "Sure when I saw you two together I did get jealous, but that only reinforced the truth in my heart that I was in love with you. You know, at first I believed that I only loved you because I was jealous of you and Kaiba. That is why I tried to push you away from me. That was why I had lied to you and hurt you so badly again. That is why I made you cry so many times. I believed it was the best thing for me to do, so that you could be loved by someone more deserving, but after I thought about it more I realized that I always loved you."

Yami smiled warmly as he wiped away a tear that had escaped from Anzu's eye. "And I still feel the same way. Nothing has changed. I still love you Anzu."

"Oh Yami, I still love you too," cried Anzu as she could finally take it no more and fell into to his arms. Little did she know Yami was thinking the same thing as he welcomed her embrace.

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Seto cursed under his breath as he trudged down the worn park path. "Why in blazes would that girl want to go for a walk so late in the evening. Especially on a dark moonless night like this?" After his talk with Dr. Misato, Seto had his mind set on one thing and one thing only. To talk to Anzu and find out how she really felt. However when he finally made it to Anzu's house, Mrs. Mazaki had informed Seto that Anzu had went to the park for a late night walk.

Now rather than stay and wait for her like any normal person, Seto's impatient side got the best of him as he finally decided to track Anzu down himself. Now here he was trudging down and old dirty road in the cities most run down park, aimlessly searching for a girl to whom he had no earthly idea of how he felt about.

As Seto continued to grumble to himself he was finally cut off as he saw Anzu not too many feet in front of him. He started to call out to her until her realized just where it was she was going. "Yami?" Seto growled under his breath as he quickly hid behind a nearby tree and closed in on Anzu and Yami.

Although Seto wanted nothing more than too speak Anzu right there and then, regardless of Yami's presence, a little voice inside him told him it would be better to listen to what Anzu had to say first. Seto clung onto the nearby tree as he took in Anzu's words. Her apology was so pure and sincere he couldn't help but feel slightly guilty. It was obvious to him that what she had done to him and Yami was tearing her apart down to her very soul as she struggled not to cry.

However what shocked him the most was what he heard come out of Yami's mouth. What did he mean by hurting Anzu so many times? After Seto listened on it suddenly became clear to him what had happened, and why Anzu had done what she did. All those times that he had seen Anzu crying was because of Yami. Anzu had been so in love with Yami that despite how much she hated Seto she tried to use him in order to win Yami over. 'If only she cared enough to do something like that for me……wait what the hell am I talking about? I don't need her! She just tried to trick me into believing that I did!'

Seto dug his nails into the nearby tree as he seemed unaware of how much he was torturing himself by listening to the two of them speak. With each passing sentence he became more and more confused, and all of his anger towards Anzu for what she had done to him begin to wear down. What was it about the sound of her voice that left him so defenseless?

However before Seto could continue to dwell on this thought further he jumped from behind the tree and interrupted the two. Words were on thing, but actual physical contact with each other was enough to drive him to the edge as Seto's jealous nature took over. When he suddenly heard the two confess their love to each other and then hug, something inside of him ignited as he went against his very self.

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"That's it I've heard about enough," thundered Seto as he jumped out from behind the tree he was hiding.

"Seto?" chocked Anzu as jumped away from Yami out of surprise.

"Kaiba?!?!. What are you doing here!?! What do you want?!?" Yami demanded as he stepped between Anzu and Kaiba defensively.

"Don't you worry about it. I came her to talk to Anzu, so I'll deal with you later," smirked Seto as he tried to make his way past Yami. However Yami was not at all intimidated by his much larger advisory as he eyes lit up angrily, daring Kaiba to test him further.

"Seto I….Yami please. Seto has a right to talk to me." Pleaded Anzu as she tried to calm the two of them down. Despite his better judgment Yami eventually stepped down realizing he couldn't win against both Kaiba and Anzu.

"Seto I'm so sorry I-"

"I've heard enough of your apologies," interrupted Seto harshly "And now it's time for me to talk. Now there's only one thing that I need to know, and once you've answered my question, I promise I'll never bother you again." As Seto continued on he suddenly realized that what he had rehearsed in his head might of sounded good at first, but now the more that he actually talked the more he started to lose his nerve. The only thing he wanted to ask Anzu was how she felt about him, but after hearing her confess her love to Yami, he had suddenly lost his motivation and wasn't really sure why. Maybe it was that he felt there just was no point in asking a question he already knew the answer to.

Finally Seto gave up and just decided to blurt out any question. "So is what you said true? Are you really in love with Yami?"

"Yes," answered Anzu without hesitation. "But-"

"I see well then that's all I need to know," lied Seto as he quickly cut Anzu off. Suddenly something inside of him felt broken and he decided he wanted to be anywhere but there. So rather then punch Yami out and yell at Anzu, like he had intended to do from the start, Seto simply turned around and left.

Yami gasped silently to himself as he saw the look in Seto's eyes. At first he had intended to punch Seto out, the moment he got done asking Anzu his question, but after he caught a glimpse of Seto's sad cobalts, he simply couldn't bring himself to do anything. When Yami had defeated Seto for the first time he thought he would never see a look in his eyes that could be any more pathetic, but now he knew he was wrong. The look of a heartbroken man was definitely a hundred times worse. He had learned this fact to be true from his own experience.

"Seto please, don't walk away!," cried Anzu.

"No Anzu. A promise is a promise, now just let me leave with my dignity. You owe me at least that much." Seto half whispered as he kept his eyes fixed away from her. He couldn't bear to let either Anzu or Yami see him cry.

Anzu begin to panic as she watched Seto leave. A flood of emotions suddenly begin to encircle her as her vision begin to blur. Everthing that they had went through, her own actions, and even Mai's words suddenly begin to fit together. 'He's leaving….he's walking away……forever!'

"Seto please don't leave, you can't leave." Called Anzu as she could no longer restrain her heart. "Not at least until you know that…..that I love you!"

To be continued

Quote of the week: "A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the advice." Bill Cosby

GASP!!! Finally Anzu told Seto how she feels. So now what will he do? What will Yami do? What will Anzu do? What will I do? What will you guys do? Okay I think I got a little carried away there. Anyho as I mentioned before I already wrote the next chapter and I know you guys are gonna love it. Finally after many many chapters……the confrontation between Yami and Seto!

Oh guys and don't forget to keep those votes and reviews coming. I'm so near to the end of this fic that it will almost be too late. Oh and for those of you who asked, I'm not going to reveal how many votes I've been getting until the last chapter. I thought it would be best to just keep you guys in suspense…….then again you could just go through all my reviews and count them yourself……but that would be no fun-_- Then again I haven't voted either and neither has my brother so the tide of votes could change dramatically if we did vote(I say this just to discourage any of you from cheating).

Anyho keep your eyes open for my next update, and as always Arigato!