Wee, here's another chapter, everyone! ^_^ Hope you like. More heterosexual stuff for you people. Forgive lag and my bad poetry. No one did beta for me, so there are bound to be mistakes bleedin' everywhere, but I wanted to get it out. I've got a few more in the works ^_^

I've been working on a SetoxYami / YuugixYami story of late, might post it in a few weeks. And I've also been working on a doujinshi for Pikachumaniac (GO read her fics! She's so wonderful--even beta's for me! ^_^ Love her!), which I might turn into a fan fic sometime soon.

Here we go, reviews and responses for all of you ^^

willowherby ~ Mine! ^_^ I luff you, even though you start writing in your funky/fruity...I dunno what sort of talk you use in your reviews XD So hard to read! Get off your butt and read Yami no Matsuei. It's the best! ^ ^ But don't watch the dub. You'll be traumatized.

Innocence Within ~ I'm glad no one minds Anai too terribly much! She's a pain in the ass for me to write. I can hardly think of what to do... Not especially infatuated with any Anai types myself, so it's hard to figure out how to obsess over her ^_^;

DemonLady1 ~ Erm, this soon enough? I'm technically grounded and I'm not really allowed to be on the computer at all, but I've been trying...

Lynseyax Heparedds ~ Aiyaa! Again with the don't make Malik gay stuff... ~_~;; I'm glad you like the story. And I love all of the reviews I'm getting. But the man is no where near straight, from what I've seen. As far as flat-out cannon, he's freaking asexual. I'm making him bi to please y'all, but really... I said in chapter five that he was going to be gay, I'm not going to change it now. On the upside for all of you, I'm not making this technically yaoi... Like I said in chapter five: Yaoi is the acronym for yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi. "No peak, no point, no meaning". There will not be any malexmale sex in this story. Therefore, it will never actually be yaoi. Shounen ai at very best--BL, technically. But I'm not writing yaoi and I won't traumatize you all.

Aril ~ Eek, I get consequences? O_O;; kowaii desu! Thank you for loathing her with me... don't hurt me?

kaehimi ~ Yay unique ^--^ thankies. Love you much

Evil Chibi Malik ~ You I love. With great gobs of love. I already e-mailed a response to your review! ^_^;; And I positively love the sexy rainbow gradient thing in the back of your e-mail. I want it. With lust. ^_^;; Thank you for meh pixi stix--are they purple? ^ ^

Jay Kamiya ~ Ah, non-dark. ^^; Non-dark is hard for me, especially since Malik's always so...pensive-esque. He's never smiling in the series! Except when he pretends to be 'Namu', but... ^^;

And, for the oh-so sexy disclaimer, we have... Umm... Shigeru(Gary). From Pokemon. Because he's flipping sexy.

Shigeru: ...I hate you. *cough* Erm. Lessee here. Megami's broke. Doesn't own a damn thing. Can't even buy new pants. She does, however, own Anai's character, and she also owns the song/poem in this chapter. Don't steal it from her, because then she goes on with this awful crying and whining for days...

I'm going to give you to Muraki-sensei.

Shigeru: O_O; erm. Yes. That. So she doesn't own Yuugiou. And she wants Malik's pants. That's all. *leaves*

^__^ please make with the reviewing! I'll update more *_*



~*~ Wednesday, November 12th; Sweet Song of Corruption~*~

My Ra. I have been corrupted beyond all belief. I'm not so officially messed up it isn't even funny.

Well, actually, it is pretty damn funny, since I got Yami no Bakura to laugh so hard that he cried. But that isn't the point. I think I'm developing some sort of crush on Anai-chan. And it is positively sickening! I see her and I feel all...giddy. And I smile like a moron. Just about every time I see her...

Bah. I don't like this love stuff. It's so superficial.

Not that I don't like her personality...

She's really...perky. But not in a freaky way like Anzu or Miho! With Anai, it's just natural and beautiful. She smiles at everyone, and she isn't like... annoyingly hyper all the time. And even though she's always smiling, laughing at little things, really seems to like it here in Japan...

And then there are times when she's serious. I was at her house the other day for dinner. We were sitting on the roof watching the sunset, and she started singing this sad song. I don't know if she was singing to herself or to me or what, but the lyrics made me want to cry. And the melody was incredibly haunting. It went something like this:

"I have been waiting

Throughout this story

For a moment to make

My dreams come true

Through my waiting

I have found you

And I know what I

Must do...

When I was younger

I thought I lost you

And now I've got

Everything back

Now I know I've

Only moments

Before I take my leave

Of you...

Please remember

When I've left you

I'll have all I need...

It's you."

The flipping song gave me shivers. I stared at her for a long time afterwards, studying her face. She looked so somber... almost sad. The sun had set by then. When I was about to ask what was wrong, she turned with her usual smile and apologized for being depressing and stood. "Let's go to dinner." she said, and we went. It was strange... I don't think I've ever heard such a sad song. It was really heartfelt. I told 'neechan about it and she said it sounded like there was more to Anai-chan than it seemed.

But how does that work? She and I tell each other everything--dreams, wishes, ideas, stories about when we were little kids... She even talks about how wonderful it is to see so much of the world. Anai-chan has even been to New Zealand. I envy her. The girl has been absolutely everywhere. 'Cept maybe Antarctica, but... why would her dad go there?

I think she might be homesick. I mean... Going from India, to Africa, to America, back to India, and now to Japan... Hell, I miss Egypt, and I've only been here a year. She spends more time abroad than she does in her own home with her whole family. It's just her mother, father, and brother as is. Her four older sisters and their husbands are back in India. And evidently, so is the guy she's supposed to marry in three years. She knows him very well, but they don't keep in touch, and he's older by a few years. He's evidently pretty nice to her, but acts like she's a sister more than a bride-to-be.

I'll admit, that made me pretty jealous. He gets to marry her, he had a choice, and she didn't. She says she's okay with it, but... I would have had to marry 'neesan if dad had his way. Keeping the bloodline as pure as possible, after all...

In any case. It doesn't honestly matter. I am not going to rant about Anai-chan anymore.

Right.

...

I'm done.

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Hope y'all like! Hm... notes for this one... None! Wow! There will be notes in upcoming chapters. I'll compensate later, don'cha worry ^ ~ Please R&R, the next chapters will be longer.