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"Welcome, guys!" a vampire Mokuba said from the door of the mansion. "I like your costumes!" he stepped to one side and allowed Anzu and the others to enter the mansion. Music blared from the main room, and sounds of people talking could be heard all over.

"Have a big crowd?" Mai asked as she handed Mokuba hers and Anzu's jackets.

"Yup. They are all in the main room if you'd follow me." Mokuba said walking off.

Anzu watched as they others followed Mokuba to the main room, she then turned to Yami who still stood outside the mansion. "What's wrong?"

Yami blinked and looked at her. ". . .nothing. . .I just. . ." he touched the puzzle then sighed and took a step into the house.

Anzu could see that he had forced himself to walk in, she couldn't understand why though. "Are you OK with being here?" she asked. "I know that you and Kaiba don't have a good history but. . . I see no reason to act like this with coming to his. . .house."

Yami shook his head. "That's not it. . ." he sighed again. "Never mind. Shall we join the others?"

Anzu nodded and sightly cocked her eyebrow at the former Pharaoh. She shrugged off the questions that were building up in her head and walked to the main room with Yami close behind her.

The main room was huge, at one end was a DJ stand, and a bunch of tables for people to sit. At another end was a huge table packed full of goodies, and the rest of the room was a wide open space for dancing.

"FOOOOOOD!" Jou's voice rang over the music, Anzu looked over and saw the blonde boy practically maul the food table with Mai's hand wrapped tightly in his.

'. . .he's dragging her around again. . .' Anzu thought with a slight rolling of her eyes.

"It looked like Jou found the food table. . ." Yami said, he stood next to Anzu and smirked at her fondly.

"Yeah. . ." Anzu said glancing over at the food-crazed Jou. ". . .its sad that he's dragging Mai along with him though. . ."

"She likes it. . ." Yami said, his smirk getting bigger.

Anzu blinked. "Meaning?"

"She loves being around Jou." Yami said. "She thinks its cute how he acts."

"Did she tell you this?"

Yami shook his head. "No. I can tell by the look in her eyes when she's around him. . ."

"I see. . ." Anzu looked over at Mai, the only thing she could see in her eyes was utter embarrassment. She shrugged. ". . .I guess. . ."

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"Hey." A girl with long black hair and blue eyes looked over at Ryou as she greeted him warmly. Her skin was very pale, and she was wearing a black kimono.

"Hello." Ryou smiled at her.

"I'm Sutomi." she girl said. "And you are?"

"Ryou. And this young lady here is Marik." Ryou smirked as he introduced Marik. Marik snarled at Ryou, a bright pink blush spread across his face.

Sutomi giggled. "I see. . .its creative though. . ." she eyes the wolf ears that were sticking out of Ryou's hair. "Cute. . ." she reached up and touched them. "They look almost real. . ."

Ryou chuckled. "Maybe they are."

Sutomi smiled at him. "I bet."

Marik scowled. 'Leave it up to him to score with the babes. . .' he thought to himself. 'Damn, Ryou.'

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Anzu sighed and walked over to the food table. She might as well eat something while there was still something there to eat. She didn't want to start eating the scraps left over from Jou.

She reached out and took up a Carmel Apple and put it to her lips.

"So where are the rest of your loser friends tonight, Anzu?"

She stopped and turned around to face the one who spoke to her. "Seto." her eyes narrowed and she took the apple down from her mouth. "What loser friends?"

Seto scoffed at her, he, like his brother, was dressed like a vampire. "You know perfectly well."

"Seto I have no time for this right now." Anzu said.

"Fine. . ." Seto backed away from her. "I'll catch you later then. . ." he smirked and walked away.

". . .geh. . ." Anzu rolled her eyes and bit into her apple. "Whatever."

She turned around and ran smacked into Yami. "Ah. . .gomen."

"No problem. . ." Yami smiled.

She nodded and walked on. 'Why do I keep getting the jitters when I'm around him?' she thought to herself. His face appeared in her head and she smiled and stopped walking. 'Yami. . .' she shook her head and rolled her eyes at herself. 'OK. . .what was that?! Am I actually having these feelings for the former Pharaoh of EGYPT?! Damn I'm getting worse. . .' she sat down at a table and continued to eat her apple.

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Kasi looked at herself in a mirror of one of the rooms in the top floor of the mansion. Her long black hair was full again, and her skin had all returned and was now a pure white color. Her green eyes were back in their rightful places and were glistening with evil.

She laughed, fangs dripping with the blood of one of Seto's maids she had caught a few minutes before. ". . .thank you, Yami." she said, still looking at herself in the mirror. "You have brought Teena. . .or from what you call her now, Anzu. . .back to me. . .now all I have to do is lead her away from you all. . ."

Kasi thought for a second. ". . .but. . ." she smirked. "Maybe I can smite you all. . .it'll be fun to put you all true the torture of watching each other die. . .especially with the coupling that will soon take place. . .ah. . .that's it. . . yes. . .I know JUST what I'm going to do now. . ."



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