Anna: I have an idea!! Oh man!!! I cannot believe that I just thought of this!!

Yugi: What?

Yami: Yeah, what is it?

Anna: *like in that movie where the girl has a number in her head* I'll never tell… anyone. *laughs*

Anaka: Aibou…. *sighs*

Anna: Oh!! Before I forget, I wanna advertise something.

Katya: We both do.

Anna: A reader of the Broken Angel fictions has decided to make her own version of this story. Well, kind of anyway. She goes by CrookshanksAH03 (or something like that) and the story is called Tristan the Matchmaker. I have read it, along w/ Katya and my yami, and we all agree that it will be a good-

Yami: GET ON WITH IT!!!!

Yugi: _ Yami… *pulls out Supersoakers and Flame-throwers of Doom* Don't make us use these!

Yami: *squeaks* I'll be good.

Anna: Will I write my chapter? Hmm… *waits for a few minutes*

Katya: Well, get the story on with already!!! We're wanting to know!!

Disclaimer: Katya and Anna do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or anything that may be known about in the real world.

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::The next day::

~*~ Anna's POV ~*~

The school day was almost over. I was in my last class. Looking up to the clock, I knew it was time for the announcements came on.

As the principal started to talk, I day dreamt of being on the dance floor of the Sweethearts Dance. Seto asking me to dance and me gladly accept his invite.

Just then, Karen, one of my other friends, nudged me. "Hey, they're announcing the five pairs of Sweethearts Dance king and queen candidates."

"The first pair of candidates is Duke Devlin and Anna Delana-Carsons…"

I couldn't believe it! Me? Sweethearts Dance Queen candidate? It was hard to take it in. The problem?

"… And the final pair of candidates is Seto Kaiba and Brittney McKelen," the principal announced over the intercom.

Brittney McKelen. The same Brittney that had made fun of Yugi when that monster named Tea still roamed the streets free. The same ditsy little… What's more, she's paired up with Seto!

I closed my eyes, wishing that I had never heard those words. Brittney and Seto.

My heart tore in two. I couldn't… Seto… Taken from me. And by who? One of my worst enemies.

That tramp named Brittney McKelen had gotten what she wanted. She had gotten who she said was "for her."

Brittney had gotten Seto.

The principal was still rambling as I looked over at Brittney. She was in my Forensics class too. The dog looked over to me and smiled at me. Her expression just screamed "ha ha, you were hooked up with a dork and I've got the hottest guy in school." Not that I didn't like Duke, don't get me wrong, he was just a good friend.

It was right then that the bell rang. Quickly, I stood up and went for the door. I didn't make eye contact with anyone.

After I changed from the school's required shoes to my own, I left the building. There were still snowdrifts on the sides of the sidewalks and streets. But then, we did just have a snow-day the day before, so it was nothing.

"Anna! Anna!" I heard someone call after me. Sighing, I stopped. A few seconds later Duke Devlin, my pairing's king candidate, was at my side.

"Hey Duke," I said.

"We need to get together this weekend. You know, to work on our candidate items. Like the performance, our bios and things like that."

I nodded. "Tomorrow okay?"

"Yeah, it's fine. About 10:00 alright?"

Again, I nodded.

"Okay. See ya tomorrow." Duke left and I continued on my way.

Finally getting home, I went to my room and changed. My outfit consisted of a light blue, long-sleeved T-shirt that had a dark blue and forest green butterfly. The pants I chose were black stretch with a white area across the top and down my right leg. My shoes of choice had to be snow boots, seeing as I was going to go out again.

I brought out my skates. They were a little banged up, but still white and able to be worn. Those skates brought back memories that were nearly long forgotten.

Taking the tied laces in my hands, I slung one skate over my shoulder. I grabbed my blue scarf and wrapped it around my neck. Then I took my coat, put it on, and went downstairs. Writing a quick note, I told my mom and dad, since they were out, that I was at the ice rink and that I would be home in a few hours. With that, I left my home.

On my way, I passed the game shop. I thought about going in, but I stopped myself. Being nice, I did wave to Mr. Motou. He waved me in, but I shook my head and continued.

I finally got to the rink. Showing my pass, I was let in free.

"Two days in a row, Anna?" I heard a voice behind me, "You must really like skating."

The person behind me was Kenton, one of the disk jockeys that worked there. All of the skaters knew him as DJ KK, spinning expert. There were actually two DJs that worked there; I was friends with KK.

"Yeah, I love skating," I told him, "It's one of the things that helps me to relax."

He smiled at me. "Well then, what do you want to skate to? The ice is empty and will be completely yours."

"Play a mix of things. I need to get a feel for everything again."

"Alright," he laughed, "I'll get the mix-master's special and play it for ya. See you on the ice."

Kenton left and I changed into my skates. I took off my coat and scarf. I went for the ice.

Stepping onto the slick surface, I went to the center of the rink. I let some ice fly as I stopped in the middle. I waved up to KK and the music started up.

The familiar guitar sounds of "Bootylicious" came over the sound system. I felt the beat and started on my way, doing tricks here and there as I went.

A few minutes later, I heard a subtle change to "Just a Friend." My skating became more hip-hop and bouncy. Every once in a while I would do more and more difficult tricks.

Songs and more songs played as I skated. I saw people come up to the sides of the walls to watch. It kind of felt like I was back in my competition days. An audience watching me, the best mix of songs that I could have, and the right lighting for each part of the mix. Everything but the judges was there.

My legs and ankles were getting tired. I didn't care though. I was venting my feelings through my skating. It didn't matter to me if I wore myself out. The next day was Saturday; I could recover over the weekend.

~*~ Yami's POV ~*~

My aibou, Katya, Joey, and I were headed toward the arcade when we were stopped at a traffic light. Around us, we heard constant conversations about something. Or, rather, someone.

"Hey! Go to the skating rink!"

"I heard there's a competition going on there."

"No way! An Olympic skater here in Domino?"

"I heard that she's the best skater out there today!"

It was hard for me to believe. Or any of us for that matter. A pro-skater? Here? There wasn't the smallest inkling of truth to that. But then…

"Hey!" Joey smiled, "Let's go check it out!"

I, reluctantly, agreed along with the others. We headed for the place we had been just the day before.

Reaching the entrance, Yugi, Katya, and Joey started fishing through their pockets for money. They were just finding it when the person behind the glass finally spoke.

"You can go in," she said, "They're making passes for you. There's also something you might want to see on the ice."

Why were they making us passes? Who had paid that amount of money? Most likely Kaiba.

Shrugging it off, we went inside, had our pictures taken for the passes, and waited. Music blasted from the ice rink. My hikari's girlfriend and I exchanged glances and stood up.

"Yugi, Joey," Katya told the two, "we're going over there to see what's going on." She pointed to the large crowd cheering and hollering around the wall.

My hikari nodded and the two of us made our way over to the barrier. The two of us pushed our way through the crowd. When we finally got to the wall, my jaw dropped. That was no pro-that was Anna!

Her moves were precise and vibrantly made. She was magnificent. Better than yesterday even. I started to wonder what would make her skate like that.

As I watched her skate, I noticed Anna start to waver in her speed and jump tricks. She was wearing herself down. It looked like she knew what she was doing, too. I started to worry.

"Katya, she's going to hurt herself," I whispered.

She nodded. "I see it too. She's gonna sprain something. I can feel it."

"Yes." I had to agree with her. Anna was about to hurt something and we both knew it.

And that's when it happened.

My curly, black-haired friend went and readied herself. Then she jumped, making three turns in mid-air. A triple axle I found out later.

When the blades hit the ice, one foot looked like it landed wrong. The skater's entire body fell to the frozen surface. She then slid for a few moments before she finally stopped.

"Anna!" Katya and I both called. Katya went and got a pair of skates. She returned minutes later, the bladed shoes on, and went onto the ice.

~*~ Katya's POV ~*~

I knew she shouldn't have done one more jump. Then, when I saw her do it, I knew that it was too late. That she was sure to get hurt.

She hit the ice. I cringed. Her landing was wrong. She fell to the ice.

"Anna!" I cried out.

I pushed my way through the crowd. Going to the skate rental counter, I asked for a pair. When I got them, I quickly sat down to put them on.

"Katya," I heard someone call. I looked up.

"Oh, hey Joey, Yugi," I told them quickly.

"What's going on?" Yugi asked.

"Anna's on the ice," I explained, "She hurt her ankle or something. I'm going to go on the ice and get her."

I finished tying the laces and attempted to quickly get to the ice. "Out of my way! Out of my way!" I shouted as I pushed through the large crowd again.

Stepping onto the ice, I made my way over to my friend. As I finally go to Anna, I skidded to a stop, a little bit of ice flying.

"Anna, are you alright?" I knelt down beside her.

"I think I sprained my ankle," she told me, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Otherwise. I'm just peachy."

I rolled my eyes. "Right. Come on. Let's get you back to solid ground."

Helping her to her feet, I wrapped one of her arms around my shoulders and mine around her waist. We went over to the side and back to the carpet.

Still holding onto me, Anna limped over to a bench. She sat down on it and started to untie the laces of her skates. Her fingers, I noticed, were shaky. I finished taking mine off, then turned to her.

"Here," I told her calmly, "Let me."

I carefully took her leg and placed it on my thigh. Untying the laces, I loosened the shoe enough to remove it without causing too much pain.

Yugi, Yami, and Joey came over to us as I started to take the ice skate off.

"You did well out there," Yami told our now-wounded friend.

She smiled slightly. Tears were still streaming down her cheeks, causing some chunks of her black hair to stick to her face.

"Thanks. Though that last move was a mistake," she laughed lightly.

"What made you skate like that?" I wanted to know.

"Thoughts… Feelings mostly. Nothing really I guess." Her eyes were averted from me as the rink's nurse came over to help out.

Just looking at Anna I could tell. Something was up.

~*~ Yugi's POV ~*~

It was in the way she walked, or rather the way she limped, back to her home. Anna was sad, tired, and heartbroken. The fact that she was hurt just added to the fact.

My yami tried to shift her weight slightly, as he was helping her. It looked like most to all of her body weight was on him. I could even feel a slight strain from him.

"I'm not gonna make it to Duke's tomorrow at our set time," I heard her say softly.

"I'll call him," Joey offered, "I'll tell him for you."

"Thank you."

We reached her home and took her in. After removing our outdoor winter layers, Yami and I helped Anna over to one of the sofa-couches in the living room. Katya went to the kitchen to make some hot chocolate for all of us. Joey went to call Duke at his game shop.

While Katya and Joey were out of the room, Anna started to cry again. Yami and I sat down on either side of her.

"Anna?" I asked.

"Why did he have to be paired up with her?" my emerald-eyed friend muttered between sobs.

I knew who she meant, on both counts too. I had wondered myself why Brittney had been paired up with Kaiba. He hated her for what she had said about me. She was a snobby piece of Japanese-white-trash, pardon my French. Kaiba detested her and had something for someone else. Brittney had still thought his feelings were for her and kept trying to make herself known to my billionaire friend.

"I don't know. Whoever put the pairings together is just messed up," I told her honestly. All of us had put Anna and Kaiba together on pairings for Sweethearts, and everyone knows that they would make a good couple. I strongly disliked – no – HATED who put the pairs together.

Anna yawned as she continued to cry her heart out. I couldn't blame her, either. Not being with the person you love is hard. I would know. It happened to me, but then I met Katya and that changed everything.

I moved off of the couch, as well as my darker half, so she could lay down. Before she did, though, she pulled something out of the sock of her un-sprained ankle. It looked like a picture. When she was laying there, she sighed.

"I miss you, mom and dad," she whispered to herself, falling asleep. The hand that held the photo was out over the floor.

Yami looked at me as Katya and Joey walked back into the room. //What should we do, aibou?// he asked me.

/Take the picture from her,/ I answered truthfully.

My darker half took the photo from the limp hand. I noted that it looked a little charred or something around the edges. There was also some writing on the back. I read it aloud.

"Cameron Delana, Betsy Delana, and their four year old daughter, Anna Marie. August 1st, 19… Ugh, I can't tell what the last two numbers are."

Yami let me see the picture. Sure enough, there were two adults and a little girl that looked like the younger version of Anna. They were at the Domino Pier at, what looked like, sunset.

Not being able to see the photo, Katya gave me a funny look. "But Anna's mom and dad's names are Shannon and Michael Carsons."

Joey looked at all of us. "Looks like we're takin' a trip to the library and courthouse, huh?"

He wasn't far off.

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Anna: Oooo… What does the picture have to say about Anna's past?

Anaka: Aibou, you are impossible.

Katya: Nice… Kinda weird, but nice.

Anna: Thanks! ^______________^

Yugi: I can't wait until the next chapter!

Yami: Katya and Anna both agree to this-

All: NO FLAMES AND R&R!!!!!