Anna: Alright… I'm hoping this is a good chapter.
Katya: Why? You always write good chapters.
Anna: You write better.
Katya: Do not.
Anna: Do to.
Katya: Do not.
Anna: Do to.
*Katya and Anna continue bickering*
Yugi: Well, while those two are arguing, let's get on with this, shall we?
Yami: Anna and Katya do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! in any way, shape, or fashion. Nor do they own anything else that may be found in the real world.
-*-Note to Viv & Co. – Anna's eyes do change. Usually from a grayish blue, to dark blue, to a dark blue-green, then to an almost ocean green. It usually will change if a) she does not feel well, b) she's really tired, or there are other reasons. Anna can't really remember them all. She said blue because that's what her real life eye color is. -*-
Anaka: With that said-
Katya: Do not!
Anna: Do to!
Anaka: On with the story.
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:: Three days later :: ~*~ Anna's POV ~*~
Though it was a small injury, it still hurt like hell. I made it through our performance, but now I was really paying for it. The pain from my ankle was immense.
Duke and I had made our dance to a mix of the remakes of "Under the Sea" and "I Just Can't Wait To Be King." I felt like I had never felt before. It was fun to dance with Duke..
After our dance, it was Seto and Brittney's performance. It was just as good as Duke and mine. Thing was, I could sort of tell that Seto was uncomfortable with her. He has never liked her and it grew worse when she just all-out slammed Yugi. I'm wondering who on earth put the couples together like that.
When the first Sweethearts assembly ended, Katya helped me to the nurse's office. Mrs. Mikami gave me a pair of crutches to use to get around.
I sighed. On Thursday we would have the second and final Sweetheart's Week assembly. During that assembly, all the candidates would be in formal wear. I would be the only one on crutches.
I felt embarrassed. A candidate on crutches. It had never happened before. I would be the first.
"Hey, look at it this way," Katya told me through the stall door as I changed back into y uniform, "At least you're not in a wheelchair."
"I know but…. I'll look silly."
"You keep saying that and you will. Besides, by Friday morning that brace will be off and you'll be able to go to the dance with the rest of us."
I opened the stall door. She turned toward me.
"What makes you think that I'll go?"
"A little birdy told me that Seto was going to go."
Gah! She had hit my weak point!
Of course she would. Katya knew my huge crush. I had told her when she told about hers on Yugi.
I let off a sigh. "Fine, I'll go."
"Alright then. Now let's get to our choir class."
~*~ Joey's POV ~*~
I slammed shut my fifteenth folder of newspaper clippings and magazine articles. Nothing on the Delena family.
We had been at the library looking non-stop through the periodicals since a little while after we left Anna's house. Yug' had us searching for absolutely anything and everything. It was the third time in three days.
"Found something!" Katya exclaimed.
Yami, Yug', and I rushed over to Kate – my nickname for her – to see what was up. Out in front of her were three separate clippings. Two were obituaries, the other a news story.
The story's headline read "Four Car Crash – Five Adults Killed." I read further into the story.
"Oh man…" I let out.
"That just about sums it up," Yugi agreed.
I then looked at the two obituaries. One had a couple that looked very much like the adults in Ann's picture.
"Cameron and Betsy Delena, 30 and 29, died in a car wreck on Tuesday," Yami read, "Burial and funeral… blah, blah, blah… They are survived by their eight year old daughter Anna Marie, siblings, and parents."
"The strange thing is," Kate told us, holding up the second obituary, "Same wreck, different car, were Kaiba and Mokuba's parents."
"Damn," I exhaled, "They've known each other longer than we've known them."
"Yugi, getting those two together is going to be a little easier and a little harder than we all thought," Katya sighed.
"Aibou, I'm going to have to agree," Yami nodded, "Had we known this before, we would have been able to know what we were up against."
"Guys, this makes no difference. If we don't bring it up, it won't change a thing," my best bud protested.
I really hoped that that would have helped.
~*~ Seto's POV ~*~
I went into my bedroom. I felt as though I had been struck in the heart by something. Most likely by Cupid's arrow. It was easy to tell who for as well.
Anna.
It had happened when we all went skating last Thursday. She had been an image to see.
Grabbing the remote for my stereo, I hit the play button. Only about three people knew that I had an Aaron Carter CD. That's the one that was playing in the stereo. I hit the "7" button, then repeat on my remote.
After taking off my jacket, I flopped down on my bed and closed my eyes. Taking in the words, I knew that this song explained everything that I felt about Anna.
~*~There's something I've got to say
You're always with me even though
You're far away
Talking to you on my cell
Just the sound of your voice
Makes my heart melt
Oh Girl
It's True
I'm all about you
I'm all about us
No baby you never have to question my love
And every night
There's a new crowd
But it's always you I'm singing about
There is only one these words are going out to
Oh Girl
I'm all about you
I know you worry sometimes
Some other girl will make me
Forget you're mine
There's not a doubt in this world
That anyone could take the place of my number one girl
It's True
I'm all about you
I'm all about us
No baby you never have to question my love
And every night
There's a new crowd
But it's always you I'm singing about
There is only one these words are going out to
Oh Girl
I'm all about you
When I close my eyes I can see you
It's like you're right here
And this feeling is only getting stronger
You're with me everywhere
I'm all about you
I'm all about us
No baby you never have to question my love
And every night
There's a new crowd
But it's always you I'm singing about
There is only one these words are going out to..
Oh Girl
I'm all about you
I'm all about you ~*~
I let the song play over and over again. Just listening to it reminded me of her.
Suddenly, in the middle of the song, it changed.
"Mokuba!"
"I was just trying to get your attention, big brother," he told me.
"What for?"
"Yugi and Yami are on the phone. They wanna talk to you."
No, not now. I wanted my moment of peace. The time that I rarely got between school, schoolwork, and my corporation.
"Tell them… Tell them that I can't talk right now."
"But-"
"Mokuba, please."
~*~ Mokuba's POV ~*~
"But-"
"Mokuba, please."
I wasn't sure about what to do. Yami and Yugi were on the phone. They had told me it was important that they talk to Seto. Yet my big brother wanted his peace. I could tell by the despair in his voice that he needed it.
"Yugi, Yami, he can't talk right now."
"Is he playing his Aaron Carter CD again?" Yugi asked.
"Fifth time since Thursday."
"Lemme guess, the song is 'I'm All About You'?"
"And he's repeating it."
"Damn-"
"Yugi!" I heard Yami exclaim, "Watch the language."
"You've said worse."
"Uh… um…"
Yugi had gotten him there. I had known that Yami said worse. He would occasionally slip a few while I was around. Then he would remember that I was there and would watch his words.
"Any way," Yugi started again, "Your brother has fallen and fallen hard."
"I kinda figured it out on Thursday after he came home from skating with you guys." I looked into my brother's room.
He was attempting to peel himself off of his bed.
I was going to have to talk quick. "Look, Yugi, I'll send you what information I have gotten over email."
"Alright. Thanks Mokuba."
"I'll talk to you later."
"Okay, bye."
"Bye Yugi. Bye Yami."
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Yami: Uh…… Yeah…
Yugi: I liked it. Anna did well on this chapter.
Anna: Do to!
Katya: Do to.
Anna: Do not!
Katya: HAH!!! GOT YOU TO SAY IT!!!
Anna: ARGH!!!!!
Anaka: Anyway, Anna and Katya wish that you press that little purple button down there in the corner and review. Just make sure that you DON'T FLAME!!!!