chap 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway...

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Jeshone: wow was that opinionated! Well, since you asked, Asenath and Jono had an interesting relationship in the past…. Jono had some kind of infatuation with Asenath because she was so beautiful, so he agreed to spy on her brother for her… Kinda evil considering the Pharaoh and Jono were friends and all....

Seguha: aww, thanks!^_^

a/n: 'Arya', Maho's little sister, is in this chappie. Her name is pronounced like this: AH-ree-yah

I'm Still Dreaming

Chapter Five

Anzu turned on the light in the bathroom and stared at herself. She studied her face, her body shape, her hair, everything about her. She put a hand on her cheek, and titled her head a little to the side.

Is there really someone out there in the past, she thought, who looks and acts just like me?

Not acts like me, another voice countered in her mind. Isis said that the spell that woman cast wasn't complete or correct or something, so we only look the same, and probably act a little similarly... She rested her hand on the sink.

"Okay," she told herself. "I'm good. I'm really good."

"Yes you are," came a voice from her side. Her sister Tameo was standing in the doorway, wearing her nightdress. Anzu was still wearing her uniform. Tameo, who was turning sixteen in two weeks, frowned slightly as she studied her elder step-sister.

"What do you want, Tameo?" Anzu asked, irritated. She hated having a step-sister so close to her in age. Tameo leaned against the doorframe, her arms folded in front of her.

"What are you doing in here, Anzu?" she asked, slightly confused. Anzu sighed.

"It's nothing, really," Anzu said slowly. "I'm just... Thinking about something I learned today."

"Ah." Tameo nodded slowly. "Well, Come just finished folding that friggin laundry. It was being wicked stupid. Your nightdress wouldn't fold."

"Okay." Tameo watched her, then walked away. Anzu stared at her reflection until it was blurry. She was crying.

"Oh, what's happening to me?" she moaned. "Why is it that I learn something like this, and fall apart?" She leaned against the sink, her head down, tears splashing onto the sink top. She wiped her eyes. Her heart felt as if it would pound out of her chest. "Is that why I fell in love with mou hitori no Yugi? Because I loved him in the past? And he loved me?" She stared at herself, and no answer came to her. She left the bathroom and flopped down onto her bed. She pulled a notebook out of her bookshelf, and opened it to a clean page. She grabbed a pen, and began to write down everything she just learned. She wrote it all down, until her page looked like this.

Reincarnated Queen

Priestess(?)

Ghost

Servant girl

Married a Pharaoh (Yugi?)

Asenath - hated/jealous of her

Sennaniakah (Teanna)

Cursed her/cant have children

had a child (Zvallah?)

died

searching for her lost husband

could Yugi be him?

Anzu nodded slowly at her list. She had to have her thoughts all organized. She smiled slightly, proud of her list. Then, she dropped the notebook onto the floor. She lay down, her head resting on her pillow. Soon she was asleep, her hair askew in different directions, still wearing her school uniform, her boots dirtying the end of the blanket.§

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Jonouchi was trudging down the road, shuffling through the snow. He was on his way to school, a place where he wasn't keen on going. His father was already pissed at him for racking up the hospital bills, but Jonouchi was sure he was semi-grateful for the recovery he made in such a short time. Jonouchi kicked at a rock.

"This sucks," he muttered. He didn't really feel like going to school today. It didn't seem as if his friends were there anyway. He didn't see any of them.

Jonouchi wondered about that woman who had showed up a few days ago in the hospital. Who was she? Jonouchi wondered. And why did she think of him as a friend? Jonouchi kicked at a rock. Anzu seemed really tense yesterday when she came to visit him. She seemed jumpy, and was constantly looking over her shoulder. After Jonouchi told her about this mysterious woman who called him 'Jono', Anzu nearly bolted. She told him to go to her apartment after school the next day, and to bring Yugi if you could find him. Then, as she was leaving, she ran into him.

"I wonder what she was going on about…" Jonouchi said to himself. "Well, maybe-" his thoughts were broken when a yell came across the yard to Jonouchi's ears.

"JONOUCHI!" He looked up and around to see who the yell came from. The front yard of Domino High didn't seem to have anyone calling to him. Except…

"Arya," Jonouchi said, smiling slightly. The bouncy, sixteen-year-old new girl came tearing across the yard towards him. Jonouchi was nearly run over by her. She had long, slightly curly blonde hair, a cheery face, and big, blue eyes. She was holding her bag on one hand, a book in another, and the blue ribbon always fastened into her hair by her older brother was falling out. She stopped running, panting, and bent over slightly to catch her breath.

"Well," Jonouchi said, looking at her. "What a run that was." Arya nodded in agreement. She stood up. Jonouchi, in his mind, nearly cracked up; he would never get used to this reincarnation/incarnation thing. He kept feeling like he was looking at Mana or the Black Magician Girl in a school uniform. And with nearly frost-bitten cheeks.

"Oh, God it's so c-cold out here!" Arya said, shivering. She rubbed her gloved hands on her arms. Jonouchi nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, it is pretty cold outside today," he admitted, rubbing the back of his head. Arya and Jonouchi had met on the subway the day before, and had become fast friends. Jonouchi liked how much Arya looked like Mana, but didn't act like she did.

Arya was clumsy, forgetful, loud, and a complete spaz. But she made a good friend, she was trustworthy and truthful. If there was something she felt wasn't right, she came out and said so. She didn't hide anything about herself.

"I didn't expect to see you so soon!" Arya said, smiling up at him. Jonouchi shrugged.

"I haven't seen any of my friends at all, though," Jonouchi said thoughtfully. Arya's expression changed from one of happiness to one of hurt.

"I thought I was a friend," she said softly.

"Oh, Arya, you are," Jonouchi said quickly. "I meant my other friends. You know, the ones I was gonna introduce to you?" Arya looked up, smiling.

"Gotcha!" she shouted, scaring the wits out of Jonouchi. "I did that to test you." Jonouchi was breathing quickly, trying to still his beating heart.

"Oh," he stammered. "Okay, whatever." Arya grinned, showing her teeth. Suddenly, she spun around, staring across the yard. Her expression changed. She soon showed no expression at all. Her arms hung limply at her sides, and her eyes seemed to lose all life they had just had. Jonouchi raised an eyebrow, curious at what was taking place.

"Uhh...." he started, when suddenly Arya snapped back. She blinked, a confused look on her face, then looked at her watch.

"OHMYGOD!" she shrieked. "WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!" She took off at a mad dash across the yard, bumping into three people, and nearly tripping along the way. Jonouchi looked over to where she had been staring. He didn't see anyone.

"Huh," he said out loud. "That was sure wierd."§

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Honda stared out the window. He didn't usually do this; usually he was saying or doing something in the middle of class. But today, his thoughts were on the events a few days before. He had wondered about those events for the longest time. He stared absently at a barren tree, not actually seeing it.

He sighed. He had sorted everything out in his mind. He now knew that a girl named Teanna had married the Pharaoh, and even bore him a son. Teanna's reincarnation is Anzu, and the Pharaoh's reincarnation is Yugi. Honda closed his eyes.

Seems as if Jonouchi and I are the only ones here who don't have anything to do with this whole thing, Honda thought. He tapped his finger on the desk. He suddenly remembered Isis saying something about a war general who reminded her of Jonouchi. Great, Honda thought. I'm the only one. He closed his eyes.

Did he really want to be a part of this? He remembered how much trouble that had gotten Yugi into, but still..... Was he always doomed to be the odd man out? He wanted something to do with Yugi's past, he decided. Anything. Maybe there was something...

"Honda?" the teacher quipped suddenly, jerking him out of his thoughts.

"Yes?"

"You're unusually quiet. Something the matter?" Honda grinned half-heartedly.

If only you knew, he thought sullenly.§

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Anzu folded her hands in her lap. When are they gonna get here? she thought. They weren't usually late for these type of things. She scratched her neck, wondering about how she was going to present this to everyone.

What if they panic? she thought suddenly. What if they think what I did... And they start freaking out? Or, she thought, her fear increasing, What if they don't believe me at all?

"Anzu!" Come called from the other room. "Your friends are here!" Anzu just nodded, even though her mother couldn't see her do this.

"Anzu?" Yugi's voice traveled into the room. He poked his head in, and walked in, smiling. He sat down on the couch opposite her.

"Hi," he said, waving. Anzu just nodded. Honda and Jonouchi came through the doorway, aguing loudly. Bakura followed them inside, and closed the door.

"Shut up!" Bakura hissed to Jonouchi as they sat down. Honda and Jonouchi shut their mouths. They have had past experience with Anzu and her temper.

"Okay," Anzu started, somewhat nervous. She took a breath. "This is so strange. It's almost like I'm teaching you something...." She smiled at the thought. Then her mind drifted back to her news. "Well, I guess I'll start with the Indigo Girl...."

Anzu told the story of how she and Honda had traveled to Isis's office in Tokyo to speak to Isis about Anzu's hunch about this 'ghost', and the discovery she had made. Her friends all listened intently, Honda occasionally adding something.

When she was finished, her friends all had different reactions. Bakura was stunned, Jonouchi had a strange and slightly scared look on his face, Honda was shaking his head, and Yugi was speechless. Anzu had stuttered and stammered through the entire thing. She wasn't very good at this.

"Wow," Jonouchi said. "That's..... Wow."

"And that's all true?" Bakura asked, leaning forwards. Anzu nodded, staring at her hands.

"A-according to Isis." Yugi seemed to regain his voice, and stood up. He walked over to Anzu, and crouched in front of her. He looked up at her face. She was still staring at her hands. Yugi moved his face so it was an inch from Anzu's. He used his finger, and lifted her chin gently. Anzu had a terrified look on her face. She was so scared....

"Anzu," he whispered. "Are you scared of Asenath?" Anzu sniffled, then nodded slowly. Honda rolled his eyes.

"I told you guys she was scared of her!" Honda said, throwing his arms in the air. "Of course, no one listens to me..." Anzu stared at Yugi. Yugi stood up. Anzu had never noticed how much his appearance had changed in the last year. He backed up a little.

"Why?" he asked. "If Isis said she's been dead for all this time..." Anzu shrugged. Her lower lip was quivering.

"I d-don't know," she stammered, a hint of tears quivering on her voice. "I.... I just h-h-hate this wh-whole thing!" She suddenly burst into tears. Her head on her hands, she sobbed right into her hands. Yugi sat down beside her, and put his hand on her shoulder.

Don't touch me, she wanted to yell, but she couldn't. Besides, he was only trying to help....

"Why?" he asked again. "Why do you hate this?"

"It's because of the ghost," Honda explained. Anzu was now using Yugi's shoulder to cry on. He put his arm around her shoulders, and held her gently. "She thinks that this girl is some kind of sign, since it was because Jonouchi saw her in his dreams he was hit. She thinks that Asenath may somehow come after her, even though she's been dead for three thousand years."

Bakura turned from Honda to Anzu. She had calmed down, but she was still sobbing slightly. She was nearly hiccupping now. Yugi was rubbing her back.

"Anzu," he said in his gentle way, "Is that true? Are you really afraid of her?" Anzu nodded. Bakura stood up.

"Anzu...." he started, then shook his head, deciding against it. "I have to go." He left the room without a reply from her.

"I will never understand him," Jonouchi said. "I mean, he's one of my best friends, but still..." Honda nodded in agreement. Anzu was sitting up now, wiping her face. She looked at her other two friends. She closed her eyes.

"No, no, I have to say it," Bakura said suddenly, re-entering the room. Everyone looked up. Bakura held his bag in front of him, and looked around at everyone, and sighed.

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news," he started, "but.... If this girl somehow manages to get a hold of Yugi - the Pharaoh Yugi - then won't both of them pass on to the Afterlife?" It seemed that no one had thought about that. They were too into what Anzu had been saying, and no one had realized the consequences of it.

"Is that true?" Jonouchi asked. Bakura nodded.

"At least, I think it is. Isis said herself that when he finally remembers everything, then he'll leave." Bakura looked at the floor.

"I think you're right," Yugi said slowly. "I mean, mou hitori no boku has been very strange lately, what with the appearance of another door in his soul room...."

"Really?" Bakura asked. "A new door?"

"Yes, but this one has a flower on it," Yugi said. He gulped.

"The sign of the Queen," Anzu said suddenly. She looked up at Bakura, then at Yugi. "Her sign.... In my book it said that this girl's sign was a flower that grew in Egypt hundreds of years ago...." She used her sleeve to wipe her eyes.

"Do you think that Yugi knows anything about her? Or maybe this Asenath person?" Honda asked. He turned to Anzu. "We never even thought about asking him!" Anzu nodded in agreement. "It was his sister... If you were correct...."

"Of course I was correct," Honda said, smiling smugly. "How could it not work out?" Somehow, this brought giggles out of Anzu. At least she was cheering up.... Anzu's heart pounded slightly at the thought of speaking with Yugi. She closed her eyes, and put her hand on her heart, in hopes no one would notice her sudden interest in the idea.

"I'll see if I can get anything out of him," Yugi said, picking up his bag. The others followed Yugi's example, and Anzu walked them down to the door. When they were outside in the cool night air, they walked down the path to the sidewalk. Anzu always loved to walk down this long, winding path with her friends; it curved and twisted almost like a maze, then it opened up into Domino Center, a bright, cheery place where people could come and hang out. She looked at all the barren trees. In the summer, she thought to herself, all of these trees will have flowers. Clouds began to cover the waning moon.

"Bye, Anzu," Jonouchi said, waving. "Don't get so stressed about this whole thing. I'm not," he lied, smiling cheerily. Bakura and Honda said goodbye, and began to walk with Jonouchi. Yugi was just kind of staring. He's had this look many times before; he was communicating with Yami. He suddenly turned sharply, and made his way to Anzu. He was now level with her; he had grown quickly.

"This is from mou hitori no boku," he said. Jonouchi, Bakura and Honda stopped walking to see what happened. Yugi walked up to Anzu, so he was right in front of her. He leaned forward to kiss her cheek lightly. The Eye on the Sennen Puzzle glowed brightly for a second, then faded.  After kissing her cheek, he stepped back to reveal he was no longer Yugi; he had transformed into Yami. He stepped down one step onto the stones that made up the ground in Domino Center. Hands in his pockets, he smiled.

"Don't worry," he said softly, to Anzu's red face. Her hand flew up to her cheek where he kissed her. Jonouchi, Honda and Bakura had started walking, however not restraining themselves from walking slowly and glancing over their shoulders. Snow began to fall softly. Yami bowed, surprising and embarrassing her even more, and then he left. She saw the Puzzle glow again, and watched as Yugi ran to catch up to the others.

Anzu stood watching them, biting her lower lip. She was unaware of the cold or anyone else in the area; when Yami had kissed her, her heart had nearly stopped. This had never happened before; new emotions had become apparent inside Anzu. She knew she liked him before, but this was different; this wasn't her own emotion any longer. The soul of Teanna, the girl she was reincarnated from, loved that man. She loved him with all her heart. Anzu stared after them until they were no longer visible.

She knew, though. She knew that when he kissed her, he wasn't seeing Mazaki Anzu; he was in fact seeing someone he hadn't seen in a long time...

I'm being stupid, she decided. Asenath has been dead for all this time; Isis said that an entire city had witnessed her death. Anzu rubbed her right arm, and turned to go back inside.

She walked up the winding path, and stopped before the reached the door. She was in the darkness; the lights from Domino Center didn't reach her apartment door. She was about to turn, when a crunching noise made her freeze. Two hands slid onto her waist. They secured around her waist tightly, nearly choking her. The arms suddenly left her waist and clamped around her throat. She didn't have time to scream - it came much too quickly.

This person..... They were choking her! They squeezed tighter.

"Let...... Let me g-go..." she managed to mumble, but it was worthless. She tried to kick her attacker, but she missed them. Her sudden out-burst made her slip; this mysterious person kicked her legs out from under her. Her neck bent back and her body fell forward.

She was unconscious before she hit the ground.§

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well, that was... last minute lemme tell ya. I just kinda added that at random! yeah... i was kinda at a loss, and then, i thought, "why not end a little romance with a kidnapping?" oh yeah whos a good writer! anyway...

Shibby-One