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(*)also, before you read: there is an asterisk next to the words Prayers to the Dead. This is also known as the Poem of the Dead. It's the hieroglyph inscription that Priest Seto wrote in tribute to the Pharaoh, who was dead when he wrote it. It's in the basement of the Domino Museum. Basically, it's that tablet with the pictures of the Pharaoh and Seto dueling. All the hieroglyphs is the Poem/Prayer Seto wrote for the Pharaoh. As Isis put it, "...a poem to a friend, from a friend..." Asenath will recite it next chappie!

I'm Still Dreaming

Chapter Six

Yugi lay on his stomach, his arms wrapped around his pillow. He closed his eyes, then opened them again.

It was no use. He couldn't fall asleep. He was too busy thinking about how jealous he was of Yami. Yami got to kiss Anzu. Yugi was about to, but Yami took over at the last second. Secretly, he had believed he would be the one to kiss her, but Yami decided to give it to her himself. Yugi had always wanted to kiss Anzu, but had been too nervous. He thought that he would have an excuse this time... Yugi closed his eyes once more, and buried his face into his pillow. He turned onto his back. On his other side. Onto his stomach once more.

"Oh, I give up," he sighed, and sat up slowly. Holding his head, he looked around his dark bedroom. He noticed Yami standing at the far wall, looking up through the skylight.

"Mou hitori no boku?" he asked, staring at him. Yami turned, and then smiled slightly.

"Aibou," he said, "what's wrong?"

"I can't fall asleep," Yugi said.

"Why?"

"Thinking about what we learned today," he lied. He hated lying to Yami, but he couldn't tell him the real reason for his discomfort.

"Oh. What did you learn today?"

"You don't know?"

"All I know is it upset Anzu." Yugi sighed. He looked at Yami, and looked right into his eyes.

"Umm, mou hitorni no boku?"

"Hmmm?" Yugi gulped, and was about to ask his question, when Yami jumped suddenly.

"What the-"

"Mou hitori no boku?" Yugi said, leaning forwards. "What's wrong?"

"N-nothing, nothing at all, Aibou," Yami said, leaning back against the wall.

"Oh, okay." Yugi leaned back against his pillow and closed his eyes. "I'm gonna be so tired tomorrow..." Yami rolled his eyes. He walked over, and placed his two fingers on Yugi's forehead.

"Close your eyes," he whispered, and Yugi did so. Yami pressed gently on his forehead. The Eye symbol appeared on his head. Yami removed his fingers; the Eye lingered for a moment, then vanished. He studied Yugi for a moment, making sure it worked. Yugi's hands unclenched; Yami could almost see his muscle relaxing. Yugi's eyes, which were originally sqinched shut, relaxed as well. He turned his head a little. His breathing was deep and rhythmic, and very calm.

"There," Yami said. He was about to retreat to the Puzzle, when he noticed something. An old, tattered notebook was thrown on Yugi's desk. Yami walked over to it and picked it up. He began to flick through it, thinking it belonged to Yugi. He froze. This notebook wasn't one for writing; it was a drawing pad. Inside were sketches of different people and objects. It looked like they were from an archaeological dig. Yami saw things he couldn't believe.

Drawings of tablets whizzed by him. All seven Sennen Items. Buildings, walls, streets, paintings, carvings, all Egyptian, blew by. He stopped on a drawing of a wall. Drawn in fading ink was a story written in hieroglyphs, and in the center was the same flower that was on his soul room door. Yami gasped. He looked at the bottom of the page to see who drew it, but there was no name.

He flipped to the last page of the notebook. It was a bunch of written notes someone had taken. They basically had dates and important events. One being 'Yugi's Birthday - June 4' Yami flipped this page over, and nearly dropped the notebook.

On the back of that page was a drawing. A young Egyptian girl was walking along, holding the hand of a young Egyptian boy. The little boy couldn't have been any older then three; the girl, nine. She was smiling down at him, her black hair falling over her shoulders. She had some sort of bag hanging from her shoulder. She seemed to be leading the little boy along. He was kind of short, but was skinny, and had a rock in his hand. Both were dressed as Egyptian royalty.

Yami noticed a name down in the corner. He gasped, his eyes growing wider.

The boy was himself. The girl was his sister, Asenath, who died when she was nine (he believed). And the one who drew this picture, and all the others, was a man named Mutou Jonah.§

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Jonouchi sat down, leaning against the wall. He could see out the window at the dark night. Snow flew by; it was blowing pretty hard out there. He could see the lights of Domino, and, far, far away, the tiny dot of light that was Tokyo.

Grabbing a can of soda, he popped the top, and drank some of it. The room was a mess; newspapers and other papers were stacked in rough piles on the floor, liquor bottles lining almost the entire room. Random pieces of debris littered the floor.

Jonouchi kicked his shoes off. His father was out, God knew where. He thought about that woman, Asenath. He had been wondering if, maybe, she was the woman who kept arriving at random to him.

But, if she is, what does she want with me? he asked himself, setting down the can. Why does she keep returning to me?

"This is so fuckin' stupid," he said out loud, crossing his arms in front of him. He stared at the ceiling, and closed his eyes. A thought crept into his mind.

"If she hates Teanna... Why was she jealous of her?" he asked no one. His apartment door opened suddenly. Jonouchi, thinking it was his father, just sighed loudly.

"Where have you been?" he yelled, but no answer came. The clack of boots came from the kitchen. Jonouchi, confused, turned around, and gasped.

Asenath was in the kitchen, looking around. The door slammed behind her with no known force to push it closed. Jonouchi started to stand up.

"You!" he hissed. "What do you want?" Asenath saw him, and smiled. She was wearing a thick leather jacket, long black pants, and tall, leather boots. She walked into the other room, and slid down the wall beside Jonouchi. She pushed his shoulders gently, pushing him to the floor again. She took her jacket off to reveal a tight-fitting black tank-top. She crossed her arms in front of her like Jonouchi was doing and gave him a half-smile.

"Are you....?" Jonouchi asked, his mouth hanging slightly open. Asenath nodded. Jonouchi blinked. "How...?" Asenath laughed, sliding her hand down her leg. She slipped her fingers into her boot, which reached her knee, and pulled out a dagger. Jonouchi's eyes went wide.

"I have my ways," she said, twirling the silver blade around in front of her face. It twinkled in the lamp light. Etched onto it was an ankh.

"What do you want?" Jonouchi asked. Asenath moved closer to him.

"Your friend," she said. "The girl. What's her name?"

"A-Anzu?" Jonouchi stammered. Asenath nodded.

"Yes, her. Is she alright?" she whispered, her face inches from Jonouchi's. Jonouchi shrugged.

"I-" she cut him off with her kiss. Jonouchi was taken aback, but then he didn't mind that much. He definitely didn't expect it. However, his mind told him to forget about whatever she just said, and just enjoy the fact that someone so beautiful took an interest in him. Jonouchi slid his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to him. Asenath broke away from him, but she was hovering right in front of his face. She waited....

Jonouchi, in a sudden sweeping motion, had pulled her towards him again. Asenath giggled as she kissed him again, her arms wrapped around his back. Her plan... It had worked. Jonouchi broke away and hugged her close to him. Even though Jonouchi was there, his notions of love towards Asenath were not his own. Jono's old feelings flamed through him; Jono had longed for this woman....

Somewhere, in the back of Jonouchi's mind, a voice said, You shouldn't do this.... She's trying to distract you! Or hide something from you! She has a dagger!

Jonouchi, in his mind, kicked the little voice. Go to hell.§

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Anzu was lying motionless on the floor of a dark room. Her neck had a large, red mark going all the way around. Luckily, her neck didn't break. Asenath didn't do a very good job in trying to draw out the soul of Teanna, who rested inside Anzu's soul room. She knew that if someone was on the edge of death, if they were a reincarnated soul, the original soul would come forth to help.

Anzu, however, had kicked the dagger that was inside Asenath's boot. It dug into her leg, so she had to let go. Asenath took the unconscious girl and took her to her Tokyo apartment. She managed to get the information she wanted to find Jonouchi, and set out to his apartment. She thought maybe she could bring out Jono's old feelings for her.

Anzu's breathing was pretty steady by now. She was more asleep then unconscious. She turned onto her back. A strong lamp was right there, in her face. Anzu cried out and woke instantly. She blinked, then shielded her eyes from the light.

"Ohhh...." she moaned, and struggled to push herself up. She held her pounding head and waited for her eyes to get used to the light. She stared in surprise and horror at her surroundings. Three huge picture windows made up one far wall, overlooking the illuminated city of Tokyo. Two bookshelves lined another wall, books shoved into every little crevice. A small glass coffee table stood next to a recliner, and a beanbag chair was thrown in the middle of the room. The carpet was plush and soft, and Anzu lay down on her side. Stacks of books and various objects littered the floor. A small television was sitting on a little stand, a small table with a lamp on it next to it. Tall lights almost like floodlights illuminated the circular room. She sat up and looked out the huge windows. She was very high up; she was looking down on most of the buildings.

"Oh my God..." she muttered. She stood, wobbling a little. She grabbed a bookshelf for support. On the table next to the recliner was a series of drawing pads and notebooks. An old-looking book was open on the table, a pencil placed in the binding. Anzu walked over to it and picked it up.

Whatever her captor had been reading, it was something on Egyptian mythology. Anzu felt strangely calm, as if she were in a dream. She sat down on the floor and pulled the top drawing pad into her lap. She began to look through it slowly, a look of surprise on her face.

"These are incredible," she murmured, staring at each one intently. They were of various places in Tokyo; shops, the park, the Prep School. As she got nearer to the back of the pad, however, she began to see things that resided in Domino. Her school, the Game Shop, Domino Center, Downtown, alleyways, warehouses, Touyashiya Pier... She shook her head vigorously. She had been in all these places before...

"Of course I have," she said out loud, still calm. "I live in Domino." But something about the significance of them seemed to click in her mind. Something about them she just couldn't put her finger on.... She turned a page, and gasped, dropping the notebook.

The next page was a drawing of... well, herself. Her and her friends. She leaned forwards, a little spooked. She gasped again as she realized when it was.

It was her and her friends as they were walking home together one day. Yugi and Jonouchi were  talking animatedly, and she and Honda were arguing about something. Jonouchi had a bandage on his cheek; he was motioning towards the Puzzle.

"Oh my God," she said, the calm in her voice leaving. "This was.... So long ago..." It was just over a year, but it seemed so long since their lives had been so..... normal. She remembered walking with them and having not a care in the world; at the beginning of their freshman year. That's when this was drawn. Right after Yugi had solved the Sennen Puzzle. Nothing had happened.... yet. Anzu noticed a date in the corner. Yup, she was right. It was that day.

Anzu flipped back through the notebook, panic rising in her as she realized what these places were. These are places where things that had to do with the Sennen Items happened, she thought. She remembered all these places from Battle City, and also when they traveled to the Pharaoh's memory world.... As she looked at the pictures, something didn't seem right....

She screamed. These drawings were dated before Yugi had solved the Puzzle! How could anyone have known what the significance of these places would be before? She moved away, realizing who her captor was. Crawling into a corner, she hugged her knees, tears falling from her eyes. Asenath had placed some kind of spell on her so she wouldn't panic if she woke. Somehow she broke it.

"Yugi..." she said in a frightened, strangled whisper. "Please help....." Anzu's eyes darted around the room, and then she saw what was on the table beside the TV; a long, newly-sharpened dagger was laid casually on the table. Anzu couldn't scream this time.

She was in Asenath's apartment. And the knife meant.... Asenath wanted to kill her.§

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Yugi ran as fast as he could go. The day was unusually warm for winter; instead of snow, a steady rain was falling. He splashed through puddles and dodged walking people as he ran through Downtown.

Oh, dear God, he thought, please let them know where she is now. When Yugi had received the news that morning....

It had been on the news. Mazaki Anzu was missing. She never came back inside after seeing her friends off the night before. Yugi had tried to keep his tears from coming, but, as he ran, they streamed down his face. His crying was making it hard for him to breathe.

He turned onto another street, and ran even faster. This street wasn't as crowded as the other was; barely anyone was there.

Water sprayed at his sides. There were more puddles, that's for sure.

"Come on, come on," he urged himself. "Anzu may need me...." His tears became stronger and faster. He could barely breathe or see, what with the tears and the rain and the running, but he kept on going. His body, however, couldn't keep going.

He tripped. He went flying head-first into a puddle. Yugi lay there, motionless. His breath came in short, hurried gasps; he was unconscious, and in danger of breathing water. Yami could sense the danger, and left the Puzzle. He knelt down by Yugi's side.

"Aibou! AIBOU!" he cried, shaking the poor boy. Yugi didn't answer. Yami flipped him over, and onto his back. Yugi lay still, his breaths very small. Yami, however, didn't think he was breathing at all; he bit his lower lip to keep himself from crying.

"Aibou...." He closed his eyes, tears ready to fall.

"Mou hitori no boku..." Yugi murmured, his eyes fluttering open. He sat up slowly, holding his head. He had only been out momentarily from his running. His yami looked up, relieved that Yugi was alright.

"Aibou..." he said, smiling. "Never do that again!"

"Sorry," Yugi said. He was still breathing hard.

"Do you want me to take over?" Yami asked gently. Yugi was about to agree, when he gasped.

"Aibou?" Yami asked, and turned around. He gasped as well. A young, beautiful girl was standing at the railing at the edge of the road, looking down at the sea. She was dressed in Egyptian finery, that same indigo shawl draped on her shoulders. Her eyes glistened in the rain.

"Is that....." Yugi stammered. "Her? The Indigo Girl?" The girl turned, startled. Yugi knew it had to be her. She did resemble Anzu greatly. However, Yugi saw no blood. She didn't even look dead; there was color in her face, and she wasn't transparent. It was almost like she was alive. Her face lit up, and she ran over to Yugi. She didn't notice Yami. She knelt down in front of Yugi, who was still half on the ground.

"Please," she begged, in a voice similar to Anzu's. It was different, smoother. Yugi couldn't pin point it exactly. Teanna's eyes glowed with fear. "Please tell.... Please tell him that his sister is wrong! I didn't do it! I didn't do anything! I didn't kill him!"

"Wha?" Yugi said, but Teanna grasped his shoulders, pearly tears falling down her face.

"Don't let Asenath kill her!" she begged. "You mustn't let this happen. Please! I have to find him.... I must tell him!" She seemed to suddenly realize to whom she was speaking. "You! You must be careful! Once she kills my present self, she'll go for you as well!" Yugi didn't have time to process this. Teanna spun around suddenly, her skirt swishing. She stood, a look of horror on her face. She turned back to Yugi.

"Tell her! Tell her I would never kill him! I loved him! Please help me!"

"How... But... Huh?" Yugi said. He turned to Yami, who seemed to not be able to take his eyes off the girl. He looked back at Teanna, but she had disappeared.

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 Yami took over. Yugi needed time to think over what Teanna just said.

Go to Anzu's, Yugi said, urging his yami on. Yami nodded.

"Alright." He started to run through the rain, and ran right into Domino Center. Police cars were everywhere, and police tape was around the door of the Apartment. Come and Jei, Anzu's step-father, were speaking to the police. Tameo was sitting with Anzu's baby half-sister, Yuki under a tree, protected from the rain. Yuki, who was only six, didn't understand what was happening. She kept asking, "Where'd Anzy go?" and Tameo kept on sighing.

"Yugi!" a voice called suddenly. Bakura ran over from where he had been talking to a police officer. Jonouchi and Honda followed. The officer rolled his eyes impatiently.

"What's going on?"

"They're questioning us," Honda explained. "Anzu's been missing since she saw us yesterday."

"Oh my God," Yami muttered. "She was right."

"You're thinking what we're all thinking, right?"

"Most likely yes." They all knew it; Asenath. She must be alive. But how? No one knew.... Jonouchi felt especially guilty. She had used the feelings of his past self to her advantage. She was able to get information out of him he shouldn't have told. He told her where the Pharaoh's sword was, and the Prayers to the Dead(*). He hadn't told anyone. He was too ashamed.

"Excuse me," the officer said. "Are you Mutou Yugi?" Yami faltered.

Aibou!! he thought. She's asking for you. I wasn't there, so I don't know what went on.

Alright, Yugi said, talking over for his other half. He nodded to the officer.

"Yes, I'm Yugi," he said. The officer, a little stunned at what just happened, shook it off.

"Okay, boys, I'm just going to ask you some questions," the officer said, taking out a pen. She flipped open a pad of paper. "Alright. Where was the girl when you last saw her?"§

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Asenath closed the door quietly and locked it. She walked slowly down the dark stairs, her hand scaling the wall. She quickly found the light switch, and flipped it on. Sighing contentedly, she walked down the rest of the stairs. She smiled smugly at what lay in front of her.

She walked up to the glass case, and placed her fingertips on it. She leaned against it and closed her eyes. Finally, something from her home had been brought to light. She could now regain all the information she lost long ago.... Her eyes snapped open.

"Where is she?" she growled, and ran up the stairs. She roughly grabbed Anzu's wrist, and pulled the poor girl down the stairs. She threw her against the case. The girl's body hit the case with a sickening thud. Anzu cried out in pain.

"Ohh..." she moaned, rubbing her back. Asenath frowned at her. She leaned against the opposite wall, her boot against the wall.

"How..." Anzu murmured. "How did you find this place?" Asenath smiled, looking at her gloved hands.

"I have my ways," she said, repeating what she said to Jonouchi. "I know someone who knew about this place..." Anzu was breathing hard. She was shaking terribly, a scared look in her eyes. Asenath leaned against the case, the cool glass penetrating her skin. She closed her eyes, trying to remember the Prayer.

"Do you have any idea what this is?" she asked kindly. Anzu was surprised at the sudden kindness in her voice. Her eyes were still closed. The side of her face was almost all pressed against the glass. She seemed content right there, leaning against the case. Anzu shivered. She was only in her socks. She had been wearing boots, but she had to take them off at the bottom of the stairs. It was cold down in the Domino Museum basement.

"N-no," Anzu stammered, sitting up. She moved away slightly, keeping her eyes on Asenath. Asenath smiled, and opened her eyes.

"It's a piece of my past," she said. "The Priest Seto, who wrote this, died while writing it."

"He did?" Anzu asked, seeing Asenath's weak spot. It seemed that anything that had to do with her past she became smitten about. Asenath nodded.

"Yes, he did." She stared down into Anzu's eyes. "He was very weak, but he wanted to pay tribute to his fallen friend. So he wrote it, and then died while leaning against it." She closed her eyes. "I was there. He just... collapsed. He was standing before it, kind of leaning on it, then he slid down it, so he was sitting on the floor, his upper body against it… I ran over... He left a trail of blood on the tablet. If you shine a certain type of light ray on it, you can see the blood."

"Do you know what it says?" Anzu asked, trying to keep her from taking out the dagger. Asenath nodded yes.

"I do," she said. She stood up, and glared down at her. "It's the prayer Egyptians have been saying to their dead friends for centuries since that time. Its the one your friends will recite for you." Anzu backed up as Asenath reached into her boot, and pulled out the dagger. This was a different dagger. It was longer and wider, with a sharper edge. Anzu shrank back against the wall.

"W-what are you gonna do?" Anzu stammered, knowing the answer.

"Oh, my dear," she hissed, venom in her voice, "You know what I wish to do... Teanna..."§

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oh, Anzu's in deep s***... whoa....

anywayz... yea that chapter was kinda strange but hey! the Indigo Girl's real reason for being there has been revealed~ anyway...

Shibby-One