A/n: hello, round two.
Desperate Love part two:
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Yugi lay in a hospital bed, a heart monitor beeping to the right.
Anzu sat in a chair next to the bed, too afraid to touch his bruised face and wiped away tear after tear in silence.
A doctor came in with a chart and gave her a glance that told her it wasn't good news.
"Mrs. Motou---I'm sorry but it doesn't look good. He's taken a lot of head trauma and it looks as though he may not wake up."
No sooner had the doctor closed the door than a black shadow descended upon Yugi.
She screamed as he thrashed, tearing the IV from his arm.
His eyes shot open and he took in a painful gasp.
Hands shaking he grabbed her arm as tightly as he could.
"Anzu---"
The heart monitor flat lined and she was pulled away as doctors rushed to revive him.
She was pulled out into the hallway where she saw her father standing there with a smile.
He waved and turned away, walking into the crowd.
She fell to her knees in tears as the doctor came out, head down cast.
"Yugi! You can't leave me! No come back!"
She ceased to hear the man before her as Yugi walked out of the room and knelt down to her.
"I'm sorry Anzu, my body was just too weak. Don't be sad, I love you and I'll still be here with you. I have to go now but I'll come back."
She reached out, her eyes filling with tears but he was gone.
"Yugi!"
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Anzu sat up with a pant.
It had been almost two blissful months since that night---blissful except for the horrible nightmares she'd been having.
She glanced at the clock on the nightstand and sighed.
It was only two thirty and pouring outside.
She glanced at Yugi, sleeping soundly next to her and she felt calm.
She was about to lay back down when he woke.
He sat up a little and touched her hand.
"Are you okay?"
She smiled slightly and nodded.
"I'm fine."
He frowned and pulled her down, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist and kissing her shoulder.
"I wish I knew what I could do to make that nightmare go away."
She closed her eyes as he kissed her sweetly.
"I wish I knew what was causing it."
He sat up and pulled his knees to his chest.
"You're afraid they'll find us. So am I. We've been so happy during the day with our job together and cleaning up the new house. We'll be moving in soon and out of this dumpy apartment. You're afraid they'll take that away."
She lay there for a while, staring at the clock.
"It's more than that Yugi---I've been waking up at the same time every night for the last two months. I think we should move into the house sooner."
Yugi sighed.
"We just can't afford it right now. We pay six hundred a month here. That's just barely enough with what we both make to keep us alive. I really want to move but---we'd have to move everything ourselves and we'd probably have to live without water for a week or two. I don't know Anzu, there's just so much we'd have to give up and---"
He stopped as he heard her begin to cry.
"Anzu---I'm sorry."
She had turned to her side and was clutching her pillow.
He sighed and lay beside her, wrapping his arm around her.
He brushed her hair away from her ear and whispered to her.
"I'm a horrible husband. I'm sorry; I didn't mean to make you cry. If you really want to we'll move in tomorrow. I just hate to see you working so hard."
She turned to face him and held close.
"It's not just the house Yugi---you died in my dream. Every night for the last two months I've watched death descend on you and you die. Every night you tell me you have to go but you'll be back, that you'll always be here with me. Your ghost Yugi! Not you your ghost!"
At this she hid her face in his chest and cried harder.
He kissed her forehead softly and pulled the blanket up over them.
"Okay---it's okay now. We'll start packing first thing tomorrow morning."
And so they settled down to sleep each wondering what the next day would bring.
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They spent all of the next day packing and moving what they possessed.
It was on packing their clothes that Anzu found the two thousand yen that Sugoroku had given her and she smiled.
'This should cover the water and power for the month that'll give us a little extra we can put aside. I can't believe this has gone through the wash. I haven't worn this skirt sinse we came here.'
She put it in her pants pocket and finished packing the last of her clothes.
She heard a noise at the front door and thought it was Yugi.
He'd gone to take some of the boxes to the new house.
"I'm in our room Yugi---I have some good news I found---"
She stopped as she saw a gun point around the doorframe right at her.
"Close your eyes and walk to me."
She closed her eyes and took a few steps before she heard the door.
"Anzu---sorry I took so long, I decided to pick up some more boxes."
She fought back her tears.
"Yugi run!"
By sheer luck she ducked out of the path of the gun as it was fired.
She screamed as she hit her head on one of the boxes and everything went black.
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"Anzu---sweetie it's me. Anzu---"
She smiled as she opened her eyes to see Yugi's worried face.
"Yugi, you're okay?"
He smiled and brushed her hair out of her bangs.
"I should be asking you the same thing. You really had me scared."
She tried to sit up but felt dizzy and lay back.
"What about the---"
Yugi frowned and took her hand.
"The police shot him. Unfortunately not before he slammed me into the kitchen table. The doctor said I have a concussion."
She looked around and realized she was in the hospital instead of Yugi.
"You mean you're okay?"
He nodded, rubbing his cheek.
"It almost played out like your dream Anzu, the man was your father and I was out for a few days. I looked pretty bad."
She closed her eyes again.
"How long have I been here? And how did I get here?"
At that he smiled again.
" About three days. You're not where you think you are. Since your father is in jail, Grandpa brought us back to domino. Of course you had to be transferred, but Anzu---we're free now! Grandpa's going to let us stay with him for a while until we can get on our feet again."
She smiled brightly as she felt his arms come around her and he kissed her softly.
"As soon as they release you we're going to start over with a better life."
His voice took on a serious tone.
"You lost a lot of blood. The doctors didn't think you would live through surgery."
She opened her eyes and stared into his.
"From hitting my head on a box?"
Yugi looked concerned as he brushed her cheek with his thumb.
"No Anzu---he shot you. I tried to get the gun away from him before he could but that's when he threw me into the table and knocked me out. When I woke up you were barely alive. I carried you to the hospital and collapsed."
She reached up and brushed away his bangs to reveal a bandage.
"Am I allowed to go back to sleep?"
He smiled gently and nodded before kissing her.
"I love you and I'll still be here with you."
She held his hand to her face as she felt tears come to her eyes.
"That's exactly what you said in my dream."
He smiled and wiped away her tears.
"Well this time I'm alive and I'm not going anywhere unless you come with me. Now rest so we can go home."
She smiled and closed her eyes, slipping off to sleep.
The weight on her shoulders had been lifted and she was happy.
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Anzu and Yugi had settled into a happy life together and even had a wedding with their friends but Anzu still had questions.
One night when Yugi had to work late, she decided to talk to Sugoroku.
She found him sitting in the living room in front of the fire.
She went and sat next to him.
"Grandpa---now that it's safe, what happened between you and my father?"
He sighed and looked down at her.
"I saw something I shouldn't have. He killed a man when he was fleeing a robbery attempt. I knew it was him. He threatened me. It was fine that you and Yugi new each other, but once he started talking about getting married I knew I wasn't safe---and neither were you. He would have killed all three of us if you married him then."
She looked down and spoke quietly.
"I want to tank you for taking us back, and I wanted to return something that belongs to you. Do you believe I've hung on to it for six months?"
She reached in her pocket and shoved something into his hand.
He smiled as he looked at it.
"Stubborn female."
She smiled as she turned at the door.
"Goodnight Grandpa."
He chuckled and pocketed the money.
"Goodnight Anzu."
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