OH MY DEAR SWEET LORD, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I LAST UPDATED!! I am really sorry for the lack of updating!! I have just caught this disease called procrastination, and it started with my school work, but I found out it was contagious, and it spread to my fiction writing! Again, my apologies. Muse: You got 27 reviews! I feel much better now! A: I'm sure that you do. But what is gonna happen to Yugi and Azar? Muse: You're the authoress, remember? A: O.O Oh, that's right! *smacks forehead* Muse: *sigh* anyway, here's the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: Anime-crazed33 does NOT I repeat does NOT own Yugioh.

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Yugi sighed deeply. Yami had come home drunk for the past week and a half, and Yugi thought that he should be used to it by now. Apparently, the nights events had distracted Yugi to the point that he forgot this simple fact. Yugi ascended the stairs slowly, and entered his darkened room. Sitting on the edge of his bed, Yugi placed his face in his hands, and inwardly screamed to the gods above.

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Yugi awoke hours later to the pinky golden glaze of dawn, dancing off of his mirror, and the Millennium puzzle that hung desolate on his closet door. Yugi had not worn the puzzle for about a year and a half now, but he had not smashed it. Something told him not to. Yugi pulled himself from his reverie, and quickly dressed for the long day ahead.

Yugi dressed himself in a burgundy colored muscle shirt, and a pair of black sweat pants, that would be way to hot to wear later in the day. He would only be wearing them for a few hours anyway. When he got back from his run, he could change out of them, and into a pair of more comfortable shorts.

It was nearing 7:00 when Yugi got downstairs, and he decided that he wouldn't wake Azar for a few hours. 'She had an exhausting day yesterday, and has more right then anyone to sleep late.' Yugi thought to himself. Even though he knew that he shouldn't wake her, something inside was disappointed that she wasn't with him. 'She made such good company.' But as soon as Yugi thought that, he started. He had only met the girl last night, and already he was missing her company? Sighing, Yugi headed over to the fridge, and started to make breakfast.

It was only a few minutes later, that Yugi heard a small disturbance on the stairs. Curious, Yugi put down the toast he was buttering and headed to the staircase. As soon as he rounded the corner, Yugi was met face to face with Azar. Their faces were only centimeters apart, and each could feel the others breathing on their faces. Yugi stared deep into Azar's jade colored eyes, and felt himself slowly being lost in them.

They were pools of the most lovely shade of green, and the ring of silver was like a shining ribbon tied around her iris. The flecks of gold were less prominent today, but were there like flowers dotting a valley of grass. Yugi moved from her eyes to her face, and saw something that he hadn't seen the other night. There was a very long thin scar coming down the right side of her face. It seemed to reach from her temple to just under her chin, and was like a crayon line, against her skin. Her skin was another thing that had Yugi perplexed. The previous night, her skin had been as pale as the moon, but now it was a beautiful golden tan which made the scar stand out more. While he was lost in his own thoughts, something occurred to him. He had been staring at Azar's face for the past 30 seconds without saying anything.

Yugi jerked back and grinned embarrassedly. "Sorry. Didn't expect to see you there." Azar's face split into a jovial smile, and she replied, "Don't worry about it. I was just as surprised to see you. I didn't expect anybody to be awake." Yugi gave a bitter smile and said, "No one normally is except me."

Azar saw his bitter look, and looked questioningly at him, but let it slide. "Hey Yugi? Could you help me to a chair? As I'm sure you heard, I'm not fairing that well, walking on my own. I guess I'm still weak from last night." Yugi jerked from his dreamy state, and immediately let Azar put her weight on his shoulder. It was then that Yugi realized how small Azar was. She was only about 5'3 and was very thin. She reminded Yugi of a china doll. A china doll that could break at any moment.

Upon reaching the kitchen table, Yugi gave Azar some toast and both teens proceeded to eat in silence. The silence grew until Yugi finished and announced that he was going for a run. Yugi had been running every morning for about a year now, and was quite pleased with the results that he was undergoing. Before he began his exercise regime, he had grown quite tall, and his shoulders got broader, making him finally look his age, and not like a 6th grader. But with his newly acquired height, he looked somewhat gangly, and bean pole-ish. (Muse: damn spell check! -ish is SO a word.) So, when Yugi started working out, and running, he filled in a bit, and gained some desperately needed muscle. He wasn't bulky, but rather on the toned side.

Azar looked slightly nervous at the prospect of being left in the house alone, but assured Yugi that she would be perfectly fine. "Hey Azar!" Yugi called on his way out. "I'll bring you around Domino when I get back!" Azar grinned at him and shut the door as he sped out of sight. "It was a good thing he left." Azar murmured to herself. "I have some things that need to be taken care of."

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A: LOL!!!! Did you actually think that I would end the chapter like that? Jeez, you guys must have no confidence in me at all…. Muse: I don't. I thought you were gonna end the chapter like that… A: *Smacks Muse* Muse: hey! A: Anyway, on with the chapter.

Azar moved quickly from the entrance to the shop, and back upstairs to her room. But before she could twist the door handle, an overpowering urge took control of her, and she moved to the room down the hall. Azar had no idea why her sub conscious had wanted her to move down the hall and look into this room, but she had learned from experience to take heed whenever it made itself present. The brass door knob was in sight now, and she was about to turn it and open the door, when she heard a great snore resound from inside. Wondering who one earth could have made that ungodly sound, something of her conversation with Yugi came floating back into her mind. 'Yugi lives with his grandpa, and brother.' Azar silently thought. 'So it has to be one of them then, doesn't it?' Smiling at her own stupidity, Azar twisted the door knob and took a quick look inside.

The sight that greeted her, was most shocking. When Azar looked into the room, she soon discovered that it had indeed been Yugi's "brother" who had made the sound. But, she had almost mistaken him for Yugi. They were almost identical in appearance, but something about this persons aura was different than Yugi's. Yugi had an aura of peacefulness, and kindness. He even possessed anger and hate at certain times, but Azar could tell that he always did his best to conceal it. However, this persons aura actually frightened Azar slightly. He seemed to possess nothing but greed, deceit, and hatred in his characteristics. Azar was surprised that she could even pick up these personality traits when he was asleep. "They must be very prominent." Azar murmured softly. Then another snatch of conversation with Yugi came back into her mind. Yugi seemed very depressed when talking about who he lived with. The thought of living with his brother and grandfather seemed to make him very sad, and lonely. As Azar silently wondered why, a smell made its way to her nose, and she almost gagged. Alcohol.

Azar wanted to scream out loud at this boy. He was in bed with a hangover, while Yugi whiled away his hours feeling depressed and lonely. Had she not been in such a fragile state, Azar might have attacked him. However, the amount of energy it would require to summon up enough magic, was far to much. Azar was out of breath from walking down the hallway, there was no way that she could manage attacking this boy with magic. Sighing deeply, Azar made her way back down the hall and to her bedroom. She needed to contact some one from her world.

A: I am evil. Sorry for leaving you like that, but I find that when I leave you guys with a cliffy, I get more reviews. ^_^ Anyway, The chapters will get longer as the story progresses, so fear not. I shall make them as long as humanly possible. You guys know the drill. You give me 5 reviews, I give you new chapter. Then you can finally find out what Azar meant by "from her world." ^_^ I am evil. Remember, REVIEW!