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do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, and I do not wish for lawyers to
be suing me. * Winces * Or Kazuki
Takahashi, for that matter.
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continue to R/R!!! And will that anonymous guy with no name please read here
that Simply Thoughts is only a one-shot. Meaning that it's not a chaptered story, but if you want
to read Anzu's side, read Heart of
Entrapment. I need some reviews for it, but dear God, no flames, please!!! And here comes notes. And then chappie 5.
Enjoy!!! ^_^
Revised: 1/8/04
Note: Characters
all go by last names now.
Anzu Mazaki =Tea Gardner
Jounouchi Katsuya = Joey Wheeler
Honda Hiroto = Tristan Taylor
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talking
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italic flashback
Untitled Love
Chapter 5
The weekend passed by with okay results. At least for Anzu, anyway. For Seto,
everything all went downhill after that "talk" by the Domino Bridge. It turned out that
his secretary had created a petition for higher wages in his company for his
employees to all sign, and they wouldn't talk to him or do anything for him until
they all get raises. So being Seto, he fired the secretary, making sure that
the other workers wouldn't follow her example. Quote: "If you think a
union would get you more pay, you're fired, and you'll expect your ass to be on
the streets." So Seto was left without a secretary for the weekend, and
that Anzu managed to get through to his conscience like no other.
Now he was in his bedroom, dressing into his school uniform. Unfortunately,
Anzu was in his school, and class,
and he had expected her to have already told her friends about the whole
situation that happened between them. Her mouth can run on for days at a time.
"Stupid me, I shouldn't have blurted out that my parents are dead. News
reporters will be making reports on me, Mokuba, and our parents, saying what a
tragic life I led. Just great!!"
Seto slammed his fist hard on his drawer, creating a little crack in the polished
cherry wood.
"Seto??"
Someone mumbled from behind his closed bedroom door.
He recognized that little high-pitched voice. His little brother!! Looking at
his watch, it was already 5 minutes after class started for Mokuba!!! He
quickly finished buttoning his sapphire blue shirt, and dashed out of his room.
'I'm been bickering too much to myself lately, because of Anzu!! Why can't she get out of my head!?!' Seto thought of all
that, rushing to his car with Mokuba's hand attached to his.
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DIIIINNNNGGGG.......
Anzu was rushing to her homeroom as rapidly as she can. A little prolonged talk
with Jounouchi had caused her this mishap.
'If I don't get there in time, I'm going to get detention!!!!!' She crossed
many halls and U-turns. Domino High should really cut back on long hallways,
and confusing diagonals. Jounouchi had taken the shortcut to class. Anzu
suddenly cursed at herself for not running with him, but it was already too
late to think back on that option. She could only focus on running fast and
getting to class, before the school bell stopped ringing.
'Anzu, you're almost there!!!! You could make it!!!' She only had one more
hallway to cross, before she reached a door labeled, "Room 407" at
the end of the race. Her black leather schoolbag (the ones from Japan that sort of look like
briefcases) banged onto her legs, making her slow down a bit since her legs
couldn't handle the constant torment from it.
Sliding to her destination, with a few seconds to spare, she took a breather
and opened the door to her class.
"Mazaki-san, you are in fact tardy." Her
teacher, Sakuya-sensei stood there, her hands neatly draped by her sides. She
was old, and always addressed everyone by their last names, and times when she
would say the students' first names were rare. The bell was still going on for
a few moments then faded out, thus ending the annoying melody.
"However, you managed to get here before the bell's ringing ended, so I'll
let you slide this time. But you better not let this happen again. Please sit
down, and counting attendance will be resumed. Is Hiroto-kun
here?"
"Here." Honda said in a quiet voice. That was usual of him. He was
always quiet and soft-spoken in class. But add his friends, especially
Jounouchi, and you got one party animal.
Anzu walked slowly to her seat right next to grinning Yugi, with his hands all
folded, and the left of her, what would have been Seto sitting in his seat. Weird. He wasn't in class yet. He was
always early, and would be seen curling up with a book to pass the time.
Perhaps she spooked him too much that night, and he didn't want to come to
school. Oh God, what had she done?
"Would you rather have class standing up, than sitting down in your seat, Mazaki-san?" She was generally lifted out of her
thoughts, by Sakuya-sensei, who was now impatient.
"Oh, uh, sorry...." And she plopped down onto her seat, putting her
schoolbag neatly on her desk.
"Thank you. Is Kaiba-kun here?"
There was no answer, as students whispered to one another about his sudden
absence.
"I said,
is Kaiba-san here?"
"Here!" There was a
panting figure at the door, apparently having to run the whole way to class
like Anzu. And he was Seto, just late by 6 minutes, with a frowning Jounouchi
glaring at him.
"Mr. Kaiba, what is your excuse for being late?"
"Had to…drop my brother...at his school..."
"Perfectly understandable. I'll mark you late, but no detention."
"Thank you." He then straightened his uniform out, and walked to his
seat.
He didn't look at Anzu's face while passing by her, making her feel rather
uncomfortable.
'He hates me. He hates me for stating the obvious about him. Why did I even think about talking to him!??!' She
looked down at her desk, sparking worry from Yugi who had been watching her the
whole time.
'She's sad...I wonder why....' Thinking, he patted his book-bag to be sure that
Yami's and his gifts here safely and neatly packed away in it.
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After 45 minutes of boring talk of how words can be constructed to form sentences
that can convey feelings in such a
descriptive way, they had free period. (Oops, forgot to tell ya, but Sakuya-sensei
is the Language Arts teacher) The boys always played Duel Monsters during this
period with the exception of Seto and his book reading but today, Jounouchi,
Honda and Yugi didn't bother to show any interest in it.
"Hey Anzu, don't you remember what day it is today!??!" Jounouchi shouted
at her, along with Honda and Yugi squeezed around him at his sides.
"What??" She was still at her desk, moping of what she did to Seto,
so her remark came out a bit flat.
"It's your…" And grabbing things right
behind them, Anzu wondered what occasion was on today, and how the boys planned
to celebrate it.
"BIRTHDAY!!!" They all
flung their gifts at her, making her surprised and thoroughly shocked.
"My birthday??"
She had forgotten all about her birthday, so she sat there, awestruck about how
they remembered her birthday, and the presents placed in front of her face.
"Yep, today is your birthday, Anzu!! So, open your gifts!!!" Honda
and the two others grinned at their friend.
"Uh, okay…" The three boys had put the gifts down on her desk,
leaving her a choice to pick out which one to open first.
Birthdays. Seto remembered, listening to the four friends' conversation. A
special day when you, your friends, and your family celebrate you growing a
year older. He hadn't celebrated his birthday for a long time. In fact, not
since Gozaburo came along. Gozaburo always said to Seto when his birthday came
along that he was a worthless wimp, who didn't deserve to have a birthday to
celebrate. Seto cringed at the vulgar language that the man used to describe
the kind of useless kid he was. At least he was in hell, now.
'And may he rot in there, always.' He listened more intently to the
conversation between Anzu and her friends rather than focus on his book. He had
read it ten times already, anyway.
"Open mine first, Anzu!! It's something you'll definitely love!!"
Jounouchi pushed a brown and rather lumpy package at her.
"No, mine first!!" And Honda held out a rectangular present, wrapped
with orange wrapping paper.
"Mine Anzu!!!" Yugi cautiously held a nicely wrapped gift in front of
her.
"Hmmm...I'll open...Honda's present first!!!" There were groans from
Yugi and Jounouchi, as Honda handed her his present, and Anzu started to unwrap
it neatly.
"It's...a book on dancing!! The book I always wanted!!! Thank you!! " She laid the precious hard cover book on her desk,
looking and gazing at its beautiful cover.
"I think I'll open...Jounouchi's next."
"Here ya go, Anzu. Shizuka-chan helped me buy it
for you, so you could say it was a gift from me and my sister." Jounouchi
smiled one of his goofy smiles, making Anzu completely forget what happened
between her and Seto, as she peeled through the messy wrapping. It revealed a
black t-shirt, made out of nice fabric.
"It's so nice!!!" Gushing about his gift, Yugi felt down. Maybe Anzu
liked their gifts better than his.
"Yugi?
It's your turn." She snapped him out of his misery, and he carefully
handed her the jewelry box that he worked so hard to buy for her. Anzu quickly
opened it, without ripping any part of the lavender wrapping, and her mouth
gaped in shock.
"Yu-Yugi?...You bought this for me?...It's so
pretty…How much did it cost!?" It was like Anzu to be worried that she
might gobble up Yugi's savings. He blushed a faint crimson hue. That was one of
the reasons why he liked her.
Seto -out of the corner of his eye -got a quick peek of the gift that his adversary
had given to Anzu. His mouth also hung wide open. For him, he can afford that
easily, but for middle-class citizens like Yugi, it must have cost a fortune.
'He must really care a lot for her. Thought he probably won't ever get her since
she likes Yami.' Basically everyone in the class knew that Anzu liked Yami,
except for Yami himself, and Yugi. But he felt this weird pang of jealousy
inside him. Jealousy about...Yugi or Yami getting Anzu?? What the hell he was thinking!!!??? He didn't like her at
all, or so he thought...
TBC
A/N: This is the longest chapter I ever wrote. (1 thousand and 600 something
words) Hope ya like it!!! What's this: Seto is jealous!!?? The world must be
coming to the end!!! (For Seto, really) Please R/R, and give me my arms a few
days to recover from shoulder cramps. Ow!!!!!!!!!!
Better stop typing...No flames…Bye....
~ ~ * Shinaka * ~ ~