Chapter Two:
Atemu opened the door to his room to find a grinning Jou sitting on the window seil. "You told her my father beat me? Why did you do that?" the grin dissapeared almost immediatly from Jou's face. "She asked."
"Ever heard of...oh...it's none of your buisness and I'm sure my friend would feel much more comfortable around you if he didn't know that you know some painful things in his past...something...anything along those lines would have worked Jou. But no. You had to tell her."
"Hey, was it a problem?"
"Yes. All she wanted to know was of my past and to help me. I hate people like that. You know why, because then they try to save your soul. Do I look like I need my soul saved, Jou?"
"Honestly?" he smiled, though it was not returned. Atemu glared straight at Jou until the smile dissapeared. Jou decided it was time to do a rescue operation. "Shes cute though, huh?"
"Yes." The Pharaoh admitted, shaking his head.
"Nice to, huh?" Jou asked, walking over to his friend and nudging him in the ribs.
"Shes fine. Just like eveyone else."
"Oh she is not." Jou said, resisting the urge to slap Pharaoh Atemu.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I know 'everyone else' Atemu. I spend more time with them than you do. She is NOT like everyone else. She is NOTHING like everyone else!" he exclaimed, shouting to the ceiling.
"What makes her different?"
"She never hated you. Everyone else assumed because you were Pharaoh there was no way you could be a good guy, regaurdless of what I said..."
"Yes well, lately what you've said hasn't been to helpful." Atemu interrupted. Jou chose to ignore him.
"She, however, said that you were human to and therefore people should give you a chance, because you may be cold and mean and the biggest son-of-a bitch in Egypt because you have no choice."
"Not her exact wording obviously. Well just look at how smart she is. And now she wants to be my friend, isn't that cute." He said bitterly.
"Did you accept?" Jou asked, eager to see that his matchmaking scheme was going as planned.
"What choice did I have? She wouldn't leave me alone."
"I think you like her."
"You would." Atemu said, turning to head towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Jou asked,again ignoring his friends sarcasm.
"Away."
"Going to see Her?" Jou smiled.
"No. I am Pharaoh. I have much more important things to attend to than talking about a girl I will probably never see again with you." he turned and ran into the girl he supposed he would never see again.
Anzu jumped back to avoid the Pharaoh stepping on her. She looked back and saw Jou's smiling face, she relaxed slightly.
"What are you doing here?" Atemu asked, regaining his breath. She thought it was from the scare, but really, when he had seen her face, his breath had caught in his throat. 'You are never to love anyone, for it will only end in pain and heartache. Your mother should have taught you that!"His fathers strong voice filled his thoughts.
"I am here because Jou sent for me." she said, bowing her head. Atemu rolled his eyes and turned on his heel to look at Jou, who was grinning stupdily.
"Will you excuse us for a moment, Anzu?" he asked gently. She nodded and he walked back into his room, shutting the door quietly behind him.
"What in Ra's name is the matter with you!?" he asked in a loud whiseper.
"Hey, Yami, isn't that the girl you said you'd never see again?" Jou asked innocently, cocking his head to the side.
"Answer me, Jou. The hell is wrong with you."
"Shes cute and you need a friend besides me."
"Jou, I don't know how much longer we're going to be friends!" Atemu said, contaning the urge to shout.
"You know, if I were to count up the number of times you have said that since we were 5," he paused as if calculating, "I could be Pharaoh! If those times were in money, that is." he said, raising an eyebrow.
"I have meetings, you deal with her." Atemu said, his crimson glare intensifying by a hundred.
"You said you only have one, and that's later tonight." Jou said, smiling. 'Why don't I ever lie? Why!!!!' the Pharaoh mentaly shouted. Closing his eyes Atemu walked over to the wall by his bed and began banging his head against it. Jou started laughing. "I'll bring her in here." he said to his friend, whose forehead was turning very red.
A second later Atemu heard the door open and shut again, then he heard the voice he was dreading.
"Pharaoh, are you allright."
"Anzu, I apologize, but Jou is doing everything in his power to set us up. You must forgive him, and you must forgive me, but, it could never work."
"I agree."
"Good. Now what do we do about Jou?" he asked, mostly to himself as he sat down on the floor with his back against the wall he was just banging his head on.
"I say we teach him a lesson. my lord." she smiled and sat down next to him.
"Revenge, a practical joke, stuff like that." Anzu said slyly. The stressed Pharaoh turned his head to look at her, seeing her in a new light.
"What did you have in mind?" he asked. This was going to be good.
That night Atemu and Anzu set their plan into motion when Jou came for his nightly meeting with the Pharaoh. He gasped when he saw Atemu lying on his the floor by the window, a knife in his chest. He ran to his friend and cradled his head in his lap. "Atemu...what..what happened?" he asked. Atemu began gasping for breath as he spoke. "An-An.." Pharaoh said in a weak hoarse whisper.
"An what? What!?" Jou exclaimed. He had to know what did this to him. From the corner he heard a familiar womans voice. "Anzu you idiot. Me." she said, stepping from the shadows.
"You...you did this?" he asked, in a tone of disbelief, tears in his eyes.
"Yes, and it's all thanks to you, Jou. If you hadn't tried to set me and that poor unsuspecting Pharaoh up he may still have had a chance of survival. When you let me into his room this afternoon all of my plotting came together." she said, throwing her head back and laughing. Jou looked around for a minute, gently put Atemu's head on the ground and ran at Anzu, shouting, "I'll kill you!" Atemu's strong voice stopped him.
"Don't touch her, Jou." he said. Jou stopped and turned around to see Atemu sitting up, holding the knife and wiping "blood"off of his hands. "Atemu! What is this!?" Jou asked in a near shout.
"Revenge from Anzu and I for trying to set us up. I'm fine. Anzu hasn't actualy tried to kill me yet," he said with a smile at Anzu.
"This was a trick!" Jou said with genuine shock.
"Yes. I'm sorry Jou, but we had to. We just couldn't resist after all your failing attempts to set us up."Anzu laughed. Then, the most remarkable thing happened, Atemu began laughing as well. Something he hadn't done for 11 years. At seeing his friend laughing he laughed to, but for a different reason. 'I guess my 'matchmaking attempts' worked after all, they just don't realize it yet.' he thought to himself, and bursting into a fresh fit of laughter.
Slaves started peeking into the Pharaohs room to make sure they heard right. Laughing, from Yami? No. It's not possible.
The threesome didn't know how long they laughed, they just knew it felt good to laugh.
The next morning Atemu went and stood out on the balcony outside of his room. Events of the night ran through his head again and he smiled. She was really amazing. He thought maybe this could work. He could marry her. Then his fathers voice rang through his head once again. 'People like us don't get married, son' his father had told him, standing on this balcony. 'We are men of power. Women will only prevent that power. 'But, father , what if I don't want that power' he had asked. A new "lesson" had shortly followed. One he would never forget. The smile dissapeared from Atemu's face, and he remembered why he was cautious of this girl from the beginning. 'But shes so different from anyone I've ever met. Maybe it's okay to risk it. 'Never, Atemu. Love is never worth the risk of getting hurt.' his father had said. 'But mother said that you should risk getting hurt for love.' he had pointed out. A dark glare, so similar to Atemu's now, had appeared on his fathers face as he said, 'Well you're mother isn't here is she.' 'No sir.'
A knock at the door brought Atemu out of his memories. "Who is it?" he called.
"Anzu, can I come in?" she sounded in tears. Atemu rushed to the door and opened it to find a sobbing Anzu.
"Come on, come in." he said, ushering her through the door. When she was inside he guided her to his bed and sat her down before sitting down beside her. "What happened?" he asked, amazingly gentle. Fresh tears came to her eyes and he held her tightly against her, feeling her tears run down his chest. "Shh. It's okay. I'm here now. Whats wrong?" he sounded so much like his mother,comforting little Atemu before she died.
"My..m...my father...monsters...cloaks..." she choked out, even more tears coming to her eyes. Atemu closed his eyes and lifted Anzu's head off his chest, regretting it instantly. "Anzu, I can't help you if you can't tell me what happened." he said. She took a deep breath and began...
"Last night, I heard my father cry for help, so I ran to him. When I..I..reached his room I saw huge men, monsters more like, in black cloaks, leering over my father. T--then they dissapeared, and my father was dead." she said, more tears brimming her eyes as she fought to hold them back.
"How did they dissapear? In flames, or just into thin air."
"Thin air, like they never existed. What were they, Pharaoh? Why my father?" she asked burying her head in his chest again. His eyes stayed open at the realization that had dawned on him.
"They were shadow creatures, dressed as men. Have you ever heard of the Grim Reaper?"
"Yes." her answer was muffled by his chest, though she was no longer crying.
"These creatures are where that legend stemmed from. They come from Osiris to take ones soul away whos life has been drained away. Did your father mention a hearse in his dreams anytime?"
"Yes."
"Then be glad that it was the shadow creatures that took his soul. I promise you he felt no pain when he died. If they hadn't taken him the flame creatures of the underworld would have burnt him to death." he said, knowing all to well what a persons body looked like when a flame crearue had taken him.
"How do you know so much about this?"
"Flame creatures took my mother, shadow creatures took my father. I can't help but think it should have been the other way around. My father should have gone through that much pain for all he did, and my mother, if she had to die so young, should have died by the shadows." Yami said, his eyes glazed over as he remembered his mothers burnt and charred body, barely recognizable on the bed he had left only hours before. "I was supposed to die with her. I was in her bed that night because of how cold it was, but she sent me away, so I'm alive, and she is...dead." he said 'dead' in a barely audible whisper. Anzu understood so much about him now.
"I'm sorry, my lord," she said, putting her head on his shoulder. He came out of his trance and looked at her as if he had never seen her before. "Do you believe me about your father?" he said, kindness gone from his voice.
"Yes, and because I know he didn't feel pain I am relieved. I was ready for him to die, I just couldn't stand to think that he had gone through agony when it happened.' she whispered, "he didn't deserve it." she gasped as she realized what she had said. "My lord I am sorry, I didn't mean."
"It's okay. I know, and call me Atemu,or Yami. Please." he asked, whispering. Since he was four the image of his mothers body hadn't left his head. black...
That afternoon Jou walked into the Pharaoh's room to find Yami and Anzu holding eachother. Nothing romantic about it{a/n:for those of you with sick minds, they had their clothes on.} He also noted each one had tear tracks down their faces. He had been right about Atemu. He needed someone there, just to hold him sometimes. They were so cute together.
The high mage Mahaado walked in to see Jou watching the Pharaoh and a young beautiful woman holding eachother. He was instantly hit with a vision of the future. 'They will be married, but she will be murdered.' he thought, when his vision came back to the here and now. 'My Pharaoh will be in for a world of pain, but I believe it will be worth it.' he thought. Slowly and silently he approached Jou, who was lost in his own thoughts, and tapped him on the shoulder. Jou jumped and shouted, stirring Atemu from his sleep. "Perhaps we should let them rest." Mahaado said,not noticing Pharaoh had awakened. Jou, who also hadn't noticed, nodded and the two men left the room.
Atemu laughed at his friends antics before turning and looking at the angel asleep in his arms. Her brown hair was on either side of her shoulders and her light pink lips were curled in a content smile. 'So perfect. I don't deserve her.' he thought. 'No, you don't. You don't deserve anyone, you never have and you never will.You are lucky that you are prince, if you were not prince you would be no one, just like your mother,' his fathers voice. 'Hes right. Hes always been right. I don't deserve anyone. I can't do this.' Another unfamiliar voice rang in his head. 'You promised your mother Atemu. Are you willing to break the sacred promise of mother to son because of something that bastard of a father said to you? You loved your mother, you still do. Answer this, did you ever love your father?' "No." he said out loud.
"No what?" Anzu asked. He looked down into her jade blue eyes.
"How long have you been awake?"
"A few minutes. Since a little before Jou walked in."
"Ah. Do you feel better?"
"Yes..Ph...Yami. My father came to me and assured me of everything you said."
"Good." he said,and then he paused before continuing, before he lost his nerve, "Anzu, I was thinking, maybe if the two of us got together, you know..as...more..than friends...it could work." he stuttered, and gulped waiting for her rejection. She smiled. 'Great, she thinks I'm an idiot. Why do I even care? I never have before.' He thougt to himself.
"You know something else my father said to me? He said that you would ask me to be your...dare I say girlfriend. I told him it was ridiculous and that I'd be forced to turn you down if you asked, because if it didn't work I didn't want you to get hurt and I didn't want to get hurt myself. He made me promise that when I gave my answer I would give it because it was what I wanted, and not because of fear. I would love...to be..uh...more than friends with you Yami. I love you. I didn't think it was possible, but it is." she said, smiling. He smiled to, only out of relief. 'Are you happy mother?' he silently asked her, and he could swear that he heard his mothers voice say "Yes my son."
A/N:okay, this is about a page shorter than the first chapter but still pretty long. I wanted to continue but this was the perfect place to end for now. Two chapters in two days. Pretty good considering none of this was pre-written. And I do each chapter in one sitting. I usualy just start out with a pot of overflowing ideas, forget them all as the chapter developes and I figure out what works I can't beleive I made this chapter so short..damn...it's longer than all of my others, minus the first chapter of this, but after writing a chapter that long, I want to have this as long...sigh...anyway.... let me know what you thought and look for the next chappy within a couple of days. OH YEAH! I am NOT a Tea fan...hate Tea...in the anime...in the manga I love her...so I'm using Anzu instead of Tea...Anzu's great! Tea bugs me{no offense to Tea fans}
Atemu opened the door to his room to find a grinning Jou sitting on the window seil. "You told her my father beat me? Why did you do that?" the grin dissapeared almost immediatly from Jou's face. "She asked."
"Ever heard of...oh...it's none of your buisness and I'm sure my friend would feel much more comfortable around you if he didn't know that you know some painful things in his past...something...anything along those lines would have worked Jou. But no. You had to tell her."
"Hey, was it a problem?"
"Yes. All she wanted to know was of my past and to help me. I hate people like that. You know why, because then they try to save your soul. Do I look like I need my soul saved, Jou?"
"Honestly?" he smiled, though it was not returned. Atemu glared straight at Jou until the smile dissapeared. Jou decided it was time to do a rescue operation. "Shes cute though, huh?"
"Yes." The Pharaoh admitted, shaking his head.
"Nice to, huh?" Jou asked, walking over to his friend and nudging him in the ribs.
"Shes fine. Just like eveyone else."
"Oh she is not." Jou said, resisting the urge to slap Pharaoh Atemu.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I know 'everyone else' Atemu. I spend more time with them than you do. She is NOT like everyone else. She is NOTHING like everyone else!" he exclaimed, shouting to the ceiling.
"What makes her different?"
"She never hated you. Everyone else assumed because you were Pharaoh there was no way you could be a good guy, regaurdless of what I said..."
"Yes well, lately what you've said hasn't been to helpful." Atemu interrupted. Jou chose to ignore him.
"She, however, said that you were human to and therefore people should give you a chance, because you may be cold and mean and the biggest son-of-a bitch in Egypt because you have no choice."
"Not her exact wording obviously. Well just look at how smart she is. And now she wants to be my friend, isn't that cute." He said bitterly.
"Did you accept?" Jou asked, eager to see that his matchmaking scheme was going as planned.
"What choice did I have? She wouldn't leave me alone."
"I think you like her."
"You would." Atemu said, turning to head towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Jou asked,again ignoring his friends sarcasm.
"Away."
"Going to see Her?" Jou smiled.
"No. I am Pharaoh. I have much more important things to attend to than talking about a girl I will probably never see again with you." he turned and ran into the girl he supposed he would never see again.
Anzu jumped back to avoid the Pharaoh stepping on her. She looked back and saw Jou's smiling face, she relaxed slightly.
"What are you doing here?" Atemu asked, regaining his breath. She thought it was from the scare, but really, when he had seen her face, his breath had caught in his throat. 'You are never to love anyone, for it will only end in pain and heartache. Your mother should have taught you that!"His fathers strong voice filled his thoughts.
"I am here because Jou sent for me." she said, bowing her head. Atemu rolled his eyes and turned on his heel to look at Jou, who was grinning stupdily.
"Will you excuse us for a moment, Anzu?" he asked gently. She nodded and he walked back into his room, shutting the door quietly behind him.
"What in Ra's name is the matter with you!?" he asked in a loud whiseper.
"Hey, Yami, isn't that the girl you said you'd never see again?" Jou asked innocently, cocking his head to the side.
"Answer me, Jou. The hell is wrong with you."
"Shes cute and you need a friend besides me."
"Jou, I don't know how much longer we're going to be friends!" Atemu said, contaning the urge to shout.
"You know, if I were to count up the number of times you have said that since we were 5," he paused as if calculating, "I could be Pharaoh! If those times were in money, that is." he said, raising an eyebrow.
"I have meetings, you deal with her." Atemu said, his crimson glare intensifying by a hundred.
"You said you only have one, and that's later tonight." Jou said, smiling. 'Why don't I ever lie? Why!!!!' the Pharaoh mentaly shouted. Closing his eyes Atemu walked over to the wall by his bed and began banging his head against it. Jou started laughing. "I'll bring her in here." he said to his friend, whose forehead was turning very red.
A second later Atemu heard the door open and shut again, then he heard the voice he was dreading.
"Pharaoh, are you allright."
"Anzu, I apologize, but Jou is doing everything in his power to set us up. You must forgive him, and you must forgive me, but, it could never work."
"I agree."
"Good. Now what do we do about Jou?" he asked, mostly to himself as he sat down on the floor with his back against the wall he was just banging his head on.
"I say we teach him a lesson. my lord." she smiled and sat down next to him.
"Revenge, a practical joke, stuff like that." Anzu said slyly. The stressed Pharaoh turned his head to look at her, seeing her in a new light.
"What did you have in mind?" he asked. This was going to be good.
That night Atemu and Anzu set their plan into motion when Jou came for his nightly meeting with the Pharaoh. He gasped when he saw Atemu lying on his the floor by the window, a knife in his chest. He ran to his friend and cradled his head in his lap. "Atemu...what..what happened?" he asked. Atemu began gasping for breath as he spoke. "An-An.." Pharaoh said in a weak hoarse whisper.
"An what? What!?" Jou exclaimed. He had to know what did this to him. From the corner he heard a familiar womans voice. "Anzu you idiot. Me." she said, stepping from the shadows.
"You...you did this?" he asked, in a tone of disbelief, tears in his eyes.
"Yes, and it's all thanks to you, Jou. If you hadn't tried to set me and that poor unsuspecting Pharaoh up he may still have had a chance of survival. When you let me into his room this afternoon all of my plotting came together." she said, throwing her head back and laughing. Jou looked around for a minute, gently put Atemu's head on the ground and ran at Anzu, shouting, "I'll kill you!" Atemu's strong voice stopped him.
"Don't touch her, Jou." he said. Jou stopped and turned around to see Atemu sitting up, holding the knife and wiping "blood"off of his hands. "Atemu! What is this!?" Jou asked in a near shout.
"Revenge from Anzu and I for trying to set us up. I'm fine. Anzu hasn't actualy tried to kill me yet," he said with a smile at Anzu.
"This was a trick!" Jou said with genuine shock.
"Yes. I'm sorry Jou, but we had to. We just couldn't resist after all your failing attempts to set us up."Anzu laughed. Then, the most remarkable thing happened, Atemu began laughing as well. Something he hadn't done for 11 years. At seeing his friend laughing he laughed to, but for a different reason. 'I guess my 'matchmaking attempts' worked after all, they just don't realize it yet.' he thought to himself, and bursting into a fresh fit of laughter.
Slaves started peeking into the Pharaohs room to make sure they heard right. Laughing, from Yami? No. It's not possible.
The threesome didn't know how long they laughed, they just knew it felt good to laugh.
The next morning Atemu went and stood out on the balcony outside of his room. Events of the night ran through his head again and he smiled. She was really amazing. He thought maybe this could work. He could marry her. Then his fathers voice rang through his head once again. 'People like us don't get married, son' his father had told him, standing on this balcony. 'We are men of power. Women will only prevent that power. 'But, father , what if I don't want that power' he had asked. A new "lesson" had shortly followed. One he would never forget. The smile dissapeared from Atemu's face, and he remembered why he was cautious of this girl from the beginning. 'But shes so different from anyone I've ever met. Maybe it's okay to risk it. 'Never, Atemu. Love is never worth the risk of getting hurt.' his father had said. 'But mother said that you should risk getting hurt for love.' he had pointed out. A dark glare, so similar to Atemu's now, had appeared on his fathers face as he said, 'Well you're mother isn't here is she.' 'No sir.'
A knock at the door brought Atemu out of his memories. "Who is it?" he called.
"Anzu, can I come in?" she sounded in tears. Atemu rushed to the door and opened it to find a sobbing Anzu.
"Come on, come in." he said, ushering her through the door. When she was inside he guided her to his bed and sat her down before sitting down beside her. "What happened?" he asked, amazingly gentle. Fresh tears came to her eyes and he held her tightly against her, feeling her tears run down his chest. "Shh. It's okay. I'm here now. Whats wrong?" he sounded so much like his mother,comforting little Atemu before she died.
"My..m...my father...monsters...cloaks..." she choked out, even more tears coming to her eyes. Atemu closed his eyes and lifted Anzu's head off his chest, regretting it instantly. "Anzu, I can't help you if you can't tell me what happened." he said. She took a deep breath and began...
"Last night, I heard my father cry for help, so I ran to him. When I..I..reached his room I saw huge men, monsters more like, in black cloaks, leering over my father. T--then they dissapeared, and my father was dead." she said, more tears brimming her eyes as she fought to hold them back.
"How did they dissapear? In flames, or just into thin air."
"Thin air, like they never existed. What were they, Pharaoh? Why my father?" she asked burying her head in his chest again. His eyes stayed open at the realization that had dawned on him.
"They were shadow creatures, dressed as men. Have you ever heard of the Grim Reaper?"
"Yes." her answer was muffled by his chest, though she was no longer crying.
"These creatures are where that legend stemmed from. They come from Osiris to take ones soul away whos life has been drained away. Did your father mention a hearse in his dreams anytime?"
"Yes."
"Then be glad that it was the shadow creatures that took his soul. I promise you he felt no pain when he died. If they hadn't taken him the flame creatures of the underworld would have burnt him to death." he said, knowing all to well what a persons body looked like when a flame crearue had taken him.
"How do you know so much about this?"
"Flame creatures took my mother, shadow creatures took my father. I can't help but think it should have been the other way around. My father should have gone through that much pain for all he did, and my mother, if she had to die so young, should have died by the shadows." Yami said, his eyes glazed over as he remembered his mothers burnt and charred body, barely recognizable on the bed he had left only hours before. "I was supposed to die with her. I was in her bed that night because of how cold it was, but she sent me away, so I'm alive, and she is...dead." he said 'dead' in a barely audible whisper. Anzu understood so much about him now.
"I'm sorry, my lord," she said, putting her head on his shoulder. He came out of his trance and looked at her as if he had never seen her before. "Do you believe me about your father?" he said, kindness gone from his voice.
"Yes, and because I know he didn't feel pain I am relieved. I was ready for him to die, I just couldn't stand to think that he had gone through agony when it happened.' she whispered, "he didn't deserve it." she gasped as she realized what she had said. "My lord I am sorry, I didn't mean."
"It's okay. I know, and call me Atemu,or Yami. Please." he asked, whispering. Since he was four the image of his mothers body hadn't left his head. black...
That afternoon Jou walked into the Pharaoh's room to find Yami and Anzu holding eachother. Nothing romantic about it{a/n:for those of you with sick minds, they had their clothes on.} He also noted each one had tear tracks down their faces. He had been right about Atemu. He needed someone there, just to hold him sometimes. They were so cute together.
The high mage Mahaado walked in to see Jou watching the Pharaoh and a young beautiful woman holding eachother. He was instantly hit with a vision of the future. 'They will be married, but she will be murdered.' he thought, when his vision came back to the here and now. 'My Pharaoh will be in for a world of pain, but I believe it will be worth it.' he thought. Slowly and silently he approached Jou, who was lost in his own thoughts, and tapped him on the shoulder. Jou jumped and shouted, stirring Atemu from his sleep. "Perhaps we should let them rest." Mahaado said,not noticing Pharaoh had awakened. Jou, who also hadn't noticed, nodded and the two men left the room.
Atemu laughed at his friends antics before turning and looking at the angel asleep in his arms. Her brown hair was on either side of her shoulders and her light pink lips were curled in a content smile. 'So perfect. I don't deserve her.' he thought. 'No, you don't. You don't deserve anyone, you never have and you never will.You are lucky that you are prince, if you were not prince you would be no one, just like your mother,' his fathers voice. 'Hes right. Hes always been right. I don't deserve anyone. I can't do this.' Another unfamiliar voice rang in his head. 'You promised your mother Atemu. Are you willing to break the sacred promise of mother to son because of something that bastard of a father said to you? You loved your mother, you still do. Answer this, did you ever love your father?' "No." he said out loud.
"No what?" Anzu asked. He looked down into her jade blue eyes.
"How long have you been awake?"
"A few minutes. Since a little before Jou walked in."
"Ah. Do you feel better?"
"Yes..Ph...Yami. My father came to me and assured me of everything you said."
"Good." he said,and then he paused before continuing, before he lost his nerve, "Anzu, I was thinking, maybe if the two of us got together, you know..as...more..than friends...it could work." he stuttered, and gulped waiting for her rejection. She smiled. 'Great, she thinks I'm an idiot. Why do I even care? I never have before.' He thougt to himself.
"You know something else my father said to me? He said that you would ask me to be your...dare I say girlfriend. I told him it was ridiculous and that I'd be forced to turn you down if you asked, because if it didn't work I didn't want you to get hurt and I didn't want to get hurt myself. He made me promise that when I gave my answer I would give it because it was what I wanted, and not because of fear. I would love...to be..uh...more than friends with you Yami. I love you. I didn't think it was possible, but it is." she said, smiling. He smiled to, only out of relief. 'Are you happy mother?' he silently asked her, and he could swear that he heard his mothers voice say "Yes my son."
A/N:okay, this is about a page shorter than the first chapter but still pretty long. I wanted to continue but this was the perfect place to end for now. Two chapters in two days. Pretty good considering none of this was pre-written. And I do each chapter in one sitting. I usualy just start out with a pot of overflowing ideas, forget them all as the chapter developes and I figure out what works I can't beleive I made this chapter so short..damn...it's longer than all of my others, minus the first chapter of this, but after writing a chapter that long, I want to have this as long...sigh...anyway.... let me know what you thought and look for the next chappy within a couple of days. OH YEAH! I am NOT a Tea fan...hate Tea...in the anime...in the manga I love her...so I'm using Anzu instead of Tea...Anzu's great! Tea bugs me{no offense to Tea fans}