Life's unexpecting turns . . .

(Lucky I had time today to actually write chapter 3. Truth is I didn't know what I was to write here, so I just wrote what I felt like it. Well, this is the writer's point of view. It's up to the reader to decide, so enjoy.) DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter III: Reality - For better or for worse . . .

*** The next morning . . . *** Gray clouds blanket the sky, concealing the sun from its bright rays. Because of that, a cold temperature goes throughout Domino City. There is a bit of time before school begins. Anzu is already getting ready to pack up and leave, Yuugi is already outside walking to school, heading for Honda's house where he always stops by along the way. Jounouchi and Honda are still sleeping.

Honda finally wakes up noticing the clock says there's only 10 minutes for school, just then realizing something. "Hey, I forgot to check on my stocks!" He gets out of bed walking over to the computer in his boxers, and then turns on the computer. As he waits for it to load up he shivers from the cold morning. When the computer finally finishes loading it opens up a window on the screen showing the stocks for Kaiba Corporation, noticing that it has skyrocketed exponentially. "I sure don't know by how much, but now I'm rich!" Meanwhile Yuugi entered Honda's house and is walking up to his room. It's something that he normally does to wake Honda up and make sure he doesn't end up waking up late. "Dammit, I'm tired of doing this for him every morning." In Honda's room he's cheering for the profit he thought he made, then another window pops up. "Hm? Now what's this? 'Unfortunately we've gone bankrupt so your stocks are now void. But because of your contributions we reward you with free pictures!?'" The computer then floods the screen displaying pornographic pictures all over. " Just then Yuugi opens the door and his eyes widen. "Honda!?" When Honda hears Yuugi's voice he turns to him with his eyes wide open. "YUUGI! HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF KNOCK BEFORE YOU ENTER!?" Yuugi is just about to close the door, when he notices that Honda is in his boxers and the laptop is showing hundreds of pornographic pictures. He then has the sudden urge to laugh, but covers his mouth. "Yuugi, what the hell is so damn funny?" Yuugi starts to laugh like crazy and eventually calms himself down. "So, this is your investment? Let me guess, you check to make sure that it skyrockets up and hard? Or is this a simulation so that you're ready for the real thing!" Honda clenches his fist tightly. "Yuugi, cut the crap and get the fuck out of here!" Yuugi decides to go with the wisecracks one more step ahead. "I know! You're exercising your hands so that you don't end up with carpal tunnel syndrome!" Honda runs to him with his fist ready to come into Yuugi's face. "I warned you!" Yuugi closes the door right at the last second, and Honda slams his face on the door. He falls trying to comfort his face from the pain. "Maybe I should give Honda a few minutes" Yuugi says after hearing the hard slam on the door . . .

Jounouchi remains sleeping as his room remains a big mess. Books and music CD's are on the floor, crumpled papers are stuck to nearly any crevice around the room, and his bed is a mess from tumbling and turning all night. Out of nowhere, a large rock is thrown through his window making quite a loud smashing sound, which was the perfect alarm for Jounouchi. He wakes up slowly rubbing his eyes from the sleepiness, looking at the broken window glass on the ground along with a granite rock that had a paper saying 'YOU SUCK' on it. "Damn kids, always trying to start some crap just because I beat them up." He begins preparing to dress up for school while he still thinks about last night . . .

Anzu walks toward the school all alone seeing no one and hearing no one. "I guess I'm here again alone. Why must I be filled with all this void? All I just want to do is get rid of it, but I can't. That dream was so soothing. That person felt like it had the power to stop my problems and pains. But what are the odds of finding him?" She begins to run to school closing her eyes tightly a bit trying to stop tears from being released . . .

*** At school in a classroom . . . *** In a small classroom the air is surrounded by pure silence. The teacher was writing something on the chalkboard, as tiny grains of chalk fall to the ground, making barely a significant sound. For the students, most are concerned about a single sheet of paper that was in front of them. It was a test that would determine their grade. While most are working on it with trouble, some aren't. Honda is throwing paper wads and airplanes at Yuugi with threatening notes having to do with what happened in the morning. Anzu was just about finished with her test quietly, as she has said nothing since she came in. Jounouchi is still looking at the test as if it was some sort of foreign document.

"I'm finished. May I go to the restroom?" Anzu asks politely, breaking the silence, as she raises her hand. The teacher nods his head, showing her that she can do so. She stands up quietly from her desk, and then heads for the door. As Jounouchi hears footsteps, he turns his eyes and attention to Anzu, looking at her from top to bottom, and vice-versa. For some reason Yuugi raises his head for relief from getting bombarded with paper. When she opens the door and is about to head out of the classroom, Anzu shows a slightly sad and depressing expression on her face that only Jounouchi and Yuugi were able to notice. Right when she left and the door closes, Jounouchi looks 1around him for any writing utensil to use. All that caught his attention was an orange crayon. He begins to quickly write any answers on the sheet to turn in quickly. Meanwhile Yuugi was thinking about what he saw with Anzu, and perhaps decides to help. He begins to slowly raise his hand, when he hears Jounouchi and the teacher saying something in front of the classroom. "Crayon? Is this a joke?" Jounouchi smiles a bit embarrassed. "I'm sorry, but a test's a test. You're lucky I even tried on this test. Now can I please go to the restroom?" The teacher sighs, while he slightly pinches his nose and closes his eyes from stress. "Fine, just go." Jounouchi runs to the door and heads out. After seeing what happened, Yuugi raises his hand. "Can I go as well?" The teacher shakes his head. "You're going to have to wait until either two come back." Yuugi frowns a bit still worried, then changes his mood. "Oh, well. It's not like they're going to do anything else. I worry too much."

Jounouchi walks down the empty hall, as only the squeak made from his shoes coming in contact with the tiled floor. Once he reaches the doors, he slams the door open and walks outside to the patio area where most people were at during lunch. His eyes shift around the place until he notices someone sitting at a white table with their head down. He walks over to the person and sits down right across from her, figuring out it was a female from her clothes. "Looks like you need someone to talk to." Right at that moment the girl raises her head slowly, as her face is covered in tears. Jounouchi's eyes widen a bit looking at who it is. "Anzu? What's wrong?" She turns away a bit from him feeling embarrassed from all this. "I'm just here watching life drift by. Who should care about me going through life empty-handed." He then feels a pain in his heart he has never gotten before, one that he got perhaps because she felt hurt as well. "What do you mean? There is so much going for you in life. You have a future." Anzu then turns to him as she wipes her tears, then looks down at the table. "I don't know if I can still achieve it. And besides, there's no one around for me anyway." Jounouchi reaches his hands across the table and takes Anzu's hand holding it and caressing it. "You're wrong. You still have your friends and family. They all care for you and don't want anything to happen to you. Especially me, I don't want to see you like this because I--" Jounouchi stops instantly trying to stop from doing something that could ruin his friendship. Anzu raises her head looking at him trying to say something, as she doesn't move her hands away from him. "What is it? You can tell me . . ." Jounouchi looks into her eyes of blue- sparkling sea in them, thinking how can he say no to her. After he takes a deep breath, and closes his eyes to let it out. "The truth is I like you. I know we're friends, but I mean I really like you. I like everything about you so much. I dream about you, as you're always in my mind and heart. All I wonder is if we would ever have a chance. I'm not like others with their looks, money, or popularity. All I can offer to you is my heart and love if you want it. And sometimes I would even wonder if you would even share the slightest bit of feelings that I have." After finishing talking, his eyes open seeing that how Anzu's eyes are wide open in surprise. Trying to break the silence, Jounouchi tries to form the flow of conversation again. "Well?" She tries to say her words, but she still feels surprised and overwhelmed from all this. Yet eventually she does so. "No." Jounouchi lets go of her and stands up all of a sudden embarrassed from all this. "I'm sorry for bringing up all this. I should go then." He begins to turn around, right when Anzu grabs his arm. "Please don't go. I have something to say." He sighs and sits down thinking how bad this rejection can go. Anzu then smiles a bit, and some tears fall from her eyes as her voice breaks a bit. "Maybe you misunderstood. You may not be like others, but you're unique and stand up for what you believe in. I don't just simply want your heart and love, because I crave and yearn for it. I don't share the slightest feelings that you have. I completely share them." Jounouchi's eyes widen hearing all this. "Anzu, what are you saying?" She wipes away some of her tears of joy. "The truth is Jounouchi, I don't like you. I love you." Feeling overwhelmed by all this, he leans a bit closer across over to Anzu. "Really? Is this all true?" Anzu leans toward him as well, as they still are sitting across from each other but their faces are close to each other. "Truth is that it is. I've tried to deny it, but I can't escape reality. This is how I feel towards you." Jounouchi wipes away a tear that was running down Anzu's face. "I love you too." Both of them can't stop resisting at all. They both move in towards each other, meeting at their lips. Closing their eyes and releasing their worries, they both begin to express each other with a long kiss . . .

"What is taking those two so long?" The teacher looks to his watch seeing how time has passed. Then he looks around the room and picks someone at random. "Hey, you! Go outside and check up on what is taking those two so long." Honda stands up in surprise thinking how he can skip some of the test. "Sure thing!" He leaves out the door in a second, as Yuugi snaps his fingers and says something to himself. "Why them and not me?"

Honda walks down the same path as he whistles from being able to skip the test. Then just as he was about to slam the doors open, he looks through the window noticing something. He notices two people kissing. "Can't believe those two. Guess they really are crazy for each other and couldn't wait. Wonder who they are." He squints his eyes a bit trying to see who are those two. After wiping the dirty window to see better, he freezes in total surprise. "Anzu? And Jounouchi!? Yuugi won't like this one bit. I have a feeling some crazy shit is going to happen . . ."

(Well, surprisingly this was a bit long but I wrote it in a shorter amount of time. I hope that I can try to get working on chapter 4 asap since I do have a lot of work to do v.v If you want go ahead R+R. Thanks for the ppl helping and supporting.)