Hey! I'm back! Sorry for all of the confusion but I'm getting rid of all of my script style author notes. This is just a repost.

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Beneath the Desert Sands

By: Chi Yagami

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Chapter 3 – Anzu Talks to People

Anzu stared at her wall. Tomorrow, she, Yami, and practically the whole city would be traveling to a sacred place in the Sahara Desert, a place she'd never hoped to see ever again.

She sighed and sobbed into her pillow. Yami was forcing her to marry him! He knew she'd vowed never to love again! And yet, he still carried on.

Anzu got up and left her room. After Malik had practically killed her, she'd been taken to the Pharaoh's palace to rest up. Now she walked down the halls towards the high priest Seth's room. The door was closed, and Anzu couldn't tell if he was busy or not.

'Probably devising another way to destroy the Pharaoh.' She smiled at this. Even though Seth was the Pharaoh's priest, he despised every inch of him.

Anzu pressed her ear against the door… nothing, as usual. She was concentrating so hard on figuring out why she was even trying to talk to Seth that she didn't realize the door had opened. Now her ear was against his stomach, which was growling.

'What the HECK is he doing in there? Sounds like an animal…' When she pressed her hand against the "door" she felt something soft… his chest.

'What the…?' Anzu looked up to see Seth staring down at her. It seemed he was angry, confused, and amused all at the same time.

"What… are you… doing?" he asked.

"…listening to your stomach growl…?"

"Get off me," he screeched. Anzu suddenly noticed that he was only in his boxers ((all Kaiba fans start drooling over their computers)). Anzu quickly turned her back and began to walk away, but Seth grabbed her by the shoulder and spun her around, pulled her into his room, and closed the door.

"It's about Yami, isn't it?" he asked, concerned.

"How'd you know?"

"Your eyes. So, I can tell you really don't want to get married to this guy, huh?"

"Not really… I mean, we're barely even friends! I certainly don't have any passionate feelings for him, no matter how rich he might be."

"Are you still groveling over that thief?" Seth asked without even thinking. The look on Anzu's face made him realize he'd just made a very big mistake.

"Uh… Anzu, I didn't mean anything by that—!" but he was cut off by Anzu leaving and slamming the door behind her.

Anzu walked down the halls fumed. Why did everyone have to bring up Bakura? She didn't love him anymore! She'd given her love, but when he vanished, so did her heart. She wanted to forget about love altogether.

'I know! I'll go visit Mai and Shadi!' Anzu happily ran out of the palace towards the couple's tiny shack.

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As Anzu reached the small home, she could just make out the silhouette of Jonouchi peering through Mai's bedroom window.

'That perv. And he thinks Honda has problems…' Anzu snuck up behind him and yelled, "Boo!"

Jonouchi jumped about fifty feet in the air. Once he realized who it was, he looked angry.

"Anzu! What da heck are you doin' sneakn' up on me like dat? You scared me!"

"That, my friend, was the point," she replied. "Besides, it's wrong to spy on your neighbor's wife! What in the nine regions of Hell were you thinking?"

"Uh… dat she's beautiful…?"

Anzu slapped her forehead. "Dear Ra…"

Jonouchi shrugged and left. He knew Anzu probably wanted to talk to Mai about girl junk.

Anzu sighed and knocked on the door softly. Shadi opened it and peered down at her.

"Yes, my child, what can I do for you?" he asked.

"I'm here to see Mai…"

"Ah, care to explain why?"

"Not really…" She sifted her weight from foot to foot.

"My dearest, you have a visitor," Shadi called out as he lead Anzu into the house. He guestured towards some pillows. She gladly sat down.

Mai floated into the room (not literally). She spied Anzu and clapped her hands with joy as if getting a new toy for Christmas.

She kissed Shadi on the cheek, and motioned for him to leave. He bowed and was gone.

"So, girl, what's up? I hear you're marrying the Pharaoh, eh? Seems pretty exciting," Mai said, taking a pillow of her own.

"Actually," Anzu replied, "I was thinking otherwise."

"Oh really? Well, you just tell Mai here and she'll try to help!"

"Well… You know, after… After… After Bakura disappeared… Uh, well, you know I vowed to never love again, right? Well, now, Yami's forcing me to marry him! And it's not just because of my vows, I just never really like Yami. I hardly know him, much less like him," she explained.

"And Yami won't give you a choice?"

"No. You know him: he always gets his way," she sobbed. Mai gave her a comforting hug.

"Shh… It'll be okay… I'm sure of it! At least you'll be cared for!"

'I wish… I wish Mai was right… Why did he have to choose me?'

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So what'd y'all think? The next chapter isn't going to be a happy chapter… and you're all going to hate Yami…

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