Anaya's Creator: Gutted Tag! I've updated!

Kaiba: Yeah, it's been what... a week since your last one.

Anaya's Creator: Don't go pointing fingers at me! I've been busy with my new fanfic, The Demon Witch. Danka (thank you) for the definitions guys!

Malik: Which is pretty good, we hope. Check that one out people and review to tell Anaya if she should trash it.

Mokuba: Here are reviews from the last chapter, we got five:

Stormtracer:

Sorry, I did go a little overboard didn't I. Well, just so you know: there is no SxS in this chapter, just MxR (MalikxRogue)

Kitou:

That's okay, some of my friends don't like Yu-Gi-Oh either. But that's okay.

KrysofSorrow:

Glad you approved of my getting-carried-away-ness. Well, he loved Akina in the past too.

Daydreamer:

What the hell does konishiwa mean? What's utako? I don't know what OOC is either.

FanOfYugi:

The last chapter was a bit shorter,so is this one, but you're right, I am pretty busy.

Anaya's Creator: On with the fanfic! Warning in the next few chapters time will fly by very fast.

"Mother," Rogue called as she entered her home.

"Rogue, is that you, dearest?" asked her mother's worried voice from the direction of the kitchen.

"Yes Mother, I'm home."

There was the sound of a chair scraping across the linoleum floor and of soft footsteps approaching. Rogue felt two thin arms embrace her as her mother spoke again, "Rogue, I'm so glad you're home. Where is your brother? We need to resume our packing so we can avoid..."

"Mother, there is no need to pack," Rogue interrupted.

"What do you mean?"

"There is nothing to run from any longer; Karasu's dead."

"How?"

Rogue looked at the floor. "I killed him, but not without a price. Yoko died too; Karasu poisoned him before I knew he was near."

"No," her mother gasped. "No," Both she and Rogue slid down to the floor. Rogue's mother laid her head on her daughter's lap, sobbing uncontrollably.

Rogue felt tears fall down her own cheeks; she didn't bother wiping them away.

After her mother had recovered from the devastating news, Rogue went up to her room for bed. A she stretched out on her bed, she smelled something very sweet and familiar; she recognized it instantly. It was the scent of Yoko's Rascal LilyRose flower, his botanical masterpiece, a crossover of a tiger lily and rose. She was lying on her bed enjoying its sweet fragrance when Adan landed on her forearm and dropped something in her outstretched palm. "What's this Adan?" she asked. Her hand ran over its smooth surface and she found it was an envelope. She opened it and inside was a piece of paper with a message written in Braille.

Dear Sister, it read. By the time you read this I will more than likely be dead. But don't dwell on that, for I have one last thing to tell you. Do you remember the Rascal LilyRose I've been working to create ever since before you can probably remember? No doubt you've figured out that I was finally successful. I've left some of the flowers in the house, one being in your room. With your plant is a pack of seeds. The flowers will grow back annually, but I would like you and mother to plant some more outdoors, so that all can enjoy them. My love to you and Mother, Yoko.

Rogue placed the letter on the dresser beside her bed, which had the flower on it, placed the letter there, dropped her staff on the floor, and fell into a peaceful sleep.

--Two months latter—

School would be starting the next day and Rogue was spending the last day of vacation in the park. She was leaning on a railing facing the salt-smelling ocean with one of Yoko's flowers in hand. Adan was perched on the railing beside her.

"You doing okay, Rogue?" asked a peculiar voice. It seemed to be a mixture of a screech and human talking, like it couldn't decide which way to sound.

"Who's there?" Rogue demanded, now on her guard.

Adan suddenly went wild, left his perch on the railing and began flapping about and squawking madly.

"Adan, what's wrong?" she inquired.

"Clam down you silly bird," ordered the human-bird voice. This time it seemed to be coming from Adan.

A sudden change came over the falcon, he ceased his flapping and shrieking and his eyes became unfocused as a golden eye appeared on the crown of his head. He flew over to Rogue and hovered in front of her. "Rogue, it's me Malik." A misty image of Malik appeared in front of her.

Rogue extended her arms and felt the air around her, searching for him, but all she found was some slightly warmer air. "Malik, where are you?" she asked, confused.

"Forgive me, Rogue. I'm using the Millennium Rod to speak with you through Adan." The misty figure moved towards Rogue and put a transparent hand on hers.

To Rogue, it felt as if some soft warm air had settled over her hand. She felt the same sensation form around her other arm and stomach as if someone were embracing her. "Malik," she murmured softly.

"Rogue, are you doing all right?" he asked.

"I'm fine. I'm going to be heading back to school tomorrow though."

"You sound excited." His tone was sarcastic.

"Not really; how are things in Egypt?"

"I still have much to do; the effects of what happened here were bigger than I anticipated. I highly doubt I'll be able to visit you any time soon, except like this."

"This is enough."

"I'll be here as soon as I can."

Rogue felt the wind leave her arms and caress her cheek and lips. Then she felt no more, and she knew he had left.

The next day at school, Rogue found out that Serenity had been able to skip to eleventh grade. The two girls spent much time helping each other out and talking.

"Rogue, what do you think you want to do with your life after high school is over?" Serenity asked her one day at lunch.

"I want to work with animals, so I want to be a vet more than anything."

"Don't you need your sight for that?"

"I'll be at a disadvantage, but I think I can do it. If not, the last time I went to the doctors they said that the procedure that could possibly cure my eyes has been developed some. They said by the end of my senior year, they could possibly test it on me."

"Test it on you?" Serenity gasped.

"Yeah, the worst that could happen is that the procedure doesn't work and I'm stuck being blind for a few more years until they refine it."

"I'll pray for you."

"Thanks,"

Throughout the rest of the school year, things went pretty normally for Rogue. Her mother got called to go on quite a few digs this year, but they were rather short ones and only lasted a week to three at the most. So she was able to stay at home and work on school work. In order to get into vet school, she needed top grades.

December came and her mother was off on a dig for two months, but she wasn't lonely. When she wasn't studying or at class, she was spending time with Mokuba and everyone from Battle City and Malik visited her through his Millennium Rod and e-mailed her a whole hell of a lot. Around Christmas, Serenity invited her to sleep over on the twenty-fourth and Mokuba, liking the American tradition's idea of giving presents, invited her for a meal at two on the twenty-fifth. So after a fun-filled night at Serenity's, Rogue headed home.

The slush on the sidewalk sloshed and oozed under her boots as she walked home from the Kaiba mansion. When she reached her home, she reached for the door handle, but leaned too far forward too soon and slipped on some mire. As she fell, she managed to reach the doorknob and surprisingly, it opened.

That's strange, Rogue thought. I could have sworn I locked the door before I left yesterday evening.

Someone pulled her off the ground and a cheery voice said, "Merry Christmas, my daughter!"

"Mother," Rogue gasped, recognizing the voice. "What are you doing back already? What about the dig in Israel?"

"I was able to convince them to let me come home for Christmas." She threw her arms around her daughter and added, "It's good to be home."

"It's good to have you back, Mother."

"Oh my goodness, what are we doing just standing out in the cold? Come inside, come inside."

As Rogue hung up her coat in the hall, she could smell a pot of hot chocolate brewing from the kitchen. Then her mother said, "Oh, there's someone here to see you."

"Who do you mean?" Rogue heard some noise coming from the kitchen and footsteps approaching the hall.

"Hello Rogue," said Malik's voice.

"Malik," Running to him, she flung her arms around him, he wrapped his firmly around her waist and spun around, lifting her a few inches off the ground. When he put her down, she gave him a quick kiss. "How long are you staying?" she asked.

"Not long I'm afraid. I have to head back to Egypt by tomorrow night at the latest."

"What?" Rogue pouted slightly.

"I'm sorry, love, but Ishizu and Odeon need as much of my help as they can get. There's only so much they can do without needing my Millennium Rod."

"Well, I'm glad you could come." She turned back to her mother, "The both of you, even if it's only for a short while."

A long while later, the three of them were in the living room, talking.

"Rogue, didn't you tell me that you came to Domino once before... before you were blind?" Malik asked.

"Yes, Mother had to attend an archeological conference here and she brought Yoko and me with her."

"Think of the most beautiful place you had ever been to in the city then."

"Well, Yoko took me on top of one of the buildings as the sun was setting and I could see the entire city as it lit up. If I looked hard enough, I could even see the ocean."

"What building was it?"

"I forget which one it was actually."

"It was the top of the Domino Mall," Rogue's mother interrupted.

Rogue heard Malik leave the room. When she heard him come back, he pulled her off the couch and stuffed what felt like her coat into her arms.

"Put your coat on and follow me." He put on his own coat, waited for her to put on hers, and ran out the door with her hands in his.

"Malik, where are we going?" Rogue asked a tone of apprehension in her voice.

"You'll see." They got to his motorcycle and he put one of the helmets in her hands.

Rogue ran her hands over the object in her hands. "What are we doing?" The nervousness was more apparent.

Malik stopped; he put a hand on her shoulder and the other on the side of her face. "Don't be afraid. I'm taking you somewhere on my motorcycle, okay? I talked this over with your mother before you got home; she's okay with this."

"But where are you taking me?"

"The Domino mall,"

"Why?"

"You'll see." He helped her onto the motorbike and they sped off.

At the mall, they got off the bike and he led her to the roof. "Okay, Rogue I need your complete trust and cooperation with this, okay?" Malik said.

Rogue nodded. She felt him grab hold of her hands again and pull her somewhere. He then got behind her with an arm on her shoulder.

"This will be odd for you at first, but you're gonna like this." He pulled out his Millennium Rod and aimed it at her.

Anaya's Creator: Mwa, ha, ha, ha, a cliffhanger!! I was going to make the chapter longer, but I thought a cliffhanger ending would be better.

Mokuba: Malik's not going to turn her into a mind-slave is he?

Malik: I would never!

Kaiba: I sure hope not;

Anaya's Creator: I have a few more questions to ask you people:

1) What are "bushies", (is that another word for bishounen?)

2) What is the difference between OC, OOC, and OCC?

Danka! Review please!