That's Just Life
Disclaimer: I don't Yu-Gi-Oh! You guys know that better that I do!
Somethings Just Aren't Right Part 2
"ANZU IS GONNA be fine, though, her left leg will be in a cast for awhile," Mokuba sighed as he finished reciting what the doctor had told him.
Kaiba looked at Mokuba, a small frown on his face. "How long will she be wearing the cast?"
Mokuba scratched his head with his index finger while thinking about what Kaiba just asked. Seconds later, Mokuba responded.
"The doctor said that Anzu's supposed to wear the cast for about 3 weeks, but if she can recover faster, it could be less." Mokuba's face saddened. "Poor Anzu".
"Yeah, poor Anzu," Kaiba commented, though his words were only half-honest. Truth be told, Kaiba had thought that the past half hour at the hospital had been nothing but a waste of time. If it Mokuba had been in Anzu's place though, that would've been another story.
Speaking of Mokuba...
"You're sure you're alright kiddo?" Kaiba asked again. Sure he had asked his little brother that before, but he wanted to make sure everything was fine with Mokuba before he even bothered with Anzu.
Mokuba smiled. "Yup, I'm sure I'm fine. Though...do you think if I say I'm hurt that nurse over there will notice me?" Mokuba pointed a finger at a pretty nurse who was waiting for the elevator. She didn't seem to notice the 2 Kaibas were looking at her.
Kaiba chuckled and ruffled Mokuba's bushy hair. Apparently Mokuba was already beginning to notice the opposite sex. This was probably a sign to start looking under Mokuba's bed now. (1)
Kaiba and Mokuba finally arrived at Anzu's room. Kaiba, not bothering to hesitate, opened the door full-force, but making sure that the door wouldn't hit the wall. Kaiba's eyes rested on the gentle resting figure of Anzu. Her left leg was slightly in the air, which was being supported by something Kaiba didn't quite know, considering the fact that he's never injured his leg before (what to do you call that thing that supports your leg in the air when it's broken? If you know, please tell me!). One of Anzu's hands was rested under her chin, making her look like an innocent baby. To make the scene even more surreal, Anzu was actually quiet. Kaiba wondered how many times he actually remembered seeing Anzu with her mouth even slightly shut.
Mokuba was instructed to sit down on the chair in the room by Kaiba as he walked to Anzu's side, but Mokuba refused to do so.
"Sorry Kaiba, but I have to go back to the lobby. I...I asked Yugi and his friends to meet me there when they got to the hospital.
"What?" Kaiba exclaimed, clearly stunned. "Why'd you do that for?"
Mokuba hesitated for a minute, choosing his words carefully. He obviously knew about Kaiba's dislike for Yugi, Honda, and, of course, Jounouchi. A few minutes past, and Mokuba spoke.
"Um...well, Yugi, Honda, and Jounouchi are Anzu's friends, so I thought it would be a good idea to let them know what happened. I called them, and they said that they'd be at the hospital in a few minutes. Guess to see if Anzu is okay." Mokuba watched as Kaiba's emotions changed from being stunned, to being calm, but not very happy.
It figures, Kaiba thought, that Mokuba would go and call up Anzu's friends to tell them what had happened. He knew now that his visit with Anzu would be brief; Kaiba didn't really want to bump into Yugi and the rest of the low-lifes.
"Whatever. Just make sure you're ready to go when they get here."
Mokuba smiled, satisfied with Kaiba's words. He nodded, looked at Anzu again, and left.
Kaiba's concentration returned to Anzu. At this point, he didn't know what to do, except look at her. He wasn't gonna go and give his sympathy and stuff to someone who wasn't even awake, like most stupid people did. All Kaiba could do was look. Look at the girl who had graced herself into his dreams.
The dream.
Kaiba had almost forgot about that, which would've made his life somewhat better. But he hadn't. Every face he saw, every location he had been in the dream, every detail of the dream was imprinted in Kaiba's head.
But most of all, Anzu was imprinted in his mind. Her face, her body, everything.
Kaiba was frightened knowing this, but didn't seem to notice that he was brushing a strand of hair off Anzu's face. Kaiba gently caressed her cheek, noticing that Anzu had pretty smooth and soft skin.
Kaiba seriously had no idea what her was doing. He didn't know why he was touching Anzu affectionately, and he didn't know what he was doing here anymore. He tried to make himself leave, but the next thing Kaiba knew, he was touching Anzu's lips. They were soft, just like her skin.
Anzu's lips. The passionate kiss in Kaiba's dream. Kaiba remembered that part well; it was something he had never experienced before. And if felt good.
Kaiba hated when people barged into rooms, but when Jounouchi slammed the door open and ran up to Kaiba, he felt relieved. He now had controll of his mind and body again, and took advantage of that. Kaiba took his fingers off Anzu's lips immiediately and glared at Jounouchi, pretending he wasn't doing anything.
Jounouchi returned Kaiba's glare, giving quick looks at Anzu. It looked like he had seen a little of what Kaiba was doing to Anzu, and he was getting suspicious.
"What the hell are you doing here Kaiba?" Jounouchi snapped. He looked like he was closed to jumping Kaiba any minute now.
"Calm down you little mutt, I'm only here to visit Anzu."
Jounouchi really, REALLY looked like he was going to jump Kaiba now. It was a good thing Yugi and Honda were there, calming Jounouchi quietly, or else Kaiba was going to have the pleasure of knocking Jounouchi out.
"Calm down, Jounouchi. I'm sure Kaiba wasn't doing anything. He's just here to visit Anzu. And besides, shouldn't we look at the important thing here? Anzu is hurt. We need to know what happened." Yugi's words seem to calm Jounouchi, but it wasn't enough.
"I don't trust him. Let me just knock him out, so then he'll be in the hospital too and we won't have to worry about hi-" Jounouchi was cut off as everybody looked at Anzu. Soft groans were coming out of her mouth, and soon after she opened her eyes, looking at everyone. While everybody scrambled over to Anzu, Kaiba left the room in a huff. Now was not the time to confront Anzu.
But Kaiba wasn't fast enough. Anzu had cearly seen Kaiba.
Two days later
KAIBA WAS EAVESDROPPING as Yugi and his fellow classmates discussed about Anzu. School had just ended, so no one was in a hurry to get to any other class. Almost everybody pulled a chair around Yugi, asking questions about Anzu, and waiting for them their questions to be answered.
"Is it true Anzu got hit by a car?"
"Did she lose a leg?"
"Can we visit her?"
"Does that mean we have to bring her flowers?"
Foolish questions were continuously being asked, until finally, Yugi's tiny voice managed to be heard, and he started to answer a few questions. Even though Kaiba listened, he already knew what had happened to Anzu and such. But something caught Kaiba's ears that seem to interest him.
"...Anzu's going to be out of the hospital this Saturday, and her parents are trying to find a babysitter or someone that's willing to stay with her for awhile. Her mom and dad wanna come home, but the business trip there on is really important." People started whispering at eachother after Yugi finished.
A student spoke up. "Why don't you take care of Anzu, Yugi?"
There was silence for a moment. Kaiba was looking out the window, so he was unsure what was going on. But from the sudden silence, Yugi must've been thinking.
Yugi spoke. "Well, the Game Shop's been super busy these days, so Grandpa decided that it was time to hire somebody. Grandpa will be interviewing, but I gotta take care of the Game Shop." Immiediately many of the students began to ask where they could apply for a job at the Game Shop, and the topic of Anzu completely died.
Kaiba had also taken his mind off Anzu, not really caring if she needed a babysitter or not. But quite frankly, he sure felt sorry for the person who'd have to take care of her. They'd be in hell, just listening to Anzu's complaining and whining.
As he watched, some of Kaiba's classmates left the classroom slowly, talking with eachother about god knows what.
Kaiba waited. Finally, there was only one student left in the class. Yugi.
For a couple of minutes, both looked at eachother, Kaiba glaring at Yugi and Yugi timidly stared. When it came to staring contest, Yugi was helpless, and thus, blinked. He then packed his books and left the class in a hurry. Once Kaiba made sure that no student was around, he got up, books and all in hand, ready to leave.
But instead of leaving, Kaiba headed to Mr. Hoshisawa's desk, a determined look on his face. Today was the day that Kaiba decided he would talk to Mr. Hoshisawa about the whole community service riff-raf and get it over with. Kaiba wasn't really willing to do anything else for community service; he was just going to negotiate whatever he could with Mr. Hoshisawa to secure his position of graduating, whether he did community service not. After all, Kaiba was a businessman; negotiating was one of his specialities.
Mr. Hoshisawa looked up from the papers he was grading, surprised to see Kaiba standing in front of his desk. Something told Kaiba that Mr. Hoshisawa already knew what he was gonna be talking about.
Kaiba glowered at Mr. Hoshisawa, who smiled at Kaiba politely. "May I help you Mr. Kaiba?" The teacher asked.
"Community service. I'm not doing anymore of it." Was the answer Mr. Hoshisawa recieved from the CEO.
Mr. Hoshisawa remained calm. He knew this topic would be brought up from eventually. "Did you even do any community service yet, Mr. Kaiba?"
"Yeah."
"But not enough I supposed."
Kaiba was losing a bit of his patience. "I don't care. Give me anything else besides community service, I'll do it."
Mr. Hoshisawa sighed. "I'm afraid not Seto. There's nothing else for you to complete. All you need is your community service."
Kaiba wasn't going to give up yet. "But there must b-"
"I think I've got ther perfect oppurtunity for you to complete your communnity service Mr. Kaiba." Mr. Hoshisawa smiled once more. Kaiba was getting a little frightened.
"I told you I'm not doing anymore community service."
Kaiba slightly winced as he heard Mr. Hoshisawa's words. "Then I'll be seeing you next year then, Seto."
Silence filled the classroom for a few minutes as Kaiba thought of another way to persuade Mr. Hoshisawa into changing his mind. But before he could say anything, Kaiba heard the teacher speak up.
"You mind as well do it Seto. Besides, if you just listen to what I have for you here, you might think otherwise."
Now it was Kaiba's turn to sigh. "Fine, let's hear it."
Mr. Hoshisawa grinned and took off the reading glasses he was wearing. He then looked straight at Kaiba. "I'm sure you've heard of Anzu Mazaki's little accident."
Oh no. Kaiba feared he knew what was coming.
Mr. Hoshisawa grabbed a handkerchief nearby and began cleaning out his glasses. "As you've probably heard from somewhere, Anzu's parents are hoping to find a certain someone to help Anzu out a little while her leg heals a little bit. Being good aquaintances with Mazakis, Anzu's parents asked it I could try and look fo someone who's willing to apply for the job. I myself was going to offer my help to Anzu, but I think you need this more than I do."
Kaiba was ready to walk right out of the classroom and forget about this whole deal. But he couldn't. His graduation was on the line here.
"You're not going to be with Anzu 24/7 Seto, just a couple of times. You can just pick her up and off from school, make a few calls and see if she's alright, and that's it. If you just do that, I'll let you pass. No more community service after that Seto." Mr. Hoshisawa looked as if what he was offering Kaiba was a good bargain. Hell, it wasn't.
But then again, what choice did Kaiba have at the moment. It was true; Kaiba detested Anzu (or so he thought), but if he didn't take this job, he might end up doing something worst. Something that would take his pride away (working at a retirement home, mowing someone's lawn, etc). At least he knew Anzu, and since the whole school didn't know him very well, they'd just think him and Anzu were friends when Kaiba brought Anzu to and from school.
Would it really be that bad?
"Are you up to it Seto?" Mr. Hoshisawa asked.
Kaiba nodded slowly and left the classroom.
Mr. Hoshisawa smiled and got his cellphone, dialing the Mazakis business phone number. Looks like Anzu had a new baysitter.
(1) You never know dudes, Mokuba might have some "magazines" down there you know....
Author's Notes: Oohh...pretty long in my terms, lol. I was somewhat satisfied with this chapter, but not the best though. I know! I know! No fashion stuff going on here, sorry bout that. I also apologize with the amount of time I take to write one chapter. I'll try to update quicker next time, k?
Thank you to Malik Fan 03, Rin Kitsune, Jujubie, Mamano, HieilovesBotan, Dragon Faere, Destiny1029, Serenity Komoshiro, gamergal20, Tandy, Mokuba-chan, Kai-Seto, Alexi Serenitia, jarjayes, roses in bloom, angelus-2040, OrlisGurl4everB, Tea/Anzufan, KaibaGurl47, Warrior of Peace, Furyou Shinigami, Quoth the Raven, Nevermore, asuka-2004, ma-au, KeikoGUrl, Rosemary-Rocksabertooth, sweetpeachies and Anime-AngelWings for reviewing! And please! Keep those wonderful reviews coming!
P.S - I promise that chapter 6 will have way better KaibaxAnzu interaction!!!!!!!