Authoress Notes: Oh, I thank you for the information, everyone! I gotta warn you guys though, because this chapter will have some phrases and words in a mature sense, if you know what I mean. Remember the rating guys. I mean it. But still, I just want to get this story on, so, let's just get on with it!!

Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Never have, never will. If I did, Atem would act darker like this one, and wouldn't leave!

Pairings: AtemxAnzu, SethxShizuka, JounouchixMai, and others.

Warnings: OOC-ness, strong language, mature themes, sexual themes… Get my drift?

Genre: Action/adventure, romance, angst and… I dunno.

Plot:

((AU Dark fic)) In a world where vampires are gods, humans are low, and slaves are treated as dirt, Anzu is a pleasure slave, serving years in bed. Atem is a high-ranked vampire, in need of… entertainment. Could love between a lowly pleasure slave that lost the ability to love and an arrogant, cold vampire exist in such a world where status is everything, and your image determines how you're treated? Now with the mention of Bakura, necromancers, sorcerers, and the three God Orbs, could things become more complicated?

Dark Desires

By: xKuroSeraphimx

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Chapter 14: Acts of Emotions

He walked down the hall of the building, casually staring out the windows that oversaw some parts of Domino City. He stopped, a small, lazy and arrogant smirk curved up his lips, slightly baring a fang like tooth.

"Hmph. Never expected to see you so soon. How did you get past the security guards?" he asked, turning to face a person walking to him, his sapphire eyes glinting amusingly.

The other person grunted as well, crossing their arms in an arrogant manner that matched his smirk. "You call those guards? Soulless vampires would've made better than those idiotic drones I encountered, Akito!" they snapped hotly.

Akito smiled innocently at his guest, a smile that easily fooled people into believing he was being sweet with them. How foolishly wrong they were. "It looks like you had some fun before coming here." He noted, his calm sapphire eyes roaming over the person's clothes, seeing large splotches of blood.

A cold, murderous smile curved up their lips, baring long fangs. "… I would rather call it venting my frustrations on other people, don't you think?"

"So cold…" Akito murmured, shaking his head and tsked.

The person narrowed their eyes at him, snarling dangerously at him. "And you're a cruel bastard," the person snapped.

The ebony-haired man let out a laugh that went exactly with the description the person had just said. "You know me so well. It has been, what…. Two weeks? My, you've slept so soundly since then."

"I'm getting sick and tired of being locked up!" the person roared, baring their teeth in challenge. "I'm tired of having to watch from the sidelines; letting a façade steal a life I should've lived!"

Akito said nothing, just furrowed his eyebrows in thought. He spoke after a while, "… Is this a request for me to make my move earlier than I intended?"

"Just don't do anything you'll regret, Akito," the person warned, but said in an unusually calm voice after letting out a sigh. "If you do, I'll slit your throat and smash your balls beyond a healer's repair."

Akito smiled dangerously. "It's not like I have any need for them, do I? I'm not interested in giving a woman pleasure, only sweet, but utterly ruthless, pain." He replied, shrugging his shoulders in a nonchalant manner.

The person grinned slightly. "It'll still hurt…" Then Akito saw the person grip their head in pain, shaking it, only ending in a painful groan.

The sapphire-eyed man took a few steps forward, his steps fast like a predator's but still held the sense of wariness. "It looks like you don't have enough time, you best be going soon before everyone wakes up, don't you think?"

"Damn your whole existence to the bowels of Hell…" they growled at him, taking a few steps back, still clutching their head.

Akito smiled full of self-mocking and sarcastic knowing. "You don't know how many times I wish that upon the both of us…" he replied calmly, yet his eyes flicked with a forlorn emotion of sadness laced with disgust. A mixture of emotions that would confuse an observer of emotions.

"Hmph. Don't get me wrong, Akito. We may have met like this, but you should always remember that I will hate you with all I am for the things you have done to me, and to the people I care about." The person said, not bothering to hide the underlying threat beneath their words.

"Hah! It wouldn't matter to me… I don't ask for forgiveness, all I ask is the destruction of the people who wronged this, and this whole damn world. Don't worry, I'll make sure, that when the time comes, I'll torture you slowly, painfully, all the while doing the same to the others and carrying out my plans. I hate you enough to not acknowledge what we have, the link we have…" Akito paused, looking up at the ceiling, then the row of windows. "You should go; others will sense your presence, and as tempting as seeing your blood painted on the walls here if you're caught, you need to be reminded that it is I that will kill you. I won't let anyone else to steal that pleasure from me." He snarled, baring his teeth in challenge as well.

The other person smiled that Akito interpreted that he couldn't kill them. "I'll remember that, Akito. But you should know, the one I'm most concerned of killing me, but Anzu." The person laughed at the sight of Akito's face turn sour at the thought. "You should get rid of her quickly, Akito. I cannot wait till you execute your next phase of plans, I know they'll be executed on the day… hmm, the next sun rises? I hope so. Don't forget what I said, Akito."

And they disappeared.

Akito growled a few minutes afterwards, his temper rising to the point where he wanted to kill or throw something through the windows. But then his snarl turned to a sneer as he remembered his plans that would happen in the next few days. He didn't forget the damage he had done on that day when he and Bakura attacked and stole Obelisk the Tormentor from Kaiba Seto. The bastard must've been awake by now, he thought sourly. He shook his head. Didn't matter, he still had Osiris and Ra to worry about getting, but he couldn't help resist the plans that would unveil what that fool Atem had all along. Then Hikaru would have some explaining to do.

Something clicked at the mention of the once vampire that would soon revert back to his true self. Akito grinned. Speaking of Hikaru…

((scene change))

"Mmm… I'm bored!" Mai said, leaning back on the chair she sat on that was next to the bed. She, Shizuka, and Anzu were in Atem and Anzu's (supposedly) room. Anzu sat on the bed, her legs under the sheets before being roused by Mai and Shizuka from a late afternoon nap, Shizuka just decided to tag along with Mai and have some girl talk between them.

"Well, considering Atem and Seto and my big brother had gone to Tokyo for some business reasons, I guess it is rather boring without them." Shizuka replied, who sat on another chair next to the blonde vampire.

Yes, Seto had awoken from his long slumber (as Mai says it) from his injuries a few days ago, and began inquiring about what had happened. Everyone had to explain parts of what happened while he was out because it was a rather long story to tell (as Jounouchi says it was) and then he began working upright, which bothered Shizuka, Malik, and Isis because for Shizuka, she was worried for her ex-husband's health and the healer's didn't like it when their patients began fussing and doing stuff that was strenuous to the body after such an injury like Seto's. But due to the fact that Seto was a stubborn bastard (as Atem sees it), he annoyed almost everyone beyond his or her control, and thanks to Shizuka for slamming her foot down on his foot (which surprised almost everybody since they usually saw Shizuka docile), and shouting at him about his health, despite being a vampire, he was bedridden for the next few days afterwards.

Then Atem got a business call to go to Tokyo to settle some disputes. Atem, Seto, and Jounouchi growled and bristled, not wanting to leave their women (which Atem said point blankly, but Jounouchi and Seto silently agreed upon), but reasoning from the girls and Hikaru (who volunteered to look after everybody) the reluctantly left. Malik and Isis took the offer from Atem to stay inside his house and call Rishid to confirm some things about where they were staying for a few days. They were still wary about the encounter from Akito and Bakura and Atem had the right to fuss over Anzu, clearly remembering what happened in the port the other day.

Anzu spoke up, "They'll come anytime soon. At least nothing has happened in the days they were gone. I'm really wary of that Akito guy… And why he said we've met. I don't remember meeting him before…" she thought the last part, only quietly as to not let the two female vampires listen to her thoughts.

Shizuka's face immediately turned to a frown. Mai snarled at the mention of the man that had attacked them. "Yeah… He should stay away, 'cause the next time I see him, I'll rip his throat out!" The blonde vampire growled low.

"But Anzu's right, Mai," Shizuka said, not noticing that Anzu's sapphire-colored eyes had a glazed sort of look when Mai declared her threat. "We still have to be careful. As much as I want to wring that guy's neck for hurting my… my… Seto," she paused, shooting glances at Mai and Anzu, seeing them grin at her choice of words. She glared at them before continuing, "… I didn't mean it that way, girls. Anyway, I don't want to encounter that Akito guy in the near future, certainly not now, and who knows what he could do? We haven't seen enough of what he does, and we don't know what he really could be, since he somehow mysteriously changed Hikaru to a human…"

"And knew where the God Orb, Obelisk Tormentor and took it," Anzu added quickly, shifting her legs so they wouldn't get numb from staying in one place.

The auburn-haired vampire nodded. "That too."

"Speaking of Hikaru, where the hell did that bastard go?" Mai asked, looking around as if she could find the ebony-haired man in the room, unaware that Anzu glared at her as she called Hikaru a 'bastard.'

"Don't you know? He told us he needed to do a couple of errands." Shizuka answered.

Mai scoffed, leaning back slightly in her chair, crossing her arms in an arrogant sort of manner. "'Errands?'" she asked, in a tone that told others that she didn't believe that excuse… if it ever was. She grunted. "Hmph. I've heard him use that word many times before, and I know it's something shady. I mean, he's never explained about what he does in these errands, and whenever he comes back, it looks like he hasn't even done anything. He's such an enigma, it's annoying!"

"Maybe that's because no one asks him what he does in these errands, Mai." Anzu spoke in a flat tone, which slightly surprised Mai and Shizuka. Even the look in her sapphire eyes surprised the two female vampires; they've never seen Anzu like that before.

Mai frowned slightly. "I've asked him once, when you first came here, Anzu. I asked him about it on a mental link, but he just answered in riddles. And the way he treats me and others, and to people he doesn't know…"

"Can't hurt to be cautious…" Anzu replied, shrugging her shoulders, but in the inside, she was leashing her temper that was slowly building in the pit of her stomach.

"Cautious, eh?" the violet-eyed vampire repeated in a croon. "Then why does he pick fights with his friends, when they're trying to make a point? Why does he say something that objects to what the person said? He must know something, but he won't tell us and that'll put us in danger!"

"You two…" Shizuka said, feeling tension build between the female human and vampire. She didn't like it, especially feeling something different from Anzu. Surely Mai had felt it too…? "Let's just get off the subject of Hikaru and—"

"He has his reasons," Anzu spoke, ignoring Shizuka's words to try and assess the situation that had built from a simple conversation to something that might make fists being thrown. "I've known him longer, I know that he wouldn't keep stuff if he thinks it's for the good of—"

"But what if the secret's he's keeping hidden could cause harm, Anzu?" Mai snarled, feeling the same emotion that Anzu was feeling: anger. "He should know. I mean, he could be holding some secrets about Akito, but he won't tell us, which leads us into danger. Look at what happened to Kaiba!"

"Hikaru was not the one who hurt Kaiba, Mai. I don't know what happened between you and Hikaru, but it's getting annoying that you would—"

"Mai, Anzu…!" Shizuka called, standing up, feeling something wrong with the atmosphere in the room, seeing Anzu slip her legs over the edge, ready to walk or do something that might cause trouble. "You two! That's enough! We should—"

But Anzu ignored her again. "—accuse Hikaru whenever something goes wrong!" she said, her voice raising slightly, the color in her eyes slowly darkening.

"Don't you see, Anzu?" Mai half-asked, half-shouted at the brunette. "Hikaru seemed to know Akito by the way Akito knew him! Even Hikaru knew Akito's name without Akito saying it! I don't know about you, but I think Hikaru could turn on us when—"

She stopped in mid-sentence when Anzu stood up, her eyes blazing with fury, her aura spiked with something untamed, powerful, and dangerous.

"You don't know Hikaru like I do! So you should shut your mouth before I rip your throat out!!" she shouted in a voice that didn't match anywhere near the normal tone she used when talking to people.

Silence followed soon after Anzu's sudden outburst of rage at Mai. Mai and Shizuka looked at the brunette wildly, their eyes widen in surprise. They never thought Anzu would go with that kind of tone and demeanor with words. It nearly didn't sound… herself. Like someone had temporarily taken over her brain and unleashed what they felt about the situation at hand, not taking anymore shit about this. After a few moments passed, Anzu gasped, clamping her head over her mouth as she realized what she had said.

"Mai… I… I don't know what came over me…" She stuttered, suddenly at a loss of words.

Shizuka looked at the stunned expression of Mai before going over to Anzu and landing a hand on her shoulder, shaking her slightly. But Anzu merely walked out of her grasp, out the door, slamming it loudly. Another pause of silence followed soon afterwards. Shizuka let out an exasperated sigh, combing her hand through her auburn-colored locks. She looked at Mai who had her head down, as if in shame.

"… I shouldn't have said that, huh?" Mai asked, feigning amusement in her voice. She shook her head. "But she is right. I don't know Hikaru that much, even in my days as a pleasure slave… I just can't… I just can't see him the way everyone else does… Not for what he did in looking at my past mistakes and I can't do anything back in retribution…"

"Mai…" Shizuka murmured solemnly. She shook her head too. "Well, let's not try to pass judgment on others, so quickly. And besides, whatever Hikaru did to you to look in your past and you can't think of a way to pay him back, let's just get over that for a while. I know it wasn't my place to say that," she added when Mai glared at her. "But right now, the past should be left alone for now. We got other things to worry about now. For now at least, let's let you and Anzu cool down before you apologize. I don't want to lug you two after bloodying each other up, now don't we? And Atem wouldn't like that."

Mai scoffed, crossing her arms again. "Atem can kiss my ass for all I care." She muttered.

But what Shizuka said was right. The past wasn't important now. It was better to leave it alone… for now, and focus on other things.

Too bad they didn't know how much the past had an influence with Akito's and Bakura's appearances now.

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Isis walked down one of the many halls in Atem's home, her mind in deep concentration, trying to fix her mind on other things.

But it wasn't working. Her mind always wandered back to the dream-or rather nightmare-she had two weeks ago. Images of the gory way that Anzu died from a reflection of herself. But what did it mean? She always wondered what that dream meant. It was obvious that Anzu-and she hoped not-might die. But from a reflection, she thought? The dream could also mean that Anzu might die from a mirror of herself, maybe someone that looks exactly like her.

She gasped, stopping in her tracks. Her mind had immediately registered upon Akito. If anybody hadn't noticed, he looked remarkably like Anzu, but with male features and black hair. Then she remembered something else…

Isis shuddered, her arms instinctively wrapping themselves around her waist for comfort, as if the hall she stood in had suddenly gotten cold. No, she didn't, couldn't think of that. Hikaru was making plans in delaying the appearance and awakening of… She shook her head. But time was quickly running out, and then there would be chaos. Knowing Akito, he knew ways to get her out of the cage that held her. He was just delaying to torture them even more. His cruelty stemmed to his childhood, a time where the world was still recovering from the war with the doppelgangers and the rest of the remaining races. And his lineage… His sense of cunning and cruelty came mostly from his father. Oh, how many similarities between father and son…

But then…

Her mind broke its train of thought when she saw Anzu walk past her from another hall in fast strides.

'Did something happened…?' Isis thought, deciding that she should follow the brunette, sensing a torrent of emotion from Anzu.

She followed Anzu for a long set of minutes that made Isis's legs hurt slightly. It seemed that Anzu was merely walking to vent her frustration and anger until it calmed to a lukewarm temper. Then Anzu finally stopped in one of the entrances to the garden. Walking slowly to the stone bench, the brunette just stood over at the fountain; it seemed like she was looking at her reflection.

Isis watched Anzu until Anzu spoke, "You can come out now. I know that you've been following me for the past few minutes." The brunette turned slowly to face Isis who stood at the entrance to the garden from where she came from.

The Egyptian healer tensed once the sapphire-eyed woman turned to her. Gulping, she cautiously walked to Anzu, as if any rash movement might set off the control Anzu had on her temper and rage.

Isis cleared her throat to clear some of the tension that had mysteriously built between them. "I felt you suddenly angry and frustrated at something… Care to tell me what it was about?"

Anzu turned her head away, back to the rippling water in the fountain. "It's none of your business…" she replied tartly.

Isis stared at Anzu for a few moments after her answer. It looked like Anzu was fighting something for control over her emotions, like something was about to burst out of her and she was trying to simmer it down before there were casualties. This made Isis tense; her body oddly feeling sharp claws scratch at her skin. But she steeled her nerves, the healer side of herself refusing to leave a somewhat emotionally distressed person to brood alone.

"It would make you feel better if you talk it out with someone…" She insisted gently.

Anzu snarled, but didn't bother to look at her. "I'm not asking for emotional therapy, if that's what you're trying to help me with." She snapped, unable to leash in some of her anger.

Isis chuckled softly, her gentle disposition not fazed by Anzu's demeanor toward her helping. "No, I'm trying to help you calm yourself so you wouldn't go crazy…" she replied calmly.

Anzu looked up at her, her expression angry and irritated, her mouth open as if to say something but clamped it back shut, turning away again.

Then she finally spoke, "… I had a… sort of had a fight with Mai…"

This surprised Isis. "Really? What for?"

"About Hikaru," Anzu replied straight.

Isis said nothing for a while. Then she asked, "What about him?"

"Mai was accusing Hikaru of things that weren't true… They are… kind of… but he… I know that he would keep secrets and for good reasons, I know he would… But what Mai said made me confused, and she went on and on… I just couldn't take it and then I… threatened her…"

"And how did you threaten her?" Isis asked curiously, pressing Anzu for answers, but in a gentle way.

There was a long pause afterwards that made the Egyptian healer think Anzu might have chose to ignore the question until she spoke, "… I threatened to rip her throat out if she spoke more badly about Hikaru…"

Her answer caused Isis to raise both eyebrows in surprise. Sure, if it would've been another person, Isis knew it was just to keep a way to tell a person off, but coming from Anzu…

It worried her.

Isis then chose her next words carefully. "… Were you that angry with Mai?"

Anzu's response was to shrug her shoulders.

Isis sighed.

"… I just couldn't take it anymore… And I just felt this sudden anger well up inside me and I just… I just acted upon it, not caring what I said, just as long it shut her up. That's what I felt at the time, but now…"

A hand landed on her shoulder, causing Anzu to jump slightly. She turned to face Isis who had a gentle smile on her lips and a face like a mother's who was trying to console her crying child.

"We all feel that way sometimes and lose control over ourselves when we feel like we're being pushed to the edge. I respect that you tried to at least defend a friend, but shouting back at Mai like that wasn't a reasonable answer, no?" she said gently.

Anzu shook her head, looking much like a child being scolded.

Isis sighed again. "So let's just cool down a bit and then you and Mai can apologize to each other. I'm sure Mai has realized what she said and must be feeling the same way you did. So for now, you just cool down and think of a way to apologize to each other."

"Isis…" Anzu said in awe. Then she smiled. Nodding her head, she thanked Isis and was about to leave when she noticed Hikaru coming in.

"Isis…" he spoke, nodding to her. Then he turned to Anzu as he stood a few feet away from her. "I have something for you."

Anzu and Isis exchanged curious glances before turning back to Hikaru. The brunette tilted her head while Hikaru took a few steps toward her. He extended his left hand and opened. Anzu gasped.

In his gloved palm was a pair of pearl studded earrings. But the pearl was a deep red, like blood and glinted lightly in his hand. It may have looked simple, but Anzu saw a kind of beauty in it and the shiny luster it had. Even Isis was amazed.

Anzu was sputtering as she looked at Hikaru to the earrings. Hikaru, then the earrings. Back and forth, back and forth for a while in glee like a kid that had gotten a present they've wanted for a long time and couldn't believe it was given to them.

Then she spoke, "This… You're giving me… these??" she asked hopefully.

He nodded, handing her the earrings, a small, genuinely happy smile tugging at his lips. "Just think of it as a late… let's say, really late birthday present, okay? Just wear it everyday." He murmured the last part quietly so she wouldn't hear, but Isis looked up at him, knowing what he meant. He shot a glance at her through the corner of his eyes before turning his attention back to the smiling brunette who was checking the earrings happily.

She looked back up at him, and before Hikaru knew it, she had her hands wrapped around his stomach, nearly knocking him down from the force she put in the hug.

"Oh, thank you, Hikaru! Thank you so much!!" she cried, her voice muffled slightly, tightening her hold on his stomach.

Hikaru's silver eyes widen as he looked down at the brunette who was hugging him fiercely. He looked at Isis who had an amused expression on her face at the scene before her. Then he turned his attention back to Anzu and smiled, returning the hug with one arm, the other stroking her hair softly.

Then she let go and began staring at the earrings with wide eyes that were brimming with tears. Happy tears at that. She just couldn't believe it she actually got a present! She had never gotten a present during her years as a pleasure slave, and she couldn't quite make out any childhood memories, but she actually got a present! Deciding that they wouldn't be much use to her on her hand, she began fixing the earrings on the lobes of her ears. After a while, she finished and she began showing off, the ruby orbs glimmering softly as she showed off, asking, "What do you think?"

"You look beautiful, Anzu." Said Isis with a smile. Hikaru nodded to that. She let out a squeal, and then began laughing. Suddenly, Hikaru perked his head up and spoke, "It looks like Atem, Seto, and Jounouchi are back. Now, let's go, Anzu, Isis. I'm sure Shizuka and Mai has gone on to greet them as well."

Anzu nodded vigorously and began running to the west side entrance of the garden. Isis giggled softly, but before Hikaru began to follow the brunette, she spoke to him, "You know she won't have the same feelings for you as she does with Atem." She said seriously.

He turned his face, an eyebrow cocked up in surprise at what she said. Then he smiled a lazy, sort of arrogant smile. "And just what are you implying?"

"… That was very sweet of you." She said, ignoring his question and walking.

She heard a grunt in response and heard him speak, "At least I gave her something that could've been given to her as a child… Seeing as how you stole her childhood away from her." He replied coldly, brushing past her. She stared at him angrily, but knew in the back of her mind…

He was right.

She frowned. He was such an unfeeling bastard sometimes…

((scene change))

"Hey, sweetheart. Missed me?" Jounouchi asked, winking at Mai slyly.

Mai rolled her eyes. "What do you think, goofball? I'm just wondering how the meeting went and what was it about." She replied, obviously ignoring his comment.

He still had that smirk on as he placed his hands on his hips. "Oh really? Well, you could just say that the government is still stupid, if you know what I mean. Does that answer your question?"

She smiled, running a hand through her blonde locks. "Yeah…" she spoke, not bothering to hide the content and satisfied tone in her voice.

Shizuka walked up to Seto who stared down at her from his height. She spoke first, "I hope you didn't pull anything that might've strained yourself, Seto." She said in a suspicious tone laced with playfulness in it.

He cocked a thin eyebrow at what she said. "Hmm? The only thing that strained me was the council's boring voices that bore into my head. Other than that, I'm just as fine. You should know."

The auburn-haired female vampire pouted at him. "Oh really? Well if I found out that you did, Mr. Kaiba Seto, I'll—"

He closed the distance between her with a one-arm hug, his face buried in her hair, breathing in her scent. "You'll what, hmm?" he asked teasingly, as if daring her to try and do the thing she was thinking of threatening him with.

She giggled. "I'll throttle you, that's what." He grunted in response, playing with her hair.

"… Missed me, little angel?" Atem asked with a sly grin as the brunette walked up to him with a shy look on her face.

"Do I need to answer that?" she asked back in return with a small smile.

He looked up in thought and then smiled. "No, I don't think you need to…" he slipped an arm around her waist possessively and kissed her forehead. "I missed you." He murmured, kissing her lips as well.

"I missed you too… But you could have at least contacted us." She replied.

He smiled with an innocent look that he could muster. "Darling, council people are stupid. You should've seen me look bored when they kept on going on and on about the same things…"

Anzu giggled softly. "It must've been torture then."

He chuckled in return. "It was…" then he noticed the ruby earrings that she wore at the lobe of her ears. "Little angel, who gave you that?" he asked curiously.

"Oh, these? Hikaru gave them to me as a belated birthday present." She replied, pointing to Hikaru who stood next to Isis with her brother Malik.

He looked up at Hikaru who raised his eyebrow up in question. Atem shook his head, fighting off a sense of jealousy he suddenly felt when she told him who gave her the beautiful looking earrings. He didn't have to worry about anything, even though he knew Hikaru and Anzu knew each other longer than he knew Anzu herself…

Anzu hugged him, laying her head on his shoulder. "But to tell you the truth, I really did miss you when you were gone…" she admitted.

He looked down at her, surprised at her bold actions, and then he smiled. Right, nothing to worry about…

He returned the hug, grateful to feel her again. "I know, little angel…"

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Well, there you have it. It looked like this chapter had more waff than I expected to put in, and some Hikaru and Anzu moments. But don't worry AxA fans; they will get together, okay? So if you want the next chapter, click on that button down there. See you!

Okay, as I read a review in one of my stories, a person wondered if I could do a HikaruxAnzu fic. Meaning AnzuxOC (Hikaru) romance. If people want a fic about them, I'll do it, but it'll be a one-shot. Just wondering if there would be people who would like to see that couple since Hikaru seems to be well liked between you guys. It's your guys vote if you want.