Title: Lullaby Killer

By: Morgan Johnson

Disclaimer: The only thing I own from this is the twisted way in which the characters are murdered and the lullaby that is placed at the crime scene, not poem. I took the original child lullabies and made them into fun little verses; hope you like 'em…

A/N: I'm happy that I got reviews and plan on keeping it up as long as I get them. This chapter is up because my boyfriend is reading this story and keeps insisting to know how everything will turn out…Sorry for not updating during the last week or weekend but I needed some relaxation and now am up for updating…

Chapter Three: Regret

By the time Joey made the trip down to the police station, Serenity and Mai had been released for lack of evidence against them. It seemed as though the police wanted to pin the crimes on anyone they could just to close the case once and for all but after Mai had threatened them with a lawsuit, like the one pending from Kaiba, they had owned up to the fact that the "evidence" was all circumstantial and that even the lousiest lawyer could get them off with a phone call to a judge. Joey being Joey, had done his usual antics of rants for anyone suggesting that "his" girls could possibly be involved in Anzu's death. For his ranting, all Joey got was a warning from a desk police officer and a threat from Mai.

The police had called him at Serenity's request and as such he had left a rather spooked Yugi by himself at the game shop. He knew that it was wrong with all the happenings in the city, but he couldn't just leave his sister and girlfriend all alone after what they had gone through.

He could see that they had been severely affected though Mai was pretending not to be. Serenity on the other hand looked as though she was about to faint at any second making Joey feel even more enraged at the so-called Lullaby Killer. He felt horrible about Anzu, but if the victim had been his little sister he had no idea of what he would have done.

The police had informed them, after much persuasion,that Anzu's parents wouldn't be flying in until the next day to take her body with them to New York. It seemed that Anzu had been planning on moving in with her parents in New York in a few weeks but had neglected to tell anyone about it. Joey somewhat understood why she hadn't. Her friends were in Domino and so were her studies at the local college but her dream had always been to dance in New York so it appeared to be her only option to move.

Anzu's funeral would be held across seas, therefore they gang would have no chance to say goodbye to her. Yugi said that he would take care of calling all who knew her and inform them before it hit the news. It seemed more appropriate that way, although Joey suspected that Yugi wasn't at all right.

Yugi had once had a crush on her and it seemed strange how calm he had taken the news. Joey of course just hoped that he would take whatever he was concealing out before it did him some serious harm.

The next morning it was utter chaos in downtown Domino. The streets were overrun by people trying to get out of the city, all trying to protect themselves and their families from the deranged murderer. The news of yet another victim had sent all caution out the windows.

The media was having a hard time keeping the facts straight as many calls were being recieved from people trying to either get some air time or create more havoc, the only thing thatcould be confirmed was that another murder had ocurred and that the victim fit the requirements established by the killer.

Men, women and children were loaded up in their cars ready to stay away from their homes until the killer was apprehended, yet there were still some that sought a different way of protection. The hardware stores, convenience stores and even junkyards were now empty of anything that could make homes into fortresses.

People had bought every single kind of lock they could find, wood to barricade entrances, stockpiles of food and any means of fire arms. The schools had been closed down as only a few number of children were left in the city and hardly any teachers were left as many had fled.

The only stores you could find open were those that had nothing "useful" to sell, useful being a term as in necessary. One being the Kame Game Shop. The shop was empty except for one person the owners grandson Yugi Mouto. Hewas laying out new duel monster packs on display cases though he knew that nobody would be coming in to buy them. But still he was carrying out the chores listed to him by his grandfather.

His grandfather had yet to call but he knew that the happenings in Domino would not be reported to where he was and understood. Solomon Mouto was stuck in Egypt on an archeological dig centered in the outskirts of Cairo making contact very difficult and sporadically.

Tears began to fall down Yugi's face as he looked over at the back wall of the shop. There, between all the boxes and clutter, were pictures of him and his friends from all the times they had spent together. He looked at Anzu's picture and couldn't help but feel his heart ache at her smiling face. He had truly loved her and now he could never tell her that. He knew that he had never had a shot with her but he still would have liked to be able to tell her.

Now all her dreams and his were dead, just like her. She had been too young and too talented to deserve such a horrible death. Anzu, just like the others, had been just another play thing for that psycho. He hoped that the police would find him soon and find out the reason of why the killings had happened. There had to be something that each of them had in common…Yugi's thoughts were derailed as the phone rang.

"Hello, Kame Game Shop. Yugi speaking, how can I help you?" Silence. "Hello?" "Go outside and you'll find a clue, it will help you to find just what I'll do." Click...The phone went silent as Yugi became pale.

The voice on the phone had seemed so familiar, yet he couldn't place the owner. He decided to do as the call said and went outside. On the welcome mat was a white envelope but nothing more. He looked around and seeing no one there, went inside with the envelope. He opened it carefully and read it aloud:

"The next victim is near, that you should know.

You're right in the middle of my little show.

They All knew you well, and all signed their fate.

The day they decided to full my hate.

I won't stop the blood, you know you can't see.

You destroyed my life, by creating me."

Yugi looked at the envelope and found something that made him lose all feeling in his body. What appeared to be a picture lay inside. As he took it out he landed on the back of the picture and it read:

Hush-a-bye don't you weep,
Go to sleep-y, don't make a peep.
When you wake you shall find…
nothing as the dead don't arise.
Blacks and grays, blood and cuts
All endedher horrible fuss.
Hush-a-bye don't you weep,
Go to sleep-y, don't make a peep.

With dread Yugi turned the picture over and vomited on the floor at the sight. The picture was that of Ishizu or what was left of her. Her body had been slashed into four equal parts, her head, chest, mid-section, and her lower body. A large pool of blood surrounded her and a note lay attached to her head but by the angle of the picture it could not be read or so said the police after Yugi had composed himself to call them. It seemed as though another victim fell at the hands of the Lullaby Killer…

Misery: So like it? Tell me but remember no flames. I hope you liked this update and the little description at the end…later