Thanks you jessiejames for reviewing! I'm glad someone likes it! I just wish that more people did. Where are all the Yuugi x Anzu fans anyway?

Did I mention that it's a Jonouchi x Mai story too?

Anyway, enough of that. Lets get on with the next chapter, shall we?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, though I wish I did. Think of the possibilities!

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Another World

Chapter 2: A New World

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Anzu quickly opened her eyes, and then shut them just as quickly due to the bright light of the sun. She kept them close for a few moments, letting them recover, before slowly opening them again, getting used to the light.

Strange. If she was still in the shrine-which until that moment she thought she was-why was there light? And where was that breeze coming from? And was that smoke she could smell?

Things got even stranger when she finally opened her eyes and saw the sight before her. She seemed to be lying down on something, a rug of some sort by what she could feel with her hands. She was looking up, since she was lying on her back. Above her, she could see clear blue sky, hidden behind palm trees.

Palm trees? In Domino? How was that possible?

"W-where am I?"

"Kemet (1)," said a voice.

Anzu turned her head slightly to the right. Standing next to a magnificent white horse, was a young man. He seemed to be attaching some bags or something, for the horse had bags attached to its saddle, as if it's master was travelling somewhere. The man was short, yes, but not very. He had strange tri-coloured hair: mainly black with purple highlights and blonde forelocks, and had big, deep purple eyes, that looked kind and caring. His skin was slightly tanned, probably due to the hot sun, which Anzu could now feel the heat of, even though she was in the shade. His voice was kind and sweet, but at the same time, mysterious. And something about him seemed so familiar to Anzu…but where…

The vision!

…black sand…

…an evil darkness…

…a palace, in the middle of the sand…

…a young man, with strange hair…

…purple eyes…

…and a voice…

…it was calling her, calling her to come to his world…

…he needed help…

This man was the man from the tapestry and from her vision. But, how was that possible? And could she trust him?

"What?" Anzu asked, confused.

"You asked where you were," the man said kindly, walking over to Anzu and leaving the horse, which was tied up to a tree and was happily eating the grass at his feet. "You're in Kemet."

Anzu began to sit up. "And just what is 'Kemet'? A city, a country?"

"A world."

"What!"

"Kemet is the name of the world we're in. You were transported here from your world." The man sat down next to Anzu. She noticed the clothes he was wearing were different from what she was used to. He seemed to be wearing some sort of tunic and sandals. He in turn was studying Anzu. He had never seen a girl like her before; dressed in a turquoise top, yellow jacket, white shorts and trainers/sneakers (2). She was definitely not from this world. Was she the one whom he and his brother had been hoping for?

Still confused about what was going on, Anzu continued to try and sit up, even though she felt very weak.

"And, who are you? OW!"

Anzu grabbed her left arm as a sharp pain came from her wrist. The man seemed very worried and immediately got to his knees to help.

"Are you alright?" he asked, worry embedded in his face.

Anzu clenched her teeth as the pain became worse. "My wrist…it…hurts…" was all she could say.

"Here, let me take a look," the man said kindly. Anzu looked up at him, still not sure if she could trust him. She had only just met him. He could try and hurt her even more if he wanted to, then kidnap her, or something horrible like that.

"Don't worry, you can trust me," the man said, as if he could read her mind. Anzu looked into his eyes, and saw things that she never thought she'd see again: kindness and trust. Slowly, she nodded her head and gave her hand to the man. "Now, this may hurt a bit." And he began to feel her wrist, checking for any broken bones.

A few silent moments passed as he continued to check her wrist, where the only sound was the occasional 'ouch' from Anzu.

"Yuugi," the man said after a while.

"Sorry?"

"You asked me what my name was. It's Yuugi."

"Oh…err…nice to meet you, Yuugi."

Yuugi smiled at Anzu, then continued to examine her wrist. "May I ask what your name is?"

"Err…sure. It's Anzu."

"Anzu…hmm…beautiful name. Well Anzu," Yuugi said cheerfully placing Anzu wrist down slowly, "it's a pleasure to meet you. And you'll be glad to know that nothing's broken. You've just pulled a muscle. But just to be safe…" He ripped a strip of cloth off of his clothing, and used it as a bandage, carefully wrapping it round Anzu's wrist and making sure she wasn't in any more pain. "There. That should do it."

"Thanks," Anzu said, rubbing the bandage softly.

"So, where are you from Anzu?" Yuugi asked, sitting back down next to her. He was curious about this girl. She was different from all the girls back home. He wanted to know everything about her.

"Oh, you've probably never heard of it." Anzu glanced up at Yuugi, then quickly looked down at her wrist again. She felt a funny feeling inside of her, but it quickly disappeared.

"Try me," said Yuugi challengingly, crossing his arms

"Well, OK. I come from a place called Domino."

"Domino? Is that some kind of country?"

"No, it's a town. It's in Japan."

"I've never heard of this 'Japan'. Where is it?"

Anzu was about to answer, but found that she couldn't. If this man, Yuugi, was correct, she was in a completely different world, so how was she suppose to explain where her home was?

She pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. Unfortunately, she soon found she was not.

"I don't know," was all she could say

"Do you know how you got here?"

"Not really. I just remember being in some shrine, looking at some tapestry, and then I woke up here."

'Strange,' thought Yuugi. 'This girl appears from nowhere, and has no idea how she got here. It's like she was brought here for a reason. Could she really be the one?'

Anzu held onto the necklace around her neck. She always did this when she felt scared, alone, or just missed her mother, like she did now. Yuugi seemed to be deep in thought, and she had quite a good idea what he was thinking about.

She was 16 years old, with brown hair and blue eyes, and was sitting right in front of him.

"Oh," Yuugi spoke suddenly, making Anzu jump. "I almost forgot!"

Anzu watched as Yuugi looked inside a small pouch around his waist that she only just noticed, looking for something. He soon did, and pulled out what Anzu believed to be some cards. They were brown, with a black hole in the middle and orange trim.

'Duel Monster cards!'

"I found these scattered around when I found you unconscious in the desert. I believe they're yours."

He held out the deck of cards. Anzu looked down at the cards; back up at Yuugi, then back down to the cards. She picked them up and looked through the cards.

"You found me in the desert?" she asked as she shuffled through the cards. The 'Shining Friendship' card came into view. Yup, this was definitely her deck.

"Uh-huh. You were unconscious, but you were muttering something in a language I couldn't understand, but it sounded like you were saying the same word. I couldn't leave you out there on your own, so I brought you to this oasis."

Anzu placed her deck back into her jacket pocket. "What was I saying? When I was muttering, I mean."

"I'm not exactly sure, but it sounded like 'okasan'" (a/n: not sure if that's right!)

Anzu gave a small gasp, and looked away, holding the necklace around her neck tighter. She tried to hold back the tears that were forming in her eyes.

Yuugi, who watched Anzu's reaction, placed a comforting hand over her own.

"I take it you know what that word means?" he asked in the softest and kindest voice possible.

"Yes. Where I'm from, it means 'mother'."

"Mother? So, your mother came here with you?"

"No, she couldn't have." A tear rolled down her cheek. "She died when I was a small child."

"Oh. I'm sorry Anzu, I shouldn't have asked."

"No it's OK. You didn't know." 'But what's strange is,' she thought to herself, 'how comes when Yuugi found me, I was speaking Japanese, but now, I'm speaking his language…whatever it is?'

Yuugi looked away slightly. He wanted to ask her more, but he didn't want to hurt her feelings.

"What about…the rest of your family?" he asked, though he didn't expect an answer.

That was why he was surprised when Anzu answered bitterly, "I have no family."

Yuugi, not wanting to hurt Anzu's feelings any longer, decided it was time to change the subject. Only, what else could he talk about?

That was when he spotted the cards sticking out of Anzu's pocket.

"You know, here in Kemet, only important and powerful people, such as the royal family and Priest's and Priestess's, own a deck like yours and can use them. That must mean you have powerful magic inside of you"

Anzu's quickly dried her tears. She looked up at Yuugi, whilst reaching into her pocket and feeling her deck.

"Really?"

"Yup." He looked up at the sky. A small breeze blew and rustled the leaves of the palm trees. "And right now, we need all the powerful people we can get."

"Why's that, or can't you tell me?"

Yuugi looked at Anzu and smiled. "No, I can tell you. I trust you after all."

Anzu blinked. Yuugi trusted her? But they had only known each other a few minutes. How could he trust someone as quickly as that? Was he able to tell if a person was trustworthy or not at a first glance, like he could see into their souls? Or was he just stupid?

Yuugi looked back up at the sky, the shade from the trees partially covering his face.

"I can't tell you much, otherwise I may have to kill you." Anzu swallowed, hard. Yuugi saw this and laughed. "I'm only joking! I'd never kill someone as kind as you!" Anzu sighed, which only caused Yuugi to laugh again. "Anyway, the reason we need powerful people is because the kingdom I'm from and the most important and powerful kingdom in Kemet, The Kingdom of Light, is at war.

"For as long as I can remember, we've depended on the power of the Millennium items to live. It's how we survive. But a few years ago, a dark force entered our world, and our power started to disappear. That's because someone is stealing it and using it against us to take over our kingdom and the whole of Kemet."

"And, who's doing that?" Anzu asked

There was a slight pause, until Yuugi answered in a disgusted voice, "The Empire of Dark Souls. Their leader is the one who's behind the destruction of our world." He clenched his fists in rage.

"And who's their leader?"

But Yuugi didn't answer. He had heard something, and that something was coming closer.

"Yuugi?"

"Shh!" Yuugi said, covering Anzu's mouth with his hand. Anzu felt herself blush. "Do you hear that?"

At first, Anzu heard nothing but the trees rustling in the wind. But as she listened more closely, she began to hear it.

It sounded like a whistle, and it was coming closer.

"Look out!" Yuugi yelled.

Anzu felt herself being pushed to the ground, then felt Yuugi on top of her. Before she could do or say anything, something whizzed passed their heads and landed with a soft 'thud' in the ground a few feet away from them. Yuugi's horse wined in fear. Anzu felt Yuugi getting off of her and running to his horse to calm him down.

She slowly stood up, and looked around, trying to find the 'thing' that had gone passed her head. In the distance, she could hear galloping. It sounded like horses, lots of them. And then there was shouting and yelling.

As the sounds grew louder, Anzu soon found the 'thing' that had flown past her's and Yuugi's heads, and she was not happy to see how close it was to where she sat.

An arrow

"Holy shit…"

"Anzu!" Yuugi shouted. Anzu looked up at him, and saw that he was carrying a bow and a few arrows. He was going after the people that had shot him! "You stay here where it's safe."

And before Anzu could say anything, Yuugi was off in a flash, running towards the edge of the oasis. Not wanting Yuugi to get hurt or do anything stupid, Anzu stood up and ran after him, calling him as she did. But he either didn't hear her, or ignored her.

She soon reached the edge of the oasis, and quickly hid behind a tree as another arrow came shooting past, missing her arm by inches. She glanced out from behind the tree at Yuugi. He was loading up his bow and shooting arrows back at the enemy, never missing his target. Anzu saw that she was right, as there were a number of men on black horses, completely dressed in black, charging towards them. It seemed they knew Yuugi, for they were calling his name, threatening to kill him.

Unfortunately for them, Yuugi was a far better bows man than they were, for he had managed to kill ten of them within a matter of minutes. Anzu had to admit, she was impressed.

But all too soon, Yuugi ran out of arrows, and what was rest of the enemy was closing in on them. And it didn't help when an arrow shot past his arm, scrapping him as it did.

"Shit!" he cursed. He quickly ripped off another strip of cloth from his clothes and tied around his injury. "There's only one thing I can do now."

He put his hand inside his pouch once again, and pulled out something familiar out. As Anzu looked closer, she saw that Yuugi too had Duel Monster cards. But how was that possible? Yuugi had said only important and powerful people could use them. Did that mean that Yuugi was one of them? There was still so much she didn't understand, and Yuugi seemed to be getting more mysterious by the second.

Yuugi pulled out his deck, and pulled a card from the top. He smiled as he glanced at the card. Satisfied, he held it above his head.

"Now I summon, Curse of Dragon!"

Something glowed around Yuugi's neck, as did the card above his head. Suddenly, a beam of light shot out of the card and into the air, causing the enemy to stop in their tracks. Out of the light, two wings sprouted out, followed by a snake like body, then a large head. There was an almighty roar before a yellow snake like dragon appearing in the sky. Anzu, amazed at the sight before her, heard the enemy cursing and saw them trying to escape.

But there was no escape from a real monster.

"Now my dragon!" Yuugi shouted, "Attack!"

The dragon gave another roar, before launching it's fiery attack at the enemy. Fortunately for them, the dragon's attack barely missed, causing only a few of them to burn. They quickly rode away, shouting at Yuugi that they'd be back for revenge.

Once he was sure they were gone, Curse of Dragon began to fly back down to his master, satisfied with was he's just done. But on the way down, the dragon began to glow, and it disappeared back into the card in another beam of light.

When the light died away, Yuugi looked down at the card in his hand. "It seems the problem is getting worse, but thank you for helping me, my dragon." He placed the deck back in his pouch. He began to make his way back to where he left his horse, and where he thought he'd left Anzu.

So he was a little surprised when Anzu appeared by his side from behind him and starting shouting at him.

"What the hell was that!" she yelled

"What do you mean?" asked Yuugi when they got back to his little 'camp'. He began to clear everything up and load up his horse.

"I mean the whole thing with the arrows and the dragon! I thought you said only powerful people could use a deck!"

"I did. But I didn't say that I wasn't one of them did I?"

Anzu opened her mouth to speak, but closed it again. He had a point.

"OK then, tell me this. How was it that you were able to summon a monster from a card?"

Yuugi looked up at her with a confused look. "That's it?"

"Err…yeah."

Yuugi sighed and continued with the job at hand, whilst explaining to Anzu how he can summon monsters. "You know I said earlier about the Millennium Items? Well, that's what we use to summon them. Only, there are only seven of them, so people who own decks but do not own a Millennium item have these," He held up a chain around his neck. There was a small, golden pendent on it in the shape of a strange eye.

"The rest of us use these pendants. They're made out of the same gold as the Millennium Items, but are not as powerful. They only allow us to summon the monsters on the cards, and use magic and traps to help them. It works by opening up the gateway between this world and the world of the monsters. You see, my people believe that there are more worlds out there other than our own. That's how we summon the monsters, and that's how you got here." He secured the last item to the horse and turned to face Anzu. "After all, you're not from this world, and I believe you were brought here by the magical powers inside of you and your deck."

Anzu just started at Yuugi. Magical powers? Her? That was impossible!

But then again, after seeing that dragon summoned right in front her, she couldn't help but believe what Yuugi was saying.

"But now that our power is disappearing, the monsters don't stay with us long when we summon them, and there's only one person who can save us now…Anyway," Yuugi untied his horse and jumped up onto the saddle, taking hold of the reins. "It's not safe here anymore. They may come back."

"Who were they?"

"They were the followers of the man who is trying to take over this world. They belong to the Empire of Dark Souls. You can always recognise them by their clothes, since they always dress in black."

"Who's their leader?"

"I can't tell you now, but I may be able to when we reach the city."

"City?"

"Yup, our capital city, where are King lives. I need to return there to…discuss a few things. Would you like to come?"

"What? Me? Come with you?"

"Why not? It's not like you'll be going anywhere else, since this isn't your world. Besides, we're friends now, aren't we?" Yuugi held out a hand.

Anzu looked at Yuugi's hand, then back at Yuugi. Did he just say they were friends? She'd never had a friend before. Never.

"So, are you coming or not?"

Anzu smiled and took Yuugi's hand. "Sure!"

Yuugi helped Anzu up onto his horse. Once he was sure she was OK, he pulled on the reins and they were off, on their way to the capital city. They left the safety of the oasis and galloped along the sands of the desert. Anzu held onto Yuugi's waist. She'd never been on a horse before, and she was finding it exciting, yet terrifying at the same time.

Yuugi smiled as he felt Anzu's grip tighten. He placed one hand over hers and gave it a comforting squeeze.

He looked in front of him, as they galloped past the area where his dragon had attacked the enemy. There were a few dead bodies scattered around. These were the ones he had shot his arrows at. Most of them had been burnt by his dragon's attack, but a few of them remained unharmed, apart from the arrow in their heads.

As they past the blackened sand, thoughts came into Yuugi's mind.

'That battle may be over,' he thought, 'But the worst is still to come.'

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To be continued…

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(1)- Kemet: Ancient Egypt was called "Kemet" by its people meaning "black land" referring to the richness of the soil. I've decided to call this other world this since this world is kinda like Ancient Egypt, but then again, it's not. You'll understand what I mean in a few chapters time!

(2)…dressed in a turquoise top, yellow jacket, white shorts and trainers/sneakers: basically, just think of the clothes she was wearing in Waking the Dragons/ Doma from the episode 'On the Wrong Tracks'

Sorry if this chapter confused anyone. Anyway, please R&R and I'll see you all in June/July.