S.O.S.
By: Yami Malika
Disclaimer:
I vow that one-day Yuugiou will belong to me. Maybe not tomorrow, or the day after that, or the day after that, or the day after that… -continues babbling on forever-
(Yuugiou belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.)
The song, S.O.S., belongs to ABBA.
Summary: Anzu finally confesses her love to Atemu, but later regrets admitting those feelings. Does Atemu feel the same way about Anzu? Slight OOC. (Yuugi x Anzu, Yami no Yuugi x Anzu, slight Jonouchi x Mai) R&R!
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-looks at calendar- …only 3 more days until school. Summer vacation was too short in my opinion. -sighs- Well, what are you going to do?
Yahoo! S.O.S. hits the double digits in reviews! As for Penalty Game, the hits just keep coming. :)
Anyway, this chapter is dedicated to school, the best place on earth. (Since that's what's on my mind now XD;)
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Important Note:
"Text" whispering
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On with the fic!
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Chapter 3: Anticipation
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Anzu moaned a bit at an annoying sound she kept hearing. She pulled her covers over her head in response.
'…Wait…'
Anzu's eyes shot open as she threw off the blankets, reaching out a shaky hand to pick up her alarm clock.
"7:18" she read, still trying to regain consciousness. When her mind was able to register the time, the girl threw a hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming bloody murder.
'I overslept!' she cried in her mind.
The young dancer dropped the alarm clock, and stood up. Scanning the room nervously, Anzu collected her thoughts
'School…it starts at 7:30…' she thought calmly. She then looked at the shattered clock at her right which obviously was still working, reading 7:20.
"10 minutes." She whispered in horror. As if she had enough to worry about regarding Yuugi and Atemu. Now she was going to be late for school.
"Okay Anzu, calm down. You only live three blocks from the school," she tried to reassure herself. 'That's not a lot, right?' she thought afterwards, walking over to her closet.
'Phew! Thank God that I lay out my uniform the day before,' Anzu sighed in relief to herself.
Glancing briefly at the clock, she decided to pick up the pace. In a flash, Anzu had taken a shower, and was racing down the stairs, with her school jacket in one hand, and a brush in the other. Running the brush through her brown hair several times, she placed it on the coffee table, where next to it she found her backpack. Not even thinking about breakfast, Anzu bolted out the door, still trying to get the jacket on, running as fast as physically possible. She had always been the fastest runner in her gym class.
"Yes! I think I'm going to make it!" Anzu gasped excitedly, realizing that she was only a half a block away from the Domino High School.
Then, her happiness was crushed when a loud bell was chiming in the distance. When it rang the third time, Anzu had reached the building. When she opened the door, the halls were dramatically silent, with the exception of a few students who purposely waited for the last minute to go to class to get on the teacher's nerves.
When she finally reached her locker, Anzu was out of breath, and looked like hell, according to her.
"Shit." She muttered under her breath, as she tugged at her locker. It was jammed. When it had finally opened, Anzu was flung backwards into a few other lockers, causing the "slackers", which whom she dubbed herself, to laugh.
'This is not my day.'
Anzu quickly got to her feet, and took out the necessary books for her first block class. She gave the group a menacing glare that soon shut them up, as she stood in front of the door with a sign labeled "Class B". She took a deep breath, and opened the door, causing everyone to stare, just as she thought. Then, all of the students started to whisper to each other. Anzu thought she was going to die right there of embarrassment. The teacher then yelled, making the class fall eerily silent. He then stood up and towered over Anzu.
"Mazaki Anzu," he boomed, causing Anzu to wince. "Why are you late?"
"I-I overslept sir." Anzu feebly admitted. Right now, the whole class was roaring in laughter, except Yuugi, Jonouchi, and Honda, who were wondering if that was her real reason. (AN - It was.)
"I can think of better excuses in my sleep!" one yelled.
"Your in for it now Mazaki!" sneered a girl.
After a few other nasty comments, the teacher screamed at the top of his lungs.
"BE QUIET AT ONCE, OR YOU'LL ALL HAVE DETENTION!"
Everyone gasped, including Anzu, whom he called out into the hall. This resulted in a couple of other snickers.
Yuugi, who was seated in the back of the class along with Jonouchi and Honda, was anticipating when he was going to ask Anzu…out. Yes, after being pressured by Jonouchi, and now Honda, whom Jonouchi had told all about Yuugi's crush once they reached school, he had to.
"Or else I will have to ask her out for you." He heard Jonouchi announce boldly in the back of his mind.
If Jonouchi did that, he might as well tell Anzu that Yuugi was madly in love with her. Now that Yuugi thought about it, he probably would tell Anzu that as well, so he had to agree.
"Psst! Yuugi!" Honda whispered, prodding Yuugi in the back with a pencil.
"Hmm?" Yuugi looked behind him, realizing that Honda was talking to him.
"Are you actually going through with it? Asking Anzu that is."
Yuugi chuckled lightly. "Well, I have no choice now, do I?" He replied pointing to Jonouchi, who was taking this opportunity to copy the homework of the person next to him. Yuugi and Honda both laughed, unaware that Anzu and the teacher had both returned.
"Mutou, Honda, is there something funny you would like to share with the rest of the class? I could use a good laugh," the teacher stated sarcastically, walking over to his desk.
This caused Yuugi, and Honda to sink deeply into their seats, blushing from embarrassment. Anzu then walked past her friends to her desk, giving them thumbs up, and a weak smile, meaning that she somehow got out of detention, or any other type of punishment.
"Okay class, settle down now. Please open your textbooks to page 197, while I collect your assignments from last night. Who wants to read where we left off last week?" No one raised his or her hands. "Fine be that way. Hmm…" The teacher scanned every student, until his eyes fell on his next "victim". "What about Jonouchi?"
Everyone stared at Jonouchi, even the teacher, who clearly wasn't paying attention, because he was still jotting down the answers.
Pointing an accusing finger at Jonouchi, the teacher sighed. "I'll be seeing you in detention, once again."
Hearing this, Jonouchi's head popped up, looking around obliviously. "Me?"
The class erupted in laughter once again.
'I need another job.' The teacher thought, rubbing his temples.
"You, Bakura. Pick it up at paragraph four."
X, X, X,
At lunch, Yuugi, Honda, Jonouchi, and Anzu usually all sat together. Today was different however. Anzu was nowhere to be found. Yuugi started to panic.
"Where do you think Anzu is?" Honda asked, sitting across from Yuugi at the lunch table.
"Probably doing "girl" stuff. Jonouchi snickered, taking a food item off of Honda's tray.
Now, Yuugi was really worried. Anzu wasn't acting like herself all day today. It was like she was trying to avoid him. Was she? He didn't blame her, after all that happened between her and Atemu. Ignoring the battle raging on between Jonouchi and Honda, Yuugi took off the Millennium Puzzle from around his neck, and stared deeply into it.
'If Mou Hitori no Boku did anything to hurt Anzu, I'll never forgive him,' Yuugi thought for a second, but realizing what he said, he took it back immediately. 'That's cruel of me to say, after all he did for me, but still…'
The lunch bell rang, signaling that you had five minutes to get to your next class, or else.
Yuugi silently got up by himself, and discarded his tray, walking to his locker.
X, X, X,
Anzu sat quietly at her own locker. She hated to do it, but there was no other choice. She had to avoid Yuugi, at least until she found a way to approach him about the previous day's event. Even if she had to skip lunch, which she so badly needed, because she didn't have breakfast.
"Hey, Anzu!" the peppy voice of Yuugi rang in the hall. He had already been to his locker, and was heading to his third block class, which was math.
"Hi Yuugi." Anzu smiled hesitantly, standing up.
"Awww, what a sweet couple," cooed a mob of girls, walking past the two.
Yuugi blushed, thinking that they were actually serious. 'Do we really make a good couple?'
Anzu then looked at the clock hanging on the wall, as other students rushing to class soon flooded the narrow hallway.
"I guess I'll see you later!" Anzu yelled to Yuugi who was now buried in the crowd, due to his small stature.
She was so relieved when she got into her next class, which was practically empty, to her pleasure. Anzu flashed a kind smile at her teacher and walked to her desk. Science was here favorite class, how could things go bad?
X, X, X,
Anzu was wrong, terribly wrong. Today, they were assigned lab partners. At first, she thought that could be fun. She particularly enjoyed partner projects. That is, until she heard whom her partner was.
"Anzu Mazaki, your partner will be Seto Kaiba."
The brunette's jaw dropped at the words of her teacher. Did she think it was some kind of joke? Kaiba always worked alone. What made today any different? Anzu was about to raise her hand to protest, but was cut short when the other students were switching their seats.
To make things worse, five minutes into the assignment, Kaiba got a phone call on his cell, saying that he was scheduled for a meeting, and had to leave immediately, leaving poor Anzu to do the whole project herself.
"You better not get me a bad grade Mazaki," Kaiba growled walking out of the room.
Anzu bit her lower lip. She had a thousand bad words, she could have said to the young CEO, but she decided to hold her tongue, not wanting to get on the teacher's bad side.
When class was finally over, Anzu couldn't wait to get home. She had managed to keep away from Yuugi all day. She swiftly made her way to her locker, and was almost out the door until…
"Anzu!"
It was Yuugi again.
Yuugi nervously walked up to his childhood friend, and blushed.
Anzu turned around, and faced him.
'I can't ignore him now,' she thought.
"What's up Yuugi?" Anzu asked sweetly, hiding her worry.
"I-I don't know what happened yesterday, but if M-Mou Hitori no Boku did any thing to harm you in any way, I'm sure he is very sorry." Yuugi apologized on behalf of his other self.
Anzu was speechless.
"S-So, I was wondering…would you like to hang out later today?"
Secretly, Jonouchi and Honda exchanged high fives, obviously listening in to Yuugi, and Anzu's conversation, making sure he did it.
Anzu smiled a wide smile.
'Yuugi doesn't hate me!' she thought happily.
"Oh Yuugi, I would love too!" Anzu replied.
"So I'll pick you up at your place after dance class, if you want." Yuugi asked, a tad bit more confident.
"Sounds great! See you then!" Anzu exclaimed running out of the building.
Yuugi stood in the same exact place for several minutes, his cheeks burning, until his two friends bombarded him.
"Congrats Yuugi!" Honda said, a huge smile on his face.
"Yeah, congrats!" Jonouchi added, practically jumping up and down.
"Where are you going take her?" they asked in unison.
Yuugi sweat dropped. "That's a good question."
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THE END OF CHAPTER 3! TO BE CONTINUED!
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Wow, this is the longest chapter so far. I know that everyone has experienced the annoying classes. You know, getting stuck with all the work in a group project, your stereotyped students, scary teachers, and overall, being late. This chapter was fun to write, recalling all of the essences of a bad day in one day. Sorry Anzu. XD;;
Anyway, even with the school scenes, I didn't stray too far away from the problem of the previous chapters. I just needed a solid base to set up the next chapter. Now, I bet you want to know where Atemu is. Sorry, can't tell you that yet. ;) If you really, really want to know, please review!
- Yami Malika