I'm back!

Bakura:Yay. Not.

Me:Anyway, I dont own yugioh or its characters. I own the OCs and Elecktra belongs to Sorcess of the nile. No flames please. Constructive critiscm and good comments please.

Anzu:Thank you, now get reading :)

"Elecktra, what is on your neck?"

Anzu looked at the gash on her friends neck. It stretched from the edge of her jaw to the end of her neck. It didn't look good. It was turning red and looked like it was infected. She even noticed some of the girls staring at it, but they looked away quickly when they saw Anzu look at them. Huddling together, they began to speak in hushed tones.

"Did you see that thing on her neck?"

"It looks so gross!"

"Shhhh Chie, she'll hear you!"

"Oh come on Botan, she can't hear us."

Anzu noticed the vein on her friends temple darken. This would not be pretty. Standing up, Elecktra faced them, anger written all over her face. "If you have something to say to me, say it!"

Botan and Chie gulped and scurried away. Elecktra sighed in annoyance and sat down, running a hand through her hair. Anzu gave her a sympathetic look. "Elecktra, maybe you should go to the nurse."

"I'm not going to the damn nurses office."

"I really think you should go. You don't want people whinning about how gross that cut is, do you?"

Elecktra gave her friend a hard stare. "Fine. I'll go. Happy now?"

"Very happy."

Elecktra rolled her eyes, but got up and walked out of the classroom, Anzu following behind her. The nurses office wasn't far from the classroom, since it was on the first floor, which was the freshmen hallway. The moment they got there, they were immediatly greeted by the face of Nurse Uotani. "Hello girls, what brings you here today?"

Anzu smiled. "Hello Mrs. Uotani, Elecktra needs a band aid or something."

Elecktra snorted. "Or something."

Mrs. Uotani raised her eyebrow. "Someones in a bad mood today."

Elecktra snorted again, causing Anzu to give her friend a friendly kick in the ankle. Mrs. Uotani stared at the girsl, but didn't say anything. After all, she didn't want to get involved in the argument. "Alright Ms. Merane, let me see the scratch."

Elecktra silently went over to the nurse, brushing some of her long hair back. The nurses eyes widened when she saw the cut. "Ms. Merane, what happened?"

Elecktra shifted uncomfortably. "It was nothing, I scraped my neck against a tree branch in my backyard."

Mrs. Uotani raised her eyebrow, her eyes narrowing in disbelief, but didn't press any furthor. She grabbed some ointment and gauze and began to apply it to her. The room was pretty quiet. Elecktra just stared out the window, her eyes lost in thought. Anzu wondered what was going on with her friend. She was never this distant unless...unless something was wrong.

The moment they got outside, Anzu pounced on her. "Elecktra, what happened. You have to tell me."

Elecktra eyed her. "It's as I said before. A tree branch scratched me."

Anzu shook her head. "Tree branch my ass. I know you're lying."

Elecktra glared at her. "Just stay out of my buisness okay? I didn't ask for you to poke your nose in."

"You're my friend, so it is my buisness."

"No it's not. So just go home and play 'happy family', okay?"

Anzu's eyes widened. "You...you don't mean that do you?"

Elecktra's expression didn't change. "I meant everything I said. Now I'm leaving."

With that, Elecktra turned away. Her face was a hard mask, but inside, she felt bad for what she had said. She knew Anzu's family life wasn't so great either, but she didn't need to know what was going on. She didn't want Anzu to worry. She had enough to worry about.

Anzu soon followed her friend, fighting back the tears in her eyes. She hated it when Elecktra acted like this. She needed to know that she didn't need to do everything alone. Sitting next to each other in class was awkaward. Everyone could see the tension between the two girls. Even the guys did, but they didn't say anything. Anzu noticed that Ryou wasn't in class today. She wondered why he wasn't there. She was about to tell Elecktra, but then realized they weren't speaking, so that was out of the question.

The minute the lunch bell rang, everyone was out of their seats. Anzu was about to walk out when someone pulled on her wrist. Turning around, she saw it was Elecktra. "What do you wnat Elecktra?" she said hostily

Elecktra shifted. "About what I said earlier, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that."

Anzu nodded. "It's alright. But why did you say that? Is something going on at home?"

Elecktra shook her head. "No, everything is fine. Don't worry about it, okay?"

Anzu nodded and both girls walked to lunch. The rest of the day was pretty boring, until after school. Both girls were talking outside, when a voice shouted out. "Elecktra!"

Elecktra's eyes widened and she ran away, leaving Anzu gaping at her. When the owner of the voice came towards her, she was surprised to see Marik. "Marik, what's wrong?"

Marik huffed. "It's Elecktra. Something happened, and she won't tell me. I need to know what happened."

Anzu took note of this. "Is it about the scratch on her neck?"

Marik nodded. "Yes. Now, let's go get her."

"Right." They both took off down the street, trying to find out where she ran off to. It wasn't hard following a girl with purple hair. If there was one thing they knew, was that when Elecktra needed to, she would turn on her 'determination mode'. Nothing and no one could catch her then. You had to be really persistant if you wanted to catch her. Marik and Anzu were both lucky to have that certain trait.

They cornered her into an alleyway. Elecktra glared at them both, but more at Marik. "What do you want Marik?"

Marik glared back at her. "What is going on? A tree branch would not cause that much damage."

"Proves what you know!"

Anzu rolled her eyes. "Elecktra, you're being unreasonable. What happened?"

Elecktra sighed. "I just got in a spat with my stepdad okay?"

Marik snorted. "Some spat."

Elecktra stepped forward. "What did you say?"

Marik didn't back down from her. "I don't believe you. I know you Elecktra. You're a pretty good liar when you want to be. I just find it sad that you're lying to me. I thought you trusted me. Guesse I was wrong."

Elecktra gritted her teeth. "I do trust you. I trust both of you."

Anzu spoke up. "Then tell us what happened."

Elecktra looked at them. "I was doing my homework yesterday night, when my stepdad came into my room drunk. I told him to get his ass out, but he just grabbed me by my hair and shoved me onto my bed. He kept trying to take my clothes off, but I kicked him in the place where the sun doesn't shine. He recovered quickly, and pulled me into the kitchen and used something to cut my neck." Elecktra began to shake uncontrolably. "I was so scared, so I ran to my room and grabbed my stuff. He yelled at me from across the yard, saying 'Don't you ever come back you little bitch! Who would want you anyway?'

Elecktra wipped away the tears that were begining to form in her eyes. Marik came towards her with open arms. "Come here Elecktra." he said softly.

Elecktra ran towards him, throwing her arms around him and sobbing into his black tank top. Marik ran a hand through her hair, speaking soothing words to her. "It's okay baby, I'm here. You can live with me, Ishizu, and Odion from now on. You don't have to go back there."

Elecktra looked up at him. "Really? I can live with you guys full time?"

Marik smiled. "Of course."

Anzu smiled. She was glad things turned out alright for her friend. Well, for now. Not wanting to ruin their happy moment, Anzu backd out of the alley and left. On her way home, she thought of Bakura. It had been...very long since she had last seen him. Would he forgive the fact that she had forgotten him for a few years? Or would he be upset?

'What if...what if he doesn't want anything to do with me anymore? I couldn't bear it if that were true.' she thought to herself. Opening the door to her house, she felt a sad feeling settle in her chest. Everything was so...quiet. Only five years ago, although it seemed longer than that, the house was always lively. But not anymore. Now everything was as silent as the grave.

Looking for someone in the house, she went into her fathers office, hoping she'd see him there. He was, much to her delight, but he was on the phone with someone. Anzu wasn't an eavesdroper, but she couldn't help but not hear what he was talking about.

"I just don't know what to do mom, I don't know what to do with her."

Anzu's eyes widened. Who was he talking about? It wasn't about her mom, was it? Or maybe it was her.

"She's just so...so independent now. And I don't like some of the friends she has."

Anzu stopped breathing. He was talking about her, she just knew it. But why was he talking about her?

"Ever since the accident five years ago with Akio, Anzu has started hanging out with the wrong people. Yugi is alright, but that Honda and Katsuya boys, their just so...wild! And don't get me started on Elecktra."

Anzu backed away from the office. Why was her father saying these things? There was nothing wrong with her friends! They were good people and they always had her back no matter what.

"Do I blame her for the accident? I...I don't know...sometimes, when I look at her..."

Anzu couldn't take anymore, she ran away from the office, tears flying off her face. She couldn't believe this! Well, actually she could. She always felt that her father blamed her for the accident. He just never said anything.

Throwing the door to her room open, Anzu flung herself to her bed, sobbing quietly into the pillows. She couldn't blame her father, it should have been her that got hit by the car, not Akio. She was so...so selfish. And he was always willing to do things for his little sister. And he had never said anything about it.

Turning on her back, Anzu looked up at the ceiling. She didn't bother wipping away the tears, she just let them roll down her face. She began to think of a song she had heard a little while ago. Opening her mouth, she began to sing softly.

"Never look back 'cause it hurts"

"My heart is so cold"

"I feel the frost, never look back"

"I feel the darkness on my shoulder,"

"The frost is in my heart"

"So cold my hair is frozen"

"Touching my skin, my flesh"

Anzu let out a tiny cry. It was her fault. Everything that had happened to her family was her fault. If only she had gone to get that ball, that stupid ball. Why did Akio have to die? Why?

"Frozen tears turn into my skin"

"Frozen memories of you"

"Sometimes I see your face, As pure as you are mine"

"I feel the darkness on my shoulder,"

"The frost is in my heart"

"So cold my hair is frozen"

"Touching my skin, my flesh"

"Never look back 'cause it hurts"

"My heart is so cold"

"I feel the frost, never look back"

Anzu took in a breath of air, feeling herself calm down. Singing always helped her calm down. It was like an escape from reality. A much needed escape.

Knock, knock,

"Come in!" Anzu said, quickly wipping away all signs that she had been crying. Opening the door, she saw it was Hiro. He gave her a concerned look, that sort of creeped her out. "I heard crying. Are you okay?"

Anzu nodded. "I'm fine. Are you sure it wasn't mom or your imagination?"

Hiro shook his head. "Mom's at the grocery store. Dad's talking to Grandma, so you're the only canidate left."

Anzu rolled her eyes. "Well I'm not crying. Anyway, shouldn't you be preparing for student elections?"

Hiro shrugged. "Nah, I already got my stuff taken care of. Shouldn't you be doing your homework?"

"I will later, I was just...thinking about a few things."

"Were you thinking about Akio?"

Both siblings felt the air grew tense. No one talked about Akio in the house. It was like the plague. No one wanted to talk about it. Anzu nodded. "He's been on my mind lately. I don't know why."

Hiro leaned against the door frame. "I think of him to. I wonder what he would be like today."

"Me too."

"He would probably be like you."

Anzu tilted her head. "Why do you say that?"

Hiro shrugged again. "You two were very alike. Always together." Anzu noticed he said the last sentence in a bitter voice. A spark flew across her mind. Was Hiro jealous of Akio back then? Hiro turned from the door and began to walk away

"Where are you going so soon?" Anzu asked

Hiro stopped in midtrack. "I'm going downstairs. I don't want to talk about Akio."

And then he was gone. Just like that. Just like everyone else in her family. Gone.

Yeah,yeah this chapter was probably boring, but it gives an insight on the tension between the Mazaki family. In my opinion anyway.

Bakura:LAME

Me:Shut up. Anyway, review please!

Anzu:The song was Frozen Tears by Within Temptation.

Glossary of names:

Chie-blessed with wisdom

Botan-Peony; thin ear