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Zero. It was over; all his life points were gone. They watched wide eyed in horror as the monsters slowly faded away. The only sound was laughter. His insane laughter. It was over. Marik had beaten the pharaoh. He had won the right to the Millennium Puzzle and no doubt the world would soon follow.

'No'

Anzu stared in horror as the monster slowly approached the love of her life. Coming to claim his prize. She wanted to run to him, to help defend him or to comfort him. But she couldn't. Fear kept her still. Frozen like a petrified statue watching the monster destroy him. Her love. Her friend.

No.

Not her friend, he was already gone. A sob choked her as she thought of him. 'Yugi'. He was forever lost to the shadow realm. Taken from them because of this monster, because of a stupid card game, because he solved that stupid puzzle, because of a stupid grudge against an ancient pharaoh, because the pharaoh failed them. Hot tears rolled down her cheeks.

No.

She had failed him. She should have stopped her friend from getting evolved with something so dangerous, stopped him from wearing the puzzle, and stopped him from getting into so much trouble because of it.

But she didn't. She didn't. And why didn't she stop him? Because she wanted to see him.

Not her friend but the spirit who would take over his body, who would judge those who hurt her friend, who would lead him into dangerous situations, who would make her heart beat faster, who she loved. She should have protected her friend from the darkness.

But she didn't. Because she loved the darkness. Now as she gazed at her friend's body, but not her friend, no, it was only the darkness now, she felt no love.

No.

Only hate. She hated the darkness that had lost her friend to the monster. She hated the monster who had taken her friend. She hated her other friends for not doing what she had failed to do. But most of all she hated herself. She hated herself for failing her friend, for failing the one she truly loved. Without her friend there was no love for the darkness. Only hate.

"No!"

A scream tore her from her self loathing. Clouds of darkness swept over her and her friends, their screams filling the air. But not her. No she was glad to give herself to the darkness. If it meant she could see her friend again, then let it take her. If she could just see him one more time she would tell him everything. She would apologize for her foolishness, for putting her feelings before his safety and she would tell him she loved him. Not the darkness.

Him.

Soon the shadows had almost eloped her completely, her friend's screams lost, left only with the sound of the monster's laughter. She shut her eyes and accepted her fate. The only thing that mattered was seeing him.

'Yugi' Darkness completely took her and she almost welcomed the peace it brought, letting everything go.

'Anzu'

A voice. Familiar but not her own. Not his either.

'Anzu, fight it'

It was stronger now. She knew the voice but didn't know who it belonged to.

'You have to fight it Anzu, you can't let him win'

She wanted to ignore the voice, to slip into the darkness, to see him again. But the voice was loud and she found herself obeying it, resisting the shadows and the peace they brought.

'Keep fighting Anzu! Don't give in!'

She obeyed the voice. Using all her willpower to push the darkness back. She opened her eyes and saw a small light. It was so far away, like a star in the night sky. She wanted to shut her eyes again but the voice persisted

'You can do it, don't stop now!'

She pushed against the shadows, dragging herself towards the tiny light. She felt pain. Fighting the shadows hurt her but still she moved. She didn't know why she was fighting so hard or why the voice wanted her to fight but she was. As she fought the light grew bigger and she found herself wanting to be in the light.

'You're almost there! Keep going'

Her pushes became stronger, her determination growing as she closed in on the now much larger light. The shadows pulled on her violently.

Stabbing.

Scratching.

Slicing.

It hurt but she didn't stop.

Finally she reached the light, now it was larger than her, shining so brightly, forcing the shadows off her.

'Anzu!'

With one final push she entered the light leaving the darkness behind

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