Drabble Notes – Set post-DM, in a situation where Miho came back and also featuring an OC of the person who requested this story called Arisa. For this it is assumed that Anzu knew Arisa before DM but Arisa was not present during the events of DM.

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Saving the world was a big responsibility. Supporting someone who was saving the world was easy. She could stand by Yami's side countless times while he saved the world but if it came down to doing so herself… She just couldn't.

When he'd left everyone just presumed that all of the danger would have vanished with him, but realistically this could not be the case.

"How can we stop this, Anzu?" Miho asked.

She could sense the gazes of the other two girls upon her. What were they expecting her to do? She wasn't a hero.

"I don't know…" she admitted, "The pharaoh always saved the world… Without the others, and him, I don't know what to do…"

She couldn't cry. The other two were looking to her for strength and even if it was hopeless she had to attempt to look strong to give them faith.

Arisa had been quiet for a while but now chose to say, "I did not know this pharaoh like you and the others did. You say that he's a great hero but you never relied on anyone else to protect you in the past. You were always the strong one."

She was right Anzu knew. Ever since she was a child she'd always been the one to stand up for herself and be confident when those around her didn't have confidence. In truth she'd done it to be like… the Dark Magician Girl? That was it. Her childhood memories flooded back to her now. She'd seen how cheerful, strong and outgoing the Dark Magician Girl was and wanted to be the way herself. But where had that got her? Many of the other students had hated her because of how forward she was in her beliefs and treated her as a mixed up preppy tomboy outcast. In the end it had only really been boys she'd been able to make friends of because of her attitude.

…Or was it?

She looked on either side of her. Miho and Arisa. She had known them before getting involved with Yugi's group and they had always been her friends. She had lost contact with them while she was away supporting the others at Duellist Kingdom and Battle City but even now they were still looking to her for hope. They still thought she could save them from this threat.

"Both of you take my hands," she said, in her leader like tone, "I want you to channel your belief into me. If you think we can stop this then put all of your energy into that thought."

She felt the power, as she knew it to be real. She took the hope and friendship of these girls and used it to summon someone who she knew could defend them. The being that she trusted could save the world even now that Yami had gone.

The Dark Magician Girl.