Hiya people! ^-^! Sorry for being gone super long. I was sick and couldn't do much ^^' ehehehe... anyway, thanks readers, reviewers, and the people who wanted to review but were all 'nah i'll let someone else do it'. And you know who you are. Don't worry i've done that a few times :P SSHH! That stays between you and me ^-^!

Saki: Glad you're back!

Tadao: And at 100% too! No more sick Akai.

Akai: Well, 98% but yeah. ONWARD!

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN YU-GI OH!

Chapter 9

Anzu was numb from what happened. What did happen anyway? One second she was crossing the street, the next a car was about to collide with her. She's missing something. And why can't she feel anything? Just then, her hearing came back. She heard sirens, people, children, and a beating heart. She figured it must be hers. Next, her sense of feel came back. She didn't feel hurt at all. Though she did feel warm for some reason. Even with the cold, brutal winds of winter blowing through the streets of New York City. Next, she groaned, that means she could talk again. Next, she tried to move but found she couldn't. Oh Lord, did she get hit?! But… why doesn't she feel pain? If anything… she feels warm and safe. And that beating heart rang louder too. Finally, her vision returned. She slowly opened her eyes and was met with white and black.

"Huh?" Anzu tried to move her head, and boy did she regret it. She realized the white was a pile of snow she was sitting on. And the black…she would've guessed to be her car.

She was wrong.

The black looked more fabric than metal. She then realized that two strong-looking arms circled her. Giving off heat, which must be why she feels warm. She slowly looked up and noticed a man who has yet to open his eyes. She then realized that she was sitting on his lap as he enveloped her in his arms and body. His beating heart was also very soothing in this situation. A few seconds of staring at him and she noticed his face flinch. His eyes were finally opening.

Atem's head was spinning. He didn't know the woman, but he was glad to save her. His heart was beating intensely as he gripped her tighter and placed her head on his chest. When he felt her moving, he knew she was alright and that it was safe to look. He opened his eyes and was met with beautiful winter eyes of blue. They looked so cold and frozen yet… so beautiful to him.

The man finally opened his eyes, and when he did, Anzu gasped. She was met with incredibly amazing emotional eyes of amethyst. They held so much passion and love for life in them… yet she could tell that there was more that other's tend to over-look. She was basically reading this man like a book. That was when some police men and medics came over to them.

"Are you two alright?!" asked the paramedic. They looked up and nodded. At this moment, words weren't the most useful thing to use. They couldn't trust their mouths enough. Two policemen came and helped them up, both were still very quiet, and you could see a faint blush on both of their faces if you looked close enough. Or… maybe it was just because it was below 30 degrees outside. They were then brought to the ambulance truck for a quick check up. The man in the car however, he was on a stretcher and was put in a different ambulance truck to be rushed to the ER. Some reporters came and asked the two a few questions but the police denied any entry. In all this commotion, Anzu found this to be the perfect get away. She looked at the man that saved her and knew she owed him. So why not get him away from here? She quickly grabbed his hand and ran over to her car and accidently pushed him into the driver's seat. She mentally cursed and just ran to the passenger seat. Once she got in, she noticed the man had taken off his hat.

"No way," she said. Atem looked at her as she took off her hat. He then chuckled and smirked.

"Well, saved you twice now." Anzu then smirked.

"Right, I drove you once and am letting you drive twice."

"Ha! I guess you're still a little shaken from the car incident."

"Maybe, I really don't want to drive right now. Take me home." she said and put her feet up. Atem was wide-eyed and shocked. She's acting so calm now.

"Hehehe, alright, you drove me home so I guess its…" he trailed off as he finally realized that he's about to drive her car a day earlier. He gasped, "T-this is…" Anzu laughed.

"Yup, it's your favorite car!" Atem chuckled as she gave him the keys. He gratefully took them, turning them in the ignition and beginning the long drive home.

Yugi was channel surfing since he got bored of watching SpongeBob and Fairly Odd Parents over and over again… so he was surfing channels. He went through the music channels, the movie channels, the kid channels, he went through all of those until he came upon the news channels. Once he saw the screen he dropped the remote and felt tears stream down his face. They rolled down as one word came into his head.

"Atem!" he yelled as he cried on the couch hoping his big brother was alright. No wonder he wasn't back yet! He's probably in the hospital right now and-

RING RING!

Yugi's cell began to ring and he quickly answered it.

"H-hello" he sniffled.

"Yugi, are you alright? Why are you crying?" asked Atem. Yugi became a bit embarrassed. He really should believe in his brother more. Yugi quickly wiped away his tears and tried to sound as normal as possible.

"N-nothing I just… stubbed my toe on the couch! He'll never believe that!" thought Yugi.

"Oh, well get dressed, we're going somewhere in a few. Wait in the lobby and I'll go get you there." Atem quickly hung up and Yugi went to put on his coat and hat. The little guy made sure everything was turned off and went to the door. Before he closed it, he made sure that he had the key.

"Ok, I'm good to go." Yugi then closed and locked the door.

When he got to the lobby, he noticed it was mostly empty. That is really strange considering that it's almost the holidays and people are usually flooding the place. Yugi then just took a seat on one of the couches that was closest to the door. After a few seconds, he fell asleep.

Atem just pulled up to the hotel and Anzu was shocked.

"Why are we here?" asked Anzu.

"I don't think Yugi would like it if I saw your house and he didn't." Anzu laughed at the thought of it and knew he was right. "One second please," he quickly got out, ran inside, came back out with Yugi in his arms, put Yugi in the back seat, and came back into the driver seat shivering. "God it's cold out there!"

"Oh please, stop being such a baby." teased Anzu. Yugi giggled in the back and Atem just rolled his eyes and drove off.

"She can so irritating… yet I love that about her." Atem smiled to himself and kept driving with the aid of Anzu's directions of course.

In about thirty minutes, they had arrived to what had seemed to be a palace. Atem and Yugi were dumbfounded while Anzu sat smugly in her seat.

"Wow… there must be like a tiny village in that house!" yelled a very shocked Atem. Anzu chuckled as they pulled up.

"Yeah, there are about fifty rooms in there." Atem chuckled. Anzu then turned and said her goodbye to Yugi and opened the door. But before she got out she looked at Atem.

"Nope, it's just me in there." Atem blinked, she's in there… alone? "Oh and uh…"

"Hmm?" said Atem, he then noticed Anzu lean in and kissed his cheek. "Thank you for saving me Atem. I really do appreciate it. Good night." she said softly as she got out and ran inside her home.

Atem sat in his seat for a minute. His hand caressed the area on his cheek that Anzu kissed.

"So… smooth…" He quickly shook his head to get out of his daze before Yugi noticed. Atem looked in the mirror to see Yugi and saw the kids' expression. "Crap…" he muttered.

"You like Anzu you like Anzu you like Anzu you like Anzu!" Yugi sang this for the entire ride home. Atem secretly smiled, maybe… just maybe he is getting through to the real Anzu. That was really his goal the entire time. Maybe it's finally working.

"That kiss… damn… her lips are too soft for her own good!" Atem was basically whimpering mentally as his mind was trying to fantasize against his will. And Yugi's chanting didn't help either. Atem then got a brilliant idea to get back at his little brother. "Let it begin." he thought with a devious smirk plastered on his face as Atem parked Anzu's car in the parking lot of the hotel.

"They like each other." thought Yugi who was smiling wildly the entire time as they walked out and inside the hotel.

Finally, it's Saturday! But, Anzu was still working. In fact she was up to her neck in work! Signing papers, watching auditions, approving entries to the academies, hiring, firing, she can't take it! How on Earth did she used to handle this?! Wait… what changed? Maybe this just more work than ever before! I don't even think she could go for a bathroom break if she wanted to! Though… her mind kept going back to last night, why did she kiss his cheek? Hell, why did she even think that?!

"Ugh… what's done is done. It's best to just move on." Tadao came running in with a fairly large pile of papers. "Let me guess… talent." He nodded.

"And lots of it too! I think your talent seekers are only seeking to give you more work now."

"Nah, they have never let me down before. You know, one of these seekers found Nicki Minaj (A/N Just for story purposes.)." Tadao became wide eyed.

"Really?"

"Yup, now go. I think Saki wants to talk with you."

"How do you know that?" asked a very confused secretary. Anzu chuckled.

"She always uses her lunch break to talk to you. Now go before her break ends." Tadao smiled and nodded.

"Thank you Miss!" he said while running out. Once the door closed, Anzu sighed and leaned back in her chair.

"When are those to going to be ready?!" She then scoffed. "I should've known; they lied to me. I bet they never wanted me to go." Anzu went back to signing papers when thirty minutes later her phone rang. "Hello?"

"Hey Anzu, sorry for calling so late. Yugi was having 'waking up' problems." said Atem.

"YOU ALWAYS HAVE THOSE 'PROBLEMS'!" yelled Yugi. Atem laughed.

"Yeah well, I'm not a morning person."

"Well, I'm at my company so just type it in on the GPS in my car and-"

"Did that, we're downstairs waiting." explained Atem.

"Yup!" yelled a very excited Yugi. Anzu laughed and thought for a minute.

"Well, alright then. Give me a little and I'll be there shortly. She quickly grabbed her things, told Tadao to cancel any other plans today, put her stuff on, and ran out. But a certain question popped in her head. "What am I forgetting?" she thought. The elevator hit the bottom floor and she sped walked outside to see Atem at the driver's seat waiting to drive more. When she got in, she greeted Yugi and teased Atem by saying,

"You look like you're about to jump out of your skin Atem. I know you want to drive but daaa…" she has to change the word since Yugi is there. "Dang." Atem snorted and contained his chuckling. "Hey give me a little credit!" Atem then broke down and laughed like there was no tomorrow.

"You… y-you didn't h-have to… hahahaha… c-change the word!"

"Oh and why not?!" yelled Anzu. Atem was laughing so hard that he then accidently smacked the car horn and startled himself which gave Anzu an opportunity to laugh. "Ahem, Anyway…" Atem said with a faint blush. Anzu cracked up at his priceless reaction.

"Off to Toy R Us!" yelled Yugi who threw both his fists in the air. Atem and Anzu looked at him and smiled, turned to each other and smiled. But the way they were looking at each other said it all even though they were thinking nothing.

"Yup, they totally like each other." thought Yugi. "Hmm…" he then looked up at the building and faintly saw two figures watching them the entire time and drew his own conclusion from it. "I want it on it!" But, Atem began driving away, much to Yugi's half dismay. "Next time." the youth thought.

Woo! Well, what'd you think of the little peck on the cheek huh? (I think i'm spending too much time with RRP XD!) Oh, be sure to check out my new stories please :3

Saki: *blush*

Tadao: Well, you wanted to talk?

Saki: W-well I um...

Akai: Hehehe... anyway, be sure to review guys. Please, I really need feedback. I'm staring to doubt this story... :(

I'll hopefully see you guys next chapter...