Title: What If?

Chapter: Eleven – Embracing the Dark

HELLO. UM YEAH. LOL. (laughs nervously) I so totally said that I would edit everything, and I did. But like then I had to reboot my computer because I couldn't open ANYTHING on my desktop. So yeah. Sorry guys. But I finally got this chapter written. I think I could have done better, but I was really guilty and I wanted this out… so… Yeah.

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She expected the rough, hard passion that his every kiss usually held, but as his lips brushed against hers, she was startled with how gentle it was. Her heightened senses took in the details of how dry his lips felt and the bit of stubble his chin held. Confusion settled in as his hand gently left her bottom and trailed up her body. Goose bumps pricked along her skin as he trailed up her collarbone. Why was he being so damn gentle? Ripping her lips away from him, Anzu stared into deep blue eyes.

Her heart thudded as his fingers held her chin. His thumb caressed her bottom lip. Licking her dry lips, she flicked his finger and watched as his eyes swirled into a midnight blue. She felt his hand grip her chin as he dove into her. His hot mouth devoured hers as he nibbled open her lips. His tongue delved and met hers. She moaned as he pushed himself against her. This was the Seto Kaiba she was used to: hard and demanding. Tangling her hands into his soft strands, she matched his fervor and tasted coffee. Running a hand down his chest, Anzu unbuttoned his silver trench coat. Scraping her nails along his silk clad pecs, she earned a groan and smiled against his kiss.

Of course, a ringing cell phone had to ruin everything.

Anzu stilled her hands on his abs, but he continued on with his sensational actions. Breaking the kiss, she felt him trail down her chin and suck down her neck.

.:RINNNNNNNNNNNNNNGG:.

Her hands found the pocket of his jacket. Swimming into the opening, she felt the sleek metal and brought it out. Pushing him away she was once again gazing into azure eyes, Anzu flushed at the raw want his orbs reflected. Holding the cell phone to view, Anzu watched as he frowned and snatched the phone out of her hand. Feeling his body leave hers as he stepped back, Anzu suddenly became aware of the metal railing digging into her back. Stepping away from the steel bar, she turned towards Kaiba at his loud exclamation.

"Wheeler! How the hell did you get this number?"

Was he talking to Joey... or Serenity?

The thought of her young friend drained the blood out of her face. Didn't last night Serenity say something about liking the elder Kaiba? She felt nauseous as she watched the CEO muttering into his cell. Turning around, Anzu quickly dashed away from him.

Running through the streets, she felt her keys jiggling through the side pocket of her sweater and the earphones of her I-pod whip around her neck. What the hell had she been thinking?

That's the point.

She hadn't been.

She was so caught up in the amazing feelings he provoked that she just blanked out. Inhaling sharply, Anzu felt the throb in her side intensify, but she ignored it.

What kind of friend was she? Kissing Kaiba after Serenity had admitted her feelings about him! NO! What kind of PERSON was she? Giving into him after all the times she's walked away and all the times she promised herself not to get caught up in their little game, because in the end, it really didn't mean anything.

Stupid. STUPID. STUPID!

The noise around her faded as her heart thudded into her ears. Why did she give in? Why damn it? Why did she want to feel his lips against hers? Why did her heart tighten with every step she took away from him? Why the HELL was she taking this so seriously?

"ANZU!"

Her head whipped around towards the yell of her name. The ringing in her ears soon identified itself as a honking sound.

Her eyes widened and she felt time slow down. The voice shouting her name was a low octave and the squealing of tires braking sounded like ominous drums.

Visions zipped through her mind. They say that when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes. But when have she ever been surrounded by white sands and endless blue skies?

Tan hands cupping her chin so she stared into amber eyes.

Lavender orbs gazing at her with mischief as she finished braiding vanilla colored hair.

Rose petal lips brushing against her forehead while tucking her head under his chin.

Blonde spikes poking her neck as amethyst eyes gazed at her softly.

Anzu felt herself being hurled into a swarm of physical and mental confusion as her head hit something hard. She dived into the pool of darkness and welcomed the cool feeling of liquid.

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Ancient Egypt

Téa leaned against the wall. She rubbed her throbbing cheek against her shoulder because her hands couldn't reach from where they were hanging above her head.

Bakura had thrown her back into this prison when she had kicked him in the face. That was payback for the bruise on her wrist, but he thought she should have an identical one to the blackening on his left cheekbone.

Tears gathered around her eyes but she shook them off. Ra was punishing her for something, and she didn't want to anger the gods even further by showing weakness.

As Ra's chosen one, she had to accept anything and everything he gave her with no complaints. She wanted to let loose her sobs and scream, but all she heard was the echo of her sniffle.

Her head snapped up as a rumbling vibrated through the walls and against her back. War cries and clashing metals could be heard from the other side of the door. Téa felt trepidation and hope clash against one another.

Fear won when the door opened and revealed the one person she did not want to see. Téa pressed herself closer to the wall, wanting to get away from him, but he had already rushed towards her and yanked the chain apart.

Her hands freed and she felt Bakura grab one of them and drag her out into the hallway. She gasped at the carnage and blood painted everywhere. She was grateful when Bakura tugged her along so she wouldn't have to see it anymore.

Bakura walked on the corpses while she jumped over them. She looked up when the shouting of people fighting was too close for comfort. A tanned man with the seal of the pharaoh tattooed onto his forehead charged towards Bakura with a spear.

She felt Bakura push her backwards where she stumbled and fell into a pool of blood. Téa watched in fear and amazement as the white-haired thief king killed the Medjai and began fighting with another one.

She pushed backwards and felt a cool handle against her fingertips. Looking down, Téa found a silver dagger embedded into a man's ribs.

Feeling bile rise in her throat, Téa pulled the weapon out and hid it in her robes. Bakura turned around and she feared that he saw it, but he just scowled at her and yanked her up.

"Stay behind me if you want to live." His voice was menacing and she felt that he would kill her if she didn't listen, but then the whole sentence would be redundant.

Following him down a set of hallways she's never seen before, Anzu winced as his grip tightened harder. Now she would have twin bruises on both her arms.

He flung the doors open to a scene worse than the one in the hall. Pharaoh's Medjai surrounded Marik and Odion. Some of them turned towards Bakura and he cursed as he flew into battle.

Téa stepped backwards as Medjai glanced at her. She gripped the dagger beneath her robes. They moved closer to her, brandishing their spears in her direction. She spun around and ran backwards.

Her red-stained robes billowed behind her and she heard voices telling her to stop, but she didn't listen. Her footsteps echoed against the hallway as she ran for her life.

Turning the corner Téa bumped into someone. She shrieked and fell backwards, the dagger in her hand slicing her palm as it dropped.

Téa whimpered as she held her bleeding hand into her chest and fearfully looked upwards at whom she ran into.

Emotionless blue orbs glared at her as his silver and blue-garbed form pointed a staff at her.

"A whore among thieves. How pitiful you are."

Her own eyes narrowed and she clenched her bleeding palm in anger, numbing it in the process.

He aimed his golden staff at her forehead. "Die."

Her eyes widened when she saw silver light floating into the staff's head and shoot straight towards her.

She knew the magic was meant to burn her to the core. Instead, it warmed her skin, creating a sensational tingle. Her hand stopped hurting and she closed her eyes as the warmth surrounded her being in a comforting shield.

She felt her own ka come out and meld against this new magic, absorbing it as her own. She opened her eyes and drowsily stared upwards. The last thing she saw were shocked azure orbs.

Cold but had enough expression for her liking.

And then the blue melted into black.

Vision End.

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Her bed was really comfortable. Really. It had been lumpy and hard and she had felt the springs last night, but right now, it felt really, really good. Burrowing deeper into her fluffy feather comforter. Anzu groaned when she dug her head too deep, it was aching badly.

Actually, it wasn't an ache at all. It felt like she banged her head against concrete.

What was the off chance of that happening though?

Opening her eyes, Anzu twisted her hand into her hair, hoping to massage the throb away, but her eyes didn't feel her hair along her neck. She felt fabric instead. Sitting upwards, Anzu whimpered as her headache got worse.

Looking around through the darkness, she blinked trying to get used to it. The moonlight shining through the balcony didn't really illuminate anything.

Still disoriented, Anzu shivered as her feet touched the cold floor. She looked down at the baggy clothes on her and frowned. She had a lot of large sweats and T-shirts. But the plaid PJ bottoms hanging loosely on her hip and the big wife beater barely hanging on her shoulder didn't look familiar.

Her head was thrumming with immense pain right now, and all she wanted to do was find some Advil and go to sleep.

Stepping towards her bathroom door, she turned left to her medicine/toiletries cabinet behind the mirror. Maybe she was still asleep because all she saw was a wall. Turning around, she headed deeper into the bathroom and found a big mirror that ran along the whole wall.

Well duh, she always kept her make up and stuff there.

Opening up the cabinets she found the medicine and swallowed it. She was feeling very hot now. Maybe she was sick?

Stripping off her clothes, Anzu headed towards the shower stall. Turning on the water, she went under the cool liquid and sighed in bliss.

Tilting her head back, Anzu enjoyed the darkness and the feeling of cool bringing down her body heat. Maybe she should take more showers in the dark. It was so relaxing.

She blinked when the lights flipped on.

Anzu stepped back in surprise when a voice called out.

"Anzu?"

Turning off the shower, she slid the door open and smiled. Her vision was still a bit hazy.

She reached out and felt herself fall forward, but strong arms embraced her. She shivered as she felt the heat from his body warming her. Anzu felt him wrap his jacket around her. She snuggled into it and looked up.

"Oh. Hi Malik."

And fainted again.

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Author's Corner: Yeah. I am so going to blame you guys for lack of sleep and me not reading my 500 pages of History homework and studying for the quiz tomorrow. I BLAME YOU IF I FAIL THE QUIZ! Lolz anyways I know some of you will be confused with the last segment of the chapter. Just so you know. She's at her old house. Read back if you don't remember or understand that Malik moved into her old home.

Anyways. I'm done with eleven… and twelve will have more fluffy naughtiness… Seto won this round and I guess I already hinted out the next lucky guy huh? Hehe. Anyways. Hope you guys review! (Especially if you want me to update again)

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