A/N: Hi everybody, this is Island Heart! If you're fond of YamiXAnzu pairing then, welcome to my world! Because I LOVE them soooo much!

I won't keep you waiting, guys! But before I let you discover my first fic, I want to thank all the kind people who helped me to write this story and supported me all along! You are all great!

And a special thanks to Izida ! Thanks for everything my friend !!

Summary : It's been two months since the Pharaoh went to the afterlife and he moved on and so did everynone else. But if Yami has successfully accomplished his mission, he still feels incomplete. What could it be the reason of this loneliness? YamiXAnzu, JoeyXMai, SetoXSerenity and YugiXRebecca

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Kazuki Takahashi is the only owner of this awesome manga!!!

A/N : I don't own any of the characters, except for the character called Martina, she's Anzu's best friend, she's 19 years old like Anzu.

On with the story!!

Chapter 1: Loneliness and memories

Egypt, one evening

Leaning on the balcony of his royal chambers, the Pharaoh Yami gazed at the surroundings of his vast kingdom. It's been almost two months now, that he dueled the last time against his alter ego, Yugi, lost against him and went through the doors leading to the death realm.

Yami knew for a long time that the day would come when he would have to leave. The day when he will have to leave his friends, to be reunited again with his fellow Egyptians, in the world called the Afterlife, the place where he belonged. After all, even endowed with awesome magical powers, Yami was nothing more than a wandering spirit, without corporal envelope, amnesic and searching for his past! However, even if he knew this moment was inevitable, the confrontation and the experience for this desperate moment was much more painful than he could have ever imagined!

Leaving all of his friends, the only ones who really count, who helped him in the research of his identity and supported him till the end, broke his heart!

But he did it. He had left them.Without a farewell, without a look, without a hug. He was gone. If he had cast them a look, he would have seen their tears, their face full of sadness, he would have certainly never have the courage to leave. He left them, in the remains of this antic dilapidated temple, with his back to them while his friends were crying behind him.

Yami with an empty look and his mind filled up with images of his friends, let out a painful sigh : Yugi, Joey, Tristan and Anzu. Why did he not hug each of them at least one last time in his arms? At least once? He wanted so much to tell them how grateful he was for their friendship, for their presence beside him, no matter what happen!

But it was too late. Yes, too late.

"I fulfilled my destiny!" he said out loud, in a grave and fatalistic tone, as if he wanted to insist on the tragic aspect of his whole existence. And maybe also to convince himself that he has made the right decision. But something of him seemed to tell him of the opposite.

An inexpressible pain difficult to explain, kept tear out his heart. A feeling of emptiness, immeasurable emptiness, began to invade him.

Yami, suffocating from anxiety and anguish, began to tremble.

The weather was not cold. He was not cold. It was the fear, the fear of emptiness, of a nonsense existence, of a life without a reason to live. At least, in the past, he had his friends next to him, friends he used to laugh with, people with whom he could talk about anything.

With them beside him, he never knew the loneliness.

"When you will feel alone, remember this mark!"

The Pharaoh's eyes shot open suddenly.Anzu. It was Anzu's voice. Yami raised his hand in front of him, remembering the mark that the young girl has drawn on their hands so they can always remember that even though, they'd be separated, they remember this bond, that had linked to them : Yugi, Joey, Tristan and….Anzu.

The Pharaoh's eyes softened a little at the thought of the young brown haired girl with azure eyes.

"Anzu…." He let out in a desperate sigh.

(Near to the palace)

In the royal garden, down on Yami's balcony, the Pharaoh Akunumkanon looked up to the sky, but he was not looking at the stars in the sky, he was looking at his son, Yami. Since his arrival, Yami has been awfully sad and this worried him.

"I will find out what's bothering him and I swear I will do everything to make him smile again!" he promised to himself while walking silently away.

(Scene change)

Domino city, 12 : 10 AM

"Oh noooo! I lost again!" shouted a very desperate Joey, a hand on his forehead while complaining on his bad luck in duels against his best friend, Yugi Muto, also known as the "King of games"! The three friends Joey, Yugi and Tristan were duelling on a table at Domino school, during the lunch, Joey betting against the tricolour haired boy a double cheese burger with a coke if he wins the duel. But as we all know, luck was definitely not a word in Joey's vocabulary! And as usual, he lost!

"Sorry Joey! Maybe next time, you will have more luck!" Yugi replied nonchalantly, picking and putting his cards in his pocket.

"Luck! I think luck is not sufficient in his case! For Joey, he ought a real miracle!" Tristan said in a teasing tone, trying as usual to push Joey out of his limits by his jokes.

"Shut up Tristan or else, I will make sure this mouth of yours will never say a word again!" the blonde haired guy said in a threatening tone, gritting his teeth.

Tristan just grinned even more.

Yugi smiled at the sight of his friends in front of him as usual. He loves these simple moments, their bond was very strong no matter what may happen to them, they always managed to get through everything together! This last word rang a bell inside Yugi's mind! Anzu, this was always her favourite motto, her leading thought in life. She never feared the unknown, she was always devoted to her friends and was the one who always cheered him up when he was depressed and sad about his uncertainty and fear about the possible appearance of a new evil!

But his friend was not beside him anymore! Anzu has left for New York, two months ago without a word, without an explanation! She has left a few days after the Pharaoh's departure! She has changed since that moment. She didn't talk to anyone and she always seemed distant and confused. And one day, she didn't come to school, the teacher told to them that Anzu has moved to New York to pursue a dance carrier on Broadway. Yugi and the others were stunned. They never expected Anzu to leave them like that with no explanation. They assumed she was depressed about something, and inside of them, the trio knew very well whey she has left.

Broken heart! Anzu was their friend and even if she didn't tell to anyone about what she felt, there were some details that couldn't be ignored. They all knew about her feelings for Yami. She always had this shining hope in her eyes when she looked at him during his duels, but this hope was gone when the Pharaoh has departed for the afterlife.

And since that moment, things were not the same anymore. Anzu has become cold, silent and withdrew herself into herself. Yugi tried to comfort her, he came to her house to tell her that her friends were worried about her and her strange behaviour. One night, he tried to ask her what could make her so sad, why she didn't go with them anymore.

Anzu listened to him for some seconds with absent eyes then silently closed the door without a word. This was definitely not the type of Anzu! Yugi sighed and came back to the Gameshop, knowing there was nothing he could do. Since that night, Yugi didn't have news from the brunette girl and he began to worry seriously about her.

This last memory began to upset him and slowly, Yugi turned his violet eyes from his two friends and looked towards the window of the classroom. "Anzu! If only I can do something to help you! " he told to himself.

(Scene change)

The room was full of people chanting and cheering her as she made her last move on the stage. The young girl had the most beautiful blue eyes that were ever seen and her pale skin was radiant as the bright light of the moon in the sky studded with stars. Her hair were shoulders length and swayed each time she turned around creating a sort of a wonderful halo around her.

She was a dancer, she was born to be a dancer. Her whole existence was built around this unique idea. And now, she has finally realized her dream! In New York, in Broadway, in the city where all dreams come true, where everything is possible! She raised her hands towards the sky, like a beautiful priestess invoking the gods, then she suddenly crouched down, her marvellous white linen dress floating around her like a small white cloud that just appeared from nowhere to protect her from the dirty ground.

The crowd was on fire, they cheered her and when she looked up, she saw everybody in front of her clapping their hands hysterically. She smiled and bowed her head, then exiting by a small door in the right side of the stage. On her way, she meets some girls with multicolour dresses. They were excited and congratulated her.

"Oh Anzu, it was great! You have a prodigious talent!" one girl said.

"Yes you're the best of all of us Anzu, I think you'll surely get the lead part in the upcoming show!" the second girl said.

"Girl, it was awesome! You should do the teaching dance class, instead of this stupid "Mrs Noodle" (her real name is actually Mrs Neagle! But who never made some jokes on their teacher's name?), she's so boastful about her past as a dancer." The third one said.

Anzu smiled to them, she was glad to have them beside her. They were so gentle and kind towards her.

"Thank you guys, but I think this success tonight is also yours! Thanks to your encouraging words, I became more confident and stronger than before!" She hugged each of them and bid them good night.

As she turned the handle of her dressing-room, Anzu heard a familiar voice coming from behind her.

"I hope you didn't intend to go to bed without giving me an autograph! But maybe now that you're a star, you have already forgotten your best friend?"

Anzu turned her head. A tall beautiful and thin girl around 19 with long blonde hair and green eyes was standing there, a hand on her hip, smiling to her. Anzu smiled widely and threw her arms around the girl.

"MARTINA!" Anzu said while hugging her tightly.

Martina was her best friend since her first day in New York city. They have met at an arcade game and since Anzu had nowhere to live, Marina has offered her a room in her large apartment (her family is rich but Martina tries to be independent). They both have the same passion for the dance.

"Ah! Anzu! Please, let go, I can hardly breathe!" Martina said returning her hug.

The brunette girl gently moved away from her best friend and giggled.

"Sorry Martina but I'm feeling so well tonight! Have you seen my dance?" Anzu asked her excitedly.

Martina nodded.

"It was awesome Anzu! Really, you have made fantastic progress since that day when…" the blonde girl stopped suddenly realizing what she was about to say. She just hoped Anzu has not noticed her mistake but unluckily for her, the brunette girl has perfectly heard her last words and her smile faded away almost instantly.

"Anzu, I'm sorry, I didn't intend to remind you this day, I ….." she trailed of but she didn't have the chance to go on because Anzu has already entered her room and closed the door behind her, leaving Martina outside. The blonde girl sighed, whispering "I'm sorry, Anzu!" She lowered her head and walked back to her own dressing-room which was not very far away from Anzu's room.

Anzu leaned her back against the door and closed her eyes. She was not mad at her best friend for the words she said. She knew Martina didn't intend to hurt her, Anzu trusted her more than anyone else but she couldn't take it when the memories she tried to forget so desperately came back to her.

The night was wonderful, you can see by the window millions stars brightly shining in the dark blue sky like a river of diamonds on a dark silk carpet.

But Anzu didn't notice it. She kept her eyes closed and silently slid towards the ground. She stayed like that for several minutes, then she broke into a long painful crying. Her tears fell down from her azure eyes, they seemed like endless lines of water with transparent crystal glittering in the dark of the room.

"Why? The young girl said between her tears. "Why am I thinking of him again? Why can't I just get him out of my mind?"

"Is everything ready?" a hooded man asked

"Yes, my Lord!" two other men with a woman replied.

"Great! Then, let's carry out my plan!"

Anzu continued sobbing and crying not noticing a strange light coming from her jewel box. This light became more and more intense and Anzu finally noticed it. She peered inside her jewel box and saw it ; there was surrounded by her different necklaces and bracelets, the cartouche she gave to the Pharaoh before he entered the memory world.

When the Pharaoh discovered his real name, he decided to engrave his name on one side, so he would never forget it. The night before he left for the afterlife, he gave the cartouche to Anzu thanking her for everything she did for him. It seemed that he wanted to say something more but he just remained silent for a moment and then he left her.But if the Pharaoh's name, Atemu, was engraved on one side of the cartouche, there was nothing on the other side, nothing until now! Anzu's eyes widened in surprise.

"What's happening? It must be a dream!"

As the cartouche continue glimmering, strange inscriptions slowly began to appear. By seeing the scriptures, Anzu knew it was in Egyptian. She took the cartouche and carefully raised it in front of her. The item began to shine more intensely, so intensely that Anzu was blind. She closed her eyes tightly. And soon, she became weak. Her head was racing and she felt sick and nauseated.

"Why am I so weak? I'm not tired! What's happening to me?" as she slowly fell down on the ground.

(Outside)

"Anzu? Are you okay? Please, open the door! What's happenned? What is this light coming from your room? Anzu, answer me, please!" Martina banged on the door of her best friend's room. When she received no answer, she asked one of their bobyguards to break the door. He did as she told. And as soon as the door was broken, she run past him and entered the room.

She almost gasped at the sight in front of her : there laid in the middle of the room, the scattered clothes that Anzu wore this night, but the most strange this is….there was no Anzu!

"She has disappeared!" Martina whispered touching her best friend's clothes then saying "Anzu, what's happened to you? Where are you?"

(End of chapter 1)

The Pharaoh "Akunumkanon" (sorry if I spell it wrong!) is alive in this story. I know he's dead in the manga but I needed him for this fic.

A/N : That's for the first chapter! R/R please!