Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh nor did I profit by this fanfiction in anyway.
This is also written in Anzu/Tea's point of view and isn't meant to be second person. It is merely a reflection on her part in which she is speaking to herself to sort through the emotions that she is conflicted with.

Love is a powerful thing. People are always wondering how to deal with romantic love. There is unrequited love, requited love, complicated love and just simple love. This emotion is able to send a wave of fury, anger, sorrow, sadness, happiness and joy to us all. It can even send all of these things at once, fused together. Love is a complicated thing and is vast. It is untamable and we will never, ever be able to understand it.

One of the worst feelings in the world is unrequited love. It makes you want to cry inside. It makes you want to know what is wrong with you; what it is about you that makes you so undesirable. You try and you try time again to catch the eye of that one person you care so much for...but end up in failure nearly every time.

Unrequited love is a powerful thing and it can cause great pain.

If you dare fall completely, utterly and madly in love with another who does not love you back, it's a sad, terrible, heart-breaking thing. It can leave you completely distraught and defenseless. It hurts you and leaves you empty in side.

Then you think and ponder everything...and finally you laugh in self-pity. Was there any hope? Was it even possible? How could you fall in love with such a person? How could you fall in love with him? Him- an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh from 5000 years past?

It's not like you knew that at first. At first you thought you were crazy... You noticed a change in your best friend and then thought you were seeing double. Then a mysterious man saves you from death at a diner and you become completely obsessed with finding your supposed hero. You do some questionable things. You're so sure of the fact that it was your best friend...yet at the same time not your best friend. You're confused, you have a school girl crush and you do stupid things. Some really stupid things, like accidentally put yourself in danger on a Ferris wheel while a bomber was there. You didn't mean to actually put yourself in actual danger, you just wanted to make sure you hadn't completely lost it by thinking your best friend had a secret identity.

Then there he was...your hero! You discover you're not a complete lunatic, just a stupid girl who accidentally put herself in danger. But at the end of it all...you find him, you see him again. He saved you again! You fall deeper infatuated with him because of that, because you're technically not in love with him yet...

You get to know him better and learn that he is actually distinct from your best friend. You try to focus on his unique personal aspects. He's your own personal hero. He's everything you dreamed... strong, confident, handsome...short...well maybe not everything you dreamed...but he's still so alluring and you actually fall in love with him. Not the school girl crush you had on him before, but you actually fall in love with him... You are aware of his faults, but you don't focus on them. You accept them and appreciate the change in him as he learns from his past faults. You've gotten to know him better and you like him for the good aspects he possesses.

You try to capture his attention, but it seems like it doesn't work. It seems that the only thing that captures his attention is Duel Monsters. You sigh and try to do anything that might make him look at you different, but it doesn't seem to work. He's not interested. You tell yourself that you shouldn't feel bad as he doesn't seem to take interest in any other girls either... but it doesn't make you feel any better.

You know now that he might leave you one day, and you encourage him..because that's what love is. Thinking of the other person first. Yet, throughout it all...you keep trying to catch his eye. There isn't much you can do. It seems you are the furthest thing from him mind... You can't blame him. He's lost. He doesn't know who he is, or where he came from. But to you, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter who he was, or where he came from...it just matters who he makes himself out to be now-Yami. You believe one don't need to know what happened in the past. That isn't something you can control now, but moving on, finding your own future is something we all can do. You just want that future of yours to be with him.

You feel rejected. You feel unwanted...undesired...You're not sure what to do, but something tells you that you can't do anything to capture his eye. It's unchangeable how he looks at you: a friend. That dreary word...a friend.

You cry a little and tell yourself to get it together. You are a strong woman. A strong independent woman... who don't need no man to complete her... except you want a man anyways. You want someone that you can love. Someone who will be there for you and someone you can be there for. A confident...a friend...a lover.

He made you feel safe, he made you feel warm. He made you feel protected. His arms were a source of comfort, even though you hadn't been in them much. His eyes were intense and focused, but not on you...nevertheless, you admired them. They reminded of your own hopes and dreams...and your love of dancing. Dueling was to him, what dancing was to you...a necessity. His eyes held a certain degree of pain and sorrow to them, but did not everyone's? You wanted to be the one to melt away the pain in his eyes. You had seen him at his highest and his lowest, yet...you remained beside him. Isn't that what you were supposed to do for the one you love? Be there for them? Then again you would have done that for all your friends... Joey, Tristan, Mai, Mokuba...even Kaiba if he really needed it. But it was special with him.

You wish that one day he'll see the light in you. He'll see something special about you. You hope that your patience will be rewarded. You've turned down dates from other guys on the hope that he'd finally change his mind. It crosses your mind to make him feel jealous...but then you feel guilty you would even think that. Jealousy isn't the way. You wouldn't want to be with someone who only finally looked at you because they were jealous. You just want his plain, simple love.

You don't completely give up...but your hope isn't a plentiful anymore. It merely hangs by a thread. Your heart still urns and is pained when you see he doesn't glance at you any different. But it doesn't matter anymore...

He's not meant to be here... He's an ancient pharaoh from Egypt thousands of years ago who shares a body with your best friend. He doesn't even have his own body! You could never be together...even if he possessed his own body. Never ever... not in 5000 years... It simply wasn't meant to be.

You even try to help him. You try not to be selfish. You give him a cartouche, it was something to help him find his real name. It was a token not only of friendship...but also of your unrequited love. It was your way to say you accept this love...even if it's not returned.

You start to focus on other things and maybe someone else... and it helps.

But it doesn't stop the aching in your heart.

Unrequited love is a painful thing, but the worst thing is...

when that unrequited love you are so sure you have...

...is actually requited love.

As most of you were probably able to tell, that was from Anzu/Tea's point of view. This story will include events both from the manga and anime. I'm really, really excited about this fanfic! ^_^. To my Peachshipping friends, don't worry, we'll get to the Peachshipping soon! As for my Revolutionshipping/Vanishshipping friends, the spotlight on the couples will go back and forth (not necessarily each chapter), so I will return to that pairing even after I focus on Peachshipping somewhat. This story will feature some monologues first, with the remaining two chapters being conclusions to this story with events that I write out. Expect somewhat regular updates.

Please, please review and tell me what you think! (Constructive criticism is accepted! It helps me improve!)

~Startistica