"One more hour and school is over! Can't wait!!" Jounouchi exalted.

Anzu looked over at him and smiled at the gang. "Going on to Eleventh is exciting!"

Jounouchi looked at her, "WHAT!? No way, getting out of Tenth and not coming back all summer is exciting!" He looked at Honda. "Right?"

"Right! Although my parents are sending me away to my aunt's all summer, so it's going to be boring. I get back a day before the start of school. Three months in that old hag's house and I can't come back here. I just can't wait to leave the house!" Honda draped his head over his crossed arms.

"Yeah, that's right. I have to go to my mother's all summer. I ain't complaining though, being with my baby sister is nice, but like you, I don't come back till the end of summer. The good news is she's moving here to Domino city for my sister's doctor and stuff, but not till the summer's over!" Jounouchi groaned.

Yugi looked over, "You guys got it easy, I have to train the whole summer! Grandpa say's he's gonna kick the bucket soon, so I should start taking over the game shop early." A hint of sadness crept into the small boy's voice.

"Don't worry Yugi, he's only pulling your chain. Your grandfather said he wouldn't 'kick the bucket' till he sees great-grandchildren," Anzu laughed. She made a smile appear on the boy's face.

Yugi looked up. "What are you doing this summer Anzu?"

"I don't know. I'm still raising money to dance in New York. So I guess I have to find a job...again."

"Sounds like a hopeless dream to me! Dancing in New York, only the pretty and talented go there!" A snarled comment came from the corner of the room.

"Hey! Not all of us are made of money, Kaiba. You arrogant bastard!" she yelled. The class had quieted down because the teacher had walked in and Anzu's voice rose above them all. "Jerk!"

"Ahem, Anzu?" Yugi cleared his throat quietly.

She turned around slowly to see the strict old teacher behind her, "Hello, Mrs. Kiniwariy. Beautiful day, isn't it?"

"Name calling on the last day of school? Detention with me, Miss Mazaki. And I believe you owe Mr. Kaiba an apology."

Anzu slowly turned to face Seto Kaiba. Her temper was starting to tip over the edge. "I'm sorry, Kaiba," she gritted out of her teeth.

Seto raised his hand. "Mrs. Kiniwariy, I didn't hear anything!"

"Miss Mazaki, apologize clearly please, or you'll be scrubbing the floors of the whole school tonight!"

"I said, 'sorry'," she yelled. "You jerk!" What was meant to be a thought, turned into a blurt.

"Get a clean rag. I think the windows are dirty, too!"

Anzu sat in a fury. She shot an evil glance at Seto Kaiba who mouthed the words 'Have Fun!'

The hour passed with the time. The bell rang and the kids cheered as they ran out of the class as fast as possible.

"I guess we'll see you in Eleventh next year." Jounuchi hugged her, "we tried warning you about the teach but you were too mad at that jerk Kaiba."

Honda hugged her as well. "Hopefully you don't encounter him during the summer. That would ruin it for you, big time."

"Don't let him get to ya!" Yugi said. "Good luck tonight with the floors and the windows."

"Yeah, thanks guys, see you sooner or later." She smiled at them as they walked through the door. Her smile disappeared when she turned to face Mrs. Kiniwariy.

"Start scrubbing!"

It was late when Anzu started walking home in the dark. She was half asleep and felt high from the fumes of the cleaning products.

"The future got you stumped child?"

"Wha?" She looked in the direction of the voice. A woman dressed in white stood there with a soft glow around her. She was in her thirties and had long flowing hair that was black as night. Her eyes were the color of the sea and they shone like a light house's light lit them. "Who are you?"

"That's not the question, it's who are you and what are you doing with your life?"

"I'm Anzu Mazaki and I want to become a dancer." She felt lighted headed, was she imagining things or was really talking to someone who was glowing. She rubbed her eyes and looked up to see the female still there. "Must be the cleaning fumes!" She continued her walk home.

When she looked up, the female was blocking her path...not behind her. "What the hell? Who are you?"

"I can tell you that right now, you're letting criticism get to you. And your beautiful future is at stake. I'm stopping you from making that wrong turn down that road."

"What are you talking about? What road? What wrong turn?" She pushed past her and started running only to be blocked by the woman again. "Why are you following me?!" She was still pushing and running faster then before. She tripped on her heel, falling flat on the ground.

"You are blind, child, the only way I can stop you is by showing you." She held out her hands, they started to glow a soft green, when she aimed them at Anzu.

An old homeless man turned the corner to see what the commotion was about. Nothing was there but some garbage cans and a girl's high school shoe. He looked at the bottle of whiskey in his hands, "Damn devil!" He threw the bottle away and headed back out.

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"Where am I? What am I doing here?" She looked around the room. "This isn't my room, this can't be my house! Maybe I was kidnapped and taken here" She drummed her fingers on her leg. She was sitting in a large bed, on one side. The other side was empty. "Yeah, I guess that's it, I was kidnapped!"

"Mom! You're not up yet! We have to go to school!" A child ran in and bounced on the bed.

"Mommy, Tommy's being mean to me!" A small girl holding a blanket ran to the room.

"I was not, you big baby!" shouted the older boy.

"Yes, you were!" she started crying rivers.

From another room, a third child was crying.

"What's going on?!"

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Okay Small Chapter, I think the next one will probably be about the same length. So Anzu is trapped in the future, apparently, and has three children, question now remains, is she a single mother, or is she married? What's your decision?

Please review my first Yu-Gi-Oh story, to tell me what you think and maybe anything funny you may want to happen.

Foxy_Tai