A/N: Always good to b start off with an odd pairing!

Pairing: Crosshiping

Warnings: Yaoi, kisses, funny, teen to young adult themes, implied sexual stuff and cussing.

Rated: Teen

Summary: Yami Marik, aka Mariku, somehow got out of the shadow realm. He lost his evil yami powers. Being found by Yuugi and being helped by him wasn't what he was expecting from the midget duelist. And what's with this butterfly feeling when he looks him?

Strange Romance

Chapter One

Mariku walked through the shadow realm, cussing up a storm. Mostly about the pharaoh, some about Yami Bakura losing and getting the shadow realm sealed forever and about his hikari for betraying him...or at least not giving into him.

It was all just a big mess. How was he going to steal the pharaoh's powers and rule the world when there was no pharaoh to steal powers from now! He let out a slow growl.

"Stupid fucking Pharaoh" He grumbled. "I need a way to get revenge!" He just kept oh walking. Then he fell.

He quickly noticed he was falling right down into a city! How the he got out of the shadow realm was beyond him, but he didn't care! Although falling out of the sky wasn't as fun as it sounded.

Screaming as he fell he won't down face first into an alley. Not bother to move he just stayed there. Not like it mattered really...well not he was going to say it but he couldn't move to his body going into shock from the fall.

...

Yuugi, picked up things from his desk. School was over now and he could start to head home. Life was boring without the pharaoh. No villains trying to take over the world every other week was strange to get use too. He was getting his grade up and needed to keep them up if he wanted to get into a good college.

He also needed to open up the game shop; his grandfather went off on a dig in South America, He was really happy to get to go there. So Yuugi was happy for him.

Then Yuugi noticed something in an alley...platinum blond hair, up in insane spikes. Purple cape...cargo pants...blank tang-top...It was Yami Marik!

"W-what is he doing here?" Yuugi muttered to himself, walking over to the seems to be dead yami, he picked up a stick and pokes its head. Hearing a low growl, Yuugi did it again, hearing the same growl he moved to go away.

But a hand quickly grabbed his ankle. Mariku slowly moved his head up so it was resting on his chin and looked up to see Yuugi. He was shocked to say the least...well not that he was seeing Yuugi but that the little twerp poked his head! With a stick no less!

"Don't just leave me here you asshole" Mariku said.

Yuugi just stared at him for a minute and helped him up.

...

Getting Mariku to his game shop was no easy feat. Mariku was now laying on his couch and eating his food...in his home. It was odd to say the least. Yuugi was still confused on who Mariku got here anyways! Like how did he escape the shadow realm? It was supposed to be sealed forever!

Sighing Yuugi spoke up. "So...how did you get out of the shadow realm?"

Mariku yawned. "I don't know I was just walking about...and fell."

The insane yami didn't seem so scary right now...though Yuugi wasn't putting his guard down. No not for a second. "You just fell?"

"Mmhmm Right out of the fucking sky" Mariku said, taking a bit out his ice-cream sandwich. "Hurt like a bitch too."

"Oh...okay then..." Yuugi said. Yuugi noticed it was getting it late and Mariku didn't seem like he was leaving. "So do you have some place...you can go?"

"Nahh, I'm just going to sleep here" Mariku said, indicating the couch.

"Oh...okay then..." Yuugi said.

...

Yuugi was coming to the conclusion that Mariku was...really, really weird. At least He was alone now taking a shower; the past hour was Mariku asking none stop questions, really just wondering what he missed.

And then, the bath room door opened.

A/N: Yep ending it here~ Please a review! =D