Authors Note- I wrote this almost a year ago while watching the Martin Empire Arc without subtitles, so I wasn't really following what was going on very well :D. I found this the other day and finally got around to typing it up, considering it was pretty well-written (for something I wrote). THIS IS NOT CANON I KNOW. I just like the pairing. This is my imagining "Martin assimilates Rei in a fake-romantic kind of way because she's totally in love with him" because I forgot about the duel-energy-wutevah at the time. :3
Warnings: AU in a way, kind of dark, lots of …-ing and similies
First fic, go crazy with the concrit.
Pairing: Martin x Rei
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It was happening again.
Rei felt herself back into the cold wall of the Duel Academy hallway. It was never this empty, or this quiet. The eerie silence was broken only by his soft footsteps…
Martin Kanou.
Rei watched in horror as the pale boy approached her slowly. His crimson brown hair was messy and put of place, and his steely green eyes had a deranged gleam to them. Rei's eyes wandered to his skinny arm, where…that thing was. The last time she saw him like this…
She grimaced at the sudden pain in her arm.
As Martin continued to close the space between them, Rei's mind continued to race. His strong collected posture defied everything she knew of him. His calm, sinister smile shot a wave of nausea through her body…or was it despair…
"What's wrong Rei-chan?"
Rei snapped back to reality as his words pierced the silence. Martin was mere feet away from her but he had yet to stop. His slow, suspenseful movement matched the dead glee in his voice. She was stuck by herself with him. Whoever he was. No one was there to save her this time. Not Manjoume-senpai. Not Judai-sama. No one. Rei struggled to choke back tears.
"You look scared…but why?" Martin sneered. "I'm your friend, remember?"
N-n…" Rei wanted to say no. In fact, she wanted to scream it, but nothing would come out. Some how, she was scared. Martin was inches away from her. She thought he was talking, but she could barely hear him over the pounding of her heart.
"He…of...Da…ne…"
Rei felt her heart stop as something touched her face. A smooth curved nail attached to dry wrinkled flesh. Without looking, she could tell what it was: Martin's hand. Well, actually it wasn't his hand, just something horrible attached to his arm. It was what attacked her the first time. It was what made Martin this way. Rei stayed completely still and silent as tears rolled down her cheeks, caught on Martin's boney, inhuman finger. She could feel his empty smile cutting through her as he chuckled softly. The cold fingers wrapped around her chin in a soft, threatening grip, pulling her slowly toward him. His lips brushed against hers and drew her into an emotionless kiss.
At any other time, Rei would have pushed him away, yelling bashfully, but right now was completely different. She barely had energy to stand, supported only by the wall behind her and…Martin. She could feel the little energy she had escape her.
She could still hear him laughing in her mind.
After what felt like hours, Martin pushed away gently, with the same threatening grin on his face. Rei fell to the ground, dizzy and broken, unable to keep herself standing. Her whole body felt numb except for the shivers down her spine as Martin knelt down to her level and began to whisper.
"Heart of Darkness…"
His words echoed through her empty mind like they did the halls. Rei's vision blurred and everything around her seemed to fade away. She felt like her soul could just fly off…
"Rei-chan…"
…over Duel Academy, over the desert, far away…
"…won't you…"
…it was so cold…
"…join me?"