I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

I am Witch12 one of two authors on this account. This is my first story so please be nice (or you die!) Just kidding, but really any advice would be appreciated.

Unfortunatly, Kura won't be in this chapter, but he'll be here soon, I promise! Thiefshipping is my OTP so there's that to come too.

Chapter 1

"Marik! It's time wake up for school!" Marik could hear his older sister, Ishizu, call up to him on this Monday morning.

Marik Ishtar was not the most "excited" he could be for school this morning. In fact, he was quite the opposite. He, Ishizu, and his older brother Rishid had recently moved from Egypt to a city called Domino in Japan due to family issues. (Their father being a psychopath who attempted , and succeeded, in carving ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics into his youngest son's back with a hot knife, after which he'd be taken to jail for.) And Marik… Well a young Egyptian boy with blond hair and violet eyes wasn't quite a common appearance in the Japanese school system and I'm sure you can imagine that he'd most likely be picked on for that fact, which, he indeed was.

"Oh joy, another day living the dream" He said in a low sarcastic tone.

Marik, while he liked to put up a front, was actually an extremely fragile and naïve child. He had no clue, other than suffering in silence, how to handle this situation. So he decided that he'd tell no one of the verbal and physical assaults that were present during school hours, even though it hurt him so. Ishizu was in her final year at Domino High and had no idea of her brother's predicament.

It'd been one week since Marik started school at Domino High and so far no one had really made an attempt to make friends with him at all. At the age of 13 he was in Junior high school and didn't know the first thing about making friends with his peers.

Marik hauled himself out of bed and got washed and dressed for school, then proceeded downstairs to meet Ishizu and Rishid in the kitchen for breakfast before Rishid left for his job at the museum. Afterwards, he and Ishizu began their walk to school. Ishizu normally tried to make small talk with her brother and usually failed miserably. The youngest Ishtar, as Ishizu knew, had always been a bit anti-social only really opening himself up to Rishid and whatever few friends he had back in Egypt. The female Ishtar child however, was as always, a social butterfly and despite her unusual, foreign appearance was having no trouble making friends at all unlike her brother. Yet at the same time it never dawned on her that her socially challenged brother might be having troubles…

Once they arrived at the old high school building, Ishizu left Marik to find her own friends. So basically (without her knowledge) leaving the poor boy to fend for himself through what he was sure would be a horrid day.

Might as well get it over with, he thought taking a brave step forward, toward the school building.

Alright, Marik reached the top of the stairs leading him to the second floor. I managed to reach the second floor without being called out by some bully. Just then as Marik jinxed himself, one of the schools' hall monitors, Ushio, greeted Marik with an evil smirk after he'd caught the smaller boys' attention "You're Marik Ishtar ,the new kid, aren't you kid? I've heard you've been bullied a lot since you came here. You know," the older boy continued as they stood in the eerily quiet halls as the lights in the dimly lit school flickered subtly "I could take care of those guys for you..." Marik's eyes grew noticeably wider with excitement at this statement even though he recognized insincerity in the man's voice "… for a price, just a simple, small fee for my efforts"

I knew there would probably be a catch to this "No thanks" he replied nervously "I can fight my own battles" That's a lie. He thought. You're too weak and stupid to do anything for yourself, let alone fight. "Don't worry kid you'll come around and I'll be right there when you do" Ushio commented before turning on his heel and walking in the direction opposite Marik.

I have a feeling that guy isn't gonna leave me alone. Ugh, more trouble I can't deal with.

He then made his way down the empty hall to the room where his classes would start 15 minutes from then.

Marik was not a bad student. In fact, he studied so hard he was well above his grade level if anything. However, he still spaced out during class. He would draw meaningless doodles in his notebook to distract himself from his mess of a life. Although meaningless as they were, the scribbles were quite beautiful and a monkey could tell there was a great deal of talent behind them. That is to be expected though, he had a lot of time to practice…

Marik's teacher (whom he'd never learned the name of, just another mindless drone to him) seemed to have other feelings about this as she came to the back of the classroom where Marik sat. Before he could even notice her presence, she'd snatched away his notebook.

"Mr. Ishtar, it seems that you'd rather draw in your notebook rather than pay attention in class. I'm sure you'll have plenty of time to do that after school today in detention." A collective "Ooooo" was heard amongst the students after this was said.

He protested "What? But-"

"No Buts, brat" She muttered the last part under her breath, though the Egyptian boy still heard her.

Bitch ! Although it was only a though he'd desperately wanted to say it out loud right to her bitch face. Ah, man! Ishizu's gonna kill me for this. I can't have detention! He thought it over and figured that he was just going to have to own up. After all there was no good reason (that he could think of anyways) as to why he was doodling instead of paying attention. Maybe it won't be bad. Ishizu's going to her friend's house tonight, right? So at least I won't have to deal with bullies when I walk home alone. But some bad kids get thrown in detention too, don't they? There's a teacher on guard there, right?

The rest of his day went as it usually did, it was becoming a routine for him:

Endure his boring classes full of useless information he already knew

Entertain himself at lunch sitting alone in the corner

Take abuse both verbal and physical (In less noticeable places when physical) from his classmates

One of the reasons Marik got bullied so much was because he made himself such an easy target in this way. Not that he knew or understood being so passive was the reason why the

bullying wouldn't let up.

At the end of the day while all the other students made their way home, Marik left for the (temporary) new addition to his routine. He found his way to an unfamiliar room on the other end of the school. Never thought I'd end up here.

Detention

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