Yu-Gi-Oh! Revenge
Disclaimer: I do not own the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise as a whole, although I do own some games and cards.
Summary: 15 years have passed since Marik Ishtar surrendered during his duel with Yugi Muto, trapping his Yami in the Shadow Realm, hell itself. However, there are some evils even hell can only keep at bay for so long…
Chapter 3: Insanity Addiction
"Allright kids, have a good break!" Said many teachers of Domino Elementary, as their pupils ran out of the classrooms. Naturally, every child was excited- two weeks off with no work (except some students who had chosen to do extra credit over break, most of them because their grades depended on it).
"Sweet!"
"Yeah!"
"So, wanna come over to my place over break?" "Sure!"
"Common, let's go duel 'till morning!" (Even years after Battle City, what Kaiba had done had changed the Californian city forever- Dueling would from that point on be a permanent part of life)
"What are we gonna do, Master?"
Those were the typical comments being cried out by the energetic students… well, except for the last one. That one was said out loud only by Adrian to Yami Marik- the one whom he had signified as his Master, who would lead him to greatness!
"Train your mental state, Worm." Said the Yami, levitating above Adrian.
"My mental state?" He said out loud, blinking. This wasn't like his previous trainings, which they had been doing for the past two weeks…
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"Your life is very dull, boy." Said Yami Marik to Adrian after school.
"I-I'm sorry!" Said the boy as he walked down the lonely path that only he took. Good thing also, or people would call him insane for just talking like this out loud.
"Why do you apologize so damn much!?" Snarled Yami Marik. "'Hey, why don't you have my lunch money!?' 'I-I'm sorry!'. 'No, Adrian, that isn't the answer.' 'S-sorry, Teacher…'. 'Dammit you little piece of crap! Why the fuck won't you just kneel over dead!?' 'I'm… cough… sorry….'." Said Yami Marik, reciting just a few of the apologies Adrian had said over the day. The last one was enough to stop Adrian in his tracks. That was said only about ten minutes ago by the older duelist whom he took on yesterday, Conway. In fact, he had a fresh black eye to prove it.
"I… I know you're supposed to apologize when you do wrong… and I keep doing wrong, so it's only fair I apologize to everyone when something bad happens…"
"This is why I hate you so much." Said Yami Marik, in the way so that the young and naïve Adrian could not hear him. "Don't you get it? If it's to a teacher, it means you're being stupid and got the question wrong. (Adrian hung his head low at this, sniffling) Everything else however is different, Worm!"
"H-huh?" Asked Adrian. This wasn't the first time he was called Worm. In fact, almost every day for the last week and a half since meeting Yami Marik, that's all he was- Worm. It was mean, but it sure beat being called 'piece of crap', 'worthless loser', 'waste of space', 'dumbass', and Conway's favorite- 'little piece of shit'.
"You enjoy it, don't you, Worm?"
"N-no! I hate it, I really do, Marik!" Cried out Adrian. They were both now in a alleyway by two apartments. The area was pretty remote and their was no people around. He figured this was a good way to talk with Yami Marik without having too many people notice. So what if only a few people thought he was insane? Better then everyone thinking that.
"Yet you allow them to do it?" Growled Yami Marik. After that however, a smile formed on his face. A cruel, sadistic smile- a smile he only had when he knew someone was going to suffer. "I answered your prayers, Worm. But now, I think, you just don't deserve it…" He said. As this happened, he walked past one of the apartment brick walls. A look of sheer horror made it's way across Adrian's face- his guardian, the one that was supposed to make him strong… was abandoning him!
"NOOO!" He cried, running over and banging his fists on the wall. "P-please! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Come back Marik! Please…! P-please!" He said, starting to cry, falling to his knees. "Please…. *sob* please…"
"Shut up." Said the embodiment of pure evil as he came out of the wall. "I was kidding, Worm." Adrian looked up, and almost immediately his tears stopped flowing and he smiled. While he didn't resume his crying, his look went from happy to scared at the look of Yami Marik's insane expression. "M… Marik?"
"You cry so easily." Said Yami Marik. "Do you know what crying means?"
"Uh… that you're sad or really hurt?" Asked Adrian, giving out a question rather then a answer.
"No, Worm!" Screamed Yami Marik, scaring the boy to the point he fell backwards on his butt. "COMPLETELY incorrect!" He said growling, ignoring about a hundred "Sorry!"s from the boy, his head over his head, and one 'Don't hurt me!'. "Crying is the worst thing you can do as a human being, which really isn't saying much, Adrian." He said, the middle statement unheard by Adrian. However, at the sound of Yami Marik actually using his birth name for one, his head shot up "It means one thing, and one thing ONLY, Worm."
"A-and what's that, Marik?" Asked Adrian.
"Weakness." Said Yami Marik, his face up next to Adrian's face (which he would have liked more then anything in the world to tear to shreds, in the most painful and hellish manners possible).
"Weakness…?"
"You are weak, Worm." Said Yami Marik. "We must change that." Said Yami Marik, walking over to a trash can.
"Uh… Marik?"
"Knife." Said Yami Marik, as he then looked over at the confused boy. "there is a knife at the top of this- a switch knife. "Open it." At this Adrian just gulped. "I said get it, Worm!"
Adrian then ran over to the garbage can, and opened it. He nearly jumped back in surprise. It was rather big, and in perfect condition… And the lower half of the knife was serrated.
"I want you to cut your hand with this."
"W-what!?"
"Just your left hand." Said Yami Marik smirking. "From the tip of each of your fingers to the bottom of the hand." He said. "I want you, no matter what, not to cry!" He said laughing. "Can you handle it, Worm? Or do I need to find someone else more worthy of making stronger? Maybe the young brother of Seto Kaiba?" He said. He had forgotten how many years had gone by when he said that threat, and he was unaware that while not a huge professional, by this point Mokuba had earned his mark as a Duelist. But at that time, it didn't matter- it was a empty threat, and he knew it was enough to get the Worm- I mean Adrian to do this.
Adrian just looked at the blade. 'Should I do this…?" He thought. It was a stupid question. Despite how often he got questions wrong in class, it wasn't because he was stupid- he just froze up and said the wrong answer in nervousness. So he knew the answer to this question in particular- Hell no. In fact, that was the last thing he should have done…
But the sheer thought of Mark leaving again, even if just for a second, sent a huge shiver- no, Absolute Zero down his spine!
'I can do this…!' he thought. 'I can be strong! I can be strong…'
"I CAN BE STRONG!" He screamed, as he made five cuts on his left hand, making sure the tip was in the whole time. The pain was unlike anything the boy had felt by this point in his life, but their was no way he would cry- not if it was the price of power!
Yami Marik smiled. "Good, child, good…" He said to himself, chuckling.
"Ah…" Said Adrian. "Ahahaha…"
"Hmmmmm?" Said Yami Marik, kneeling against a wall in a angle he didn't go through, at the chuckle.
At this point, Adrian was laughing. "!" He said, pressing his fist against he brick wall, leaving a mark.
That was the worst pain he had ever felt so far in his life (he didn't do sports, so no broken bones), and he now knew something- nothing the other bullies could have done could have topped that! No matter what, he could always just remember this pain and know they couldn't ever succeed the pain he brought to himself!
At this moment, he saw a boy starting to walk by. The boy had headphones on, and was his age- he hadn't notice his moment of insanity.
"Hey, Marik…?"
"What, Worm?"
"Does being strong mean being better then everyone else, and getting them to do what you say?"
Yami Marik smirked. "Yes, Worm, it does."
At this, Adrian then ran to the other boy, and with his bloodied hand, pushed him down by pushing him on the back of the neck.
"H-hey!" Cried the boy, falling down face first. He then looked up. "A-Adrian?"
"Give it to me!" Said Adrian, smirking.
"W-what!?" Cried the other boy, now afraid of Adrian.
"Whatever money you got on you!" Said Adrian, pointing his knife downwards. "Or I'll cut it off!" He said, smirking. He remembered, this was exactly what one of his bullies said and threatened to him… he didn't know it would feel this good!
"O-okay!" Said the boy, sniffling, throwing his wallet with a image of Summoned Skull on it, and some lose change on the ground. "T-there! Let me go!"
"Fine." Said Adrian, picking it all up. "And tell anyone… and you know what happens!" He said laughing, as the other boy ran off in terror, crying. At this, Adrian honestly did feel guilty- VERY guilty… but hey, power was power!
Yami Marik just smirked. He knew he had done a good job.
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"What do you mean, mental state, Master?" Asked Adrian. The following night after this first theft of another person's money, Yami Marik had asked to be called Master- he was, after all, the one that was making Adrian so powerful. Adrian felt like he had no choice but to agree.
"You have learned how to overpower and strike fear in your enemies." Said Yami Marik. "But you have yet to stop feel guilt and sadness over those below you!"
"I apologize." Said Adrian. Since that day, the only person he apologized to was Yami Marik- no one else was worthy of it!
"You should." Said Yami Marik. "We need to teach you how to do it… to take something's life without remorse." He said smirking.
"K-Kill?" Said Adrian. Now that sounded a little… overboard.
"Yes." Said Yami Marik. "Kill, without remorse." Said the insane Yami to the (once) innocent ten year old boy, as he looked over at a alley.
Their was a broken fence, and their was a cat trapped in it. "End it's life."
"…" Adrian didn't know what to do… this really was taking it to a whole new level.
"I haven't all day, Worm." He really did actually, but that wasn't the point. The sooner this little human was able to kill without feeling anything, the sooner he could get his true plans into motion, and he could destroy the Earth of all of it's life until only darkness and evil remained. A perfect world of Darkness and Sin!
Just relax… Ordered Adrian to himself. It's in pain for one………. Besides, you're bigger, Adrian! … That's right… He thought to himself. Bigger and stronger… this little cat NEEDS you to end it's suffering! He then took out his knife- he knew how to sneak it into the school and not get caught. Besides… If I do this, it'll be better then taking those asshole's money! Yeah… This'll be great! No, this'll be amazing! A smile of pure insanity was beginning to form… He was beginning to wonder what that world meant now, 'insanity'. Yami Marik called him though, his 'insane pupil', so it couldn't have been bad, right? No, no way! If the Master called him that, it was good! Better then anything! Kill! I NEED to kill it! I need satisfaction! He thought, raising his hand with the knife in the air. I want it! Satisfaction! I NEED IT! Now, it was beginning to rain.
"He's going to do it…" Chuckled Yami Marik. Why the hell couldn't Marik Ishtar be this easy to manipulate!? "Worm… after this, all we need to do is Duel… and when he does… everything will fall into place!"
Yami Marik then started laughing as the rain began to pour and the cat's life ended, as did Adrian.
Chapter 3 End
Author's Note: So sorry about the wait everyone! I've had other stories to work on (in Fictionpress), and I've been on a bit of a writer's block for this story D:
Either way, I hope this chapter was creepier then the last two- from this point on, say hello- this is the Adrian we are going to see for the rest of this story.
Either way, while I doubt I'll be able to get another chapter up by Christmas (I'll try, though), I'm happy I at least got this chapter out in time for the holidays. Stay tuned folks- next up, we get our first duel, and I promise this story will get more Yu-Gi-Oh!-ey in nature, specifically with Dueling and Egypt.
So… yeah.
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