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Summary: Sequel to All That I Have Left. Malik has always been a fighter. He has been fighting since he was five years old, after the murder of his mother. Conflicts between rebel groups have alerted the fire generals to their location. Now, a real war will begin as demons and humans clash on the battle field. MalikxMarikxMariku

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BloodRedNightinGale435 for favoriting and following the story and for following and favoriting me.

GirlFish for the review and continued support. Yeah the demon will be named in this chapter. Their memories will never fully return, after the ritual Mariku and Marik could share their old memories but Malik will never get his back. There is going to be a big war that will need everyone's help to end. That means the humans and demons will need to team up. Yeah there are a lot of reasons that humans are rebelling.

Let's gets the drama started shall we?

Chapter 7- Let's Play a Game

Malik POV

I woke up to the sun on my face. I was warm and comfortable. Marik and Mariku were nowhere to be seen, but I heard noise coming from the bathroom. It was water running. I sat up against the headboard. I couldn't leave the bed because of the cuffs. The room was slightly chilly and sunlight was coming through the windows. Even in my situation, I felt at peace. It was so strange. I wondered what my sister was doing. Was she training like she did every morning? Was she arguing with Jou? Was my father siting behind his desk with dark look?

I shook myself out of my thoughts, they would only cause me pain in the end. I hung my head and looked down at the navy blanket. Why did this have to happen to me? What made me so special?

I heard the knob being turned for the bathroom door. It opened to show Marik wearing a pain of black pants and no shirt. He was rubbing a towel through his hair. His chest was toned and I blushed. I had known I was gay for some time now, and even though I hated these demons, I was not immune to their looks.

"You look well rested Malik. Mariku left to pick up some food for you and he needed to get in contact with some of our men."

I nodded. Marik walked to a wardrobe and opened it to pick out a shirt. When he had put on a gray shirt, he threw the towel on the ground and walked over to me.

"I'm assuming you would like to leave the bed. I can take you over to the couch, or you can walk around the room. You look so sad, Malik-pretty."

"Can I walk around?"

He nodded and removed the long chain to leave me only in the cuff. I slid from the bed and walked over to one of the windows. The ledge was wide enough so that I could sit comfortably. I assumed that we were on the opposite side of the castle than the side we entered on, because outside the window I couldn't see the town but a training yard with barracks. I remember that the intel we had on the blond generals, was that their men specialized in hidden attacks. The governed over the spies as well. The rebels that escaped their attacks reported that it looked as though the demons emerged from the smoke. Considering the show Marik gave me of his powers last night, I could now see that they had been telling the truth about their experiences. I also could tell that they were a lot more powerful than they were letting on.

I scanned the horizon. I was pleased that I could see the mountains. I had no idea which one belonged to my family, but it was comfort to know that they were still out there.

The main door opened and Mariku walked in. He smiled at me first.

"Good morning, Malik. Morning, my love." He walked over to Marik and kissed him. Mariku then turned back to me.

"You must be hungry Malik. I'm going to put your food on the table by the fire."

He sat the tray down and walked back to Marik at the desk. I walked cautiously to the food and sat on the floor in front of the couch. There must have been some trick. They were letting me feed myself. My curiosity got the best of me.

"Why are you letting me eat on my own?"

They smirked at me. Mariku walked slowly over to me.

"Why Malik? Did you miss us feeding you?"

"No." I said indignantly and began to pick at my food.

Marik sat down behind me on the couch.

"We thought it would be best to give you some freedom. We don't want you to feel caged." I was happy with that. "We need to meet with our men today. We also want to train today. Would you like to train with us?"

I choked on my food.

"You would give me a weapon. Let me use it against you to train?"

Marik nodded and smiled coyly.

"We thought of something last night. We came up with a game. When we train, if you manage to win the fight, you can eat on your own, sleep by yourself. But if we win, we get to feed you and you have to sleep with us, and you won't fight us. Agreed Malik."

I looked at them both warily. "I can use any weapon that I want."

"Yes."

"Very well then. I accept."

They both had a dangerous look on their face that made me want to back away.

"Great. We will need to leave soon. There are some clothes you can change into in the bathroom, when you are done eating."

"I'm full." I began to stand.

"No you're not. You haven't finished your food. Just because we aren't going to feed you doesn't mean that you won't finish all of your food. Eat."

I sat down and finished. They allowed me to stand, but before I went to the bathroom. Mariku caught my arm and took off my cuffs.

"Go now."

I went into the bathroom and used the toilet first. I went over the small basin. It had the same silver knobs as the shower. I turned one of them and cold water came out. I ran my hands through the water and splashed some up on my face. I turned and saw that a set of clothes had been placed on the bench. My boots were also next to the pile of clothes. The clothes were like the ones that I was wearing except the pants were plain and the shirt was completely navy in color. I changed quickly and pulled on my boots.

I walked back out and they were both standing by the door.

"Are you ready to leave? You will need to wear cuffs until later. Rules around the palace."

I walked up to them.

"Can I at least walk?"

Marik nodded. "At least until later when you lose."

"As if." I scoffed as Mariku replaced my cuffs and chain.

"Let's leave." Mariku opened the door and we walked out. "One of the men have returned after following that human back to the camp. He was injured and claims that his partner was killed. They left him alive to send us a message."

"What human?" I asked.

Marik turned around to look at me.

"Said his name was Keith. Did you know him?"

"Yeah he was the lead the forces of the Western Rebels. The group is actually lead by a man called Aknadin, but he never leaves their base."

"We heard that there are two groups of rebels and that they were fighting. Why are you fighting?"

"Aknadin believes that we conspire with the demons. If he saw me here, he would have all the proof he needed to kill my whole family."

A hand landed on my back, and rubbed my spine.

"Then he will never see you here."

We continued to walk through the halls and down stairs until we went outside to a courtyard. One side of the courtyard had weapon racks. The other side had tables and maps under tents.

"Don't you have rooms that you and your men can work in instead of a tent."

Marik nodded. "We used to but there was an attack on the palace. Our meeting rooms have yet to be fixed. There were other parts of the palace that needed more repairs."

"Oh."

"Come." We walked into the tent and they brought me over to a spike in the ground in the corner of the tent behind the table. There was a ring placed on it. They attached me to it. I sat down in the cool grass and leaned against the side of the tent. Marik ran a hand through my hair. I could hear laughter and talk coming toward the tent.

"You can talk during the meeting only if we ask you a question. Otherwise do not speak or respond to the other demons. We are going to be meeting with our captains, so it won't be long."

I nodded. I was interested in hearing about what may be discussed.

Both Marik and Mariku, walked to the side of the table closest to me.

"Come in."

Three men walked in with brown hair but with different colored eyes. One of them had red eyes, the other dark blue, and the last had light blue. The last man that walked in, was one that I recognized. The last time I had seen him had been in the dining hall in the caves. He turned to look at me and recognition shown in his eyes. He turned back to look at Marik and Mariku.

Seeing his recognition, gave me hope. I knew that he gathered information from the palace to report to my father. I needed to find a way to speak with him but with my demons always around me, it might be difficult to manage that.

Mariku addressed the other three men first starting with the dark blue eyed one.

"Timaeus, you lead the search to the north to search for Siegfried's home base. What have you found?"

"We were unsuccessful in locating their exact location but there was some evidence of humans within the area and we believe that one of the rebel groups may have been I contact with the groups."

Mariku nodded and turned to me.

"Well Malik. Do you know of a Siegfried?"

"No I have never heard of him before." I didn't mind suppling information that did not affect my family.

"It must be the other group them. Which leads us to the next question. Hermos and Critias. I understand that one of your men that followed that human to the rebel camp, has returned with a message."

The one with the red eyes stepped forward.

"Yes sir. The message said that the leader of the Western Rebels, Aknadin, has requested that we meet him at Walkers Pass in two days. He said that there were things he would like to discuss. He also said that he knows the son of the Eastern leader is with us in the palace and requests that he be present."

Marik growled.

"We can't do that. He would be exposed. We were also planning the ritual for tomorrow night. We will have to wait now."

The demon spy stepped forward. "If I may my lords?"

Mariku nodded. "Yes Yusei.

"You said that he was trained well in combat. Leave him in my care during the meet up and I will protect him. If something should go wrong, I will take him back to the palace."

Mariku looked at Marik. Marik was fidgeting.

"That may be our best solution to the problem. We need information from these rebels. Timaeus, Hermos, Critias, inform the men of the situation. I want them ready to leave tomorrow morning. We will inform the King and Queen of the situation at the meeting this evening. For now, leave and ready yourselves. It will be a long ride to Walkers Pass."

The four captains walked out of the tent. Before Yusei walked out, Marik talked.

"Yusei, have you been to see Jaden lately."

Yusei stopped and shook his head.

"You need too. Mahad's spell is weakening and he passed out yesterday. He will not be able to keep him here much longer. He has already prolonged his life enough. He needs you."

"I can't not yet. I will talk to Mahad about the spell." Yusei spoke and left the tent.

Mariku shook his head. Marik walked over to sit down next to me.

"A servant will be here soon with some food and then we can begin our game. Are you ready?"

"I'm ready to win." I smiled.

"That reminds me," Mariku said as he walked to the opening of the tent, "I need to find some weapons for you. We still have your boot knives and you can have those back tomorrow before we leave. I know you had long knives when you first attacked us. Do you want the same kind of weapon?"

"Yes."

Mariku left then to find the weapons and a servant entered soon after. The small blond servant handed the tray to Marik who sat it down in front of me. Marik removed my cuffs and I began to eat. I had a sandwich and slices of apple. The food was filling and refreshing. By the time I had finished, Mariku had returned. He was holding two long knives that were around the same length as my old ones, along with a belt for my waist to hold them.

"Will these work?"

I stood up and took the knives from him. They were balanced slightly differently than mine. I swung them a few times in my fingers. I could still use them however. "Yeah, they will work. Are we going to start now?"

Marik stood up behind me and walked out of the tent.

"Yes. Are you ready?" Mariku held open the front of the tent for me. I nodded and walked out. Marik was at the weapons rack. He pulled a scimitar free from the rack and twirled it in his hand. I went to the center of the field and waited. I wondered if I would be facing them both at once. It didn't bother me. Marik walked into the field and stood 10 feet from me. He was smiling and something about his smile put me on edge. Mariku picked out a short sword and stood on the other side of Marik.

"We will begin when you are ready. Remember the terms if we win. You have to behave for the rest of the evening. And we win the instant you hit the ground. You win when one of us hit the ground."

"Fine by me, because I'm not losing."

"Okay then." Mariku jumped forward raising his sword to strike me. I blocked the sword easily with the left knife and struck at him with the right one. Marik jumped for me and blocked the right knife from hitting Mariku. I jumped back and dropped into a defensive stance. Marik came after me and sliced at me. I caught his scimitar and turned to find Maiku behind me. I brought another knife to block his blow. A hand grabbed my left wrist but I held onto my knife tightly. I twisted and kicked at him. He fell backward, but caught himself before he hit the ground. I smiled, I had the upper hand. I twisted around and blocked Mariku's next blow, when two hands grabbed my shoulder. I twisted around and tried to fight Marik off. His grip was two strong and he ripped me backward. I hit the ground and kicked at Mariku who was still above me. He dropped his sword and jumped on me to sit on my stomach. He held my arms down and sat back. I was aware that I had now lost and laid back panting. I was also aware of the fact that Mariku and I were uncomfortably close. Marik was smiling above me. I huffed.

"Alright, you won. Now let me up."

"Oh no, you lost. Ask nicely."

"Please let me up." I gritted my teeth.

"What do you think Marik? Should we let him up?"

"Yeah, I think so. We need to give him some water."

"True do you have the cuffs?"

"Yes."

Marik let go of my shoulders and walked back to the tent. Mariku got off me and took my knives. I tried to get up but he pushed me back to the ground. I huffed at him and glared.

"Hey now Malik, you lost fair and square."

He walked back and picked me up to take me to the tent where Marik was waiting. Marik reattached my cuffs. After that he picked up a cup of water and allowed me a drink. I finished the glass and I was still thirsty.

"Can I have more?"

"Of course." Marik said and filled another cup of water. He gave me the cup and I relaxed in Mariku's arms.

"We should head to the meeting. It will begin soon." Marik told Mariku.

They began to walk out of the training grounds and into the castle.

"A meeting?"

Mariku nodded. "All of the King and Queen's advisors and generals hold meetings so that we may be able to advise them on choices. This will be one of those meetings. Don't worry, you can just sleep through it. You always used to. You must be tired since we kicked your ass." He laughed.

"You did not! It was two against one and I almost knocked Marik to the ground."

"That is true. You almost did." Marik said, "I probably have a bruise from that kick." They both laughed.

I just rolled my eyes. We were headed back to the room where I met Yugi the other day.

"Will I see Yugi today?"

Marik looked at me sadly, walking up to open the door.

"Sorry Malik. There won't be a chance. By the time the meeting is over it will be late. When we return from the rendezvous with the Western Leader, you can meet with him then. It might help you to talk with him then because we are doing the ritual as soon as we return."

"We will?" I asked nervously.

"Yes," Mariku said, "We've waited long enough."

He then pushed open the doors and we walked in. The long table I had seen the other day was almost completely full except for two chairs, I assumed were Mariku and Marik's.

"Your late." A deep voice said that rang through the hall with authority.

I looked at the thrones. Atem and Yami were there. Yugi was in Yami's lap. He was smiling at me and I felt calmer. Even with all the eyes on me from the people at the tables. Isis was there next to two white hair demons, who were glaring at me. I had no idea why they were so angry with me.

"Yeah, we know that we are late. Got to keep you all on your toes." Marik said and we began walking to

"We knew that you both would be late. You also smell of sweat. What were you three doing?" Isis said smiling.

"We were playing a game. Marik and I won. Isn't that right Malik?"

I rolled my eyes at them. Mariku sat down with me in his lap. Marik began to pet my hair.

Atem stood up in front of his throne and spoke.

"Now that everyone is here. We can finally begin the meeting. First off, Bakura and Akefia. I understand you have news about the battle in the eastern front against Siegfried's forces."

The white demons stood up and began to talk about the armies' conquest.

I yawned.

Marik leaned down to whisper in my ear.

"You can sleep Malik. You won't get in trouble for it."

I yawned again and my eyes drooped. I wanted to stay awake to listen to the meeting though. I watched the younger white hair demon a crossed the table. He was staring directly at me. His eyes held my attention though. They look incredibly sad. Why was he so angry earlier looking at me and now he looked to be in anguish? I would have to ask Mariku and Marik later. I looked at Yugi again who was watching our interaction. He also looked sad. He felt my gaze and looked at me before curling up into Yami who tightened his hold on him. Yugi turned his head into his chest and his breathing slowed. I listened to the meeting for a while longer, thinking through everything that had happened today. I saw Yusei and he may be able to find a way to free me. For some reason, that didn't calm me much. My emotions were in turmoil. I think that I was beginning to care about these demons. I was beginning to long for the life I used to have before this one. I missed my life as a rebel as well. I missed fighting. I missed my father and my sister. I knew a choice was coming. I just wondered when I was going to be forced to choice what life I wanted and the life I used to have. I would need to choose who I needed to be.

See what I did there, did you see? Just for reference. Mariku and Marik lead the spies and soldiers that specialize in stealth missions. Bakura and Akefia work with the main army.

The next update will be on February 5th