I am so happy right now, my loyal fan kunoichi2006 has written a giftfic for me, Save Me from the Darkness, it is a wonderful story, I have read the first chapter, and I already can't wait for the next one. I am truly thankful for such a wonderful fan, she has no idea has happy she has made me, thank you so much kuoichi2006!
I am writing this next chapter for her, for she has inspired me so much, so here it is, the 9th chapter of The Divine Guardians...

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Last Time: Yugi was so scared that he didn't even notice how Bakura and Marik were slowly trapping him against the wall, cutting off his escape, he knew they wanted his puzzle, but Yami had always been there to protect him, and now he could be seriously hurt, or even, no, he wasn't going to think that way, he started sliding down the wall, till he was on his knees cowering in fear, Bakura and Marik knew they had finally won this time, or that's what they thought...

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Chapter 9: Enemies become Allies (part 2)

Yugi was backed against the wall, and since everyone had already fled the school grounds due to Bakura and Marik's 'prank', there was noone to save him. He just prayed that someone would find him before they took his puzzle.

Yugi's prayer's were soon answered...

Bakura was reaching for Yugi's puzzle, while Marik was standing there watching him with amusement, when Yugi heard a low, menacing growl...

He looked up when he noticed that Bakura was looking up at the top of the wall, and saw Marik was doing the same, he looked and he saw Tyr perched on the edge of it.

Tyr's eyes were burning with an ethereal rage, they almost looked like they were glowing, Yugi would have been frightened if he didn't already know he could trust her. Bakura and Marik started backing away from Yugi, obviously confused as to why she just 'growled' at them.

"You're that kid that sucked up to the principal this morning," Marik stated.

"Where are your two friends?" Bakura added.

Tyr was beyond pissed at this point, not only had they endangered the lives of Yami and Yugi, but they were now insulting her, and she wasn't about to let that go unpunished.

Yugi watched as she stood up on the wall, and looked to the sky, her stone around her neck started to glow, and before Bakura and Marik knew what was going on, she had changed back into her demon form, jumped off the wall and now had Bakura pinned to the ground, Marik staring in disbelief at what he had just witnessed.

Marik saw that the girl who was standing on the wall just moments before, had changed into a rage-filled demon, her wings were extended to their full extant, her claws had cut through Bakura's shoulder, effectively pinning him, and the nails on her feet had his legs pinned, now she was emitting a louder growl than before, he could tell she was not happy, and he was ready to abandon Bakura if she turned on him, too bad he didn't get that chance...

Just then Yami, Tyren and Tai came running through the front gate, because they saw Tyr had changed, and she wouldn't have done that unless it was an emergency, and when they saw she had Bakura pinned to the ground, Tyren and Tai wasted no time in changing back themselves. They both lunged forward and Tyren had Marik pinned to the ground the same way Tyr had Bakura, Tai went to see if Yugi was alright, and Yami joined him soon after.

"Who are you!?" Bakura asked.

"I am the one who is going to slit your throat if you so much as attempt at hurting Yugi again," Tyr said, anger very evident.

Marik was shocked out of his wits, there was no way that three demons were attacking them, he couldn't even fight back, because he dropped his rod when he saw Tyr change, so he was helpless.

Bakura however, being a thief, knew how to escape when he got caught, he slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out a knife with the intent on stabbing Tyr, and possibly killing her for interfering with his plans, Tyr was faster than that though...

After he pulled the knife out and in the process of swinging it, Tyr jumped up out of the way, and swirled gracefully in the air then landing on her feet next to Yugi and Yami. She couldn't help but make a comment, "You honestly thought that would work?" If so, then you are even more pathetic than I thought."

Bakura slowly and painfully got up, and turned and started to run, but didn't get very far, he almost ran face first into a wall of fire, which was created by Tyr. The wall soon turned into a circle surrounding all of them, preventing escape.

Bakura was trapped and he knew it, and Marik wasn't exactly in a helpful position, so he decided he would argue back.

"So what has happened, that the pharaoh feels that he needs body guards that need to disguise themselves as humans?" he asked.

"I wouldn't mock them Bakura, you have already seen first-hand that Tyr doesn't take any crap from anyone, especially you, and believe me, you pissed her off pretty bad." said Yami.

"Why do I care if I hurt your freak's feelings?" he retaliated.

Now the guardians had suffered their fair share of insults over the centuries, but there were some they would not tolerate, especially from some snot-nosed tomb-robber. Tai always has had the shortest temper of the three, and since he didn't have his part of the fun yet, he launched forward and grabbed Bakura by the neck, and lifted him off the ground, not to mention Tyren was exceedingly pissed off because he insulted Tyr, and since he secretly loved her, he would not stand for that.

He grabbed Bakura from Tai and threw him on the ground with more force than necessary, and pressed his clawed foot to his chest, digging in just the slightest bit, not enough to seriously injure him, but enough to get his point across.

"No one talks about Tyr, or any of us that way, and gets away with it."

Tyr watched Tyen express his anger towards Bakura and she didn't know he felt that way.

Yami and Yugi were watching this ordeal unfold, and Yugi was glad that someone saved him, and now the guardians were guaranteeing that Bakura and Marik would think twice before threatening them again.

Marik had backed himself against the wall, holding his shoulders where Tyren pierced the skin, and watched how the guardians were not appreciating Bakura's incessant mouth.

"Bakura, shut up, or they just might kill you, they have already went this far, and they don't look like they are concerned with public murder," Marik said.

"Why should I be afraid of them, what reputation do they have? what makes them so well-known? My past shows my skills, in fact, I have never even heard of any of you 'guardians'." Bakura spat back.

Yugi was getting worried now, sure Bakura and Marik were not the world's nicest people, but they didn't deserve to die either, so he started to try and convince the guardians to let them live.

"Tyr, I don't think they will bother us anymore, you guys have made sure of that, shouldn't we be looking for others like Kalzar? I mean he was more dangerous than them, right?"

Bakura and Marik looked up when Yugi mentioned Kalzar's name.

"What do you know about Kalzar? Is he here? If you know where that bastard is, you better tell us, he is someone else we have been meaning to exact our revenge on." Bakura said voice full of anger.

"He tried to kill us last night, if it wasn't for them, we would be dead right now." Yami said.

"That still doesn't answer my question, where is he now?" he said getting impatient.

"He's dead," said Tyr bluntly.

"How do you know him?" Tyren asked.

"That asshole tried to sacrifice us to his damn god or something, saying that our life force will help it come back, or some nonsense like that, after we escaped, we made it a goal of ours to find him and kill him ourselves."

"Well, he is dead now, and even without your life force, his 'damn god' is still coming back, and there is nothing you can do about it." Tai said.

Marik joined in at this point, "Wait, Bakura, didn't he say something that it was three warriors who sealed that thing away in the first place?"

Bakura thought about it for a moment, "Yes, he did say something like that didn't he? That means that if we want to exact our revenge, we have to help them kill that god of his, since they have already killed him..."

Yami and Yugi were shocked by this, Did Bakura and Marik just volunteer to be their allies? Since the guardians figured they needed all the help they could get, Tyren got off of Bakura, and helped him up, but not without a few promising words...

"I swear, if you try anything, we will not hesitate to kill you, understand?" Tyr said.

"Sure whatever, just know this, you have some good help right here, I can promise you that." Bakura said.

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Wow, Bakura and Marik, Yami and Yugi, and the three guardians, what a team we have here.
stay tuned for the next chapter...

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