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Chapter 9 – The Execution
The reality is that the hitman doesn't exist. He is an Illusion, an entity which his enemies cannot see or touch. The Psychology of an Assassin
The Plan
A black Dodge Viper sat outside an elegant looking manor house on the outskirts of Domino Japan the two women inside the car Mai Valentine and Serenity Wheeler collectively know as Noir observed the scene.
"Got the images you need?" Mai asked.
"Almost." Serenity said adjusting the digital camera on her laptop slightly.
"Done." Serenity said.
Mai started the car and drove away,
Later the two women sat in the apartment Mai had used for the hit on Yugi she stared out the window watching the University students walk to class, Mai tried to spot Yugi in the crowd, She thought with his hairdo it wouldn't be difficult however it was proving exceedingly so.
Suddenly the breath caught in her throat she saw him, then she got irritated, he was chatting to a girl with dark hair quite attractive even from the distance that Mai was observing her from, the girl was about Serenity's height with long dark hair when it caught in the light it appeared to Mai it was dark purple, Yugi and the girl stopped the girl turned around and leaned against a wall Yugi leaning in placing his arm above the girls head.
Mai could see from here that this girl made the boys heads turn, and right now she was making Yugi's head turn, HER Yugi's head turn, Mai could see this girl giggling sweetly at something Yugi had said drawing her hand across his face as she did, Mai had the sudden urge to leap out the window and cause the girl severe pain.
All while this was going on Serenity was calling Mai's name to get her attention,
"HEY MAI ARE YOU IN THERE?!" Serenity screamed after five minutes at the top of her lungs.
"Yes Serenity." Mai responded quietly her focus completely centred on what was occurring below.
Serenity stared at Mai in shock and began backing away as she saw a vein protrude from Mai's forehead.
The cause of this annoyance was the girl with purple hair giving Yugi a kiss before skipping off to class,
"What did you want Serenity?" Mai growled.
"I wanted to go over the plans of Marik Ishtar's house." Serenity said rolling out a floor plan across the main table.
"Let's go through it." Mai growled again sitting down at the table.
"Ok." Serenity said staring curiously at her partner.
"From the digital pictures I took last night I have been able to determine that all back exits are sealed." Serenity said circling three doors that ran along the southern face of the building.
"How sure are you?" Mai questioned.
"As sure as I can be without actually walking up to the doors and trying to open them." Serenity answered.
"What about the main entrance?" Mai asked.
"It's open however," Serenity began dropping several photos in front of Mai.
"Walking in the front is not an option the guards out the front are carrying AK-47 assault rifles as well as heavy side arms." Serenity explained.
"This boy seems remarkably well armed for a Duellist." Mai commented.
"I've been meaning to tell you," Serenity said in passing dropping a file in front of Mai.
"Apart from that, 'Charming' night club he owns it appears that Marik is an Art smuggler." Serenity explained.
"What kind of art?" Mai asked.
"Mostly ancient artefacts from Egypt, he raids archaeological sites for their treasures and leaves a lot of dead bodies behind." Serenity explained.
"What's the plan?" Mai asked again.
"There is a balcony where his sister resides its unguarded it's on the top floor." Serenity said marking out the area with her pencil.
"Escape route?" Mai quizzed.
"Only one before this was a manor house it was a hotel so the original fire escape is still intact." Serenity explained marking out another area with her pencil as a plan of attack formed in Mai's mind.
"Ok Serenity I've got it." Mai said proudly.
"You'll be waiting for him in the fire escape if I fail it will be up to you." Mai explained.
"What about you?" Serenity asked.
"I will enter through the roof I'll call in an old favour and sky dive into the house." Mai explained.
"Security is tight within the house lasers alarms as well as guards." Serenity argued.
"That's why you'll be waiting for him." Mai explained.
"Ok Mai go through it again from the top?" Serenity asked and Mai began again.
The Motou Household
Yugi walked home from University feeling rather buoyant Yukiko Hiroshi the most attractive girl in Yugi's year according to all the guys including himself had said yes to going to the big dance with him Yugi hadn't been this happy since Mai, left.
'NO you've got to stop pining away for Mai she's not coming back she was hired to kill you its time to move on and a great way to do that is with Yukiko, starting afresh leave the last few weeks behind me.' Yugi thought finally smiling imagining the looks on his classmates faces when he walked in with Yukiko.
"Hi Téa I'm home." Yugi yelled out dropping his bag in his room.
"Hey Yugi how was school." Téa asked she insisted on calling it school just to see Yugi's eyebrow twitch irritably at the suggestion he was still at school.
"Fine I found a date for the dance." Yugi said grabbing himself a glass of milk when he went into the kitchen.
"It took you this long?" Téa asked sounding half surprised half teasing him.
"Very funny Téa." Yugi said sarcastically.
"Who's the lucky girl?" Téa asked sincerely.
"Yukiko Hiroshi." Yugi announced proudly.
Téa almost fell down in shock hearing the name all Yugi knew is that Yukiko was a year ahead of Téa back in high school.
"HER?!" Téa growled angrily.
"Yeah you knew her didn't you?" Yugi asked innocently.
"DON'T YOU REMEMBER THAT LITTLE WITCH STOLE MY BOYFRIEND IN HIGH SCHOOL?!?" Téa yelled irritably.
"I remember you didn't like me very much." Yugi commented smiling at her those weren't her favourite memories.
"When are you going to let me forget that I've apologised already?" Téa said sitting down in a slump.
"Well you did treat me pretty poorly." Yugi said.
"Ok so I thought you were a little weirdo." Téa spat in a huff.
"You thought I was a little weirdo for the first month all you called me was little weirdo." Yugi spat teasingly it didn't bother him anymore it did when she called him that because he wanted to fit in with his new family after his parents and grandfather were killed in a cave in at a dig site in Egypt Yugi thought sadly.
"Well at least you had Lee and his gang to hang around with Lee liked you instantly." Téa countered referring to Téa's blood relative who was several years older than Yugi and Téa and worked in the United States for a senator of one of the states that neither could ever remember the name of.
"It took me a little longer." Téa said recalling the memory.
::Flashback::
"Give me all your money and I'll let you leave in one piece." A mugger said holding a knife to Téa's throat.
"I, I don't have any money." Téa said eyeing the knife fearfully.
"To bad for you sweetheart." The mugger said about to move the knife across Téa's throat.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!?!" Yugi exclaimed tackling the mugger.
"You little runt you'll pay for that!" The mugger yelled as the knife he was holding cut up his arm.
"YUGI?!" Téa exclaimed as the mugger beat Yugi up but every time Yugi got knocked down he got back up refusing to stay down in front of the mugger.
::End Flashback::
'If Lee hadn't found us.' Téa thought giving an avid look to Yugi.
Yugi spent the next three days in bed as Téa and Lee explained away Yugi's injuries knowing their father would have gone on a rampage for the mugger after grounding both Lee and Téa until the end of the world and their mother would have had a seizure and begun fretting over Yugi, not that Téa hadn't been already after that experience she really wanted to make up for the way she'd treated Yugi, but since that time Yugi and Téa had been very close particularly since their parents died.
"What about Mai?" Téa asked changing the subject.
"What about her." Yugi asked coldly looking away.
"Don't you still have strong feelings for her?" Téa asked.
"I'm asking Yukiko out to a dance not marriage, and I don't have any feelings for Mai." Yugi spat not looking at Tea.
"Don't take that tone with me Yugi I'm your sister not one of your classroom buddies now look me in the eye and tell me the truth what do you really feel for Mai?" Téa asked in a forceful tone.
Yugi slowly looked into Téa's eyes admitting,
"I... I think I love her."
Next – The Assassination
Author's Note: That's it for this chapter I hope you enjoyed and the scene with the mugger yes was sort of borrowed from the Anime except for the part about Yami appearing, Until Next Story, Cya.