Hey I'm not going to be doing many FF stuff for a while so I figured I update what I want to update now.

So here's a LONG chapter of The Marked.

For those of you that are Kaiba fans and know about Gozuburo's abuse on the guy you'll really LOVE Slenderman for what he does in this chapter.

I own nothing YuGiOh! or Slenderman related just the story.

Please review and let me know what you think of this dark story.

I don't get it... Why won't Nii-sama talk about him anymore. I still see Slenderman but every time I try to bring it up, to Nii-sama, he gets mad at me. Not like normal mad but like he hates the fact I even brought up Slenderman. I don't know why he hates Slenderman so much. A few months ago he loved having Slendy near almost as much as I did. Now he can't even stand to see the color black without growling angrily. Recently he's been busy with his plans, I help him, we'll bring down Gozuburo together. I don't know why but we've seen less and less of Slenderman. I still see him a lot, more than Nii-sama does, or did. I don't know why but it's almost like he's avoiding us. I don't want him too leave us...

Now it's late and it's time for me to go to bed. Today was a great day. We finally took Gozuburo down. The plan was perfect. Since me and Seto both already own 3% of the company cause of the Corporate laws. We faked that Seto was abusing me so he would think I would betray Nii-sama but I really wasn't. He put his guard down just enough. Than I went back to my bother's side gaining him 51% while Gozuburo had only 49%. We had won our freedom from that psychopath. I smiled as I crawled under the covers. I laid on my side as I began to close my eyes. As I felt sleep come over me I could hear footsteps approach my bed. I knew it wasn't Nii-sama. Because he always made me keep my bedroom door locked and I could only open it for Seto and Seto only. I smiled a little knowing only one person. The very person that had taken care of us the time we came here. I could hear the sound of the floor creak slightly and I also felt a hand laying on the top of my head. I could feel the creäture stroking my hair softly as I heard him singing to me. The same lullaby he sang to us when we were sick. "Come Little Children the times come to play. Here in my garden of shadows." I heard him sing before I finally fell asleep with a smile on my face.

Kaiba was now in his office looking out the window at the rain as it fell upon the city of Domino. Today was an excellent day no a superb day. He had won, he won it all, Gozuburo was defeated and disgraced by his own hands. His and Mokuba's plan was perfect. It went off without a hitch. Now they owned it all. The house, the company, the wealth all of it. Kaiba grinned some. What made this the most sweetest of victories he had done this all himself. Without help from anyone. No one... Well no one human that is. He shook his head as he gritted his teeth. "Damn it... Damn it... Damn it! Forget about that thing already! It was nothing more but a demon! Forget about it! It never gave a damn!" Kaiba growled in his mind. In high truth he never really could forget about the creäture. Everything reminded him about the being. At night when he lied in bed he would often stay up and check around his room just hoping to catch a glimpse of the black suit of the tall thin figure but all he ever saw was the shadows that were made from the night. He kept trying to pretend the creäture never existed but he always got a feeling every time he was alone or outside. That something was watching him, very closely, the feeling wasn't unsettling but instead it was comforting. Like safeness was always near him. He could tell Mokuba felt the same as well. He sighed than he heard a door slam behind him the instant he let out the breath. He turned to face his stepfather that was beyond angry. What shocked Kaiba was what was in his stepfather's hand. A 44 Colt Revolver. Lightning flashed and thunder clashed no words were spoken. In a flash they were upon the other. Kaiba was trying to beat the gun out of his stepfather's hands but the gun was just out of his reach. Than the but-end of the revolver came in contact, hard, with his face and then the older man slammed the boy against the wall. Seto hit the back of his head against the wall and the world instantly turned black. He slid down the wall unconscious before the vicious elder.

Gozubro stood with a dark grin on his face with the gun tight in his hand. "Looks like I won this game Seto." He sneered. "You actually thought you could bring me down. You're a weak little brat! And your going to DIE!" He spat and pointed the gun at the boy's face. "This is the end you and your little brother will no longer be in my way! Who's going to care if you two little brats are gone! Who's-"

"About to take your head off!"

The room dropped 50' bellow. Standing between Kaiba was a creäture. It looked like a man but was inhumanly tall, it wore a black business suit, it also had no face but it did have a mouth that seemed torn into it's mask like face it's teeth were black as well as the skin and muscle around them. It's mouth was twisted to show a scowl and gritted teeth. It had its pale and black clawed hand around the revolver. It's than crushed the revolver and broke it in half, the gun was made of solid silver so how was that possible it wasn't humanly possible. The creäture growled angrily as black tentacles appeared from behind the creäture the tentacles had mouths that had black sharp teeth as well. They were aimed at the pathetic old man ready to rip him apart. Lightning flashed and thunder boomed like bombs were going off and shots were being fired on a battle field. The creäture stood from it's crouched down position and growled menacingly. Gozuburo was terrified and repulsed by the creäture.

"Gozuburo what you have done I've seen enough of! And all I have to say is this."

The creäture's very voice sent waves of fear into the old man. The creäture smirked and moved a clawed hand on its head and gripped where the white mask was. It tore its black claws over its face revealing nothing but blackness. Suddenly blood-red eyes pierced through the blackness and glared at the man with a intestinty that rivaled Hell's fire. The creature glared at him. "YOU WILL BURN IN HELL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"The creäture roared out. The old man tried to run for the door. But his arm was grabbed by the creäture's hand. He suddenly felt his arm the bone being shattered in 4 places than it was promptly torn away from the bone. Leaving only a bloody hole and a bit of shoulder meat from where it once was. The creäture crushed the appendage in it's hand when it did so the limb suddenly turned to ash and when the creäture let go the ash blew away to nothing but dust. Gozuburo was against the wall terrified bleeding from where his arm had once been. The creature faced before him and crouched down some as tentacles grabbed the man as lightning flashed illuminating the room.

Rain fell upon the city. Silence had filled the world. Everything seemed almost serene but that would soon be destroyed. Above at the near top of a large building. Stood a man like being that wore a black suit, its black face and red eyes showed through a white mask that was torn to shreds, as it held out before him by his neck. Gozburo Kaiba. He had a tight grip on the sick man's neck his black claws were piercing his veins. But the being enjoyed watching him squirm before him showing just how truly pathetic of a human he was. He was nothing but a pathetic born from the dirt of the Earth. All humans were that dirt and imperfect in every single way no matter how much they wished for the perfection they would never obtain it. Well not all humans. He would never dare to put the Kaiba brothers in the same category as the other dirt of this world. Those two brothers could never be imperfect in its eyes. To him they were perfection, angels that he had to protect, and he would from anyone and anything that got in his way. This piece of trash that was before him included that was getting soaked like a damned dog. The creäture than turned from where Gozuburo was suspended over 30 stories and looked at Kaiba that was lying against the wall unconscious and bleeding from a gash on his forehead. "You may hate me for not being near... But I have to stay away it's the only way to save your soul. That day will come soon and I can only pray you will forgive me when this is all over." The being thought solemnly. Knowing much that the boy must have hated his guts by now. "Wh-What are you!?" Gozburo spat out choking on the air, what little was, in his lungs. The creäture glared at the man as if he was slowly ripping out his soul from the inside out. The being smirked some.

"Many people around the world know me from many different names. Slenderman, The Tall Man, Der Ritter, Der Grosmann, Der Schlanker Mann, Fear Dubh, Sclankwald, there's many names to describe me. But being called those pathetic names aren't what or who I am." The creäture said than it let out a stif chuckle. "What I AM. Is a creäture of darkness, a being of hell, a king actually. And if you attempt to take what's mine-"The smirk disappeared and the creature's grip on the old man's neck grew tighter and tighter making tendons snap and veins tear and vertebraes beginning to crack and pierce through the skin in his neck. The being wanted to make the man suffer horribly, suffer just like Seto had under his 'care', than he would rip the man apart.

"I'LL RIP YOU APART!"

The being screamed than in an instant the man's fat neck blew open like a balloon splattering blood about. But the man was still alive even after having his main arteries rupture and were now bleeding out. The creäture than walked ahead once being up ahead of the window and using its tentacles it brought the mortally wounded man to face him. Face to face with the creäture. "This is your last day on this pathetic planet. You will die. But don't worry... I'll make sure you're in a 'very special' part of Hell. Where no one will hear you scream." The creäture spat. Than suddenly there was a sharp pain that went through Gozuburo. He looked down and saw that being had stabbed its own arm through him and it's arm went through his back and had his heart in its hand. The creäture held cold eyes that seemed evil.

But in the moment before the being ripped out his heart. Gozuburo noticed something he found odd in his last moments. The creäture's eyes, although its entire face was black underneath the mask, had the same eye shape, the same dark fiery spirit behind their gaze, the same deep intestine, as he had seen in... Seto's eyes. Only difference was he had red eyes and Seto had blue eyes. Was there a connection? That was all he had thought of before the creäture finally ripped his heart out. In a second later Gozuburo Kaiba was dead. The creäture let the man's carcass go. It watched as iot watched the man he had despised these many years fall to the earth bellow and land with a loud crack only he could hear. The creäture glared down at the city bellow him than turned to where Kaiba laid against the wall. The creäture laid a hand down its mask and it instantly was repaired and covered its entire face once more. The creäture kneeled to the small boy. It laid a hand on his cheek and another on his neck feeling a small pulse. The creature side relieved that he was alive. It than carefully picked the boy up in it's arms. The boy was still light weighed despite he was 14 now. But to the being he was still a child whichever way you looked at him. He was and always would be a child to him.

It walked out of the room with the boy in his arms. It knew it couldn't take the boy to another room it wouldn't take away suspicion from Kaiba. The creäture turned some and kneeled down. It gently laid Kaiba down against the wall of the hallway. It looked down at the boy and ran its fingers through his hair. "Your always so reckless, Seto, but that can't be helped..."It said as it laid a hand on Kaiba's cheek. "I'm sorry I left but I had too. I only hope you'll understand one day..."It said calmly.

"Understand... What do I need to understand?"

Kaiba slowly opened his eyes some. He saw him, the Slenderman, sitting before him. "What was he doing here?" He thought simply. He wasn't angry at the creäture. Actually he was glad to see the being once more. The creäture sighed, but it was a heavy sigh, full of guilt and pain. From what? Him being angry at him. "No. No that's ridiculous. Why would he be upset because I was angry at him?" That's when realization hit Kaiba. He remembered. He remembered seeing Gozuburo hitting him in the face with a revolver than everything had faded to black but that was all he knew. That's when he noticed the white shirt that creäture wore with its suit was covered in blood. Kaiba's eyes snapped open, some, "Had he... He killed Gozuburo..." Kaiba thought. "Just like he promised." He thought to himself. Slenderman looked down at the boy seeing he was somewhat awake and alert. It smirked some. Kaiba was looking down so he didn't face the creature's face. "You are simply hopeless." The creäture muttered as it moved the boy's hair away from his eyes and forehead. Kaiba closed his eyes than he felt something on the center of his forehead. He opened his eyes and saw Slenderman was kissing his forehead. The creäture smirked at him. Than it stood. Kaiba laid a hand on his face and felt that the wound he had on the left side of his forehead almost gone. He looked up at the creäture with stern eyes. The being was unfazed and just smiled at the boy. Kaiba's stern look broke her a moment than he looked away some. He felt sore and his head was spinning.

"NII-SAMA!"

Kaiba tried to turn to where he heard his little brother's voice call out to him but couldn't unless he wanted to black out. This made Kaiba fearful that he was going to die. Slenderman had saved him now he was going to die. He looked at the creäture. "I... Don't wanna die..." He muttered than he felt himself fade to and from consciousness. "You won't." Slenderman said sternly. Kaiba looked at the being barely able to see the creature. The creature laid the back of it's knuckles on the boy's cheek.

"NII-SAMA!"

The creature turned to Mokuba who was in his PJ's and looked terrfied. "Big brother!" Mokuba shouted terrfied as he ran and kneeled down to Kaiba. "Nii-sama! Wake up are you ok? Nii-sama say something!" Mokuba begged. "M-Mokuba." Kaiba said unable to stop the world from spinning. He could feel something icy cold lay on the back of his neck. A hand. He could feel the inyness pierce through his skin it felt almost as if it was piercing the inside of his spine. He opened his eyes some more and saw his vision was returning and the nauseas spinning had finally stopped. He looked at Slenderman. It smiled at him and it looked at both brothers. "I can sense others are coming here very soon..."The creature thought. "Mokuba had you called the police?" The creature asked the boy. "Well.. Yea I thought something bad was happening. I-I had woken up and I came to see Nii-sama but I heard noise behind his offise door so I went down into the kitchen and called the police." Mokuba said as he used a small towel, he got from the hall closet, and began to wipe the blood of his brother's face. "I see. Well that should play right into my hand." The creature said. Both boys looked at him confused as to what he meant. "Seto. Mokuba everything will be alright don't you worry."The creature said than stood up. Than a voice came into both brother's minds. "Both of you stay here till police arrive. If they ask tell them your stepfather attacked you and that you were knocked out and that Mokuba found you injured and began treating your wounds after dragging him into the hallway."The voice, Slenderman's voice, said in their minds. The creature stood. "Stay here and do as I say. I have some things to 're-arrange' don't worry you'll both stay safe." The being said. It than turned to them and kneeled down to both of them it wrapped it's arms around both of them and held them both close. "Stay safe till than..." It muttered. Mokuba gave a nod Kaiba did not. Slenderman smirked and rubbed both their heads. "Behave for your brother. And Seto you behave as well."The creature said in their minds. The creature kissed Mokuba's forehead than it stood and turned from them. The creature walked ahead a few paces than vanished.

The police came to the house and after questioning both boys and the building staff. They reviewed the security tape the tape was odd. Because when they replayed it the image of what happened after Kaiba was thrown against the wall was blurry and distorted. They could see the stepfather well and the unconcious boy. But than the screen cut to black for a moment. Than when the screen returned the large window was broken and they saw what appeared to be Mokuba trying to get his brother out of the room. The cops saw the body and saw that Gozuburo had fall related injuries. Both arms and legs were broken in multiple place and glas was inbedded into his skin. But the only thing that was odd the man's heart was missing. The corner shrugged that off as that the heart had exploded and that it was inside his cavity some where for there was no entry wound that proved other wise. The court system decided that they couldn't charge Kaiba for his stepfather's death since it seemed he hadn't deliberty caused his death. It looked more like Gozuburo had fallen from the window of the 30 story building. They decided on a plea deal. Although Kaiba was now a CEO, the youngest CEO to exists in Asia, they agreed that if Kaiba remained going to school he won't be charged for anything.

Now it was late and both brothers were staying in Mokuba's bedroom. Kaiba was sitting in bed with his little brother in his arms. Both were awake and silent. Their minds were focused on only one thing. Make that a being. Neither could believe that Slenderman had kept his word. After this whole time, after everything, he had done it. He had killed Gozburo. now they were terrfied. Because since Slenderman had killed Gozuburo did that mean it was done with protecting them and was going to kill them next. Mokuba had tried to deny that he was going to dare do that but it did seem possible, very possible, to happen now. Kaiba held Mokuba close. The shadows of the room seemed like all kinds of monsters ready to devour them whole. Mokuba was terrfied as well. They felt as if a million eyes were watching them all at once. All meanicing and blood thirsty for them. Both brothers clinged to each other fearful to be taken away. Than the shadow creature looked past the boys at something that was ahead of them. A figure was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. The creature walkedup into the light of the only light that was on in the room. The shadows all cringed fearful when they saw it's white face. "Try anything I will happily end you." It warned them with a smirk. The creatures dissapeared. And both boys knew they would never return again. The creature walked up to their bed and looked down at them with it's hands behind them. "Try and rest now I won't let anything happen." The creature said softly. Mokuba and Kaiba looked at him unsure. The man smirked at them. "Don't think just because he is dead that I will harm you now. I will never harm you, I'll always protect you, and I'll always watch over you. Whether you want it that way or not."It said, specifically to Kaiba, both boys sighed some.

The creature smiled at them. "Come now. It's been a long day and you need rest." It said sternly. Kaiba and Mokuba both laid underneath one blanket. Mokuba hugged his brother and stayed under his chin glad that this was all over and they could finally live again. Kaiba let him and wrapped his arm around him and stroked his hair. They than felt something being laid over them. They looked down and saw a blanket of black satan was laid over them. Kaiba glanced over at Slenderman who only smiled. "You may hate me but I will never leave. All I do is for you and is my way to care." It said softly. Mokuba fell asleep soon after. Kaiba glared at Slenderman but couldn't find any words to throw at the creature. It just couldn't. Everything negative he had once wished to say to the being had no melted away. He closed his eyes fighting tears. "... Thank you..." He muttered than fell asleep. The creature turned to him with a smile on it's face. Than it turned and turned off the light and left through the open door. The mansion was empty and silent. It decided to walk through the now cleansed house. This place of bricks and wood would never be a home, not to them, not to those boys. He smirked as he walked.

"Once a more. Many night ago. A black prince had been banished from his kingdom by the tyrancy that was his father dear. Banished to a world where beings are made from the dust of the Earth the prince thought surely he would parish. But he was saved by a brilliant princess of blue. Her looks put even roses to shame. They looks of a angel she sang more beautiful than anyone in the world. She-" But he stopped speaking. He smirked once more. "Another time. Another day." He said than he turned to face You.

"Than you will learn what happened to the Black King." He said with a grin his red eyes showing brightly through his masked.

Yes Slenderman knows you read this story and No he will not tell you the story of The Black King (Aka his story till your good and ready.

Anyway now Gozuburo is dead and gone.

There is more and the next chapters may or may not confuse you if they do let me know.

So read and review please.

Btw Avi KEEP QUIET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS!