A/N: So yeah, here we are again. Another chapter. Are you excited? I am.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from the show, or the show it's self. I just own my own characters.
Cure My Tragedy is the title of this chapter and is a song by Cold. I do not own.
Boom baby!
The Kaiba Twins Revised
Chapter Fourteen: Cure My Tragedy
A cold nose and wet tongue woke Katrina from her peaceful sleep. The girl pushed away from the wetness and squinted her eyes. "Egypt!" She whined. "I don't want to go to school."
The brindle colored pitbull sat down on Katrina's pillow and looked at the girl, tail wagging. Her legs trembled with excitement as she tried to calm herself.
"Alright, I'll go - but I won't be happy." She pointed out.
The dog stood up happily and jumped off the bed as the teen rolled onto her feet. Egypt sat by the door and looked back at Katrina, who wasn't moving fast enough for her, and let out a cry.
"Hold your horses. I'm moving, don't rush me." Katrina complained as she walked over to her canine companion. She pet the dog on the head and opened the door, watching her walk across the hallway to Sahirah's door. Katrina smiled and walked over to open the door for the dog, who raced inside. Katrina quickly retreated to her room to get dressed.
"GAH!" A yell came from Sahirah's room. "Egypt! You scared me!" There was a moment of silence before a loud bang was made followed by a soft apology.
Katrina laughed and pulled her uniform top on. She turned to face the mirror and grabbed her brush before detangling her hair with it. In the reflection of the mirror she watched her door open and a pouting Sahirah step into the room. "What's wrong?" Katrina asked her twin innocently.
"Well first I was having this awesome dream about magic and monsters and then out of nowhere I felt something POUNCE on me and start licking my face." Sahirah stated.
"Oh, really? That must have been interesting."
Sahirah pouted again. "And then I tripped over Egypt when I got out of bed."
Katrina laughed. "And she didn't even sleep in your room."
Sahirah sighed before smiling at her sister. "Looks like you're feeling better today."
Katrina smiled back. "Yep." She placed the brush down and turned to face her twin. "You're not even dressed yet? God, you're lazy."
Sahirah looked at her and frowned. "Hey, I just woke up." She stated as she turned back to head to her room.
"Watch out for-"
"GAH!"
"...Egypt." Katrina finished as she laughed.
"Stop picking on me." Sahirah mumbled from the floor.
Katrina laughed and hopped over her sister before helping her off the floor. "See you in the kitchen." She stated before bouncing down the stairs, Egypt following behind her.
Sahirah watched her sister for a moment before entering her room.
Katrina entered the kitchen, radiating energy, which stunned her two brothers.
Mokuba blinked twice before smiling encouragingly at her. "Good morning Katrina."
She beamed at him. "Good morning kiddo."
Seto raised a brow. "I guess you're feeling better?"
"I feel amazing." She took a seat at the table. "I slept great. I feel like a million bucks."
"I'm glad you're feeling better Katrina." Tierney stated from the stove. "Would you like some French toast and sausage for breakfast?"
"Sure!"
Seto watched her for another moment to make sure that she was really feeling better. Yet she seemed to be bouncing in her seat, and he turned his attention back to the newspaper.
As the three siblings reached the school, Katrina jumped from the limo before walking cheerfully with Sahirah to their friends.
"Ah, Katrina!" Anzu yelled out as she jogged to catch up to the twins. "How are you feeling?" She asked.
"Great." Katrina grinned at her.
The group was happy to see that Katrina had such a fast recovery.
"Hey Ryou, I need to go to the library again today - would you like to go with me?" Sahirah asked.
"Sure, I have a few books I need to drop off." He answered.
"Think I can join you two?" Katrina asked. "I should probably try to catch up on yesterdays work, seeing on how I really didn't pay attention when we were doing work."
Sahirah and Ryou nodded at her. "Sure, you can always come with us." Ryou answered.
Katrina smiled at him and looked at the clock. "Well first is going to start soon. I'm off." She dismissed herself, and walked to her class with Marik and Otogi.
"I'm glad you're better today as well." Ryou turned to Sahirah, who gave him a confused look. He paused for a moment before explaining his statement. "Yesterday, you were worried about Katrina. I'm glad to see that you're smiling again."
Sahirah smiled at him. "Thanks Ryou."
"Well, I better get to class. See you in gym." He stated, and dismissed himself.
Sahirah waved him off and followed Anzu and Honda to chorus class.
When school let out for the day Ryou met Sahirah at the front gates. "Is Katrina still coming?" Ryou asked.
"Yeah, she said she had to go to her locker." Sahirah answered.
Meanwhile, in the hallway Katrina stood at Marik's locker. "Please!" She pleaded. "I'm not really close friends with Ryou, and I don't want to be a third wheel." She groaned.
"A third wheel? They're not going on a date - they're going to the library." Marik retorted.
Katrina rolled her eyes at him. "I know that, dumbass. Don't be a jerk. Just come with me." She grabbed his hand and began dragging him out of the school. As they reached the two teens at the gate Katrina smiled. "We're here." She announced; behind her stood a very unenthusiastic Marik.
"Oh, Marik. I didn't know you were coming." Sahirah stated.
"I wasn't plann-OW!" Marik glared at Katrina, who stepped on his foot.
"Of course he's coming, he's helping me with my homework." Katrina stated, ignoring the glare as she smiled at the other two teens.
"Well I guess we should go." Ryou stated, as he turned to leave the school grounds.
As Marik began to walk away in the opposite way, Katrina reached back and grabbed his hand, dragging him back toward the same general direction as the other two teens. Instead of pulling away like he wanted to he decided to just go along with it - maybe she would buy him food afterwards. As the four teens walked down the sidewalk, Marik was cracking jokes with Ryou about things that happened before the twins came to Japan, the girls joined in laughing - enjoying the hilarious stories.
Katrina stopped laughing at the end of one particular joke and gasped - her smile disappearing from her face immediately. Her eyes widened and she stopped short in her tracks. It was as if all the happiness and energy drained from her and she turned to stone. This could not be happening.
Sahirah looked at her sister before noticing her gaze and followed it herself. Her own eyes widened at the person she now was staring at.
In front on them on the sideway, walking - well now standing, was a blonde haired boy wearing baggy, black pants that had black straps and chains hanging on them. He wore a black shirt with a green and yellow Celtic symbol - that read "Dropkick Murphys" on it with white letters. His brown eyes were wide at first as he saw the two girls before they narrowed into a glare as he looked at Katrina holding hands with Marik.
Katrina's heart sped up, she gripped Marik's hand tighter - which he squeezed back as he looked at her and then back at the mysterious boy, confused. Katrina closed her eyes and opened them quickly to see if it was just her imagination - but as she opened them the boy still stood there.
"Sahirah, Katrina. What's wrong?" Ryou asked, also confused as to what was going on.
Sahirah wished that she was able to collect her thoughts and words at the same time - but she couldn't do it fast enough.
"...They released Mike from the hospital the day after he woke up. So I'm guessing that he's doing well. He came to school one day and was looking for your guys but I told him about what happened. I haven't seen him since."
Sahirah recalled Ashley mentioning Mike just the day before - surely Sahirah should have thought to as of why he wasn't seen back at the school. The answer was simple - he wasn't at school because he was here in Japan, for reasons yet to be known. 'Shitshitshit!'
"You bitch." The boy spoke, in which Katrina cringed slightly. "I can't believe you."
Sahirah did a sharp intake. "Don't-"
"Stay out of this Hira." The boy gritted his teeth and took a step forward. " I can't believe that you just got up and left! You fucking left. I come to find you so that at least the three of us can stay together - but here I find you. I see that you fucking moved on."
Sahirah was trying to think of something to do or say to make him stop. She didn't need Katrina to close up again. It was a lot of work getting her to be the way she was now. Sahirah knew she wouldn't be able to handle Katrina's cold attitude again for another six months or so.
Katrina started breathing heavy as she stared at the boy. This wasn't really happening - this was a nightmare. It had to be. Mike was back in New Jersey lying in a hospital bed knocked out of consciousness.
Sahirah's mind was on a full panic, she could hear Katrina's rapid breathing and couldn't help but blame herself. 'I should have told her. I knew I should have told her.' She yelled at herself. 'Maybe if Katrina knew that Mike had woken up then maybe she wouldn't be standing there almost hyperventating.
Marik glared at the male. "Who the hell are you?"
The boy ignored him. "The last time I saw you - you were going off, slamming the door behind you. The last time I saw Tom he was in a hospital bed, in a fucking coma. And the last time I saw my best friend a fucking car was smashing into his side of the car."
Katrina closed her eyes tightly, trying to shut the words out, the boy out, anything. It wasn't working - the memories kept flashing in her head; Tom's goofy smile, Mike's short temper tantrums when he lost a game, and Josuke's lovely green eyes. Mike's voice just seemed to shatter every memory block she had managed to put up. The horrible fight entered her head and she gasped as she threw it from her mind.
The boy continued on. "I thought you loved him. Josuke was supposedly your god damn world - and yet here you are not even a year later off with some other kid. Did you think that you got away? I found you, you bitch."
Katrina began to shake in a rage, as the boy came closer. He had no right to say that she didn't love Josuke, she did. He was her world, he really was. She wanted more than anything to just disappear at the moment.
"Did you think you could hide from it? Face it Kat, it's your fault Josuke's dead. I was willing to forgive you - but it turns out I was right about you from the start; you're a fucking slut who could care less about anyone that you so claim to love." He added. "You boys shouldn't trust her - she'll just fuck up your lives too."
That's when it happened. Katrina let go of Marik's hand and took two large steps toward the boy and punched him in the face before he or anyone else could react. "Fuck you Mike!" She yelled as he fell backward." You have no idea what the fuck you're talking about!" She glared at him and began to storm off.
Marik looked at her with wide, shocked eyes. "K-Katrina!" He called out to her.
"Just leave me alone!" She yelled, not pausing to look back to her friends and sister.
Marik started after her but Sahirah grabbed his arm. "Marik, just leave her for now. She's really mad." She explained as she remembered the last time Katrina told her to leave her alone and she didn't listen.
"Just leave me alone!" Katrina yelled as she walked off the front porch of the house.
"Trina, wait!" Hira called out as she walked off the porch after her.
Katrina had made it a block away from the house when Sahirah grabbed her arm to stop her. "Kat, talk to me."
Katrina ripped her arm from her sister's grip. "Get it though your damn head and leave me alone. I want to fucking cool off before I flip shit." She tried to explain.
Sahirah looked sad for a moment. "Maybe I can help of you just talk to me."
Katrina glared at her. "I don't want to talk about it. Okay. I don't. Just go back home and leave me the fuck alone. You're the last person I want to be mad at - but you're making it real fucking hard by pressuring me."
"Katrina, I just don't understand-"
"You don't need to fucking understand. God damn it - get the hint and fuck off!" Katrina shoved Hira in the direction of the house before running off in the opposite direction.
Marik turned to face Mike, only to see that he was no longer on the ground but walking away backward with a bloodied nose. "Yeah, you better leave." Marik stated.
Mike rolled his eyes. "Please, this isn't over. I'm not done talking to her. She can't keep running from her problems." He stated and walked off.
Sahirah watched Mike disappear before turning back to the boys. "Let's go to the library." She stated forcefully before walking off. She knew when it was best to leave Katrina alone. Not only that but she was really mad at herself for not letting her twin know about the news of Mike and Tom.
"What about Katrina?" Ryou asked.
"Trust me, if I know Katrina the way I do - then right now would be the best time to leave her be. She might lash out at one of us unintentionally, which is the last thing we want." Sahirah answered.
"I'm heading home then - I didn't even want to go to the library in the first place." Marik stated as he started to leave the two.
"Promise me that you won't try to contact Kat until she contacts you. I don't know how long she'll be a ticking time bomb and I really don't want to set her off." Sahirah yelled at Marik. He waved her off as he left.
Sahirah returned her books before heading upstairs with Ryou to get more books.
"Do you really think Katrina will be okay?" Ryou asked.
Sahirah grabbed a book off the shelf and turned it to read its description. "She should be okay - Mike never really got along with her. Tom forced him to - well, I mean they got along but not really. She'll probably just be really mad for now." She finished her answer. 'I just hope that you won't be too mad at me when I tell you that I knew.' She thought to herself.
Katrina slammed the front door of the Kaiba residence, before storming up the stairs. She wanted to continue to be angry and ignore Egypt as she followed behind her, but the girl couldn't. It wasn't Egypt's fault that Mike was an inconsiderate asshole. She entered her room and took a seat on her bed.
Egypt sat on the floor and placed her head on her lap. Her tail didn't wag as usual - and she wasn't wearing her goofy pitbull smile. The canine seemed to be staring at her owner with a serious gaze, her mouth closed perfectly - her ears slightly perked, and her body stiff and at attention.
Katrina forced a smile at the dog and placed her hand on the scarred back. "Mike is an ass, and I know I shouldn't let it bother me - but he is really a dickhead, and some of the things he said just fucking pissed me off and upset me at the same time."
Egypt looked back at her with unmoving eyes.
"You don't even understand what I'm saying." She scratched behind the dog's ears and kissed the top of her head. She then stood up and left the room to go downstairs and work on her homework in the living room. Maybe if she tried getting her mind off of the encounter she would calm down faster. She lay down on her stomach in the middle of the floor, spreading her books out in front of her.
Seto came down the hallway and looked into the room. "Did you come into the house, slamming the door behind you?" He asked.
Katrina turned to glare at him. "Yeah, why?"
Seto glared back at her. "Just asking. No need to get your panties in a bunch." He answered.
She glared at him more. "Fuck you."
Sahirah sat on the floor of the aisle to check the books that she grabbed again.
"I remember reading this one." Ryou stated as he peered over her shoulder, pointing down to a book with a red cover. "I thought it was interesting."
"Yeah, I thought this one looked good." She answered as she gathered them into her arms. "Thanks for the input."
Ryou smiled at her and then frowned. "Is everything okay? You seem upset. Was it because of that Mike kid?"
Sahirah attempted for force a smile. "I'm fine."
Ryou looked at her unconvinced. "Really, now?" He asked.
Sahirah's shoulders slumped. "Okay, you caught me. You can't tell anyone else but..." She paused, trailing off for a moment before continuing in a low voice. "I knew that Mike woke up from his coma. I didn't tell Katrina because she was already having a hard time as it was. Now..."
"Now you're kicking yourself in the shins for not telling her?" He suggested the ending of her sentence.
"Exactly." She let out a sigh. "I need to tell her, but I know that she's more than likely going to be royally pissed at me for not keeping her in the loop."
"I'm sure she will be - but if you know you're sister like you know you do, you know that she'll forgive you." Ryou stated.
Katrina sat on the couch, she finished her makeup work and her homework. At the moment she was pretending to be watching Mokuba and Niko playing a video game on the floor. This was her first time meeting the infamous Niko, who happened to be a cute kid with brown curly hair and blue eyes. His glasses were a little too big for his face, but as he aged into his teenager years they were sure to suit him. But as much as Katrina tried to distracted herself with the boys, she couldn't. Seeing Mike after school was like a wake up call. She wished she could redo that encounter over again - she would have done things a little more different. 'So we meet again.' She thought to herself.
It was odd, almost as if the last seven months of her life didn't really exist. She felt as if there wasn't any time in between the last time she last saw Mike, that the time in-between the accident and today was all just a dream. And yet it wasn't. She had come with her sister to Japan to live with her brothers. She had made a fine group of friends, and two great friends. She had a dog, and a job. At the current moment she couldn't believe it was all real.
Sahirah opened the front door and entered the house. "I'm home." She clarified.
"We're in here Sahirah!" Mokuba yelled out to her, his eyes still glued to the screen.
Sahirah kicked off her shoes and walked to the living room, shocked to see Katrina sitting there; she was certain that the girl would be in her own room, listening to her ipod and drowning out the overwhelming event of the day.
Katrina looked over to her sister. "Yo."
Sahirah blinked twice. "Uh, hey." She answered.
Katrina tilted her head and looked back to the television screen.
Niko jumped up in the air and yelled. "YES!! We did it!!" He was very energetic, and Mokuba joined in the celebration.
Katrina turned back to Sahirah. "I'm going out." She stood up.
Sahirah's eyes widened. "Uh, where are you going?" She asked.
"Marik's." She didn't even pause to think about her answer, she just said what came to her mind.
"O-okay, I guess I'll see you tonight." Sahirah stated as Katrina walked past her.
"Did you see that Sahirah? We beat him!" Mokuba jumped around her.
She smiled at the boy and placed her hand on his head to stop him from jumping in circles around her. "Yes I saw. Congratulations."
Egypt followed Sahirah up to her room and jumped onto the bed before curling up into a ball to take a nap.
Before diving into the book, Sahirah walked across the room and pushed opened the double French doors. She stepped onto the balcony and sighed. The weather was nice, not too hot and not too cold. As she reached the railing she placed her hands on it. She stared out into the open space, letting her mind wander.
[Looking out over the area she smiled, and suddenly all the colors in front of her began to kaleidoscope together in a mass of repeating designs. The sky colors began to burst brighter and the grass dissolved into sand that stretched for miles and miles on end. In the distance little towns began to form along with a long river.
A few mounds of sand grew up into cones before squaring off to resemble pyramids. Sahirah's eyes widened when the temples of the Egyptian Gods began to suddenly build up in front of her eyes. God and Goddess statues vaporized on the sides of clay and alabaster stone houses.
The double French doors behind her disappeared and two perfumed incense stands were placed on both sides of the now open doorway. The air was hot, sticky, and bursting with the slightest sounds of music from the road below.
Sketches formed on the walls, burning in the stories of kings and queens, the complete history of a lifetime.
Sahirah turned around and walked into the opening behind her in a dazed state of consciousness. That's when she noticed the fine silk that she was wearing and that her hair had grown to her waist in mere seconds, and had random braids in it.
Upon walking into the room she kneeled front of a statue. "Ah our Goddess Ma'at, bring justice and harmony upon our land." As she spoke these words all that she knew of Japan had left her, and knowledge of a new life filled her head. She pressed her head to the floor before rising up again.
"Praying again, sister?"
She looked over to her twin, who was wearing similar clothing. "Yes. Did you get the water?"
Katrina looked over to the jar in the opening. "No – I was going to do that now." She stated.
"That's a lame excuse. Just admit you were being lazy. Come – I'll go with you." Sahirah walked over to the jar and picked it up before handing it to her sister. Next, she picked up a slightly smaller jug for herself.
The two girls walked down the corridors past the many loyal subjects to the deceased Pharaoh Akunumkanon with their body guard following behind. Outside the throne room were six loyal high priests holding the Millennium items. One of the priests was watching the twins make their way toward them.
The girls stopped for a moment and bowed to the six of then before continuing their way to the front of the palace.
"Do you think Priestess Isis will have time to give us lessons today?" Sahirah asked when they reached the front of the palace.
Katrina wasn't paying attention to her as she watched the new guard bow down to her sister and herself.
After a small distance grew between them and the guards, Sahirah sighed. "You have to stop checking guys out." She whispered to her sister. "So do you think Priestess Isis will be able to give us lessons today?" She asked again.
"Oh, sorry. I'm not sure – it looks like they were about to have a meeting of some sort." Katrina stated. "You know, he wasn't that bad looking. I especially liked the sandy blonde hair." She added.
"Huh? Who? Oh that guy. You know you're not allowed to get involved with a boy. It's against the rules of a priestess. You know that." Sahirah stated as she gripped her jug tighter as it began to slip from her hands.
Katrina rolled her eyes at her. " But come on – if we weren't going to be priestess we'd be married by now. Well, actually in two years when we're fourteen, but you get the point."
"It just seems too young of an age to get married." Sahirah stated.
By now the two of them had reached the stairs that led to the trail that would take them to the Nile River.]
Sahirah snapped out of her daydream. 'Woah.' She thought to herself. 'What the heck was that?'
Egypt whined at the bed for her.
Sahirah headed back into the house, glancing back at her before closing the doors, hoping to still see the pyramids, but they were gone.
Sahirah made her way across the room and sat next to Egypt on the bed. She smiled at her before pulling out the book with the red cover. 'This should be interesting if Ryou liked it too.' She thought to herself as she cracked open the cover. She kept her daydream in the far depths of her mind, not lose anything, just incase she needed that information later. Plus, she was so used to seeing similar images in her dreams at night, she figured sooner or later they'd haunt her daydreams too.
Halfway through the book she was proven right, the book was incredible. She had learned some things that she hadn't read in any other books that she had read before. Sighing she leaned against the pillow and decided to take a nap, all the reading was making her eyes tired.
[Hira was sitting at the edge of the Nile, drawing pictures in the sand. Her sister was standing in the water, giggling as little fish circled around her ankles. The two of them weren't alone of course, they had their body guard standing at least twenty feet away - watching the opposite direction that the girls were in.
Hira sighed and ran a hand through her hair. Sure she was happy to finally be out of the temple and out on the town. She however wished that her sister and her didn't need to be babysat. "Trina, are you enjoying yourself?" She asked.
Trina looked back at her and smiled. "I am." She answered and did a few spins in the water, moving around the fish, who followed her actions.
On the river a boat was coming into view before them. On it was four guards at each side of the boat. There was a large chair with the pharaoh sitting with two guards next to him.
Hira stood from her spot on the ground and bowed to the boat from respect, but noticed from the corner of her eye that her sister had not noticed. "Trina, it's the king." She stated, which caused the girl to stop short in her childish act and look out across the water.
Trina bowed to the boat respectfully and then turned back to her sister. "Thanks." She stated before laughing and looking down. "Stop guys, that tickles." She whispered to the fish and they began to distance themselves from her legs. She leaned down and cupped her hands together gathering water, and a tiny fish. She lifted her hands from the water, not allowing of the water to slip from her hands as the fish swam in circles. "Look at the baby Hira."
Hira looked out to see the boat was down the river by now, before she smiled and stepped into the water and stood next to her sister, peering at the baby in her hands. "It's so small." She commented.
Trina bent down to release the fish but before she reached the water the sounds of swords clanging together caused her to jump in shock, making her drop the fish. "What was that?" She asked.
Hira grabbed Trina's hand and dragged her out of the water, where they saw their guard fighting off two thieves.
"Run young misses." Their guard yelled to them.
Hira and Trina took off running along the path of the Nile until a new clearing came to view. They started up the path when Trina looked back to the river to see the pharaoh's boat speeding back toward the palace. "The pharaoh is-" She didn't get to finish her comment as a scream came from ahead of them. The town was under attack by thieves. "Hira what's going on?" Trina asked.
"I don't know - I didn't see this!" Hira answered.
A man turned to them with an evil grin. "You're mine!"
Trina pulled Hira into the town, the two of them running though the townspeople, who were getting robbed, beaten, and killed. Trina pulled her sister down an alley in-between the buildings. This lead them out of the town and into part of the desert were they were still being chased.
Hira tripped, dragging her sister with her. The girls looked behind them to see a thief gaining on them, but a man on a horse jumped on him. "Keep running girls!" He yelled as he began to fight.
Trina helped her sister back up before they both ran a little farther into a field of wheat near the riverbank.
"Wait- I saw something." Hira stated, she stretched her arm out and pointed to a small clay hut. It was hidden quite well in the wheat. "Maybe we can hide in there." She stated.
The two of them entered the hut, only to find a stairway that lead down. "I wonder where it goes." Trina whispered.
The two of them didn't have long to think about it as they heard voices coming closer to them. "I swear I saw them run into these wheat fields."
Hira and Trina raced down the steps, which lead them into an underground cave area. It was lit with fire torches on the walls. "Where are we?" Hira whispered.
"It seems I have some intruders here." A male voice spoke out from the shadows.]
Sahirah shot up from her bed. 'What the hell?' She looked at her library books on the bed and was shocked to see a heavy looking one open. 'Wait - I know this book.' This was the book that disappeared from her in the library - but how did it get here? At the moment she didn't care, she leaned over and looked at the pages, and there it was in black lettering. The page was describing the day when the town was invaded by a band of thieves.
A knock came on her door. "Sahirah."
She jumped, startled. "Yeah?"
Seto opened the door. "It's dinner time. Do you know where Katrina is?" He asked.
"Oh right - she went to Marik's. I'll call and see if she's coming home soon." She answered him.
"Okay, see you in the kitchen." He closed the door behind him as he left.
Sahirah grabbed her phone and called Katrina's phone but she didn't answer. 'Maybe she can't hear it.' She thought to herself before calling Marik.
"Oh hello Marik. Is Katrina still there? I want to talk to her." She looked back to her books. 'Wait! Where did that book go?' She asked herself as she looked under the other books. "Oh she's in the bathroom. Well can you ask her if she's coming home soon?" Sahirah asked as she got on her knees and checked the floor, and under the bed. 'Where did it go?!' She growled mentally. She wanted to look at that page again. "Oh - okay. Tell her not to stay out too late." She stated as she hung the phone up. 'Why does this book keep disappearing?'
Marik hung the phone up and looked over to his friend. "Katrina lied." He sighed.
Ryou blinked twice and looked at him. "Oh?"
"She told Sahirah that she was here. And, well, that was Sahirah asking if she was still here." Marik stated. "So who wants to go on a hunt with me?"
Ryou stayed seated on the couch.
Marik frowned at him and sighed. "Get up, let's go. There's an upset Katrina and a psychotic boy on the loose."
Ryou looked at Marik and raised a brow. "How exactly do you plan to find Katrina this time? I'm sure she's not going to be sitting in the beach park again. That would be too easy, we're not going to find her there this time."
Marik gave him an 'are-you-really-that-dense' look. "We're going to use your ring - duh."
Ryou's eyes widened. "I'm not sure if that's such a great idea. Plus it finds items, not people."
"I'm sure if you put your mind to it - then it will find anyone it wants."
Sure enough when Ryou thought hard enough about the girl the points of his ring began to glow and point off in one direction. "Uh... that way." He pointed the same way the ring was.
"Good enough!" Marik stated as they walked out of the house.
The ring had led them to a dance club. The music was loud and there were multicolored lights flashing out of the windows.
"You don't expect me to go in there do you?" Ryou asked.
Marik sighed and looked at his friend. "No I guess not. Don't worry I'll take it from here. I'll let you know how it goes." He stated as he walked toward the door.
A girl sat on a stool at a small table at the door. "It's gonna be five dollars to get in. And I'll need to see an I.D if you're going to be drinking." She stated as she placed down her book.
"No drinking for me." Marik stated as he handed her the money.
"Okay, I need your hands then." She stated as she grabbed a black marker. "I need to mark you so you can't attempt to get liquor." She added as she drew a black 'X' on the back of both his hands.
"Okay, thanks." Marik stepped into the room, which was overflowing with girls and guys of all ages dancing to the music. 'Maybe this is how she wanted to clear her head.' He thought to himself as he walked through the crowd of dancers, looking for Katrina. Some girls tried to get him to dance with them but he ignored them and kept moving.
One girl jumped over to him and grabbed his arm. "Hey cutie - wanna dance?"
"Sorry - I'm looking for someone."
"Oh, who's that?"
"My friend- my girlfriend." He lied, he really didn't need some girl to stalk him around thinking that she could hit on him.
"What does she look like?" She girl yelled over the music.
"Black hair to her shoulders and blue eyes. She's a little shorter than me." He answered.
"Ha!" She laughed. "If you're talking about who I think you're talking about - well then honey you're girl has been hit on all night by this one guy. I saw her at the bar with him. Maybe she's not as faithful as you thought - but I think I can be a better choice for you anyway." She tried to press herself against him.
Marik pushed her slightly away from him. "No thanks."
"Fine, you're probably a loser anyway." She stated before walking off in search of someone else.
Katrina sat on a stool at the bar. The guy who originally was keeping her company and buying her drinks had left her twenty minutes ago. He proved to be a good drinking buddy. He challenged her to have five shots of Double Cross Vodka, which was disgusting. Then they both had two shots of Patron which was tequila. At the moment the bartender was passing her a mixed drink of Kahluha and Bailey's Irish Creame. It was sweet and she liked it more than she thought she would. She almost laughed at the tender for not questioning her age. Of course she had a fake I.D she got in the states - but he didn't even card her. All she did was place a glass on the bar that she found on one of the tables and bam! She had service.
A girl walked to the bar and ordered a drink before laughing at the boy with her.
Katrina rolled her eyes but watched the bartender make the drink.
He placed a glass on the counter and put three shots of water in it. He then grabbed a spoon with holes in it and placed a sugar cube on it. He poured something in the shot glass and then poured the shot glass contents over the sugar cube.
Katrina finished her drink and then she turned to the bartender. "What's that?" She asked.
"Oh this - this is an absinthe. It's called Lucid - it's really strong so it's diluted with water."
"Can I get one of those?" She asked.
"Sure - one moment darling." The man smiled at her.
Once Katrina had her new drink she took a sip and that guy wasn't kidding. It was strong - she could taste it and almost choked on it.
The girl next to her laughed at a joke and lost her balance, hitting Katrina's hand, making her spill her drink a little. "Watch it bitch." The girl glared at Katrina as she pushed her blonde curly hair out of her face.
Katrina raised a brow. "You're the slut who bumped into me."
"What the fuck did you just call me?" The girl screamed turning around to face Katrina.
"Slut." Katrina answered.
The girl slapped Katrina in the face. "You whore."
Katrina smirked and looked at the girl; she never understood why girls felt the need to call each other such names when they were fighting but Katrina was only stating the obvious. "Well you are."
The female screamed and grabbed Katrina's hair and started pulling it.
Marik pushed through the crowd and saw Katrina push a girl off of herself.
The blonde lashed at Katrina and knocked her over as she started slapping her.
Katrina kicked the girl off of her and then when the girl went to attack her again she punched her in the face, causing the blonde to stumble back.
Some guys grabbed onto both girls to keep them from each other.
"Let me at the bitch. I'll make her pay for hitting me." The blonde was struggling to get out of their arms.
"I'd like to see you try." Katrina yelled back, she wasn't struggling.
Marik made his way over to her. "I got it from here guys. Thanks for your help."
Katrina was shocked. "Marik? What the hell are you doing her?" She asked him.
"Oh honey I know I was late - but there is no need to be angry with me. Come on let's go." He gave her a look for her to play along with him.
She glared at him as the two guys holding her let Marik take her from them.
"You should really watch your girl a little better. She's had a few strong drinks - I won't be surprised if she gets sick on the way out." One of the guys said as a bouncer started making his way through the crowd.
Marik grabbed Katrina's arm and started pulling her though the crowd.
"Marik - let go. You're hurting me." She complained.
He ignored her and dragged her out of the building and started down the sidewalk back toward his house. He figured that Ryou left to go home, after all he was inside for quite some time.
"Marik! What. the. fuck?!" She growled as she ripped out of his grip.
He turned to her. "Would you mind telling me why the fuck you lied to Hira?" He yelled at her.
"I didn't want her to worry." She answered. "Wait - you didn't tell her I lied, did you?" She asked, eyes widening.
"No - I played along. But I should have told her. What the fuck were you thinking Kat? Drinking!" Marik glared at her.
She glared back. "I don't need to explain myself to you."
"Not this bullshit again."
"Fuck you. I tried."
"Tried? Tried what Kat? All I've seen you do is hide every time something bad happens." Marik growled at her.
"You wouldn't understand."
"You're right, I wouldn't, because you don't fucking tell anyone what's wrong. Drinking isn't going to answer your problems."
Katrina took a step back, slightly shocked, but she didn't let it show. Surely Marik was talking but it wasn't his voice that she heard.
"Drinking isn't going to answer your problems. Let me help you Kat. I want to help you. Please. I can't believe you let Mike and Tom talk you into getting drunk." Josuke stated as he bent down in front of her.
"Tom was against it in the beginning." She whispered.
"Oh Kat, please let me in." Josuke whispered softly as he reached out for her.
She threw himself into his arms.
"Are you even listening yo me?" Marik snapped.
She shook the memory away and looked at him, and then back down to the sidewalk. "My ghosts are gaining on me." She whispered.
He almost didn't hear her. "Then stop running."
"I can't. They're not pretty." She laughed pathetically.
Marik stepped closer to her and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him. "Whenever I get close, you push me away. Stop hiding from me. I'm tired of playing Hide and Seek."
She looked at him, her head was getting foggy from the drinks. "Marik, I promise you that's it better this way. Don't get close to me. Mike was right. I'll fuck everything up."
Marik glared at her. "You said it yourself - he had no idea what the fuck he was talking about."
"I was trying to fool myself. Just trust me."
"Stop being stupid. I'm your friend Katrina. I'm not here to pass judgment on you because of what happened or what you did in the past. I'm here because I care about you and I enjoy spending time with you. So you can try to push me away as much as you want but you might as well give up. I'm not going anywhere - I don't plan on it." He stated as he rested his forehead against hers.
"Not all people plan to leave. They just disappear one day." She whispered.
"I'm not disappearing." He whispered and she barely whispered his name before his lips covered her own.
The kiss was soft, and nothing more than lips being pressed together, but a whimper escaped Katrina's throat as her heart sped up dramatically, and then she felt as if it stopped for a moment and it actually hurt. It wasn't a bad hurt though and she knew it - it was just that she seemed to forget everything but remember everything at the same time.
Marik pulled back and looked at her. He blinked and then realized what he just did. "Shit - Kat, I'm sorry."
She opened her eyes and grabbed onto his shirt, to keep him from moving away. She was still trying to collect her thoughts and she wanted the moment to do that without the boy leaving her.
Josuke and Katrina were outside in the backyard of her house playing soccer. She had gotten the ball from him and was running to the goal when he tackled her to the ground.
"Josuke!" She whined. "This is soccer, not football!"
He laughed at her. "Opps."
She play slapped his arm in which lead to him playfully punching hers. This of course led to them play wrestling.
Josuke had her above his head, his arms were supporting her body and he went to slam her to the ground, which he did lightly. as he yelled 'power bomb'. He then leaned over her, and pinned her to the ground. "One... two... three. Dingdingding! And the crowd goes wild." He laughed.
"No fair - you counted too fast!" She growled at him as he stood up.
"Oh really now." He went to pin her again but instead of pinning her he kissed her right on the lips.
Her eyes grew wide. Sure she had strong feelings for the boy and yes they flirted all the time but this - this was new.
Josuke went to break the kiss but Katrina grabbed the back of his head and pulled him back to her, and she kissed him. Josuke ended that one too and whispered for her to be his girl.
She nodded her head, kissed his cheek, and that was the start of their relationship.
She always felt something when she was with Josuke, his kisses were amazing, every time his hands touched her arms and face she nearly melted. She loved him and she knew it. With Marik she couldn't say that she loved the boy. But she could say she loved who he was -- he was caring, and kind. He didn't put up with her bullshit but he did at the same time. She knew she felt something in that short kiss, and it was something she knew she couldn't ignore. "Don't leave." She whispered.
Marik looked at her, shocked. "Didn't you listen before?" He whispered back.
She looked up at him slightly confused.
"I'm not going anywhere." He stated and pulled her closer to him.
"I'm sorry. I'm a pain in the ass." She stated.
"Yeah, but for some reason I like you anyway." He laughed.
She smiled back at him. "I like you too." She went to pull back and stumbled in the process.
"You're drunk."
"Am not. Just a little tipsy." She corrected him.
"Tipsy my ass. Let's get you back to my house. I'm pretty sure Sahirah wouldn't like to see you like this. And I've even more sure that Seto would have my ass handed to me if I brought you home like this." He stated.
"Seto wouldn't hand you your ass. It's attached to your body. He'd have to cut it off to do that. I don't think Seto likes to cut off peoples' asses." Katrina stated smiling.
"Great you turn into a bigger wise guy when you drink." He rolled his eyes as they walked down the street.
After getting Katrina into bed, and making sure that she not only had water and Advil next to her bed, but also a garbage can too - he called Sahirah. "She wasn't feeling too good after dinner so I told her to spend the night in the guest room."
"Oh okay - thanks Marik." Sahirah stated before she got off the phone. She turned to Seto. "She staying at Marik's tonight. She wasn't feeling good." She stated.
Seto frowned and shook his head. "I'm taking her to a doctor if she gets sick again."
Sahirah smiled at him and nodded. "Okay - well, I'm going to bed. Night." She made her way to her room, Egypt following behind her. "I hope I don't trip over you again tomorrow." She stated to the dog. She climbed into bed and frowned at her pile of library books on the floor before turning off the light. She was determined to find that book tomorrow.
To be continued...
A/N: So what did you think?