~Chapter Twenty-Seven~
Shaina's P.O.V
We get to the stadium and see all of our friends there with the Kaiba helicopter blimp waiting there. "Shaina and Shana! It looks like you can make it to the finals too! And it looks like Ryou made it with you…" Atem greets us. I notice that his smile falters when he sees Ryou.
"Hey look, someone else is coming!" Miho says. We all look over towards the entrance. Then, an Egyptian looking guy walks in. I can tell that I've seen him before, though I can't just put my finger on it.
(A/N: I forgot to mention in the chapter of Friends Til' The End Part 4, that Marik erased Shaina's memories of him, so she knows who Marik is, but she doesn't know what he looks like. Sorry!)
Though, Shana looks like the mixture of terrified and heartbroken at the same time. "Is there something wrong?" I ask her. Bakura looks guilty, and avoids looking t us. Huh…
The Egyptian boy goes up to us, and smiles. "Hey Joey, Tea, and Shana." He says. I notice that he eyed Shana especially. She looks away. "Eh, you know this guys?" I ask them. "Yeah! Shana introduced him to us! How did you escape the Rare Hunters Namu?" Tea says.
"It was just by pure luck. They panicked, and they completely forgotten about me, so I snuck out of the piers." Namu explains. He glances over to me. "And I see that you're the sister of Shana. I heard so much about you all over the city, not to mention, your sister! When we met, she was so friendly, we became instant friends!" he says, flashing me a smile. I manage to smile and shake his hand.
Somehow his smile doesn't seem…real. You can tell when a smile isn't genuine when the eyes don't crinkle up. Instead, his eyes seem dark, seems to hold secrets…
But I say just to be polite, "Anybody who's a friend of my sister is on my good side." He flashes another smile, and goes over to Shana. He slinks his arm around her. She glances over to me, and I see fright in her eyes. This is an all too familiar scene. And I didn't like it. I tapped Namu. "Eh, I think you're getting too close to my sister for comfort." I say, smiling, but firmly.
He nods. "Of course." He steps away, his eyes still on Shana. I glance over to her, and I see that her eyes are quivering with tears. "Shana…" I mutter. Just as I was about to ask her again what's wrong, Joey says, "Look! Another finalist!" A hooded cloaked figure comes in. It's Odion!
"State your name right now." Kaiba orders. "It is Marik." Odion replies icily. I know that he isn't Marik. Damn, the issue is, I don't know what Marik looks like anymore! "You're the one who hurt Shana, and putted Shaina in danger. You will pay dearly for that." Atem says, his eyes flashing with anger dangerously.
"Kaiba, don't tell me that you're going to let this guy in the finals!" I say, stealing a glance over to him. "Why not? He has an Egyptian God Card, so I won't disqualify him." he says smugly. I clench my fists. "Sometimes Kaiba, your pride will be your downfall." I say.
"Hmph, shut it Ofrancia. Just watch and listen to Roland." Kaiba says, rolling his eyes. We all turn to Roland. "Although your locater cards have brought you here, this is not the location for the finals. The actual tournament arena will be arriving here shortly." He explains. "How could something like that be brought to us?" Tristan wanders outloud.
"Oh, it's only because it's on a blimp. This stadium ain't big enough to hold his ego. Or maybe his head, I really can't tell the difference ever since seeing his giant head take up the whole screen." I say, smirking. Everybody laughs at that. Kaiba scowls. The blimp lands on the ground.
"Man, it is huge! Kaiba boy, you really out done yourself for a children's card game tournament, I mean c'mon, spending all of this money instead of donating to charity. Sham, sham, sham!" I say, giving him the shame sign. Joey and Tristan did so too. "Sham, sham, sham!" we all chorus.
"Shut it the three of you." Kaiba says, his ears slightly red. "Nyeh, Kaiba, are you blushing?! In the ears?! What a priceless moment!" Joey says, grinning. I take out my camera and snap a picture of Kaiba's blushing ears. "The hell?!" he roars.
I smile and wave it. "For special references in the future. I might even post it on the internet." Kaiba sputters, which we've seen him ever do. He then swirls around quickly, going into the blimp. "Yeah, that got the best of his ego!" I yell, my friends laughing.
Atem tries not to laugh so much and tries to scold me. "Shaina, you know better than that, if you attack his ego, he might turn red as a tomato in the face!" he says, chuckling. Then, everyone gets on the blimp.
"Haha, we're sky high! Looks like this is another thing off my bucket list. YOLO!" Joey shouts. We all groan and do a facepalm except Bakura and Atem. "Yolo?" Bakura asks, a little confused. I pat both of their shoulders. "This serves you a lesson. Don't scream yolo in public. It was lame and cheesy in the song, now it's just infuriating." I say.
"I don't get your fangled slang these days…" Atem says, scratching his head.
We all use our ID cards to get to our rooms. "Woah, this is luxury!" I say, looking out of the window.
A/N: I'm sorry, I'm switching P.O.V's, my transitions are horrible, but just go with it! XD
Shana's P.O.V
I shakingly go inside my room, remembering my encounter with Marik. Shaina doesn't seem to remember what he looks like…I just felt so helpless with him smiling and touching me in front of my sister. I never before felt so afraid and vulnerable. I remember what Marik said through my head, when he put his arm around me.
If you reveal my identity to your friends or sister, I swear that I will kill them. And I will get your sister first, and your friends will never know who murdered her. His words echo in my head, like venom. If I want to keep them safe, I have no choice but to not say anything. I feel so alone…
