Happy New Year everyone! This will be my last chapter for 2012! Heh...I bet some of you freaked when I said last chapter...well don't worry! This isn't the last chapter! But I will say this...we are getting close.
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! is not mine! And it will never ever be! It belongs the the amazing man, Kazuki Takahashi!
Ryou sat at the lunch table with his brother, who seemed to be glaring at his food. The smaller teen raised an eyebrow as he looked around, seeing that the two Ishtar's weren't anywhere to be seen.
He looked back toward Bakura "Hey, Kura, do you know where Marik is? Because after class Melvin just said he had to go see someone and just rushed out the…" he faded out as he could see Bakura glaring at him, obviously pissed off about something.
Ryou's seen him like this before, when he's so mad that he refuses to speak to anyone and doesn't even say what's wrong. The smaller teen quickly started eating, trying to look away from Bakura.
As he was eating he started thinking about that history teacher in the first lesson "Who was she?" he thought "She has the same last name as Marik and Melvin, but Ishtar isn't a very common name in Japan…in fact, it's not common at all. Could she be related to them?" he looked up to see Bakura still glaring at his food.
Ryou sighed and dropped his fork "Alright Kura, what's wrong?" Bakura's head shot up like lightening, and he glared cold, hard daggers at his brother. Ryou's face seemed to pale, it felt like Bakura was glaring right into his soul. Ryou looked back down to his food "S-sorry for asking" he stuttered, hoping Bakura would look back down.
The small Brit suddenly felt a hand pat him on the head "Hey there my little toy, sorry to keep you waiting" Melvin smirked, sitting down next to him. Ryou smiled, glad that someone else was sitting down at the table.
He then saw Marik walk around the table and sit next to Bakura, Ryou noticed his brother seemed to have clenched his fist.
The smaller blonde smiled sweetly at Ryou "Sorry, we got held up with something"
Ryou smiled "Oh no! That's okay! Kura and I don't mind!" Melvin snatched up an apple from the smaller Brit's tray, making Ryou jump. He then turned toward Melvin to see the teen smirking "Melvin! Give it back!" he complained, trying not to yell.
Melvin held it up above his head, smirk widening "Come and get it" he snickered.
As Ryou and Melvin started fighting over the apple, Marik sighed and looked next to him, eyes widening at Bakura's expression. The teen looked like he was moping, but he also looked like he was going to explode with rage. Bakura's brown eyes were sharply narrowed, and his jaw was tightly clenched.
As Marik was about to talk to the white haired teen, he heard Ryou ask "By the way, do you guys know that history teacher we had from before?"
Marik looked toward him and smiled "Uh…well" he looked toward his brother, giving him a pleading look.
Melvin just rolled his eyes "Yes, we do know her, she's our Onee san"
Ryou's eyes widened "Wh-what?! But you told me your Oto san took her away!" Marik's eyes widened, staring at Melvin with a questioning look.
The taller Egyptian shrugged "What? I told him! It's no big deal, is it?"
Marik sighed, looking down at the table "Well…I did tell Bakura" he admitted.
Bakura thought back to that moment when Marik had told him about his sister, when Marik had kissed him...
Bakura suddenly stood up, slamming his hands down on the table.
The three sitting at the table all jumped in shock, then looked up at him. Bakura pushed his tray away, grabbed his bag and walked off saying "I'm not hungry" without looking back.
Melvin looked at him with a raised eyebrow "What the hell is his problem?" he questioned, turning back around to his brother.
Marik looked at the Brit walking off and sighed.
He then stood up "I'll go talk to him, I think it's just because I woke him up, uh…none too pleasantly" he said, quickly grabbing his bag and jogging after him.
Ryou and Melvin both gave each other a confused look, then both sighed "I will never understand those two" Melvin said, playing with one of his blonde bangs.
Ryou nodded in agreement, then started twiddling his thumbs together "Hey, Melvin…if I tell you something about Marik that, well….you probably won't like, please don't get mad or do anything violent" he pleaded.
The Egyptian gave him a confused look "…and where exactly is this conversation heading?" he asked, eyes narrowed at the Brit.
Ryou sighed and turned his upper body to face Melvin "Well…I feel like I should tell you this" he said, hesitating slightly before continuing "…Akefia told me that, well, he told me he saw…"
Melvin raised an eyebrow "Told you that he saw what?"
Ryou took a deep breath, placing his hands flat on his lap "…Akefia told me he saw Marik and Bakura kissing" he quickly said, looking up at Melvin.
The Egyptian's eye seemed to be twitching, his hand clenched into a fist "Wh-wh-wh-" he stuttered. Melvin then suddenly stood up "WHAT?!" he yelled out, making the whole cafeteria go silent "I'M GOING TO KILL THAT BASTARD FOR TOUCHING MARIK!" Ryou seemed to blush of embarrassment, everyone was staring at them.
The Brit looked up at him "Melvin, you said you wouldn't do anything violent" he said calmly. Melvin frowned and sat back down, fists still clenched. Ryou smiled at him "Besides, you kiss me, um…a lot, and if Bakura finds out he will get incredibly mad, then you two will get into a fight. So if you think about it, this is good! Because we have something to defend ourselves with!" he said cheerfully.
Melvin stared at Ryou, seeing the Brit smiling, making his mouth twitch into small smile "…I guess you're right, as always" he mumbled.
…
When Marik was out of sight from Ryou and his brother, he started running down the hall
"BB, where are you? Please don't be mad at me" he thought, turning a corner to see Bakura.
Marik smiled and ran up to him, grabbing his shoulder "BB! Are you okay? I didn't mean to-" he was suddenly cut off as a pale hand wrapped itself around his neck and slammed him against the lockers, making a loud crashing sound. The blonde look into brown eyes, seeing they were filled with rage "B-BB? Please don't-"
"Don't fucking call me BB again! I don't know what you are doing, I don't know what your little game is, but you're ruining my reputation! Ever since you've been around people think I've gone all soft, that I'm easily hurt, so piss off! You can go back to your Oto sans tonight! You and your fucking pervert of a brother! Just leave me alone! I don't want to see your fucking face again!" he yelled, cutting the blonde off.
Marik grabbed the hand that was wrapped around his neck "G-game? What are you talking about?! I wouldn't want to do anything to you! I wouldn't want to hurt you! You're my friend!"
Bakura's hands tightened, making Marik choke "Hurt me?" he hissed, glaring at the blonde. The Brit then let go of the tanned neck, brown eyes slightly softened "…you already did" he whispered.
It then went quiet and Marik, at that moment, could swear he saw Bakura's eyes watering up. Bakura then sharply turned away from him, walking down the hall, not even glancing back.
When Bakura was out of sight Marik could feel his throat go dry and his vision start to blur. He then slammed his back against the lockers, groaning aloud in frustration. He slid to the ground, eyes squeezed shut, letting the tears fall down his face. He put his hands over his eyes and started sobbing loudly, not caring if anyone heard.
He started shaking, shaking with rage, and looked down at his bag. He yelled out in frustration and threw it across the hall, letting all the books scatter across the floor, hearing the loud noise it made.
He then heard the clacking of shoes and dug his head in his hands, sobbing again. He could hear the footsteps clearly now, listening as whoever it was made their way up to him. The blonde didn't dare to look up, hoping the person would just pass by.
Marik jumped slightly as he felt a hand lightly touch his shoulder, he looked up to see Ishizu smiling down at him, concern in her eyes. She helped him up and wiped away a tear from his eye "I heard something slam on the floor and walked over here, but I didn't expect to see you crying" she muttered calmly.
More tears started to flow from Marik's eyes, and he dug his head into his sisters shoulder "Onee san! Can Melvin and I stay with you?" he said between sobs. Ishizu nodded, making Marik sob louder "I'm so happy you're back, I need your help, I don't know what to do!"
Ishizu lightly pushed him off and looked into his eyes "Tell you what, how about I take you home now? I don't know what's going on, but it looks like you won't survive the rest of the day. We'll go to the principal's office and make up some excuse to her about why you can't stay, then I'll drive you home. Does that sound good?"
Marik nodded, rubbing away his tears with his sleeve. He then bent down and picked up his books, putting them into his bag with Ishizu's help.
He followed her to the principal's office, looking at the floor with watery eyes
"…what am I going to do?"
Awwww poor Marik, wonder what will happen? You'll just have to wait!
Thanks for reading!