Miss Depp: Is this a still a Marik/Kassidy fic? Of course…I wrote this because I was crazy about Marik in the first place, I'm not gunna change the story around completely! That would be insane…
Millennium asked: Is gunna really spelt that way? No it's not…I just am to…not lazy…just like to spell it my own way…if you're a writer, you'll understand that you aren't really into spelling as much as you are into telling the story…that's what's so great about story telling. When this story is all over, I'll probably go through and change the grammar…
Millennium asked: Is there such a thing as Calico hunters? No, I made them up for the sake of the fic…
Anime Lover asked: I'm surprised that Marik just walked off and let Kassidy go - I mean come on - Just do NOTHING? Well, Marik (in this story) is a character that wants to be the best and compete with the best. If he lets Kassidy go, then she will think of plans to try and out wit him, and he loves a challenge. If he keeps her there, what kind of challenge would that be?
DarkFlareKitsune asked: Will Kass and Marik be a couple again? See…this I can't tell you because it will ruin the ending, but I can tell you this…there will be a sequel.
SA SA Girl asked: Have you ever thought that you might be a professional writer someday? Actually, that is what I plan to be! I've always wanted to be a writer ever since I can remember! I love to write, I write all kinds of things since people always have different preferences. ^.^
Millennium asked: Marik's a little OC isn't he? If you mean the fact that he's a demon then yes, actually when I began this fic, I didn't think it would turn out that way, I didn't even think Kassidy was gunna become a demon slayer…lol. And he's attitude is kind of different then on the TV Show.
Millennium asked: How long till the end? A far way or not? I actually don't know how long it will be. My imagination has a mind of it's own so I'm not sure. If I am writing something on the computer, and I just get an idea, I put it down and see how it sounds. If I don't like it, I take it off, if I do, I keep it on.
Marikzgal4eva asked: He can change into anyone, Halcyon that is? O yes, he is a certain type of demon. Changing what he looks like confuses his enemy.
Lynx wings asked: Are you gunna bring the other Yu-Gi-Oh characters back in? Of course, especially toward the end, because Kassidy will need everyone's help!
Anime Lover asked: Can you PLEASE make your chapters longer? I would, you see, but it all determines around how much time I have, and how much I update. I like my chapters to sometimes be short and sometimes be long; I sometimes just don't have time to write a whole lot, especially with school up again.
Lynx wings asked: Will any of the Yami's show their faces? Yami Yugi would be interesting, and Yami Bakura would be so much fun. I think that I might have it either happen toward the end, or have it in the sequel.
Bubbleboo asked: Is Zev ever going to turn human? I don't know yet, you see, I'm having a sequel. I think it would almost be a shame to change Zev, only because everyone knows him as the cunning Irish wolf. If anything, I might wait until the sequel to change him.
Millennium asked: Doesn't he (Marik) live in the same neighborhood as her (Kassidy)? Now, Marik lives about three blocks away…well used to….you all know where he is now.
Lynx wings asked: Is Malik going to come in at anytime? Technically, he has, you know. He is evil now, he just kept his name, that's all.
Bubbleboo asked: Is she going to meet any of the other hunters? I don't think so. See, it all depends on if my imagination has a good thought to put them in there. If I do, it's not gunna be so big as to give them all names. I know it's kinda of confusing right now, but I've just had an idea answering this question.
KANDYKANE asked: Is there going to be a sequel? Like I said before, yes there will. I don't know exactly what it's about yet. I have the end of this one in my head, and I know the plot of the next one. I would tell you, but I haven't finished this one.
Parker Pea asked: Marik isn't going to die, is he? Probably the most asked question…I don't know, but keep this in mind (and this goes for all my reviewers) there will be a sequel. And if this story evolves around Marik and Kassidy, what's the next one going to evolve around?
WhiteFangKiche asked: I haven't seen any connections to the title. Why did you choose that title? Well, I chose this title, one because this story is all about opposites, or reversing. Suddenly the impossible becomes possible, or the forbidden becomes allowed. Starry Days aren't likely, right? Well it is, but not in the early sunny day. I mean, you don't look up in the middle of the day and say, 'Hey, look at all the beautiful stars.' Bright nights. Well imagine if we had bright days, nobody would be able to sleep right, because it would be to bright. So you see, the impossible suddenly becomes possible. Just like Demons suddenly become real in the story. Or how Kassidy can love Marik- the forbidden is suddenly allowed. So you see my point? The title relates to the objective of the story.
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And now the moment you've all been waiting for! Chapter 35:
Kassidy banged against the wall once more, like she had been for the past twenty minutes. Her waist had been cut deep during the fall, and her head had been sliced open as well. That didn't help the situation at all, mainly because she was loosing a lot of blood, and even if she was almost super human, she was still human, and she knew that if she lost to much blood she'd be in trouble. She turned back to Marik, who seemed to just be staring and not doing anything.
Kassidy grunted and glared at him. "This is all your fault!" She said and sat down on the dirty wet ground. Marik looked surprised and then he sent a glare to her.
"Why? You're the one that fell in! You just grabbed me!" He shot back. Kassidy furrowed her brow and turned her head away.
"So now it's all my fault? Right, that's rich! If you hadn't gotten me so upset-"
"I got you upset?!? What did I do?" Marik yelled. Kassidy looked at him dumbfounded. The first thing that came to her mind was not very nice, and she told him so. He stared at her in shock.
"That's right…you can't stand there and tell me you haven't done anything. I have lists, beyond lists of things. I have enough mental scars to last me years." She could feel tears coming to her eyes, but she held them back. Marik looked away, at the walls, the ground, the dripping pipes, anywhere but at the young female.
Squinting her eyes, she looked down at her cut and studied it. Bending down, she ripped some of her skirt off and tied the fabric tightly around her waist. It would hold the blood for a little while. She wiped the blood from her head and sighed, looking back at him. He was still concentrating on anything but her.
"How?" She asked out of the blue. Marik looked over and gave her a quizzical look. "How are you…I mean, how can you change? It…what made you?"
Marik sat down shaking his head. He sat directly across from Kassidy, and she pulled her knees to her. She almost looked like feeble little six-year-old, instead of sixteen. He sighed, and closed his eyes.
"I…I don't know. The last thing…" he looked up at her, "the last thing I remember was being chained up in Halcyon's torture chamber, after that, everything blacked out. It almost felt if I was dreaming everything that happened after that. Then, finally waking up in that room in the layer." Kassidy sighed, shaking her head.
"Wait…you think I'm stupid? Do you really expect me to believe that; after everything? You expect me to believe that you suddenly became good? You must think I'm an idiot." Kassidy told him. He didn't want to say it, but he did think she was being an idiot. It was the truth. He didn't know how to explain it any other way.
"I'm telling the truth," he whispered. Kassidy wanted to believe him, but he couldn't have just suddenly up and decided to be good, just like that? It was too easy. But…what if? She had based her job on being anything but easy. Why couldn't it be that easy?
"Lets say I believe you. What, did you just forget all that stuff you did?" She asked, thinking to herself that she was going to prove a point, just not knowing what it was. Marik shrugged.
"I was hoping it was just a dream, that's what it felt like…a…nightmare. A nightmare I couldn't get out of. It was like I was trapped behind glass, like a mime or something. I know you find it hard to believe, but…it's true." He told her. At this, she looked up at the top opening.
"I can't just forget everything Marik." She told him, thinking of Grace. He seemed to know what she was thinking too, because he nodded his head and looked up at her, with pathetic eyes. She was afraid to hold his gaze because she might get lost in his eyes forever.
"Marik?" She asked, suddenly thinking of something else. "What about the shot?" He looked at her confused. She shook her head. "The shot to keep you stable? The one that keeps your essence with you?" He furrowed his brow even more in confusion.
"Kassidy…my essence. It's not contained in any shot. It's not a liquid. It's not some medicine to keep me steady. My essence is me! It's mine…it lives in me." He told her, straight forward. She blinked once, then twice more.
"But you said…I mean…you said you missed your shot." She told him. He laid his head against the back wall, and sighed.
"It is true, I do go get a shot very month, but…not to keep my essence. It's to keep me from changing into demon form permanently. Every demon takes them, but I don't have to steal them. I get them straight from the counsel." He told her. She closed her eyes and rubbed her temples, getting a great headache.
"So…how…how did you turn evil?" She asked.
"Halcyon."
"I thought you said he was surprised to find you torturing one of his other prisoners."
"He was, but that doesn't mean he's the one that didn't make me the way I was." Marik told her. She eyed him.
"How?" She asked almost by force. She wasn't sure she wanted to know, but she had to.
"How he changed me…that I'm not sure of yet." He told her. She squinted her eyes at him in confusion.
"How can you not know?" She almost spat. He looked around.
"I don't know. I can't remember." He told her. She pulled her jacket closer to herself and sighed. She didn't think she'd get anymore out of him. He stared at her with guilt. "Kassidy, I'm sorry…for everything. Please believe me when I say that. If you don't trust anything else I've said, trust that."
She stared into nothing. Her mind was blank as she twirled her thumbs.
"Sorry…" She repeated with almost a snicker. Then she looked up at him with a look of anger, fear, sadness, and confusion. "Sorry? Sorry? You're sorry? Now? Now, after Grace is dead? After you nearly starved my sister and got her sicker? After you beat Zev senseless? Now you are? I must say, your timing sucks Marik." She spat furiously. "You have no idea what you've done to me. I'm sixteen, and already I've had to practically grow up."
He quivered and closed his eyes. She stood, barely. He would have rushed to help her, but feared she might hit him.
"Marik…my parents are dead. Grace is dead. Lydia and Pete are dead. Jesse is almost dead. She'll probably never forget what you've done. I'll never forget." She whispered that last sentence to herself and nearly burst into a stream of tears, but held back. Marik was speechless for what seemed like hours. The silence was disturbing, yet comforting too. He looked back at her with his eyes red and wet.
"You don't love me anymore…do you…" He more made a statement then asked an actual question, but Kassidy took it as one. The rain poured down through the opening in the ceiling where they fell. They were both soaked and cold, but burning with something that made them forget about it.
"I don't want to…but…" She looked back at him with those big emerald eyes. "Marik," she whispered, "I do. More than anything, but I don't. The things you've done…I could never forget. I forgive you, but I won't forget. There is one thing I want to forget though…"she paused and turned away. "Us."
Kassidy didn't turn to look at him, for fear she might see him hurt. His eyes would be full of sorrow that she just couldn't take. She also feared that if she looked at him he might be smiling or laughing, like the evil Marik would have done. No, instead she pitifully felt and scanned her eyes over her waistline. The blood had already soaked through the cloth, and it was getting heavy with dampness.
Feeling light headed, she leaned against the wall and put her hand to her head. Feeling the blood, she looked at her hand and started to shake. Her whole body was burning up, even with the rain.
"There you are!" Was the last thing she heard, before blacking out.