(PART 1. The beginning part of the chapter)
"Hey you!" Malik shouted at the desolate figure, but Yami Malik was gone in a flash. Meanwhile Young Malik was having a fit. He was chanting Egyptian and cowering in the space between the roots of the tree.
"Umm, Malik, I think there's something wrong with him," Bakura said.
"There's nothing wrong with him, he's just scared. I wouldn't blame him," Malik replied and pulled Young Malik out of the tree roots and stood him upright. "Don't worry, he's gone..."
"But what about Anzu?" Bakura mentioned.
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The group continued walking until they found a huge maple tree with a shadowy figure leaning against it, laughing evilly. His eyes were almost glowing and his laughter pierced the forest air.
"Wh-what is that?"
"It's a person, Jounochi, an evil person," Honda said shakily and the laughing turned to malevolent snickering.
"Who's there?" Yugi said cautiously.
"I'm Malik," the Yami said.
"Malik!" Isis yelled jubilantly and skipped over to him. Yami Malik held out an arm and she stopped.
"Where is this...Anzu...person?" Yami Malik said ignoring his worried sister.
"I-I-I'm Anzu..." she muttered quietly and stepped forward to reveal herself almost unwillingly.
"Hmm, Malik said that you thought they would be causing havoc together, Malik and Bakura that is," Malik teased and stepped out of the shadows toward Anzu.
"But aren't you Mal-"
"I'm the one asking the questions!" Yami Malik roared.
Anzu nodded and answered, "Yes, I did say that...but..."
"There are no 'buts' when you're talking to me," Yami Malik said and pulled out his Millennium Rod. Before Yugi could do anything (meaning go to Yami), Yami Malik whacked Anzu on the head, making her unconscious, and disappeared.
Anzu fell to the ground with a thump and Yugi ran and knelt beside her.
'Why would Malik do that?' Yugi thought.
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"With that Yami of yours on the loose, who knows what the world will come to," Bakura said and sighed.
"Yeah I know, but how do we stop it?" Malik asked.
"How would I know, my Yami never became real likes yours," Bakura said, "We should go find him, and at least try to put an end to him."
At that remark Young Malik instantly clung to Malik's arm.
"Don't leave me here for him to get me!" Young Malik yelled, frightened of what might come.
Malik looked at Bakura for help and saw him nod. "We won't leave you here, you can come with us."
"Really? Oh yay! Will you protect me?" Young Malik asked looking up at Malik.
"If you're just me as a kid, then, do you know how to use the Millennium Rod?" Malik said and conjured his out of mid-air.
Young Malik looked at the shiny gold object for a while as if he was in a trance. "I have that!" he quietly yelled abruptly, as if breaking out of the trance, and his Millennium Rod appeared out of nowhere.
"Umm, two Millennium Rods? Isn't that a bit odd?" Bakura questioned and tilted his head.
"Three, to be more precise," said a quiet voice from behind them.
"Three?! I thought I had the only one!" Malik said without even turning around.
"And you do have the only one. Remember Malik, these visions ARE you, and that means that they have a Millennium Rod too," the voice replied back.
"Ohh, that makes a little sense, but how do you know three?" Malik asked.
"Ahh...your stupid Yami came and bopped Anzu on the head. She's unconscious now, and Yami Malik is nowhere to be found, I don't even know which direction he went, or else I'd have followed him instead of going looking for you two," the voice spoke, more irritated than before.
"But how did you find us?" Malik inquired, still asking questions and not bothering to find out who the person behind him is.
"Hello?!?! Where has your brain gone? Don't tell me it went with your Yami," She said and turned Malik around by grabbing onto his shoulder and turning him.
"Zara?! What are you doing here?!" Malik said as his eyes opened wide, astonished to see her.
Zara shook her head, making her blondish hair swish, "First of all making yourselves invisible didn't stop me from hearing you, second that younger you was screaming half-way across the forest, how could I not know where you were, third I-"
"OK, OK, we understand...and I guess now you want us to go back to the group?" Bakura said walking slowly but not cautiously over to Zara.
"No! They'd think that it was this Malik that knocked Anzu out, and I don't think they'd believe that there are three Maliks," she replied. She felt a tug on her shirt.
"Miss Zara I'm hungry, and Malik is "thinking hard about this" so I didn't bother to ask him. Can we go get some food?" Young Malik said while looking up at Zara.
"Sure, I'll run over to Yugi and tell him I'm going into town. Meet me...on the Pier, we can get something to eat there," she said and without waiting for a reply she ran off in the direction of the other group, her dark clothes blending in with the forest while she jumped over roots, bushes and dead tree branches. "See ya later!"
"OK!" Malik yelled after her, "We should head over to the Pier now, and if any stranger asks who you are, you're my younger brother," Malik said after bending down to talk to the younger version of himself.
"OK..." Young Malik replied back.
"Or just let us do the talking. That always works, doesn't it?" Bakura said and looked around wondering which way to go.
"Maybe..." Malik said and saw Bakura looking around, "We don't know what way to go, right?"
"Exactly. I guess we're lost, maybe. Err, we could go back to that clearing and I might remember which direction..." Bakura said and turned towards the way they came. Meanwhile Young Malik was looking at the sky.
"What direction is the beach?" Young Malik asked.
"We're on the eastern coast." Bakura answered easily.
"And we need to go to the Pier which is on the water," Young Malik said to himself.
"What are you saying?" Malik inquired.
"The sun rises in the east, so in order to get to water, we need to go..." Young Malik stated and looked up at the sky once more, "...that way!" Young Malik pointed to left.
"Are you sure?" Malik asked.
"Well, once we get to the beach we can find the Pier. Zara probably thought we would be lost so she chose an easy to find place," Bakura said and started walking toward where Young Malik had pointed.
"What kind of fools does she take us as?!" Malik yelled, following Bakura and Young Malik.
"Uhhh, I don't know," Bakura said and laughed.
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Zara continued to run through the forest until she met up with the other group. Anzu had woken up, obviously because Yami Malik was just toying with them. Honda noticed Zara come up.
"Hey it's Miss 'I'm gonna go find Malik and tell him to stop hurting innocent people,' where have you been? And why didn't you bring Malik?" Honda asked trying to be polite and annoying at the same time.
"Shut up Honda. Yugi, I'm gonna go into town. I'm tired of looking for Malik and Bakura. They probably noticed we're here anyway and went somewhere else. OK?" Zara asked, being frustrated with Honda being stupid and Jounochi laughing even more stupidly behind Honda. Sometimes it was hard to lie for her, but now was an exception.
"Sure Zara! If you see Malik or Bakura, make sure you don't let them run away again," Yugi said. He was the "leader" of the search party, although Isis came up with the idea.
"You know they're not animals Yugi...bye!" Zara said and then she turned around and headed toward the ocean.
To be continued cause it got cut off...
"Hey you!" Malik shouted at the desolate figure, but Yami Malik was gone in a flash. Meanwhile Young Malik was having a fit. He was chanting Egyptian and cowering in the space between the roots of the tree.
"Umm, Malik, I think there's something wrong with him," Bakura said.
"There's nothing wrong with him, he's just scared. I wouldn't blame him," Malik replied and pulled Young Malik out of the tree roots and stood him upright. "Don't worry, he's gone..."
"But what about Anzu?" Bakura mentioned.
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The group continued walking until they found a huge maple tree with a shadowy figure leaning against it, laughing evilly. His eyes were almost glowing and his laughter pierced the forest air.
"Wh-what is that?"
"It's a person, Jounochi, an evil person," Honda said shakily and the laughing turned to malevolent snickering.
"Who's there?" Yugi said cautiously.
"I'm Malik," the Yami said.
"Malik!" Isis yelled jubilantly and skipped over to him. Yami Malik held out an arm and she stopped.
"Where is this...Anzu...person?" Yami Malik said ignoring his worried sister.
"I-I-I'm Anzu..." she muttered quietly and stepped forward to reveal herself almost unwillingly.
"Hmm, Malik said that you thought they would be causing havoc together, Malik and Bakura that is," Malik teased and stepped out of the shadows toward Anzu.
"But aren't you Mal-"
"I'm the one asking the questions!" Yami Malik roared.
Anzu nodded and answered, "Yes, I did say that...but..."
"There are no 'buts' when you're talking to me," Yami Malik said and pulled out his Millennium Rod. Before Yugi could do anything (meaning go to Yami), Yami Malik whacked Anzu on the head, making her unconscious, and disappeared.
Anzu fell to the ground with a thump and Yugi ran and knelt beside her.
'Why would Malik do that?' Yugi thought.
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"With that Yami of yours on the loose, who knows what the world will come to," Bakura said and sighed.
"Yeah I know, but how do we stop it?" Malik asked.
"How would I know, my Yami never became real likes yours," Bakura said, "We should go find him, and at least try to put an end to him."
At that remark Young Malik instantly clung to Malik's arm.
"Don't leave me here for him to get me!" Young Malik yelled, frightened of what might come.
Malik looked at Bakura for help and saw him nod. "We won't leave you here, you can come with us."
"Really? Oh yay! Will you protect me?" Young Malik asked looking up at Malik.
"If you're just me as a kid, then, do you know how to use the Millennium Rod?" Malik said and conjured his out of mid-air.
Young Malik looked at the shiny gold object for a while as if he was in a trance. "I have that!" he quietly yelled abruptly, as if breaking out of the trance, and his Millennium Rod appeared out of nowhere.
"Umm, two Millennium Rods? Isn't that a bit odd?" Bakura questioned and tilted his head.
"Three, to be more precise," said a quiet voice from behind them.
"Three?! I thought I had the only one!" Malik said without even turning around.
"And you do have the only one. Remember Malik, these visions ARE you, and that means that they have a Millennium Rod too," the voice replied back.
"Ohh, that makes a little sense, but how do you know three?" Malik asked.
"Ahh...your stupid Yami came and bopped Anzu on the head. She's unconscious now, and Yami Malik is nowhere to be found, I don't even know which direction he went, or else I'd have followed him instead of going looking for you two," the voice spoke, more irritated than before.
"But how did you find us?" Malik inquired, still asking questions and not bothering to find out who the person behind him is.
"Hello?!?! Where has your brain gone? Don't tell me it went with your Yami," She said and turned Malik around by grabbing onto his shoulder and turning him.
"Zara?! What are you doing here?!" Malik said as his eyes opened wide, astonished to see her.
Zara shook her head, making her blondish hair swish, "First of all making yourselves invisible didn't stop me from hearing you, second that younger you was screaming half-way across the forest, how could I not know where you were, third I-"
"OK, OK, we understand...and I guess now you want us to go back to the group?" Bakura said walking slowly but not cautiously over to Zara.
"No! They'd think that it was this Malik that knocked Anzu out, and I don't think they'd believe that there are three Maliks," she replied. She felt a tug on her shirt.
"Miss Zara I'm hungry, and Malik is "thinking hard about this" so I didn't bother to ask him. Can we go get some food?" Young Malik said while looking up at Zara.
"Sure, I'll run over to Yugi and tell him I'm going into town. Meet me...on the Pier, we can get something to eat there," she said and without waiting for a reply she ran off in the direction of the other group, her dark clothes blending in with the forest while she jumped over roots, bushes and dead tree branches. "See ya later!"
"OK!" Malik yelled after her, "We should head over to the Pier now, and if any stranger asks who you are, you're my younger brother," Malik said after bending down to talk to the younger version of himself.
"OK..." Young Malik replied back.
"Or just let us do the talking. That always works, doesn't it?" Bakura said and looked around wondering which way to go.
"Maybe..." Malik said and saw Bakura looking around, "We don't know what way to go, right?"
"Exactly. I guess we're lost, maybe. Err, we could go back to that clearing and I might remember which direction..." Bakura said and turned towards the way they came. Meanwhile Young Malik was looking at the sky.
"What direction is the beach?" Young Malik asked.
"We're on the eastern coast." Bakura answered easily.
"And we need to go to the Pier which is on the water," Young Malik said to himself.
"What are you saying?" Malik inquired.
"The sun rises in the east, so in order to get to water, we need to go..." Young Malik stated and looked up at the sky once more, "...that way!" Young Malik pointed to left.
"Are you sure?" Malik asked.
"Well, once we get to the beach we can find the Pier. Zara probably thought we would be lost so she chose an easy to find place," Bakura said and started walking toward where Young Malik had pointed.
"What kind of fools does she take us as?!" Malik yelled, following Bakura and Young Malik.
"Uhhh, I don't know," Bakura said and laughed.
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Zara continued to run through the forest until she met up with the other group. Anzu had woken up, obviously because Yami Malik was just toying with them. Honda noticed Zara come up.
"Hey it's Miss 'I'm gonna go find Malik and tell him to stop hurting innocent people,' where have you been? And why didn't you bring Malik?" Honda asked trying to be polite and annoying at the same time.
"Shut up Honda. Yugi, I'm gonna go into town. I'm tired of looking for Malik and Bakura. They probably noticed we're here anyway and went somewhere else. OK?" Zara asked, being frustrated with Honda being stupid and Jounochi laughing even more stupidly behind Honda. Sometimes it was hard to lie for her, but now was an exception.
"Sure Zara! If you see Malik or Bakura, make sure you don't let them run away again," Yugi said. He was the "leader" of the search party, although Isis came up with the idea.
"You know they're not animals Yugi...bye!" Zara said and then she turned around and headed toward the ocean.
To be continued cause it got cut off...