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Chapter 11 - Broken but determined -

Yami pointed the rod at Marik, "You've been a very bad boy Marik, haven't you?" he teased

Marik looked up at Yami in fear, "Stop this Yami!" he cried not knowing what else to say "You can't kill me! We are bound. The same Evil runs through your veins as mine!"

"You think that I would throw myself at you just because I'm evil?" Yami laughed "Then you are mistaken."

"You won't kill me." Marik said

Yami narrowed his eyes, "What makes you so sure?" he asked

"You wouldn't." Marik replied

Yami smirked, "wouldn't I kill you? Watch me!" he said (A/N: where have we heard that before?)

Marik backed away from Yami as a approached him until his back hit the wall and he couldn't go no thither.

"My hunters!" Marik cried "Where are you?"

Yami chuckled, "Coward, you dear rare hunters have forsaken you." He said

Marik gasped, "You can't do this!" he shouted "You won't!"

Yami snarled at him, "Do you know how much pain you caused me!?!" he cried

"You haven't got a clue, have you? You bastard! I feel so dirty because of you! So disgusting...And now your telling me I can't kill you?"

Marik just stared at him in fear,

"But now I see that your the disgusting and revolting one! But you feel nothing, no guilt, no nothing! I pity you, you did all this to get my power and now your the one who will be tortured by the darkness! You will now suffer torment every second of your life. Just like me.

I may have your blood in my veins but I can fight it for it is weak, just like you. Forever in death or life you will see and feel my pain because you are right, we are bound and you will always be haunted by my words and pleas to you that you ignored that night.

Although I am broken, I am still determined but you, your not, your just broken." Yami said

Marik smirked when he saw Yami's tears, thinking he had won, "Your not going to kill me?" he asked

"No." Yami stated "I'm not evil."

With those words said something strange happened,

Yami felt something leaving him, something that had been haunting him for ages.

Black shadows moved away from Yami and came into Marik.

Marik cried out as the voices started chanting in his head.

It was all to much for Marik to handle, falling to his knees he screamed "NO! PLEASE, NO!"

Before fainting on the floor.

Yami put the rod back on his belt and grabbed the millennium puzzle off Marik.

He ran to Yugi's body and put the puzzle back around the neck it belonged to, it glowed and Yugi opened his eyes to find himself in Yami's arms.

Yugi gasped, "Yami?" he asked

Yami smiled down at him, "Yugi! Your okay!" he cried

"But Yami, your crying." Yugi said

"Tears of joy, Aibou! Tears of joy!" Yami replied hugging Yugi tightly

Yugi returned the embrace, "Oh Yami, I was so worried and scared." Yugi sobbed into Yami's chest.

Yami pattered Yugi's back and whispered comforting words in his ear, "shh little one, it's okay now." He whispered "I'm here, your safe."

"Yami....there's something I've got to tell you," Yugi began, looking up at Yami

"Yes Aibou, what is it?" Yami asked

Yugi opened his mouth to answer, when Bakura burst through the door, "Hurry!" he cried "This place is gonna blow!"

Yami looked at Bakura, "Bakura?" he asked in surprise

Bakura actually looked scared, "One of those crazy rare hunters has made an earth quake! The whole place is gonna go down! We have to get out." He explained

Yami and Yugi followed Bakura out to the corridor, running down the hall Yami suddenly remembered something.

He stopped, the place was shaking now and bits of stone were flying everywhere.

Bakura and Yugi stopped and looked at Yami, "What the hell have you stopped for!?" Bakura yelled

"I have to go back, I can't leave Malik. I promised I'd come back and get him!" Yami cried

"it's to late Yami!" Bakura shouted "we're running out of time. We have to go!"

Yami thought for a moment, "No! get Yugi out of here, I have to get Malik!" he replied

"Are you crazy?" Bakura yelled

"Just go!" Yami ordered

Yugi grabbed Yami's arm, "No Yami, I can't lose you again." He cried

Yami looked at Yugi sadly, "You wont lose me again, I promise." He said "Just go with Bakura and get out, I'll follow as soon as I get Malik."

Yugi nodded, "okay." he said "but hurry!"

Yami nodded back and glanced at Bakura who also nodded.

Yami turned, waved and ran back down the corridor.

"I love you..." Yugi whispered to himself as Bakura grabbed his arm and pulled him the opposite way.

End chapter ~

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