Chocobo anime: I still don't own yugioh

Malik: and she's very depressed about it

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(Malik's POV)

I woke up to a bright white light. Too bright actually. Am I in heaven?! Did I die? Seriously, did I really drown? I sat up as my eyesight returned to normal and realized that I was in a hospital room. I soon found out that I was shivering, even though I was under piles of blankets.

"Hey, Malik, are you okay?" asked a voice coming from my right.

I turned to come face to face with these HUGE purple circles. I got freaked a little, so I jumped back thanks to my reflexes. I was then able to see what I've been looking at. It was Yugi, looking at me with his unbelievably large eyes. They were the size of whole head! Literally! The only thing on his head besides the eyes that you could see was his hair. But still, how much I bet you that Yugi's hair and eyes made up over fifty percent of his whole body.

"Malik, Are you feeling okay?" He repeated. (kind of)

"Yea"

I then noticed that Ryou was missing. I asked Yugi about this.

"Oh, well, he has hypothermia...he's in a different room right now"

"Oh. What happened?"

"You mean you don't remember?!?!"

"No, not really."

Yugi looked like he was going to pounce on me as he said this.

"You seriously don't remember?! YOU SAVED MY LIFE! AS WELL AS RYOU'S! YOU ACTUALLY CARED ENOUGH TO JUMP IN THE POOL TO SAVE OUR LIVES!!!!! HOW COULD YOU FORGET?!?!"

"Wait, but I don't remember making it to the pool's edge."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I blacked out"

"No you didn't, you DID make it to the edge!"

"But about half way from where you were and to the pool's edge, I DID black out"

"No, about half way from where you were and to the pool's edge, you started to swim faster than I thought you could!"

"But I don't..remember.. never mind. What were you guys doing in the pool anyways?"

"Somebody grabbed us and threw us in. Literally threw us in."

"Who?"

"I don't know. It was too dark to see. The only thing about him that was familiar was this hooded sweater."

"Oh. Why did the pool have any water in it?"

"It's Seto Kaiba's private pool-"

"Like Kaiba doesn't have anything that's not private"

"ANYways, it's Seto Kaiba's pool, and he got that thing installed. You know, that thingie in where it controls the water temperature. You know what I'm talking about?"

"I think, maybe."

"It's not finished yet, Kaiba was planning to make it an indoor pool so that he could control the temperature of the room too. Still, for some reason, the water was freezing! I guess the person that wanted to try to kill us off turned the water temp really cold."

"Why didn't you two just swim out?"

"We tried to, but Ryou doesn't know how to swim. He's scared of the water for some reason."

"You mean he's aqua phobic?"

"Yeah. We couldn't swim anyways, it was too hard since the water was so cold."

"Oh."

**2 days later after everybody gets out of the hospital, Malik's house, Malik's POV**

I stood outside the building that was titled 'My Home' and opened the door. As quietly as I could, I went upstairs into what was supposed to be 'My Room'. Too bad it's not, it's my yami's. And speaking of whom...

I laid my bookbag on the floor right next to my door. As soon as I did, a dark shadow revealed itself. Before I was able to see it, I sensed it. It was Marik, ready to throw me out the window or something. This time was different though, he was actually mad at me for some reason. All the other times he pretended to be mad so that he had an excuse to beat me. This time it was for real.

He wrapped his hands around my throat as I asked, "What? What did I do?"

In a low but harsh whisper, he replied, "Why did you have to go and save them?! Why didn't you just leave them alone for them to drown, for them to die?!

"What? Who?"

My yami forced my head into the wall. I was able to hold back a cry of pain, but I wasn't able to hold back the tears of pain. Once again I asked, "What did I do?!"

"The pharaoh's light and that tomb robber's light, you idiot! They were in Kaiba's gigantic pool! Why did you jump in and save them?!?!"

"Wait, so you mean, that YOU were the one that hurled them into the pool?"

"No shit, Sherlock. Didn't they know who I was?"

"No, they said that it was too dark to see, but they could tell that the person was wearing a hooded sweater.."

"Well?"

"A sweater with a hood? You mean the Rare Hunters' purple uniform?"

Sarcastically, he said, "Wow, you're so smart! But anyways, let's just get past the talking, and into the good part. The action."

As he said this, he stopped choking me, and pulled out two knives, one being a dagger, and the other a pocketknife. (Is a pocketknife really a knife?) He slowly advanced towards me, grinning menacingly...

**Four days later, at school, Yugi's POV**

I thought about what all my friends said about Malik, and compared it to when he saved my life. (which I never thanked him for still) Maybe he's not so bad after all. I mean, it wasn't actually HIM that was trying to steal my millennium puzzle, it was Marik, his yami. Besides, hikaris are naturally nice, not evil. Malik isn't really a psycho either, which is what all my friends call him. I looked up to see Joey and Yami coming my way.

"Hey Yug, just heard about what happened. Why didn't you tell me earlier?" asked Joey. "And also, who was it that saved you?"

"Um, I don't know" okay, so what if I lied, but what was I supposed to say, 'Malik saved my life! Yeah, you know, the crazy psycho!' now would that be a better answer? "It was pretty dark, so I couldn't really tell."

"Didn't they say who they were?"

"Um, no, after they got out of the pool, they ran off."

"Well, We're just glad that you're safe" said Yami. "But what happened?"

"Um, uh, hey Joey? Isn't it time for lunch?"

Joey started to get really hyper. He was jumping up and down happily as he said, "Yay! Lunchtime, my favorite time of the day, excluding breakfast and dinner and snack time (which is whenever it's not time for breakfast, lunch, or dinner)! Lunchtime, lunchtime, lunchtime!!!!! Time for lunch! Come on Yami, let's go before all the food's gone!"

I watched smiling while Joey literally dragged my yami to the lunch line. Nothing would stop Joey from eating, except for Mai, who he had a crush on. For about seven years now. I followed my two friends to the lunch line and got some macaroni and cheese, applesauce, jell-o, and strawberry milk. (And yes, I CAN finish it, I'm not that small)

"Hey, Yugi, over here!" yelled Mai, who was sitting next to Joey and Ishizu.

I walked over with my tray and took my seat between Ishizu and Ryou.

"Hi Yugi" everybody greeted.

"Hi guys!"

Without anybody noticing, Ryou whispered into my ear. "Yugi, I need to talk to you in private. It's about Malik, maybe what everybody says about him isn't really true, just rumors"

"Ok. When?" I asked.

"Anytime today"

"Okay."

I stood up. "Uh, hey, guys, I forgot something...."

Ryou stood up too, looking extremely angry, even though I knew that it was a fake expression.

"What?!?!" He shouted. "It better not be my social studies book that I let you borrow!"

"Well, what's the big deal? It's not like anybody's going to steal it..."

"WHAT?!?!"

I made a run for it. Ryou chased after me. In reality, he would have caught me, but since we were trying to get away from everybody, he ran slowly. We ran out of the cafeteria, and thankfully, no teachers (or anybody that has the power to give us detentions) saw us running. When we finally came to a deserted area, (you can NOT believe how many people skip class by just standing in the halls) Ryou and I finally caught our breath.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about again?" I asked, already knowing the answer.

"About Malik. Maybe he's not that bad."

"Yeah, I think you're right, after all, it was his yami that was crazy, not Malik."

"Good point"

"But how can we convince the other guys that Malik's not evil? IF he isn't..."

"He's not evil, don't worry. Besides, don't forget that he IS a hikari. And I'm not sure on how to convince the others."

"Well, what if...never mind. But we still have to make sure that he's not evil at all."

"How are we supposed to do that anyways?"

"We know where he lives, Ishizu once threw a party there, remember?"

"Oh yeah..."

After we finished talking, we went back to the cafeteria.

**About five minutes before lunch ended, normal POV**

"Well, lunch ends in a couple of minutes, and Yugi and Ryou aren't going to be back before time's over, so..." Joey said, as he took the trays of food belonging to Yugi and Ryou and put them right in front of him.

"Joey, you're not going to eat ALL of that, are you?" asked Ishizu.

"Let's find out!" Joey said with a mouthful of macaroni and cheese in his mouth.

"Hi guys! We found Ryou's book!" Yugi happily said. "????? What happened to our food?"

As Joey quickly put the trays of food on the floor next to Seto Kaiba, (without him noticing of course) he said, "I don't know? Ask KAIBA!"

"......"

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Kao 012: please review!

Malik: you can probably guess what happens in the next chapter rite?

Yugi and Ryou: We go to your house!

Marik: heh heh heh....

Malik: _-_

Marik: by the way, kao, why didn't you go into detail of when I was about to beat up Malik?

Kao 012: because he's my favorite character, and he already got beat bad in the first chapter

Marik: well, can I beat him up now?

Kao 012: (gasp) NO! (hugs Malik and smiles)