Disclaimer: I own nothing 'cept the plot and Tara.

/Yugi/, //Yami//, {Ryou}, {{Bakura}}, *Tara*, **Malik**, ***Marik***. Enjoy! ^_^

Chapter 10

Marik placed Malik on the couch after they reappeared in their living room. He watched as Tara sat the black bookbag on the table. She took our both pairs of roller blades out and placed a pair of dry sneakers in it before zipping the bag up and slinging it over her shoulder. Tara took off her wet sneakers and placed them by the door.

Marik grabbed her wrist as she passed by him on her way upstairs.

"Where are you going?"

"We've been invited to sleep over at Yugi's so I'm going to pack. I'm going to tell Yugi that Malik was tired and didn't feel good. That way he doesn't have to come because I know that the two of you want to be alone," she said pulling her wrist away and walking into her room. 'She closing herself off again.' Marik lifted Malik; carrying him to his so he could change him into dry clothes.

Tara threw one clothes into the black bag. She went to the bathroom and grabbed her toothbrush, hairbrush, and deodorant. After having everything packed she went downstairs; putting on her purple and black roller blades she called up to Marik, "I'll see you tomorrow. Call me if something is wrong. Have fun!"

"Bye!" Marik called back. Tara opened the door and took off towards Yugi's house. She hadn't bothered to change knowing that she would just get wet again. She had taken her hair down because it would've been harder to untangle it at Yugi's. She stopped abruptly sensing the strong shadow magic. The rain poured down harder than before. She squinted through the rain as she looked down the street on her left. Tara could tell that all the streets had been deserted. 'It's in there! I know it!' A flash of lightening, lit the sky, revealed the being hiding in the alley. Tara raced down the street ready to do battle.

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Tristan cursed silently as he ran through the rain. 'You'd think they'd call if they decided to cancel work!' he thought bitterly. He looked up and noticed Tara. ' What is she doing out here and on roller blades?! That's dangerous, she could slip and go out of control.' He decided to go ask her why she was out.

"Hey Ta-" he stopped as he saw her jet off into the dead-end alley. 'What the hell?!' He ran after her and hid behind the dumpster. His eyes widened as he saw a huge gargoyle-like creature. His mouth fell open as Tara shot a beam of light out of her hands. The beam went through the creature's left wing. It howled in pain and summoned a whip with spikes. He lashed toward Tara only to have her flip backwards and slide even further from the creature when she landed. 'Holy shit! How can she flip like that on roller blades?'

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Tara began to shiver from the cold rain. 'I'm completely soaked!' she thought as she pushed her hair out of her eyes. She dodged the whip and blasted its left wing off. The creature screamed in agony.

"Hold still damnit. I will kill you guardian then I will take the Millennium Items," he stated furiously. Tara kept dodging the whip either by skating away or flipping away from it. 'I need to end this. The cold is starting to get to me." After skating around the demon she skid to a full stop. Clasping her hands she concentrated. The monster lashed the whip at her. Tara concentrated harder as she felt the whip coming closer. Vines suddenly burst from under the demon restraining it. At the last moment Tara skated away from the whip; skating up to the demon she grabbed the whip from its hands and threw it away.

"May Anubius burn your soul," she whispered before skating away. She stopped at the entrance to the alley, turned her head to look at the restrained creature. She kissed her index finger before she flung her hand, her index finger pointing, towards it. Almost immediately the vines were set to fire burning the demon alive. Tara ignored the screams as she skated faster towards Yugi's house.

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Tristan grabbed the whip and ran home not wanting to be caught in the fire. ' What the hell is she?'