Love and Hatred
Choiler: Here's a pic I drew on the bitmap of Marik and Relina together. Go here, http://geocities.com/marikxoc/Malikxoc.jpg. It's not that great, I draw WAY better with hand, but what can I do, I don't have a scanner. This is dedicated to all the reviewers!! Go Oilers! And thanks for all the reviews! I'd like to keep up the average of 8. something reviews per chapter, so everybody PLEASE review.
Crystalline Entity: Wow, your name is so majestic…anyway thank you for your loving review! Oh and I know his Japanese name is Malik, but I decided to use the dub name. And she didn't have the eye *giggles* she saw something like an eye. ^^Hope that clear things up.
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Disclaimer: Go Oilers! And I don't own Yugioh.
Note: Just in case of future concerns, the item that I made up is not a millenium/sennen item. The bangle is in its own class, as you will learn^^. And I also realize that I'm being very inconsistent in names (using both the Japanese and Dubbed version for different characters), but I am well aware of both names of the each characters, in some cases just one. Just something I want to clear up.
**********************************Chapter 7: Taken Away******************************
"I do as well, but something inside of me hates the light."
"I don't care." The woman in a dress responded to the man.
"I do, now leave."
Relina stood in the corner unnoticed. She could here the conversation between the blond man and the veiled maiden more clearly this time. 'What's the big controversy?' she thought.
Bright lights began to shine as Relina found herself waking up from her dream again. She looked at her bangle wrapped around her right arm. Its hue was not golden, this time it was crystal-like. After it stopped glowing it returned to its original color. She released a sigh and began to quietly laugh by herself. The azure-eyed girl recalled her mother being concerned for who the boy in motorcycle was. She remembered as her mother asked,
"Relina, who's that boy?" Her first question when her daughter had returned home late.
"Umm, that's Namu. He's the guy who saved."
"I hope you thanked him. He's quite handsome, don't you think?"
"Mom! No…"
It was a humorous moment, but she never really noticed the looks of Namu. Too many things ran through her mind to think about that then. Though the more she thought about him, the more Rel realized how truly charming Namu was. She had to admit his mauve eyes and his platinum hair was stunning to look at, in this case remember. Though it was odd that he wore so much jewelry, nonetheless he was unique and in this world looks distracts everything.
Too deep in thought of the boy she shook her head in hopes to remove him from her mind, "I have to sleep!" For a distraction, Relina decided to check the mobility of her injured leg. It did not hurt as much as it did, surely it would be healed. She removed her cast and slowly moved her right leg to the side of her bed. The peach exerted a little weight at first; there was no pain. She began to exert more till finally she got that her foot was not fully healed. The daughter of Dryda though was still a bit confused, 'Wow, I never use to be a fast healer and my leg is almost okay to walk on.' Relina lifted her right wrist to see her mysterious relic that enfolded her arms; 'Maybe this thing has healing effect.' Smiled at the thought of her having an awesome item, her attempt to sleep for a second time was much better.
_Sunday_
"Mom, Namu won't be coming for another two hours. I'm going to shop around a bit, okay?" Relina hollered as she closed in to her door.
"All right."
She left the house in hurry, but she couldn't keep up the fast pace. The sleep from last night wasn't enough for her to be too active. 'I am so sleeping when I come back.' Relina didn't like shopping like most girls did, but today she went to the mall for some other reason. She recalled Namu shivering during the ride to his home, so maybe as a gift of appreciation she could by him a scarf. That was something Relina could afford.
_U.S.A_
Kaiba was greatly aggravated by the delay. His jet had to be repaired and since there were no Kaiba Corp. bases in the city of Columbia, the powerful man had to wait till he could continue his journey. His first objective was to get to the American City of Los Angeles and obtain the new duel monster cards available there. When it came to Marik, well he just couldn't wait.
"We should rent out a hotel or something." Joey said in a smug tone.
"Yah, that would be cool Seto. Can we please?" Mokuba used his little brother charm to persuade him. Kaiba fell right into it.
"All right, let's go."
The boy with silver hair did not look to well. Anzu noticed this. She ran to him and asked, "Bakura, what's wrong?"
"Oh nothing." The selfless boy lied, afraid that his friends would be too concerned for him.
"Are you sure? You don't look so good."
"Of course! I'm fine." He tried to say it in a strong tone but couldn't.
"If you say so, but don't hide anything from us Bakura. We're friends, we're meant to tell each other how we feel."
"I will, don't worry."
Ever since the being inside of him had disappeared, Bakura felt overwhelmingly weak. Had his body gotten use to the evil that was once inside of him? He didn't know, but he knew feeling like this was not good.
"Hm, I wonder, where did Slifer come from?" Joey began to ask himself; "To me it looked like it came from no where."
"I highly doubt that." Kaiba began, "Slifer the sky dragon mobilizes in the highest points of the sky. Then when it desired to attack it stopped hiding itself from the clouds and attacked. These gods are like no other weapons. It can be traced by any technology we have, because it is all ancient magic."
"That's crazy." The blonde whispered like a coward.
_Edmonton_
Relina held out a perfect scarf for Namu. It was the color he seemed so fond of, violet. It was dark and around six feet long. It had no color variation and it looked better than the other scarf priced five dollars. 'May be this would make him feel less cold.' She thought. Only thirty minutes past since she left her home. The peach hopped quickly to the counter after seeing the large amount of people heading there. Of course by rushing there, she received a few unpleasant looks from the other customers. Rel felt very uncomfortable, she tried to ignore it.
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Marik wandered around the outskirts of the city. The spacious area reminded him of his home. It was so empty, isolated and lonely, something he had gotten use too. Though instead of seeing the steady scenery of sand, here he saw plains of green. Seeing so much nature was a bit new to the Egyptian. Battle City being in a small country such as Japan guaranteed that there wouldn't be much space for the environment. Sure there were trees that assisted the gray roads, but no areas for them to freely grow. This place was truly a place for the wild to run free. He closed his eyes to feel the gentle breeze lift his blonde mane, though he still trembled.
Being in deep concentration, Marik could hear every movement including the one that headed towards him. He prepared to attack to whoever this stranger was. Clenching his fists tightly, he almost unnoticeably began to lift it. "What do you want?!" He screamed, as he quickly spun around, "Rishid!"
"Master Marik! It has been too long." His loyal friend bowed down to the boy.
"No need for that Rishid." Seeing him bow down caused the young Egyptian to feel a jolt of guilt takeover his heart. He hated himself for the serfdom he forced his companion into, Marik began to apologize, "Forgive Rishid, I was a fool to treat you the way I did. I don't deserve a faithful friend like yourself."
"Please master, our time apart surely didn't manipulate your mind to leave me, did it? I will stay with you forever. Aren't you happy to see me?"
"I should be ecstatic to see someone I recognize, but I feel more shame. Seeing you fills me with melancholy. After countless days of loyalty, I return the favor by letting my anger oppress you."
"Stop it Marik!" For the first time Rishid didn't add 'master' before 'Marik'. Which took the blonde by surprise. Seeing the disbelief in the boy's eyes, the bald fellow quickly began, "I'm sorry Master."
"No, it's all right. Thank you for taking away my self pity." After that, they both embraced each other like two separated brothers who were at last reunited.
"How did you return Master Marik?"
"Marik, just Marik."
"Yes, sorry."
The blonde released a light smile; "You'll never change. To tell you the truth though, I really don't know how I came back to my body."
"I'm glad you did."
Marik looked behind Rishid, expecting someone to be there. When he didn't see anyone he asked, "Where is my sister?"
"I almost forgot. She's inside the city. I'll guide you there." He began to gesture directions till he was interrupted.
"No Rishid. You will ride with me and then direct me."
The loyal servant of the Ishtar was stunned after hearing this. His master never allowed or offered him to ride on the maroon and black vehicle before. "Master, are you sure?"
"Of course."
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She opened the door quickly and almost tripped. "Dad, you're so giving me ride next time I go somewhere."
"Shh..Rel, I'm watching something." Relina slowly hopped behind her father's favorite red couch. She began to watch something she rarely does, the news. This was what she heard.
"Current sources say that the three pilots who were killed on Saturday's unknown attack were, John Marly, Adam Drinkwater and Micheal Morno." The well-dressed new reporter informed. "There is still no news as to what attacked these soldiers and why. The Pentagon stated that there were so foreign vessels that were identified by the American radar. Some believe this is another terrorist attack, but others say it is another arising force to be aware of. I'm Jane Walker reporting from Columbia, Carolina, CNN."
"And here are some clips again from last night's tragedy." The black suited man stated. The Dryda father and daughter, witnessed three pilots heading towards no where it seemed. Then from no where a maroon wing peeked from the sky. Though the clouds hid most of the creature, Relina was somehow able to recognize it, but from where? After that light began to emit and soon enough it seemed to be released. The clip was static and it could no longer be seen.
"Wonder what it was?" Relina asked as she headed to her room, "I'm going to sleep. Wake me up at one or something."
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"You know what Rishid," Marik began, "if you're here, then I wouldn't need to worry about my other half, would I?"
"As long as I am conscious, master. No, you shouldn't worry." Rishid supported himself by holding the metal ledge behind his master's bike.
"When did you arrive here?"
"Two days ago."
"Hm, that's strange. If you still weren't here then I could I gain strength to return?" Marik dozed off in wonder.
"Sir?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I have a feeling that my yami has gained strength for the past few years. Containing him will be much harder, I can sense it."
"I will try my best to keep him away. I will use all I have."
Marik nodded, "But you don't have to. Well not as much as you use to anyway."
"What do you mean?"
"I feel that this girl I met eyes with yesterday is another key to containing my other half. Rishid, I don't want you suffer anymore for me."
"I will even if you don't want me to." Marik smiled again. He felt lucky to have people like his loyal friend to support him. Sure Yami had his friends but he had more than that. Something he couldn't name, but it was there.
"This way Master Marik."
_U.S.A._
They began to settle in their new hotel room. In fact it was more like a home. Of course with Kaiba's wealth he could afford anything. "This is awesome!" Joey twirled around and landed on the velvet bed. It was so soft, he knew his night was going to be warm.
"All right, since I rented this place, Mokuba gets the bed." Kaiba stated, always wanting his brother to receive the best of everything.
Mokuba smiled, always appreciating his big brother, "Thanks Seto."
"What?" An outraged Joey questioned, "But he's so small and this bed is like king king size! Why can't we share!?" Mokuba gave him a cold stare. "Sorry kiddo, I didn't mean you were that small, heh."
"You wouldn't dare say another word." Kaiba threatened, "You're lucky enough that I allow you to sleep here. I have a leash right here so you can be tied. Then I would send you outside to sleep like the dog you are. So be glad I allow you to have this place to rest."
"Oh thanks Kaiba. You're generosity has no end." Sarcasm spilled in every word the blonde said.
Bakura sat in the brown leather couch trying to keep his gloomy eyes awake. Weak, was the only word to describe him. He was so tired, why though? Why would his body crave the darkness that was once inside of him? The boy with silver hair had to admit his other half was much stronger than he was, but couldn't he support himself? He could feel his head throbbing, so to avoid it he quickly turned on the black box. What appeared caught his attention. "Guys, you should watch this."
Everyone stopped what they did and headed towards where Bakura sat. "What is it?" Anzu asked.
"Just watch." So they listened to what he said and did just that.
"Current reports state that what was caught in radar was a foreign vehicle. It belongs to the Kaiba Corporation. Some people are suspecting that this jet took down all three American pilots, or may have contributed to the attack. Lieutenant Smith though states that the corporation and the US military has an alliance, and Kaiba, the leader of the Kaiba corp., would never set an attack against this country. Though there is cause for suspicion, this alliance is fairly new and the two sides haven't discussed amongst each other as of late. FBI are now out to kind where Kaiba is and take him in for questioning."
The whole gang was shock to hear this. "It wasn't our fault." The child with long blue hair justified.
"Don't worry brother, I will handle this all. They will come." Just as Kaiba predicted they broke into his door. Three of them headed the brunet's way to take him for interrogations.
_Edmonton_
It was almost two and after being reunited with his sister, Marik headed to Relina's home. As he rode, he wondered if he should tell what his name really was? Nonetheless, he had to concentrate on the road; the girl's home was near by. Today, the blonde wore and dark mauve shirt, along with his black ebony pants. Like he did yesterday, Marik took the same right turn and in no time he reached the Dryda home. He noticed a young man taking down the Christmas decorations. The man's hair was purely black and he had a helmet cut. He was tall and looked quite strong. When the man turned around he revealed his brown almost black eyes. Marik and his eyes were locked, but the tall man's stare was cold and it showed that Marik was not welcomed. Not wanting to display any signs of weakness, Marik returned the same glare. After a while the blonde found this contest pathetic and shook his head in amusement, then he headed towards Relina's home. He knew the male with black hair eyed him as he walked to the front door, Marik just ignored it. He had been glared by many so it was nothing new to him.
As soon as he rang the doorbell Marik could hear someone rush to do the door. Relina was the one he expected but he was wrong. This lady looked nothing like Relina, she looked more like the man outside on the roof. "Hello?" Marik unusually stuttered.
"Oh you must be Rel's boyfr…I mean friend." The elder woman gave an uncanny giggle.
"I'm here to keep her up."
"Yes, yes please come in. I'm Mrs. Dryda."
"I'm Ma…I mean Namu." Marik breathed a small sigh of relief. He almost told this lady who he really was.
"Well Namu, I'll wake up Relina. An impossible task." She said as she walked away from him.
Relina slept on her writing table not her bed. Her room was small and messy; she was never a person who was organized. She was very unstructured. Her mother opened the door, "RELINA! I TOLD YOU TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM!" Marik heard what Mrs. Dryda hollered across the house. The peach being a deep sleeper still didn't wake. Her mother walked towards the sleeping child and shook her with all her might! "Wake up child!"
Finally Rel spoke, "Okay, I'm awake. Go away."
"Good, hurry Namu is here." That caught the azure-eyed girl's attention. Her mother left the room. She quickly began to dress herself, dress herself before her mother made a fool of her only daughter!
Marik saw the woman greeting him again, "Thank you for being so patient, Relina finally woke." He nodded. "Oh, she's impossible to wake up sometimes. Ever since her boyfriend and her 'broke up' she's been a bit depressed. She doesn't want to admit but she is." She winked at him. Marik was surprised at all this information he getting from Relina's mother. All he could do is say, "Ah," and let the elder continue. "So I hope you're not like one of them, I know you're different. You seem a person who doesn't care much about conformity."
"No, I really don't care about that."
"That's good because if you do, it would be better is you left. I don't want my baby to be hurt by her peers anymore."
"Hurt?"
"Oh, you know teens these days, can't accept someone who is different."
"Oh." Seeing how much Relina's parents cared for her made the blonde sad. He never felt love by his parents. His mother dying when he was an infant, and his father not paying much attention to him. "I'll try not to 'hurt' your daughter."
Mrs. Dryda let out a wide smile, "Good, she's a bit down so please make her feel better." Relina was right behind her.
The peach was angry, "Mom, what are you doing!? I barely know Namu!"
"I just…"
"Never mind!" She hastily headed towards the door, her crutches reduced the speed of her pace.
"Good bye." Marik said and followed the girl he now knew quite a bit about. She hoped on quickly on his bike and waited for the blonde. He didn't want ask yet what was wrong? So he waited. "Where to?"
_U.S.A_
"No, Seto! He's innocent! Brother!" Mokuba couldn't contain his tears. His brother was being taken away from him, why though? Anzu crept from behind and tried to comfort him.
"Mokuba, he didn't do anything. So I'm sure they'll release your brother when they find that out." She followed that statement with an insincere smile.
"We have to proof his innocent guys, please!" The young boy was sounding desperate.
Even though he hated Kaiba for all the things he did to him, Joey still had to admit that Kaiba was his friend, in a way. "All right, your brother maybe an obnoxiously cocky meany, but he's been through everything we have. So I guess we should help him."
Anzu didn't sound too happy, "But how can we help him? We have no power against the media or anything."
"Um," Honda began, "This is America and we have free will. If we gather enough people we can rebel!" The brown-headed 'thug' didn't sound to smart.
"You keep believing we'll 'gather' enough people." The blonde responded mockingly.
"Hey! It could happen!"
After the whole clique nodded their heads Bakura began, "I have an idea. Instead of 'rebelling' why don't we just stand beside Kaiba and do our best to proof that he is innocent."
"Seto is innocent." Mokuba confirmed.
"I know, I know. We could contact the Kaiba Corporation and ask for support."
"Hey, I could do that." The blue headed boy claimed.
Joey joyfully said, "Finally! A real plan!"
_Edmonton_
After getting everything that belonged to Marik from Mrs. Parcello's Pizza Parlor, Relina had requested to go to the park that she loved. He listened, something the Egyptian didn't do often. "So why are we here?" Marik asked.
Relina responded aggressively, "What is your problem?"
He was bit taken back by it, "What are you talking about?"
"Why are you just butting in my personal life?"
Marik began reveal a little bit of temper, "Is it my fault that your mother told me those things? I didn't ask for them."
"Well now that you know, why don't you just leave? You're probably dying to leave a loser like me! Oh and here," She revealed a white plastic bag, "I bought you this for saving my life." Then she quietly added, "And for almost killing it too."
He rudely snatched it away. The blonde took out whatever that was in the bag. It was a dark mauve scarf, a scarf that he had forgotten to buy all this time. He gave a questioning glare to the girl.
"You were cold, so I thought…never mind. If you don't like it I'll take it back!"
"No, it's great. I just didn't expect this from a person like you."
Rel snorted.
"You know, I don't know why give apply so much pressure to yourself." Marik sounded both thankful and concerned.
She quickly came to her defense, "What do you mean?"
"What's wrong with being different?"
"It doesn't matter. Let's just take a walk all right?" Marik knew that she was trying to run away. He also knew that one day she had to face her problems as well.
"Whatever you please." He sighed and began to follow the hopping maiden. Marik had to admit Relina seemed weak on the outside, but with a little encouraging maybe, just maybe this girl would be more secure about the world and herself. He wanted to help her. 'Help.' He laughed at that thought. Helping someone, that would be something new to him. Almost forgetting to ask, Marik ran to Relina, "Wait!"
"What is it?" She sounded angry.
"All right, I'm sorry, but I have to ask you something. As much as I hate to say it…"
She interrupted him, "Then don't say it."
"Just listen!" Marik became a bit angry himself; "I want you to stay near by, as much as possible."
Her reaction was of confusion, "Why?"
"You might have something I want."
"And what might this 'something' be?"
"I'm not sure yet, but I can feel it inside of me."
"I don't' know Namu. This is a bit weird. Plus, aren't I too 'hesitant' to be around with?"
"Stop adding things I didn't do nor say."
She began to walk away, "Whatever." He assumed that 'whatever' meant yes. The blonde was happy.
"Listen, since we're going to spend more time together, I want you to meet the ones close to me." Marik knew she was ignoring him. Not liking this he went for her arm. He spun her around violently, "What is wrong with you?"
That question made Relina angry, at that moment she hated him. Hated Namu for asking such a stupid question. 'Who did he think he was?' Unnoticeably her bracelet gave out a slight glow.
"UHH." Marik held his head in pain. 'No! My other half is trying to take over! Rishid must be in trouble.' The pain was unbearable. It seemed somebody was hammering his head repeatedly. His face began to redden; his bright blonde mane covered his eyes. He began to kneel down… 'Why is this happening?' "ARG!" Sweat trickled down his tanned cheek and the blonde was about to give up.
Hatred died down; instead concern began to fill the heart and mind of Relina. "Namu? Are you all right?" She leaned to touch his back hoping to comfort him. As soon as she did, Marik could feel the light fill his body.
It stopped. The pain stopped, and Marik was shocked.
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Choiler: I know, I know...it sucked. Well, thank you so much for all the reviews reviewers! I'm so happy^^, and I need to be. Well, please review...oh and I promise things are going to get really interesting. And yes, Yami Marik is still in the story! I would never leave him, it's cause of him I like Marik in general...weird, I know. Next chapter, Kaiba's interrogations!!
Choiler: Here's a pic I drew on the bitmap of Marik and Relina together. Go here, http://geocities.com/marikxoc/Malikxoc.jpg. It's not that great, I draw WAY better with hand, but what can I do, I don't have a scanner. This is dedicated to all the reviewers!! Go Oilers! And thanks for all the reviews! I'd like to keep up the average of 8. something reviews per chapter, so everybody PLEASE review.
Crystalline Entity: Wow, your name is so majestic…anyway thank you for your loving review! Oh and I know his Japanese name is Malik, but I decided to use the dub name. And she didn't have the eye *giggles* she saw something like an eye. ^^Hope that clear things up.
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Choiler: Is my chapter going to slow? Oh well!
Disclaimer: Go Oilers! And I don't own Yugioh.
Note: Just in case of future concerns, the item that I made up is not a millenium/sennen item. The bangle is in its own class, as you will learn^^. And I also realize that I'm being very inconsistent in names (using both the Japanese and Dubbed version for different characters), but I am well aware of both names of the each characters, in some cases just one. Just something I want to clear up.
**********************************Chapter 7: Taken Away******************************
"I do as well, but something inside of me hates the light."
"I don't care." The woman in a dress responded to the man.
"I do, now leave."
Relina stood in the corner unnoticed. She could here the conversation between the blond man and the veiled maiden more clearly this time. 'What's the big controversy?' she thought.
Bright lights began to shine as Relina found herself waking up from her dream again. She looked at her bangle wrapped around her right arm. Its hue was not golden, this time it was crystal-like. After it stopped glowing it returned to its original color. She released a sigh and began to quietly laugh by herself. The azure-eyed girl recalled her mother being concerned for who the boy in motorcycle was. She remembered as her mother asked,
"Relina, who's that boy?" Her first question when her daughter had returned home late.
"Umm, that's Namu. He's the guy who saved."
"I hope you thanked him. He's quite handsome, don't you think?"
"Mom! No…"
It was a humorous moment, but she never really noticed the looks of Namu. Too many things ran through her mind to think about that then. Though the more she thought about him, the more Rel realized how truly charming Namu was. She had to admit his mauve eyes and his platinum hair was stunning to look at, in this case remember. Though it was odd that he wore so much jewelry, nonetheless he was unique and in this world looks distracts everything.
Too deep in thought of the boy she shook her head in hopes to remove him from her mind, "I have to sleep!" For a distraction, Relina decided to check the mobility of her injured leg. It did not hurt as much as it did, surely it would be healed. She removed her cast and slowly moved her right leg to the side of her bed. The peach exerted a little weight at first; there was no pain. She began to exert more till finally she got that her foot was not fully healed. The daughter of Dryda though was still a bit confused, 'Wow, I never use to be a fast healer and my leg is almost okay to walk on.' Relina lifted her right wrist to see her mysterious relic that enfolded her arms; 'Maybe this thing has healing effect.' Smiled at the thought of her having an awesome item, her attempt to sleep for a second time was much better.
_Sunday_
"Mom, Namu won't be coming for another two hours. I'm going to shop around a bit, okay?" Relina hollered as she closed in to her door.
"All right."
She left the house in hurry, but she couldn't keep up the fast pace. The sleep from last night wasn't enough for her to be too active. 'I am so sleeping when I come back.' Relina didn't like shopping like most girls did, but today she went to the mall for some other reason. She recalled Namu shivering during the ride to his home, so maybe as a gift of appreciation she could by him a scarf. That was something Relina could afford.
_U.S.A_
Kaiba was greatly aggravated by the delay. His jet had to be repaired and since there were no Kaiba Corp. bases in the city of Columbia, the powerful man had to wait till he could continue his journey. His first objective was to get to the American City of Los Angeles and obtain the new duel monster cards available there. When it came to Marik, well he just couldn't wait.
"We should rent out a hotel or something." Joey said in a smug tone.
"Yah, that would be cool Seto. Can we please?" Mokuba used his little brother charm to persuade him. Kaiba fell right into it.
"All right, let's go."
The boy with silver hair did not look to well. Anzu noticed this. She ran to him and asked, "Bakura, what's wrong?"
"Oh nothing." The selfless boy lied, afraid that his friends would be too concerned for him.
"Are you sure? You don't look so good."
"Of course! I'm fine." He tried to say it in a strong tone but couldn't.
"If you say so, but don't hide anything from us Bakura. We're friends, we're meant to tell each other how we feel."
"I will, don't worry."
Ever since the being inside of him had disappeared, Bakura felt overwhelmingly weak. Had his body gotten use to the evil that was once inside of him? He didn't know, but he knew feeling like this was not good.
"Hm, I wonder, where did Slifer come from?" Joey began to ask himself; "To me it looked like it came from no where."
"I highly doubt that." Kaiba began, "Slifer the sky dragon mobilizes in the highest points of the sky. Then when it desired to attack it stopped hiding itself from the clouds and attacked. These gods are like no other weapons. It can be traced by any technology we have, because it is all ancient magic."
"That's crazy." The blonde whispered like a coward.
_Edmonton_
Relina held out a perfect scarf for Namu. It was the color he seemed so fond of, violet. It was dark and around six feet long. It had no color variation and it looked better than the other scarf priced five dollars. 'May be this would make him feel less cold.' She thought. Only thirty minutes past since she left her home. The peach hopped quickly to the counter after seeing the large amount of people heading there. Of course by rushing there, she received a few unpleasant looks from the other customers. Rel felt very uncomfortable, she tried to ignore it.
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Marik wandered around the outskirts of the city. The spacious area reminded him of his home. It was so empty, isolated and lonely, something he had gotten use too. Though instead of seeing the steady scenery of sand, here he saw plains of green. Seeing so much nature was a bit new to the Egyptian. Battle City being in a small country such as Japan guaranteed that there wouldn't be much space for the environment. Sure there were trees that assisted the gray roads, but no areas for them to freely grow. This place was truly a place for the wild to run free. He closed his eyes to feel the gentle breeze lift his blonde mane, though he still trembled.
Being in deep concentration, Marik could hear every movement including the one that headed towards him. He prepared to attack to whoever this stranger was. Clenching his fists tightly, he almost unnoticeably began to lift it. "What do you want?!" He screamed, as he quickly spun around, "Rishid!"
"Master Marik! It has been too long." His loyal friend bowed down to the boy.
"No need for that Rishid." Seeing him bow down caused the young Egyptian to feel a jolt of guilt takeover his heart. He hated himself for the serfdom he forced his companion into, Marik began to apologize, "Forgive Rishid, I was a fool to treat you the way I did. I don't deserve a faithful friend like yourself."
"Please master, our time apart surely didn't manipulate your mind to leave me, did it? I will stay with you forever. Aren't you happy to see me?"
"I should be ecstatic to see someone I recognize, but I feel more shame. Seeing you fills me with melancholy. After countless days of loyalty, I return the favor by letting my anger oppress you."
"Stop it Marik!" For the first time Rishid didn't add 'master' before 'Marik'. Which took the blonde by surprise. Seeing the disbelief in the boy's eyes, the bald fellow quickly began, "I'm sorry Master."
"No, it's all right. Thank you for taking away my self pity." After that, they both embraced each other like two separated brothers who were at last reunited.
"How did you return Master Marik?"
"Marik, just Marik."
"Yes, sorry."
The blonde released a light smile; "You'll never change. To tell you the truth though, I really don't know how I came back to my body."
"I'm glad you did."
Marik looked behind Rishid, expecting someone to be there. When he didn't see anyone he asked, "Where is my sister?"
"I almost forgot. She's inside the city. I'll guide you there." He began to gesture directions till he was interrupted.
"No Rishid. You will ride with me and then direct me."
The loyal servant of the Ishtar was stunned after hearing this. His master never allowed or offered him to ride on the maroon and black vehicle before. "Master, are you sure?"
"Of course."
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She opened the door quickly and almost tripped. "Dad, you're so giving me ride next time I go somewhere."
"Shh..Rel, I'm watching something." Relina slowly hopped behind her father's favorite red couch. She began to watch something she rarely does, the news. This was what she heard.
"Current sources say that the three pilots who were killed on Saturday's unknown attack were, John Marly, Adam Drinkwater and Micheal Morno." The well-dressed new reporter informed. "There is still no news as to what attacked these soldiers and why. The Pentagon stated that there were so foreign vessels that were identified by the American radar. Some believe this is another terrorist attack, but others say it is another arising force to be aware of. I'm Jane Walker reporting from Columbia, Carolina, CNN."
"And here are some clips again from last night's tragedy." The black suited man stated. The Dryda father and daughter, witnessed three pilots heading towards no where it seemed. Then from no where a maroon wing peeked from the sky. Though the clouds hid most of the creature, Relina was somehow able to recognize it, but from where? After that light began to emit and soon enough it seemed to be released. The clip was static and it could no longer be seen.
"Wonder what it was?" Relina asked as she headed to her room, "I'm going to sleep. Wake me up at one or something."
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"You know what Rishid," Marik began, "if you're here, then I wouldn't need to worry about my other half, would I?"
"As long as I am conscious, master. No, you shouldn't worry." Rishid supported himself by holding the metal ledge behind his master's bike.
"When did you arrive here?"
"Two days ago."
"Hm, that's strange. If you still weren't here then I could I gain strength to return?" Marik dozed off in wonder.
"Sir?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I have a feeling that my yami has gained strength for the past few years. Containing him will be much harder, I can sense it."
"I will try my best to keep him away. I will use all I have."
Marik nodded, "But you don't have to. Well not as much as you use to anyway."
"What do you mean?"
"I feel that this girl I met eyes with yesterday is another key to containing my other half. Rishid, I don't want you suffer anymore for me."
"I will even if you don't want me to." Marik smiled again. He felt lucky to have people like his loyal friend to support him. Sure Yami had his friends but he had more than that. Something he couldn't name, but it was there.
"This way Master Marik."
_U.S.A._
They began to settle in their new hotel room. In fact it was more like a home. Of course with Kaiba's wealth he could afford anything. "This is awesome!" Joey twirled around and landed on the velvet bed. It was so soft, he knew his night was going to be warm.
"All right, since I rented this place, Mokuba gets the bed." Kaiba stated, always wanting his brother to receive the best of everything.
Mokuba smiled, always appreciating his big brother, "Thanks Seto."
"What?" An outraged Joey questioned, "But he's so small and this bed is like king king size! Why can't we share!?" Mokuba gave him a cold stare. "Sorry kiddo, I didn't mean you were that small, heh."
"You wouldn't dare say another word." Kaiba threatened, "You're lucky enough that I allow you to sleep here. I have a leash right here so you can be tied. Then I would send you outside to sleep like the dog you are. So be glad I allow you to have this place to rest."
"Oh thanks Kaiba. You're generosity has no end." Sarcasm spilled in every word the blonde said.
Bakura sat in the brown leather couch trying to keep his gloomy eyes awake. Weak, was the only word to describe him. He was so tired, why though? Why would his body crave the darkness that was once inside of him? The boy with silver hair had to admit his other half was much stronger than he was, but couldn't he support himself? He could feel his head throbbing, so to avoid it he quickly turned on the black box. What appeared caught his attention. "Guys, you should watch this."
Everyone stopped what they did and headed towards where Bakura sat. "What is it?" Anzu asked.
"Just watch." So they listened to what he said and did just that.
"Current reports state that what was caught in radar was a foreign vehicle. It belongs to the Kaiba Corporation. Some people are suspecting that this jet took down all three American pilots, or may have contributed to the attack. Lieutenant Smith though states that the corporation and the US military has an alliance, and Kaiba, the leader of the Kaiba corp., would never set an attack against this country. Though there is cause for suspicion, this alliance is fairly new and the two sides haven't discussed amongst each other as of late. FBI are now out to kind where Kaiba is and take him in for questioning."
The whole gang was shock to hear this. "It wasn't our fault." The child with long blue hair justified.
"Don't worry brother, I will handle this all. They will come." Just as Kaiba predicted they broke into his door. Three of them headed the brunet's way to take him for interrogations.
_Edmonton_
It was almost two and after being reunited with his sister, Marik headed to Relina's home. As he rode, he wondered if he should tell what his name really was? Nonetheless, he had to concentrate on the road; the girl's home was near by. Today, the blonde wore and dark mauve shirt, along with his black ebony pants. Like he did yesterday, Marik took the same right turn and in no time he reached the Dryda home. He noticed a young man taking down the Christmas decorations. The man's hair was purely black and he had a helmet cut. He was tall and looked quite strong. When the man turned around he revealed his brown almost black eyes. Marik and his eyes were locked, but the tall man's stare was cold and it showed that Marik was not welcomed. Not wanting to display any signs of weakness, Marik returned the same glare. After a while the blonde found this contest pathetic and shook his head in amusement, then he headed towards Relina's home. He knew the male with black hair eyed him as he walked to the front door, Marik just ignored it. He had been glared by many so it was nothing new to him.
As soon as he rang the doorbell Marik could hear someone rush to do the door. Relina was the one he expected but he was wrong. This lady looked nothing like Relina, she looked more like the man outside on the roof. "Hello?" Marik unusually stuttered.
"Oh you must be Rel's boyfr…I mean friend." The elder woman gave an uncanny giggle.
"I'm here to keep her up."
"Yes, yes please come in. I'm Mrs. Dryda."
"I'm Ma…I mean Namu." Marik breathed a small sigh of relief. He almost told this lady who he really was.
"Well Namu, I'll wake up Relina. An impossible task." She said as she walked away from him.
Relina slept on her writing table not her bed. Her room was small and messy; she was never a person who was organized. She was very unstructured. Her mother opened the door, "RELINA! I TOLD YOU TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM!" Marik heard what Mrs. Dryda hollered across the house. The peach being a deep sleeper still didn't wake. Her mother walked towards the sleeping child and shook her with all her might! "Wake up child!"
Finally Rel spoke, "Okay, I'm awake. Go away."
"Good, hurry Namu is here." That caught the azure-eyed girl's attention. Her mother left the room. She quickly began to dress herself, dress herself before her mother made a fool of her only daughter!
Marik saw the woman greeting him again, "Thank you for being so patient, Relina finally woke." He nodded. "Oh, she's impossible to wake up sometimes. Ever since her boyfriend and her 'broke up' she's been a bit depressed. She doesn't want to admit but she is." She winked at him. Marik was surprised at all this information he getting from Relina's mother. All he could do is say, "Ah," and let the elder continue. "So I hope you're not like one of them, I know you're different. You seem a person who doesn't care much about conformity."
"No, I really don't care about that."
"That's good because if you do, it would be better is you left. I don't want my baby to be hurt by her peers anymore."
"Hurt?"
"Oh, you know teens these days, can't accept someone who is different."
"Oh." Seeing how much Relina's parents cared for her made the blonde sad. He never felt love by his parents. His mother dying when he was an infant, and his father not paying much attention to him. "I'll try not to 'hurt' your daughter."
Mrs. Dryda let out a wide smile, "Good, she's a bit down so please make her feel better." Relina was right behind her.
The peach was angry, "Mom, what are you doing!? I barely know Namu!"
"I just…"
"Never mind!" She hastily headed towards the door, her crutches reduced the speed of her pace.
"Good bye." Marik said and followed the girl he now knew quite a bit about. She hoped on quickly on his bike and waited for the blonde. He didn't want ask yet what was wrong? So he waited. "Where to?"
_U.S.A_
"No, Seto! He's innocent! Brother!" Mokuba couldn't contain his tears. His brother was being taken away from him, why though? Anzu crept from behind and tried to comfort him.
"Mokuba, he didn't do anything. So I'm sure they'll release your brother when they find that out." She followed that statement with an insincere smile.
"We have to proof his innocent guys, please!" The young boy was sounding desperate.
Even though he hated Kaiba for all the things he did to him, Joey still had to admit that Kaiba was his friend, in a way. "All right, your brother maybe an obnoxiously cocky meany, but he's been through everything we have. So I guess we should help him."
Anzu didn't sound too happy, "But how can we help him? We have no power against the media or anything."
"Um," Honda began, "This is America and we have free will. If we gather enough people we can rebel!" The brown-headed 'thug' didn't sound to smart.
"You keep believing we'll 'gather' enough people." The blonde responded mockingly.
"Hey! It could happen!"
After the whole clique nodded their heads Bakura began, "I have an idea. Instead of 'rebelling' why don't we just stand beside Kaiba and do our best to proof that he is innocent."
"Seto is innocent." Mokuba confirmed.
"I know, I know. We could contact the Kaiba Corporation and ask for support."
"Hey, I could do that." The blue headed boy claimed.
Joey joyfully said, "Finally! A real plan!"
_Edmonton_
After getting everything that belonged to Marik from Mrs. Parcello's Pizza Parlor, Relina had requested to go to the park that she loved. He listened, something the Egyptian didn't do often. "So why are we here?" Marik asked.
Relina responded aggressively, "What is your problem?"
He was bit taken back by it, "What are you talking about?"
"Why are you just butting in my personal life?"
Marik began reveal a little bit of temper, "Is it my fault that your mother told me those things? I didn't ask for them."
"Well now that you know, why don't you just leave? You're probably dying to leave a loser like me! Oh and here," She revealed a white plastic bag, "I bought you this for saving my life." Then she quietly added, "And for almost killing it too."
He rudely snatched it away. The blonde took out whatever that was in the bag. It was a dark mauve scarf, a scarf that he had forgotten to buy all this time. He gave a questioning glare to the girl.
"You were cold, so I thought…never mind. If you don't like it I'll take it back!"
"No, it's great. I just didn't expect this from a person like you."
Rel snorted.
"You know, I don't know why give apply so much pressure to yourself." Marik sounded both thankful and concerned.
She quickly came to her defense, "What do you mean?"
"What's wrong with being different?"
"It doesn't matter. Let's just take a walk all right?" Marik knew that she was trying to run away. He also knew that one day she had to face her problems as well.
"Whatever you please." He sighed and began to follow the hopping maiden. Marik had to admit Relina seemed weak on the outside, but with a little encouraging maybe, just maybe this girl would be more secure about the world and herself. He wanted to help her. 'Help.' He laughed at that thought. Helping someone, that would be something new to him. Almost forgetting to ask, Marik ran to Relina, "Wait!"
"What is it?" She sounded angry.
"All right, I'm sorry, but I have to ask you something. As much as I hate to say it…"
She interrupted him, "Then don't say it."
"Just listen!" Marik became a bit angry himself; "I want you to stay near by, as much as possible."
Her reaction was of confusion, "Why?"
"You might have something I want."
"And what might this 'something' be?"
"I'm not sure yet, but I can feel it inside of me."
"I don't' know Namu. This is a bit weird. Plus, aren't I too 'hesitant' to be around with?"
"Stop adding things I didn't do nor say."
She began to walk away, "Whatever." He assumed that 'whatever' meant yes. The blonde was happy.
"Listen, since we're going to spend more time together, I want you to meet the ones close to me." Marik knew she was ignoring him. Not liking this he went for her arm. He spun her around violently, "What is wrong with you?"
That question made Relina angry, at that moment she hated him. Hated Namu for asking such a stupid question. 'Who did he think he was?' Unnoticeably her bracelet gave out a slight glow.
"UHH." Marik held his head in pain. 'No! My other half is trying to take over! Rishid must be in trouble.' The pain was unbearable. It seemed somebody was hammering his head repeatedly. His face began to redden; his bright blonde mane covered his eyes. He began to kneel down… 'Why is this happening?' "ARG!" Sweat trickled down his tanned cheek and the blonde was about to give up.
Hatred died down; instead concern began to fill the heart and mind of Relina. "Namu? Are you all right?" She leaned to touch his back hoping to comfort him. As soon as she did, Marik could feel the light fill his body.
It stopped. The pain stopped, and Marik was shocked.
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Choiler: I know, I know...it sucked. Well, thank you so much for all the reviews reviewers! I'm so happy^^, and I need to be. Well, please review...oh and I promise things are going to get really interesting. And yes, Yami Marik is still in the story! I would never leave him, it's cause of him I like Marik in general...weird, I know. Next chapter, Kaiba's interrogations!!