The Aftermath

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"I did it!" shouted Marik, "The power of the Pharaoh is finally mine!" "Master Marik, sir, do not forget the other set of Egyptian God Cards as well." reminded Odion. "Ah, yes," replied Marik, pulling out the set of God Cards he won from Yugi, "these, my old friend Odion, are for you, for your help in the tournament." "You will rule alongside me." "Thank you Master Marik." Odion replied, slipping the God Cards into his deck, "I will not fail you." "I know you won't, my old friend." said Marik, "But there is still one matter to take care of." Odion looked puzzled, "What would that be, sir?" "I thought that after we beat Yugi that we would rule the world." Marik smiled, "Not quite, my friend." "That was just the first step. Now we must collect the rest of the Millennium Items!" Odion looked even more puzzled, "But what can the Millennium Items do to help us with the domination of the world?" Marik grinned sinisterly, "With the Millennium Items, we can free the Dark Knight." "And what would that do?" asked Odion "Legend has it that the Dark Knight grants one wish to any who free him." Marik explained. Odion looked at Marik quizzically, "But what would we wish for?" Marik's smile could only be described as frightening as he said, "Immortality." "But why immortality?" Odion asked, "We can rule the world with the Gods, the Millennium Puzzle, and the Millennium Rod, so why wish for immortality?" Marik replied, "Why should we rule the world for one lifetime when we can rule the world for 1,000 lifetimes?" "But before we go ahead of ourselves, we must still collect the rest of the Millennium Item." Marik looked at his newest mind-slave, Yugi, "Get me a list of all the people with the Millennium Items and there current location." "Yes, Master Marik." mumbled Yugi. Marik laughed, "He really does make a very good mind slave, doesn't he?" A few minutes later, Yugi returned, bearing the list of people with Millennium Items. Marik scanned the list, then turned to Odion and said, "Well, then, according to the list, the closest person who has two Millennium Items." Odion nodded and said, "Who would that be, sir?" Marik smiled "An old friend of mine." He said as he put on the Millennium Puzzle and tucked the Millennium Rod in to his belt, "Ryou Bakura." Ten minutes later, Marik and Odion ran into Bakura. "I sensed you coming, Marik." Bakura told Marik. Marik smiled, "Nice to see you again, Bakura." Then he turned serious, "I'm afraid this isn't a leisure trip, though, for I am here for your Millennium Items." "Well, then, you will have to duel me for them!" replied Bakura. "I have already planned on it." said Marik, getting his deck ready. "Let the duel between Marik Ishtar and Ryou Bakura begin!" shouted Odion as the duel began.