Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh isn't mine, and probably never will be, so sue me and I'll fry your bloody arse off. Capische?
~Chapter 3: That's All for Shopping~
Everyone was stunned into an appalled silence. Harry swallowed, and paid Mr Ollivander seven gold Galleons for his wand, standing back to watch. "Now," the old man said, turning his headful of frizzled white hair towards Seto, Kaiba, Yugi and Malik, all of whom jumped, "now, which one of you has never, not at all, had your body inhabited by another?" Malik gulped hard, and poked Seto, causing him to step forward. "Fine," Mr Ollivander said. "Wand arm?" Seto rolled his eyes and held out his right arm. The measuring tape leapt off the floor and began measuring Seto of it's own accord. Mr Ollivander flitted among the shelves. "Here," he said finally, and the tape crumpled, "teak, unicorn hair, ten inches, hard. Give it a wave." Seto, feeling stupid like Harry before him, gave the wand a feeble whirl, and had it snatched out of his hands by Mr Ollivander.
After fifteen minutes, Seto acquired a wand – unicorn hair, eleven inches, maple, springy. "Who doesn't currently have another soul?" Mr Ollivander asked this round. Malik, looking slightly nervous, stepped out. The whole procedure was repeated, till, after about five or so wands, he received a dragon heartstring, thirteen inch, flexible.
Ryou and his yami were next. His was the quickest; on his second try he settled for a phoenix feather, oak, fifteen inch (long!), pliable.
Yugi, to everyone's utmost despair, took the longest. One wonders if it's the Pharaoh in Yugi who's taking so damn long, thought Malik. "Pharaoh, stop being so goddamn choosy!" Bakura exploded, having taken over Ryou for a moment. Yugi flushed as red as the raspberry tips of his hair. [What did that tomb robber just say?!] {Yami, please – I agree with Bakura just this once – can we hurry?}
Finally, to everyone's relief, Yugi acquired a dragon heartstring, nine inches, firm, mahogany.
Once out of the wand shop, Hagrid and Harry departed, saying their goodbyes. "Now what do we do?" asked Malik, trying to avoid getting his eyes poked out by Bakura, now in control of Ryou's body and swishing his newfound wand about in a most alarming manner. "Well," Yugi scrutinized the list again, "how about we go buy an animal? They said we could take an owl, a cat, or a toad." "I want an owl," Seto said flatly. "I'll go for a cat." Malik said, kicking Bakura in the shins. "A cat?" Everyone gave the Egyptian incredulous looks. "It's an Egyptian thing!" the blonde stated simply. Everyone else opted for owls, so they agreed to go with Malik to get his cat first.
Malik had chosen a beautiful, sleek tabby. "What are you going to name it?" asked Ryou. They were going to Eeylops' Owl Emporium to purchase their owls. "Isis," the platinum blonde said quietly. Ryou nodded understandingly and didn't pursue the subject any further. The Emporium was pitch black. "Urk!" squeaked Malik, clutching to Isis. Isis purred comfortingly. There were flickers of yellow lights, and a loud noise.
Upon leaving the Emporium, Malik inspected his friends' purchases. Seto had purchased a large eagle owl. He'd called it Flash. Yugi had a small, whitish one, called Snow. Ryou's was almost black with white freckles. To everyone's amusement, it was simply named Freckles.
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"Yugi! Could you please get Snow to shut up? She's driving Isis bonkers!" Malik's angry, yet amused voice drifted into Yugi's room. Yugi turned around, and saw Isis, Malik's cat, clinging to him fiercely, meowing pitifully at the racket Snow was causing. "I, for once, agree," came another voice. Seto. Ryou rubbed his eyes and poked his snow-white head in. "Please – Yugi?" "Oh, alright." Yugi sighed defeated, and rudely shoved an Owl Treat into Snow's beak.
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[Aibou?]
{Yami? What're you doing?}
[I should be asking you that, Yugi. It's midnight. Why aren't you sleeping?]
{I can't. Plain and simple.}
[Does it have anything to do with the fact that this Dumbledore geezer knows about me? And the Sennen items?]
{…I hate it when you're right.}
Yami materialized beside his aibou's diminutive frame. "How'd you think the old geezer knew?" Yugi asked. Yami began pacing. "I'm not entirely sure," he concluded. "However you should still watch your ste-" Yami was cut off by a pained shout. "Oh, my God," Yugi leapt off the bed, "that's Malik!"
Yugi and Yami were joined by a sleepy Ryou, an irritated Bakura and an alarmed Seto. Gingerly opening the door, they found a horrifying sight. Malik was being held up in the air, struggling, whilst Isis was hissing horribly. He was bleeding from his wand arm, namely his left. He was being strangled by…Marik, his yami.
Author's Ending Notes: Ha! How's that for a cliffhanger, huh, huh, huh?! -realizes how demented she sounded- o.O; Anyway, -dodges getting smacked by flying chairs and the like- Constructive flames are welcome.