A/N Okay, people I'm ba-ack! Only one to successfully guess so far, so cookies for Lene-chan! Ryou-Bakura1 was soooo close so, a sugar cookie for her!! Happy Thanksgiving!

Disclaimer- Forgot this last chapter I was soooo excited!!! I own 2 YuGiOh! manga and about 600 (That's right) YuGiOh! Cards. Sadly, I do not own YuGiOh! It belongs to Takahashi Something-Something. If I did own I'd share it with everyone!!!

Chapter 2- Aura

~Marik~ Deviance requires punishment. Malik shall be punished. He will die slowly, ever so slowly and I, Marik will watch as he dies, ever so slowly, and laugh, for I no longer have any need of him!

Not to mention the fact that my love, my love shall be there as he dies and he will be laughing to. For he is mine!

They are together right now. I shall go to them and I shall claim what is mine. For soon all shall mine!

~*In the Third Person*~ In the very depths of the night no creature that worships the life-giving rays of the sun walks the earth. They stay in the places where they feel most safe with the people they feel most safe with.

Not all respect the sanctity of the night. For some it is a time to take advantage of the light worshippers vulnerability.

~*~*~*~ Once the Bakura House had been a quiet place full of quiet people. These days had ended many years ago with the reappearance of the Millennium Ring.

The neighbors didn't mind, as long as the blinds, windows, and curtains of the Bakura house where always shut and noises that could be heard at the next-door neighbors ceased at two a.m. promptly.

It was a very good thing the Bakura house sat on a half-acre of land, very good for everybody. It would also lead to a fair amount of tragedy.

~*~*~*~ Thieves always guard their lairs very carefully. For a mortal thief breaking into the Bakura House would be deadly.

Marik was not mortal. He broke in though the front door. It had been less heavily trapped than the one in back, for what idiot breaks in through the front door?

Upon entering the front hall Marik could tell his Hikari had been there and knew he was upstairs. Marik closed the door cautiously. After taking all the trouble to get through the traps he did NOT want his planned foiled by a slammed door.

After leaving the immediate entry area Marik was assailed by three choices. A door on his left, a door on his right, and a door in the middle. Marik choose the door in the middle and was rewarded with the stairs to the next level.

~*~*~*~ Meanwhile, on the second story of the Bakura House, Malik tossed in his sleep. Nightmares plagued him, nightmares of life with his Yami

If Malik had been awake these fears would have seemed silly. He wasn't alone in bed; he had his lover to protect him.

Not to mention, the cricket bat always kept within arms reach.

~*~*~*~ The intruder to the stillness of the Bakura home had reached the top of the stairs. Yet another decision faced him.

"Damned doors," Marik snarled, "In my day people had one door, one floor and they where HAPPY! DAMMIT!"

Marik froze, waiting to see what repercussions his words may have had. There appeared to be none.

Marik closed his eyes hoping to detect his hikari's aura, while making sure his hikari wouldn't detect his. He sensed it, in the door directly in front of him!

Ever so cautiously he opened the door.

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I'm going to stop here! Three more reviews and I'll be ready to write again though! Suggestions and comments always welcome! Flamers too! It all adds to my review count!