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C-F: ^_^ Okay. I'd like to say a few things.

Marik: u¬¬ And please ignore her liking to get run-through.

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Opal Three: Day two to the Light Temple

~~~~~Arianna's POV

I glared out into the night as I stood on the bow of the ship.

"What's with her?" asked Bartimaeus.

"One, we should of gotten there by now." I said, "Two, why the heck is it so dark at ten in the morning?"

As if to answer the sky lit up a bit.

"Where's Marik?" asked Yami.

"His room." I replied.

I scowled and kicked the mast.

I heard Bartimaeus utter something in a different language.

"What did you say?" I asked him.

"Nothing." he replied.

I glared at the sky and started yelling curses at it in every language I could think of.

"Soooo." said Bakura, "Why not just call yourselves thieves instead of pirates? They ARE the same thing."

"No they're not." said Erin, "Thieves steal for money, PIRATES steal for FUN."

I snickered and shook my head.

"YAMI!!!" yelled Marik, "LET GO OF ME!!"

I stared off into the sky, and with a start saw a landmass.

"Where are you-?" began Jenny as I began to climb up the mast to the crow's nest as fast as I could.

"Why's it so dark out here?" I heard Marik say from below.

"Hey! What-?" began Jable as I leapt into the crow's nest and snatched a pair of binoculars from him.

"We're screwed." I muttered as I looked towards the land mast.

I leapt over the side of the crow's nest and grabbed the netting halfway down and hurried down.

"What's the matter?" asked Marik as I flew by him.

"We are totally screwed." I replied snatching my map as the sky brightened.

"Why?" asked Jenny.

I rolled the map out.

"Remember I said we were going to the Light Temple?" I asked.

"Yeeeees." replied Yami.

I jabbed my finger at the map, "THIS is where we are."

"The Graveyard of Shadows?!" yelled Erin.

"The map is messed up." I said, "If my assumptions are right, where THIS says the Graveyard of Shadows is, is where the LIGHT Temple is."

"What about the Chaos Temple?" asked Marik.

"I have no idea." I replied, "It may be where this says it is, OR it may be on one of the 'unnamed' islands."

"So, what do we do now?" asked Bakura.

"We go to THIS one first." I said, "Naturally."

"There is NO WAY you are getting me on that island." said Marik, crossing his arms.

"Don't be so sure of that." I said, giving him a look.

I ordered for the anchors to be dropped.

"Who's going to go with you?" asked Aethleflaed.

"Marik and Jenny ." I replied, "And Bartimaeus."

I ran over to a long boat and set it in the water.

"Come on." I said.

Marik muttered something and followed me.

Later...

I scowled as I examined the Graveyard of Shadows.

"What a charming place." said Bartimaeus.

"I don't like it." muttered Jenny.

"Do I HAVE to go with you?" asked Marik.

"YES." I said, grabbing him by the ear and pulling him along with me towards the center of the Graveyard.

"AIIIEE!!!!" shrieked Jenny.

I spun around to see a half rotted corpse limping over to her.

"Stupid things." I muttered, taking out a pistol and shooting the thing through the neck, "Come ON."

"You ARE insane." muttered Marik as he followed me towards the center of the island.

"What are we supposed to do?" I asked him.

"Why are you asking me?" he asked.

"BECAUSE." I said, "YOU are the Key of Shadow."

"..."

"URNNNNUGH." groaned another zombie.

I made a face and shot it.

"I hate those things." muttered Marik.

"Let's hurry." I said.

"Screw walking." I heard Marik mutter.

I looked back at him in time to see him sprout wings and lift into the air.

Sweet.

"Come on." said Marik.

I gave him a questioning look, and was answered by him picking me up.

Grrr.

"This is faster." said Marik as I began to protest.

A few moments later we arrived at the Alter in the center of the island.

"You keep any zombies busy while I try and figure out what to do." said Marik.

I scowled.

"Fine." I said, "But I don't have any more bullets."

I drew my sword.

"Urrugh." A zombie had just come out of the solid stone floor.

I slashed the zombie in half.

Suddenly an entire ring of the zombies surrounded me.

"Crap." I muttered, "You had better hurry up! I'm not a miracle worker!"

I heard Marik start chanting in a language I didn't recognize as I did my best to kill the zombies and keep myself alive.

There was a loud bang and I hoped that it was a good sign.

"I've got it." called Marik.

"Good now let's-" I began but was cut off by a zombie taking its sword and driving it through my stomach.

"What?" asked Marik.

"Get out of here." I said.

"What about you?" he asked, I heard him slash a zombie.

"I won't be going anywhere." I choked.

"Great Ra..." gaped Marik.

I guess he could tell what had happened.

There was a sudden tension of the air and all the zombies exploded.

"YOU." said Marik, putting a hand on my shoulder, "Will be all right."

"Yeah... SURE." I muttered sarcastically.

"You will." said Marik, and with that, he gripped the sword that had been driven through me.

I fainted as he pulled the sword out of me.

~~~~~Three minutes later, on the ship...

*OOOOW.*

"Will she be all right?" asked Jenny.

"I'm not sure." replied Aethleflaed, "MARIK seems to think so..."

"Well, I don't." I muttered, opening my eyes and spitting a mouthful of blood onto the floor.

"Tasty?" asked Bartimaeus.

"Put a sock in it." I snapped.

"Marik healed you to a point." said Aethleflaed, "But there is still quite a bit of healing that needs to be done, after all, you ARE still bleeding."

She was right. Not MUCH but I was bleeding, nevertheless.

I gasped in pain as Aethleflaed put a hand on one puncture.

"Well?" asked Jenny.

"I'm going to have to use magic to heal her." said Aethleflaed.

"Then DO IT." said Erin.

I fainted again as pain shot through my wound.

~~~~~Later, Marik's POV...

"Well?" I asked as Jenny and Erin walked out of the cabin that had been converted into an infirmary.

"She'll live." said Erin, "Aethleflaed used magic to heal Ari."

"Good." I said.

"She's barely alive." said Jenny, "Thanks to you that she's alive."

I felt my face go red and I looked away.

"ARI!" yelled Aethleflaed, "NO ONE CAN SEE YOU RIGHT NOW! SO STOP BADGERING ME!"

Jenny and Erin exchanged looks.

A very agitated Undine walked out of the cabin.

"What's the matter?" asked Jenny.

"Ari DEMANDS to see Marik." snapped Aethleflaed.

"Me?" I asked, puzzled.

"Yes." replied Aethleflaed, "YOU. She says that it's 'IMPORTANT'."

I strode past Aethleflaed and into the cabin.

~~~~~In the cabin...

~* Yeah, I feel you too *~

"How do you feel?" I asked as I entered the cabin.

~* Feel, those things you do *~

"Blah." replied Arianna, "Absolutely blah."

~* In your eyes I see the fire that burns to free you *~

"What's the matter?" I asked as I watched Arianna.

~* That's running through *~

"I'm not going to live." she said flatly.

~* Deep inside you know *~

I stared at her.

~* Seeds I plant will grow *~

"No, I'm not being negative."

~* One day you will see *~

"Is that why you called for me?" I asked.

~* Then to come down to me *~

"I need to ask you a favor." she replied.

~* Yeah, c'mon, c'mon lets take the chance *~

"And what is that?" I asked.

~* That's right *~

She remained silent, staring out of a window.

~* Let's dance *~

"Well?" I asked.

~* Snake! *~

"I-I wanted to ask you-" she faltered, "I wanted to ask you to..... Bite me."

~* I am the snake *~

I clenched my teeth. Bite her? That WOULD keep her from dying, in a manner of speaking. I HAD actually been WANTING to bite her... But to actually bite her? I don't think I could.

~* Tempting, that bite you take *~

"BITE ME." she said.

~* Let me free you mind *~

"But-" I spluttered.

~* Leave yourself behind *~

"I'm too young to die." said Arianna, flatly, "And it doesn't feel like it's my TIME to die either. If you don't bite me, I will, PERSUADE you to."

~* Be not afraid *~

I sighed reluctantly and nodded, subdued.

~* I've got what you need *~

I leaned forward and sank my fangs into her neck, wincing slightly as I heard her gasp in pain from my fangs.

~* Hunger I will feed *~

I couldn't BELIEVE I was doing this, what had happened to me? I had SWORN I wouldn't make anyone a vampire, yet here I was, draining Arianna of her blood.

~* One day you will see *~

And I was almost finished too...

~* And then to come down to me *~

I removed my fangs from her neck and sat down hard in a chair.

~* Yeah. c'mon, c'mon now take the chance *~

"Thank you." whispered Arianna.

~* That's right *~

Was she THANKING me?

~* Come dance *~

"YOU might be happy about it." I said, looking away from her, "But I had SWORN I would NEVER make anyone a vampire."

~* Come dancin' *~

"Well, I doubt you ever thought that making someone a vampire would save their life." said Arianna.

~* One day you will see *~

I remained silent.

~* And then to come down to me *~

"I know, you're thinking 'I shouldn't have done this'." said Arianna, "BUT look at it this way, I'M not mad at you. I'm HAPPY that you bit me."

~* Yeah, c'mon, c'mon now take the chance *~

"You make too much sense." I muttered, continuing to not make eye contact.

~* That's right *~

"I try to." said Arianna, "But I don't always."

~* Hey, I feel you too *~

"I still think I don't think I should have done it." I muttered.

~* Feel, those things you do *~

"Would you deny a Sechemech-ib?" asked Arianna.

~* In your eyes I see the fire that burns to free you *~

I stared at her. A "PLEASURE OF THE HEART"?! Is she MAD?! Then I remembered what had happened yesterday and looked away again.

~* That's running through *~

"You didn't do anything WRONG." she said firmly, "I WANTED this."

~* Yeah, deep inside you know *~

How could she WANT this?

~* Seeds I plant will grow *~

"You're as stubborn as a mule." said Arianna, "And with the way you argue you ought to be a lawyer."

~* One day you will see *~

I growled and got on top of her, pinning her down to the bed. (~*~*Not unlike a wolf... sorry, that was random.~*~*)

"I am NOT as stubborn as a mule." I snapped, "And I should NOT be a lawyer."

~* And then to come down to me *~

Arianna gazed up at me, amused.

"You ARE as stubborn as a mule." she said, "BUT, I take back the comment about being a lawyer. Only because that's something everyone says to me."

~* Yeah, c'mon, c'mon now take the chance *~

I gave her a look.

"I still don't think I'm as stubborn as a mule." I said.

She poked me in the chest and said, "You ARE as stubborn as a mule and you know it. So don't deny it."

~* That's right *~

I clenched my teeth as she gazed at me, a sly look on her face.

"Don't poke me." I said.

"Why not?" she asked, a mischievous look on her face, "I don't bite."

~* We'll dance *~

I gave her an irritable look.

"I don't find that funny." I said.

"Well I DO, O Stubborn One." she replied.

~* It's nice to see you here *~

"I'm-" I began, but was interrupted by her wrapping arm around my neck and pulling me down into a kiss.

~* Ha ha. *~

~~~~~No one's POV

"What's taking so long?' muttered Jenny as she and Erin paced the length of the deck and back.

"Knowing those two, they're either arguing or kissing." replied Erin, "Where's Yami?"

"Uh, he's in his room." replied Bakura, "Tonight's the full moon."

"Oh." replied Erin.

There was a loud crash.

"Crap." said Bakura, scurrying to an empty room on deck and running into it, "C'mon!"

Jenny ran into the room after him, but Erin stayed on the deck, oblivious.

There were the sounds of heavy footsteps on the stairs and there was a snarl.

"Where did Jenny and Baku-?" began Erin as she turned but stopped as she was a humongous creature on the stairs, a hungry expression on its face.

With a roar the monster lunged at her, fangs gnashing.

Erin let out a scream as the creature's fangs sank into her flesh.

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C-F: *hiding* Don't kill me, junana107! Mercy!

Marik: O.O He's silent for once.

C-F: Haha... I'm pretty sure the lyrics are accurate for Devil's Dance, I'm listening to the song itself, so it's a bit hard. ^_^

Malik: YOU. ARE. WEIRD.

C-F: ^_^ Hehehehehehehehehehehehe... PLEASE REVIEW!

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