Chapter 9 of Rain's Pitbull
Anzu knew there was something wrong. She was afraid to ask thinking it might make it worse but she had to do something. She thought of something while the group was there but Malik was in his room still tired.
Anzu: "Hey guys something still seems wrong so maybe we should keep an eye on Malik."
Yugi: "Anzu's right."
Joey: "We don't want him to end up like that kid at our school."
Tristan: "You mean the one who dropped out?"
Joey: "No...the one who killed himself!" They all shrugged at this. "Well comon guys face facts. That's what happens to people at the braking point." Duke came in the shop.
Duke: "Hey, I heard what happened while I was away. This city's a mess! An what's worse is that I heard you guys were caught right in the middle of it."
Yugi: "Ya."
Anzu: "It was really scary."
Joey: "I like scary movies." He lost attention and hadn't been listening. Everyone sweatdropped and Anzu hit him on the head.
Malik's room
Malik had his head buried in the pillow while Faller sat next to him with a pitiful look. Malik was remembering things from battle city and comparing it to Pentan being in his body. It was so alike but so different. He felt like he was always being used by someone and that he never had control of himself. Malik sat up and looked at Faller. He grew angry and pushed him off the bed. Faller let out a yelp. Why had he done that? Why did he get so mad at him? Or did he get mad at...himself? Faller just looked up at him from the floor. Malik: "Stop!!!" He yelled as Faller pinned back his ears but continued to look at him. Malik lifted up his hand as if to hit the puppy before someone knocked on his door.
Serenity: "Malik? Can I come in?" It was silent so she opened the door. "Malik?" She saw Malik holding up his hand and Faller on the floor. "Malik! What are you doing?!" She ran over and picked up the puppy, glanced at Malik, then ran downstairs. Malik just sat there. He could hear Serenity telling the others what she saw and knew they would come upstairs. He quickly opened the window and jumped onto a tree which was next to it. He climbed down and hid as he heard people go into his room. It was dark by this time so it was easier to escape. He knelt behind bushes till it was safe to just run, which he did but he didn't know exactly where he was going. It started raining.
Malik: "Why does it always rain? Not like I care though." He slipped and fell but didn't try to get up for a few minutes. When he did he looked at where he was. He was on a bridge. He sat down and leaned his head on the bars. He heard barking and looked around. Behind him was Faller and no one else. No matter where he was Faller could always find him. Faller didn't look mad which he thought he'd be after what he did and was going to do. He hugged Faller and put him on his lap when he noticed something. Faller was him...but...he wasn't too. They were separate but weren't. This was all too confusing. But he promised that he wouldn't get mad or do anything bad to Faller anymore instead of to himself, which was who he was really mad at.
A little while later
Lightning started and the rain poured harder. Faller hid under Malik's shirt but Malik didn't seem to mind at all and didn't care that he was cold. It reminded him of the first time, or the reunion depending how you wanted to look at it, of when he found Faller in the box. He closed his eyes.
Malik's dream
He was on a dock of the harbor. His feet were in the water and it was raining here too. Fish were coming up to eat the raindrops they thought were bugs and birds eating them. Something was weird though. Something just felt wrong. He looked to the sky. The clouds were twirling around in a weird way. There was no wind, there was no sound, not even the rain hitting the water made a sound. Then suddenly there was a sound. It was weird and terrifying. He started shivering and got up he backed off the dock. He didn't know where the sound was coming from, he just assumed it was from the city. It took him awhile to notice that he wasn't under water nor near it. He was floating above something he couldn't make out. He heard a car honk...
and woke up.
He saw a car swerve but not crash then yelling fallowed. Besides the people yelling at each other no one else was around. Faller was sleeping at but looked up. Malik: "It's ok." He petting him
Tristan: "Malik!"
Joey: "Maaalik!"
Duke: "Malik!"
Yugi: "Where are you!" They were looking for him. He wondered what he should do. Knowing them they'd make a big fuss. Where are they? He thought. He got up holding Faller when someone grabbed his shoulder.
"There you are! Hey guy! I found him!" It was Tristan. The rest of the group walked over. They were all looking at him. All at once they asked him questions. There were too many and he leaned against the bridge bars holding his head and shutting his eyes tight. Faller had jumped from his arms.
Joey: "Guys, shut up." Everyone shut there mouths and Yugi walked over to Malik. They all noticed that Malik was covered in mud and soaked. He had been out in the rain for about 2 hours.
Yugi: "Are you ok?" Malik's eye shot open with a terrified look. He didn't even glace at the group. "Comon let's get back to the shop." He tryed to pull Malik away from the bars but was unsuccessful so Joey came over intending to help.