The Key to Power
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L: WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
YL: Because of the snow and ice storms she hasn't had to go to school for 3 days in a row and it has gone to her head, there is no stopping the insanity.
L: It's like a giant skating rink out there!!!!!
YL: And I'm freezing my butt off.
L: Awwww come on it's not that cold.
YL: 18 DEGREES!!!! THAT IS BELLOW FREEZING!!!!
L: *mumbles* Big baby.
YL: WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?
L: nothing ^_^
YL: I don't believe you.
L: Ok folks time for chapter six: He told me not to.
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Maybe it was the fact that the sun had gone down or maybe it was that he was whispering in her ear, but Nakia was shivering. She took a deep steadying breath, and slowly exhaled.
"What is it you wanted to talk to me about Malik?" She tried to keep her voice steady, but between the shivering and the knowledge that her brother would kill them both if he found them had her quite nervous. Malik let go of her swing and sat in the swing next to her.
"I was hoping to find out how things were going with your brother. Has he remembered everything yet?" He asked with a grin.
"No, he barely remembers me." She said sadly. She looked down at her feet and began to twirl her swing around. Malik watched her, he had been watching her all day but now he was up close and he could see every detail. So he studied her intently so that when he had to leave her he could remember. She twirled for a few minutes then she stood. She took a few steps away from the swings and said,
"He doesn't remember anything about being pharaoh, and he can only recall a few things about being my brother. It's frustrating." A soft breeze began to blow and she reached up and pulled out a dozen hair pins and her hair came tumbling down, it went to her waist. She shook her mane of purple curls and looked back at Malik, "I thought those pins were going to kill me." She said a small smile. He smiled back,
"How do you know that your brother will want the power of the pharaoh when he regains his memories?"
"So you saw it too, the relationship between Yami and Yugi."
"Who doesn't notice?" Malik said with a smile.
"Well the two of them didn't until today." She wrapped her arms around herself and shivered; this time she was sure it was because of the cold and not Malik. Malik noticed her shivering and got up.
"Here take my jacket." He took it off and put it over her shoulders. She blushed and said very quietly,
"Thank you."
"Come on lets go sit on the merry go round." He put his arm around her and led her to the merry go round and they sat down. With one arm still around her he took one of her hands in his; the power of the key was invisible. "It's so strange, I can't even feel the rings and chains." He said quietly.
"You can't, but I can." Nakia said looking at her hand. "I can't feel anything with my fingertips because of it."
"That doesn't seem fair. You can't feel anything?"
"Nothing." She reached up with her other hand and touched Malik's cheek. "You feel my fingers brushing your skin but I feel nothing." She said sadly, she put her hand down.
"At least it's just your fingers." He said with a grin. "Be thankful it isn't your entire body." He gave her a look that scared and excited her at the same time. Malik leaned in and kissed her, he let go of her hand and wrapped his other arm around her. Nakia kissed him back for a moment then she pulled away.
"Malik it's getting late, I-."
"You have to go back to your brother." He said angrily.
"No, it's just that I'm going to have to walk to my hotel and it's on the other side of town and its dark, and weird people come out at this time of night." Malik chuckled.
"Why must you do things the hard way when you know that you could use your powers?"
"Because they aren't a toy." Malik chuckled again and kissed her.
"Always doing things the hard way. Alright, how about I walk you back to your hotel?" Nakia smiled and shook her head,
"I'll do it the easy way." Malik grinned.
"Are you trying to get away from me?"
"My brother told me to stay away from you."
"Why must you always do what your brother tells you?" He asked a little angrily.
"I don't do everything he tells me. My brother told me to stay away from you altogether but I'm here, in your arms."
"True, you are here. Why?"
"Why am I in your arms or why am I at the park?" She asked trying to be difficult.
"Both."
"The park because I needed to go for a walk to try and clear my head; and your arms because it seems to clog my head up more."
"That doesn't make any sense."
"Well I'm really confused so I'm not going to be any help."
"You're doing this on purpose aren't you?"
"Maybe, or I could really be confused and have no idea." (L: I do this all the time YL: Yeah but she's just confused.)
"You aren't doing this on purpose are you?" He asked, looking at her quizzically.
"Um, I don't remember anymore, I've confused myself." She said with a giggle.
"Alright, Miss. Confused, so you won't or can't give me a straight answer, fine I can take a hint you don't want to be around me." He said in mock offence. Nakia rolled her eyes,
"Don't start with that, I like you Malik, but I've been told-."
"You've been told that I'm no good, that I'm evil, maybe they even told you that I tried to kill them." Nakia looked shocked,
"You tried to kill them?!" It came out as a squeak.
"Ok maybe I shouldn't have said that."
"Why wasn't I told about this sooner?"
"That's what I'd like to know."
"So, you tired to kill Yami and Yugi?"
"And their friends."
"And their friends. Ok this is slightly strange." She said sliding out of his arms and standing so she could pace back and forth, her mind was a jumble of questions. "Why?"
"Why what?" he asked looking up at her. She stopped her pace and looked down at him.
"Why did you try to kill them?"
"Well I wouldn't have had to resort to violence if your brother had just handed the millennium puzzle over to me."
"Malik, do you know that you are crazy?"
"Yes."
"Ok, as long as we've got that established." She began to pace again, "ok um.why are you crazy exactly?"
"Read my mind, I know you want to."
"You'll let me? And you don't care what I see?"
"I'll let you see and I don't care what you do see, as long as when you are finished we don't speak of what you have seen."
"Alright." She said a little shakily and she sat down next to him. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes and tired to concentrate.
And then she tapped in to his memories, it's something she's always hated to do but sometimes it's been necessary. She saw his childhood and his initiation, she saw his pain and his plotting, and then she saw his Yami.
~In Malik's Mind~
(AN: ok this part is a little tricky. Basically she's walking around inside of his head.)
"STAY OUT!!" A dark voice bellowed, "LEAVE!!" The area of Malik's mind she had been wandering through suddenly went dark.
"Why do you not want me here? What do you have to hide?" Nakia asked.
"NO QUESTIONS!! JUST GET OUT!!!" Suddenly she was thrown out of Malik's mind.
~Back in the Park~
Nakia fell off the merry go round with a squeal, and then from the ground she let out a angry scream. Malik laughed at her,
"Did you have a good time?"
"If I could I'd really hurt your Yami!!"
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L: OK writes block has claimed my mind.
YL:*holding baseball bat* One good swing will take care of it.
L: How about not?
YL: Fine you keep the writers block; don't say I didn't try to help.
L: You are supposed to be my muse! You are supposed to help me, not hurt me!
YL: Hee, hee, hee.
L: *sigh* Ok folks next chapter I have no clue what I'm going to do. Ideas would be appreciated!
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L: WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
YL: Because of the snow and ice storms she hasn't had to go to school for 3 days in a row and it has gone to her head, there is no stopping the insanity.
L: It's like a giant skating rink out there!!!!!
YL: And I'm freezing my butt off.
L: Awwww come on it's not that cold.
YL: 18 DEGREES!!!! THAT IS BELLOW FREEZING!!!!
L: *mumbles* Big baby.
YL: WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?
L: nothing ^_^
YL: I don't believe you.
L: Ok folks time for chapter six: He told me not to.
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Maybe it was the fact that the sun had gone down or maybe it was that he was whispering in her ear, but Nakia was shivering. She took a deep steadying breath, and slowly exhaled.
"What is it you wanted to talk to me about Malik?" She tried to keep her voice steady, but between the shivering and the knowledge that her brother would kill them both if he found them had her quite nervous. Malik let go of her swing and sat in the swing next to her.
"I was hoping to find out how things were going with your brother. Has he remembered everything yet?" He asked with a grin.
"No, he barely remembers me." She said sadly. She looked down at her feet and began to twirl her swing around. Malik watched her, he had been watching her all day but now he was up close and he could see every detail. So he studied her intently so that when he had to leave her he could remember. She twirled for a few minutes then she stood. She took a few steps away from the swings and said,
"He doesn't remember anything about being pharaoh, and he can only recall a few things about being my brother. It's frustrating." A soft breeze began to blow and she reached up and pulled out a dozen hair pins and her hair came tumbling down, it went to her waist. She shook her mane of purple curls and looked back at Malik, "I thought those pins were going to kill me." She said a small smile. He smiled back,
"How do you know that your brother will want the power of the pharaoh when he regains his memories?"
"So you saw it too, the relationship between Yami and Yugi."
"Who doesn't notice?" Malik said with a smile.
"Well the two of them didn't until today." She wrapped her arms around herself and shivered; this time she was sure it was because of the cold and not Malik. Malik noticed her shivering and got up.
"Here take my jacket." He took it off and put it over her shoulders. She blushed and said very quietly,
"Thank you."
"Come on lets go sit on the merry go round." He put his arm around her and led her to the merry go round and they sat down. With one arm still around her he took one of her hands in his; the power of the key was invisible. "It's so strange, I can't even feel the rings and chains." He said quietly.
"You can't, but I can." Nakia said looking at her hand. "I can't feel anything with my fingertips because of it."
"That doesn't seem fair. You can't feel anything?"
"Nothing." She reached up with her other hand and touched Malik's cheek. "You feel my fingers brushing your skin but I feel nothing." She said sadly, she put her hand down.
"At least it's just your fingers." He said with a grin. "Be thankful it isn't your entire body." He gave her a look that scared and excited her at the same time. Malik leaned in and kissed her, he let go of her hand and wrapped his other arm around her. Nakia kissed him back for a moment then she pulled away.
"Malik it's getting late, I-."
"You have to go back to your brother." He said angrily.
"No, it's just that I'm going to have to walk to my hotel and it's on the other side of town and its dark, and weird people come out at this time of night." Malik chuckled.
"Why must you do things the hard way when you know that you could use your powers?"
"Because they aren't a toy." Malik chuckled again and kissed her.
"Always doing things the hard way. Alright, how about I walk you back to your hotel?" Nakia smiled and shook her head,
"I'll do it the easy way." Malik grinned.
"Are you trying to get away from me?"
"My brother told me to stay away from you."
"Why must you always do what your brother tells you?" He asked a little angrily.
"I don't do everything he tells me. My brother told me to stay away from you altogether but I'm here, in your arms."
"True, you are here. Why?"
"Why am I in your arms or why am I at the park?" She asked trying to be difficult.
"Both."
"The park because I needed to go for a walk to try and clear my head; and your arms because it seems to clog my head up more."
"That doesn't make any sense."
"Well I'm really confused so I'm not going to be any help."
"You're doing this on purpose aren't you?"
"Maybe, or I could really be confused and have no idea." (L: I do this all the time YL: Yeah but she's just confused.)
"You aren't doing this on purpose are you?" He asked, looking at her quizzically.
"Um, I don't remember anymore, I've confused myself." She said with a giggle.
"Alright, Miss. Confused, so you won't or can't give me a straight answer, fine I can take a hint you don't want to be around me." He said in mock offence. Nakia rolled her eyes,
"Don't start with that, I like you Malik, but I've been told-."
"You've been told that I'm no good, that I'm evil, maybe they even told you that I tried to kill them." Nakia looked shocked,
"You tried to kill them?!" It came out as a squeak.
"Ok maybe I shouldn't have said that."
"Why wasn't I told about this sooner?"
"That's what I'd like to know."
"So, you tired to kill Yami and Yugi?"
"And their friends."
"And their friends. Ok this is slightly strange." She said sliding out of his arms and standing so she could pace back and forth, her mind was a jumble of questions. "Why?"
"Why what?" he asked looking up at her. She stopped her pace and looked down at him.
"Why did you try to kill them?"
"Well I wouldn't have had to resort to violence if your brother had just handed the millennium puzzle over to me."
"Malik, do you know that you are crazy?"
"Yes."
"Ok, as long as we've got that established." She began to pace again, "ok um.why are you crazy exactly?"
"Read my mind, I know you want to."
"You'll let me? And you don't care what I see?"
"I'll let you see and I don't care what you do see, as long as when you are finished we don't speak of what you have seen."
"Alright." She said a little shakily and she sat down next to him. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes and tired to concentrate.
And then she tapped in to his memories, it's something she's always hated to do but sometimes it's been necessary. She saw his childhood and his initiation, she saw his pain and his plotting, and then she saw his Yami.
~In Malik's Mind~
(AN: ok this part is a little tricky. Basically she's walking around inside of his head.)
"STAY OUT!!" A dark voice bellowed, "LEAVE!!" The area of Malik's mind she had been wandering through suddenly went dark.
"Why do you not want me here? What do you have to hide?" Nakia asked.
"NO QUESTIONS!! JUST GET OUT!!!" Suddenly she was thrown out of Malik's mind.
~Back in the Park~
Nakia fell off the merry go round with a squeal, and then from the ground she let out a angry scream. Malik laughed at her,
"Did you have a good time?"
"If I could I'd really hurt your Yami!!"
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L: OK writes block has claimed my mind.
YL:*holding baseball bat* One good swing will take care of it.
L: How about not?
YL: Fine you keep the writers block; don't say I didn't try to help.
L: You are supposed to be my muse! You are supposed to help me, not hurt me!
YL: Hee, hee, hee.
L: *sigh* Ok folks next chapter I have no clue what I'm going to do. Ideas would be appreciated!