Sweeten the taste
Chapter 9:
Marik sighed heavily and looked out the window, "Malik, I know it seems hard but... we have to give the puzzle back to Yugi."
"But Marik!"
Marik stopped the car and looked at his hikari. "Malik, I know you think it's stupid and it probably is. But we have to give it back."
"Were the one's who got it back!"
"That's right, we did. Just like we promised Yugi we would."
Malik looked away and mumbled something. Marik took Malik in his arms and kissed his him gently, "I'm sorry, Malik."
He frowned, "Not half as sorry as I am." Then he smiled and put the millennium puzzle around his neck.
"What are you doing?"
"If were going to return it, I at least want to know how it feels."
Marik kissed him one more time. "It looks good on you."
They wanted to drive until they got to Germany, then they would call Kaiba to tell him about their triumph. About twenty miles down the road they heard a noise from behind them, Malik took a look and it was a blue pickup truck... with the thief sitting in the drivers seat.
"Oh Marik, it's him again!"
"What?!" Marik stepped on the gas and zoomed down the highway.
Malik wanted to get a good look at the thief so he went into the backseat and put his face right up into the glass. "Hmm." He squinted, "That's Bandit Keith!"
He crawled back into the front, "Marik that's Bandit Keith! I swear, that's him!"
"What?"
"It true!"
Just then Keith rammed his truck into the back of their car, it caused them to almost fly off the ground and into the woods.
Marik was swerving right and left to try not to run into a tree, "Ra! He won't quit!"
Malik's eyes were closed and he was chanting something to quiet to be heard over Bandit Keith's yelling, "Give me that puzzle back!"
Marik didn't see the little stream coming up ahead and he ran right into it. Of course since Bandit Keith was behind him he rammed his truck into their car and he got stuck as well.
"Ugh." Marik groaned and pulled his hikari out of the car.
Malik was trying to keep up with Marik while they ran into the woods. "Where are we going?"
"Call Kaiba!"
Malik pushed the button and Kaiba answered, "Hello?"
"Yeah, um... we've got the puzzle but just barely. See, he's chasing us now. It's Bandit Keith!"
"Bandit Keith? Well, I'm sending one of Kaiba Corp's jet planes to pick you up. So try and stay in the related area, I don't know how long it'll take to get to Paris."
"Right." Then he hung up. "Marik?"
"What?"
"He's sending a jet plane for us but we have to stay in this related area."
Marik stopped behind a tree and pulled Malik close to him so Bandit Keith wouldn't see him. Keith was right behind them only he didn't know it, because Marik held his hand over Malik's mouth so Keith wouldn't hear him breath.
Bandit Keith thought they had gone somewhere else so he went away. After a minute or so, Marik let go of Malik.
"Ugh..." Malik sighed, "I hate having to hide from him. Why can't we go over there and kick his butt?!"
"I know you want to, and so do I. But what if we go too far?"
"And kill him? Like we did about 300 other people on that plane?"
"Oh yeah." Marik leaned back on the tree, "But we don't want to add to that record, do we?"
"Is that a rhetorical question?"
"Yes."
Malik didn't say anything until he remembered that they still didn't have everything they were supposed to, "Oh no!"
"What?"
"Bandit Keith still has Monkey!"
"..."
"We gotta get him back!"
"No way."
"But Keith might do awful things to him!"
"Like what?"
"Like... he might molest him!"
"A monkey molester."
"That's right!"
Marik starred at him, "..." then he burst into laughter. "HAHAHAHA!"
Malik got red in the face and lost his temper, "What's so funny?!"
"Malik," Marik got enough control to stop for a minute, "We can't risk getting the puzzle taken away from us for a molested monkey."
"Well, how would like it if someone molested you?!"
"If it was you koi, I think I'd like it a lot." Then Marik rolled on the ground laughing.
"Ugh!"
Marik stopped for a second, "What are you so upset about? It's just a monkey."
"Yeah, to you."
"Oh please. You would have never even thought about a monkey if I hadn't left you for a second to get a car."
"You stole it..."
"Oh here we go!" Marik turned around and closed his eyes and started to laugh again.
Malik got really upset and walked off in the direction he saw Bandit Keith last. 'Fine! If he doesn't wanna help he can just stay there and laugh himself to death!'
He looked down and saw a bunch of rather large boot prints. 'This must be where he went.' He followed them to where he saw Keith sitting on a log. 'It's him.'
Keith was talking to himself, "Man! How am I supposed to get my money now?!"
"Eek." Monkey was still on his shoulder.
"Oh yeah, you're that guys monkey. Why don't you get out of here? I wanna be alone."
Malik got on his knees and made tiny whistling noises. Monkey noticed, but instead of just running over to him he jumped up and down, "EEK! EEK! EEK!"
Malik shook his head for Monkey to stop but he didn't. Bandit Keith wondered why he was making such noise. "What is it?" He looked behind a tree and saw Malik.
"Hey! You're that punk that stole my puzzle!" before Malik could run away he grabbed him by the shirt and pinned him down.
"Get off of me!"
"Not a chance!" He took the millennium puzzle from around his neck and put it back on his.
Malik growled under his breath and tried to free his arms, but Keith was much heavier than him and he couldn't move. "Ugh..."
"Hey..." Keith studied his face a little closer, "You're a real pretty boy, ya know that?"
"Whatever..." Malik tried again to get up but was forced back down.
Keith ran his fingers down Malik's cheek, "Really pretty." He leaned down to where their faces were only an inch away from each other.
"Ugh! Get away! Marik!"
"Sorry. Your little boyfriend ain't hear..." he kissed Malik's collarbone.
"Stop! Marik, please help me..."
Chapter 9:
Marik sighed heavily and looked out the window, "Malik, I know it seems hard but... we have to give the puzzle back to Yugi."
"But Marik!"
Marik stopped the car and looked at his hikari. "Malik, I know you think it's stupid and it probably is. But we have to give it back."
"Were the one's who got it back!"
"That's right, we did. Just like we promised Yugi we would."
Malik looked away and mumbled something. Marik took Malik in his arms and kissed his him gently, "I'm sorry, Malik."
He frowned, "Not half as sorry as I am." Then he smiled and put the millennium puzzle around his neck.
"What are you doing?"
"If were going to return it, I at least want to know how it feels."
Marik kissed him one more time. "It looks good on you."
They wanted to drive until they got to Germany, then they would call Kaiba to tell him about their triumph. About twenty miles down the road they heard a noise from behind them, Malik took a look and it was a blue pickup truck... with the thief sitting in the drivers seat.
"Oh Marik, it's him again!"
"What?!" Marik stepped on the gas and zoomed down the highway.
Malik wanted to get a good look at the thief so he went into the backseat and put his face right up into the glass. "Hmm." He squinted, "That's Bandit Keith!"
He crawled back into the front, "Marik that's Bandit Keith! I swear, that's him!"
"What?"
"It true!"
Just then Keith rammed his truck into the back of their car, it caused them to almost fly off the ground and into the woods.
Marik was swerving right and left to try not to run into a tree, "Ra! He won't quit!"
Malik's eyes were closed and he was chanting something to quiet to be heard over Bandit Keith's yelling, "Give me that puzzle back!"
Marik didn't see the little stream coming up ahead and he ran right into it. Of course since Bandit Keith was behind him he rammed his truck into their car and he got stuck as well.
"Ugh." Marik groaned and pulled his hikari out of the car.
Malik was trying to keep up with Marik while they ran into the woods. "Where are we going?"
"Call Kaiba!"
Malik pushed the button and Kaiba answered, "Hello?"
"Yeah, um... we've got the puzzle but just barely. See, he's chasing us now. It's Bandit Keith!"
"Bandit Keith? Well, I'm sending one of Kaiba Corp's jet planes to pick you up. So try and stay in the related area, I don't know how long it'll take to get to Paris."
"Right." Then he hung up. "Marik?"
"What?"
"He's sending a jet plane for us but we have to stay in this related area."
Marik stopped behind a tree and pulled Malik close to him so Bandit Keith wouldn't see him. Keith was right behind them only he didn't know it, because Marik held his hand over Malik's mouth so Keith wouldn't hear him breath.
Bandit Keith thought they had gone somewhere else so he went away. After a minute or so, Marik let go of Malik.
"Ugh..." Malik sighed, "I hate having to hide from him. Why can't we go over there and kick his butt?!"
"I know you want to, and so do I. But what if we go too far?"
"And kill him? Like we did about 300 other people on that plane?"
"Oh yeah." Marik leaned back on the tree, "But we don't want to add to that record, do we?"
"Is that a rhetorical question?"
"Yes."
Malik didn't say anything until he remembered that they still didn't have everything they were supposed to, "Oh no!"
"What?"
"Bandit Keith still has Monkey!"
"..."
"We gotta get him back!"
"No way."
"But Keith might do awful things to him!"
"Like what?"
"Like... he might molest him!"
"A monkey molester."
"That's right!"
Marik starred at him, "..." then he burst into laughter. "HAHAHAHA!"
Malik got red in the face and lost his temper, "What's so funny?!"
"Malik," Marik got enough control to stop for a minute, "We can't risk getting the puzzle taken away from us for a molested monkey."
"Well, how would like it if someone molested you?!"
"If it was you koi, I think I'd like it a lot." Then Marik rolled on the ground laughing.
"Ugh!"
Marik stopped for a second, "What are you so upset about? It's just a monkey."
"Yeah, to you."
"Oh please. You would have never even thought about a monkey if I hadn't left you for a second to get a car."
"You stole it..."
"Oh here we go!" Marik turned around and closed his eyes and started to laugh again.
Malik got really upset and walked off in the direction he saw Bandit Keith last. 'Fine! If he doesn't wanna help he can just stay there and laugh himself to death!'
He looked down and saw a bunch of rather large boot prints. 'This must be where he went.' He followed them to where he saw Keith sitting on a log. 'It's him.'
Keith was talking to himself, "Man! How am I supposed to get my money now?!"
"Eek." Monkey was still on his shoulder.
"Oh yeah, you're that guys monkey. Why don't you get out of here? I wanna be alone."
Malik got on his knees and made tiny whistling noises. Monkey noticed, but instead of just running over to him he jumped up and down, "EEK! EEK! EEK!"
Malik shook his head for Monkey to stop but he didn't. Bandit Keith wondered why he was making such noise. "What is it?" He looked behind a tree and saw Malik.
"Hey! You're that punk that stole my puzzle!" before Malik could run away he grabbed him by the shirt and pinned him down.
"Get off of me!"
"Not a chance!" He took the millennium puzzle from around his neck and put it back on his.
Malik growled under his breath and tried to free his arms, but Keith was much heavier than him and he couldn't move. "Ugh..."
"Hey..." Keith studied his face a little closer, "You're a real pretty boy, ya know that?"
"Whatever..." Malik tried again to get up but was forced back down.
Keith ran his fingers down Malik's cheek, "Really pretty." He leaned down to where their faces were only an inch away from each other.
"Ugh! Get away! Marik!"
"Sorry. Your little boyfriend ain't hear..." he kissed Malik's collarbone.
"Stop! Marik, please help me..."