skye: i'm back...yay ::throws confetti:: still don't own them...damn...a little announcement...this fic is going to go under an entire renovation...it will be finished and will not be a dead fic!! but i just wanted to rewrite the first few chapters or so, as they kinda suck out loud...and they've been bothering me for a while...thanks...but the fic shall be finished!! if you want, you could read the new first chapters, they'll be a lot better written...and most likely this fic will be deleted and re-entered under a new name...but if you wanna be notified or anything, give me your e-mail address...or just keep an eye on my stats and stuff...they should be ready before the beginning of august...but no promises...luv ya!!

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The group consisting of the three yamis and the tag-along crew had been walking through the underground corridors for a few hours, and were constantly having to retrace their steps whenever confronted with a dead-end. Which happened quite frequently.

Shiranai was on edge again, and snapped at anyone who dared talk to her, Mokuba exempt from this, due to the fact that Shiranai fawned over the boy whenever given the chance.

They had come to a place where the tunnels divided into two separate ways, one right and one left.

"Let's go righ-", began Yugi, but Shiranai motioned for him to be silent, while Bakura grabbed his Ring which was now shining with an amazing brightness.

Sure enough, footsteps could be heard coming from somewhere within the corridor going left. These footsteps were at a steady pace, and were slowly coming closer towards the mouth of the tunnel.

Joey, Tristan, Duke, and the three yamis stood at the mouth of the passage, poised to jump. Shiranai held up a finger, whispering, "Go on three."

The others nodded, and the footsteps drew ever nearer.

Shiranai held up one finger.

Joey curled his hand into a fist, ready to strike.

Another finger was held up.

Serenity held Mokuba close and stood behind Seto, eyes closed in anticipation.

The third finger rose.

The six figures leapt into the darkness at once.

There was shouting and yelling as punches hit their marks and kicks made contact.

With a well-placed punch to the stomach, Tristan went tumbling towards the others and collapsed, quickly followed by Duke.

A kick that connected with Joey's jaw sent him flying into the wall, and he was about to get up, when the three yamis emerged with their attacker.

Everything froze and was silent, except for Yugi saying in amazement, "It's...It's Marik, Malik's yami."

Yami held an ornate dagger to Marik's throat, as did Bakura. However, Marik held two separate knives up to the necks of Bakura and Yami.

"One move, you both die.", Marik hissed.

"Not before your heart is weighed first."(see bottom note), Shiranai said calmly from behind Marik, her Millennium Dagger, shining brightly like Bakura's Ring, was pointed at his throat, along with Bakura's and Yami's, one hand with a firm hold on his hair.

Joey stepped forward. "Okay, we all have daggers, an' dats nice n' all, but let's get back ta finding Amethyst. We can deal wit' him later.", jerking his thumb to point at Marik.

The yamis remained unmoved.

"I am here to find Malik, and will kill you all and resume on my way to killing the one called, Pegasus.", Marik spat, alternating between glaring at Yami and Bakura, Shiranai being behind him.

"Pegasus??", Shiranai asked, puzzled.

"Yes, he is the next to die.", Marik answered.

"No, I wanted to kill him!!", Shiranai whined.

"He's mine to kill!!", shouted back Marik, forgetting the daggers and turning to face Shiranai.

"Nuh-Uh!!", Shiranai exclaimed, "If anyone kills him, it's me!!"

"ME!!", Marik yelled at the slightly shorter woman and pushing her back a few steps.

"ME!!", Bakura shouted, pushing Marik's chest.

"ME!!", Yami called out, prodding Marik in the side.

"ME!!", Marik growled out, pushing both men from him roughly.

"Why don't you both kill him?! Then we can be on our bloody way!!", shouted an indignant Ryou.

"You want to trust him??", Bakura said, glaring pointedly at Marik.

"We trust you, don't we??", Yami muttered.

"Look, we have a common goal, to retrieve people from Pegasus. We do that, go home, and resume the never-ending quest of trying to defeat him, among other evil villains that either Kazuki Takahashi or deranged otaku create. Have some duels, some sex, some fun, some fics, and we go home. Okay??", Ryou said in one breath.

Everyone nodded, and Bakura called out, "Way to break down the fourth wall, BAKA!!"

As the authoress scurried about rebuilding the damaged fourth wall, the group headed down the corridor to the right, a bit on guard, but slowly reverting back to their usual nerve-wracked selves.

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skye: ...short...i know...but it is a pivotal part in the fic...don't be mad...i'll be back soon...review please!!

note: to the best of my knowledge, the ancient egyptians believed that after death, your heart was eighed against a feather to represent how good a person you were.