Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, Shaman King, or its characters. I do own the plot and the violence so beware the faint of heart. This story is rated R for violence, language, blood/gore, and dark themes. MAJOR ANZU BASHING!!!
Chapter 7: Death of a Shaman
A/N: I know what you all are thinking: Yuugi dies in this chapter, right? Wrong! So you're going to have to read and find out. Also Marik dies a slow and bloody death, for details, read!
Upon entering Marik's lair, the group of shamans were met with complete darkness. Now the idea of Marik skipping out on their duel was completely bias and Yami knew all to well that Marik was hiding in the shadows.
"Marik, show your ugly ass or I'll blow this whole place sky high!" shouted Yami.
Then they heard a menacing cackle,
"Ha ha ha, well Pharaoh, I see you made it this far, not that I'm impressed. I could've beaten those morons blindfolded." said Marik.
"Where's Yuugi, Marik?" growled Yami.
Marik smirked and said,
"Not that it matters, but the hikari shaman we captured is under the watchful of my employer, Pegasus. By the slim chance you defeat me; you will have the privilege of dueling him. Also, if you defeat me, you can have my heart on a platter. So, what do you say, Pharaoh? Are you ready?"
Yami nodded and the group took their positions. Marik crossed his arms, seemingly dismayed, and said,
"Now, is that really fair; all of you against just me?" chided Marik.
"DAMN STRAIGHT!" shouted Yami as they all integrated with their ghosts and dashed towards Marik.
At first, he was momentarily startled, but then he composed himself and summoned his ghost monster, Drillago, and had it attack them. Now, had Drillago been just a bit stronger, it could've defeated them easily, but it was so weak that Manta destroyed it single-handedly.
"Way to go, Manta! That was so cool!" said Yoh, smiling.
Manta, being overconfident, walks over to Marik and says,
"Is that the best you can do, freak boy? Well, I bet you don't have enough hair on your ass to send me another monster, you freakin' gay rod!"
Marik sneered and said,
"Fine, have it your way."
Then he summoned his most powerful spirit, the Winged Dragon of Ra in its Egyptian God Phoenix mode. Manta knew that his overconfidence was his undoing when Marik had Ra attack Manta head-on.
In the blink of an eye, there was a pillar of flames as tall as the room right where Manta had been standing. In the core, Manta stood there screaming in agony and shock as he was being burned alive. The flames danced on his skin as he barely stood there, too shocked to move. His eyes began to tear as the flames permanently scarred him. Then the pillar of flames disappeared and the Winged Dragon of Ra returned to its original monster mode, but with 0 attack strength.
Yoh ran to a badly burned Manta and gasped in horror as his best friend lay there, gasping for air. He gently picked up Manta and said with tears in his eyes,
"Please, tell me you're all right."
Manta was far beyond help, but he managed a weak smile and said,
"D-Did I do well, oniichan?"
Yoh tried to hold back the tears as he replied,
"Yes, little brother, A/N: I don't know the Japanese word for little brother. you did very well. I'm proud of your courage."
With his last breath, Manta said one word and fell dead: "Aishiteru." Yoh grieved as he held Manta's limp body close.
"Please Manta, don't leave me."
Just when things couldn't have gotten any worse, they heard that annoying cackle again. Severely pissed, Yoh put Amidamaru into his soul sword, Harusame, and fired his furyoku at Ra, obliterating it. Marik was not surprised because Ra had already served two purposes well: punishing Manta for insulting him and seeing Yami's face twist in terror when it happened.
Yami stepped forward with Black Paladin, glared at Marik, and said,
"To screw with me is bad enough, but to screw with my friends and loved ones is a death wish and now I am going to grant that wish."
Yami, for the second time, transformed into his demon form; yet he looked different than before. He now had pure black skin to match his wings, glowing blood red eyes, razor sharp claws on both hands and his feet, a whip-like tail, and 4 inch fangs jutting from the roof of his mouth. He crouched down slightly and let out an ear-splitting scream which stunned Marik.
Seizing the opportunity, Yami leapt forward and viciously attacked Marik. First, with pure strength, Yami pulled out all four limbs, hearing the spine-tingling POP!, and beat him with them. Then he used his claws to gouge into Marik's chest and rip out his beating heart, which was still pumping blood so Yami was getting splattered with blood. Then, he made Marik watch his own heart being devoured as Yami growled,
"I'll have your heart now."
Then, with a CRUNCH! and a SNAP!, Marik's head was grinded and crushed in Yami's enormous hand and for the finale, Yami, using his teeth and claws, mutilated whatever was left of the corpse. The sound of bones crunching and flesh ripping was music to Yami's ears. Lastly, he blasted Marik's remains to ashes with a beam from his mouth.
With Marik now thoroughly disposed of, Yami returned to the group who were still trying to recover from the gruesome sight they just witnessed. Then he noticed that he couldn't change back into his human form.
/Maybe it's my anger that is keeping me in this state. I must control this form if I am to defeat Pegasus./ said Yami.
With Marik space dust, the group exited the lair and headed toward their final opponent,
Pegasus J. Crawford.
MARIK'S DEAD, OH HAPPY DAY!!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!! Please R&R ï
Authoress- Yami Kajita
