Title: The Guardian Angel

Hello again! Welcome to the second chapter! Well, hope you like the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of its characters. I do own Riku.

"What's this?" Y.Marik stared at the two who were trapped within his tail. He noticed that something was glowing a bright blue light within, and then he felt a sharp pain from his tail. He watched in horror as his tail was shredded up continously before a ghost with giant, razor-sharp steel claws emerged out of Y.Marik's grip. Riku had become a ghost, as she stood between Marik and Y.Marik. She outstreched both of her claws in order to protect Marik behind her, and she shot a deadly glare at Y.Marik. "Be careful Riku..." Marik whispered in her ear, before Riku noticed what Y.Marik was doing next. "Hah hah hah, you can't defeat me that easily! So, my weaker half has a body guard on his side?" Y.Marik taunted, as he absorbed the Shadow Realm's dark energy again, and regrew his snake-like tail once again. "It's gonna take more than your weak little ghost friend to defeat me!" With that, Y.Marik coiled his tail around Riku's body, and started to squeeze her, tightly. "Now I shall prove to my weaker half that no one can save him now! Muah hah hah hah!" Y.Marik squeezed Riku tighter and tighter on each passing minute before Riku screamed in agonizing pain.

"No! Stop it! RIKU!" Marik screamed at the top of his lungs before Riku's eyes began to glow a bright white. "What!?!" Riku's body began to glow a bright white light, and then the light knocked Y.Marik on to the other side of the darkness. Riku's body began emitting a strong feeling of light and hope. Marik couldn't believe what he saw. Then he noticed that Riku's back began to sprout giant angelic wings. Riku had become her angel form, a form she would rarely show anyone. "No! This can't be! But how!?!" Y.Marik stared at Riku with a confused look, before he saw Marik try to give her something. "Riku! Use this!" Marik tossed Riku the Melenium Rod, and strangely the rod's eye began to glow. The Melenium Rod became longer, and the two peices on either side of the eye transformed into two giant blades. The Melenium Rod transformed into the Melenium Staff. "Now your time is up! Be gone, evil!" Riku raised the staff as it shined a bright light at Y.Marik. Y.Marik began to melt under the bright light and his last words before dissapearing were "You'll regret this, Marik!" Y.Marik became nothing more than a pile of black sand, being blown away through the Shadow Realm.

Riku landed next to Marik, and just stood in front of him. "Thank you for setting me free, and for giving me so much help." Riku said to Marik, softly, as she handed him back the Melenium Staff, which was already changing back into the Melenium Rod. "Thank you for saving me. I owe my life to you." Riku smiled at Marik, then she thought of the others in the real world. "We should go back. I bet your brother and sister are worried about you." After saying that, Marik collapsed in Riku's arms. Riku smiled and wrapped Marik in her jacket to keep him warm. Then she jumped up and took flight, flying higher and higher untill she and Marik finally escaped the Shadow Realm's grip.

Everyone felt sorry for Ishizu and Odion for the lost of Marik, and some of them were trying to help Seto wake up Riku. Just then, everyone looked up at a bright light in the sky. "Look! What do ya think that is?" Joey said, as he pointed towards the bright light, slowly coming down towards the dueling field. "Is that......Marik?" Ishizu looked closely at the bright light and saw that the light was acctually an angel. She also noticed the angel was holding a young boy, wrapped in a jacket. Ishizu could feel tears forming in her eyes, because she thought that the boy was acctually Marik. The angel walked towards Ishizu and held Marik towards her. As soon as Ishizu took Marik from the angel, she felt more tears forming in her eyes, because she couldn't believe Marik was safely in her arms after being sent to the Shadow Realm. The angel looked as Seto, and he couldn't believe his eyes. "Riku?" But before he could see the angel's face more clearly, she disappeared. Riku slowly woke up after the angel left.

"Riku!" Seto turned around and hugged Riku tightly. Riku looked up towards Ishizu and Marik. Marik had woken up too, and he stood right next to Riku. Riku and Marik reassured everyone that they would be fine, and while nobody was watching, Riku softly whispered to Marik. "Do you mind keeping my angel form a secret?" Marik smiled and nodded to Riku before whispering back, "Thanks again for saving me. I really do owe you my life." Riku smiled at him, sheepishly, she thought it was his way of saying thank you. Little does she know, he really meant what he said.

TBC

So, what do you think of the story now? Just to let you readers know, the story might become less sad and more funny later on. Be sure to check out the next chapter! Thanks for reading!