Author's Note: Hey there! Welcome to Chapter 11! I hope you enjoy it;) This chapter should be interesting...I want to thank Sansi for inspiring me:) And don't forget to review;) Also, this week has been horrible for me. School just doesn't know when to quit with homework, and then our dishwasher caught on fire...and I had hoped for more reviews with last chapter. I really appreciate the readers who stick with me and review every chapter, this one is dedicated to those who do this:)

Special Thanks to: Vampiress24, Chester, Yugi's-Gal, puffin, Charlotte, and michelaski. Thanks for cheering me up this week;)

Key

"Normal speech"

/Yami's thoughts/

:Yugi's thoughts:

'Mind link'

"Deadly Deception- Chapter 11"- By Cherise Wheeler

Last time: "So am I, aibou, so am I..." I say before drifting off to a dreamless sleep...

(Setting: Moto Residence, next morning)

Yami's POV

I awoke the next morning not feeling as good as I had the previous day. In the pit of my stomach, I felt something was not right. Something dark and it was making my skin crawl... I tap Yugi awake, 'Yugi! Yugi! You need to wake up now! Something is not right.'

While shaking Yugi awake, I delve deeper into this feeling, and feel darkness is nearby. I begin to feel frightened, /I'm not up to my full strength! What am I going to do? I need to get Yugi somewhere safe...I need to get him into his soul room...I can't put him in danger/

"Yugi, you must go into your soul room...I feel a dangerous presence nearby. Please, go now!" I warn Yugi. I know he trusts me completely, and vanishes almost immediately into his soul room. I sigh in relief.

I lift myself from the bed, feeling the dark presence so near.../It's almost as if it's right next to me.../ I must find this presence. It must be stopped. I walk to the door and go down the stairs one-by-one; the feeling is much stronger as I grow nearer to the door...the feeling almost brings me to my knees. I open the door and venture outside, and to my horror, there stands Marik. It seems he was waiting for me and he stands as if he knew I would know something was amiss.

"Hello Pharaoh, how good of you to come and see me. I thought I was going to have to bring you out here myself. Ah, and it seems you and your hikari are friends again, darn, I thought I had turned you away from him for good! How was that experience anyway? It looked so amusing from where I was. Oh and, how are those wounds? I'm sure they left beautiful scars, didn't they?" Said Marik as he cackled evilly.

I chose my next words carefully, for his words affected me. It made me angry to know that he enjoyed all of this. "Marik, why are you here? I thought you already had your fun."

"What's the matter Pharaoh, not happy to see me? I'm crushed, but, don't worry, I did have my fun. It was so exciting to watch how it all unfolded. Although, I wasn't that pleased with the final outcome, you were supposed to die! Oh well, I guess I'll just have to kill you myself. I won't be denied from my prize any longer, I will win your Puzzle and become Pharaoh, then the world will fall to ruin!" said Marik, before hurling a dark ball of energy straight toward me.

General POV

Yami quickly realized that attack was headed straight towards him, and quickly put up an energy shield, thus deflecting the blow off to the side. The ball of energy went straight into a neighboring tree, which exploded into tiny splinters upon impact and Yami thought, /Thank Ra it was not someone or someone's home/

Marik, not happy that his first attack failed, began launching multiple dark-energy attacks at his opponent. He wanted to see the Pharaoh die, and hopefully while doing so, he could cause some mayhem to the area. Marik smirked, and Yami felt a tinge of fear. Yami knew that if Marik kept this up, more people might get hurt. There were already numerous attacks that had hit the houses in the area, and quite possibly hit some people. At this point, Yami hoped that Marik would continue this elsewhere, but it seemed unlikely.

"Marik, stop this! You are hurting innocent people! If you do not stop damaging this area, I will keep this shield up all day if I have to and not even try to fight you! So, I suggest if you want to try and defeat me, then you should take this battle elsewhere..." Yami said with a smirk. /Maybe that will get his attention.../

Marik thought it over for a few moments, because he needed the Pharaoh to fight back, so it would be more fun and gratifying for him when Yami lost. He wanted to draw as much pleasure from this battle as possible. He knew the Pharaoh was not up to full strength and figured he would stand no chance in the Shadow Realm. With a satisfied smirk, he voiced his answer...

"All right Pharaoh, you've got your wish. We will move this battle elsewhere. Unfortunately for you, you're not at full strength and you will not last very long against my attacks in the Shadow Realm!" Marik said as darkness enveloped them both. The Shadow Game has begun...

Ah, so another down. I added more detail to this one, due to the numerous requests. I will do so with all my future chapters and quite possibly earlier ones too. The battle will begin in the next chapter, and probably end in the following chapter. This will it will draw out the suspense and make it last longer (cheers are heard). Until then, ja ne!