Time for the daily Disclaimer...
Yu-Gi-Oh and its characters do not; in any shape or form belong to me. Yeah that's right, I've decided to live with the fact that Yu-Gi-Oh belongs to someone else. All these years of pretending it was--- Who the hell would do that! Huh! Who goes around passing off a show on television and in manga's as their own? Like I would ever hold up a Saiyuki DVD and manga and say, "Hey, I made this... I have invisible tons of cash behind me to prove it. (Mumbles when walking away) Stupid... As if... I can't believe... Enjoy Chapter 10. Ha...! who'd believe... me own Yu-Gi-Oh...?
"In here." Came Marik's voice. He pushed his hand flat against a lighter brick and the wall rumbled a little before it slid open. Marik lit the candles as the others walked into the secret passage. The man with tattooing across his forehead closed the door behind him. "All right, lay the Millennium items on the table." Marik said as he placed his golden scepter on the oak wood table. Four other Millennium items were placed on the table in a golden circle. The man with whiting hair stood in front of the empty space. "Let's begin. Ishizu, Karim, Shadi, Mahado, Aknadin."
"Marik." Aknadin, the bearer of the Millennium eye finished "The power of six, combined with the power of one, measures away." The Millennium items began to glow as the six raised their arms high in the air in a v formation. They all chanted as one, the glow growing brighter by the minute.
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"Your highness!" Mai cried as his pyramid began to glow a soft golden hue. His reddish-violet eyes widen and he lifted the necklace high in his hands. "What—" Odion ran over to his King and snatched the necklace free from his neck and tossed the pyramid onto the Kings lush bed. It still glowed and the three stared in suspense horror. Suddenly the light grew brighter, wavered then faded till it glowed no longer. Yami walked slowly towards the puzzle and lifted it in his hands. "It never did that before." He said matter-of-factly, but awe stuck like tar to his voice. Mai blinked as he latched the chain back around his neck, still holding the puzzle. "It could be dangerous."
"I don't think so, lady." He let it go and walked over to her and pressed a kiss into each hollow of her palms. "I'm going to go see Marik or another of my priests, perhaps they could give me some insight." Mai nodded as he left the room. "I think I'll bring our guests some dinner, will you help me Odion?" The tall man nodded and followed Mai downstairs to the third level were the kitchen was.
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"I hate this place." Joey said as Serenity fluffed her pillow. "Why?" she asked. "Because, Red-Eyes is uncomfortable, so am I." He said pressing the side of his fist hard against his chest, were the mark was. Serenity smiled and walked over to her brother and kissed his sandy-blond hair. Joey grabbed her wrist and pulled her back down. "What was that for?" She shrugged. "I'm sorry. I've been rude, about Papa and everything. You're all I have now."
"Mother is still alive." Serenity nodded and flicked a length of blond hair from his brown eyes. "She left us Joey, to me... she's dead." He released her wrist slowly and she stood and walked over to the candles and sat down. "You mind if I roam the castle?"
"As long as you don't get in trouble and come back." Serenity smiled and walked out of the room, shutting the door behind her. Joey rolled out of the bed and walked to the window. Near the edge of the forest he could see Red-Eyes lying down, crimson eyes open and staring blankly ahead, not that he could ever tell if the Dragon eyes moved. But the winged-beast did look as miserable as Joey felt. He wanted to be out there, under flash-white stars and sleeping under the wing of his creature. Red-Eyes, are you lonely?
Not for you to worry, I suspect when daylight comes around again we will head for Duelist Kingdom?
Yes.
Joey broke mind-speech with his Dragon and faced the door. Lady Mai walked in holding a tray in her arms. "Rest that one on the table, Odion and then leave us." Odion nodded and did as told, when he shut the door after him Mai rested the other tray on the chair. "Hello." Joey remained calm; a beautiful woman was standing in front of him with violet eyes and thick black lashes against pallid skin. "Lady Mai." He reached for her hand and caressed a kiss against her knuckles. Mai smiled, retaining a blush. When he released her hand she smiled at him. "You can call me Mai." She told him. "I'm Joseph, friends call me Joey, that is they would if I had any friends."
"I suspect in no time at all you have lots of friends to call you Joey." They smiled at one another.
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Marik lifted his golden scepter and walked out of the secret room. "Marik!" He jumped at the sound of his elder's voice. "Ishizu, don't do that!" She shook dark hair and walked over to her brother. "Listen Marik, the only reason you're High Priest is because the true owner of this item doesn't know he is the owner!" she snatched the scepter out of his hands and held it tight to her chest. Marik tried to snatch it back but she turned. "He's never going to know, none the less believe he's a High Priest. Give it here!" Marik demanded. "You'll tell him."
"Never! The power belongs to me!" She shoved the scepter hard against her youngest chest and turned sharply on her heal. "Then I'll tell him." Marik gave way to angered shock and stuck his fist out. "Obey me!" Ishizu's eyes widen and then the light faded from her irises and pupils and she stared blankly ahead. "Face me, mind-slave." Ishizu turned slowly and faced her brother. "Go to bed, you're very tired. We'll forget all this in the morning." Ishizu nodded. "Yes, master." She turned again and in a zombie-like step she left the room. Marik lowered his scepter and wiped sweat from his forehead, angered by himself. He didn't like using power against his sister, but when she forced his hand he had nothing but that choice.
"Marik!" came a sharp voice. He gave way to another startled jump and faced the King, striding over to him. "My King?" Yami smiled and told his High Priest to relax. "Something happened today in my chambers, lady Mai saw it first. My puzzle began to glow Marik, if you've any thoughts I'd be more then pleased to hear them." Marik nodded to his King. "Of course..."
See the breaks in the story, those paragraphs before and after the breaks would have been chapters, and I believe no one wants a story that short, so I merged them together, mind you with breaks in between and I presented you with these. Hope this makes you happy.