Wrath of the Serpent
By: - Millenium Moon
Chapter 3 is here! (At long last...) I'm so, SO sorry that it was updated really late, you see, school's been hell and I couldn't get any free time! It was as if all the teachers were out to drive me INSANE!
Finally after the long hours I stayed up past 3:00am *yawn* it's done! I'm freakin' proud of myself! ^_^ But this chapter is not, I repeat NOT, as good as this fic gets! This chapter's beginning will be kinda lame but it'll get better! I promise!
Previously: - Lucius Malfoy and Macnair (does ANYONE know his first name?!?!?) attempted to force Yugi to yield his puzzle to them. But thanks to the interruption by Albus Dumbledore, they failed to snatch it. Dumbledore gave Yugi a letter explaining him about the wizarding world and requesting him to come to Hogwarts.
Song for this chapter is: - Sleeping Awake by P.O.D. also, most of u would never pay any attention to this particular section of the fic (i.e. the song thing...) but I like writing this part, so sue me! (Not too much ok? I've only got 2 bucks left for my allowance...)
:::Chapter 3:::
Labyrinth
Marik Ishtar cursed softly as he escorted his date out of a shopping mall. Ishizu had set him up on a date with one of the local girls. According to Ishizu, Marik needed 'a serious boost in the social life. Especially after trying to take over the world.'
It was the worst experience in his entire life! It was worse than receiving the Tomb Keeper's Initiation a hundred times over!
The girl had forced Marik to call her 'Ms. Yasmin.' But she called Marik as either 'Blondie' or 'Marik-y.' And the worst part was that Ishizu had made Marik promise to be nice to the 'Date-from-Hell!' And Marik had always been true to his word if Ishizu was involved.
At one point, Marik had tried to engage Yasmin in a conversation to find out what she liked and disliked. To his disgust, Yasmin despised Duel Monsters and thought that anyone who played it was a sissy.
"You don't play that dumb game, do you, Marik-y?" She had said. Marik had merely glared at her and had said nothing.
And to make matter worse, she had dragged him into a shopping mall full of her friends who had pursued them singing love songs. They had later left them alone when Marik lost his temper and shoved one of them off an escalator!
But things went from bad to worse. Yasmin had suddenly gotten the urge to drag Marik towards the city's out-skirts, where the famous 'secret place' was situated. It was a place where couples of all ages go to make-out and worse.
Marik's best efforts couldn't make Yasmin change her mind. He had even resorted to begging, out of desperation. But Yasmin had thought that Marik was just kidding and that he wanted to kiss her!
Marik was now walking silently with Yasmin. His mind was racing to think of the worst fate he could put Yasmin through without using the Millennium Rod. He had thought of setting her on fire, but that would leave burns and she could get killed. Marik only wanted to traumatize her, not kill her.
"Oh Blondie," said Yasmin, her voice over-flowing with feigned affection. "I'm so happy that you want to take me to the secret place! This is the first time I'm going there with anyone to use it properly."
Marik just rolled his eyes and looked away, searching for a long piece of metal to clobber Yasmin with.
They had reached the secret place faster than Marik had expected. There were about 20 cars. There were couples everywhere imaginable. Yasmin was leading him through the groups of people. She continued walking until they reached a place that was behind a sand dune.
She sat down and gestured Marik to do the same. Marik obeyed, his mind thinking up one type of torture after another.
Yasmin puckered her lips and leans towards Marik. Suddenly Marik had a brilliant idea. He let his hand drop onto the desert sand. He quickly scooped a handful of sand. As Yasmin came closer, she didn't notice his hand.
"Ms. Yasmin?" said Marik. Yasmin looked at him. "You earned this!" Then he threw the handful of sand into Yasmin's ugly face!
Yasmin shrieked like a banshee and leapt to her feet and groped for Marik. But she was too late. Marik had already fled as fast as his feet would carry him.
Marik ran through the sand dunes and leapt down the rocky outcrops. He continued running until he reached his former home; the Tomb Keepers' tunnel entrance. He looked around and saw the remains of a brick wall that he had once played with on his first visit to the 'outside world.' He had pretended that the wall was a motorcycle and that he was riding out of the darkness of the tunnels towards freedom.
As he approached the wall he heard soft voices. He instinctively ducked behind the wall and peered from his hiding place. It was Ishizu and Odeon.
"Sister!" called Marik and leapt from his position. "What are you doing here?"
"Marik?" said Ishizu looking confused. "Aren't you supposed to be on a date with that cute girl you liked?"
"'Cute girl'?" Thundered Marik. "'THAT I LIKED?!?!?' If I remember correctly, you set me up on the accursed date! It was the worst experience in my ENTIRE life!"
"I'm glad you enjoyed it." Smiled Ishizu. "What brings you here at this hour, anyway?"
Marik felt like cursing at Ishizu, but thought the better of it and replied. "I ran away from that Ra-forsaken-woman and came here by accident. And what are both of you doing here?"
It was Odeon who answered. "We came here to relive some of the better memories of our past. The less painful ones..." his voice cracked and faded away.
"Yes," said a saddened Ishizu. "Sometimes a little reminiscence can lift your spirits at your darkest hour."
"'Darkest hour?'" repeated Marik. "Am I missing something here?"
Odeon looked at Marik with the same pained expression he wore as Marik had been taken to fulfill the Tomb Keeper's Initiation. "Ishizu has lost her job at the museum a short time ago. Apparently the new manager thought Ishizu was 'an attention seeking no-body who raved about fate and destiny.' He got mad at her just because she mentioned the Millennium Items!"
"What?" cried Marik. "That jerk! I'm going to take the Millennium Rod and-"
"NO!" exclaimed Ishizu in a voice quite unlike her own. "Don't banish anyone to the shadow realm! Don't make worse than it already is..."
"But sister! I-" began Marik. Suddenly there was a thunderous CRACK!
"What now?" groaned Odeon.
"Who goes there?" called Marik. "Show yourself!"
Suddenly there was another CRACK! This time two men appeared in front of them out of nowhere! They were wearing dark grey robes and mask that completely hid their faces. They were each pointing a stick at Marik.
"Ishizu and Marik Ishtar?" growled one of them in english. Marik could understand them because Ishizu had bullied him into learning a bit of English.
"W-who are you?" gasped Ishizu. "H-how did y-you do that?"
"My name is Nott and this is Crabbe." Growled one of the men. "Take a good look at us. We're the last people you'll be seeing for a long, long time!" with that he pointed the stick in his has and bellowed, "Imperio!"
What Marik felt then could be described as a wonderful sensation. He felt like he was floating as every thought was gently wiped clean from his mind. He felt a vague reasonless happiness. He just stood there feeling extremely relaxed.
Then he heard Nott's voice, echoing in the most distant reaches of his blank mind: Show me where the Millennium Rod is... Just show me...
Marik nodded his head obediently and started walking towards the entrance of the underground cave-system in which he had spend the younger years of his life. The entrance was blocked by two wooden doors made of extremely strong wood.
Show me...
Hmm. But why?
Another voice had awoken in the back of his brain. Why do I have to do what you say? Said the voice.
Just show me...
Marik flung one of the wooden doors wide open.
When I give you the Rod, said the voice. What is to become of Ishizu and Odeon?
They will be with you... Forever... you won't have to think about anything at all... Everything will be perfect...
Marik gripped the handle of the other door. As he was about to open it, he stopped.
NO! cried the voice. This is not right... What am I doing?
Show me where it is... NOW!
Two things happened at the same time. Marik both tried to open the door and push the door down with his foot. The result was that he lost his balance and was thrown head-first down the stairs which lead to the Tomb Keepers' Tunnels.
"What?!?" cried Nott. "How could he shake off my Imperius Curse?"
"Maybe you are loosing your touch?" suggested Crabbe, with a hint of amusement in his voice. "Hmm. Now, where is the boy?" he glanced into the tunnel. "He's gone!" he cried.
As soon as Marik came to his senses, he had bolted into the pitch-black tunnels. Even though he couldn't see anything, Marik's extensive knowledge of all the tunnels and where they lead kept him on the right track. Marik was going to the secret chamber in which he had put the Millennium Rod for safe-keeping just as Yugi had asked of him to.
Somewhere far behind Marik, Crabbe and Nott were searching the tunnels. They had help from Ishizu and Odeon, whom were still under Nott's spell. Unlike Marik, who had stumbled through the tunnels in darkness, Crabbe had lit his wand with the Lumos spell so that they could see what lay ahead.
Marik ran through the tunnels until he came up to what seemed to be a dead end. Then he groped around on the ground till he found a small switch, which he pushed to open a section in the wall in front of him. The section was wide enough for a grown man to crawl through.
Behind him, Crabbe and Nott were making their way through the tunnels while blasting everything in sight. They were determined to get both the Millennium Rod and Marik as a mind-slave.
Marik crawled through the section and as soon as he reached the end, he dashed towards the sarcophagus in the middle. He pushed it's lid off with great difficulty and gazed at the treasure which lay within. It was the Millennium Rod in all it's glory! As Marik grabbed the rod, he had a sudden thought of taking the rod for himself again. But he quickly thought against it and scolded himself for thinking of such a vile thought.
When Marik and Odeon selected this chamber to be the hiding place for the Millennium Rod, they made sure that the chamber had two entrances, so that they could exit through the other if one was blocked.
Marik brushed back his hair and took a deep breath. Then he dashed towards the second exit of the chamber.
"Impedimenta!!" bellowed Crabbe's voice.
Suddenly Marik was frozen in his running position. There was an odd ringing in his ears and his vision was blurred. He couldn't move a muscle no matter how hard he tried. It was as though Marik had suddenly just stopped!
"Ha!" cried Crabbe gleefully. "Got him! Now I will finish him off with Avada Kedavra. He'll be dead before he hits the floor."
"But won't the Dark Lord be furious when we tell him that we killed him?" frowned Nott.
"Nah! We'll just say that he brought it on himself by playing the hero. We were ordered to bring him alive if possible, remember?" replied Crabbe.
"You're probably right..." sighed Nott. "Go for it!"
Marik's limbs, which had been bound in the inescapable grasp of the Impediment Jinx, were starting to loosen up. Marik could only fidget a bit, but he was getting more control by the second.
Crabbe raised his wand and whispered; "Avada Kedavra!!!" A flash of blinding green burst from his wand-tip and flew towards Marik, who was fighting the last effects of the Impediment Jinx.
Marik noticed the green flash just in time to dive behind the sarcophagus and out of sight of his attacker. The green flash had hit where Marik had stood a fraction of a second before! There was now a small smoldering crater.
"Damn!" cursed Crabbe. "I will kill you, boy!" he sent a barrage of spells at the sarcophagus. Each spell to a chunk out of the golden sarcophagus.
Marik sat huddled behind the sarcophagus, praying that he would survive. As he sat, he felt something hard in his pocket. He put his hand in and checked what was in it. It was 3 Duel Monsters cards! As luck would have it, Marik was wearing the same trousers which he wore during Battle City. He had once put these three cards into his pocket and had forgotten all about them. The cards were a magic card called 'Mirror Force,' a trap card called 'Negate Attack' and the last card was the trap card 'Just Desserts.'
"You can't hide forever you little freak!" Growled Crabbe. "I'm going to rip your heart out!"
Marik looked at his three cards and the Millennium Rod. An idea came to him. He grinned and took a deep breath. Marik had promised to Yugi to never use the Millennium Rod again, but this time there was no other choice.
"I'm sorry Yugi. Please forgive me for breaking our promise..." Marik whispered.
"You can't hide forever!" roared Crabbe. "Just wait till I get my hands on you!"
'Okay,' thought Marik to himself. 'It's now or never!'
With a loud yell, Marik leapt up from his spot behind the sarcophagus. He dashed towards Crabbe with the Millennium Rod in one hand and the three cards in the other.
"Look out!" cried Nott as Marik shoulder rammed into Crabbe's gut.
Marik swiftly got up after ramming into Crabbe. Then he held up the trap card 'Just Desserts.' Using his past experiences with the Shadow Powers of the rod to guide him, Marik brought the Just Desserts card to life. A huge white hand came out from the card and lunged into Nott's chest! Nott screamed and twisted with pain.
A few seconds later the effect of the card was over and Nott took a step back, white smoke issuing from him chest where the hand had plunged in.
Meanwhile Crabbe had gotten up and was sneaking up from behind Marik. He waved his wand and bellowed; "AVADA KEDAVRA!!!!!"
The green flash burst out of his wand again and rushed towards Marik who was prepared for it. Marik whirled around and used his Shadow Powers to bring his 'Negate Attack' card to life. A series of warp holes formed in front of Marik. The warp holes absorbed the spell and nullified it.
"What?!?" cried Crabbe. "How could he negate the effects of Avada Kedavra?"
Nott shook his head in disbelief. Then he waved his wand and muttered, "Crucio."
Marik managed to bring his 'Mirror Force' card to life just in time. The spell hit the force field that formed in front of him and was deflected towards Crabbe.
The spell hit Crabbe and threw him off his feet. His flesh had turned red as if someone had suddenly squeezed it extremely hard!
Crabbe, whose eyes had been burning with hate, was now visibly quivering with fear. "N-nott! Let's get out of here! This is too much! We will be overwhelmed by the powers of the item!"
"Very well," replied Nott. "But YOU have to answer to the Dark Lord!" saying that he picked up a rock from the ground. He pointed his wand at it and muttered an inaudible phrase followed by the words 'Knockturn Alley, London; England!'.
The rock glowed with a faint glow. "Touch the rock." Growled Crabbe at Ishizu and Odeon, who willingly complied.
Marik knew that something was going to happen. He dashed at Crabbe to ram into him again. But this time, Crabbe was a bit quicker. Before Marik could reach them, he was struck with he Impediment Jinx again.
"You got lucky Ishtar!" growled Nott.
"We'll meet again Ishtar!" cried Crabbe as he vanished into thin air with Nott, Ishizu and Odeon.
Marik was left alone in the dark chamber. He felt as if he wanted to kill himself! He had let Ishizu and Odeon be captured! The only two people whom he would give the world for!
Marik knew what he must do. He would hunt down Crabbe and Nott and kill them for the great misery they had caused him! They had gone too far!
Marik closed his eyes and yelled out; "You can flee, but you shall never get away from my wrath! There is not an alley in London in which you can hide from me! I WILL KILL YOU BOTH AND YOUR LORD!!" his cry echoed on the dark walls.
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Whew! Done at last! Hope you enjoy it, but be warned; this isn't one of my better pieces of writing... I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nice people who reviewed this fic so far. Thanks guys! I really appreciate it! Also I would like to type some answers to the queries I've received about the plot of this wonderful fic and other stuff I got:-
First of all, to Ali Irufan from my class. "Dude, I maybe in your class but I'm not the slightest bit like you! What you think is a small amount of homework is actually a truck-load of it! And about the 'using exclamation marks' thing, the rule is this:- until you can find another punctuation mark to bring a sense of action and excitement into writing, let me know. Otherwise it's better if you shut up about it, ok?"
Secondly, about the pairing issue. "No this is NOT a Yugi and Tèa pairing. This is a fic with absolutely NO pairings, even though it looked like it through the first few chapters. I was testing if I could write romance fics. Since this is my first fic, what better way to test my skill than using this fic as a test subject?
Anyway, look out of the next chappie! It's about our favourite Ancient Egyptian Thief and his Hikari. Well keep an eye out of it! It's gonna be a dark chapter.
P/s:- Final Fantasy X and X-2 totally ROCK!!! Jecht and Auron rule!! If you don't like them, wise up you fool! Or if you don't know who they are, well, it's a darned shame!
By: - Millenium Moon
Chapter 3 is here! (At long last...) I'm so, SO sorry that it was updated really late, you see, school's been hell and I couldn't get any free time! It was as if all the teachers were out to drive me INSANE!
Finally after the long hours I stayed up past 3:00am *yawn* it's done! I'm freakin' proud of myself! ^_^ But this chapter is not, I repeat NOT, as good as this fic gets! This chapter's beginning will be kinda lame but it'll get better! I promise!
Previously: - Lucius Malfoy and Macnair (does ANYONE know his first name?!?!?) attempted to force Yugi to yield his puzzle to them. But thanks to the interruption by Albus Dumbledore, they failed to snatch it. Dumbledore gave Yugi a letter explaining him about the wizarding world and requesting him to come to Hogwarts.
Song for this chapter is: - Sleeping Awake by P.O.D. also, most of u would never pay any attention to this particular section of the fic (i.e. the song thing...) but I like writing this part, so sue me! (Not too much ok? I've only got 2 bucks left for my allowance...)
:::Chapter 3:::
Labyrinth
Marik Ishtar cursed softly as he escorted his date out of a shopping mall. Ishizu had set him up on a date with one of the local girls. According to Ishizu, Marik needed 'a serious boost in the social life. Especially after trying to take over the world.'
It was the worst experience in his entire life! It was worse than receiving the Tomb Keeper's Initiation a hundred times over!
The girl had forced Marik to call her 'Ms. Yasmin.' But she called Marik as either 'Blondie' or 'Marik-y.' And the worst part was that Ishizu had made Marik promise to be nice to the 'Date-from-Hell!' And Marik had always been true to his word if Ishizu was involved.
At one point, Marik had tried to engage Yasmin in a conversation to find out what she liked and disliked. To his disgust, Yasmin despised Duel Monsters and thought that anyone who played it was a sissy.
"You don't play that dumb game, do you, Marik-y?" She had said. Marik had merely glared at her and had said nothing.
And to make matter worse, she had dragged him into a shopping mall full of her friends who had pursued them singing love songs. They had later left them alone when Marik lost his temper and shoved one of them off an escalator!
But things went from bad to worse. Yasmin had suddenly gotten the urge to drag Marik towards the city's out-skirts, where the famous 'secret place' was situated. It was a place where couples of all ages go to make-out and worse.
Marik's best efforts couldn't make Yasmin change her mind. He had even resorted to begging, out of desperation. But Yasmin had thought that Marik was just kidding and that he wanted to kiss her!
Marik was now walking silently with Yasmin. His mind was racing to think of the worst fate he could put Yasmin through without using the Millennium Rod. He had thought of setting her on fire, but that would leave burns and she could get killed. Marik only wanted to traumatize her, not kill her.
"Oh Blondie," said Yasmin, her voice over-flowing with feigned affection. "I'm so happy that you want to take me to the secret place! This is the first time I'm going there with anyone to use it properly."
Marik just rolled his eyes and looked away, searching for a long piece of metal to clobber Yasmin with.
They had reached the secret place faster than Marik had expected. There were about 20 cars. There were couples everywhere imaginable. Yasmin was leading him through the groups of people. She continued walking until they reached a place that was behind a sand dune.
She sat down and gestured Marik to do the same. Marik obeyed, his mind thinking up one type of torture after another.
Yasmin puckered her lips and leans towards Marik. Suddenly Marik had a brilliant idea. He let his hand drop onto the desert sand. He quickly scooped a handful of sand. As Yasmin came closer, she didn't notice his hand.
"Ms. Yasmin?" said Marik. Yasmin looked at him. "You earned this!" Then he threw the handful of sand into Yasmin's ugly face!
Yasmin shrieked like a banshee and leapt to her feet and groped for Marik. But she was too late. Marik had already fled as fast as his feet would carry him.
Marik ran through the sand dunes and leapt down the rocky outcrops. He continued running until he reached his former home; the Tomb Keepers' tunnel entrance. He looked around and saw the remains of a brick wall that he had once played with on his first visit to the 'outside world.' He had pretended that the wall was a motorcycle and that he was riding out of the darkness of the tunnels towards freedom.
As he approached the wall he heard soft voices. He instinctively ducked behind the wall and peered from his hiding place. It was Ishizu and Odeon.
"Sister!" called Marik and leapt from his position. "What are you doing here?"
"Marik?" said Ishizu looking confused. "Aren't you supposed to be on a date with that cute girl you liked?"
"'Cute girl'?" Thundered Marik. "'THAT I LIKED?!?!?' If I remember correctly, you set me up on the accursed date! It was the worst experience in my ENTIRE life!"
"I'm glad you enjoyed it." Smiled Ishizu. "What brings you here at this hour, anyway?"
Marik felt like cursing at Ishizu, but thought the better of it and replied. "I ran away from that Ra-forsaken-woman and came here by accident. And what are both of you doing here?"
It was Odeon who answered. "We came here to relive some of the better memories of our past. The less painful ones..." his voice cracked and faded away.
"Yes," said a saddened Ishizu. "Sometimes a little reminiscence can lift your spirits at your darkest hour."
"'Darkest hour?'" repeated Marik. "Am I missing something here?"
Odeon looked at Marik with the same pained expression he wore as Marik had been taken to fulfill the Tomb Keeper's Initiation. "Ishizu has lost her job at the museum a short time ago. Apparently the new manager thought Ishizu was 'an attention seeking no-body who raved about fate and destiny.' He got mad at her just because she mentioned the Millennium Items!"
"What?" cried Marik. "That jerk! I'm going to take the Millennium Rod and-"
"NO!" exclaimed Ishizu in a voice quite unlike her own. "Don't banish anyone to the shadow realm! Don't make worse than it already is..."
"But sister! I-" began Marik. Suddenly there was a thunderous CRACK!
"What now?" groaned Odeon.
"Who goes there?" called Marik. "Show yourself!"
Suddenly there was another CRACK! This time two men appeared in front of them out of nowhere! They were wearing dark grey robes and mask that completely hid their faces. They were each pointing a stick at Marik.
"Ishizu and Marik Ishtar?" growled one of them in english. Marik could understand them because Ishizu had bullied him into learning a bit of English.
"W-who are you?" gasped Ishizu. "H-how did y-you do that?"
"My name is Nott and this is Crabbe." Growled one of the men. "Take a good look at us. We're the last people you'll be seeing for a long, long time!" with that he pointed the stick in his has and bellowed, "Imperio!"
What Marik felt then could be described as a wonderful sensation. He felt like he was floating as every thought was gently wiped clean from his mind. He felt a vague reasonless happiness. He just stood there feeling extremely relaxed.
Then he heard Nott's voice, echoing in the most distant reaches of his blank mind: Show me where the Millennium Rod is... Just show me...
Marik nodded his head obediently and started walking towards the entrance of the underground cave-system in which he had spend the younger years of his life. The entrance was blocked by two wooden doors made of extremely strong wood.
Show me...
Hmm. But why?
Another voice had awoken in the back of his brain. Why do I have to do what you say? Said the voice.
Just show me...
Marik flung one of the wooden doors wide open.
When I give you the Rod, said the voice. What is to become of Ishizu and Odeon?
They will be with you... Forever... you won't have to think about anything at all... Everything will be perfect...
Marik gripped the handle of the other door. As he was about to open it, he stopped.
NO! cried the voice. This is not right... What am I doing?
Show me where it is... NOW!
Two things happened at the same time. Marik both tried to open the door and push the door down with his foot. The result was that he lost his balance and was thrown head-first down the stairs which lead to the Tomb Keepers' Tunnels.
"What?!?" cried Nott. "How could he shake off my Imperius Curse?"
"Maybe you are loosing your touch?" suggested Crabbe, with a hint of amusement in his voice. "Hmm. Now, where is the boy?" he glanced into the tunnel. "He's gone!" he cried.
As soon as Marik came to his senses, he had bolted into the pitch-black tunnels. Even though he couldn't see anything, Marik's extensive knowledge of all the tunnels and where they lead kept him on the right track. Marik was going to the secret chamber in which he had put the Millennium Rod for safe-keeping just as Yugi had asked of him to.
Somewhere far behind Marik, Crabbe and Nott were searching the tunnels. They had help from Ishizu and Odeon, whom were still under Nott's spell. Unlike Marik, who had stumbled through the tunnels in darkness, Crabbe had lit his wand with the Lumos spell so that they could see what lay ahead.
Marik ran through the tunnels until he came up to what seemed to be a dead end. Then he groped around on the ground till he found a small switch, which he pushed to open a section in the wall in front of him. The section was wide enough for a grown man to crawl through.
Behind him, Crabbe and Nott were making their way through the tunnels while blasting everything in sight. They were determined to get both the Millennium Rod and Marik as a mind-slave.
Marik crawled through the section and as soon as he reached the end, he dashed towards the sarcophagus in the middle. He pushed it's lid off with great difficulty and gazed at the treasure which lay within. It was the Millennium Rod in all it's glory! As Marik grabbed the rod, he had a sudden thought of taking the rod for himself again. But he quickly thought against it and scolded himself for thinking of such a vile thought.
When Marik and Odeon selected this chamber to be the hiding place for the Millennium Rod, they made sure that the chamber had two entrances, so that they could exit through the other if one was blocked.
Marik brushed back his hair and took a deep breath. Then he dashed towards the second exit of the chamber.
"Impedimenta!!" bellowed Crabbe's voice.
Suddenly Marik was frozen in his running position. There was an odd ringing in his ears and his vision was blurred. He couldn't move a muscle no matter how hard he tried. It was as though Marik had suddenly just stopped!
"Ha!" cried Crabbe gleefully. "Got him! Now I will finish him off with Avada Kedavra. He'll be dead before he hits the floor."
"But won't the Dark Lord be furious when we tell him that we killed him?" frowned Nott.
"Nah! We'll just say that he brought it on himself by playing the hero. We were ordered to bring him alive if possible, remember?" replied Crabbe.
"You're probably right..." sighed Nott. "Go for it!"
Marik's limbs, which had been bound in the inescapable grasp of the Impediment Jinx, were starting to loosen up. Marik could only fidget a bit, but he was getting more control by the second.
Crabbe raised his wand and whispered; "Avada Kedavra!!!" A flash of blinding green burst from his wand-tip and flew towards Marik, who was fighting the last effects of the Impediment Jinx.
Marik noticed the green flash just in time to dive behind the sarcophagus and out of sight of his attacker. The green flash had hit where Marik had stood a fraction of a second before! There was now a small smoldering crater.
"Damn!" cursed Crabbe. "I will kill you, boy!" he sent a barrage of spells at the sarcophagus. Each spell to a chunk out of the golden sarcophagus.
Marik sat huddled behind the sarcophagus, praying that he would survive. As he sat, he felt something hard in his pocket. He put his hand in and checked what was in it. It was 3 Duel Monsters cards! As luck would have it, Marik was wearing the same trousers which he wore during Battle City. He had once put these three cards into his pocket and had forgotten all about them. The cards were a magic card called 'Mirror Force,' a trap card called 'Negate Attack' and the last card was the trap card 'Just Desserts.'
"You can't hide forever you little freak!" Growled Crabbe. "I'm going to rip your heart out!"
Marik looked at his three cards and the Millennium Rod. An idea came to him. He grinned and took a deep breath. Marik had promised to Yugi to never use the Millennium Rod again, but this time there was no other choice.
"I'm sorry Yugi. Please forgive me for breaking our promise..." Marik whispered.
"You can't hide forever!" roared Crabbe. "Just wait till I get my hands on you!"
'Okay,' thought Marik to himself. 'It's now or never!'
With a loud yell, Marik leapt up from his spot behind the sarcophagus. He dashed towards Crabbe with the Millennium Rod in one hand and the three cards in the other.
"Look out!" cried Nott as Marik shoulder rammed into Crabbe's gut.
Marik swiftly got up after ramming into Crabbe. Then he held up the trap card 'Just Desserts.' Using his past experiences with the Shadow Powers of the rod to guide him, Marik brought the Just Desserts card to life. A huge white hand came out from the card and lunged into Nott's chest! Nott screamed and twisted with pain.
A few seconds later the effect of the card was over and Nott took a step back, white smoke issuing from him chest where the hand had plunged in.
Meanwhile Crabbe had gotten up and was sneaking up from behind Marik. He waved his wand and bellowed; "AVADA KEDAVRA!!!!!"
The green flash burst out of his wand again and rushed towards Marik who was prepared for it. Marik whirled around and used his Shadow Powers to bring his 'Negate Attack' card to life. A series of warp holes formed in front of Marik. The warp holes absorbed the spell and nullified it.
"What?!?" cried Crabbe. "How could he negate the effects of Avada Kedavra?"
Nott shook his head in disbelief. Then he waved his wand and muttered, "Crucio."
Marik managed to bring his 'Mirror Force' card to life just in time. The spell hit the force field that formed in front of him and was deflected towards Crabbe.
The spell hit Crabbe and threw him off his feet. His flesh had turned red as if someone had suddenly squeezed it extremely hard!
Crabbe, whose eyes had been burning with hate, was now visibly quivering with fear. "N-nott! Let's get out of here! This is too much! We will be overwhelmed by the powers of the item!"
"Very well," replied Nott. "But YOU have to answer to the Dark Lord!" saying that he picked up a rock from the ground. He pointed his wand at it and muttered an inaudible phrase followed by the words 'Knockturn Alley, London; England!'.
The rock glowed with a faint glow. "Touch the rock." Growled Crabbe at Ishizu and Odeon, who willingly complied.
Marik knew that something was going to happen. He dashed at Crabbe to ram into him again. But this time, Crabbe was a bit quicker. Before Marik could reach them, he was struck with he Impediment Jinx again.
"You got lucky Ishtar!" growled Nott.
"We'll meet again Ishtar!" cried Crabbe as he vanished into thin air with Nott, Ishizu and Odeon.
Marik was left alone in the dark chamber. He felt as if he wanted to kill himself! He had let Ishizu and Odeon be captured! The only two people whom he would give the world for!
Marik knew what he must do. He would hunt down Crabbe and Nott and kill them for the great misery they had caused him! They had gone too far!
Marik closed his eyes and yelled out; "You can flee, but you shall never get away from my wrath! There is not an alley in London in which you can hide from me! I WILL KILL YOU BOTH AND YOUR LORD!!" his cry echoed on the dark walls.
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Whew! Done at last! Hope you enjoy it, but be warned; this isn't one of my better pieces of writing... I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nice people who reviewed this fic so far. Thanks guys! I really appreciate it! Also I would like to type some answers to the queries I've received about the plot of this wonderful fic and other stuff I got:-
First of all, to Ali Irufan from my class. "Dude, I maybe in your class but I'm not the slightest bit like you! What you think is a small amount of homework is actually a truck-load of it! And about the 'using exclamation marks' thing, the rule is this:- until you can find another punctuation mark to bring a sense of action and excitement into writing, let me know. Otherwise it's better if you shut up about it, ok?"
Secondly, about the pairing issue. "No this is NOT a Yugi and Tèa pairing. This is a fic with absolutely NO pairings, even though it looked like it through the first few chapters. I was testing if I could write romance fics. Since this is my first fic, what better way to test my skill than using this fic as a test subject?
Anyway, look out of the next chappie! It's about our favourite Ancient Egyptian Thief and his Hikari. Well keep an eye out of it! It's gonna be a dark chapter.
P/s:- Final Fantasy X and X-2 totally ROCK!!! Jecht and Auron rule!! If you don't like them, wise up you fool! Or if you don't know who they are, well, it's a darned shame!