Airimis: Yay! I'm back! Sorry I took so long to update. I had two science projects and I gotta do another one! Damn science...

Anyways here's the chapter!

Remember me?

Everyone was at the stratus dueling arena like before. Joey was having a fit while shuffling "Marik's" deck. "Stop shuffling his deck! You've shuffled it enough for ten duels! Now go to your dueling post!" Roland said. Joey growled. "Now let the duel begin!"

*~*~*~*~*~*~*Mimiki's POV*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Odeon put four face-down cards on the field. I wonder why. He must be up to something. Joey had one of those stupid silly smiles on his face. Then he put a card face down and summoned Alligator Sword (1500/1400) to the field. Then Odeon put another face-down card on the field. Joey then played a magic card named Giant Trunade and it didn't work although it should've had.

During the duel, I saw Marik smirk a couple of times and I kicked him lightly for it from time to time. He would look back at me with a glare but I glared back at him. I would also see Daren glaring at Marik and then I would see Marik scowl and glare even worse. Marik would wrap his arm around my waist and his grip got tighter with every glare he sent back at Daren. I could also tell that he was talking to Odeon in a mind link at the same time.

"Mariku...I can't breathe..." "Sorry Mimi."

He let go of my waist and I could breathe again. Then he went back to talking in a mind link to Odeon again. I looked at Odeon and it seemed like he was scared about something.

"Hey look! Marik's scared about something!" Tea pointed out. "Mr. tough is scared na?" I saw Joey ask. "No! Never! Now I will put this card into the box in the middle of the temple!" "Would you mind telling me what dat card is?" "My Egyptian God Card!!"

Oh no! Joey...

The battle raged on and Odeon had some ugly scorpion monster out on the field that destroyed everyone of Joey's monsters and absorbed their attack points. After five more minutes, Odeon summoned the Winged Dragon of Ra. This is the first time that I ever saw it up close. From it's image, it looks like my goddess card would be in a fierce fight with that god card. Kaiba was smirking at the Winged Dragon. Power hungry freak!

Then out of no where, a thunder storm came after Ra was summoned. I looked at Marik and he had a worried look on his face. Thunder bolts shot down to the arena where Joey and Odeon were at. Then Joey and Odeon were knocked out by the lightning.

"Oh no! Joey!" I heard Mai shout out. Now we were yelling to Joey hoping that he would get up. Roland gave him and Odeon five minutes to get up since they were both tied in life points.

"Kaiba that's ridiculous!" Yami shouted out. Kaiba just ignored him. Joey finally got up, thank god. Joey ended up winning the duel and it turns out that the god card that Odeon used was a fake. Yami, Joey and I went to see if he was ok. He could barely talk.

*~*Yami/Yugi's POV*~*

"Are you okay Odeon?" Mimiki asked sadly. "Yes I'm okay Mistress Mimiki." "Please don't call me that. Can you talk long enough to answer some questions?" "Yes."

/Odeon? Mistress? What does Mimiki have to do with all of this Yami?/

//I don't know Yugi. Let's wait to hear more//

"What's been going on here?" Joey asked. "Please...listen to me...you all are in grave danger..."

Danger? Of what kind of danger? We thought.

"Now...um...Odeon, if you're not Marik, who are you?" I asked. "I'm just a servant of the real Master Marik..." he said pointing to "Namu".

We then saw Mimiki run towards Namu. He was holding his head in pain. "Marik?!? Marik?!? Are you alright?!? Answer me!!"

/So he's the real Marik! He's holding the millennium rod!/ My hikari said to me.

//That's what it seems to be...//

"So he's not Namu?" Tea asked.

"Namu? He was just a disguise to get closer to Yugi." Marik said to us.

I scowled at what he said. He then turned towards me.

"Now I can finally get what I deserve! Yugi...your puzzle and Egyptian God card will soon be mine!" Then he started to hold his head again in pain. "Marik!" He let out a painful scream. "Tell us everything!" I shouted out.

"I'm finally free again. It's good to be back." Then he looked at Mimiki. "Why hello my dear. Remember me?" "It's you...You monster!" "It's been a while my dear." "Crazy bastard! You tried to kill me when we were younger!" she said yelling. "What do you mean that I tried to kill you?" he asked her. "Did I stutter? You-tired-to-kill-me-when-we-were-younger!" "Oh yes...now I remember now..."

We all saw Mimiki scowl in anger.

"Mimiki...you knew Marik when you were younger?" I asked. "Yes...but this isn't Marik! His evil side almost killed me when I met him." She explained. "Yes but that was the past. Now let's continue from where we left off..." he said walking towards her.

*~*~*End of POV*~*~*

"Leave me alone! Don't touch me!" she said. "I can touch you whenever I feel like it my dear." "Stop calling me that! I don't belong to you and I don't like you either!" she said. "Well didn't you say you loved me?" "I never told you that! I could never love you even if my life depended on it! So wipe that smirk off your ugly face!!" Yami Marik huffed. "Don't command me!" "I just did!" "Stop this madness! Leave me Mimiki alone!" Yami said yelling. "Stay out of this pharaoh! This is between me and the girl! We have an entirely different situation here. So stay out." Then he turned to Mimiki. "We'll finish our little reunion later." He walked towards the elevator, staring coldly at the girl with evil eyes while to doors closed.

"Dang what was that?!?" Kakayu asked. "Mimiki what's up with you and Marik?" Mimiki didn't answer. "Joey...that's ancient history. I'll tell you later." she said turning her head away. Then she proceeded downstairs. The others looked at her sadly, knowing how she felt.

*~*~*~*~*~*

Mimiki sat in her bed, crying that her best friend was gone. His yami took over again and it was much worse. The pain stabbed her like a thousand knives. His yami cause enough trouble in the past trying to kill her, Odeon and Ishizu. She would've been dead if her yami didn't step in. She remembered everything she did with Marik. Why did it have to be this way? Then she heard knocking on the door.

"Mimi...can Sanami, Taigera, Kakayu and I come in? We don't like to see you this way." Mimiki didn't answer. "Mimiki? Please answer us." Kakayu pleaded. "Please leave. I want to be alone. Come back later." She said. The group sighed. "No way Mimiki! I'm coming in!" Sanami said. She opened the door and ran to the bed. "Mimiki...don't cry. I know that you're torn up about Marik turning evil. But you can't lose hope." "Marik was never evil! That monster took over his body!" Mimiki cried even more. "I don't know what to do anymore..." Kakayu comforted her and so did her brother. "It's going to be alright. You shouldn't let him make you cry. You're stronger than that. Now let's go watch the next duel. It's about to start." Mimiki began to fell a little better. "Thank you everyone."

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"We will begin the next duel! Mai Valentine vs. Marik Ishtar! Let the duel begin!" Roland commanded.

Everyone watched from the sidelines as the two dueled and it didn't start out good. Marik took everyone to the shadow realm and that made it easier for him. Every time one of Mai's monsters was destroyed, she would lose her memory of someone that she was thinking of. Later in the duel, she tried to use the Winged Dragon on Marik but it didn't work. She lost the duel and Marik sent her mind to the shadow realm. Joey was about to get in a fight with Marik but he paralyzed in the process. Mimiki grew even madder after what Yami Marik did to her friends.

Everyone watched him step off the playing field and walk towards Mimiki. "I wouldn't get comfortable my dear. I will be back to continue our little "reunion" soon. We have a lot of things to catch up on. I have some things that I want us to do... See you later my dear..." Then he walked towards the elevator. Mimiki scowled. 'Bastard.'

"Ok! I'm going to duel next! Where's the 8th duelist?!? That coward better come now!" Kaiba yelled. Then the elevator opened again and a woman walked out with a duel disk on her arm. "Well there's your answer moneybags." "Shut up Wheeler!" Then he turned to the duelist. "Now you have a lot of nerve to come here late! Tell me who you are!" She removed her mask.

"Ishizu?"

"Yes my pharaoh. It is I. After this duel, many secrets will be revealed."

Airimis: What do you think those secrets are? Review and you'll find out!