[Kitty: Chapter Eleven.
Lina: ^_^ Will Kara finally see Marik at the finals? Or will they barely miss each other?
Kitty: Only one way to find out!
Marik: ;_; I hope the first one is true....
Kara: Me too! ;_;]
Chapter Eleven: Penitent
~*~POV Kara~*~
I followed Joey and his friends, until we entered an abandoned stadium, where two security guards greeted us.
"Locator cards?" the left one asked.
Mai, Joey and Yugi showed them their six locator cards, and we were allowed in.
"The first three finalists are here, Seto!" said a short black-haired boy to a taller brown haired teen, "Joey, Yugi and Mai!"
The tall one must have been Seto Kaiba, that mother-fucking millionaire who started this damn tournament after Ishizu gave him Obelisk the Tormentor.
The shorter boy must be Kaiba's younger brother, Mokuba Kaiba. I trust he's also the Battle City's Chief Commissioner; he's the only one who Kaiba would even trust to go near his technology.
'My, my, Kaiba's rather hospitable,' I thought sourly, my eyes narrowing, as he shot disgusted looks at Joey and the others.
"Only four have arrived," I said simply, "I saw on the Kaiba Homepage that there's going to be eight in all."
Joey looked at her, frowning, not in a sad way, but in a thoughtful way.
"So we're only half of the competition," he muttered, "I hope Kaiba's knocked out early by one of them, I can't stand him."
Kara smiled. Joey had a nice sense of humor, except when he screwed up.
"Someone else is coming!" said Mokuba.
I turned around. I almost gasped. In the doorway was Odean.
~*~POV Joey~*~
"Marik!" I snarled, pushing Kara aside. I don't want him to even lay his grubby fingers on her. "What the fuck are you doing here?!"
~*~POV Kara~*~
'Marik?' I repeated in my head, 'What's Joey talking about, that's Odean!'
I then thought of something. 'Unless Marik ordered Odean to take his place in the finals under his name--'
My heart sank five thousand miles into the sea, and I was suddenly deaf and blind to my surroundings. So Marik wasn't here after all.
I hung my head, but luckily, no one noticed.
Tears were forming in my eyes, but I tried to hold them back. I couldn't cry, not here, not now.
But how on earth do you heal a broken heart?
"KARA?!"
My head rocketed upward. In the doorway was.....HIM.
~*~POV Joey~*~
What's Namu doing here?! I thought he said he wasn't a good duelist. I guess he was being humble.
And how on earth does he know Kara?!
~*~POV Marik~*~
I couldn't believe it. Kara. She was here.
How?
Why?
When?
Too many questions...
Did she know about everything I did?
Did she know about the Rare Hunters and Odean and Ishizu, and EVERYTHING?
No... she wouldn't have. It wouldn't have been on the news that I lead them, that kind of information is top secret.
Then I, too late, saw my mistake with calling her name. She couldn't call me Marik, my plan for revenge would be ruined!
~*~POV Kara~*~
I then saw his alarm, but I took heed.
"You're here, I was looking everywhere for you!" I acted, running toward him.
"K-Kara, I can't believe it, y-you're here.."
"Of course I'd be here, silly," I teased, winking to tell him to play along.
~*~POV Marik~*~
My eyes widened in understanding. She was trying to save me.
She knew. But after everything in her letter...will she forgive me?
[Marik: For WHAT?!
Kitty: For kissing her. Remember, you think that she left because you kissed her!
Marik: ;_; I was being a total asshole for thinking that!]
~*~POV Kara~*~
"Namu, Kara, you know each other?" asked Joey behind me.
I nodded, now knowing what I could call Marik while around Joey and the gang.
"Yeah," I said, turning around to face him, "Namu and I are both from Arabia. We traveled here together. We're best friends.
"I've got a job in downtown Domino, though, and was worried that I couldn't come see Namu duel here. You see, my boss is rather pushy," I winked for effect, "But I was able to sneak away to watch."
I hoped that Marik could understand my code; "job" meaning my "home", and "boss" meaning Roth.
Joey smiled. "Wow, you should've told us, Kara, we just met him recently."
Marik seemed to understand, because he said, "I just can't believe you were able to find me from all the way over there!"
"Took a bus," I said truthfully, "Then I bumped into Joey here, who led the way."
~*~POV Marik~*~
"Wow, Joey," I said, looking at Wheeler in a friendly way, "It seems you've definitely helped me along the way, thanks."
I mentally slapped myself. I'm such a bad liar!
~*~POV Kara~*~
"No problem," said Joey, but now, for the first time in listening to Joey, I almost sensed that he did not mean what he said 100%.
I smiled, but within my head, I couldn't help but wonder what else I might have to do for Marik to keep him alive.
'Once I stood alone so proud,
Held myself above the crowd,
And now I'm low on the ground.
From here, I look around to see
What avenues belong to me,
I can't tell what I've found.
Now what would you have me do
I ask you please?
I wait to hear.'
-Suzanne Vega, Penitent
[Kitty: Reviews, Lina?
Lina: *looks* 0___0 WHAT THE HELL?!
Kitty and Yugi: WHAT?!
Lina: OUR INBOX IS FLOODED WITH REVIEWS!!!!!
Kitty: How many?
Lina: SEVEN!
Kitty: 0___0 O..kay.....
Yugi: Vladimir Lenin- ^_^ Thanks! You're a very nice person for saying so!
Y. Bakura: Kani- Yah, it is. 0_0 At first I thought the love triangle was odd, but now, I think it's cool! ^_^
Marik: NO! ;_; Not another one here saying it's cool....
Joey: ^_^ Child of the Stars- Yah, I think it's cool too.
Marik: -_-;;;;;;; You would, Wheeler.
Kitty: Marikzgal4ever- ;_; Sorry that I stole your opportunity! I'm sure that if you wrote one w/ an OC Tomb Keeper and Marik, it would be very nice...
Marik: ^_^ Your name is very flattering.
Kara: But that name should be mine... ;_;
Kitty: 0_o Really? People can wonder now; you might go with Joey.
Joey: ^_^
Kara: *blushes*
Yugi: Airimis-Now you're happy, I would assume! ^_^
Kitty: Story Weaver 1- you won't have to wait much longer! ^_^
Yami: Ruyki- ^_^ Nice to know there'll be at least one person reading no matter what! BTW, cute site!
Kitty: I like Johnny Depp too! ^___^ And Orlando Bloom! *sighs as she remembers 'Pirates of the Caribbean', 'The Two Towers', and 'From Hell'*
Lina: -_-;;;;; R&R!]
Lina: ^_^ Will Kara finally see Marik at the finals? Or will they barely miss each other?
Kitty: Only one way to find out!
Marik: ;_; I hope the first one is true....
Kara: Me too! ;_;]
Chapter Eleven: Penitent
~*~POV Kara~*~
I followed Joey and his friends, until we entered an abandoned stadium, where two security guards greeted us.
"Locator cards?" the left one asked.
Mai, Joey and Yugi showed them their six locator cards, and we were allowed in.
"The first three finalists are here, Seto!" said a short black-haired boy to a taller brown haired teen, "Joey, Yugi and Mai!"
The tall one must have been Seto Kaiba, that mother-fucking millionaire who started this damn tournament after Ishizu gave him Obelisk the Tormentor.
The shorter boy must be Kaiba's younger brother, Mokuba Kaiba. I trust he's also the Battle City's Chief Commissioner; he's the only one who Kaiba would even trust to go near his technology.
'My, my, Kaiba's rather hospitable,' I thought sourly, my eyes narrowing, as he shot disgusted looks at Joey and the others.
"Only four have arrived," I said simply, "I saw on the Kaiba Homepage that there's going to be eight in all."
Joey looked at her, frowning, not in a sad way, but in a thoughtful way.
"So we're only half of the competition," he muttered, "I hope Kaiba's knocked out early by one of them, I can't stand him."
Kara smiled. Joey had a nice sense of humor, except when he screwed up.
"Someone else is coming!" said Mokuba.
I turned around. I almost gasped. In the doorway was Odean.
~*~POV Joey~*~
"Marik!" I snarled, pushing Kara aside. I don't want him to even lay his grubby fingers on her. "What the fuck are you doing here?!"
~*~POV Kara~*~
'Marik?' I repeated in my head, 'What's Joey talking about, that's Odean!'
I then thought of something. 'Unless Marik ordered Odean to take his place in the finals under his name--'
My heart sank five thousand miles into the sea, and I was suddenly deaf and blind to my surroundings. So Marik wasn't here after all.
I hung my head, but luckily, no one noticed.
Tears were forming in my eyes, but I tried to hold them back. I couldn't cry, not here, not now.
But how on earth do you heal a broken heart?
"KARA?!"
My head rocketed upward. In the doorway was.....HIM.
~*~POV Joey~*~
What's Namu doing here?! I thought he said he wasn't a good duelist. I guess he was being humble.
And how on earth does he know Kara?!
~*~POV Marik~*~
I couldn't believe it. Kara. She was here.
How?
Why?
When?
Too many questions...
Did she know about everything I did?
Did she know about the Rare Hunters and Odean and Ishizu, and EVERYTHING?
No... she wouldn't have. It wouldn't have been on the news that I lead them, that kind of information is top secret.
Then I, too late, saw my mistake with calling her name. She couldn't call me Marik, my plan for revenge would be ruined!
~*~POV Kara~*~
I then saw his alarm, but I took heed.
"You're here, I was looking everywhere for you!" I acted, running toward him.
"K-Kara, I can't believe it, y-you're here.."
"Of course I'd be here, silly," I teased, winking to tell him to play along.
~*~POV Marik~*~
My eyes widened in understanding. She was trying to save me.
She knew. But after everything in her letter...will she forgive me?
[Marik: For WHAT?!
Kitty: For kissing her. Remember, you think that she left because you kissed her!
Marik: ;_; I was being a total asshole for thinking that!]
~*~POV Kara~*~
"Namu, Kara, you know each other?" asked Joey behind me.
I nodded, now knowing what I could call Marik while around Joey and the gang.
"Yeah," I said, turning around to face him, "Namu and I are both from Arabia. We traveled here together. We're best friends.
"I've got a job in downtown Domino, though, and was worried that I couldn't come see Namu duel here. You see, my boss is rather pushy," I winked for effect, "But I was able to sneak away to watch."
I hoped that Marik could understand my code; "job" meaning my "home", and "boss" meaning Roth.
Joey smiled. "Wow, you should've told us, Kara, we just met him recently."
Marik seemed to understand, because he said, "I just can't believe you were able to find me from all the way over there!"
"Took a bus," I said truthfully, "Then I bumped into Joey here, who led the way."
~*~POV Marik~*~
"Wow, Joey," I said, looking at Wheeler in a friendly way, "It seems you've definitely helped me along the way, thanks."
I mentally slapped myself. I'm such a bad liar!
~*~POV Kara~*~
"No problem," said Joey, but now, for the first time in listening to Joey, I almost sensed that he did not mean what he said 100%.
I smiled, but within my head, I couldn't help but wonder what else I might have to do for Marik to keep him alive.
'Once I stood alone so proud,
Held myself above the crowd,
And now I'm low on the ground.
From here, I look around to see
What avenues belong to me,
I can't tell what I've found.
Now what would you have me do
I ask you please?
I wait to hear.'
-Suzanne Vega, Penitent
[Kitty: Reviews, Lina?
Lina: *looks* 0___0 WHAT THE HELL?!
Kitty and Yugi: WHAT?!
Lina: OUR INBOX IS FLOODED WITH REVIEWS!!!!!
Kitty: How many?
Lina: SEVEN!
Kitty: 0___0 O..kay.....
Yugi: Vladimir Lenin- ^_^ Thanks! You're a very nice person for saying so!
Y. Bakura: Kani- Yah, it is. 0_0 At first I thought the love triangle was odd, but now, I think it's cool! ^_^
Marik: NO! ;_; Not another one here saying it's cool....
Joey: ^_^ Child of the Stars- Yah, I think it's cool too.
Marik: -_-;;;;;;; You would, Wheeler.
Kitty: Marikzgal4ever- ;_; Sorry that I stole your opportunity! I'm sure that if you wrote one w/ an OC Tomb Keeper and Marik, it would be very nice...
Marik: ^_^ Your name is very flattering.
Kara: But that name should be mine... ;_;
Kitty: 0_o Really? People can wonder now; you might go with Joey.
Joey: ^_^
Kara: *blushes*
Yugi: Airimis-Now you're happy, I would assume! ^_^
Kitty: Story Weaver 1- you won't have to wait much longer! ^_^
Yami: Ruyki- ^_^ Nice to know there'll be at least one person reading no matter what! BTW, cute site!
Kitty: I like Johnny Depp too! ^___^ And Orlando Bloom! *sighs as she remembers 'Pirates of the Caribbean', 'The Two Towers', and 'From Hell'*
Lina: -_-;;;;; R&R!]