[Kitty: Chapter 17.
Lina: We're BACK!
Kara: IMPORTANT chapter. (
Marik: R&R, people.]
Chapter 17: Honestly
POV: Joey
((Dream))
"C'mon, Joey, get up."
I felt a die hit my head.
I looked up, and there was Tea, Tristan, Yugi, Duke and Bakura.
"It's about time you got up," said Tristan, "Class is over."
"C'mon, sleepy head," Tea said, "We gotta go!"
"Why?" I asked drowsily.
"Don't you remember?" Tea said indignantly, "It's only like the biggest day of your freaking life."
"She's right, Joey," said Yugi, "We have to get going."
"Just give it up, Wheeler," Kaiba muttered from behind me.
I growled as he left. "Kaiba...grr..."
"Just forget about him," said Tristan, "Don't waste your energy."
Then I noticed three very familiar girls next to Duke.
"Huh?" I said in a clueless way, "Kara? Mai? Serenity? What are you guys doing here?"
"You're dreaming, remember?" Mai said, "And dreams don't have to make sense, so just be glad you're not skiing in your underwear."
[Kitty: I LUV THAT LINE!]
"Besides, it's your special day, Joey," Serenity said, "We have to be here."
"Where's Namu, Kara?" I asked her.
"At home," Kara said, shrugging, "I'm meeting him later. But I wanted to be there for you today. You need us, don't you?"
I smiled. "Yeah, I do..." I said dreamily.
"It's time to go," said Tea, "C'mon Joey."
"The thing is..." I said, "I don't know if I have enough strength to stand up. A little help, guys?"
And to my surprise, all of my friends held out their hands to me.
"You're the best friends a guy could have..." I said, as I felt myself being pulled up.
"Alright, Joey," Yugi said, "You've got a duel to win!:
"We're all here for you!" Mai added.
"Now stand up and win!" Kara said.
"I will..." My eyes never left Kara's face, until she faded away.........
((Real))
POV: Kara
"Joey, you're okay!" I yelled in excitement.
"The winner of this duel is Joey Wheeler!" the guard proclaimed, and the arena began to come down.
POV: Joey
Before I knew what was happening, Kara had jumped up onto the arena and was hugging me.
I stared.
"I'm glad you're okay, Joey," she whispered.
I smiled, and hugged her back.
POV: Yami
I looked at the two, and sighed. Oh, Joey, if you only knew...
/You don't know for sure, Yami,/ Yugi reasoned, /Maybe Kara is okay.../
I sure hope so. Joey seems to care for her so much, and I don't want her to break his heart.
POV: Kara
I let go of Joey, and looked over toward Odeon.
"D'you think he's alright?" I acted, "He doesn't look very good."
I started over to him, and Joey and the Pharaoh came up behind me.
"You okay?" asked Joey.
"I'm sorry, Joey..." Odeon stammered, "It was an honor dueling you..."
"Well, thanks," Joey said modestly, "And thanks for the lightning, I won't forget this duel too soon. Now that's over, you've got to come clean. If you're not Marik, who are you?"
"I am only a servant," said Odeon, "To the real..." he gestured," Master Marik..."
Marik was holding his head as if in agony, and he was holding his Millennium Rod n easy sight.
My eyes widened. Marik. I was so worried about Joey I forgot about Marik.
POV: Yami
"THAT'S MARIK?!" Joey and I said at the same time.
"Marik!" Kara yelled, running over to him, "Marik, are you okay?"
Kara knew all along!
POV: Joey
Kara knew?
My heart felt as if a thousand red-hot knives had gone into it. Kara was in love with Marik?
POV: Kara
Right then, I didn't care about anything anyone said or thought.
"Marik," I said, "Talk to me, are you--"
He pulled me into his arms, and glared at the Pharaoh from over my shoulder.
"Yes, it's true," he whispered, "I am the real Marik, and the one who dueled you, Wheeler, is my servant Odeon."
I felt Marik's arm grab protectively around me. I stole a look at Joey and Yami. Yami looked furious, but not toward me. Joey, on the other hand, looked hurt, and all of it was targeted toward me. I felt like crying.
"Kara..." Joey whispered, "You knew?"
I couldn't bear to look at him, so I buried my head into Marik's chest.
"Yes, she knew," Marik answered for me, now glaring at Joey, "She knew me ever since we were kids. She's known about my plan ever since the finals began. And yet she was friends with you and your friends ever since she met you."
Joey was speechless. He didn't know what to believe. I knew I needed to speak, but I didn't. I was too sad and too afraid.
"But now," Marik said, "It's time to finish /what my servants couldn't/--"
Marik stopped, holding his head again.
I pulled away. I recognized that voice. The evil Marik.
"Oh, no..." Odeon whispered, "I was afraid this would happen... Master Marik has a darker side... you're all in great danger..."
'No,' I thought, 'I'M NOT LETTING THIS HAPPEN!'
"Marik," I said, grabbing onto his shoulders and trying to make him look at me, "Fight it! You can't let him take you over! Odeon will be fine, we'll help him--"
Suddenly, golden magic from his Millennium Rod blasted me backward, and slammed me against the arena.
POV: Joey
"KARA!" I yelled, running over to her.
"Joey, don't touch her!" Yami warned me, but I didn't care.
I sat down beside her, and put her into my lap, checking to see if she was alright...
Oh, Kara, please be okay...
POV: Yami
I could see Marik struggling, but his eyes took in the sight of Joey and Kara, and something in me told me that that sight had sealed what happened to him......... and I was right.
Marik yelled in uttermost pain, and then when he looked back, another person was in his place.
POV: Kara
I struggled to wake up, and from the ground I saw my worst nightmare...literally, since he was in one of mine.
'The evil Marik...'
"I'm finally free again," he said evilly, "I was held back for so long by that fool Odeon."
"No..." I whispered, and from the movement under me, I realized that I was in Joey's lap.
Yami Marik looked at me, and smirked.
"Well, well, it IS my day of meeting old acquaintances," he whispered, "Long time, no see, Kara."
"That's Takara to you," I hissed, trying to get up, "And I would appreciate it if you would leave Marik and my friends alone."
"Ooh, you have gotten tougher after being away for so long, haven't you?" Yami Marik mocked, "Too bad your parents couldn't see you now... they'd be ashamed."
I growled. "Leave my parents out of this."
Yami Marik laughed. "Why should I? I was the one who snuck into their beds and killed them!"
I shivered. "So you did kill them," I whispered, "That's why everyone thought..."
"That my Hikari did it?" Yami Marik finished with relish, "But of course."
"You sick bastard," I hissed, "I could curse you away, so I suggest you go away!"
"Pft," Yami Marik snorted, stepping closer to me, "You wouldn't remember that spell without Odeon, and besides, you haven't practiced tomb keeper magic since that day, so your magic now is just as pathetic as it was then! You couldn't kill me then, and you can't kill me now... at least not with putting my Hikari in danger..."
I trembled.
"Is that fear I see in your eyes?" Yami Marik asked, grabbing my chin, "Well, I must say, I like this new side of you. So weak and helpless... that's what you are without my Hikari to protect you."
His hands were so cold they felt like ice, and his eyes were just the same. I wrenched myself out of his grip.
"We'll have another chat soon," Yami Marik whispered, "When we're alone..."
And with that, he left.
I sank to the floor, and began to cry.
'Marik is gone...'
'Was I mad? (Was I...mad?)
Foolish me, (Foolish...me)
To succumb (To succumb)
So easily. (So easily, so easily)
Honestly, (Alone on my bed),
Honestly, (The things that you said)
Honestly (Go around in my head... still).
Honestly, (It seems to be true)
Honestly, (That nothing I do)
Honestly (Can influence you...still),'
-Annie Lennox, 'Honestly'
[Kitty: It finally happened. Yami Marik has arrived.
Marik: KARA!
Kara: MARIK!
(they hug each other, bawling at the top of their lungs)
Yami Marik: Oh, Ra save me...
Kitty: Hey, what are you doing in my room?!
Yami Marik: EEP! (jumps under Kitty's bed)
Lina: The other reviews?
Kitty: Kani- Just did... TWICE.
Kara: People like when I insult Yami, YES! :D
Yami: (sarcastically) Great.
Yugi: Josephine Jekyll- You hit it right on the nosie, as you can see from this chapter. ;)
Kitty: Mya Starlight- I agree with you on that. But I still luv my Yugikins best! (glomps Yugi)
Yugi: (grins broadly) I luv you too, Kitty.
Lina: R&R!]
Lina: We're BACK!
Kara: IMPORTANT chapter. (
Marik: R&R, people.]
Chapter 17: Honestly
POV: Joey
((Dream))
"C'mon, Joey, get up."
I felt a die hit my head.
I looked up, and there was Tea, Tristan, Yugi, Duke and Bakura.
"It's about time you got up," said Tristan, "Class is over."
"C'mon, sleepy head," Tea said, "We gotta go!"
"Why?" I asked drowsily.
"Don't you remember?" Tea said indignantly, "It's only like the biggest day of your freaking life."
"She's right, Joey," said Yugi, "We have to get going."
"Just give it up, Wheeler," Kaiba muttered from behind me.
I growled as he left. "Kaiba...grr..."
"Just forget about him," said Tristan, "Don't waste your energy."
Then I noticed three very familiar girls next to Duke.
"Huh?" I said in a clueless way, "Kara? Mai? Serenity? What are you guys doing here?"
"You're dreaming, remember?" Mai said, "And dreams don't have to make sense, so just be glad you're not skiing in your underwear."
[Kitty: I LUV THAT LINE!]
"Besides, it's your special day, Joey," Serenity said, "We have to be here."
"Where's Namu, Kara?" I asked her.
"At home," Kara said, shrugging, "I'm meeting him later. But I wanted to be there for you today. You need us, don't you?"
I smiled. "Yeah, I do..." I said dreamily.
"It's time to go," said Tea, "C'mon Joey."
"The thing is..." I said, "I don't know if I have enough strength to stand up. A little help, guys?"
And to my surprise, all of my friends held out their hands to me.
"You're the best friends a guy could have..." I said, as I felt myself being pulled up.
"Alright, Joey," Yugi said, "You've got a duel to win!:
"We're all here for you!" Mai added.
"Now stand up and win!" Kara said.
"I will..." My eyes never left Kara's face, until she faded away.........
((Real))
POV: Kara
"Joey, you're okay!" I yelled in excitement.
"The winner of this duel is Joey Wheeler!" the guard proclaimed, and the arena began to come down.
POV: Joey
Before I knew what was happening, Kara had jumped up onto the arena and was hugging me.
I stared.
"I'm glad you're okay, Joey," she whispered.
I smiled, and hugged her back.
POV: Yami
I looked at the two, and sighed. Oh, Joey, if you only knew...
/You don't know for sure, Yami,/ Yugi reasoned, /Maybe Kara is okay.../
I sure hope so. Joey seems to care for her so much, and I don't want her to break his heart.
POV: Kara
I let go of Joey, and looked over toward Odeon.
"D'you think he's alright?" I acted, "He doesn't look very good."
I started over to him, and Joey and the Pharaoh came up behind me.
"You okay?" asked Joey.
"I'm sorry, Joey..." Odeon stammered, "It was an honor dueling you..."
"Well, thanks," Joey said modestly, "And thanks for the lightning, I won't forget this duel too soon. Now that's over, you've got to come clean. If you're not Marik, who are you?"
"I am only a servant," said Odeon, "To the real..." he gestured," Master Marik..."
Marik was holding his head as if in agony, and he was holding his Millennium Rod n easy sight.
My eyes widened. Marik. I was so worried about Joey I forgot about Marik.
POV: Yami
"THAT'S MARIK?!" Joey and I said at the same time.
"Marik!" Kara yelled, running over to him, "Marik, are you okay?"
Kara knew all along!
POV: Joey
Kara knew?
My heart felt as if a thousand red-hot knives had gone into it. Kara was in love with Marik?
POV: Kara
Right then, I didn't care about anything anyone said or thought.
"Marik," I said, "Talk to me, are you--"
He pulled me into his arms, and glared at the Pharaoh from over my shoulder.
"Yes, it's true," he whispered, "I am the real Marik, and the one who dueled you, Wheeler, is my servant Odeon."
I felt Marik's arm grab protectively around me. I stole a look at Joey and Yami. Yami looked furious, but not toward me. Joey, on the other hand, looked hurt, and all of it was targeted toward me. I felt like crying.
"Kara..." Joey whispered, "You knew?"
I couldn't bear to look at him, so I buried my head into Marik's chest.
"Yes, she knew," Marik answered for me, now glaring at Joey, "She knew me ever since we were kids. She's known about my plan ever since the finals began. And yet she was friends with you and your friends ever since she met you."
Joey was speechless. He didn't know what to believe. I knew I needed to speak, but I didn't. I was too sad and too afraid.
"But now," Marik said, "It's time to finish /what my servants couldn't/--"
Marik stopped, holding his head again.
I pulled away. I recognized that voice. The evil Marik.
"Oh, no..." Odeon whispered, "I was afraid this would happen... Master Marik has a darker side... you're all in great danger..."
'No,' I thought, 'I'M NOT LETTING THIS HAPPEN!'
"Marik," I said, grabbing onto his shoulders and trying to make him look at me, "Fight it! You can't let him take you over! Odeon will be fine, we'll help him--"
Suddenly, golden magic from his Millennium Rod blasted me backward, and slammed me against the arena.
POV: Joey
"KARA!" I yelled, running over to her.
"Joey, don't touch her!" Yami warned me, but I didn't care.
I sat down beside her, and put her into my lap, checking to see if she was alright...
Oh, Kara, please be okay...
POV: Yami
I could see Marik struggling, but his eyes took in the sight of Joey and Kara, and something in me told me that that sight had sealed what happened to him......... and I was right.
Marik yelled in uttermost pain, and then when he looked back, another person was in his place.
POV: Kara
I struggled to wake up, and from the ground I saw my worst nightmare...literally, since he was in one of mine.
'The evil Marik...'
"I'm finally free again," he said evilly, "I was held back for so long by that fool Odeon."
"No..." I whispered, and from the movement under me, I realized that I was in Joey's lap.
Yami Marik looked at me, and smirked.
"Well, well, it IS my day of meeting old acquaintances," he whispered, "Long time, no see, Kara."
"That's Takara to you," I hissed, trying to get up, "And I would appreciate it if you would leave Marik and my friends alone."
"Ooh, you have gotten tougher after being away for so long, haven't you?" Yami Marik mocked, "Too bad your parents couldn't see you now... they'd be ashamed."
I growled. "Leave my parents out of this."
Yami Marik laughed. "Why should I? I was the one who snuck into their beds and killed them!"
I shivered. "So you did kill them," I whispered, "That's why everyone thought..."
"That my Hikari did it?" Yami Marik finished with relish, "But of course."
"You sick bastard," I hissed, "I could curse you away, so I suggest you go away!"
"Pft," Yami Marik snorted, stepping closer to me, "You wouldn't remember that spell without Odeon, and besides, you haven't practiced tomb keeper magic since that day, so your magic now is just as pathetic as it was then! You couldn't kill me then, and you can't kill me now... at least not with putting my Hikari in danger..."
I trembled.
"Is that fear I see in your eyes?" Yami Marik asked, grabbing my chin, "Well, I must say, I like this new side of you. So weak and helpless... that's what you are without my Hikari to protect you."
His hands were so cold they felt like ice, and his eyes were just the same. I wrenched myself out of his grip.
"We'll have another chat soon," Yami Marik whispered, "When we're alone..."
And with that, he left.
I sank to the floor, and began to cry.
'Marik is gone...'
'Was I mad? (Was I...mad?)
Foolish me, (Foolish...me)
To succumb (To succumb)
So easily. (So easily, so easily)
Honestly, (Alone on my bed),
Honestly, (The things that you said)
Honestly (Go around in my head... still).
Honestly, (It seems to be true)
Honestly, (That nothing I do)
Honestly (Can influence you...still),'
-Annie Lennox, 'Honestly'
[Kitty: It finally happened. Yami Marik has arrived.
Marik: KARA!
Kara: MARIK!
(they hug each other, bawling at the top of their lungs)
Yami Marik: Oh, Ra save me...
Kitty: Hey, what are you doing in my room?!
Yami Marik: EEP! (jumps under Kitty's bed)
Lina: The other reviews?
Kitty: Kani- Just did... TWICE.
Kara: People like when I insult Yami, YES! :D
Yami: (sarcastically) Great.
Yugi: Josephine Jekyll- You hit it right on the nosie, as you can see from this chapter. ;)
Kitty: Mya Starlight- I agree with you on that. But I still luv my Yugikins best! (glomps Yugi)
Yugi: (grins broadly) I luv you too, Kitty.
Lina: R&R!]