A/N: Second last chapter, guys! I have exams next week so I wanna get this done before-hand! So let's get on with it! ALSO, I will call Yami Atemu when Marik, Bakura or any of the Ishtars are talking about him but if it's Yugi or the gang I'll refer to him as Yami since Yami doesn't know his name yet! ALSO, I will be using 'Sennen' which means 'Millennium' when referring to 'Sennen Rod' or 'Sennen Puzzle' or 'Sennen Ring'

Disclaimer: I Don't Own Yu-Gi-Oh! Never Have, Never Will.

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Hidden Emotions

Act 15

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A few days after the 'outing' as Malik called it, Marik seemed back to his old self. Over the few days after the outing he'd been acting very strange, and Malik couldn't put his finger on what was bothering him. It couldn't possibly be the fact that Marik was wanting to help Atemu, was it? Now that, was impossible.

Suddenly, a thought came to him. Maybe he's worried about the battle! They figured the boss would've probably recruited some more Rare Hunters, so they'd have a big fight on their hands, but Marik's plan was: Get rid of the hunters and take down the boss! Well, how exactly do you do that when you don't have a plan? What if they are more powerful than before? Highly unlikely, but it is possible after all. What if they have some secret weapon? Again, highly unlikely, but, anything can happen when you have Yugi as a friend and Rare Hunters are trying to murder you.

Marik had gotten Bakura to help in the fight, and he decided to leave Ryou with Yugi and Atemu, seeing as Bakura didn't want Ryou to come to any harm, and just incase, they'd call Atemu as well. Atemu didn't know his real name yet, so he still goes by Yami. But everytime if Marik or Bakura talked about him, they'd use the name Atemu.

Today, it was…quite peacful, or so to say. Marik and Malik were in the living room watching TV, Rishid was out, and Isis and Kohaku were home in the kitchen, preparing dinner. It was noon, and rush hour outside.

When Malik looked out the window while sitting on Marik's lap with his arms wrapped around his waist, he couldn't help but noticing some strange movements outside his house.

He looked at Marik worriedly. "M-Marik? I keep seeing weird stuff happen outside, can we go check it out?"

"I'll go check it out, you go into the kitchen with Kohaku and Isis,"Marik said sternly. "If it's the Rare Hunters, I don't want you going anywhere near them."

Malik nodded and walked into the kitchen, but not before giving Marik a brief kiss as Marik went outside to check.

Suddenly, when he was outside, he met face to face with Bakura.

"What are you doing here so early for, Bakura?"Marik asked.

"I sensed something around this area, and I came to check it out."

"Really?"Marik asked. "Hmmm…Malik did too."

"Think it's them?"Bakura asked.

"It's possible,"Marik replied. "They could be planning a surprise attack right beneath our noses."

"Too true,"Bakura commented.

Suddenly, Bakura and Marik heard something move in the bushes, and when they turned to look around, Rare Hunters surrounded them.

"Bakura, can you call the pharaoh?"Marik whispered.

"I'll try,"Bakura replied. "We don't really need his help, though, do we?"

"We might,"Marik whispered back.

"Enough chit-chat, let's fight,"a rare hunter yelled.

"As you wish,"Bakura said, and commenced using his Millennium Ring, and walked over to five rare hunters that were grouped together. "You'll pay the price by suggesting a fight with…"

Suddenly, screams could be heard within the Ishtar household. Marik was furious at the hunters, and yelled towards Bakura. "Can you hold them off?!"

Bakura nodded as Marik ran inside.

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When Marik got inside, he saw Rare Hunters holding Malik by the neck and pointing a gun at his head. Marik growled.

"Release him,"Marik hissed.

"Freeze or the boy dies,"a hunter said.

"You believe that'll stop us from saving him?"a voice asked, kicking the hunter holding Malik in the back as he fell to the ground, and guided Malik over to Marik, who hugged him and didn't intend to let go.

"Where are Isis and Kohaku?"Marik asked him.

"They…I think they are all right,"Malik replied. "They left early before the attack."

Marik nodded. "So it's just us three."

"Not really, Marik,"a voice said from behind the three of them. "Need help?"

Behind them stood Atemu, Yugi, Jounouchi and Honda.

"Oh, great, all of you are here so who's looking after my Ryou?"Bakura growled.

"Anzu volunteered,"Jounouchi replied.

"Didn't know that you knew the word,"Bakura muttered.

"Hey!"

A few minutes later, all of the hunters were on the ground, their souls in the Shadow Realm, courtesy of Bakura and Marik. Only one was left and he was on the ground as well, but he was still alive.

Bakura, Marik and Yami walked over to the last remaining hunter. Bakura picked him up by his hood and sent glares of daggers in his direction.

"Where is your boss?"Bakura glared.

"I-In Tokyo…Dark Hollow Street…"The hunter said before passing out, not wanting to be killed the way the three spirits had killed the rest.

Bakura dropped him to the ground and stared in disgust before cleaning up the mess and sending the bodies to the Shadow Realm.

"Foolish mortals.''

"Come on,"Marik said. "Let's go."

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After a few half hours of walking to Tokyo, it wasn't that long from Domino, they looked around for a sign that said Dark Hollow Street. They found it at least three blocks down from the exit out of Tokyo and started looking around for any suspicious hideouts.

"I sense the hunter,"Bakura stated. "My Sennen Ring is pointing to him."

"Then let's go,"Marik said.

They followed the pointers of the Sennen Ring into an old warehouse of some kind. It was piled with boxes everywhere and in the middle was a long wide table with at least 50 chairs surrounding it. There were only 2 windows in the middle of the table sitting, was the last remaining hunter.

"So, you have finally decided to show yourselves, spirits,"the hunter said.

"You should talk,"Marik growled. "Hiding behind your foolish hunters. They all perished because you hurt our loved ones, you know that, don't you?"

"But you perished too,"The boss replied. "Your loved ones are dead."

"On the contrary,"Marik smirked. "My Malik is alive and well and so are Isis and Kohaku, and the rest of us."

The boss' eyes widened in shock. "How are they alive? I sent hunters to take them down and they said they aimed directly at the damn boy!"

"Don't you dare insult my aibou,"Marik growled. "We healed them."

The boss growled. "You'll pay."

"No, no, no, no,"Bakura corrected. "You shall pay dearly for all the stuff you did to us."

And with three flashing lights and a scream, the hunter disappeared.

"Pathetic,"Bakura said. "Didn't even put up a fight. Why did they even pick him as the boss?! Some of the others we fighted would've put up a better fight then he did!"

Marik and Yami nodded their heads in agreement. "Well, we better get back to Domino, Jounouchi, Honda, and Yugi'll be wondering where we are."

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Shinigami: Well I decided to add a little twist to it... if you know what I mean. ::laughs maniacally::

Sami: Yeah, I guess it has. With Marik trying to take over the world and stuff. Lol. Anyway, thanks for your loyal reviews. I always look forward to them! Review the epilogue please!

A/N: The battle is over! The epilogue WILL be short, very short, but it's to the point, so I'm happy. Well, sorry the flashback on Act 13 wasn't explained more, but if you want on the review replies I can explain it. Tell me please! Oh and there will be no sequel to this! I have enough fics on my hand!