Anaya's Creator: (peeking out from behind a chocolate-syrup-covered trash can lid) Hi people!
Malik: We have reviews this chapter!
Kaiba: Thank God! Now Anaya's Creator will stop storming.
Anaya's Creator: We got five! I like you people again!
Mokuba: Anaya's Creator got her test back: 83
Anaya's Creator: One blasted point away from a B and I really thought I was starting to get those triangle proof things. Damn it!
Malik: Here's some reviews:
Stormtracer:
I don't know why you continue to feel sorry for Yami. And I only like yaoi when it's Bakura x Ryou or sometimes Yami x Yugi because those couples actually make some sense. Every other yaoi couple I can think up is just gross and makes no sense at all: Joey x Seto (runs to the bathroom and barfs), Mokuba x one of the older guys in the gang (barfs again), Marik x Malik (totally just lost her breakfast to the toilet), ect... Okay I need to stop making myself hurl (shakes her head to get her sense back)... I'll read Intruders when I get the time.
KrysofSorrow:
Thanks for the chocolate syrup dude, but since you tried to squirt me with it, well, (looks at her trash can lid) I can't exactly use it on my ice cream, can I? I actually had in mind something like peanut butter cups or Hershey's milk chocolate bars. Feel free to try again.
YamiEvelyn
I'm glad you like Lost Green Eyes and its sequel so much. I'm sorry I can't bring Yoko back to life, but his ghost does come into the story later. (And I totally agree; he is so cool!) There will be some Seto x Serenity pairing in this chapter in particular and also later on. And there might be some Joey x Mai at the end, but I won't go into detail if there is.
Anaya's Creator: I don't own Yugioh or the Avril Lavigne song in this fanfic, However I did make up the alto "La, la, la" descant I made up for Serenity. Oh yeah, :La, la: Rogue talking to Akina & ::La, la:: Akina talking to Rogue. And Malik the normal one and Marik the psycotic yami.
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The battle between Mai and Marik was now over, and Mai was lying in a hospital bed. During Kaiba and Ishizu's duel, Serenity noticed that Rogue was gone and decided to go looking for her.
"Hey, where you headed, Sis?" Joey asked at her retreating back.
"I haven't seen Rogue for A while so I thought I should go look for her.
"Okay, she probably just went to the john."
Serenity nodded, but still continued walking.
Downstairs, it was as quiet as a rundown ghost town. From one of the hallways though, she heard the sound of gentle sobbing. She followed the sound, and found herself seeing Rogue on the floor with Mokuba beside her. "Mokuba, what happened?" she asked as she rushed toward Rogue and put her slender arms around her.
"It's her brother, Yoko, he's gone," Mokuba informed her.
Serenity didn't even bother saying that it couldn't be true. She only needed to feel the shaking Rogue in her arms to know that it was. Her head leaned on Rogue's and silent tears fell down her face as well.
Upstairs, the duel between Kaiba and Ishizu was over. Kaiba would be going to the finals along with Marik, Yugi, and Joey. After checking on Mai, the rest of the gang followed Serenity's idea and decided to look for Rogue. They found them... you guessed it... in the same room where Serenity had found her, crying.
There was the typical questions asked, such as: "What happened?", "What's wrong?", "Where in the name of hell is Yoko?", and "Is there any food here?" (Joey asked that).
Serenity answered them, since Rogue was too distressed to say anything.
"You should all go to bed and get some sleep," Mokuba told them. "It's been a long day... for all of us."
Tea checked her watch. "It's only eight thirty though."
"Well, there was going to be a band, but they chickened out at the last minute. I was going to ask..."
"I'll sing."
Everyone glanced at Rogue. She had wiped her self off and gotten off the floor. She turned to Serenity, "You still remember that Avril Lavigne song you learned to play at camp and some of those other songs?"
Serenity nodded.
"Got your guitar?"
Serenity shook her head.
"There are instruments here," Mokuba said.
"We'll sing then." Serenity picked herself off the floor and followed Mokuba to where the instruments were.
About ten minutes later, everyone was gathered in the main hall, except for Marik, Ishizu, Odeon, Bakura, and Mai. Rogue handed Mokuba a CD and he putting it in the stereo system.
Serenity played a cord and Rogue began to sing.
"I can not find a way to describe it (La, la, la)
It's there inside; all I do is hide, (La, la, la)
I wish that it would just go away (Mmm, mmm,mmm)
What would you do, you do if you knew (La, la, la)
What would you do? (What would you do?)
Malik, intrigued by Rogue's voice took control of Tea's mind for this. And the sound of Rogue singing blew him away.
All the pain that I knew, all the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said, back and forth inside my head,
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable come and take me away
Rouge was singing the basic melody, and Serenity was singing a light alto descant over it. As the red-haired girl sang, Kaiba felt himself warming up to her and finding that she was indeed extremely beautiful.
I feel like I am all alone (La, la, la)
All by myself, I need to get around this (Mmm, mmm, mmm)
My words are cold; I don't want them to hurt you (La, la, la)
If I l show you I don't think you'd understand (Understand)
'Cause no one understands (Me)
All the pain that I knew, all the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said back and forth inside my head,
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable come and take me away
Serenity switched to the melody now and Rogue became a phantom soprano descant. Then half way through the bridge of the song they switched again.
I'm going no where, (on and on and)
I'm getting no where, (on and on and) take me away
(I'm getting no where) On and off and off and on and off and on
All the pain that I knew, all the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said back and forth inside my head,
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable come and take me away
Take me away,
Break me away,
Take me away,
At the end of their song there was a deafening applause. Joey and Mokuba were both going berserk; even Kaiba found himself clapping.
Egged on by the appreciation, Rogue and Serenity strung up another song. They continued singing until about nine o'clock then called it quits for the night. By that time though everyone was tired, so nobody complained. Tristan and Duke ran up to Serenity and began claiming that they had no idea that someone could possibly sing or play the guitar as well as she could. (A/N: Sure Rhino-head and Dice-boy, suck up to her, it'll do you no good.)
Soon everyone retired to her or his room. Serenity decided to stay with Mai for the night and Tristan and Duke crashed with Joey for the night. Serenity was about to nod off when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned and saw that it was Kaiba. "Is there something I can help you Mr. Kaiba?" she asked.
"No, it's just that... Your singing was very lovely." He ran a hand through the silk strands of her hair.
"Thank you," Serenity muttered, blushing. She looked in his eyes; there was something different about them. They weren't the usual icy sapphire they had been ever since she had first met him. They were softer and more amorous.
Before either of the youths could stop themselves, their lips had met in a strong passionate kiss. Kaiba's arms pulled Serenity to him as she went on tiptoe and wrapped her arms around his neck. Both wishing the moment would never end, they broke the kiss only for air then went at it again. After a few more minutes, they broke apart.
Kaiba leaned forward, put a hand on her cheek, kissed the skin near her opposite ear, and whispered, "Good night my auburn-haired angel." He only needed to hear her moan softly as he pressed her against him to know she returned his affection. Regretfully, he let her go and left the room.
Meanwhile, Rogue had returned to her room. She didn't even bother trying to sleep; she knew it'd be futile. She knelt down into seiza position and decided to try and meditate hoping, she had enough will power to let all the pain just flow away.
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In the morning Rogue was kneeling on the floor, hands on her knees (that's seiza position). She hadn't slept all night. She just sat there apathetically staring into the blackness of her mind. "How are you feeling Miss. Rogue?" asked a woman's voice.
Rogue was said nothing; she didn't even respond through telepathy.
"It's Ishizu Ishtar,"
Still Rogue was quiet.
"Don't you care?"
... Silence...
"I know what happened last night. I know how you feel."
/No, you don't understand. My brother was everything to me and now it was all taken away. Karasu will pay for what he's done to me and to my brother. You don't know what it been like. Ever since Karasu first came after me, all my mother has been doing is running and hiding with my brother and me. Well, no longer am I going to run from him, I will avenge my family from his treachery./
"I understand more than you know, Rogue, for my little brother also means everything to me... and I know that you can save him."
Rogue was hushed again. Then, she heard someone enter the room.
"Ah, having a little chat are we?" Marik sneered as he approached Ishizu and Rogue.
Ishizu nodded while Rogue stayed soundless.
"Well, excuse me for interrupting then," Marik said, feigning apology. "But I wish to speak to her alone, Ishizu." He pointed to Rogue with the Millennium Rod.
"I won't leave." As Ishizu spoke,she made sure her voice sounded braver than she felt. If he used his Millennium Rod...
Marik moved toward Ishizu, now pointing the Millennium Rod mercilessly at her. "Sister, you no longer can protect your self from the powers of my Millennium Rod. Or have you forgotten that not only did your necklace allow you to see the future, it protected you from my own magic. But you and I will have another chat later, for now I wish to speak to Rogue."
Reluctantly, Ishizu left the room leaving Marik alone with Rogue. As long as Odeon and Akina's incarnate live there is still hope, she thought. My brother will get his body back from his dark side's control; however, I can do nothing more, for now...
Marik approached Rogue's not moving form. He went to brush away a strand of hair that had fallen in front of her eyes, but as soon as he touched her skin, her hand grabbed his wrist before he could even see it move.
/Go away/ said a voice in his mind. He could tell Rogue was talking to him through her telepathy. Her hand let go of his wrist and fell back to her knee. Marik glanced at her other hand, her sword was in it.
Instead of leaving, Marik ran a hand through her hair, wondering what her reaction would be. He received it instantly. Rogue moved so fast he could hardly keep up with her movements. In milliseconds, her sword was in hand and pointing at his heart.
"I thought I asked you to go away," she insisted.
Marik simply chuckled, grabbed her wrist, and forced her sword away. It dropped from her hand.
Rogue, not liking the way he was laughing, backed up. That laughter didn't sound like good-humored laughter, it was more like a greedy child chuckling at the amount of candy he got for Halloween and couldn't wait to eat. She heard him advance for every step back she took and eventually, she was up against the wall.
"Now this I like," Marik muttered. He put a hand on her waist and pressed his lips to hers.
As Marik kissed her, Rogue felt her stomach turn inside out. His kisses were more like attempts to eat sour apples large bites at a time. She felt something shift in her mind and Akina took over.
Akina reached to Marik's face with her free hand and pushed him from her so that he could see that she had taken control. "It's me Akina, Marik," she said.
"Akina," he moaned, pulling her to him then letting her lean back against the wall again. "Finally, I can see you again after five long millennia. I was beginning to get annoyed with your incarnate and her constant stubbornness." He leaned forward and was able to kiss her once before she pushed her away. "What is it, my dove?" He took her hands in his and began caressing them with his lips.
"Marik, you've changed."
"How so?" he then braced her arms against the wall and began kissing her neck.
"You're not as warm, or as light-hearted as you used to be. I sense your heart become tainted with hatred and bitterness in the years we've been apart. It's as if the lust for revenge has consumed your soul. Why?"
"The day I died, I swore I'd avenge your death," he mumbled through the kisses. "Now I'm fulfilling my oath to you, by taking all the power Yami has."
"No!" Akina exclaimed, breaking free from Marik's grasp and holding him away at arms length, trying to make him see reason. This was definitely not the Marik she knew. "You can't, Yami is our ally."
"Our ally," he said the word as if it were poison. "Because of our friend, you died!"
Akina let go of him, whimpering slightly. Never, in the entire time she was alive, had Marik spoken this way to her or been so forceful. His voice was getting angrier and louder by the moment. "There was no way to prevent that. I was the only person who could have done that. It was my destiny." But her pitiful argument was pointless, compared to what he said to her next.
"Your destiny of saving the pharaoh's skin meant more to you than the love you had for me, your husband? The man you pledged your life and love to?"
Tears fell from Akina's eyes. "What happened to you Marik? Why have you become so bitter?"
"How dare you judge me? You don't know what I've been through, having been born in this boy's body. I have suffered greatly in Yami's name by having the secret to his power carved on my back." A great sudden rumble sent the both of them to the floor. Marik landed on top of Akina, with her between his legs and their chests pressed together. He heard her give out a stifled cry and saw that the hand he had flung out to brace himself with had landed on her knee with the boar scar on it, crushing it and probably causing Akina extreme pain. Getting off of her as quickly as he could, Marik stammered, "I... I don't have... time for this. I... I need to find the pharaoh and... h-his ridiculous friends. T-they're facing some g-green-haired brat." His face was very red. Trying not to think about the position he had been in with his wife and how much he and enjoyed it, he left her there and went to go look for the pharaoh.
Akina, meanwhile, remained on the floor.
:Akina,: Rogue said. :Are you alright?:
::My husband:: she stuttered. ::He's so different now.::
:Ugg, men,: Rogue huffed. :The less you deal with them the happier you'll be.:
::Oh really, then I was just imagining that you liked Malik?::
:Leave me alone and let me take control again.:
::Fine by me::
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Malik: My yami's mean to Rogue and Akina, please excuse me. (Tries to leave the workroom to go kill his yami)
Anaya's Creator: Don't kill him yet, he's still in the story; you can kill him at the end.
Kaiba: Total score! I fall in love with Serenity!
Anaya's Creator: What did you think I was going to put you in a yaoi pair? I don't think so. Review people!