Chapter 2:
That same day, when Malik woke up from his nap, Marik wasted no time in putting his hikari to work. He and Malik sat in the middle of their bedroom floor and were brainstorming about the different things they'd need to get a corporation together.
"Well, let's see." Malik rubbed the back of his head, "We'll need a name, first of all. And a logo."
"Ha ha! That's where we're lucky, Malik. You see, Kaiba Corp's logo is just a KC. How boring. We, on the other hand, will have a decorative logo."
"Decorative? Marik, I think simple would be better-"
"Oh, don't be silly. Simple is stupid. Our logo will have something like the Grim Reaper… riding a chariot of fire and being pulled by a thousand big black horses!" He turned to Malik, "What do ya think?"
"… Can't we just have, like, a heart or something?"
Marik shook his head, "I worry about you sometimes. Anyway, the logo can wait. We need a name. It's got to be cooler than Kaiba Corp, though."
"How about… The Cooler Than Kaiba Corp Corporation? Wouldn't that be a nice name?"
"Ugh. Malik, I don't know where your brain is today, but it certainly isn't inside your head. Okay, I guess this means I gotta think about it for a second…" He paced around the room and then said, "I think with this name thing, we should go pretty simple."
Malik nodded in approval.
"Marik Co. will have to do."
"Marik Co… yeah, that sounds- Wait a minute! Marik Co! What about me?"
"What about you?"
"I'm part of this company too! I should get my name in the title as well."
"But it would be too long if I added your name!" Marik whined. "Well, I guess we could always call it Ishtar Industries. That would be okay. Any objections?"
"Nope. I like it."
"Good. Then that about wraps it up for the easy part." Marik picked Malik up by the collar of his shirt and dragged him down stairs.
"W-Where are we going!"
Marik let go of his hikari when they reached the front door of their house. "Look, you cannot have a company that doesn't do anything. We're going to have to sell something, right? A product of some kind?"
"Well, yeah. But where are we going?"
"You'll see." Marik started walking out the door and down the driveway. Malik followed him after locking the door and they both went down two blocks to the bus stop. It was only about two minutes till the bus came and they hopped on.
When Marik and Malik took their seats, Malik looked over at his yami who was reading a newspaper, "… Now, will you tell me what's up?"
"Look at this." He held up a section of the paper so Malik could see it.
"Hmm." Malik read, "It's just talking about a science fair at some community college in northern Domino. Is that where we are heading?"
"Yup. That's exactly where we're going. We've got to go there in order to get a kick-butt product for our company to sell. It's got to be incredibly good, though. None of that stupid little kid stuff that Microsoft comes out with. I need something that rocks the very foundation of the world as we know it."
"And we're going to find something like that at a science fair?"
"Don't underestimate those fancy pancy college kids. They can surprise you sometimes."
"Um, okay."
It was about twenty to thirty minutes later when the bus arrived in front of the Domino Community College campus. Marik and Malik bounded down the stairs and stepped onto the grass.
"It's bigger than I thought it would be." Malik said, looking around at all the people running and lugging heavy books.
Marik growled in aggravation, "That stupid bus made us late, we might miss the beginning!" He turned around as the bus was driving away and yelled at the bus driver, "You know, you can still go fast during the yellow lights! Where did you graduate busing school!"
"Forget it, Marik, let's just do what we came here to do." Malik suggested and began to walk towards the entrance of the big building.
Marik went with his hikari and they followed the large crowds into the auditorium. Inside was a wide array of students standing beside projects that they had created and worked hard on.
The crowd that Marik and Malik had gone inside with were now seating themselves in the chairs that were on the other side of the large room. A woman that Marik supposed was the Dean or principal of the school took the stage.
"Thank you, parents, professors, and friends for joining us at the annual citywide science fair." She said, "Before we allow you all to look around at the projects, we will have a few words from each of our sponsors…"
Marik rolled his eyes, "C'mon, Malik. We don't need to listen to her, let's go check out all those kids' projects."
"But Marik, I want to hear the speeches. They might give out free buttons."
"Ugh. Fine, then. Meet up with me after you've gotten your button."
"'Kay." Malik walked off in one direction and Marik went off in another.
Marik didn't want to make himself conspicuous so he tried to walk only in the shadows and keep a low profile. He looked at different projects and the best thing he'd seen thus far was a electric waterfall.
He'd covered half the auditorium and still nothing he thought was good enough. He shrugged, 'Maybe I gave these college kids too much credit. I mean, this stuff is old hat. Why doesn't someone invent a plasma ray or something useful like that…?'
In a minute, Malik came bouncing up to him, "Hi, Marik! Look what I got." he held up a button that said Science Geek and a pencil that said I love learning.
Marik shuddered, "… Malik."
"I got one for you too." He held out a pencil with test tubes and beakers all over it. Marik put it in his pocket. "I like this place, Marik. It's got doughnuts."
"Malik, we'll have to leave. I looked all over and I couldn't find one student that had created anything worth while."
"Well, what about that kid over there?" Malik pointed, "He's booth looks pretty cool. He had a lot of judges hovering by him earlier."
"Okay. But if he doesn't have anything, we're leaving."
They walked over and snuck up behind him so that the boy couldn't see them. Marik looked at the two armbands that he had laying on the table.
"What are these supposed to be?" Malik whispered to his yami. "They sure do look nice. I have a teal-colored shirt that would go great with that."
"Will you stop it Malik! We're on a mission." Marik whispered back, "I don't have time for your fashion tips."
"Hi." Marik and Malik looked up at a young man with thick glasses and about thirty zits scattered all over his face, "Are you two judges or something?"
Malik shook his head, "We're just looking for something that we can-"
"Quiet, you." Marik elbowed him then turned his attention to the boy, "Yep, we are judges, that's what we are. Judges. So, why don't you tell us what ya got here."
"Ha!" He put his hands on his hips and stood in front of his table, "Well, first of all my name is Elmer Fizz. And my project is the best one here, you'll find no better! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Malik nudged his yami, "This is guy's nuts, Marik. Let's go before he whips out a chainsaw."
Elmer continued, "Now, what I have done is simple. Well, not really, but it is to a genius like me. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!" He lifted up one of the armbands off his table, "This is what I like to call a Miniport. It's an instant transport device, capable of moving one thing from point A to point B in a matter of seconds."
"Wow…" Marik and Malik's eyes widened, "Really?"
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Of course! Ha ha ha!" Elmer slid the armband on his wrist and pressed a button, "Observe." he pressed another button and was gone.
Marik looked around, "Where'd he go?"
"…Right here." Elmer said from behind them. "See? I told you. I combined the space-time-continuum with another dimension and was able to create a velocity that could support the molecular structure of a humanoid figure and rearrange them in the manner that they were first established."
Marik shook his head, "I didn't understand a word you just said."
"Ah ha ha ha ha! Ho ho ho ho!" Elmer held his head and laughed while dancing around the table. "Eh tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee!"
"… Marik," Malik whispered, "That Miniport would put us on the map!"
"You read my mind, Malik." Marik picked up the other Miniport that was sitting on the table. He stuffed it in his pocket and then walked over to Elmer and asked, "Can I see that?"
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" He slid the Miniport off his arm and handed it to Marik, "Sure, but just be careful! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Marik gave it to his hikari and he slid it on his wrist. "These are really comfortable. What did you use for the material? Silk?"
Elmer smiled, "Cotton."
"Ugh." Marik rolled his eyes and dragged his hikari out of the auditorium. "Bye, Elmer!" Malik called before they went through the door.
He nodded, "Yeah, bye- Hey, wait a minute! Come back here! Hey!" Elmer ran after them but by the time he got to the entrance, Marik and Malik were already gone.
