Ancient Universal Bonds
Lady Artemis Cosmos
Disclaimer in Chapter 1
Yugi watched the boy beside him in fear for the first hour of class. Marik had been paying attention the first part of class, but then he had slowly nodded off. Yugi could now hear Marik's soft snores as the boy slept oblivious to stares he was getting for being asleep. Yugi looked over at Bakura and noticed that Bakura was as startled as he was. Yugi looked toward Yami, which was when he noticed Odeon watching Marik closely.
Odeon had felt the spirits start to pound on Marik's shields even harder. Turning his head, he saw that Marik was asleep. Sighing he put more energy into Marik's shields. Hearing the spirits howl in rage, he decided that he was giving enough energy flow to the shields. Now he had to pay closer attention to the lesson that the teacher was giving so he could give Marik the notes plus so that he did not get dragged into witnessing Marik's dreams. Sometimes the dreams could be truly horrifying.
Suddenly Marik's head shot up. His eyes were wide. Yugi thought he was hyperventilating. After a couple of seconds, Marik closed his eyes, groaned and buried his head in arms.
The killer of all headaches was pounding through his head. He could barely keep his eyes open. The spirits must have been attacking his shields with vengeance when he fell asleep. Moaning softly, he tried to curl up into a ball, but that did not work too well because his desk was in the way. Relaxing his muscles, he let out his breath and buried his head further in his arms to block out the bright light.
Odeon looked at Marik in concern. He knew that Marik must have a killer headache. He could feel Millennium Spirits glaring at his back. He turned to Yami and mouthed, 'Everything will be explained at lunch.'
Catching the teacher's attention, he said, "Marik does not look well. May I take him to the Infirmary?"
The teacher said, "Yes, Odeon, you may. What do you think is wrong with Marik?"
"He suffers form a condition that causes migraines quite often," Odeon replied to the teacher's question.
At Lunch
Yami, Yugi, Bakura, and Kage were under one of the oak trees on the school grounds. Teá, Tristan, and Joey were also there.
Odeon was dragging the reluctant Marik towards the group.
The two spirits were standing up in front of their hikaris in a protective manner. When Odeon stopped in frond of them, he also took up the protective stance.
When Odeon let go of his hand, Marik sank to the ground with a grunt. His head was not feeling any better, and his emotions were going haywire. Hearing his name, he looked up and blinked.
Yugi noticed that Marik did not look well. His head was hung as tough he was exhausted. He became concerned. "Marik, are you okay?" he asked.
Everyone was startled by Yugi's question, especially Odeon. He thought that the pharaoh's hikari was scared of Marik.
Marik regarded the question as seriously as he could when his head was pounding and he was seeing double. "Oh, I'm okay. I wish the bongo drums being played in my head would go away." His eyes dilated slightly before he said this next part, "The spirits aren't happy. Odeon, could you reinforce the shields? By the way since when have there been four of you?"
Yugi looked at Marik with wide eyes. "Four of us?"
"Yes, two of you and two of the pharaoh."
"Marik, I think we need to get you home," Odeon said quietly.
"No, I'm good," Marik answered, "or maybe I'm not." He said and promptly passed out.
"Well I better take him home," Odeon said. "We will continue this conversation tomorrow."
With that, Odeon picked up Marik and walked off school grounds.
"Well that was interesting," Joey commented, "but, it still does not tell us what Marik was up to at Kiba's tournament."