The look on Marik's face quickly changed from terror to malice. He looked like a whole different person. His hair, usually flowing, was sticking up everywhere. There were green lines under his eyes as if painted there and there was a circle with an odd looking star in it appeared. Inside the circle were symbols that looked like 7s and 13s. The symbol was entirely green and placed precisely in the middle of his forehead. He looked positively terrifying.
"Marik……..it's us…. Dan and Sora… your brot-" Dan broke off as Marik shot a fireball at him. He quickly dodged the flaming ball and grabbed Sora's hand, and teleported to an uncharted island. The sand was bright yellow and there were palm trees every 2 feet.
"What the heck are we going to do now? I mean, we've all been at least 1 demon before, but, I don't remember ever seeing that symbol before! Honestly-" Sora was rambling. "I think I remember seeing that symbol in the Book." Dan interrupted. "So what do you propose we do?" Sora said indignantly. "Teleport home, grab the Book, and keep teleporting while doing research. Marik has all of our powers and more so it's not like he won't find us." Dan responded.
And so, Dan and Sora teleported back to the Syringe manor to obtain the Book of Evils just as Marik teleported in to where they were standing a mere two seconds ago. The last thing Dan and Sora heard before they were back in the attic was Marik's cry of rage at being cheated of his bounty.
"Where did they go now!" an angry voice that did not belong to Marik said. Who are you and why are you controlling me? Marik thought. "Oh dear. You still have voluntary thought. I'll have to report this." The angry voice said. As the voice said this, Marik could feel the immense pressure of possession lifting. He regained control of his voluntary movement and teleported home.
The second Marik got there, Sora flung out his hands in an attempt to freeze him. "Our powers only work on evil." "Marik? Is it really you?" Dan asked suspiciously. "I think so….." Marik said jokingly. "Well we'll just have to find out." Dan said, obviously missing the joke. "Where did we get our powers?" Sora asked after consulting with Dan. "Cresent Street. There were seven emeralds and a box. The box disappeared and hasn't been seen since. The seven emeralds spread across the world as far as I know." Marik said dully, as if this was routine. "That's Marik alright! Good to have you back!" Sora said happily. "It's good to be back Sora." Marik said, laughing with relief. He stopped laughing when he saw the Book in Dan's hands. "Did you find anything?" he asked. "We were about to start looking when you showed up. How did you get rid of the thing possessing you anyway?" Dan responded. "I don't really know…….I just thought and a voice said 'Oh dear. You can still think. I'll have to report this' and I regained my voluntary movement" Marik said, frustrated. He didn't like not knowing what demons were up to.
Sora slapped his hand to his forehead. "OH MY GOD! I just remembered! We have a concert tonight in Japan!" Sora said. "Oh yeah….." Marik and Dan said. "Well, we know what we'll sing so let's get back to the demon. It was weird. As soon as I thought on my own free will, the evil, possession thing was gone." Marik explained. "Maybe it went to get it's leader." Dan joked. "Dan, don't joke. Whatever you joke about usually comes true." Sora said. This was after all true, so Dan didn't say another word until the concert.