I Cry Tears Of Blood

Chapter 4: Two Down

I did end up moping for days on end. Two weeks to be exact. I spent them all at the now lonely house that had once belonged to Ishizu, Odion coming home after work at around 7:00 with dinner that I never ate.

On a Thursday, after two weeks had passed Marik finally got out of bed in the morning. He put his uniform on, grabbed his backpack, and walked out the door, before Odion could notice ... not that he would.

Marik looked up at Domino High school. He nervously took a step forward when he heard a group of people walking towards him ... or rather the school.

He turned to face Yugi and his 'gang' and his expression changed from nervous to disgusted.

Joey looked at him the same way, the two had never really gotten along. Joey was in an argument with Tea again.

"No Tea! Seto does NOT have a heart! I'm begining to think he's a machine! And NO I will not say sorry!"

Marik stood his ground as Joey came his way. The taller boy brushed against Marik with such a force the smaller boy was almost knocked to the ground. Marik shoved him back.

Joey stopped, "Watch where you're going, mop-head!"

Marik's eyes flashed, "You fucking watch where your going third-rate dog!"

Joey pushed him again, "Or what!"

Yugi grabbed Joey's arm, "Joey no ..."

"No Yugi, it's time I knocked this bastard's teeth out! He pisses me off!"

Yugi sighed exasperatedly, "That is no reason to-"

"He's got such a rotten temper, I bet you in one of his mood swings ... he killed his own sister!"

The crowd that had formed around the gasped. Marik's eyes widened and flashed with both anger and tears.

"You son of a bitch! You didn't even know my sister bastard! Asshole! How dare you!"

Marik lunged at Joey, who reacted in time and the fight began. The crowd closed in on them as they bit, choked, grabbed, pulled, kicked, and punched every part of the other they could find.

Soon one school officers broke them up. Ryou pushed through the crown to reach Marik, "Marik!"

Marik had a cut lip that was bleeding and a bruise under his eye. Joey had a black eye and his nose was bleeding.

They both looked ready to kill.

Only when Ryou hugged Marik, did he turn away from Joey and his eyes soften. He pulled away from the officer's grasp and hugged Ryou back, "Hey! Hey ... I'm okay ... don't worry ..."

The officers led Marik away from Ryou and into the dean's office along with Joey.

The dean soon came out, "Fighting in school property is against school rules. Violence will not be tolerated! Marik ... your second day here after two week's absence! What WILL your sister say whe-"

"SHE'S DEAD! DEAD DAMMIT!"

Marik burst into tears as Joey rolled his eyes.

The dean sighed, "Joseph! What have you to say for yourself!"

Joey remained silent.

"I see. Detention for both of you, to be served today. I will not tolerate this again!"

Marik and Joey were free to leave. Ryou and Yugi were waiting for them. Marik just glared at Joey as Ryou took his hand and led Marik to the nurse's office.

The 'nurse' turned ou to be an old lady that was very, very, very, very slow. She moved to the icebox with the speed of a turtle. She came back with icepacks for both of them and suggested they lie down.

Marik quickly arranged himself on a small fold out bed. Joey however refused.

Marik looked up at Ryou, "Hey ... you should go to class ... no?"

Ryou shook his head, "Sh!"

Marik laughed and took his hand, it was warm and soft, and comforting. And Marik soon fell asleep.

He awoke to the bell that signaled the end of the day. Ryou was sitting in the same spot as he had when Marik fell asleep.

The white-haired boy smiled, "Hey sleepy head ..."

Marik laughed and sat up, "Hey Ryou ..."

Then he remembered, "Aw shoot, detention."

Ryou smiled sympathetically, "I'm going to go leave my backpack and get Bakura, okay?"

Marik nodded and slung his own backpack on his back and walked out with Ryou. They parted in the hall, Marik walking to the dreaded 'detention' room.

Detention was okay, compared to Marik's day. The 'dean' yelled a lot at first, then told them to do their homework, or read, and if he heard so much as a peep from them, they'd join him again the next day.

All in all it was boring. But the hour passed quickly ... and soon they were free.

Marik walked out to the front entrance where Bakura was waiting for him, sitting on the steps, "Kura!"

Bakura stood up and hugged Marik close, "Hey you ..."

"Oh I hate school!"

Bakura laughed, "Why! Ryou tells me all you did was sleep ..."

Marik hugged Bakura again, "I still hate it ... where's Ryou?"

"Bathroom he says ..."

And they stayed there talking ... and flirting ... and Ryou still didn't come from the bathroom.

Finally they sat on the stone steps and sat in silence.

Marik looked up at the sky "It's so peaceful ..."

When he looked back at Bakura, he almost jumped when he saw how close they were. But soon he too leaned closer, their noses touching, lips a fraction of an inch away.

"I'm back!"

And they broke away. Marik stood up and looked at a very sad Ryou.

"Oh shoot ... I left so long to not interrupt you ... but I ended up doing it anyway!" Ryou pouted, "I'm horrid."

Marik shook his head, "It's okay ... let's go ... I've got to get home, you guys can stay over if you like ..."

Ryou and Bakura nodded and they walked to Marik's house.

Marik turned the corner of his street, "Almost there ... I wanna play Dance Dance Revolution again!"

Bakura laughed, "Me too!"

"I can't, I suck ..." said Ryou quietly.

Marik shook his head again, " No you're okay ... you just have to keep up with the rythm ..."

When they got to Marik's house they could not believe their eyes. The house was surrounded by fire trucks, the house was in flames.

Marik's mouth dropped open as a firefighter wheeled his motorcycle towards him, "This was all we could save."

Marik took the bike without a word and turned to Bakura, "Can I ... can I use your cell phone?"

Bakura nodded and handed him the phone.

Marik quickly dialed Odion's number.

Beep. Beep. Beep Beep.

Marik paced, "Pick up! Damn!"

Marik hung up and dialed his work number.

"Hello? Yes ... is Odion there? This is urgent."

The dark-skinned boy's eyes widened, "What do you mean he never got there! He called in sick-"

Marik dropped the cell phone as a firefighter handed him a pair of half-melted earings. They were golden ... and ankh shaped ...

A/N: I am evil! Evil! Evil! Evil and VILE! Evil, Vile, Veil, Live ... intresting ... aaaaaaanyway! This is a good chappie, ne?

Sorry to keep you guys waiting, JA! R&R!