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Marik POV

It's already 6:00 in the morning. And only I have woken up. Actually, we would've been up around 5:00, but it's a Sunday. A very gloomy and slightly cool Sunday at that. I think it's going to rain. Guess that means we have to do whatever is outside first. I guess that means once we're all up and ready, we'll head towards the amusement park. Or, maybe now that I've noticed yami has no shirt and might want new pants and clothes, we can go get him some clothes, then to the amusement park.

Maybe Ishizu would let us get a pet. It would be nice for me and my yami to have something to talk to when no one's around.

Third Person POV

Marik bolted up the stairs, managing to wake up both Bakura and Ishizu when he smacked into the wall and let out a stream of foul mouthed curses. Once finished with the cursing of the wall, he ran into Ishizu's room, who was just getting up, and out of bed.

"Marik, is your yami up?"

"Nope, out like a light. Why?"

"Because his bandages should be changed if we want the wound to be infection free. So, go wake him up."

"OK! Err... And, can I take my yami to a pet store so that we can each get a pet?"

"As long as you can both take care of the pets. And as long as they aren't fish, rodents, or insects, that's fine."

"Okay! And we'll need a bit of money, and enough to buy my yami some new clothes, a pet, go to an amusement park, and..."

"Fine, fine, enough already! You'll be needing a great deal of money! Now, get ready, then go downstairs and wake up your yami! And remember to close the door on the way out," finished off Ishizu, while getting up and out of bed. Marik could be such a pain.

Marik ran out of the room, and streaked to his room to get a change of clothes to take a shower. He smacked into several walls, before actually getting to the bathroom and into the shower. Which woke up Ryou, and actually stirred Odion from his deep sleep. Mariku, however, was left unaffected.

Downstairs

Ryou dizzily lifted himself from the sofa he had been snoozing on, and out from under his blanket, to fall on the floor. He hated getting up from a good, deep sleep. Usually, when you slept at Marik's, you slept until noon, then just sit watching a movie. When he looked at Bakura, he was amazed to see him awake. And with the covers off.

"Bakura, if we want to go to anywhere today, you have to get ready first. And Mariku has to wake up. Even though he's probably exhausted from not eating for a while," Ryou's eyes went wide as he remembered a few things," and he kinda has no shirt on. So hurry up. And I mean take less than a hour in the shower. You take longer than a girl." A/N: We don't take that long of showers!

Bakura simply stared at Ryou, and then Mariku. It took him a while to register speech in the early morning, "Right... Could you say that again? I mean, I heard the part about Mariku being shirtless, and hurry getting ready, what else?"

Ryou took in a deep breath, and then released it, trying to calm himself, " Okay here we go again. We need to wake up Mariku. Okay?"

"Yeah…"

"Okay. Next is, please don't take longer than an hour in the shower. You got that?"

"Yeah, I think so. But, I can't take one now. So, let's just get right to waking up Mariku. By poking him until he wakes up. You think we'll be dead for doing that?"

"Dead, I don't think so, but he WILL be annoyed. So let's just, please, save ourselves the trouble of a ticked off Mariku and wake him up as quietly as possible. And absolutely NO hitting him Bakura. And I MEAN it. OR ELSE,"

finished Ryou, who had suddenly looked inexplicably evil for a second.

"Meeeep... Okay... Just never look that evil again Ryou. That was creepy."

Bakura crept over to Mariku, being as silent as possible. Of course, he didn't get all the way over. Because just then, the sun decided to be annoying and suddenly come up while the blinds were open. And the couch that Marik was on was right in the path of the sunlight coming in through the window. Technically, Mariku wouldn't have woken up if it weren't for Bakura's freaking out over it being too bright too early. The scene commenced as Mariku rolled off of the couch. an landed on the floor, wrapped on the quilt he had been sleeping under.

Mariku looked with confusion as Ryou chased Bakura around with a pillow. Of course he didn't know that it was Bakura's freak out that had woken him up. He gasped when he turned slightly to stretch himself and look around, the chest wound had been stretched unintentionally, causing a fair twinge of pain. Fortunately for Bakura, who was hiding behind a love-seat, that gasp caught Ryou's attention. Ryou looked over at the still-sleepy Mariku, who was looking with confusion and him and Bakura.

"Ah, so someone did wake you up. I thought I would have to wait until Marik got out of the shower," Ishizu strolled down the stairs, fully dressed and ready, and a roll of gauze in one hand and a bottle of antiseptics in the other, " Good thing, I need to dress and rewrap your cut. And it will be a load easier with you able to sit up on your own. So, sit up on the couch over there, and wait for me to get some painkillers."

Mariku stood and walked over to the couch he was directed to, and sat down, waiting for Ishizu to return. Just sitting was tiring for the yami, he propped himself with his arm against the arm of the couch. He gasped when he tried to move his body to quickly. Ryou looked at him with sympathy, before telling Ishizu something before he left.

"Ishizu, Bakura and I need to go back and get ready. We'll be back in about 30 minutes."

"Okay, see you soon!"

"Come on Bakura, we need to go and get ready!"

The sound of the door closing signaled Bakura and Ryou leaving the house. Mariku finally looked around and saw Odion, who was watching The Gladiator on one of the many portable DVD players in the house. Once Odion looked up, Mariku and he locked eyes, until Odion looked back at the movie.

"Seems like you've finally woken up. Good morning then," said Odion rigidly, he was unused to talking to his enemies.

"Hello to you too…I guess," Mariku was just unused to talking civilly, period. The scene remained for a few moments, until Ishizu came in with painkillers and bandaging stuffs, which she placed on the ground next to the couch.

"Mariku, swallow these painkillers, they will help a lot when you want to actually move. And you probably need 2 of them, "Ishizu popped off the cap of the bottle and took out 2 of the pills, and put them into Mariku's hand," Just swallow them, don't chew."

Mariku looked uncertainly at the pills, before deciding to just swallow them. If he refused to swallow them and let Ishizu bandage him, he figured she would get Odion to help. He placed them in his mouth, and used what little saliva could be in his mouth to swallow them. He had been ignorant of Ishizu, but winced when the bandage on his chest began to come off, pulling at the parts of skin that were raw.

Ishizu also winced when she saw the amount of blood that had collected on the bandages. She hurriedly disposed of the bandages in the trash can, thanking whoever was up there that night was garbage night. She came back with a cloth for the antiseptics, on which she put a liberal amount of the liquid on the cloth. Mariku gasped as she put the cloth on his wound, and of course it was kept there for about a minute, bringing along the extreme pain of the wound being disinfected.

Odion once again looked up from his movie, wondering if disinfectant really did hurt that much on a large wound. Sure he had put it on cuts about 1 inch long, and 1/8 inch deep at the biggest, but that didn't compare with Mariku's 3 inch long, who knows how deep cut, and on his chest. That would be incredibly painful.

Ishizu carefully wrapped the bandages around Mariku's chest, making sure that they were tight, so as to slow any bleeding.

"There, that should work to slow the bleeding, and keep the wound from getting dirty," said Ishizu, picking up the supplies, so as to put them away.

"Ishizu... Thank you... I guess..." Ishizu could just vaguely hear Mariku's thanks. Odion quirked an eyebrow when he heard what Mariku had said. Maybe he would be able to change.

Right when Ishizu had gone to put away the items, Marik came down, showered and dressed, and with a hoody in his hand. He walked over to Mariku and sat down next to him, looking at Mariku when he put his head in his hand, and a sigh was heard. Marik decided to open the long unused mind link, and talk to his yami, without interruption. He could've talked anyway, because Odion had just left the room, along with the DVD player.

/So, what's got you so depressed/

Huh? Oh nothing just confused about... stuff

/What kind of stuff/

... I guess just how you're acting towards me. I mean, months ago I tried to kill

you!... Why do you treat me so kindly?

/Because you DO deserve another chance! Oh yeah, I should tell you, Bakura, Ryou and I are going to take you out today to show you around! That's why I have this hoody, your shirt is ruined and you need to wear something! So, is that okay with you/

... Yeah... I guess I'm okay with that...

And then, the conversation was ended, because Marik had just pulled Mariku up the stairs and to his room, closing the door behind them. He threw Mariku the hoody, and went over to his boom box and turned it on, playing Mars, The Bringer of War from Holst: The Planets. Mariku put on the hoody, finding the black fabric to fit him very well. Marik was pleased that the hoody fit Mariku so well, he wasn't sure if his clothes might fit his yami. That was why he made the resolve to take his yami to get some new clothes, and the black hoody looked like his style.

"Hey yaaaami, we're also going to buy some new clothes for you, so, ummm... it may help if you decide what you might like to wear, I mean, we could just go to Hot TopicA/N: That place rules!. I mean, you should like every thing there," Marik was cut off buy the doorbell," That's probably Ryou and Bakura! I would've expected them to take an hour! I mean Bakura takes an hour in the shower. I'll go get the door!"

Marik ran out of the door, and closed it, but he didn't beat Ishizu to the front door, she had already let in the two albinos, who Marik pulled up to his room, where Mariku was still sitting.

"Hey Mariku, are you ready to go? Cause we need to get food, and then go shopping, then we can go do other stuff! And we need to get money from Ishizu! So, you ready?"

"I guess I am... Where are we going?"

"First stop, to Hot Topic!" said Bakura, who was happy about going to that store.

"After we get some money, of course," proclaimed Marik, who jumped out of the room to ask Ishizu for money, "Then to Hot Topic!"

" Come on Mariku, we'd better wait by the front door, for the return of a mysteriously hyper Marik," Ryou grabbed Mariku's arm gently, and pulled him, and (not too gently) Bakura, out Marik's bedroom and to the front door.

TBC

And this is where we cut off! No, I have not died yet! Thanks for any reviews!