Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. I only have about 100 bucks. I can't buy it with that.

Ryou POV

I watched as Bakura gulped down his french fries, while taking swishes of his Mountain Dew: Live Wire ((A/N: Don't own any Mountain Dew products)). It was an odd combination to put together. Orange, potato, and ketchup? My yami is just weird. I sipped some of my normal Mountain Dew, while impaling some of my caesar salad on my plastic fork. I glanced over at Marik and Mariku while chewing on my bite of salad. They were returning from the food stand, Mariku carrying a cup of soda and Marik with a veggie pizza on a tray, with his own cup.

There was a member from the group that was always in the corner coming towards both of them, though it looked like they were trying to ignore that fact. As the member got closer, Mariku looked to be a bit more wary than before, probably sensing some type of danger. What would the gang want with them anyway? There was no reason for them to start attacking us now. Perhaps coming without anyone else in the mall wasn't a good idea. Although, the gang might have chosen a wrong time to come up to the duo, because the others food stands in the mall were opening up, employees were milling around, unlocking the stores, now there were plenty of witnesses.

However, the gang member didn't stop. He just walked right up to them, and stopped them. It didn't look aggressive, but if it got to be, I could send Bakura over there. It was odd, the person just talked to them, then went back to the corner. Seems very unlike a gang member to do. I would have expected a fight. Although, Mariku did look a bit more on his guard, as if the guy had threatened them. Marik was glancing back at the gang every once in a while. He seemed worried.

They both got back to our table. Mariku was scarily silent. What did the gang member say that could have made him like this? This wasn't right, he shouldn't be this way over a simple threat. Marik, however, wasn't looking very concerned. This all didn't seem right.

"Marik, what was that all about? What did that person want? And don't lie, or say it was nothing!" I said, looking at the other hikari. He looked back at me, before squirming a bit, and opening his mouth to speak.

"Well, I don't know exactly what he wanted, but he said that his boss was interested in Mariku and his 'origins', but I don't know what he meant by that... And then he said that he was giving us a warning, that his boss gets whatever he wants. It was eerie, it's like they could be stalking us or something... Anyway, let's just eat! I doubt they would actually do anything. Yami, calm down! Like they would be able to hurt any one of us, it isn't dangerous here!"

I watched as Mariku pulled out his own chair, and sat down. All the time that we were eating, he seemed to calm a bit. When we finished eating, we went to Hot Topic, where Mariku had gotten a few outfits to wear, and some new pairs of boxers. It was then that the downpour of rain started, so Marik called Ishizu on his cell phone, and arranged for us to be picked up in an hour or two. Marik pulled Mariku into an exotic pets shop, and I had followed, leaving Bakura in the hall with the bags.

Mariku POV

I wandered in the pet shop, looking at every specimen. There was still a birds section left that I had not looked into yet. Every thing I had seen so far was either an insect, fish, or just plain normal. I might go back to look at that Boa Constrictor again, it was rather interesting. I walked into the birds section, and saw one thing that caught my eye, a large bird of prey in the back cage. It was a magnificent black bird with glossy feathers. I looked at the label on the cage, which said "Great Black Hawk." It seemed a fitting name, for this was a large black hawk. I read more of the label to find that it didn't need to be fed, and was trained, so you just let the bird out at night or whenever you wanted it to feed, at watch it, for it would catch it's own food. It was also that the hawk was trained not to attack humans unless told, or cats, small dogs, other pet birds, etc. only wild animals. So it would be a very good pet, just give it a cage, and let it hunt.

"Hey Mariku, did you find something that you like yet? I already found quite a stunning specimen of Boa Constrictor, I've bought it. And Ryou's buying more mice and tarantulas for his Cobra." my hikari said, right behind me, with a Boa Constrictor around his neck, though it was a small juvenile.

"I believe that I rather like this hawk. It appears that it requires little to no care, because it can hunt for it self. Seems like the best choice, for me at least. Didn't Ishizu set rules for what we could get, though?" I answered, while still examining the hawk in the cage.

"Yeah, but that was just no bugs, rodents, or fish as pets. And that's great because our pets would simply kill fish, bugs, and rodents, not have them as pets. The only possible violation is buying mice to feed to Fred, but they'll only be in the house one day before he eats them. Do you think the bird would really need a cage? We'll want one outside for it, I know that."

"I think it will need a cage inside, because it can't stay out in the rain. Well, it can, but I don't want to possibly kill it. I'd also need a way to hold onto it out of it's cage, a leash to attach to one of its feet.."

"Well, if you buy that bird, you get a package with what you'll need to care for it," I jumped, and turned around to see the cashier right behind me, she was probably watching the whole time, "because he's been here so long. That thing can even understand humans by now it's been here so long. The package has a leash for the bird, 2 large cages, one for outside and in, a wrist cuff to attach the bird's leash to, and a hood to put on the bird to calm it at any time. So, are you getting him?"

"Yeah, we'll take him! Anything special to do taking care of him? No, I guess?" Marik replied to the cashier.

Third person POV (When Marik and Mariku are done buying their pets)

Marik and Mariku walked out of the store, Marik with a snake on his neck and Mariku with a large hawk on his wrist and a bag of equipment. Ryou also came out with a small bug catcher containing about a dozen mice for his cobra. Bakura had been outside waiting for them to return.

"Come on, let's leave." said Marik, who was heading for the large doors at the mall entrance, where Ishizu was waiting in her car for them. They all climbed in, sticking the bags in the trunk, Mariku shielding his bird from the rain.

They never noticed, that out of the shadows in the corner, a man was watching."Boss? I think he's the one that you want. His name is obviously Mariku... When do you want me to move out? This will be all too easy..."

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That was very short. But, I have to do that in order to type the next chapter the right way.