Otaku22: Sorry, Sam. No sneak preview for you this time. ;)
Lostnconfused114: lol, I'm glad you liked it. I agree with you needing some sun. 8) BTW, it's not a mystery, it's a romance comedy. oO? Whatever, lol.
Purple-dragon-123: Hey, that's part of the theme. ;)
Surfnsport: I'm glad to here that I did ok in playing Natri. Let me know if I strayed a little on her character this chapter. :P
Thank you guys for all of your reviews. Onto the story!
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Normal POV
Marik and Natri awoke the next afternoon with the afternoon sun shining on them through the curtains on the window.
"Good morning, Marik," said Natri sleepily as she put her arms around him. Marik yawned and looked over at the clock on the nightstand.
"You mean good afternoon," he said with a smile as he rolled over to face her. Emerald eyes met amethyst and Natri smiled.
"It doesn't matter," she said as she gave him a lingering kiss. Marik slid his hand down her arm and smiled.
"You know, there's something we haven't done yet, even though we are officially married," he said as he kissed her back.
"Mhm," she replied as she scooted closer to him in the bed. Right as they started kissing each other passionately, there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" asked Marik, slightly aggravated at the timing.
"Cleaning lady," said a female voice from behind the door. Marik let out a sigh.
"Could you come back later?" he asked.
"No, I can only clean your room right now. Besides, it's already two o'clock in the afternoon," she said. Marik and Natri let out a sigh.
"Alright, alright." said Marik as he got up to answer the door. Natri pulled herself out of bed, stood up, and stretched. She then reached down and grabbed a hair tie and a brush to put her hair into a ponytail. Marik walked over to the door and let the cleaning lady in. As she started cleaning, Marik whispered in Natri's ear, "Later then." Natri smiled and nodded. The couple got themselves ready and set off to explore their old home of Egypt. Marik wore his outfit that he had worn in the blimp at the Battle City Tournament while Natri just wore a plain white shirt, jeans, and a red baseball cap. Natri had on all of her usual silver jewelry except for one mini gold pyramid that hung around her neck. It was covered by a cloth because Natri was extremely allergic to gold. This would often cause problems if Marik accidentally rubbed up against her while wearing his jewelry. "So, where would you like to go first?" asked Marik as they drove down a road.
"How about the market place?" suggested Natri as she looked around at the landscape passing by them.
"Market place it is then," said Marik. He turned the Jeep left at the next road and set off toward the market place. They arrived at the market place and parked the car. Marik opened the door for Natri and helped her out of the Jeep. They then began to look around the market place. They saw some stalls with fabric and clothing and others with exotic food. There were stalls with all types of golden jewelry (which Natri couldn't go near) and some with many different types of Egyptian daggers.
Natri's POV
"Wow, this is some really nice stuff," I said to Marik as I looked around. "A lot better than 5000 years ago."
"Well of course," he said as he came up behind me and put his arms around my waist. "That'd be strange if it wasn't." He pressed his lips against the curve of my neck and I smiled. "Marik, we're in a public place," I said playfully as I looked over my shoulder at him.
"It's not like anyone around here knows Japanese besides you and I," he responded. I turned myself around to face him.
"True, but what does that have to do with public displays of affection?" I asked. He looked upward and thought for a second.
"I suppose nothing," he said with a smile. As we leaned in to kiss each other, we heard shouting over to our right. We looked over and saw a car swerving around the road and knocking down stalls. It drove straight at us and we jumped out of the way just in time. I landed on top of Marik, who landed on the ground. My arm momentarily brushed against his gold bracelet. I felt all of the energy drain out of my body as I blacked out.
Marik's POV
'Oh crap!' I thought to myself as Natri passed out. I got out from under her as slowly and picked her up as carefully as I could so as not to let my jewelry touch her again. I carried her back to the Jeep and drove her back to the hotel, all the while kicking myself for putting on the bracelets. I got to the hotel and carried her up to our room. I then placed her gently on the bed and began to take off anything with gold that I had on me, including my shirt. 'I sure hope she's alright. This trip isn't exactly going as we planned...," I thought to myself.
Normal POV
Natri awoke and Marik sat down on the bed next to her. "Are you alright, Natri?" he asked concernedly. Natri looked up at him and smiled weakly.
"I'll be fine, Marik. You know I always recover from my gold allergy pretty quickly." Marik smiled, bent down and gave her a kiss.
"Glad to hear it. Now you just lie down and rest," he said. He got up and began unpacking their belongings. Natri noticed the inscriptions on Marik's back.
"Marik, what's all of that writing on your back?" she asked curiously as she sat up, for it was the first time that she had ever seen his back. Marik stopped what he was doing for a second.
"Oh, that. It's a long story and I don't really feel like going into it right now." He said quietly.
"Well, we have plenty of time," Natri replied. Marik stopped unpacking and sat down on the bed next to her again. He then began to tell her about how he got the tomb keeper's initiation and what the hieroglyphics meant. "Wow… I never knew all of this about you," she said after he had finished.
"I guess we learn something new every day," he said. They spent the rest of the day unpacking, and that night they shared love as husband and wife.
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End of chapter 3! Yeah, I know, there was no cliff hanger of evilness, but don't worry, the rest of the story gets even better. Mwhahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Review!