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Summary: Anuket settles into her new home in Domino. She decides to attend School like a normal girl her age would. She even meets a few new friends. Also Marik discovers the Pharaohs whereabouts from Bandit Keith.

As Chisakami Saiyuki requested, Im going to Introduce Marik to the readers. I was going to wait a few chapters but then I thought I could put scenes with both characters in so you can slowly see their paths merging together. You see? If you want something to happen, I'll do it!

Im gonna to try and update every few days now. If I do that, then I'll be able to write a better story and I'll get more reviews as well (hopefully). Anyhoo next chapter - thank you for your patience.

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Unrequited Love

Chapter 4: New Beginnings

Anuket and Ipet had been living in Domino for a month now and they were very settled into their new life. They had stayed in a hotel when they first arrived and soon began looking for a home of their own. Eventually they found a house just on the outskirts of town. It was on a quiet street and was very cosy. They moved in not long after due to the fact that they could pay the full asking price right away. During that month, they had bought furniture and appliances to make their new home comfortable and as different as possible from their previous dwelling back in Egypt. Between the two of them, they had been very successful.

Anuket was in her room smoothing out the creases in her school uniform. She was very excited because as of tomorrow she would officially begin her life as a normal teenager. She remembered the day when she first started exploring Domino with Ipet. There were lots of girls and boys her age carrying bags, and wearing some sort of uniform. They all seemed to be coming from the same place.

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Flashback

"Look at all those people!" Anuket said in awe as group upon group of teenagers walked by in smart uniforms.

"What about them?" questioned Ipet, looking back and forth between Anuket and the passing youths with a knowing smile on her face.

Anuket had wanted to make friends, and seeing so many young people altogether had reawakened that desire.

"I've never seen so many people my own age before... can we see where they came from?" she asked, already pulling on the older woman's arm towards the direction of the oncoming students.

"Alright then" Ipet sighed with mock exasperation.

She was reminded of how Anuket used to pull her sleeve years ago when she was small and wanted to go somewhere or show her something.

They walked on, keeping an eye out for the place the students were coming from, until they saw it.

"Domino High" read Anuket looking at the sign above the entrance.

She looked confused until she heard a boy nearby say the words 'school' and' teachers'.

"It's a school!!" she whispered excitedly to Ipet "please can I go!, I'll be just like everyone else then, and I can make friends and learn new things and…" she was cut off.

"Anu, you don't need my permission, I brought you here so you could live your own life. If this is what makes you happy then by all means do it"

Anuket smiled warmly at Ipet and gave her a big bear hug before running into the building to enrol, her guardian following close behind her.

End flashback

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She sat on her new bed and crossed her legs, feeling herself sink into the soft mattress. She looked around her room smiling. She had decorated it all by herself. She had wanted to assert her own individuality and was very pleased with the results. The walls were pale yellow and the curtains and lamp shades were apple green. Her bed sheets were a patterned mixture of the two colours together, and the floor boards and furniture were made of maple. A typical teenage girls room.

"School starts tomorrow; I'd better check and see that I've got everything I need. Knowing my luck I'll leave something important behind" She thought to herself as she got up and rummaged through her school bag.

Everything was there, that must have been the tenth time she'd checked.

"Ok I have everything, I think I'll watch some teli-vis-ion" she said, taking care to pronounce the word correctly. She flicked through the channels finding nothing worth watching at this hour.

"I may as well just go to bed; I'll only keep looking for things to do. And besides, the sooner I go to bed the sooner I get to go to school"

She bounced up off the bed and changed into a black vest top and shorts. She snuggled under the covers with a contented smile on her face and fell asleep.

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The next morning Anuket woke up at 6.00am. She knew she would never be able to get back to sleep again, so instead she got up and changed into her school uniform.

It consisted of a short blue skirt and matching bow finished off with a pink Jacket. She looked on her dresser and found her necklace. After Anuket put it on, she brushed her hair and put it up into a clip, loose bits of hair hanging down on both sides of her face.

She grabbed her school bag and went downstairs, being careful not to wake up Ipet. As far as she knew, Ipet had never been able to sleep in for so long in her life, due to the fact that she used to be a servant and had to get up early.

Anuket went into the Kitchen and made herself some breakfast. Once she had eaten, she decided to walk through town and get some fresh air before going to school. She left a note for Ipet on the kitchen table saying this, and left.

Several people were staring at her as she walked through the town, most of them were male. They had never seen the Egyptian girl before and thought she was one of the prettiest girls they had ever seen. Anuket didn't notice the appreciative looks she was receiving and carried on walking taking in the sights.

As she walked down the street, she came across a game shop. "I may as well have a look" she mused.

The girl opened the door and stepped in. the first thing she saw was a boy with tri coloured hair. "That can't be natural!" The boy was also very short but must go to the high school because he was wearing the uniform too. He looked at her and smiled.

"What can I do for you?" he questioned politely.

"I'm just browsing. I'm new here in town you see and Im curious. There's nothing like this from where I come from" she replied looking at some cards.

"Really? Where do you come from then?" He asked, genuinely interested.

"Egypt. I moved here with my guar... Grandmother a month ago" she quickly changed the word guardian to grandmother. She didn't want to be associated with clans anymore.

"Cool! Well anyway, if you're new here then take these. Consider them as a welcoming present to Domino" he said handing her a pack of cards.

He saw her puzzled look and explained "it's a game called duel monsters. You'll learn how to play soon enough. It's really popular all over the world, Im surprised you haven't heard of it"

Anuket put the cards in her bag "thank you very much"

She looked at the clock on the wall. She had been wandering the town for almost an hour and should probably be heading to school.

"Oh! I have to go now; I don't want to be late on my first day. Maybe I'll see you around" She smiled and turned around waving to the boy as she left the shop.

As she walked out the door a group of other people went in. "they must be friends with that boy" she thought as she heard them greeting each other.

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"Everyone!! We have a new student joining our class today, she will be here very soon" announced the teacher.

As if on cue the principle walked in with the new student following behind him.

"Class this is Anuket Benu, she comes from Egypt. I hope you will all make her feel welcome" he said glancing at everyone, it was more of an order then anything else.

He turned to face Anuket "Now then, you can take the empty seat over there behind Ryou Bakura; he is also a transfer student and knows what it's like to be new in a foreign school. If there is anything you need to know I'm sure he will help you"

"Thank you" said Anuket, feeling uncomfortable with everyone watching her.

She sat down at the empty desk and looked around. She saw the boy from the game shop a few desks across to her right. He waved and gave her a thumbs up. A smile graced her lips. It seemed she had already made a friend. She recognised the other people sitting around him. They were the same ones that went into the gameshop as she came out. They flashed her a smile and she waved at them. The boy must have told them about her being new in town.

The white haired boy turned around and spoke. He had a British accent "Hello, Im Bakura. If there is anything you want to know or if you get lost then come to me, I'll do my best to make things easier for you while you're adjusting to life here".

Anuket's smile grew wider "Thank you Bakura, Im sure I will. This place is huge"

As the lesson began Anuket thought about how perfect her life was. "No one can take this away from me"

Her life was changing for the better and the only person who could ruin it was a certain sandy blonde tomb keeper, but he was forbidden to ever leave that place.

Or so she thought…

------------------At sea a few miles off duelist kingdom

"Forgive me master!!!!! Please don't send me to the shadow realm!!"

A young man wearing a purple robe stood over the cowering man. He was holding a golden rod with an eye on it. "You are useless!" he raised it towards the man.

"No please!!"

"I have no use for a rarehunter who can't even do the simplest of tasks" he continued, a malicious smirk growing on his face.

He was enjoying making this fool squirm. He focused his millennium rod and the man collapsed on the deck of the ship. The other rarehunters who were watching stayed silent. They knew better then to cross him.

Marik turned around and lowered the rod. His sandy blonde hair blowing in the wind from under his hood.

"Throw him overboard! He's making the place look untidy" several rarehunters went to pick him up.

Marik made his way towards his cabin to rest. It was hard work watching over these fools.

All of a sudden a rarehunter called out "there's someone in the water!"

Marik turned around "so there should be, I just told them to throw that idiot in".

He looked overboard to see what the fuss was about. Sure enough there was a man, and not the one he just sent to the shadow realm. He was holding on to a broken bit of wood and he looked weak. He must have been floating for days.

"Get him up here!" Marik shouted "I could always use more mind slaves"

Marik watched his rarehunters haul the man onto the deck. He was wearing a bandanna with Stars and stripes, he also wore sun shades

"how he's managed to keep those on after all this time is beyond me" he smirked to himself taking in the mans pitiful appearance.

The mans eyes shot open as he felt himself being pulled and prodded by the rarehunters. He fumbled around for a second. He had absolutely no clue as to where he was, and who were all these guys in purple robes anyway? Marik walked up to him and held up his rod. The mans eyes went wide as if he knew what was going to happen. Marik was about to make him a mind slave when he heard the man mutter something about "not another one"

He decided he had better investigate this. "Not another what?" he questioned, still pointing the golden rod at the man.

"I've seen an item like the one you're holding before" he muttered.

"What did this item look like?" he pressed, growing more and more interested. If it was the one he was looking for, he could begin his plan for world domination. The man continued.

"It looked like an upside down pyramid, it had an eye on it just like that one" he said pointing to Mariks millennium rod "it belongs to a kid called Yugi Motou"

Marik's face lit up. A smile slowly spread across his face "you know this Yugi Motou?" he asked "what is your name?"

"Bandit Keith, by the way thanks for saving me" he stood up. Marik regarded him, lowering his rod for a second "tell me, where does this Yugi Motou live?"

Bandit Keith looked at him. "This guy seems interested in Yugi. Probably wants that necklace of his, oh well I may as well tell him. This'll be payback for what he did to me back in duelist kingdom"

"Domino city, in Japan". He raised his voice "Look if you're gonna get back at him then I want in!"

"Yes. You will help me get to little Yugi, but not in the way that you think"

Marik raised his millennium rod again. The millennium eye appeared on Bandit Keith's forehead. He turned around and headed back to his room. He focused the rod again and spoke to the rarehunter at the ships controls.

"Take us back to Egypt" he commanded. Now that he knew of the pharaoh's whereabouts, he could put his plan into action. That Keith person would be the perfect tool to lure him into a trap.

"You will pay for what you did to me pharaoh!" an evil grin spread across his face. Oh he would pay!

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Hope that wasn't too bad a chapter. I wanted to update for you cus its been a few days. I've been trying to think of ways to introduce Marik and thought why not start here. Its not the best but oh well. I've already got the basic idea for the next chapter, I've just got to work on it a bit more them actually write it up.

Chisakami Saiyuki: there you are! I've put a bit of Marik in there. I know its not very good but bear with me. Im new at this writing malarkey and I need practice. If there is anything else you would like to see in here then feel free to let me know ok?

Surfergirl16: she'll kick Mariks ass when she sees him, don't worry. But Im still gonna make Marik the one in control. Though really she wont need to kick Mariks ass cus he'll be doing that himself when he sees the beauty he could have had if he hadn't insulted her so much. Hee Hee

LoneGothic: thanks a lot! Im pleased to know you like my oc. Yeah she is kinda cool and as I said to surfergirl16 she will kick his ass but he'll be doing that to himself too. He is still gonna be the one in charge…or so he thinks. Maybe I'll get Anuket to run rings around him. Women are the best. We have some strange powers over men…

Raksha666: no problem. You deserve that compliment cus you're a great author. Did you see my review on your fic? Did it help any or do you want more random thoughts thrown your way. Its always easier to come up with ideas for other peoples fics, but when it comes to writing your own.. Revenge will come to Marik the moment he sees her and she doesn't want anything to do with him, but I may throw other things in for good measure.

kamuisetokungurl: even though your review was short, thanks a lot. If there is anything at all you want to see in this fic at some point then leave a review and tell me. I'll put it in if I can. I should be able to though.

Thanks for all the reviews! As always if there is anything you want to see then tell me. I'll update ASAP. Marik and Anuket should meet in a few chapters or so. Then things will be getting good.

Remember lots of reviews please!! - it will make me update faster!!