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OH MY GOODNESS!! SO MANY REVIEWS!! (TEARS OF JOY!!!) Ahem
Ok, I'm gonna introduce Marik soon. I may have to alter the events of battle city a bit to make Marik arrive a bit sooner then in the cartoon but Im sure you won't mind. Sorry again if the previous chapter wasn't that good. I find it hard to put dialogue in. Im more of an 'explain it all' kind of writer. Especially if the characters conversing aren't my favourites. As soon as Marik and Anuket are speaking though I'll be better at it…hopefully. It'll all get rolling soon
This chapter does feature some of the script from the cartoon but never mind. It just shows Im sticking to the story doesn't it.
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Unrequited Love
Chapter 6: Love at first Sight
Two weeks had passed since Anuket first started school at Domino High and life was never better. She had made some great friends who accepted her, despite her lack of enthusiasm to talk about her life in Egypt. She was particularly good friends with Tea who showed her all the best places to shop, which sort of music was decent and pointed out all the cute boys to her that were single, much to her distaste. She came here to get away from boys. Oh well, at least she had a choice of who she could date here.
Anuket was currently watching TV. She sat on the couch, twirling her hair around her finger in boredom. It was half term and there wasn't any school for the next few weeks which was good because her birthday was in a fortnight.
Anuket thought back to the day before. She asked her friends if they wanted to do anything on her birthday. Joey suggested that they all go out to a night club which was a popular idea amongst the group. Bakura seemed a little hesitant as they were all underage but it didn't take much to persuade him. The worst that could happen to them was they be thrown out of the club. In which case they would find another one to continue their boozing sessions.
Anuket's thoughts were broken as the face of Seto Kaiba filled the screen on the TV.
"What's going on?"
Her question was soon answered when he began to speak.
"Greetings duelists, welcome to the town of domino. But more importantly welcome to my tournament. I see you each received your private invite to Kaiba corps very exclusive duel monsters Tournament and you had enough brains to show up here tonight"
The crowd got fired up at this remark from the young CEO. He continued.
"Being that you are all elite duelists, I've added special rules to my tournament just for experts, for example…" the tv screen flashed to Kaiba's new invention "you will duel with these new and improved Duel Disks. Another new rule that I have designed for the tournament is that before each duel, both players must ante up their rarest card and the loser of the duel forfeits his card to the winner. My competition will make Pegasus and his duelist kingdom look like a joke"
Suddenly a view of Kaiba on his chopper came onto the screen. He was hanging onto the open door and looked deep in thought before he raised his hand into the air.
"Don't forget to register and pick up your duel disk because exactly one week from today, my Battle City Tournament Begins" the TV screen flicked back to the program that was showing before Kaiba's broadcast interrupted.
"A duel monsters tournament? I have a feeling that Yugi and Joey will want to compete in this. After all, they both came top in duelist kingdom! This Kaiba guy… I get the impression that there is some competition between him and Yugi. I wonder why? What happened between them?"
Obviously they hadn't told Anuket about the incident with Kaiba the first time they had met, where he tore up Yugi's grandpas 'blue eyes white dragon' they decided it was all in the past now. No need to dwell on it.
Ipet walked in from the kitchen with a mug of hot chocolate. She handed it to her newly titled 'granddaughter'.
"Who was that then?" she asked, directing her gaze towards the TV.
"That was Seto Kaiba, I don't know much about him except that he owns Kaiba Corp and is a ruthless businessman" her brow furrowed slightly in thought
"I may be mistaken but sometimes in school I feel as though he is watching me"
She wasn't wrong however. Over the past few weeks Kaiba had been purposely sitting himself behind her. For whatever reason she didn't know. Apparently he had always sat in the same seat in class, but when Anuket arrived he had begun moving around and usually sat somewhere near her. She decided not to worry about it. It's not like he had been looking at her or anything. She had always glanced back at the row behind her feeling someone's eye's roaming over her, but it was never him. Or so she thought. She wasn't exactly sure. He had quick reflexes she heard; he could have quickly dropped his eyes to the book he was always reading.
"Nah! Im sure it's not him. I must be imagining things. He's far too cold for that, and plus he has his own multi billion dollar company to run. Im just being silly"
Her thoughts returned to the upcoming tournament. He said to register tomorrow and don't bother if you weren't willing to gamble your rarest cards. It would be interesting to see these duel disks working. Holographic battles… She was impressed. Yugi had shown her the duelling arenas they had in Dominos 'Kaiba land theme park' and they were incredible. The duel disks were supposed to be even better then those, and portable too.
She turned to Ipet "I hope Yugi or Joey do decide to enter! This tournament looks like a lot of fun!"
---------------------------------A few days later
Anuket and Tea laughed and joked as they wandered through the town. They were looking for outfits to wear at Anuket's birthday bash at the nightclub. They had to make it believable that they were the legal age for drinking.
"That won't be too hard for us!" said Anuket rather loudly "we are very mature for our age..." she pulled out a lollipop and put it in her mouth.
She swirled it around in a childish way. Tea couldn't help but laugh at her friends antics. They had been café crawling and Anuket was very high on sugar from all the coca colas she'd been knocking back.
"Ooooooh! Let's have a look in there" Tea pointed to an expensive clothes store.
She dragged Anuket in by the collar when she showed no sign of moving. They spent nearly half an hour looking around the racks of clothes the store had to offer before finally picking out the outfits they wanted. Tea decided on a baby blue strappy dress that went down to her knees. It was a light, flowing sort of material. She found a pair of shoes to match. She looked very snazzy.
Anuket decided on a red, off the shoulder dress with long sleeves. The length of the dress went down to her thighs and she chose a pair of heeled black suede boots that came just below her knees. The dress fit her beautifully and complimented her curvy figure.
They came out of their dressing rooms to inspect each other. Tea looked at the other female in awe.
"Oh my god Anuket! You look SO beautiful! The guys will be drooling all over you!"
"I hope not, this dress isn't cheap you know! You look really sophisticated too Tea; I think we've found our outfits, don't you?" Tea nodded in agreement.
They went back into the dressing room and changed into their regular clothes. They paid at the checkout and left the shop. By this time they had been shopping for hours and were beginning to get a little tired. They decided to stop one last time at a little café and have a coffee to wake them up a bit.
Anuket looked down the street and saw Yugi coming towards them. He hadn't noticed them yet because he was struggling with a big box. He looked pitiful.
"Aww look at that... should we help the poor boy?" questioned Anuket mockingly.
The two young women walked over towards him. Tea spoke first
"Hey Yugi, what's that you have there?"
"It's the new duel disk that's being used for Battle City" the boy explained "Its not so much the duel disk itself that's heavy, It's the case that it comes in. I don't think Id be able to take part if it was this heavy!!"
Yugi put the box down on the pavement and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"Look, Anuket and I were going for a coffee; do you want to come too? You look like you could use a break" suggested Tea hopefully.
"That would be great" Yugi replied, hauling the heavy box onto his shoulder once again. Once sat down, they ordered their drinks and began to talk.
"Is Joey taking part in this tournament also?" asked Anuket. She hadn't seen him since before battle city was announced.
"Yeah but he still has to register, he's been busy making preparations for his sister's operation. He should hurry though if he wants to get a place" replied Yugi.
"Operation?"
Tea looked at the girl sitting next to her. "Oh yeah, we never told you… Just before the duelist kingdom tournament, Joey got a video message from his little sister Serenity. She has this deteriorating eye condition. She will eventually go blind if nothing is done to correct it. The operation is VERY expensive so Joey entered Duelist Kingdom to try and win the prize money to pay for it. He came second to Yugi. But as Yugi was only there to umm… sort some business out with Pegasus, he gave the money to Joey. If all goes well, Serenity's eye sight will be saved"
Anuket was very impressed and also touched by this new information regarding Joey. "That's so sweet of him, Serenity is very lucky to have a brother who loves her like he does"
She thought back to her own brother. She couldn't help but feel slightly upset that Baal didn't care for her as much as Joey did for Serenity, or if he did he didn't show it. She quickly shook off the feeling. There was no point living in the past.
As the trio continued to talk, they didn't notice a man watching them from a nearby alley. He had a purple robe and a glowing eye symbol on his forehead. Marik was spying on the Pharaoh through one of his mind slaves.
This was the second time he had seen the pharaoh or at least his vessel. The first encounter was in the warehouse where he tricked Yugi into following Bandit Keith by stealing his Millennium Puzzle. He couldn't believe the boy actually handed it to him in the first place! He nearly succeeded in destroying the pharaoh but it was not to be, not that time anyway.
"You won't be smiling for long Yami" Marik thought, growling to himself.
He shook with anger as he remembered the day he received the tomb keeper's initiation.
"I will make you pay dearly for cursing my family with this stupid ritual" he glanced at Tea.
"She will make an excellent tool to take the pharaoh apart… but how to use her?"
He grinned, bearing his pearly white teeth which stood out against his tanned skin. He would find a use for her when necessary.
Marik glanced at the other female sitting at the table and stopped breathing. He felt his heart pounding in his chest as he watched her wide eyed, laughing along with the others. She was wearing a matching outfit consisting of a white blouse and long skirt lined with blue. Her blouse was low cut and he could see a tasteful portion of her Chest, but not too much. Marik studied her figure, she was very curvy and while he stared at this level, he noticed the sunlight catching a piece of jewellery on her stomach. Her shirt opened up at the bottom to reveal a belly button ring. She was sitting with her legs crossed in a very elegant way and sat straight against the chair, which showed she had good posture. Marik couldn't believe such a beautiful creature even existed in this world. His heart was threatening to jump out through chest at this point like that scene in alien.
He closed his eyes quickly and took several deep breaths.
"I don't have the time to think about girls! I have more important things to do… but she is so gorgeous… NO!!! She is friends with the enemy"
Marik finally managed to calm himself down after a few minutes of slow and steady breathing. He opened his eyes and glanced at the girl again. Big mistake! His heart began to thump painfully in his chest once more.
"Dammit!"
He knew then that this feeling wasn't going to go away.
"I suppose this wont be such a bad idea. After all, when I am pharaoh I will need a queen. She will do very nicely"
He thought for a few minutes while watching her talk to Yugi.
"I will have to persuade her somehow to join me"
The young man looked at her face. She was perfect in every way. Her eyes were the most beautiful shade of bluish green he had ever seen. Her kohl lined eyes were sparkling and her tanned unblemished skin looked soft to the touch. He wanted to go over to her and kiss those rosy lips of hers, but she would more then likely become distressed because the mind slave whose eyes he was looking through was really quite hideous.
"Now I have one more task to carry out. Women are easier to manipulate when it comes to romance so I will have to take the time and effort to win her over. I must also make sure no other man makes a move on her. I will have my mind slaves watch her every movement. She will be mine" Marik thought possessively.
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Ok then! That's chapter 6 completed. Marik has finally seen Anuket but what will he say when he finds out she is the very same girl he teased to death nine years ago? Thanks for all your reviews, I feel very special. It's my birthday on October 4th, Monday. I will be getting a laptop soon so I will be able to write whenever I feel like it. I have to share the current computer with my two sisters and my dad so I don't get that much time really. Anyhoo here are a few replies to my reviewers.
The1koolkitty: Hello! I didn't expect you to start reading my fic. Well Im pleased to know that you like it so far. Im never sure myself if I like the way I've written it but people keep saying its good so I guess I just have to believe them. Anuket and Marik will fall in love 'eventually' but only far into the future. You're right. Sometimes in other fics the women do fall in love way too soon. Well that wont happen here!!
MariksNaughtyLover: Emotional bruises coming his way! He will be VERY sorry he said those things to Anuket. Glad you like my fic so far. I will so my best to keep it interesting for you.
LoveLiesBleeding2: Thanks a lot. I like to refresh people. Hmm speaking of which, I want a cold drink. I will do my best to make this more interesting as it goes on.
Malikoh2: I don't think my storyline is 'that' creative. It's just something that has always been in my head. Since the beginning of time… I think love/hate fics are really great. I used to read some excellent Harry potter ones featuring Lily and James when they were at school. Some were written before the order of the phoenix came out and they were spot on with the young couple's relationship at school.
Kuramas Girl Angel: Thanks a lot. Im glad you like the chapter the way it is. It's just that I planned and wrote it in a day so I felt it was a bit rushed. When I read your review, it didn't seem as bad as I thought it would (my chapter) anyway as for the scanner business, you must hound your parents or guardians to get you one! I really want to see the pics you drew or are in the process of drawing. I've drawn 4 pics of Anuket in different outfits she wears in this fic or will be worn in the future. I just have to scan them. If you want to see them then let me know in your review.
As usual, if there is anything you want to see in this story then let me know. Any pics you want to draw, I'll be very happy to see them and any flames will be removed or if it's signed I will report you, so there!
There is another Marik/oc fic that I recommend. It's called 'All things new' and is written by Sakura Mitsukai. I suggested she write a Marik romance and she did!!! woo hoo! She also wrote 'the arrangement' a Kaiba/oc fic which is now completed. Both are excellent stories so please take the time to read them and give reviews cus it will encourage her to write faster…hopefully!