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Alrighty then! Thanks for everyone's reviews. I can't believe it. I didn't think that I would have so many readers. You people out there are the reason this fic is still going! It's all down to you! Marik begins to send Anuket gifts as a secret admirer. He still doesn't know who she is. He is becoming obsessed with her and decides to come to battle city sooner then intended to win her affections.

Will he succeed? Not anytime soon that's for sure!!

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Unrequited Love

Chapter 7: A Secret Admirer

A few days after the shopping trip with Tea, Battle City had finally begun. Everywhere you went, duels were taking place. Anuket was hoping to watch a few of them today, when she could eventually be bothered to get out of bed.

It was a beautiful sunny morning and it seemed such a shame to waste time lying in bed so she used this as her reason to get up. Anuket swung her legs over the side of the bed and looked at the clock on her bedside stand. It was 8:00am, which was quite late for her. She looked through her chest of drawers and found a pair of jeans and a black strappy top. She wore her usual necklace and earrings and went downstairs for breakfast.

Ipet wasn't up yet either which was strange. She fixed herself some food and went to check for mail. Letters were shoved through the letterbox and as she went through them, one in particular caught her eye.

"What's this?" she asked quietly as she opened the red envelope addressed to 'the young woman of the house'

Anuket put the rest of the mail on a nearby table "I suppose they can't mean Ipet cus she's not exactly young" Anuket reasoned as she tore open the paper.

Everything was handwritten so it couldn't be junk mail. She pulled out a letter on the same red paper as the envelope and looked it over. There wasn't much writing, all it said was

'Words can hardly justify your beauty

Look outside; I have left a small gift for you

I will reveal myself to you soon enough but for now, farewell my lotus

With all my love

Your Secret Admirer'

Anuket was shocked to say the least. She had only been living here for two months. She barely knew any of the people here besides Yugi, Joey, Tea, Tristan and Bakura. It couldn't be any of them because none of them had handwriting like this. Tea wouldn't even dream of sending this sort of letter to her, unless she was hiding something. It had an Arabic look to it the way each letter was formed, but she didn't know anyone else around here to even have a guess who it was from.

"Who on earth could have sent this? It's not like I know anyone in Domino well enough to receive something like this" just then a thought struck her "Oh Ra! I hope it's not a stalker"

The thought lingered in her mind making her a little nervous, especially because the anonymous person promised to reveal himself eventually. Well she assumed it was a 'he' at least.

She remembered that the letter mentioned a gift outside. Anuket wasn't sure she wanted a gift from a man she didn't know but her curiosity got the better of her. She slowly opened the door and looked around. The street was quiet. There were no cars driving by as the town centre had been cut off to drivers due to Battle City. She looked down on the doorstep and saw a small box with a ribbon wrapped around it.

Anuket picked up the box and sat down on the step. She looked at it for a while, debating again whether or not she should open it.

"It can't hurt, and it's not exactly like I can give it back to whoever sent it. Besides if I somehow do know this admirer, I wouldn't want to offend him. At least this way I may have a clue as to who he is"

Anuket slowly pulled the ribbon off the box and lifted the lid off. She gasped and covered her mouth in surprise, eyes wide with shock as she looked at the most beautiful piece of jewellery she had ever seen in her life. It was a traditional Egyptian necklace made out of solid gold with white gold hieroglyphics written on a pendant. The pendant itself was shaped like a cartouche which represented royalty.

"Princess…?" she read as she removed her hand from her mouth to study it more.

This was a beautiful gift but Anuket knew she couldn't put it on. She really wanted to, but she wouldn't be comfortable wearing it without knowing where it came from.

She stood up from the step and walked inside with the necklace closing the door behind her. But not before having one last glance down the street.

Little did she know, violet eyes were watching her from a hiding place behind a tree just opposite her house.

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Marik had been watching the girl the moment she came out of the house. He had been waiting to see her since the early hours of the morning and wanted to see her reaction when she opened his gift to her. His smile spread further across his face when he saw her shocked expression.

"She really is the most attractive woman I have ever seen. I look forward to seeing that necklace around that beautiful neck of hers…" he closed his eyes. "If she thinks THAT gift was beautiful, she will love the next one"

He had purchased an entire outfit for her and would give each part to her separately. He would write more and more romantic letters to her, each time giving her more complements until the time was right to meet her in person.

"By then she will be completely under the influence of romance and will be more then willing to come to me, of course she won't know exactly who I am until later, but if I am successful that wont make any difference at all"

Just the thought of holding her in his arms was enough to make his determination to win her affections even stronger then it already was. Marik turned to get on his motorbike and make preparations on his boat for his future guest.

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Marik pulled into the harbour where his boat was waiting. He got off the bike and had his Rarehunters wheel it away somewhere safe. Odion was standing at the top of the steps, keeping an eye out for unwelcome visitors and saw his master approaching with a satisfied look on his face. Marik strode past him and through the door behind Odion without even looking at his brother.

He walked down the corridor until he came to a room. He pushed the door open and walked inside, closing it behind him. Marik had been making changes to one of the guest rooms on his boat to accommodate the female destined to become his queen. This included bedsheets, flowers, perfume, toiletries and other things to make life more comfortable for her. Marik knew exactly which products the object of his affection used. He had sent his mindslaves to look through her rubbish to find out. However, looking through garbage couldn't tell him everything about her.

"I still don't know her name" he thought sadly "but I will soon enough" he placed a few items in a drawer he had purchased from town and turned around exiting the room.

He locked the door behind him. He didn't want anyone to know about this. Not yet anyway. He knew that such a thing wouldn't stop his rarehunters from fearing him; he just wanted to keep it secret. Marik knew he was obsessing over her but didn't care. As long as he got his prize in the end.

He stopped at his own room as he walked further down the corridor. He threw himself onto his bed and closed his eyes. He imagined having 'his' girl right beside him on the bed. His smile widened as he thought of a few activities they could participate in once she arrived. Marik drifted off into peaceful slumber thinking about his love. It would only be a matter of time before these dreams were a reality.

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Chapter 7 completed. Anuket has no idea what's in store for her. Poor girl. Marik is a bit strange, going through rubbish like a tramp. Well his mind slaves anyway.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! At the time of posting this fic anyway. Sorry it's a bit short. I've been psyching myself up for my birthday and haven't been in the mood for writing recently. I'm going boozing with my buds from work. I typed this up on my new laptop. It cost me £830. That converts to about $1670 roughly. I haven't checked exactly but it's around that price in US dollars.

Thanks for all your reviews and I look forward to getting more from you. Please be kind, I don't think this chapter turned out as well as I had hoped but is still half decent anyway. I plan on having Anuket and Marik meet in the next chapter so keep an eye out ok?

By the way, a reviewer asked me if I get many flames. Just so you know I've only had one. That was ages ago at the start of the fic but I removed it as soon as I saw it. I didn't like looking at it. It made me want to quit writing.

Any pictures you want to send me or any things you want to see happen let me know and I will try to put them in. and remember no flames.