Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Gi Oh.

Author's Notes: ok I realised that some of the events might be a little mixed up. I forgot the order in which they happened and as mentioned before, I won't be including the Noa part. It won't be too different though so bear with me. I hope this chapter is more interesting then the last one. I included a new room in Kaiba craft 3. I dunno why, I guess it was so you could put your imagination to work. I took my time writing this so it should be better. Please be patient during these next few chapters. Thank you and now on with the story.

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Unrequited Love

Chapter 23: Confrontation

"How typical" laughed Malik as he re-entered the blimp. "I should have known that I'd be next to duel. But no matter, Odion will share the same end as that stupid girl. This twist of fate has only prolonged his time in this miserable world"

Malik's cloak swished about his legs as he strode through the long corridor. His sight was set on one door in particular. As he approached he heard the sound of footsteps angrily stomping towards him.

"It must be one of those fools coming to tell me off for sending their weak friend to the shadow realm" he thought, chuckling darkly. "If they're not careful I may have to do the same to them"

Malik turned slowly to face his upcoming victim only to find it was the very girl he was trying to win over. Well, not win over exactly because he intended to take her anyway, but it would be easier if she came to him willingly. He studied her face; her cheeks were tinged with red. Her brow was creased with anger and she was breathing shakily. This was a side of her he found rather appealing. She was furious and most certainly wasn't afraid of him right now.

Anuket reached out and began pushing him in an attempt to make him start walking again. Malik found this rather amusing because she wasn't physically strong enough to carry out this task, but he complied to her wishes anyway. He found himself going past Odion's door and into a room at the far end. It turned out to be a very exquisite lounge area with a pool table, mini bar and Jacuzzi amongst other things.

"This must be Kaiba's personal relaxation quarters when he's not dueling" he thought taking in the luxurious surroundings.

He was suddenly aware that he was being watched. He turned to face Anuket who currently had her arms crossed and glared at him with all the hate she could muster. He smiled at her again, this was most definitely a sight he found appealing. In a strange kind of way he almost felt turned on.

"What can I do for you my lady?" asked Malik in a deep calming tone.

"Well you can start by bring Mai back you asshole!" Anuket shouted back at him.

Malik crossed his arms and shook his head. "Im afraid I can't do that my sweet. It goes against my principles"

"What principles! You have none! You make things up as you go along!" shouted Anuket in disbelief. "Why did you do that to her! What kind of sick enjoyment do you get out of it!"

Malik stepped back and put a hand to where his heart should have been. "I am hurt that you would think of me in such a way. I do have principles, one of which includes removing all obstacles that get in my way"

"You aren't going to get away with this you know!" said Anuket in a futile attempt to threaten him. "The pharaoh is going to stop you and you're gonna cry like a baby and we'll all laugh in your face and you'll beg for us to stop and we won't and…"

Malik erupted into a raucous laughter. Anuket stopped her ramblings and growled angrily. She felt really embarrassed. It was obvious what he was laughing at. She sounded like a five year old who was trying to scare another kid by setting an older sibling on them. Anuket brushed off her humiliation and crossed her arms again. She pursed her lips together and glared at him until he eventually stopped laughing at her.

Malik's sides were splitting and he had to take a few deep breaths before he could speak again. "The pharaoh will not be able to stop me my lady, and even if he could, his friends would already be in the shadow realm. So you couldn't all laugh in my face and make me beg for you to stop and, well, you know the rest im sure, heh heh…"

Anuket wasn't sure what to say next. She knew that Malik held a torch for her, sort of, and secretly hoped against hope that he would agree to bring Mai back. She was through with trying to flirt with men to get what she wanted and was certain that even if she tried it, Malik wouldn't fall for it. He wasn't stupid enough for that.

She gave up trying to talk to him and spun around huffily ready to join her friends at Mai's side when Malik grabbed her arm. He pulled her back into the center of the room and close to his chest.

"You know, even though your attempt to help your friend failed, I admire the fact that you had the courage to stand up to me, knowing I could easily send you to the shadow realm. I now know for a fact that you will be more then suitable as the wife of a pharaoh. That is your destiny, don't try and deny it. We both know it will happen sooner or later"

Anuket struggled to pull away from him. "That is not my destiny and you know why!"

"Why is that" asked Malik in an unconvinced tone. Why was she still resisting him?

"Because Ishizu said so! She has the millennium necklace and she told me that you will fail!" she lied.

Malik raised an eyebrow smirking slightly. "She said that did she?"

"Yes!" replied Anuket angrily, still struggling to escape his vice like grip.

"That's funny, seeing as the millennium necklace doesn't show visions like that"

Anuket stopped struggling for a second and looked Malik in the eyes. "What?"

"You heard me. The millennium necklace is not one hundred percent accurate. True, it shows visions but they are never clear. They always hint at something that 'could' happen in the future, and…" Malik brought his face closer to the girl his arms.

"I don't believe for a moment that you are telling the truth. Ishizu wouldn't have become a finalist if she knew for certain that things would turn out alright. The scales are tipped in my favour as I have the most powerful Egyptian god card of the three. The pharaoh doesn't have any memories of his ancient past, and Kaiba is so blinded by his greed, that he fails to understand the true power of the card he possesses. I will destroy both of them and when I have the pharaoh's puzzle I will acquire the power to rule the world."

Anuket uninterestedly rolled her eyes. "So you've said before…"

Malik frowned at her, but it quickly changed to a grin. "Have I told you what I plan to do with 'you' once I am pharaoh?"

Anuket looked at him wide eyed in disgust at the lustful tone of voice he used.

"I don't really want to know. Why don't you keep your sick fantasies to yourself!"

Malik grinned widely, bearing his teeth. "Because that wouldn't be any fun now would it?"

Malik pulled Anuket into a rough domineering kiss. Her eyes shot open in alarm as he tried to prise her lips apart with his tongue. She tried to push herself out of Malik's grasp, but his grip on her arms became tighter. She felt like gagging as his tongue began exploring her orifice. Anuket arms were beginning to hurt a lot now with the combined pressure of trying to get away and Malik holding her in place. All of a sudden a sharp pain shot through the muscles in her right shoulder. She let out a muffled scream.

Malik didn't finish kissing her right away. Her whimpers were like music to his ears. Eventually he pulled away and looked down at the girl with a questioning look. She was clutching her shoulder in pain and he reached out to see what damage had been done. Normally Malik wouldn't give a damn, but this was no ordinary girl. She was the one he had chosen to be his bride and he wanted her to remain healthy and uninjured.

Anuket jumped backwards out of his reach. She wanted as much distance between them as possible. Malik looked at her with something that could have been sympathy if he wasn't so damn evil.

"I apologize for hurting you my dear, but you shouldn't have resisted me" he tried to reason with her.

"You shouldn't have kissed me without my permission! Men are pathetic! Why can't you control yourselves!" Anuket screamed back in blazing hot fury.

"Its not us that are at fault. You send off signals that would drive any man on this earth wild with desire" Malik replied coolly.

"Get off it! You're just some horny psychopath that thinks forcing himself on a woman will make her want him back! Well it won't work! In fact, I hate you even more then I did five seconds ago! Marik is an angel compared to you!"

"You mean he was an angel. Marik is gone now and he won't be coming back. I am here to stay whether you like it or not. My first attempt to claim you didn't go as planned, nor did this one. But you know what they say, third times a charm…"

Anuket looked confused. "What do you mean the first time?"

Malik allowed a smirk to creep across his features. "I almost managed to free myself earlier. Before that fool Odion fell into unconsciousness. It was when you and my weaker half had that argument"

She covered her mouth in shock. "What? That was you who tried to…"

"In a way" replied Malik. "I was unable to free myself but our combined lust was enough to make Marik willing to violate you. He would never dream of doing such a thing to you normally, but he was unable to stop himself"

Anuket didn't want to hear anymore from this pervert. She backed away slowly to make sure Malik didn't make any sudden moves to grab her again. When she was close enough to the door she turned and sprinted out of it. Malik stood there calmly snickering to himself.

"Such an innocent young lady"

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Ishizu stood waiting by her door. It was slightly ajar. The moment she saw Anuket coming out of Kaiba's lounge, she opened it all the way. Anuket ran inside and locked it.

"Did everything go alright?" Ishizu asked in concern, eyeing Anuket's wincing form.

"Yes. I managed to keep him occupied long enough. Did you move Odion?"

Ishizu nodded. "He is safe. Thankyou for doing this Anuket"

"That's ok. As long as he's safe, that's all that matters" she replied sitting down clutching her arm again. "My arm really hurts. I can't move it at all"

Ishizu walked over and motioned for Anuket to slip her shirt off her shoulder. As she did, the problem became clear.

"Oh Ra! I shouldn't have asked you to confront him. You shoulder is dislocated"

Anuket's shoulder was bruised and hung limply at an ugly angle. She frowned when she turned her head to look at it. Ishizu sat down beside her.

"Brace yourself. This will hurt. Im going to put it back in"

Anuket nodded in reply and squeezed her eyes shut. Ishizu gripped her shoulder and thumped it hard. A loud pop came from the socket and she cried out in pain. Anuket breathed a sigh of relief a few seconds later when she found she could move it again. It still hurt a lot but it wasn't as bad as before. Ishizu reached into a cupboard and found a first aid kit. She pulled out a bandage and used it to create a sling.

"Any painkillers in there?" asked Anuket curiously looking over the other woman's shoulder.

Ishizu handed her a couple of aspirin and went to the mini fridge to get her a bottle of water.

"So what happens now?" asked Anuket. "Malik will realize that Odion's gone soon and he won't be pleased"

"You have given us the time we needed to save him. Malik won't get another opportunity to harm him now. He will be constantly interrupted between duels from now on. I will be playing against Kaiba in the next duel and as Kaiba is one of the holders of the Egyptian god cards, Malik will be interested to see what happens"

Anuket grabbed a bag of Maltesers from the mini fridge. Those were her new favourite chocolates. "I can't wait to see Malik's face when he finds out Odion is gone. This next duel will be interesting. So who wins?"

"I do" smiled Ishizu confidently. "Kaiba won't even see it coming"

"I hope you make him feel really small. Kaiba is such a big head and needs to be brought down a notch or two!"

Ishizu smiled back at her. "That's not the reason why I qualified for the finals, but I will do my best"

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That turned out better then I thought it would. I was certain I'd be stuck on a continuous loop of bad chapters. I hope this was better then the last (not hard since it was the worst it could possibly be last time)

Aha! How sneaky of them. This was just a way to distract Malik so Ishizu could move Odion to safety! Well done girls!

- review replies

Imustbedreaming: yeah, I recognised your new name. you seemed to know me fairly well and spoke as if we had already had a chat at some point so I figured 'who always changes their name?' you were the only one that came to mind. Anyway, I'm glad you like Malik despite the fact that he's a jerk. A sexy jerk, but still.

LoveLiesBleeding2: thanks for being nice about the last chapter. But I know it was bad. I will take your advice and try and explain why he likes her so much. All in good time. What did you think of their plan? Sneaky stuff eh? This was important because it brings them closer together in a sisterly way, which is important to the storyline. Not bad considering I made a little mistake in the order of events.

LoneGothic: how's that for a little chat? I even squeezed some kissy stuff in too. Not that she enjoyed it but anyway…

Darkfire55: thank you for your wonderful support. I have to say that I am quite pleased with this chapter. It had a couple of revelations in it that were interesting I suppose. Hope you liked it. It is better then the last one.

soccerchic91588: yeah, it's difficult to picture stuff if you haven't seen them. Things will turn out fine. I promise you that there will not be a sad ending ok?

Thanks for your review. You know cus I was stuck, I wasn't planning on updating for a while. but then I got into it again and managed to keep in with my deadline for the week.

Kyte: I've seen some of them. The program that shows Yu Gi Oh kept missing episodes out! All the good ones too! They skipped the part where you find out about Marik's past and the duel with Mai for example. I saw the one where Yami Marik comes along. That was cool! But I completely understand how you felt about missing a key episode that is really important to the storyline. It sucks a lot of balls!

Vanna chance: that ok. As long as you're still enjoying it then I don't mind. I have a website at deviant art. Click on my bio page for the link. There are quite a few pictures now. Make sure you click on my gallery to get the full list and also the next page because there are more then 24 pics. I'm getting much better at drawing now! Check out my stuff! Hope you enjoyed this chapter too.

Scarlet Saint: did you expect this? Hope not. I like to give surprises. Even if they're stupid ones. I'm glad you still like this story. I absolutely love yours!

Vladimir Lenin: can't understand what you mean exactly, but I assume its good seeing as you wouldn't keep reviewing of you didn't like it. Thank you for the review!

Porcelain Dreams: of course he will! There's gotta be more strife in future chapters! I think the Joey Anuket thing is kinda cute too. Even though I don't like to think of Joey that way. I prefer the Marik/Anuket thing too. I suppose that's why it's a romance about them, lol

mya starnight: thanks for the help. I decided to skip the duel cus I can't write very well when its stuff like that, but I hope this turned out ok. I assume it's the Kaiba/Ishizu duel next. What did you think of the plan between Ishizu and Anu? Pretty sneaky wasn't it? It kinda brings those two characters together which is important for the plot later on in the fic.

missmanga90: as always thank you for the kind review. I'm still really happy that you reviewed all my chapters. Anyway, this chapter brings Ishizu and Anu closer together. In a sisterly kind of way. That is important for the plot later on.

Steph: I'm trying to keep along the same lines of the anime but change it a little. Like this part for instance. Ishizu and Anu came up with this plan to save Odion. It was a mistake at first cus I got the storyline mixed up but it turned out alright in the end. In fact it help the plot for later on by bring those two closer together (sisterly way)

BakurasKitty: yup, Bakura's being real naughty. I haven't decided when he will tell Marik but he will eventually. And I'm glad you liked Malik's kiss blowing thing. I'm trying to make him lustful, but still mean. Don't know if I'm succeeding but never mind.

CRAZYABOUTANIME: I guess that she's a good actress. It will catch up on her eventually but will it make their relationship stronger in the long run? Possibly.

DaRkNeSsApPrOaChEs: Bakura will tell him eventually. I don't know when yet, but he will. This will make their relationship stronger eventually. And the plan with Ishizu and Anu, is also important because it makes them closer too. (sisterly way)

Kuramas Girl Angel: thanks. I find that it is getting harder to update right now cus I haven't see these episodes, but I will still try to meet my own personal deadline on Wednesdays. Hopw you enjoyed this chapter.

blue baby: hope this was much better then the last one. Thank you for understanding. It is getting harder for me to update every week. I will still try my best but it may be unpredictable. You won't be waiting months though for a new chapter. Hopefully I will continue to update once a week as I have been since I started writing this.

Minor Arcana: thanks for still taking an interest in the story despite the gap between readings. Hope its turning out ok. Thanks for the spelling thing. I keep trying to keep it as duelists, but my dictionary sometimes changes it automatically! Damn that thing. But I need it unfortunately. Otherwise I would throw the thing on the floor.

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