Author's note: I think I might have to resort to uploading twice a day, we'll see. I just got finished writing for two hours but I've finally finished chapter 15.
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Warnings: slight language
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All I Want for Christmas Chapter 12: Salvation or DamnationYugi and the others stood in front of the mall. Joey's eyes traveled back and forth from the paper in his hand to the mall's entrance. 'It doesn't make sense!' he thought.
Malik was the one who broke the silence, "Way to go Wheeler!"
"Hey! It's not my brother's fault!" Serenity said jumping to Joey's defense.
"It could have all been a prank." Ryou pointed out.
"Hey Joey, let me see that paper." Tristan said.
"Are you sure we followed the right directions?" Mai asked.
"I knew this was a bad idea." Duke complained.
"Then why didn't you say anything Devlin?" Tristan growled.
"Come on guys don't fight." Serenity pleaded.
"Sorry." Both boys said in unison, then glared at one another when Serenity wasn't looking.
"Wait a minuet guys." Tea said getting everyone's attention. "Maybe we are in the right place."
"What are you talking about?" Malik asked slightly irritated.
"Look around, it's Christmas Eve, the busiest shopping day of the year, and yet we're the only ones here."
"You're right Tea." Ryou gasped, staring at the nearly empty parking lot.
"Hey everyone look, there's a sign!" Yugi pointed out. The group rushed over to examine the previously mentioned sign.
Domino City Mall is pleased to support the Domino Orphanage Charity event.
"So the charity event is being held here." Duke murmured.
"What kind of person has enough power to shut down a whole mall for an orphanage?" Mai wondered out loud.
"On the busiest shopping day of the year no less." Ryou added.
"See, you guys just need to have a little more faith in me." Joey said. "Everything's going to be fine."
Game Shop
'I'm dead…well I mean I know I'm dead. Stupid modern-day terminology! Yugi keeps a secret from me, and what do I do? I break something important to him. I'm a horrible person…erm…spirit.'
Yami proceeded to pound his fist on the counter of the display case he was sitting behind, and once he got tired of that, he rested his head against the cool glass surface to think about his options.
Not long after, Yami heard the jingle of the bell on the shop's door. "Go away, we're closed." The spirit said dismissively.
"Oh I think you'll make an exception for me."
Yami immediately lifted his head at Marik's voice. The other dark soul stood in the doorway of the game shop.
"Where is my hikari and his family Pharaoh? You see I need to find them so I can capturer, torture, and send them to oblivion. Preferably in that order."
"They aren't here, and why would you want to harm your lighter half?" Marik only gave Yami a confused look. "All right, let me rephrase, what particular reason do you have for wanting to harm the Ishtars?"
"I'll humor you this time Pharaoh, but don't get used to it! It all started this morning…"
Flashback
"Marik, where are you?"
"What do you want hikari?" Marik asked grumpily coming out of the kitchen.
"I want to show you something." The lighter half answered.
"What is it?"
"Umm… They're showing 'When Animals Attack 25' on TV."
"Yes! Raw carnage!"
When Marik entered the living room he immediately knew something was wrong. First of all the TV was off, second was what Isizue said next.
"Hello Marik, how are you this morning?"
"What the hell are you on woman?" Marik asked. /What's going on hikari? Your sister's being nice to me/
/Nothing Marik./
"Now!" Isizue yelled.
Marik spun around just in time to see Odion bring down a rather large frying pan on his head.
End Flashback
"When I woke up, I found they had handcuffed me to the headboard of Malik's bed." Marik finished.
"You got beat up by Tattoo Face!" Bakura howled from the shop doorway. The two other yamis turned to face the thief who had appeared somewhere between Marik's story.
"Shut up Bakura, unless you want to take an unexpected trip to the Shadow Realm!" Marik threatened.
"Why bother, he'll just come back." Yami pointed out.
Bakura merely sneered at Marik before asking, "Where's Ryou? He's gone somewhere along with Taylor, and he left the Ring."
"Is someone worried about their little hikari?" Marik teased.
"No, I'm just bloody hungry, and Ryou left without making me breakfast!"
"What is he, your servant? And you don't exactly need to eat." Yami stated.
"I can finally eat after three thousand years of confinement in a magical item, I plan on making up for lost time."
"Well he's not here, neither is Malik, nobodies here." Yami said, annoyed that he had to deal with both of his fellow darker spirits at once.
"If they're not here, then maybe they're at the mall." Bakura commented.
"Mall?" Suddenly something from Yami's recent memories caused the spirit to remember something.
Flashback
Tea came through the front door of the game shop greeting Yami as he was currently working behind the counter. "Hey Yami, is Yugi here?"
"Yes, he says he'll be down in a minute." The spirit replied after checking through the mind-link. "What are you doing today?"
"We're going to the mall." The brunet said.
"Isn't that the giant indoor market-place?" Yami asked.
"Yep, I guess you could call it that, you can find almost anything there."
End Flashback
"That's it!" Yami yelled, grabbing his coat.
"Oh no, the Pharaoh's had a Brain-Storm." Marik commented.
"What are you up to?" Bakura asked.
"Nothing at all." Yami said briskly, "Now would both of you mind?" with that he jerked a thumb at the door.
The thief merely raised an eyebrow, Marik began to play with one of the games on display, and then Yami lost his temper.
"Get out now!" The Pharaoh bellowed.
"Well, I guess the honeymoon's over." Marik commented, picking himself up and exiting. Bakura didn't say a word, but mad a rude gesture that got his point across
Yami rolled his eyes before he too, left and locked up the shop. He then took off down the street.
"What do you suppose that was about?" Bakura asked.
"How should I know what goes on in the Pharaoh's head, he's weird." Marik stated. He then saw an old lady trying to cross the busy street. "Excuse me." He told Bakura, strutting up to the elderly woman.
"Mama do you need some assistance in crossing the road?"
"Why yes, that would be delightful… What are you doing!"
Marik had picked up the lady, and proceeded to toss her in a nearby dumpster. He then came jogging up to the thief, cackling madly.
"You want to follow the Pharaoh?" Bakura asked as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
"Why not, it might be fun tormenting him."
Several minuets after the two had left, Mr. Mutou came back to the shop, shortly after he exited the building with a bag of trash. "Oh my goodness!" he said in shock upon finding an old woman in the dumpster. "Here let me help you out."
Quit disoriented, from her little encounter with Marik, the woman brandished her cane on Mr. Mutou.
"You, little wiper-snapper!" BANG!
"No respect for your elders!" BANG!
"How dare you!" BANG,BANG,BANG!
As the woman strolled off, none worse for the ware, Mr. Mutou was left to tend to his bruised head, and sore pride.
There you have it folk's, chapter 12! Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I had fun typing it up. Review please!
Next Chapter: Seto and Mokuba, Kaiba finally make an appearance as the gang finds out more about this charity event.