Author's note: Heh heh, (walks out nervously) Now before you all impale me and what not I have a very good excuse…(gets cut off as an assortment of spears, arrows, and other pointy objects are thrown at her.) Hey! All I have to say is schoolwork stinks. Now on with the Fic!
Reviews:
Daikaio: Yeah I just had to through that in, glade you liked it. Sorry for such a long wait, life can be a real drag sometimes.
S. Chensu and Luff: Yep, Marik is completely insane, but that's why I enjoy writing him so much. You'll get some insight on Bakura's deal in this chapter as well as some more of Duke confusing what people are saying. Hope you enjoy and sorry for the wait.
dolphinsaturngirl: (Waves some sparklers around) Three Cheers for Mayhem! Got to love it. Sorry I made you wait. Here's some more mayhem-induced fun.
Juel Haruna: "Update soon!" Uh…(Laughs nervously) Sorry I meant to update sooner but uh…yeah, stuff happens. Anyway glade you liked last chapter and hope you enjoy this one. And yes Marik does rock, in that evil nutty kind of way.
AnimeNymph: All right! No need to go swearing to the Egyptian God of death, but anyway thanks for the review, believe it or not it was you that got me to move my but and try to fit some time into my schedule so that I could work my fic. I was so surprised to receive one after such a long time of not updating.
Warning: Marik's crazy old self and swearing.
Disclaimer: I swear that I only own the idea for this story and nothing else.
All I Want for Christmas Chapter 28: SearchingBakura viciously cursed while he was being jostled around his soul room. Over the last couple of months shaking the ring had become on of his hikari's favorite pass-times whenever the thief had annoyed him.
"He'd never have had the guts to do this a few months ago." Bakura mumbled as he landed roughly on the cot in one corner of the room that served as his bed, before being flung into the air again. When the shaking cased the tomb robber grunted in relief as he landed painfully on his stomach on the stone floor, then whistled low at the damage Ryou had inflicted on his soul room.
Though there was only two small torches lighting the room the thief could make out clearly how hay and wooden crates that served as a working area had been thrown across the floor along with several pieces of looted valuables, (memories of particular heists), and very crude drawings on parchment depicting various plots on how to steal Millennium Items.
In fact the only thing that wasn't disturbed was a single dagger that Bakura had secured to one of the room's stone walls.
Grumbling to himself, Bakura stood, keeping his temper just enough not to let any of his frustration through the link. 'Ryou would just be thrilled to know how much this annoyed me.'
After turning the cot right side up and sitting down Bakura began fishing loose strands of hay out of his hair. "You only have yourself to blame. Your start being nice to your hikari and he walks all over you."
'It's for the best that he doesn't depend on me. I'm just using him after all.'
A pang of guilt hit the thief as he thought back on how hurt Ryou looked before he returned to his item.
Bakura stood straight as a pole. "Damn! When the hell did I start feeling guilty?" His shoulders slumped slightly, "I've been hanging around the Pharaoh to much."
"Of course it's always been his fault. Everything that's gone wrong in my life is his wretched doing."
'Well…maybe that's not entirely true…'"Grr…I am not going to start second guessing myself now!"
A Hallway"Hey Ryou, how you doing?"
"Hmm?"
"It's just that you look like your mind's somewhere else."
Ryou's brown eyes drifted from the hospitals floor to Malik who was checking the room opposite him in the hallway for any signs of his darker half. "I suppose I'm just a little disappointed." Ryou answered softly, opening the door to an empty washroom. "I thought he would help us…"
"Mmm…" Malik closed his eyes in thought before speaking, "What can I say? As far as yamis go we got the short ends of the stick."
"I know. I make the mistake of hoping he would change."
Ryou sighed moving a chair that blocked a closet door. "I can't help it Malik. Sometimes it seems like he really can be good. But usually it feels like it's trapped way down deep."
The British teen shrugged helplessly. "Well anyway lets worry about Marik right now. Sorry, I'm making this about me."
"Don't worry about it." Malik waved his friend's apology off, "I vent about how stupid Marik is to you all the time."
With that the Egyptian teen grabbed the handle of the door and swung it open. Both hikaris were slightly stunned when a blond haired woman tumbled out.
"Oh my! Are you all right?" Ryou asked stooping down.
"Here, give me your hand." Malik said, reaching out to help the woman up.
The woman, upon looking at the tan Egyptian bolted to her feet, "St…Stay away from me you creep!"
"Wha…" Malik started taking a step forward.
"Gahh!" The woman shrieked before taking off down the hall.
"This reeks of Marik." Ryou stated.
"Who does that?" The lavender-eyed teen shouted to no one. "I mean really, who locks someone in a closet?"
"Your yami obviously." Ryou answered his eyes gazing at the ceiling. "Never mind the time you had Tea and Mokuba kidnapped and locked in a warehouse." He added quietly.
"Let's just find him." Malik sighed.
Another Hallway"Man! I don't see him anywhere." Tristan fumed down a fairly crowded hallway, "I don't believe it, not one spiky haired person here." 'Well besides me.'
"TRISAN WHY ARE WE HERE?" Duke's voice boomed down the corridor.
The brunet held back the few choice words he had wanted to yell at the raven-haired teen for being so loud. 'He wouldn't be able to understand me anyway.' With a sigh Tristan turned his attention to Duke.
"We…" The brown-eyed teen started slowly, mouthing each word and using hand gestures to help Duke understand what he was trying to say, "Are…Trying…To…Find…Ya…Mi…!" 'Hopefully he can read lips.'
Duke shoot Tristan a very disturbed look before replying, rather loudly to the other teens statement, "WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU TELL ME YOU LIKE TO SWIM IN A BIKINI!"
Tristan's face grew red with embarrassment, his mouth gapped open at what Duke had just said. It didn't help his mood, when he heard the snickering of several people from the hall.
"He didn't mean it folks," The brunet turned nervously, "He's a little hard of hearing, heh, heh, heh…" 'Oh boy Devlin, just wait till you get your hearing back, you…are…in…for…it!'
"YOU LIKE SPARKLY THINGS WITH SEQUINES!"
Tristan face faulted as more people started to laugh.
"You are a dead man!"
"I'M SURE YOU'D LOOK FINE IN A NICE FLORAL DRESS." Duke still looked a bit freaked as he yelled this last statement.
Tristan chocked back a scream and ran both hands through his hair in frustration before bolting down the hall, away from the emerald-eyed teen. 'Dear God, is this what Hell is like?'
"WAIT! JUST BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO WEAR WOMEN'S CLOUTHING DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T STILL BE FRIENDS!"
Another Hallway'Oh were could he be?'
"Yami are you down here?"
'Of course it doesn't help that I'm looking at the ceiling.'
Tea sighed, "I hope you're all right, wherever you are."
The brunette closed her eyes as she stood in the empty hallway, 'It's so quiet I could probably hear a pine drop.'
Ding'Or an elevator door open.'
"Wahh!"
"Huh?"
Tea's eyes snapped open as she heard a frightful scream coming from the elevator she was standing next to.
As surprised as Tea was when she first heard the scream she was even more so when she was bowled over by a frantic old lady in a wheel chair.
"Whoa!"
Thrown off balance by the metal chair the blue-eyed teen was thrown sideways through a pair of metal doors.
"Umff!"
Landing on her backside, Tea slide several inches across the tiled floor before being submerged in total darkness as the metallic doors softly clicked together.
"Someone get the license plate on that thing." The teen mumbled as she got to her feet.
Groping blindly she found a light switch; with the soft glow of a few lighting panels Tea turned. "No way."
Metal panels lined one side of the slightly chilled room.
"Just my luck that I'd end up in the morgue." The teen muttered weakly. "I'm so out of here."
Striding to the exit Tea pushed against the door only to be pushed back. "Hey!" 'It won't budge.' Putting more weight on the door she tried getting through again. "Ugg! Don't tell me the door's jammed!"
'There's no handles so there's no way I can pull.'
Sighing deeply the brunet moved away from the exit. "Looks like I'm stuck here until someone opens the door." Frustrated the teen leaned against the wall and slide to the floor, wrapping her arms around her legs as she brought her knees to her chin. Trying to be as quiet as possible Tea listened for any sign of footsteps coming near.
Bang!
"Ahh!" 'What was that!' Tea's head shot up when she heard the sound.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
'It sounds like it's coming from one of the cabinets!' Tea swallowed hard as a disturbed groaning began to emit itself from a steel case. 'Ok, now the question is, do I open that thing or pound on the door screaming for my life?'
Tea opted for the latter.
Another Hallway
"Hold on. I'm getting a really strong feeling this way." Malik stopped Ryou and jerked his thumb near a pair of double doors.
"Looks like the hospital's cafeteria." Ryou murmured. "You sure?"
"Mwhahahahaha!"
"I'm positive." Malik answered as the deranged laughing reached their ears.
"Marik! What are you…"
The Egyptian never got a chance to finish his sentence, as he got clobbered in the face with a handful of creamed corn. "Ugg! Oh Re! What is this stuff?"
"Don't swallow it Malik! It's hospital food!" Ryou warned as he pulled the blond teen behind an upturned table.
"Yuck! How can they expect people to eat this?" Malik asked, trying to get the corn out of his eyes.
Meanwhile, Ryou peered over the table to take in the damage. Chairs and tables were strewn all over the place. The walls were spattered with various foods. The white haired boy's gaze widened as he saw two nurses (probably who where on cafeteria duty) tied to chairs, which made Ryou wonder, 'Where did Marik get the rope?'
Splattered with what appeared to be chocolate pudding, (although who could tell with hospital food) the nurses looked completely terrified as the psychotic yami known as Marik hovered over them.
"Ha, ha! That's a good look for you hikari! This yellow slope really brings out the color of your eyes."
"Shut up Marik!" The lighter half yelled back.
"Now Malik, try to calm down. He only gets stronger the more upset you get." Ryou tried to console the Egyptian.
"Who asked you to butt in wimp?" Marik asked lobbing a handful of pudding at the British teen's head.
"Ahh!" Ducking down behind the table, Ryou shook a fist at the yami. "That was uncalled for!"
Splat! Splat! Splat!
"What do you think Mecomid? How else can we make them suffer?"
Squeak!
"Excellent Idea!"
"That damned hamster is with him too!" Malik growled, getting the rest of the corn off his face. "That's it!" Malik's eyes light up.
"What's it?" Ryou shot a confused look at his friend.
"That nutcase just loves that rodent…" Malik trailed off pulling out the Millennium Rod while a smirk played on his face.
"Malik you're scaring me." Ryou mumbled.
"Relax." The Egyptian said while standing up, pointing the Rod at his darker half. "Marik stop this now!"
The dark soul took one look at the item and burst out laughing, "Bwhahahaha! Do you really think I can be intimidated by that?"
"Have it your way." Malik said still smirking. "Come to me little Rodent!" The lavender-eyed teen pointed the rod at the hamster perched on the psychopath's shoulder.
The eye carved in the middle of the item began to glow, soon after Mecomid's eyes became dull and unfocused.
Marik's eye twitched, "Don't you even…"He stopped as the brown hamster scurried down his shoulder and into Malik's out stretched hand.
"Now," the hikari began calmly "Stop this now, or Mecomid gets introduced to a toilet!"
"Grr… are you sure this is wise Malik?" The yami glared at the lighter half.
"Malik…are you really going to hurt the hamster?" Ryou whispered timidly, still crouching behind the table.
The Egyptian teen quickly 'shushed' Ryou before turning his gaze back to his yami.
"Hm, hm, hm. I must say I'm impressed Malik. This is like something I would do."
"Yeah well, just because I'm the lighter half doesn't mean I won't play dirty."
"Yes, I know perfectly well how bad your mean streak is. Which is why I know your bluffing."
"Care to take that bet?"
"I also know you can't do anything even if you were capable of caring out your little threat." The yami continued as if he hadn't heard anything.
"Oh really?" Malik asked, a little skeptical.
"Yes," Marik nodded with a sick smile on his face. "Because I can do…THIS!"
In a blink of an eye the dark soul released the spell that allowed him a physical body and shot straight towards his hikari.
"Wha…Wait!"
To late, the darker half had rammed right into Malik's body. Doubled over, the teen nearly dropped the rod and hamster.
"Malik! Are you alright?" Ryou reached over to grab the other boy's shoulder.
"Hm, hm, hm. Mwhahahahaha!"
"Malik…"
"Sorry, he can't hear you anymore."
"Gahh, Marik! You're possessing him!"
"You always were so smart Ryou." The yami replied with a sadistic grin.
Shadow Realm
Malik woke up with the feeling of cold glass underneath him. "Hm…what?" Looking around he saw the swirling black fog of the shadow realm he began pounding on the glass prison that was blocking him from his soul room and the outside world.
'Crap! He locked me in here again!'
/Marik, you bastard! Let me out/
/Such language hikari, I think you need a time out. Don't worry I'll find some way to keep little Ryou entertained. Heh, heh, heh…/
/Marik! Don't you dare! Marik/
There was no reply.
"No…Ryou be careful." Malik breathed as he started pounding on the glass walls again.
Cafeteria
"Now it's just you and me little Ryou."
Ryou's thoughts trailed as he stared at Malik, or should he say Malik's body. The teen's hair now stood on end and the millennium eye glowed brightly on his forehead. The white-haired teen peered into the body's eyes, hoping to see some glimmer of humanity. Unfortunately all he saw was the darkness of the shadow realm swimming in Marik's purple orbs.
"It was so rude of my hikari to leave us so soon, wouldn't you agree?" Marik snickered as he fiddled with the Rod he now held in his hand.
Ryou began to break out in a cold sweat. Slowly he began to back away from the darker half.
"You must be sad that your friend left without saying goodbye…" Marik continued as a smile tugged at his lips, "I know how to cheer you up." The psychopath grinned wide and Ryou could feel his heart hammering in his chest. "Let's play a game."
'Oh dear…'
Yes I know I'm evil, making all you nice people for a new chapter and then leaving off at a cliffy. (Sighs) I really wanted to make this longer but this chapter was posted as is to let you know that I'm still alive and I'm still writing (whenever I have time). Next chapter will be up as soon as I am able to post.
On a brighter note, I found a way to add Japanese words to my spell check dictionary! Yeah no more read squiggles under Yami's name!
Next Chapter-
Ryou's in a bit of a jam, who will come to his rescue? Malik is trapped in the shadow realm, Yami and Yugi are totally lost in the hospital and what will the Kaiba brothers do when they encounter a group of rampaging sick children (yes sick children shall go on a rampage, that is not a type-o).