After All This: Chapter thirteen
Flashback
Malik laughed as he ran into his room, he turned quickly to face his brother and closest friend. "I won again Odion!"
"Yes you have Master Malik." Odion said, with a smile upon his face. "Come on let's get you to bed."
Malik rolled his eyes, and glanced at the taller man. "Oh please, I'm sixteen now. I hardly need you telling me what to do."
Odion frowned at the look that he was getting from the teenager; with a sigh he pointed his finger to the bed. "Now."
Muttering a few protests, Malik made his way to the bed. "Fine, fine. No need to get angry about it."
Odion smiled down at Malik and then patted the boy's arm. "Good night Malik."
"Night." Malik huffed. He watched as Odion left the room and seconds after a bright light flashed through the room. Malik felt himself being tossed into his soul room. "What the hell?" Rubbing his head he glanced over at were a screen sat, this showed what the eyes of the one in control saw. "Marik? What's going on?" Malik frowned when he found that his Yami had blocked his mind link. His frown deepened when he noticed that his Yami was heading to the exit. "Yami? You can't go out there!"
"Silence mortal!" Marik hissed, through his mind link.
Malik clutched his head, and fell to his knees in pain. The next thing he knew, everything went black.
When he woke up next, Malik was shocked to find that he was out of his soul room and in his own body. With a small moan, he rolled onto his back and slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he noticed was that he was in a cave, sunlight poured in on his left and on his right was the sound of water falling. He sat up slowly, and first glanced over at were a water fall was located, then he turned too look out of the mouth of the cave. He was surprised to find Marik standing there, looking out at the endless desert sand. Getting up, he walked over to stand by his darker side. "What's going on?"
Marik turned to face his light, a sad smile on his face. "You'll see I'm sorry." With that, Marik placed a kiss on the others lip's before disappearing into his soul room.
Malik stood there confused, until he was hit with visions of his Yami's past. He landed on his knees, and let out a small sob when he realized why they were here. He felt Marik try to contact him, angrily he stood up and wiped tears from his eyes. "If you want your old damn lover back so much, why don't you just use this body and leave me the hell alone."
Marik narrowed his eyes from inside his soul room and growled. "Fine then, if that's what you want! I'll take over this body for good and you can stay in your soul room!"
With a flash of light, the Marik now stood there in control of Malik's body. He locked the boy's soul room with shadow magic so that he couldn't take over the body, but could still appear in his other form. He then turned and sat down by the water, waiting for the sun to go down before going anywhere. The hours went by and soon it was almost time for the sun to set. Stretching out his legs, Marik began the long walk to the nearest town. Soon he reached a market; the streets were empty at this time except for the sound of talking that seemed to come from the river. As Marik walked to the sound, he never noticed Malik appearing behind him.
Malik's eyes narrowed as he watched his Yami silently walked into the shadows. He knew that his Yami was staring at the two that stood before them. From where Malik stood he could see the two that stood before them. One had his back faced to him, but he could sense two Millennium items. Malik felt his heart break when he glanced at the other boy. It was the one from his Yami's past, Marik's old lover. Hate quickly filled his eyes, but then the other turned around and Malik realized that before him not only stood the tomb robber, Bakura the sprit of the Millennium ring, but also the Pharaoh. The one who he had to throw his life away for. Malik clenched his fists and was about to return to his soul room, when the two sprits suddenly shared a passionate kiss. He felt pain coming from Marik, but at this moment he couldn't care and with that he was gone.
End of flashback
With a sigh, Malik went to go catch up with his darker half when he felt someone watching him. He glanced around nervously, and jumped when Marik all of a sudden appeared before him. Malik jumped back, and let out a small scream. "Damnit Marik, don't sneak up on me like that!"
"Will you be quiet!" Marik said quickly, as he shot a glare at his light. "The others might hear you, and I'm pretty sure someone is following those guys."
"What? Why?" Malik asked, as he glanced over at his shoulder.
"Don't ask me, you know him better then I do." Marik said, as he once again walked away. "Now either start walking or get back in your soul room."
Malik looked confused for a moment and then he realized who Marik was talking about. "How did he find us here?" Malik said, as he caught up to his other.
"I'm not really sure." Marik said, and then he stopped again. "Malik."
"Yeah?" Malik asked, as he came to his Yami's side.
"You know I love you, right?" Marik said.
Malik glanced down at the ground. "Yes."
"You also know why I'm doing this, and that I must do it." Marik said.
"I understand completely Yami." Malik responded sadly. "Let's just get this over with, alright. Call me if you need any help, thought I doubt you will."
Sadness flashed through Marik's eyes for a few seconds has he stared at the empty air were his other half stood seconds ago. With a shake of his head, his eyes now showed nothing, but hate. With that, he continued on his way.
The eyes of the one following the group frowned with dislike at the tall blonde before slipping into the shadows to follow the group.