TO DECEIVE IS THE BELIEVE
By Starflower Sakura
DISCLAIMER: Ahh, if only it belonged to me, but unfortunately it doesn't. I wouldn't mind owning all the yami and hikaris...
To readers/reviewers: Wow! You guys love me! sniff I'm so happy! I wasn't really sure if I got the whole humor thing right, but somebody said I did so I'm really glad! I'm great with romance, but writing humor is quite new to me. Please enjoy the next (long-awaited) chapter of this story!
To Deceive Is To Believe
Chapter 3 – A Hug For Malik
"This is the most horrible day I have ever experienced," Yami muttered.
"Look on the bright side!" Marik said, grinning wildly.
"There's a bright side?" Bakura asked, raising an eyebrow at his friend.
"We've lasted halfway through school!"
Yami and Bakura found sweatdrops making their way down the side of their heads.
"Right..." they replied in unison.
"Still, how hard can it get to find three people! We've been looking ever since the beginning of lunch!" Bakura exploded.
Just when Yami and Marik were about to help their friend get his temper down, laughter that sounded familiar drifted towards their ears. They looked at one another and back at where they assumed the laughter was coming from. They walked over slowly, keeping the noises they made to a minimum. They peeked behind the tree and each of them gained a very similar smirk.
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"Wow! That was a close one, wasn't it?" Yugi asked.
Malik nodded, "I didn't think that those three would be so popular."
Ryou laughed and Yugi followed.
"Why not, Malik-kun?"
"Firstly, they're egotistical and completely ignorant. Secondly, they're stalkers. Thirdly..." and with that Malik held up his head in a proud fashion before continuing, "... We're much 'cuter' than them as all those girls keep on squealing about."
Ryou and Yugi erupted into endless laughter, while Malik did an imitation of one of the girls.
Not only did he imitate the voice, he imitated the whole action. Malik clasped his hands together, and in a moment his eyes were wide and sparkling. "Oh my gosh, he looked my way! I think I'm going to faint with joy!"
Malik "fainted" onto the green grass below them, the back of his left hand resting on his forehead in a dramatic manner. Ryou and Yugi rolled on the ground, mirth clear in their eyes. Once Malik recovered from his current position, he started to laugh along with them.
This was the first time they had ever hung out together ever since high school started. They didn't want to be alone in the first place, but after a while they had gotten so used to the loneliness of school and the teasing and bullying of the other students that they didn't mind that much anymore. Well, Yugi and Ryou took the teasing and bullying from other people silently, but Malik usually started fights or fought back with whoever was unlucky enough to even think about touching him.
"Care to fill us in on what's so funny?" Marik's voice rang out from behind the tree they were resting against.
Malik's head shot up as he glared at the three intruders on their conversation.
"Actually, we'd rather not. Now, the better question is: Would you care to leave us alone and go back to whatever hole you crawled out of?" All this Malik said in a very sugar-coated tone with an innocent smile on his face, but anybody who glanced into his lavender eyes could see the annoyed look that rested there.
"We're just trying to be friends with you," Marik said, grinning at the already annoyed Egyptian in front of him.
"Why don't you go make friends with your fan club? That way they can be happy with your presence, while we can be happy without it," Malik retorted.
"Maybe we should give them a chance," Yugi whispered in Ryou's ear.
"I would be their friend if they haven't stalked us in the first place," Ryou responded.
"That's true."
Bakura and Yami watched the small exchange between Yugi and Ryou. Curious as to what it was they were talking about they slipped away from Marik's side, silently walked past Malik and ended up on either side of the two boys.
"Eep," Ryou squeaked as he saw Bakura standing next to him. Yugi had quite the same reaction when he found out that Yami was standing next to him.
"A-Ano... K-Konnichiwa, Motoyoshi-san, Ryusaki-san," Yugi and Ryou greeted meekly.
Yami sighed heavily, "Yugi-chan, you know that you can call me Yami."
Yugi inched away from Yami and closer to Ryou before answering, "R-Right, Y-Yami-san..."
"And Ryou-chan," Ryou thought that Bakura looked like he had a very hard time saying that, "Did you already forget that I said you could call me by my first name?"
Ryou inched closer to Yugi before answering, "Oh, how forgetful of me..." One look at Bakura's gaze he quickly added in, "... Bakura-san."
Yami and Bakura both sighed inwardly in frustration. At least they got them to call them by their first name. Even though one look at Yugi and Ryou's face, you could tell that they were having a hard time calling them so informally. Ahh, at least that's one step closer to actually making them their "friends."
They both snapped out of their thoughts when somebody suddenly screamed loud enough for the whole world to hear.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME, YOU CRAZY FREAK!!"
Everybody turned their heads toward Marik and Malik. The latter looked like he was about to kill Marik right then and there, although the four people that was actually near the scene thought it was probably for a good reason.
Ryou and Yugi quickly said goodbye to Yami and Bakura and dragged a fuming Malik off to... well, it's probably somewhere where they can avoid them. They turned and found a scarily grinning Marik.
"I'm not even going to ask," Bakura mumbled, turning away leaving Yami to deal with Marik.
"And I really don't think I want to know. Come on, Marik. Let's catch up with Bakura."
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"Malik-kun, what happened back there?" Yugi asked.
"You mean, while you two were busy huddling together to avoid those other two stalkers?" Malik asked glumly.
"Um... yes?"
"I don't want to talk about it," Malik replied, pouting cutely.
"Malik-kun, it can't be that bad right?"
Malik turned away from them, sulking.
Ryou and Yugi looked at each other. Whatever Marik did to Malik certainly got Malik really mad. They both blinked when they heard chanting of "I'm going to kill him" and "He's so dead" come from the lavender-eyed Egyptian.
"Malik-kun, are you sure you don't want to talk about it?"
They heard Malik take a deep breath before mumbling something that sounded quite a lot like... well... gibberish.
"Can you please repeat that?" Ryou asked.
Malik mumbled louder and it sounded something like, "Ee ughed me."
Blink. Blink.
They weren't sure what to make out of that.
Hearing their silence Malik lifted his head and said louder, "He hugged me, okay?"
"He hugged you?" Yugi asked.
"Yes, he hugged me."
"So that's why you told him to get his hands off you."
"If he even attempts to do something like that again, I'll make sure his head is disconnected from the rest of his body!! Then I'll chop him to pieces and feed him to the sharks!!"
"Malik-kun is quite violent at times, ne?" Yugi asked, leaning over so that only Ryou could hear.
"It seems that way..."
They both dropped their head and sighed as Malik ranted over other ways he will kill Ishiyama Marik if he ever hugged him again.
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"You! Stop right there!" a girl's voice rang from across the hall.
School had just ended and Malik had taken his first step outside towards freedom, at least until tomorrow, only to be stopped by a loud and most likely obnoxious girl.
"Yes, Miss?" Malik asked, gritting his teeth together.
The girl raced up to him and Malik was extremely surprised to see that a whole group of girl had followed her.
I don't think they are here to wish me good luck on my way home, Malik thought.
"I am the President of the Ishiyama Marik Fan Club," the girl said in a very proud way, holding her head up high as she spoke.
"And that has anything to do with me how?"
"Members of the club has informed the rest that they saw you taking advantage of Marik-sama's kindness and... and... hugging him!!" she screeched, while Malik noticed that he wasn't given the friendliest of looks from the people behind her.
Malik glared at the girl who even dared remind him of that... situation while he was trying to rid himself of the memory. He was pleased to note that she backed down a little, but not enough for him to get away.
"I hugged him? I'd rather die than have anything to do with that crazy psycho! And take note that it wasn't me who hugged him, but the other way around."
Not that I'll be pleased either way.
The girls gaped at him, while some burst off crying.
"Y-You're lying!! Why would Marik-sama hug you?!!"
"I don't know what that creep was thinking!! Why don't you ask him yourself?! He's coming this way!"
The girls turned, but one was surprisingly smart enough to hold him by the collar so that Malik couldn't escape. When they turned, though, Marik was in fact walking down the corridor towards them.
"Hello, ladies. What are you doing with my friend over here?" Marik asked, winking at some of the girls, making them swoon.
"Come now Malik, I'll accompany you home."
Marik tugged at Malik's shirt, dragging him along as they walked.
"Chotto matte, Marik-sama! I have a question for you!"
Marik turned, "What is it?"
"Um... this afternoon... d-did you really hug him, Marik-sama?"
"Why, yes. I was showing this anti-social person over here how to be more friendly."
"Oh, is that all?" relief was clear in her voice.
"Yes, now if you'll excuse me."
"Oh! I-I'm sorry t-to bother you, Marik-sama!"
"It was no problem at all."
Marik turned and once again began dragging Malik home. Malik was tugging restlessly on the sleeve that Marik was dragging him by.
"Let me go!"
"I'm accompanying you home, remember?"
"I don't need you 'accompanying me home.' I know my way just fine!"
Changing the subject, Marik said, "You should be thanking me you know. If I didn't show up like I did, you still would've been stuck with my adoring fans."
"No, if you didn't show up at all, I wouldn't be having any problems with anything that is in anyway related to you!"
"Do you hate me that much, Malik-chan?" Marik asked, looking at Malik with the best puppy dog look he could muster.
"Don't call me that! And yes, I hate you so much that you wouldn't even be able to comprehend it even if it was spelled out for you."
A smirk made it's way across Marik's features.
"I'm only trying to be friends with you. Is that so wrong?"
Malik rolled his eyes. Marik was definitely much harder to handle than anybody else that he has ever known and he wasn't sure he was liking it. He needed something that can rid him of his Marik problem for good, but that was saved for until he got home.
"Why me?! There are lots of other people who would love to be your friend."
"Why not you? If there are so many people that wants to be my friend, then why aren't you one of them?"
"Because I hate you, and I'm not like other people."
Marik let go on his grasp on Malik's sleeve, "You're right. You aren't like other people."
"Good. Since we got that cleared up, you can now go and find someone else to pester."
Malik walked away without waiting for an answer from Marik. He wasn't sure if he wanted to hear it or not. If it was "You're right. I'll look for someone else to bother," then he'd certainly stay behind, but if it wasn't then he didn't need to hear it.
Marik watched as Malik walked off, backpack swung over his right shoulder. "Tch, and I thought he was going to be easier than the ones that Yami and Bakura got."
To be continued...
Yes!! I finished another chapter!! And in one day!! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I know I focused this chapter on Marik and Malik, but the next one will either be on Yami and Yugi or Bakura and Ryou. Most likely Bakura and Ryou since I've been reading more of them than anything else in Yu-Gi-Oh. I hope this is long enough for your liking! Anyways, Happy New Year's everyone!
- Starflower Sakura