Hey everyone, long time no see! Tomorrow is the last day of spring break for me, and I decided it had been too long since I'd written something. My parents are at the store and I'm home babysitting my brother Travis, and I made him chicken salad for lunch, with Miracle Whip. He was finishing up his portion and started laughing, and I asked him what was funny. He said that Miracle sounded like Marik, and we started laughing at that- Marik Whip! So we decided to write this pointless silly fic, where poor Marik gets the short end of every stick we can possibly come up with. Keep in mind that he's six and I'm not at the top of my writing game- so this won't have much plot. Enjoy!
P.S. The duel in the chapter (won't give away who it's between!) was an actual duel played by me and my little bro. The victor has my deck, and the loser has a deck full of awful cards from my brother's stores. Just so you know it was a real duel… Even though it was awfully stacked. :) And I didn't know what his cards were, either, we had a complicated system of sticky notes, so that I didn't know his cards as he played them, but could write them all down afterwards. Email me for details if you want to use this for your own stories. Speaking of which, on with it!
Marik Whip
Chapter One
By Torina Archelda and Sivart6
Marik was walking down the street one day when he ran into Joey, who was talking to his sister Serenity on a nearby pay-phone. Marik, who was feeling especially kind that day, noticed that he was about to get disconnected, and handed him some extra change. Joey noticed this and turned to thank him, but then noticed that it was Marik he was talking to. He got really angry and hung up the phone, and turned to beat Marik into a bloody pulp. He landed one punch before Marik used his Millennium Rod to temporarily control Joey's mind so he could get away.
Marik went home (which happened to be in the room next to Yugi's at the Game Shop, because he was renting it out from Grandpa and no one had noticed yet) and sat down on his bed, mentally glaring at Malik.
This is what I get from taking your advice, he snarled.
Well, it wasn't smart of you to pick Wheeler as the object of your newfound kindness, Malik returned evenly, taking over temporarily to dress the wound that Joey's wrath had incurred. When the bandage was fully covering the wound, Malik returned to his soul room and allowed Marik to take back over and expend his angry energy. Fifteen punching bags and twelve practice dummies later, Marik laid back down on his bed, exhausted.
I'm bored, Marik shot at his counterpart. There's nothing to do in this fool century of yours.
Sure beats spending ages trapped in a bit of shiny metal though, eh? Malik took his yami's silence as grudging agreement, then took pity on him and suggested, Why don't we go try and find someone to duel against? He felt Marik's heightening excitement and quickly amended, No shadow games.
Marik glared at him, but agreed. The two bid farewell to Grandpa and walked down the streets, in search of someone to duel. A few blocks later they ran into a boy, who looked no more than eight years of age. He had spiky orange hair and brown eyes. Marik's gaze smoldered. "You idiotic, ridiculous waste of space and time! Ra spare me from idiots! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING FROM NOW ON, YOU BLOODY FOOL!"
The boy glared and ran away, brushing past him once more in a fit of spite. Malik could not hide the fact that he was impressed. You've been taking lessons from Ryou, haven't you? Nice accent.
Marik shrugged off the compliment. Let's go find someone to duel.
A few more blocks, and they spotted Yugi Muto. Marik's eyes gleamed. "PHARAOH!" he called, "I challenge you to a Sha-" he stopped at Malik's mental glare and amended his words- "duel!"
Yugi turned and blinked, surprised. "Marik?" he asked, confused. "I thought you were still at the-"
Malik took over and ran towards his one-time rival, covering his mouth and hissing, "Shh! No one is supposed to know about that, or I'll get kicked out!"
Yugi had the grace to look ashamed, and he whispered, "Did your yami make you come out to challenge me?"
Malik nodded, and they both allowed their yamis to take over. "Let's go to Kaiba Corp to duel," Yami suggested. "We told Mokuba we'd come visit him soon, anyway."
Marik nodded his concurrence, and off they went.
They chatted with Mokuba for a while, until Yami noticed that Marik, despite Malik's attempts to the contrary, looked ready to blow something up, and then he asked Mokuba to let them use one of KCs specialized dueling rooms. Mokuba took them to their newest addition, and he sat back and watched them prepare to duel.
Then he had an idea, and, smirking, he pushed a small button on the side of his chair and keyed in his password. A few seconds later, music came blasting on the speakers, throwing both duelists quite off guard.
How'd it come to this, after all we've been through
Two of a pair, now on opposite sides
From the very start, we thought only of two
Watched each others' backs and we battled with pride
We are closer than brothers, well now we have to fight each other
Can we trust our fate to the heart of the cards…
No matter what
Yami and Marik sweatdropped, and Mokuba grinned, giving in and shutting off the music. "All right, Marik," Yami began, putting on his duel face. "Step up to the playing field. It's time to duel."
Step up, step up
I know that you're trying to get to me
But at the end you're gonna see
Because the winner's…
Victory is pointing right at me
"MOKUBA!" Both duelists and their vessels cried out his name at the top of their lungs, eyes twitching in annoyance. The boy grinned sheepishly and shut it off once more.
"Okay, guys," he said, his smile wide. "You can duel now."
They both drew their decks from their belts and shuffled, declining to cut their opponent's cards. Marik placed his deck on the table and drew his first five cards. He spread them out in his hands and looked at them in shock, anime falling to the floor. "WHAT?" he cried out to Malik, stunned at the weak cards he was holding. "This is impossible!"
Yami and Mokuba were giving him strange looks, and Malik said to him as he stood up, anger infusing his tone, That wretched boy! He must have switched his deck for ours!
"THAT WELP!" Marik cried, forgetting his British 'anger accent' in his ultimate fury. "That foolish boy! HOW DARE HE STEAL OUR DECK!"
Yami's
jaw dropped. "Your deck was stolen! But… But… What about
Ra?"
Yugi had returned Ra to Marik at the end of
the Battle City Finals despite his friends' protests, seeing that
he had, for the most part, changed his ways.
Marik panicked at Yugi's statement. "I have to go find him!" He turned to run to the door, but the stadium stopped him. Mokuba gave him an apologetic look.
"Sorry, but you have to finish the duel before you can leave."
Marik glared. "Fine," he snapped. "Let's get this over with."
He looked back at his hand- he had Mystical Elf, Inaba White Rabbit, Tripwire Beast, Feral Imp, and The Thirteenth Grave. No magic cards!
Yami and Yugi were much more pleased with their hand. Gemini Elf, Negate Attack, Black Pendant, Earthquake, and Riryoku! This would be quick, especially with Marik's deck being taken- and then they could go find the idiot who had stolen it.
Marik went first. He drew Witch of the Black Forest, another horrible card! Sighing in resignation, he summoned it. "I summon Witch of the Black Forest in attack mode!" he cried. "And now-" he sighed, deflating. "I end my turn."
Yami drew Fissure and smiled. He put Negate Attack on the field, saying, "I play one card face down and summon… the Gemini Elf! Then I activate the magic card Fissure and destroy your Witch!" He contemplated his remaining cards and equipped his Elf with Black Pendant, increasing its attack from 1900 to 2400 points. "I activate the magic card Black Pendant, and attack your life points directly!"
Marik glared as his life point counter decreased from 8000 to 7600. Even with the Pharaoh's unfair advantage, this was humiliating. He drew Ryu-Kishin Clown, and surveyed his pitiful hand. "I summon the Mystical Elf in defense mode!" Awful, he knew, but at least he was safe for one turn.
Yami drew Ookazi and played it immediately, sending Marik's life point count down to 6800. "Now I attack with my Gemini Elf, destroying your Mystical Elf!"
Marik drew again. Winged Minion! He sighed. "I play The Thirteenth Grave in defense mode!"
It was now Yami's turn, and he drew Penguin Soldier. He summoned it in face down defense mode, waiting to use its effect. "I attack your Thirteenth Grave with my Gemini Elf!"
Marik pouted inside as he drew once more. It was only luck that had kept him in this duel so far, and he feared Yami's face down cards. The Dark Cat with White Tail he had just drawn wasn't very helpful, either. He played the Feral Imp in defense mode and ended his turn.
Yugi was getting bored, so Yami let him take over, and he drew Mystic Wok. "I flip Penguin Soldier and use its effect to send your Feral Imp back to your hand! Then I attack with both Gemini Elf and Penguin Soldier, decreasing your life points to 3650!"
Marik was getting annoyed, and the Mystical Sheep #2 he drew made him angrier. "I summon Dark Cat with White Tail and attack your Penguin Soldier!"
Yugi smirked and flipped over his face down card. "I activate Negate Attack, which makes your Cat's attack useless!" Marik having ended his turn, Yugi drew Harpie's Feather Duster. "I activate Riryoku, which takes away half the attack points of one of your monsters and adds it to one of mine! I'll use it on your Cat, decreasing his points to 400 and increasing my Penguin Soldier's to 1150! I then attack, destroying your Cat with my Soldier and bringing your life points down to 2900! Then I attack your life points directly with Gemini Elf, and you now have only 500 remaining!"
Marik drew his last card, knowing this was the end. Nightmare Penguin wasn't that great of a card either, and he made a mental note to kill the child once he got his deck back. Malik wouldn't let him, of course, but a spirit could dream, couldn't he?
He summoned the Penguin, deciding that he would at least take out some of Yugi's life points before lost. "I attack your Penguin with my own, and you lose 150 life points!"
Yugi raised an eyebrow as he drew Cyber Jar, thinking that this was just like Marik, to try and go down with a bang. He attacked with Gemini Elf, destroying Marik's Nightmare Penguin and ending the duel.
"Come on, Yugi!" Malik cried, taking over and running out of the stadium. "Let's go find my deck!"
Yugi nodded seriously and followed him out. "Right!" And off they went, leaving Mokuba behind. He grinned and pulled a bag from beside the chair he was sitting in, taking out its contents. Inside were an orange wig, brown contacts, and Marik's deck. He returned the items and grinned, wondering how long it would take them to figure out what had happened. With how dense Marik was… It would probably take forever. Mokuba wasn't the least surprised to discover that he didn't really care.
Owari Chapter One
Well, what did you think? It was a little spurt of genius at the end to make Mokuba the kid- I hadn't planned it in the beginning, and I definitely surprised Travis with it. He loved helping me pick who Marik interacted and dueled with, and the duel was fun too, even though he lost. A few words from the co-author:
So, did you like it a lot? Because I did! And I think you're gonna like it! We're going to write three chapters and post them soon.
This chapter was 1768 words, and if I can convince him, we really will have chapters two and three out in the next few days. This is just a silly story, so it's not that hard to write. Please read and review, and we'll keep writing!
Torina and Sivart-chan
3/11/06
5:03 p.m.
Okay, so I noticed a few mistakes last night and decided to change them this morning, and explain one that I can't fix. In the duel between Marik and Yami, at the start Marik should have lost 2400 life points, but for some reason my brain was turned off and he only lost 400. No, I'm not that bad at math… I just wasn't thinking. I could go back in and change it, but then the duel would end too quickly and I'd have to take out one of my favorite parts. So it's staying. Other things that were edited today: incorrect lyrics (4); incorrect spelling (1); incorrect character name (1). Somehow the story's word count stayed exactly the same… Weird, ne?
Torina and Sivart-chan
3/12/06
7:52 a.m.
