AN: I'm proud of my motivation to write and write and write and give you the next update of this story! :D I don't know how many chapters this story may have, but I hope I can complete this FF before May, because my job is going to get f' busy then!

However. I was not sure about when to write their reunion and (spoiler altert!) I decided it was time to place their encounter in this chapter. I thought they will really need some time to build a relationship before the appearance of - you know :P

So, here it is! I hope you enjoy reading it. After all I think my writing and my descriptions are getting way better - now I found my flow. I'm so sorry that my first chapter was SO bad! *lol* But it's getting better! I promise!

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Chapter updated: I changed a little detail because of a tiny error that wouldn't fit with the prequel that I'm writing right now. Also did some corrections in spelling and detail.

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Chapter IV

Too Close

Jesara kept watching the ongoing duel from the eminence beside the two opponents, staring at the enormous crimson red dragon covering the dark, cloudy sky. Its giant two mouths and dangerous gaze made her shiver in respect and fear. She never saw an Egyptian god card in literally flesh & blood - floating in both ways elegantly and dangerously high above her little head. 'He must be crazy... playing an egyptian god card in the middle of the city against the Pharaoh.'

Her heart bumped a hundred miles a minute while her attention was back on the bald headed stranger down there, which was obviously mind-controlled by Marik. She observed him curiously - he was there, right in front of her and still - hopefully - far away. Although she was just meters away from him she was thankful that both of them were too focused on their duel, so he didn't recognise her presence. Jesara felt safe watching the duel from the hill as long as she didn't make a sound.

Ishizu's words echoed through her head again. '…he still feels deeply for you, although it's buried under anger and hate…' Jesara's hands balled into fists beside her when those words cut through her mind like a knife, burying her long fingernails into her palms and she still didn't believe one word of what Ishizu had said to her just about one hour ago. 'Bullshit...'

Yugi was still caught in Marik's Nightmare's Steelcage , so he was unable to attack for at least 2 turns. Jesara's eyes wandered over to the card holograms in front of Marik to get a clue about his strategy and the pharaoh's chances to defeat him.

'Oh Ra… that looks bad… this card combination is almost unbeatable.' She thought when she saw Revival Jam, Jam Defender, Infinite Cards and The Card of Safe Return in front of Marik's emotionless mind-slave.

"Where's the rest of Yugi's little nerdy fan club?" A familiar voice behind her startled her from her thoughts and made her turn around. Two piercing blue irises locked with hers as she watched Kaiba approaching her.

"Kaiba… Mokuba… What are you doing here? I thought you were busy working on your bad manners?" Jesara spat and narrowed her eyes, giving the tall CEO a frowning glare.

The young brunette just smirked arrogantly and seemed unfazed by her little insults, making her to feel more annoyed about his company. Kaiba stood beside Jesara and stared at the god dragon above them in fascination. "Kaiba Corp satellite system informed me that another egyptian god card was played in a duel against little Yugi…" he explained in his typical cool tone. "That's why I'm here."

Jesara gasped and stared at Kaiba beside her with widened eyes. 'Wait a second - another god card?' She shrieked mentally. "Kaiba, what do you mean with another?" She asked curiously, holding her breath awaiting his answer.

"In case you didn't know, but I also hold the power of an egyptian god monster… Obelisk the Tormentor." Kaiba stated without even looking at her, his eyes were still glued to the crimson red dragon.

'Obelisk... That's the card Marik wanted so badly and lost his mind completely when he failed stealing it... Where the hell did Kaiba get this card from? He should've never known about their existence…' she thought and took a deep breath. "So, I think this card cost you a million? Those god cards seem to be unbeatable…" she muttered and tried to sound like she didn't knew anything about the whole thing. Jesara knew Kaiba never skipped a chance to state how wealthy, extraordinary and kinglike he his, if she played dumb enough he'll tell her everything to push his own ego to the limits.

"No, this confused woman in the museum gave it to me during her ridiculous story time." He strictly said as his signature smirk formed on his thin lips. "I think she knew only an outstanding duelist like me could control the power of an egyptian god card!"

Jesara mentally face-palmed and rolled her eyes in response to his super-cocky statement. 'You're such a jerk… You're lucky that I can't kick your rich ass right now, how dare you to talk like that about Ishizu…' she balled her fists again and gave him another angry glare. Oh how much she wished that she could just wring his neck right now. After his disrespectful statement about Ishizu she really needed all her self-control to keep her rage at bay.

Then a big BANG caught her attention. Slifer The Sky Dragon attacked one of Yugi's monsters. Was this the end of the duel? Did Marik win? A big dust cloud covered Yugi's side of the field, not allowing Jesara and Kaiba to see what happened to him. Was it over? Did the Pharaoh loose the duel? Hopefully not. The bald headed mind slave just stared at his opponent, still without any signs of emotions drawn to his pale, pierced face.

When the dust cloud liftet it revealed Yugi, standing tall and wearing a promising, self-confident smirk on his lips. Did he find a way to beat an unbeatable card combination and an Egyptian god? Or was it just a bluff?

"Marik! You are close to loose this duel! And I found a way to beat your dragon!" Yugi yelled, when suddenly Revival Jam formed in front of him and came back to life after the attack.

"I took control over your Jam! And if I'm right you have to draw another three cards from your deck after he reformed!" He stated and pointing his finger towards Marik, still smirking. Jesara gasped in surprise. 'Of cause... that's it!' Within seconds she knew what kind of strategy Yugi had in mind to turn the tables.

"That's right, Pharaoh. Thank you for giving another 3000 attack points to my dragon, that's very nice of you! I didn't expect it was so easy to beat you." The mind-slave teased back when he drew three more cards.

"You wish, Marik!" Yugi was now close to laughing. "Revival Jam just reformed again on MY side of the field, what forces Slifer to attack with his second mouth!"

He was right. Slifer's top mouth opened and a huge fire ball was shot towards Yugi and his Revival Jam, once again leaving just a huge dust cloud. When it lifted again Yugi's opponents gaze turned from an emotionless into a shocked one. By now also Marik knew what that meant.

"And because I have the control over your Jam, it will reform on my side of the field, forcing you to draw three more cards. Then your dragon will attack again, my Jam gets back to life, you draw. You're caught in an endless loop, Marik! It's over!" Yugi yelled, his face was confident of his victory.

Nothing but an annoyed grumble left his opponents lips when he again drew three more cards and Slifer prepared for another attack against Revival Jam.

"He truly IS the king of games… Yugi's found a way to beat an egyptian god…" Jesara whispered and watched how the duel turned into an endless loop of attacking, revival, attacking and repeat. When the bald headed mind-slave of Marik had no more cards to draw the duel was over; Slifer let out an ear-piercing scream before he fell to the ground and then he and all other cards on the field vanished slowly. Yugi wore his typical poker-face and waited for a reaction of his mind controlled opponent, who fell to his knees - surrounded by the cards the had dropped.

"My congratulations, Yugi! You've figured out how to beat an unbeatable god card! We both will duel here and now for it! Because this card is meant to be in MY deck!" Kaiba shouted towards Yugi, who did't recognise him and Jesara standing on tip of the hill beside them - until now. And so did his opponent. Jesara cringed, a shock shot through every bone of her body when Kaiba started to shout towards Yugi. Could he just please act a little bit more unobtrusive? Mr. All-Eyes-On-Me might just presented her on a silver plate without him knowing.

"Kaiba, you're such an impatient jerk… couldn't you wait until they're finished?" Jesara hissed at the young CEO beside her, then she again turned her head to look down to her friend, but before her eyes met Yugi's, they locked with the blank ones of Marik's mind-slave. Too late.

She gasped and didn't dare or rather wasn't able to breath; it felt like an invisible pair of hands compressed herr throat, hindering her to breath. Jesara's amber-olive eyes widened in shock, unable to move just one inch when she stared into those sickening two blank orbs. Seconds felt like an eternity, all she heard were the intensive beats of her heart, which were about to blow up her head. It left her trembling in fear.

"I-" she stuttered "I- I need to… to go." Jesara then immediately broke eye-contact, turned on heel and ran as fast as she could, leaving Yugi and Kaiba lokking after her in confusion.

She ran and ran and ran - without any specific destination. Jesara just ran like her life depended on it. After a few minutes of running she reached the central district of Domino when she finally lowered her pace and then stopped by a small allée. Jesara was close to collapsing and completely out of breath when her palms met her knees crouching herself a bit down, fighting for air.

'He saw me… did he recognise me…? Oh Ra, of course he did. Marik isn't an idiot...' She fought. 'I was so not ready for this… how can someone's life be turned upside down in just 48 hours like that…?' A few tears started to gather in her eyes, but in the corner of them she saw someone approaching her.

"What a nice surprise! Aren't you a friend of Yugi Mutou?"

Jesara looked up when her eyes met a small brunette boy who wore a green jacket, blue jeans and a red collared hood.

"I'd be lying if I told you I'm glad to see you…" she mumbled, still fighting for air. "What do you want, Rex?"

"What about a little duel? I heard how you kicked Bones' ass. You have some cards in your deck I'm really have an itch for, dear Jess!" Rex stated, his arms crossed in front of his chest. A confident grin played on his lips as he stared down at her.

"Not now, Rex. I really have other important things to do right now… Maybe tomorrow." Jess sighed and waving her hand in apology.

"You know that according to the battle city rules it's not allowed to refuse someone's challenge?" Rex smirked at her and then held up two of his locator cards to present them to Jesara. "What about doubling the bet and fight for two locator cards?"

She gave him a annoyed glare before a deep sigh left her throat. 'I really don't have the nerves to deal with this idiot right now… but I guess Kaiba's dumb tournament rules don't leave me any choice…' she thought and with a click on her duel disk she prepared to face her challenger. 'Or maybe I can calm my nerves and get my mind off of…Marik…'

Jesara and Rex were ready for the first turn and it did't take long until a crowd of bystanders surrounded them.

/ meanwhile on a ship, a few miles apart from Domino harbour

A deep violet cloak waved in the rough winds, sandy blonde strands wafted around tanned skin, His violet orbs were filled with anger and shock. His muscly arms, decorated with golden jewellery, clinched his head when a deep grumble left his lips.

"How did it happen to loose this duel although I had an egyptian god card in my deck!?" He yelled out loud, his voice full of wrath. "I'll make you pay for this, Pharaoh! This is only a little setback!"

"Master Marik…" a low voice spoke up behind him. It belonged to a way taller guy than Marik, also a little more bulky. His face was covered by the hood of the same deep violet cloak like Marik's.

"What is it, Odion!?" Marik spat, but didn't turn around to look at him.

"We're about to arrive at Domino in about 30 minutes." The man, who's name seemed to be Odion stated. His voice was calm - he didn't want to give his master any other reason to be furious about.

Silence.

Marik's palms met the railing of the ship's deck in front of him, his hands clinching it tightly. After a few moments he spoke up again in a slightly calmer tone, but still unamused.

"Odion… you scanned every participants profile & duelists ID's of Kaiba's tournament when our computer specialist hacked into his system, didn't you?" Marik asked the man behind him while his eyes stared out into the ocean in front of him. In the distance the harbour of Domino was already in sight, coming closer with every minute.

"Yes, Master Marik…" Odion approved to the sandy blonde teen in front of him, which back was still facing him. "Why do you ask, master?"

"Anything suspicious?" Marik muttered.

"Nothing…" Odion replied, but his face became more and more concerned.

"Then you didn't do your job correctly!" the sandy blonde teen yelled and turned around to give his servant a furious glare. Marik rose up his millennium rod and held it in Odion's direction, it's golden eye on top of it reflected the daylight.

"M- Master Marik, what do you mean?" Odions voice sounded more nervous now, but he tried his best to keep calm.

"Don't tell me you missed one special person we both know!" He shouted and his gaze grew darker and darker every second.

"I apologise if I made a mistake, master. I didn't mean to disappoint you. But I still don't know who you're talking about?" Odion's eyes were still glued to the ship's pavement avoiding any eye-contact with his master.

"I'm talking about her." Marik growled, lowering his millennium rod and turning his gaze back to the ocean again. "She's here… Jesara is in Domino City - and she's a friend of the enemy."

Odion's eyes finally met his master with a concerned and also surprised expression. "That's true? Did you see her, master Marik?"

"I think so…" Marik muttered when his lavender orbs gazed back at Odion once more. "She wore a duel disk on her arm, what means she's participating in the tournament. And THAT means you must have seen her in the database!"

Odion bowed in apology in front of his angry master. "I'm sorry, master. I guess I overlooked her or something… I apologise for my mistake."

Only a low growl escaped from Marik's throat when the moment when Jesara's amber-olive eyes locked with his lavender orbs replayed on his mind. 'It's been almost two years… I never knew where she's gone. And Ra, I expected to never see her again. But those eyes are unmistakable…'

"This makes it a whole new game…"

/ back in central Domino

"And with that, my dear Rex, the duel is over… you loose." Jesara stated when her Slate Warrior and Dark Valkyria faded away. "It was a great duel."

"Nooohooohooo! You're kidding me! I lost!?" Rex Raptor was out of his mind and whined out loud. His palm met his face in disbelief. He was a national champion, did he really loose a duel to someone without any champion title?

Jesara walked over to him wearing a gentle smile. "I'm sorry for you, Rex. I guess I just kicked you out of the tournament?"

"Yes, you guessed right." Rex muttered and handed her his two locator cards and one of his duel monsters cards. "Here, you deserved them. My two locator cards and my rarest card; Widespread Ruin."

Jesara gently took them from Rex and carefully inspected them. "Thank you, Rex. I wish you all the best."

The young guy only growled once more before he turned his back towards her and started to walk away. Jesara smiled at the price in her hands, but reality soon obtained her again. 'Marik…' his name cut through her thoughts like a razor-blade.

The sun already hung low above the Domino skyline, dipping it into golden light. It was late and Jesara wondered about where her friends were right now.

'I hope they don't mind my behaving of the last two days… I guess they're already suspicious.' She thoughts and lowered her amber-olive coloured eyes towards the pavement. Once again she was lost in her thoughts, when a familiar voice snapped her back to reality.

"Jess! There you are!" Tea shouted and ran over to her, she was in company of Joey and Mr. Mutou.

"Oh hi! I was wondering about your whereabouts!" Jesara forced a gentle smile. "How are the duels going, Joey?"

The blonde started to grin and and presented his five locator cards to Jesara. "I guess I'm just one step away from the finals!" He cheered.

"Wow, that's impressive! How did you manage to get these in such a short time?" Jesara wondered, holding up her four locator cards. "But I'm close in on you!"

"Great! Four locator cards! Congratulations, Jess!" He grinned and gave her an unexpected hug, but she managed to wiggle herself out of his grip without being too impolite.

"Thank you…" she smiled at her friends, her cheeks still a bit blushed from Joey's hug. His crush on her made her feel flattered, but also uncomfortable. For her he was a good friend, but nothing more. Maybe he'll understand one day.

"What about getting an iced chai latte in a nearby café and you tell me all about your duels, Joey?" Jesara suggested smiling at her friends. Tea, Mr. Mutou and Joey nodded and the four friends made their way to the nearest place to grab something to drink.

/ back on the ship

Marik's yacht just landed at Domino harbour and was parked in a local hangar to remain undetected. The sandy blonde teen switched his clothes to a light purple top with two golden chains attached to the chest area, such as black pants and shoes. His golden earrings hung elegantly beside his well defined face, the golden egyptian looking jewellery on his throat and arms completed his 'civil' style.

Some of his rare hunters offloaded a crimson coloured chopper from the large yacht, one of them bowed in front of the young master when he handed him his helmet.

"Any further instructions for us, master Marik?" His servant asked in a respectful tone, still bowing before him and his eyes looking down at the pavement."

"I expect you to bring me Yugi's little friends, Tea Gardner and Joey Wheeler." He commanded when Marik put on his helmet.

"As you wish, Master Marik." The servant nodded.

"And make sure to bring me another one of his friends. Her name is Jesara and she's probably with them. I expect you to bring her to the yacht, lock the other two into the cellar until further instructions." Marik explained and took a seat on his chopper, his servant only bowed and nodded once more.

"I'll send you to the shadows when there's only a scratch on her. I want you to bring her here unharmed." He growled once more before he started the engine and a loud noise filled the hangar. Then he sped off, leaving his rare hunters looking at each other in confusion.

Marik reached Domino downtown in no time and decided to drive through some back alleys and perform some wheelies - it's been a while since he drove his beloved motorcycle, so he wanted to enjoy it even more.

His tires squeaked when the chopper turned at a crossing, but it suddenly came to a halt when a white haired stranger blocked his way. Marik gave him an annoyed glare when he stood up from his motorcycle and took off his helmet; he then grabbed the millennium rod, which was stowed in a side-bag of the chopper.

"You're blocking my way!" Marik stated and took a few steps towards the stranger, who was just smirking at him. "Who are you?"

"I'm an ancient soul and some king of a collector… and you have something I want." The white haired teen explained still smirking at the sandy blonde. "Hand over your millennium rod and I'll let you pass!"

Marik just laughed at him and raised a brow. "That's a good one! How about… no? Why don't we start with your name, when you don't mind?"

"Ha! If you wish… my name is Bakura. And if you don't mind I'll force you to hand over your item!" He declared with an evil grin.

"I'm curious about how you want to do so, dear Bakura." Marik teased him and crossed his muscly arms in front of his chest.

A bright light enlightened from Bakura's chest, revealing his millennium ring. "As you see you're not the only one who's in possession of an ancient item… And now hand it over!" He yelled and narrowed his brown eyes.

Marik chuckled as if Bakura just told a joke. "I don't think so…" he paused and looked at the golden rod in his hands. "But I guess we could make a deal." Marik said and turned his piercing lavender orbs back to Bakura.

"A deal? Do I look like I'd make a deal with you?" Bakura spat and crossed his pale arms.

"I'll give you the millennium rod when you can get me something I want." Marik now wore his emotionless poker-face to confuse the white haired teen in front of hime. "Duel for me and win the cards that I want. If you do so I promise to give my millennium rod to you."

"I guess you're not talented enough when you need someone else to duel for you." Bakura smirked at Marik and let out a small laugh. "But your suggestion sounds easy."

Marik nodded, still wearing his poker-face. "There's one more thing I want you to do for me. I need you to get me closer to Yugi and his friends. It's part of my plan that these fools think I'm a friend for them."

"Pfff…" Bakura muttered. "Well, if that's all you want I guess we have a deal… and I already have an idea how to get closer to little Yugi's friends." He grinned.

/ meanwhile at a local cafe

Tea, Joey and Jesara just grabbed a coffee to go and wandered through the streets of Domino.

"Sounds like you had quite strong opponents today. I have to admit that I'm impressed." Jesara said while sipping her iced chai latte. Joey grinned at her and his ego seemed to explode.

"What about you, Jess?" Tea asked while they were still wandering through the streets of Domino.

"That's a long story, Tea… I'll tell you tomorrow, but it happened too much today and I'm really tired…" Jesara replied with a gentle smile, trying to cover her concernment.

"Oh…okay?" Tea blinked at her. "Jess, is everything alright?"

"Yeah, you acted a bit strange lately…" Joey determined too, looking over to Jesara awaiting her response.

"Uhm, i-it's only…" she paused and fixed her eyes on the pavement. "It's just this super scary thing with those Rare Hunters, mind controlling thing… Yugi dueled this Marik jerk again and I watched it… I have to admit that it really scared the crap out of me… also his egyptian god monster thing…" she explained. 'I wish I could tell you more, but at least I'm not lying…'

"What? This guy is nasty!" Joey yelled and balled his fist and punched the air in front of him. "He dueled this jerk once more? Did he win?"

Jesara nodded at him. "Yes, of course."

"That's my grandson! I'm so proud of him!" Mr Mutou shouted out loud and clapped his hands in excitement.

'But I guess this is far from over…' she thought while Jesara focussed her eyes onto the bottom of her now empty to-go-mug.

"Hey! Isn't this… Bakura!" Tea screamed in horror, making Jesara to look up and see what was going on. Tea was right - it was Bakura! Tea, Joey and Mr. Mutou ran over to him. The white haired teen was in her class, but she didn't know him well enough to call him a friend. There was something about him she couldn't trust. He seemed to be injured, there was a bandage around his arm and he wasn't able to walk on his own. There was another guy who helped him walk.

The other boy had adorable long sandy blonde hair and his skin was perfectly tanned. His muscular arms were elegantly hugged by various golden armlets - WAIT - this was far too familiar. Her Jesara's eyes shot wide open in shock when she realised WHO this boy was. She would remember those lavender irises even in a hundred years.

No. No no no no no no!

"So, you know this guy?" Marik looked up to Tea and Joey, who stood now beside them and helped to sit Bakura down. "I found him in a back alley and tried my best to make sure he's ok."

Jesara stood about 5 meters behind her friends and her eyes were still glued to what was right in front of her. At this moment she wasn't able to think straight. Everything happened in an almost sickening time lapse. And then…

… Marik looked up at her and his lavender orbs locked with shocked amber-olive ones. Jesara wasn't even able to breath, her body froze - unable to move. After almost two years she was staring into his lavender eyes again - and she didn't even miss it for just a single second… until now. It felt like her heart was racing a Formula 1, she was close to a heart attack. Her palms began to sweat and all she could hear was… BUMP… BUMPBUMP… BUMP… Never did she wish for a hole in the ground to just crawl up and die like in this particular moment.

"We need to get him into a hospital. I'll get a taxi and bring Bakura there…" Mr. Mutou interrupted her schock-moment. At this Jesara finally broke eye-contact and stared down at the pavement again, silently hoping for the 'If I don't see you, you might not see me'-principle to work.

"Thank you for helping our friend! We really appreciate it." Tea said softly and giving the sandy blonde stranger a warming smile.

A taxi just stopped by after Mr. Mutou tried to wave for the drivers attention. He helped to get Bakura in and then sat beside him in the back of the cab. "I'll call you later and tell you how he's doing!" Mr. Mutou said before the taxi drove off.

Jesara still didn't move, her bangs hung into her face covering her eyes while she still eyeballed the pavement in shock. She just couldn't believe what was going on. Did she really just ran into him? Was this really happening now?

"No big deal, really. I hope he gets well soon." Marik said in his most charming voice and smiled at Joey and Tea. His faked nice-guy acting made her stomach turn three times at once.

"I'm Joey Wheeler, by the way. And what's your name, buddy?" The blonde asked kindly and stretched out his hand for a shake.

"I'm Namu! Nice to meet you." Marik lied, still wearing the smile of an angel.

"My name is Tea. And thank you once more!" She said kindly and also took Marik's hand for a shake.

Jesara gasped when she suddenly felt a hand grabbing hers as Joey dragged her towards them. "Joey! Stop it!" she yelled when she almost stumbled in front of her number one persona non grata. They came to a stop beside Tea and in front of the charming blonde with the stunning lavender orbs. Jesara cringed when she suddenly felt Joey's hand around her waist, pulling her closer to him.

"And this is our friend Jesara!" Joey grinned towards Marik when Jesara's head turned deep red. With one single, rough move she removed Joey's hand from her waist and put a few inches of distance between them. Then she forced herself to look into those lavender eyes, which were all too familiar to her and all she wished for was to never meet them again. Jesara tried her best to not make this situation more awkward than it already was. 'Just act like you don't know him...'

"H-Hi.." She stuttered, not able to find any other words while she tried to act as natural as possible. Her slight hands trembled beside her hips and every attempt to control it failed bitterly. Nervously she bit her bottom lip and tried to hold back a scream.

"Hi." Marik greeted and held out his hand for Jesara to shake. His warming smile that played so well on his tanned lips gave her goosebumps along with the wish to just bitchslap him right here and now.

She wished she could slap his hand away right now, shouting at him and throw every possible insult at him. But something else within her gave her that warming feel like it was... happiness to see him? Jesara couldn't explain her feelings to herself right now. It was like somebody threw all of them into a mixer and ran it at full-speed. That was an absolute nightmare.

Jesara slowly rose her hand and finally grabbed Marik's for a shake, which was attached to incredible well toned arms and… 'Gosh, Jess! STOP IT!'

"I'm Namu." He said in a warming tone, although his smile now seemed to be forced. His lips wore this almost compelling charming smile, but the expression in his eyes told her something else.

'Namu... are you kidding me!?' She groaned mentally at his ridiculous choice of an undercover-name.

Jesara's cheeks were still blushed when she kept staring into his eyes. He definitely looked more mature and well… as good as usual… just like she had last seen him almost two years ago. Her heart still bumped a hundred miles a minute hitting against her ribcage without mercy.

"Uhm" Marik stuttered and blushed slightly. "May I have my hand back?"

Jesara blinked at him in confusion. She then looked down at their hands, hers was still holding his in a tight grip. "Oh, sure…" she murmured and released his tanned hand and looked down to the ground. 'Keep calm, Jess…'

Tea and Joey blinked at them, why did they act so strange? Joey raised a brow at them and one could read from his face that jealousy burned within him.

The silence was interrupted by Marik's voice, his finger pointed at behind the three friends in front of him. "Hey, look out! Who are those guys!?"

Tea, Joey and Jesara turned around when they saw three men approaching them, all of them dressed in a deep violet cloak. First Joey was detained by the tallest of the Rare Hunters, holding the blonde in a tight grip. And also Tea couldn't manage to escape the cloaked men. One of them held her tight and smashed her phone, which shattered into pieces.

"Hey! How dare you!" She yelled when she struggled to break free, but to no avail. "Don't fucking touch me!"

The third of the Rare Hunters seized Jesara's wrist and turned it around until she gasped in pain, unable to move. She looked over to Marik, who was also held tight by a Rare Hunter, but she knew that he was just acting… THIS all was part of his plan, but how did she and her friends fit into it?

She gave him a wrathy glare, but all she saw was the hint of a smirk on his face when their eyes locked again. Suddenly the sharp taste and odour of chemicals filled Jesara's eyes and nose. The voices of her friends became more and more dull and her vision became blurry within seconds.

The last thing she saw was the blurry silhouette of Marik before she fell into silence and the world around her went black.

AN: :P there you go! How did you like it! Sorry for the cliffhanger, chapter 5 is already in the making and will be online soon. I already have a lot of ideas for the details and how Jesara and Marik will act when they're alone.

Btw, this chapter was a bit inspired by the song "We Don't Have To Dance" by Andy Black. You can youtube it if you want :-) I think it fits well.