AN: This chapter comes sooner than I thought. But when you're in the flow you need to use it, right? First of all I want to apologise for skipping a big part of the first duel. I promise to go into detail in Jesara's duel. But why write something that you all now from the Anime?
Chapter 8 was very kitschy, this is "almost" kitschy and "almost" not. :P Be prepared for a lot of drama in chapter 9.
Make sure to review this chapter! Happy reading!
Chapter IX
One Step Forward - Two Steps Back
"Please, Marik. Stop this insanity…" Jesara pleaded and shot him a soliciting glance. If Ishizu was right about the future and her power to make him give up on his plan this maybe was the right time to try. "It's all I want. Why don't we tell the Pharaoh about his secrets on your back and help him to fulfil his destiny? And as soon as we did so we can live wherever we want to, start over new, live the life in freedom you always wanted to live. It could be so easy. You don't need the Pharaoh's power to be happy."
Marik's expression turned dark again; a soft growl left his throat. Things were about to get better between him and his ex, why did she have to ruin this moment now?
"That's out of question, Jesara. He killed my father. He's the reason why we had to spend our lives underground like rats. I've come so far and I'm just an inch away from claiming his power! Won't you like to live the life of a queen instead of a normal girl? I want him to pay for everything that he's done to our family. Revenge is so close." Marik's serious tone was back and the gentle expression on his face has vanished.
She sighed. Did she really think that it would be that easy? He could be extremely stubborn, he always has been. "They are my friends, Marik… I can't let you harm them. And I don't want to live like a queen, I'm okay with being normal." This situation was awful; to be caught right in the middle.
"Friends…" Marik chuckled sarcastically and drew closer to her again. "May I ask you on whose side you're playing?" He ran his fingers gently through her hair and wrapped a few of her hair strands around them. His soul had so many different shades; Marik could be so charming and caring, but his mood was able to change to coldness within seconds.
"I'm afraid that I don't have an answer for your question… You put the worlds fate at stake. If you don't stop your plans I can't hinder you to fight against the Pharaoh, but I won't support you in any way. They will find out sooner or later about our bond and our past; so they will hate me anyways. I don't want to make it worse than it already is; don't get me wrong. I don't want to harm them by helping you." Her amber-olive eyes locked with his lavender ones. If there only was something she could do or say to make him stop his plans… It would have been helpful from Ishizu to provide her with some kind of manual to change his mind.
Marik let out a growl; this actually wasn't what he wanted to hear from her. His hand drifted from her hair down her neck and to her shoulders. He hasn't touched her for so long. Even if she denied to help him with his plans it felt so good to feel her slightly tanned, flawless skin underneath his fingers again.
„I'm glad that you still have those earrings I gave to you for our anniversary." He said in a gentle tone - completely out of context. She raised a brow and looked at him in puzzlement. His fingers touched her golden earring that had she shape of an egyptian ankh. A warm shiver shot through her body when his fingertips nudged her neck slightly what made her cheeks blush within a second. Touching this particular spot drove her bananas - in a special way. Jesara inhaled deeply before saying anything in return.
"Mhm." She mumbled. 'What are you doing to my head & heart, Marik…'
He had the ability to turn her head upside down within seconds since they knew each other.
"Besides being the symbol of life…" Marik continued. "…the ankh stays for the unification of man and woman. So I thought it would be a perfect gift for you."
Jesara swallowed hard. She remembered the day he gave them to her. It was the last anniversary together before she left him and her home to come to Domino.
For a minute they stood in silence again, but then Jesara decided to come back to their current topic. "Don't change the topic. Why is Odion acting as you?" She asked the sandy blonde teen that stood just inches away from her; close enough for her to feel the warmth of his body and breath on hers. Marik took a step back at her question and let out a sigh.
"Yugi and his foolish friends think that my name is Namu, I want them to trust me. I'll reveal my true identity when the time's right. I'm some kind of a trojan horse to be exactly. Why do you ask?" Marik explained and rested his hands on her waist. Once more his touch made her shiver.
"Don't talk about my friends like that when I'm present, Marik. You know my standpoint. Call me Switzerland." She said in a sharp tone and took a step back. Although she gave in to him again and was closer to forgive him than she ever thought she would be, Jesara wanted to make herself clear once more.
Marik smirked and chuckled at her statement. "Alright, Switzerland."
Jesara rolled her eyes at him, but before she could say anything in return three loud knocks interrupted their conversation. "Jess! The first pairing for the first duel will be chosen in five minutes!" It was Joey who came to inform her. Her face turned pale when she heard his happy voice. When she opens the door Joey will catch "Namu" and her literally in the act, he'll freak out and she had no good explanation for it at hand. Jesara grabbed her leather jacket and put on her duel disk that she had placed on the table before.
"Won't you like to open the door?" Marik smirked at her with crossed arms in front of his chest. He knew that Joey would get mad to find him in her room. For Marik it was the perfect chance for a payback. "Or should I?"
"Shut up. That's not funny. Don't dare you to drop a single word about what happened in here, did I make myself clear?" Jesara hissed and glared at him. She went over to the door, but before her hands reached the button to open it she felt Marik's breath on her ears and neck again. It gave her goosebumps.
"Got you, Switzerland. There's one last thing I want to do before you open that door, ok?" He whispered into her ear while his chest touched her back. But there was something else that touched her back; something hard and sharp; something cold. 'Is that…. No. The Rod…' Jesara's body froze in shock.
"You said that you'd never use the rod on me…" she whispered without looking at him, but staring at the closed door in front of her. His nose gently touched her ear and she could feel the smirk on his face.
"I won't harm you, trust me. This is just for some more… let me call it privacy for us." Marik chuckled into her ear and a golden light brightened the room for just a few seconds. Nothing happened - at least she thought so.
"What the…?" She gasped and looked into his lavender gaze beside her in curiosity. There was nothing different - she still felt the same like nothing happened.
"You'll see soon enough, my dear Jesara." Marik pressed a soft kiss onto her temple and whispered into her ear again. "I love you."
Her heart skipped a beat. A sigh left Jesara's throat when his confession met her ears. His words touched her heart, they were like a poem to her ear & heart, although her brain screamed at her to run.
"I-I…" she stuttered. "Okay…" From all words existing on this planet she chose this one. 'Okay?' But it was the only word she was able to say. Her brain and heart had diverse opinions about their reunion.
Knock Knock "Jess? Are you there? Come on now! We'll be late!" Joey was getting impatient out there. The more time she needed to open the door the more suspicious it will be. Marik took a step back to leave Jesara's personal bubble. Jesara cleared her throat and pressed the button to let the door slide open.
"Hi Jes- Ahm… Hi… Namu?" Joey gasped and stared at them in puzzlement. "W-what are you two…?" Jesara could tell from his face that he wasn't prepared to find Namu - or Marik to be exactly - in her room and he wasn't happy about that incidence.
"Hi Joey." Marik put on his smile again and greeted the blonde teen in a warm tone. "Jess was so kind to give me some duelling tips, you know. She knows some really good strategies, it will be hard to beat her."
Joey blinked at them while his head turned into the color of a tomato. He was jealous - without a doubt. Hopefully he didn't find it suspicious. Jesara forced a smile on her slightly tanned face to gloss over the whole situation. "Yes. Namu is a good duelist, but there's still some room for improvement." She said and smirked at Marik who raised a brow.
"Ohhhhhkay…" Joey cleared his throat. "Let's go. They're choosing the duelists for round 1." He muttered and forced his typical Wheeler-grin. There was something about Namu that he couldn't trust. When they met him yesterday Jesara acted unlikely around him. The way they stared at each other… For him this whole thing looked fishy.
All duelists came together at the great hall and waited for the beginning of the lottery. Jesara made sure to keep distance to Marik, she didn't want to gain more attention than they already had - thanks to Joey.
"Yugi, let me tell you what…" The blonde whispered towards his little friend. Yugi blinked at him and waited for what Joey had to say. "When I came over to Jesara's room I found Namu with her… They acted strange around each other from the very beginning. There's something strange about that. I don't trust that guy."
"You're just jealous." Yugi glanced over to Jesara who stood a few steps away from them. His eyes wandered over to the sandy blonde Namu who positioned himself on the other side of the hall. "But I'm not sure if we can trust him too."
"Alright! Dear Battle City finalists! We're now choosing the first pairing for the semi-finals. Before that I want to remind you of your number for the tournament! Duelist with the Nr 1: Seto Kaiba, Nr 2: Yugi Mutou, Nr 3: Jesara Jendayi, Nr 4: Joey Wheeler, Nr 5: Ryou Bakura, Nr 6: Namu, Nr 7: Marik Ishtar and … and… ahhm…" Roland announced in his professional manner, but when it came to the name of the eighth duelist he started to stutter - like he had no idea.
Jesara raised a brow and eyed him in confusion. Why the hell didn't he know the name of duelist Nr 8? Who was he or she? She glanced over to Marik and shot him a questioning glare.
"I know what you think, but this time I have nothing to do with that."
She cringed when she heard Marik's voice in her head like he was right in her mind. What - The - Fuck? She stared at him, she heard his voice but his lips didn't move. Where did this come from?
"I told you that you'll see soon enough. I connected us via mind link - thanks to the millennium rod. Now we can talk without catching attention from the others." Marik stared back at her and shot her a smugly smirk.
"You're kidding me! Go out of my mind, Marik!" Jesara glared daggers at him.
"You'll get used to it, believe me. By the way… talking via mind link can be very… stimulating." Marik chuckled in her head. It made her crazy that he found his way into her mind. Stimulating? What did he intend with that? Dirty talk her to death? 'Oh Ra…'
"Ok, let's start with the lottery! Attention please!" Roland spoke up. He still wore his sunglasses, although it was already about 8 oder 9 pm. He stood in front of a huge, royal blue curtain - it definitely hid something behind it. "Raise the curtain, please!" - And so it did.
The curtain revealed a huge lottery machine that looked like a Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. 8 balls filled its stomach. Kaiba definitely loved fancy stuff that looked like his signature monster.
"We're now drawing the first two duelists." Roland exclaimed and activated the lottery machine. The balls were flying around wildly. Jesara grew more and more anxious; once again she prayed that it won't be her and Marik.
The first ball dropped into the mouth of the middle head of the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Jesara's heart skipped a beat when Roland grabbed it out of the machine to announce the first chosen duelist.
"The first duelist for round 1 is… Ryou Bakura!" Roland declared and held up the ball with the number 5 on it for everyone to see. Bakura blinked in surprise and everyone stared at him in excitement.
"What? Me? I'm the first? Oh my…." Bakura wondered and rubbed the back of his head.
Then the machine came to life again and the balls flew around in it once more. Everyone in the room hold their breath, tension filled the great hall and the teens stared at the machine in excitement. Who will be Bakura's opponent?
"And the second duelist is…" Roland spoke paused to make the announcement more thrilling. "Yugi Mutou!"
"Yeah! Yugi! You're first!" Joey cheered and high-fived his little friend, who was still blinking at Roland, not getting a grip of the situation being next. Jesara made a few steps closer to Yugi, giving him a congratulating glance and smile.
"Congratulations, Yugi. I can't wait to see you duel. Good luck." She said softly and hugged him.
'Don't tell me that I have to watch you as my enemy's cheerleader, my dear Jesara.' Marik spoke in her mind again. His voice was stern. Jesara looked at him over Yugi's shoulder with a raised brow. They were talking via mind link for just 5 minutes and he already annoyed her like hell.
'One word: Switzerland. He's my friend. I won't be your partner in crime, remember?' Jesara thought cooly and looked away from him. They shouldn't eyeball each other the whole time; Joey was jealous enough and already a bit suspicious about her and Namu.
'Not yet.' Marik's chuckling voice echoed in her head again. How could someone be so annoying and so… gentle at the same time. She felt like she was the one who was pulling the trojan horse inside the walls. Come what may, but she won't even lift a finger to help him with his plans. Changing his mind won't be easy.
/ on the stratos deck
Bakura and Yugi stood face to face on a huge duelling platform that lifted a bit after Roland announced the official beginning of the first round. Something has changed about Bakura; his behaviour and even his voice changed into something dark - something evil. Jesara and the gang gazed at the white haired teen with their mouths agape - it was the ghost of the millennium ring. Somehow the ancient item made its way back to him. Tristan had thrown it into the endless forests of Pegasus' island during Duelists Kingdom - they were sure that they finally got rid of it.
"How did he get it back? Tristan, I thought you threw it away? I'm certain that he's up to no good." Jesara worried and glanced over to her brunette friend Tristan. But he was just as puzzled as her about the return of the ghost.
But also Yugi has changed. He appeared taller than usual, his eyes narrowed a bit and his voice sounded more mature. His whole behaviour was bursting with self-confidence. It was obvious; the Pharaoh took over the duel.
"Yugi! Take care, please! You know what he's capable of!" Tea shouted towards Yugi. He nodded at her before his gaze wandered over to the white haired teen again. Bakura always was a kind and polite guy, but now his face was plastered with the grin of a demon.
The duel started and Bakura started over with the first turn. He just summoned a quite weak monster, which was easy for Yugi to send to the graveyard. The following turns went quite the same; everybody was wondering if there was some kind of strategy behind. Jesara stared at the white haired teen in confusion; his gaze wandered over to Marik every once in a while like they were… Jesara gasped and looked over her shoulder to her ex in disguise who stood a few steps behind her. Were they also talking via mind link? Her eyes narrowed dangerously at him, but she tried her best to avoid to catch the attention of her friends by doing so.
'I wondered about how long it will take you to figure it out that he's working for me.' Marik said in her mind while his lavender eyes locked with hers. His typical smirk crossed his lips.
'What is this all about, Marik?' Jesara growled back.
'Your friend Bakura - or to be exactly the entity that lives inside of him - duels for me. He will win Slifer the Sky Dragon for me. I promised him the millennium rod in return when he successfully won all the god cards for me.' Marik explained and his violet eyes stared straight into her soul again. It was so strange for Jesara to hear him talk without his lips moving.
'Do you really suck that much at duel monsters that you need him to duel for you? Stop using my friends, Marik!" She spat and looked back to Yugi and Bakura on the duelling platform.
'I always have a plan B to make sure to achieve my goals, dear Jesara.' His words spoke in her mind again. 'By the way… I like that new hair colour of yours."
She blushed at his compliment that crossed her mind and thanked god that her back was turned towards him, so he couldn't see her reddened face. 'Don't change the topic!'
All she heard was his chuckling in her head. Jesara sighed and recalled the past few days in her mind. Within only 48 hours Marik forced his way back into her life without almost no effort and again he started to dominate her. He messed up her new life completely, put her beloved friends in danger and used one of them for his advantages. And still a vibe of warmth and affection embraced her heart when she looked at him. ‚This must be how masochism feels like. Fifty shades of grey is a cheap novelette compared to this fucked-up situation.' Jesara thought to herself while her fingers played with the ring underneath her tanktop that hung on her necklace. She wasn't sure if Marik was able to hear all her thoughts but prayed for the opposite.
‚You're comparing our relationship to Fifty Shades of Grey?' His voice snickered in her head again. Jesara's face blushed even more at the fact that he WAS able hear everything. She balled her fists; could someone just give her a parachute so she could jump off the blimp? All she wanted now was to curl up and die.
‚Point A: We don't have some kind of a relationship, okay? Call it… complicated. Point B: I'd like to punch you so hard for using one of my friends for your sick plans again. And C: Would you be so kind to leave my mind right now?' Jesara thought; she felt how his eyes stared at her from behind and it gave her shivers.
‚A: Your body language tells me something else. B: The ghost of the ring isn't your friend, my dear Jesara. But I'd love to see you try. I'm sure we'll end up like we did half a hour ago anyway. C: Mhh… No, I think I'll stay for a bit lomger.' Marik bantered in her mind.
‚However…' Jesara spat back, all she wanted was to end this annoying conversation with him. She knew he was smirking at her now.
Suddenly a huge dark cloud started to cover the duelling platform and the blimp completely, thousands of terrifying eyes appeared in the fog above and stared down to them. While Jesara was busy arguing with Marik she must've lost the thread of what was going on on the platform. Bakura just played the spell card Dark Sanctuary, but she had no idea what it was actually doing. Jesara never heard of that card before; all she knew was that Bakura loved zombie and ghost monsters.
Tea, Joey, Tristan, Duke and the others beside her started to shiver when the eyes glared down to them. „Oh my god! What's that!?" Tea exclaimed. Bakura chuckled evilly at his opponent who cautiously looked around to get a grip of the new situation he found himself in.
„Because you destroyed and sent my Dark Necrofear to the graveyard I've been able to summon the Dark Sanctuary. Prepare to loose, Yugi!" Bakura laughed at him with his eyes dangerously narrowed. An evil smirk was plastered to his pale face.
„Tell me what this card does, Bakura!" Yugi prompted. By now Yugi still had all of his 4000 life points left and controlled his Gamma The Magnet Warrior and his Dark Magician Girl. Bakura's lifepoints were close to 0, he just had 150 LP left and no monsters on the field. Something bad was about to happen if he was so sure to win this duel.
„I don't have any monsters left to protect me, so why don't you attack me and find out yourself, little Yugi?" Bakura crossed his arms in front of his chest and shot him a confident glare.
Yugi ordered his Gamma The Magnet Warrior to attack Bakura directly, but his monster suddenly stopped and Yugi's lifepoints dropped to 3250. „What the… Bakura! Tell me why my attack was negated! Now!" He was furious and growled at the white haired teen across the field.
„Hahahaha. When Dark Sanctuary is active the Ghost of Dark Sanctuary lingers in its shadows, which choses one of your monsters and possesses it. When you attack me with a possessed monster the attack will be negated and you loose the equal llifepoints to the half of your monsters attack points. Got it? Hahahaha" Bakura laughed when his life points rose to 900. „And by the way. I don't want to waste your precious life points, so mine will rise whenever you take damage!"
„Oh my… that does look bad." Jesara sighed. Again she felt how Marik's eyes pierced into her back, but she decided to ignore it as good as possible. She'd waste her energy on pleading him to stop staring at her.
The duel went on and Bakura regained control over the duel when he played his spell card Destiny Board. With every turn another Spirit Message was activated from his hand or deck. When Yugi wasn't able to beat him within 5 turns from now the board will finish the word FINAL, one letter each turn, he'll loose it.
/ 10 minutes & a few turns kater
Bakura's Destiny Board already spelled the letters F, I and N, so Yugi just had 2 turns to go. Water was up to his neck now, he had to turn the tables - NOW. He drew a card; his eyes widened when he looked at it. It was his god card, Slifer The Sky Dragon. By now he controlled three monsters on his side; Gamma The Magnet Warrior, The Dark Magician Girl and Big Shield Gardna. Yugi still stared at the card he had just drawn.
„Come on, Yugi! You can beat him!" Tea shouted from besides the platform and so did Joey and Tristan. „You can do it. man!"
„I didn't want to use this powerful card… but I guess you leave me no choice, Bakura! The worlds fate is at stake and I can't allow you to cross my destiny's plans!" Yugi declared and shot the white haired teen an angry glare. „I sacrifice my three monsters to summon the almighty Slifer The Sky Dragon!"
Yugi's monsters faded in a bright light; thunderbolts appeared in the sky and the clouds of Bakura's Dark Sanctuary vanished from the field. An enormous crimson colored creature formed in the sky above them. Jesara had seen this monster before and gasped at its glory.
Bakura's eyes widened in shock when the great god monster roared at him; ready to attack and wipe out the rest of his life points. He had nothing on his side of the field to protect him. The duel was almost over, there was no chance to turn the tables once more.
Jesara glanced over her shoulder to check out on Marik's reaction. His lavender eyes were grievously narrowed; things were not going exactly to plan. She was sure that he was insulting Bakura through their mind link right now. No one should better disappoint Marik, he freaked out far too easily - she knew best of all.
‚I guess this isn't the outcome you expected, huh?' Jesara vexed him, giving him a slight smirk over her shoulder.
‚Not exactly…' He growled what made Jesara's smirk only grow a little bit wider. Marik just fell flat on his face.
„Slifer! Attack him directly and destroy the rest of his life points!" Yugi commanded his dragon. A huge energy ball formed in its mouth; a loud roar filled the atmosphere. When the dragon shot his attack towards Bakura the light was too bright to see anything but white. When the light weakened the god dragon was gone and left the duelling field completely empty. Bakura laid on the groud, unconscious.
„Bakura!" Tea shouted out loud. She, Joey and Tristan climbed onto the platform to help their white haired friend. „He's hurt! We need to get him to a hospital!"
Jesara climbed onto it too and checked out if Bakura was breathing. „He's breathing, thank god." she said in relief. „Kaiba! He needs medical care! We need to land and bring him to a hospital!"
„There's no way that I'll interrupt this torunament, Miss Jendayi. I have a doctor on board who will take care of him. Mokuba, please call him." Kaiba said in his typical arrogant manner. Mokuba dialed a number on his blackberry and called for the medical support team. They soon arrived on the stratos deck and laid Bakura onto a gurney to transport him to the medical room of Kaiba Craft 3.
Yugi, Joey, Tea, Tristan and Jesara followed them into the elevator, before the doors closed completely Jesara shot Marik a pissed off glare. ‚That's your fault, Marik. You wreck whatever crosses your way.' she spat in her thought and with a ding the doors closed in front of her.
Since Bakura was knocked out because of the attack from Slifer The Sky Dragon Kaiba allowed a 1 hour break before the next duelists for round two were chosen. The gang joined together at the medical room to watch after Bakura, who was still unconscious. Kaiba's doctor told them that he will be fine, but he needs to run some tests to be one hundred percent sure.
"Thank you, doc." Joey sighed and looked at the white haired teen on the hospital bed.
"I hope he gets better soon… Yugi took this fancy ring away from him. The entity that lives in it means nothing but harm to him…" Tea said with a worried voice. Jesara looked over to her friend and then back to poor Bakura. Marik didn't even care about the health of his partner in crime. For him Bakura was just another slave… another nobody… another footnote in his plans. He didn't care if Bakura lived or died.
Anger built up within her body… and so did the guilt. Would Bakura be okay if she told Yugi about who Namu really was? Maybe. Would he be safe and sound if she hasn't been so weak to let Marik wrap her around his little finger again? Maybe.
She felt awful. She felt like a candle in he wind. Was she responsible for what happened to Bakura too? Maybe.
Jesara's brain screamed for her to do something about it, blow his cover, warn their friends, hate him - hate him so so much. Her heart instead wanted to forgive him and bumped a hundred miles a minute when he was present. It was like a drug for her. But in this particular moment her brain screamed louder than her heart. She was furious.
'Marik, we need to talk.' She thought and wondered if he could still hear her.
'Go on.' His voice said in her mind short and crisp.
'Not in via your crappy mind link.' She hissed back.
'Then come to room Nr 6.' Marik invited and said nothing else.
Without saying anything to her friends to excuse her leaving she turned on heel, left the medical room and headed to Marik's room. Instead of knocking she hit the door three times it a row so hard that it hurt. The door slid open and revealed a pair of piercing lavender eyes staring at her. Jesara bolted in and waited until the door closed again before she started to bawl.
"YOU are a reckless jerk, Marik! Do you even care about somebody else than yourself!? Bakura got hurt because of you and you're not even batting an eye!" She roared out loud in fury and did the one thing she warned him about earlier. She bitchslapped him.
"I bet that I'm just another footnote in your sick plan! And I've been too dumb to see it! I can't believe that I was actually starting to-" Jesara was raging; she never was out of her mind like in this moment. But Marik silenced her when his palm met her mouth. He shoved her backwards with all his strength until she slumped onto his bed and Marik pinned her down. His hand still covered her mouth; her widened eyes stared into his when she squirmed under his grip.
"Calm down, Jesara." Marik hissed and pushed her down into his mattress a bit harder. "This duel ended up quite unlucky, but it's not my fault that your friend Bakura wasn't able to keep his side of the bargain."
Jesara tried to say something, but his hand still kept her mouth shut. She glared at the sandy blonde with the lavender eyes that kneeled above her.
"AND…" Marik paused a second before he continued. "You've never been a part of my plan." He slowly removed his hand from her mouth and stared into her still angry amber-olive eyes underneath him.
"How can I be sure that you're telling the truth this time while you're telling lies to everybody else?" Jesara spat and relaxed her body a bit. Resistance was futile.
"Because I said so." Marik answered in a stern, but still honest tone.
"Very trustworthy, Marik." She laughed out sarcastically. "Let go of me now."
"It's the truth. Seeing you again was a lucky coincidence, but never a calculated part of my plan." He explained himself and loosened the grip on her.
Jesara propped herself up underneath him, bringing her face closer to his. If looks could kill he'd drop dead right here and now. "Lucky coincidence?"
He nodded at her; their noses were almost touching while their eyes were locked intensely.
"You know what?" Jesara whispered. "I don't know who you are. You're not the Marik I fell in love with." With that she shoved him away from her and stood up from the bed, leaving him with his mouth agape.
Before Jesara activated the button to open his rooms door she glanced back at him over her shoulder. "And break the mind link. I don't want you in my mind." She said cooly and with that she left the room.
Jesara crossed the floor and opened the door to her own room. When the door slid shut behind her she let out a heavy sigh and leant her back against it. Tears gathered in her amber-olive eyes. They were exactly where they started again. One step forward, two steps back. He wasn't the only one she didn't know anymore. She didn't know her herself right now.
She sobbed heavily and slid with her back down the door. Where was Ishizu when she needed her the most?
"Dear duelists!" Rolands voice from the intercom system startled her. "Please proceed to the great hall. The duelists for round 2 will be chosen in 5 minutes!"
AN: Ha! Turned the tables again. Sorry for that :-)
If you didn't get the Switzerland-joke: You know that I'm living in Europe, Austria to be exactly. I guess you know about the EU :P Switzerland is the tiny state in the middle that never joined it. They're neutral and are happy that they don't have to deal with all the crap the EU does. If you're caught in the middle it's a common phrase to say "I'm Switzerland' here.
I hope you liked the chapter and all the drama. Chapter 10 will be up soon. I didn't expect that writing a FF would be so much fun :-)
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