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Chapter 4

Marik's Dark Side Emerges

Sapphira's P.O.V.

Two Years Later...

I sighed as I walked down the halls as I heard some noise coming from the main chamber of the Ishtar home. I got worried as I recognized Marik's voice calling for Odion. I immediately knew that something was wrong and ran to the chamber as fast as I could. What I saw when I got there was one of the scariest things that I have ever seen.

Odion was on the ground beaten by Uncle Ishtar. I could see that Uncle was yelling at Marik for something, so I hid in the shadows so that I couldn't be noticed as I listened in on their conversation. What I heard shook my to the core.

Uncle Ishtar said that it was his fault that Odion was like this because of his trip to the surface world. I knew that he had a right to see the light just like everyone else, but he didn't have to torture Odion for just doing what Marik told him to do. That's when I started seeing the change in Marik.

His hair started to spike up more than usual and the symbol on the Millennium Items started to shine on his forehead. He walked over to the Millennium Rod and picked it up. His father told him to put the Rod down, but he didn't listen and used the Rod to throw him into the wall and did the same to Ishizu when she told him to stop. Once he made sure that she couldn't move, he sent Uncle's soul to the Shadow Realm as I watched on in shock and grief at seeing my Uncle's lifeless body.

I immediately knew that this was the evil that Odion and I kept locked deep inside Marik to make sure that he didn't harm anyone. I knew that I had to act fast as I saw him rapidly approaching Marik. I held up my right hand that was in a light purple glove along with my left hand as well so I didn't draw any suspicion from the others. I knew that in order to save Odion from him that I had to act fast. It was now or never!

I took a deep breath before I ran up to him, catching him off guard as I put my right hand on his shoulder. The action caused the carvings on my right hand to light up and he tried to fight off my spell as Ishizu watched on in shock. Pretty soon, Odion woke up and Marik's second personality went back inside of him.

After that I saw the spirit of an Egyptian with a turban on his head with a tan cloak and shoes with golden hoop earings with clear, blue eyes. He mentioned that the Marik needed to go back to the path that he needed to follow before it was too late. Then he disappeared before we could speak to him and Marik snapped out of it and thought that the Pharaoh was the one to do what he did to his father.

A While Later...

Odion and I waited at Ishizu's room while she put Marik to bed so that we could properly explain what happened with Marik such a short while ago. We both knew that we had a lot of explaining to do, but we didn't want Marik to overhear our conversation. The little he knew about this, then the better off he would be. Or at least that's our hope.

It wasn't too much later that Ishizu came into the room and motioned for us to explain what happened to Marik. After we explained she nodded sadly in understanding. That's when we turned serious.

"Ishizu," I began. "Please don't tell Marik about this. I fear that if he knows about what's truly inside of him that he'll become worse then he already is. I know that he'll try to try to influence him towards gaining the Pharaoh's power. Even so, we believe that the less he knows about this then the safer he will be. If it backfires on us, then Odion will tell him the truth. Until then, I would like to keep it as secret as possible to make sure that he won't be affected by it as much as he would if he knew about it."

Ishizu nodded in understanding. She promised to keep it a secret and I thanked her before I walked out of the Ishtar home. I know that it will be a tough road for Marik in the future. However, I can only hope for the best that everything will eventually turn out alright for him. I won't act like anything has changed and I will hide my sadness the best that I can until he knows the truth.

It's better this way for him. This time I will protect him from the truth so that he won't have to worry about his future.

Unlike me, who wonders if I will ever be able to find a friend who will understand me like my family does. Who will be able to break through the walls that I've built around myself in order to prevent myself from getting hurt by others that have tormented me all my life.

To show that not everyone is like the tormenters I have grown up with all my life. That everyone is unique in their own way and that no one should judge them for that.

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