Marik woke up the next morning, greeted by the rising of the sun, he didn't usually wake up this early so he decided to check his alarm to see what time it was, he found out that it was only 5:00, he continued to stare at his clock in disbelief, although if he kept staring at it any longer then it might just blow up, he shook his head and got out of bed, he then went to his wardrobe and pulled out a black shirt, some jeans and a denim jacket, he went over to his bed and placed them there then headed towards his bathroom that was connected to his room. When he entered he found out that it was slightly cold and didn't understand why, though as he did a quick scan of the bathroom he found out that his bathroom window was open, though he didn't know how that was even possible considering he never opens his window, he looked around in case there was anyone in his bathroom and decided he was just being paranoid, he walk up to the window closed it then bolted it shut, he went over to the shower and turned it on while he got out of his clothes then hopped into the shower. When he finished he walked out of the bathroom and went over to his bed and put his clothes on, though as he put his shirt on he realised that it showed quite a bit of his stomach and none of his shirts do that so he assumed that it must have shrunk a bit in the wash. When he finished getting ready he realised it was almost 6:00 he knew the others wouldn't be up yet so he decided to take a walk for a little while, he grabbed one of his bags and went downstairs, into the living room and over to the computer desk, he opened one of the draws and found a piece of paper and a pen then he wrote down where he was going and walked over to the door, he put his boots on, picked up his set of keys and unlocked his front door then walked out.
He decided to walk round the back of the house and into the woods; he usually likes coming out here because it helps him think, he walks over to the pond were he saw the other him as he likes to call it, then settles down on the grass and puts his bag next to him and just stares into the water. A few moments pass and he decides to open his bag and get his sketch book out along with a pencil, one thing people didn't know about him was that he loved to draw; the only ones who knew about this were his friends. The things he loves to draw the most would have to be the woods because there are so many different things to draw, so he opens up his book to a clear page and begins to draw the pond along with some of the trees and flowers that surround it. Time seem to pass quickly for him because he realised that he was half way done, he does a quick glance at the pond then jumps back in shock, he looks closely into the water and sees the other him, though this time he stays and doesn't disappear, Marik blinks a few times and closely examines him though there isn't any reason to examine because he just looks like him only with softer features and only his head shows in the water nothing else, as soon as Marik decides that this person won't disappear he tries to talk to him.
"Erm who are you exactly" Marik askes
"Just someone who you won't see again anytime soon" The mystery person says, though Marik is surprised because this person has such a sweet voice, almost angel like.
"Wow that's just freaky, do you have a name or something and why are you here" He askes
"My name is not important, and as for why I am here I came to see you" He replied with a slight giggle in his voice. Marik just stares back in shock 'this kid wants to see me, why would he I'm don't know anything about him' as Marik thinks this he doesn't notice his look alike studying him closely.
"Why did you want to see me" Marik asks curiously
"Because I think you're fascinating" As his look alike says that Marik can't suppress the blush that comes over his face.
"Why would you think that, nobody finds me fascinating not even my friends" He mumbles
"Your whole personality fascinates me because you're independent, you care about your friends, you always help them out and you're not afraid of telling or showing people what you feel"
Marik looks at him again and wonders if this is just some huge trick being played on him.
"Do you really mean that or is this some big joke being played on me"
"NO MARIK OF COURSE NOT, I would never do that to you" He shouted at him, then quieted down.
"Wait how do you know my name I never told you that" Marik askes in shock, though he notices his look a like's eyes widen in shock before disappearing.
"WAIT COME BACK" He shouted, before realising it was too late so he flopped backwards against the grass, closes his eyes and groans slightly.
"RRRrrrrr dam it"
As he lies there he doesn't notice that someone was watching him from behind one of the trees. When he sits up he decides to continue with the drawing, he does a quick look over the drawing and decides to add the mysterious person in. Over half an hour passed and Marik was nearly done, that was until he heard someone coming from behind him, he quickly glances behind him and sees the person who he desperately wanted to avoid, it was...
"Anzu, what are you doing here" He asked politely, even though he hates her and Vivian, he found Anzu more sane. After school yesterday he noticed that she had a pitted look on her face just before she ran after Vivian, he was still thinking about it and wondered if it was just his imagination.
"I just wanted to see if you were all right because I've noticed you've been sitting here for the past three hours, so like I said I decided to come and see if you were all right" She asked in a polite tone which was creepy because whenever he was with his friends she always sounded flirty but now she was completely different and it scared him.
"Seriously Anzu what do you want, I'm not in the mood for this" He said warily
She sighed then her mood changed very quickly.
"Look I'm here to warn you something strange is going on with Vivian, I don't know what but it's very creepy and I'm giving you the heads up to just avoid her or keep an eye out for her because I think she's up to something" She had a very panicky and serious tone in her voice, that confused the hell out of him.
"Ok then I'll try and keep an eye out for her, but what makes you say that, there's always something up with her" He asks now curious about this, he's not saying he believes her but he's interested in what she has to say.
"Because last night I was having a sleep over at her house and she found something interesting on the internet, something to do with the new restaurant"
"What about the new restaurant" Ok now he's interested in this. Anzu decided to sit down next to him because she could hear the interest in his voice.
"I'm not sure exactly, all I know is that she saw a list of names of the people who are going to work there, she had this murderous look in her eye when she saw this particular pair and it scared the hell out of me" She took a deep breath after she finished her story. Marik even noticed her voice shaking, as if she wasn't allowed to talk about it or that she's hiding something.
"Ok thanks for telling me this and I'll make sure to keep an eye out for her ok" He said reassuringly
"Thank you I wouldn't ask you if this was necessary, but please try and keep an eye out for her, this is really important"
"Don't worry I'll take care of it"
"Thank you"
"Is anything else the matter because yesterday at the end of school I could tell something was up, with that look on your face you looked as though you were scared to follow her?" He asked in concern.
"It's nothing, don't worry about it" The nervousness was still in her voice but he decided to let drop.
They sat in awkward silence for a while until Marik stood up, brushed the grass of his jeans and picked up his sketch book, pencil and bag, he put his stuff away and said bye to Anzu, he hurried of home to tell his friends what he heard and to see there point on the subject. As soon as Marik was out of ear shot Anzu bent over the water and spoke.
"Jag hoppas du vet vad du gör Malik" She whispered (1)
When he got home he saw Yami in the kitchen making breakfast and Bakura sitting in the living room watching TV, they both here the door close and noticed it was Marik.
"Hey Marik where were you" Yami askes
"I was out in the forest near that little pond because it helps me think" He shrugged his answer and set his bag on the kitchen table.
"What were you doing there, and don't say thinking because we know that already, we mean what you did there?" Yami questions while waving a spatula around
"I was just doing some sketches that's all and then something really weird happened after I had finished"
"Why what happened?" Bakura askes from the living room while sipping his drink
"Er" Marik didn't know what to say he, doesn't want them to know about the conversation with his other half, but he was wary about telling them of the warning Anzu sent.
"Come on spit it out Marik, unless you were doing something bad then I don't want to know" Yami sighed
"OK FINE, I met Anzu in the woods" Marik yelled as he hit his head in the table, Bakura spat his drink all over the floor and Yami nearly dropped the pan.
"What the bloody hell do you mean you met Anzu in the woods?" Bakura asked as he cleaned up the floor.
"She came over to me and gave me a warning about Vivian" Marik sighed as he lifted his head of the table.
"What was the warning about?" Yami asked as he set breakfast on the plates
"I'm not sure really but it was something about Vivian"
"Well there's no need to warn us about her because we all know we need to keep away from her" Bakura replied as he came into the kitchen and sat down at the table.
"Well like I said before I'm not sure, all she said was to be careful around her because she saw the list of the employee's that were going to the opening and who they were going with, she also said that she might be plotting something for two of these employees" Marik sighed then began eating his breakfast, although he wasn't really hungry he tried to eat something.
"Well I'll ask Kaiba later because he was going to show me the restaurant later and tell me what to do and how to run it" Yami replied
The rest of the breakfast was done in silence, after Marik finished he decided to take his bag up to his room and see if he can finish the drawing he started.
"I'll be upstairs if you need me" Marik said quietly
When Marik got to his room he flopped down onto the bed and stared up at the selling. He didn't know how long he stared at it, but he finally snapped out of his daze when he heard a soft knock at the door. When the door opened he saw Bakura through the corner of his eye, peek his head round door and looked over to him.
"You ok" Bakura asked quietly
"Yea never better" Marik replied just as quietly
"Do you want to go out some were"
Marik shot his head in Bakura's direction hoping he said what he thought he said.
"I mean just somewhere where you can take your mind of things, you know just walking around town and such" He said nervously
"Oh um yea sure ok" Marik was feeling even more depressed now
"Ok then I'll meet you down stairs" Bakura suddenly frowned at his friend's behaviour
"Yea, fine"
When Bakura finally left, Marik released a breath he didn't know he was holding. He got off his bed and left the room and saw Bakura sitting in the living room talking to Yami. He decided to make himself known and cleared his throat, they quickly looked over his way and Bakura jumped off the couch and made his way over to Marik.
"Ok we'll be out for a while call if you need anything" Bakura said to Yami
"Don't worry I'll be fine, just enjoy yourselves, besides I'll be leaving soon to go see Seto so I'll be alright with him" Yami explained
"Ok see you in a bit" With that said they both left the house
Yami looked over to the door and stared at it for a while and then he decided that he should leave and go to visit Kaiba. After he went through the front door he decided to take the car since it would be easier. When he got to the restaurant he couldn't help but stare, it was the biggest restaurant he had ever seen and that's saying something, so after staring at it for a few more minutes he went inside and searched for Kaiba. It took him ten minutes to find him but Kaiba spotted him first so he dragged him up to the manages office and started talking to him on how to run the business.
It was dinner time by the time Yami and Kaiba finished, even though Yami was kinda bored he did manage to learn everything he was supposed to, when he walked out of the restaurant he went over to the car and got in, he drove all the way back to his house and on the way he saw Marik and Bakura talking on a bench next to the park, he knew they wouldn't see him but when he looked closer at Marik's face he could tell that something was wrong but he didn't interfere he just made his way home. When he got home he decided to go out back into the woods, when he got there he decided to sit next to the pond because it is really relaxing, he sits there for quite some time and starts thinking about what he should do after graduation. A while later he finds it's starting to get cold but it doesn't bother him he just stands up and walks over to one of the trees that are blossoming and picks one of the flowers off it but jumps back in shock as something pops out of the tree and it turns out it is (yet again) another face that looks a lot like him so now Yami knows the others weren't lying considering he has now seen it for his own eyes. So now Yami tries to see if he can talk to him.
"Who are you" Yami askes nervously
"No one of important" It replied
"Are you following me?"
"No I'm just keeping an eye on you just like my friends are doing with your friends"
"Ok then, erm may I ask you what your name is"
"You will find out later, our names are not important to you, not yet anyway"
"How will I know if I can trust you or not if you don't give me your name?" Yami askes getting madder by the minute
"I told you, I will tell you soon because it's too early to tell" The mystery person said also getting madder by the minute
"Fine" Yami growled then walked off
"WERE ARE YOU GOING"
"HOME" He shot back over his shoulder
The mystery person was not going to let him go so easily so he summoned tree roots to block his path.
"You aren't going any were until I've finished" He threatened
Yami looked back in shock and didn't move in case he did follow through with that.
Marik and Bakura were just starting to head home until they ran into Vivian and Anzu and by judging the look on Vivian's face it was not pleasant, and considering the way she was dressed it looked like she was going to drag him off some were he didn't want to know.
"Hello Marik" She said in a sickly sweet tone
"Hey Vivian" Marik said while turning green
"How are you today?"
"Perfectly fine until you showed up" He was getting ready to heave any minute now
"Are you ok Marik, you don't look well" Anzu asked with concern in her voice
"He's fine and he doesn't need you two bastards here forcing yourselves on him" Bakura growled
"Oh please, like he wants some advice from you, who can't seem to keep their hands to themselves" She snapped
Bakura blushed ferociously at that statement; it was bad enough that these two were here, now he gets Vivian trying to make a fool out of him.
"Malik behaga gör något" Anzu whispered (2)
And he did. Storm clouds started to form around the town and not long after it started to rain very heavily, thunder and lightning soon joined after, along with heavy wind. You could see people running away trying to find shelter or trying to get home. Vivian was looking around trying to figure out where the sudden storm came from, but that didn't last long because she was now calling Anzu to follow her home which she did reluctantly, she bade Marik farewell and jogged after her. Bakura had no idea what happened but he didn't complain, he even forgot about the rain until he heard a slight cough coming from Marik and decided to hurry up and get him home.
As the mystery person was about to finish his conversation with Yami a sudden burst of thunder, lightning and rain burst from the sky, Yami looked round in shock because there wasn't supposed to be any rain today, however when he looked back at the mystery boy he noticed he looked very angry.
"Verurteilen Sie Malik" He spoke suddenly (3)
Yami had no idea what he just said all he heard in that was the name Malik which sounded so close to Marik, it also sounded that he was speaking a different language, he was going to ask who he was talking about but suddenly he disappeared.
"Damn it" Yami hissed
He knew he wasn't going to get any answers now so he decided to head off home considering he was now soaked to the bone, as he turned around he notice the tree roots weren't there any more, he wasn't going to complain he just quickly ran the rest of the way home and hoped that Marik and Bakura were going to be ok and that they got home.
As Yami entered the house he noticed that Bakura and Marik were here, he let out a sigh of relief knowing that they were ok, so he took of his wet jacket and hung it on the radiator to help it dry off quicker. He entered the living room and noticed Marik curled up on the sofa fast asleep, and Bakura sitting on the chair in front of Marik's sleeping form, watching him as he slept this didn't bother Yami at all he knew they both liked each other but were too scared to admit it to each other. Yami walked up to Bakura and placed a hand on his shoulder, Bakura jumped at the sudden motion and turned round only to see Yami motioning him to follow him into the kitchen.
"What's the matter with him?" Yami asked in concern
"I think he might have the flu or something "Bakura replied with worry lacing in his voice
"How can he be because he was alright when you two left three hours ago?"
"Erm at dinner we were sat down on the bench, near the park of the new restaurant, and I noticed Marik looking a bit off colour so as we tried to make are way home we kind of ran into Vivian and Anzu and …." Bakura was about to continue but Yami cut him off
"Wait, Wait, Wait, what did you mean, you ran into them pricks" He asked curiously
"It's not important, it was just the usual" Bakura waved his hand impatiently trying not to stray off topic
"Ok then continue" Yami sighed in defeat
"Well half way through that encounter it started to rain badly we didn't even know where that storm came from, all we know was that it was a perfectly warm day and then it starts to pour itself down with rain. Then after the idiots had left I heard Marik coughing badly and started to help him back home. Then when we got here I found out that Marik did have the flu and he passed out on the couch before I could give him some medicine" Bakura sighed after saying all this.
"Ok then you should go upstairs and get some sleep to, and I know it's only half past five but you and Marik were in that storm for quite a long time so you might have the sickness, so I can't risk you being stood up, now get to bed before I drag you up" He threatened
"What about Marik" He asked worriedly
"He'll be fine, all he needs is plenty of rest and he'll be fine in no time" And with that said Bakura made his way up to his room and fell into a dreamless sleep.
The time for the opening of the restaurant came quickly enough; Marik still had his cold and was not listening to Yami or Bakura when they kept telling him he had to stay in bed.
"Guys I'm fine, let me just go to the damn thing we don't have to stay long hopefully" Marik asked uncertainly
The other two just sighed and agreed, even though they didn't want him to, it would just be best not to argue with him considering of his illness.
"Alright come on then you can go as long as you hurry up so we can get there on time" Yami snapped
In a matter of minutes Marik came down the stairs dressed in one of the expensive tux's Kaiba bought them, he quickly grabbed a coat and hurried out of the house and into the car were the other two were waiting.
When they got there they noticed a lot of people waiting outside, wanting to get in. Yami parked their car in the parking lot and got out, the other two climbing out shortly after. They arrived at the main doors showed the guard standing outside their employee's passes and he let them in. When they entered they saw how huge it was, it looked like normal five star hotel but this one had two huge water fountains next to the main entrance, what surprised them was the fact that on the top of these fountains were two huge white dragons with blue emerald eyes, it was kind of amazing but a little over the edge which was kind of the thing that Kaiba would do. When they walked over to their seats they waited for the opening speech to begin.
After the speech there was the party everyone was enjoying themselves, apart from Marik he started to feel a little nauseous so he decided to go outside to get some fresh air. When he got out he went into the back ally at the side of the restaurant, he usually preferred staying back here because it was more peaceful and you wouldn't have to worry about people annoying you. As Marik leaned against the wall and started to relax a little he heard someone come up the alleyway before he decided to walk away he noticed it was Bakura coming up the alleyway, that relived hi a little but he still couldn't shake the feeling that there was someone else here.
"Hey you ok" Bakura said a little anxiously
"Yea I'm fine I just needed some air"
They stood in silence for a while before Bakura move a bit closer to him and started to speak again.
"Marik there's something I want to tell you" The nervousness was getting very strong and it was making it harder for him to speak properly.
"The truth is that I really like you a lot and I haven't been able to tell you properly because I was scared about you rejecting me, and now I've decided to tell you just to get it out of the way so I wouldn't have to keep false hope inside me knowing you never really like me in that way" Bakura sighed heavily after he finished and he didn't dare look at Marik's face.
"Really you like me" Marik said looking shocked
"Yea I have for some time now, I was originally going to ask you here on a date but I got scared at the last minute and decided to go as friends"
"We'll I'm glad you did say that because I like you to" Marik said quietly
Bakura looked up finally, his face was beaming and he noticed Marik had a small smile on his face; Bakura walked up to him and decided to show him how much he likes him, but once there face got close enough Marik shouted at him.
"NO" He pushed Bakura out of the way and Bakura landed on the floor with a thud he was quite shocked when Marik did what he did, but just before he hit the floor he heard something that scared him; it was a gun shot.
BANG
Ok sorry for the wait my internet was down and I wasn't able to post this, hope this chapter can make up for the long wait.
(1) Jag hoppas du vet vad du gör (I hope you know what you're doing)
(2) Behaga gör något (Please do something)
(3) Verurteilen Sie (Damn you)