K: *nodding her head, eyes closed, listening to her CD player through the right ear piece of her headphones*
Y: *in her soul room, listening and nodding as well*
Yoh: *listening through the other ear piece, and sighs in bliss*
All other muses: *glaring at the 2 they can see, since they get to listen to Meteora before the rest of them*
K: *opens her eyes and sweatdrops at the looks on the others' faces* Gomen, but we can only listen to it this way… People are sleeping, ya know?
*the rest of them pout and turn their backs to them, moping as one giant mass of bishonen*
K: ^^; *turns to readers* Well, it's obvious why I chose to update this one, ne? *sighs in bliss* Linkin's the BOMB…. ^^ I love their songs! All I needed for my much-needed angst boost…. ^^ Plus, they like anime! Song 11, "Nobody's Listening" sounds like Naruto or Ruroni Kenshin with the pan flute undertone…. Not to mention their obsession with mecha…. ; *notices she's babbling* ^^; Gomen! Let's just start, ne?
Disclaimer: None of us here own Yuugi-tachi or any of the songs…. UU; It sucks, but I dun really care at the moment… Funny how bliss can do that to ya, especially when it's good music and the fact you finally got a plotline for a major original work…. (Like I did! ^^ It's actually a dream I've had 3 times in my life, based around a bunch of people I know! It makes next to no sense though… Kinda like Lain or Eva… ;)
Warnings: Profanity, excessive violence, OOCness…. (of course, it's AU, so that doesn't really apply anymore, does it? I'm not even gonna mention the Zuresuto Kingudamu arc OR Batoru Shiti… {*laughs ass off* Heh- 'shit-i' [Japanese trying to say 'city' in English]… It's the best season, too….} Maybe I'll mention the cards summoning the monsters, but that's about it…) In any case, it's basically the usual, plus Malik and Mariku….. (Mariku as in the yami… *shrugs* I think it's a bit easier to distinguish from 'Malik', as in the hikari, don't you? I used to do the whole 'Ishtar' thing, but then I got hooked on this one….)
Dedication: To Merodi no Yami (I think Dai's over his little 'crush'. He's been acting somewhat normal, though a bit worried about where Aete disappeared to… Must've gotten into trouble after his little 'fall from grace', ne? Let's hope Hinoki didn't ban him from seeing Dai-chan again…) and all our other fans. (The ones who we've seen in Jinkaku's reviews, at least…. Some still haven't seemed to have found the next season…. ; At least you like the whole introduction of Malik thing! ^^;) Let's see what havoc and emotional and physical torment the characters go through this time, shall we?
Mou Hitori no Jinkaku: Mukashi no TomodachiiThe Other Personality: Ancient Friends
Interesting… So many of us in one city at one time… Almost as if it were fated for us to meet, isn't it?
Oh, but such is not the case… I had Malik's sister, keeper of the tauk, forsee where the others would be, and it was a simple matter of tweaking their living conditions the slightest bit to make this go according to plan… Who knew that it would all turn out so well?
Oh, I must admit, keeping in control of their minds was a bit hard at times, especially in the case of little Yuugi's parents. In the end, I had to banish the woman's mind to the darkness of the Shadow Realm, and the husband only managed to escape with half his mind, having realized what exactly it was he'd done under my control. The fool never realized it wasn't his doing, not really, and left anyway, so I suppose there's no harm done in letting that loose end wander.
Then there's the old man… Hah! Senile old fool- he never had a clue that anything was amiss. Yuugi, such a help he was, never telling him about what he went through before… No, the man is happy in his ignorance, off selling his little toys to children who will soon forget such things, under our absolute rule.
Still, I have to admit- it was much easier that I'd expected. Isis always said she's know if we controlled her, and doesn't have a clue we could make her strip and dance around for the men without her ever suspecting a thing. 'Mental defenses', indeed… Don't make us laugh! And with Bakura's host… We never even bothered changing his path! His father was two-timing his wife already; it was only a matter of tracking down the right child! I can't believe how many we had to check before we finally found the right one, after leaving behind so many, we'd never thought he'd bother to keep one…
So here we are, Domino, Japan. How the hell did we all manage to wind up here? One would think we'd meet in the homeland, mother Egypt, and not some place halfway around the world… Still, Malik said he'd always wanted to come here, so I didn't bother to change the location. It makes no difference anyway, where we first take over- so long as I can see the looks on your faces as you fall, yet again, into darkness.
Oh, I can't wait for you to find out what I have in store… For Pharaoh and sweet little Yuugi, I have nothing but the best possible traps, just waiting for them to come knocking. And for my dear, dear friend and ex-partner, Bakura…. Well, you'll just have to wait and see.
I'm sure that by the end, he'll know exactly what I went through when he left us there to die. What we all went through that night, when the palace guards- guards sent by our beloved Pharaoh- found us and slaughtered every single one of our men, raping our sisters and daughters, selling them as slaves to be bought by the rich, selfish aristocracy. I myself was used and beaten, then killed when I tried to escape.
I will make them suffer as I have suffered. Break their spirits as I myself had been broken. I will make them feel the same burning humiliation; face the same agony I had to endure. I will steal everything they hold dear, and obliterate it before their very eyes. Then, then I will let them watch me as my new partner and I rise from the ashes of our pasts; no longer to be mistreated, but instead feared and honored. Rulers of the entire world, and the next shall follow after. No man nor beast nor GOD can stop us, and all will tremble in our wake.
Isn't revenge just glorious? I believe that they were wrong when they said love is the sweetest thing- for this is even better….
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Such a strange relationship we have, he and I. We can screw each other senseless, and in the end, feel nothing. There isn't any love, but rather, a mutual sense of contentment, and the strong desire for revenge.
Revenge on those who bound us. Revenge on those who stole our lives from us. Revenge on those whom enslaved us for the bitter traditions of living under the Pharaoh's rule. We're all business, he and I.
There is no love, no feelings of attachment whatsoever, and I doubt there ever will be. For us, there is only an attraction, and the lust for power. I know it must seem we are indifferent to what happens to the other, but it's not like that at all.
We are kindred spirits; partners through and through. You see, if one of us were to die, all our plans would be ruined, lost in the sand. That is why we guard each other, why we care, even if we mean not to.
So, I suppose, there is love there, somewhere. Then again, we are both doing so for our own benefit, and not the benefit of the other. Protection of one is the same as protection of the other. If separated, both are left in ruin.
If so, then…..what are we? We're not lovers…. Certainly not friends, for I know next to nothing about him, as he does about me. We're total strangers….that screw each other every chance we get.
Dammit- this is so fucked up…. What the hell ARE we?! Why does this bother me so much?! It's not like I care about him or anything… Well, I do, but that's simply because I have to for my own ends, right? Ra- THIS IS SO CONFUSING!!!
Ah, screw it all… The plan's going to be set in motion soon, so there's no time to worry about our relationship with each other. I need something to take my mind off all this….
….Maybe I'll go 'play' with Mariku after all…. I know enough about him to know he wouldn't care if I use him as a distraction from my thoughts…. In fact, he does the same thing, half the time…. What makes this time any different? Nothing.
Although I can't help but recall just how damn GOOD he looks in those tight-ass pants of his…
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K: *rereads reviews from chapter 1* And I'm sure everyone agrees with you THERE, Malik…. o.O; *thinks* Never seen so many damn fangirls in my LIFE!
Mariku: *looks up from where he's busy unbuttoning Malik's shirt with his teeth and grins sheepishly* What can I say? Girls know a hot stud when they see one…. *returns to 'playing' with his hikari*
K: *scowls* Go do that someplace else! People are TRYING to listen to kickass MUSIC here!!!
Malik/Mariku: *scowl back, then get up and disappear to their own room in the hotel of Ko-chan sub-space*
K: *sighs in relief* Thank Ra- I doubt I could stand to be in the same room if they started doing that…
Dai: *sly eyes* Why? Oh, I know- cuz' you're too damn SHY to deal with that sort of thing! XDDD
K: *glares* So what if I have the decency to leave that type of stuff to hentais? Making out I can deal with- beyond that, no way.
Dai: Like I said- Ko-chan wa SHY-GUY! XP
K: -- Do you WANT a turn? Or should I just let everyone else listen and you to never hear it at all…?
Dai: *sweats nervously* Shutting up, now! ;