Hey you guys, I can't believe that I finally updated! My gosh, it has been FOREVER!!! Though, the only real bad thing about this chapter was that it had to get cut up a whole lot... however, I guess it's for the best cause it gives you something else to read for my story and you don't have to wait any longer for an update. I'm actually planning on making my chapters a bit shorter (the bonus is that I can update faster) because, when my goal is for them to be long, I tend to get EXTREMELY frustrated with what I'm writing and then I'll take more things out, add more in, erase everything and try again, and etc (that was exactly what had happened with this chapter... I have about fifteen different chapter twelves in wordpad right now and this is just like a small portion of just one of those). However, this portion of it seemed okay to me (it's the rest that has been driving me nuts) and therefore, here it is! Hope that you guys enjoy...

Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh

Chapter Twelve

Playing the Creature's Game

The enraged darkside growled menacingly to itself, slamming the blood covered phone back onto the receiver. It had not been satisfied with the conversation between him and his daughter and there had been a full reason to be! The call obtained no violent threats from him, there was no guarantee of its child coming now, and it ended too simply with the whole bring your duel monster cards. How could he end the short conversation that way when the dark portion of his mind told him otherwise?! After all, that part of him was in total control of both its mind and human form, right?! However, his brain apparently held small pieces of goodness left as well because the creature, whilst on the phone, had been thrown into a quick conflict within its mind.

"Oh Ra, why must I be punished with kindness?!" it hissed to itself furiously, debating on whether or not he should call his offspring back. It needed for her to come! It needed her to drive his rage further down the line, it needed her to cry out in agony, and it needed her to be there for him...

The demon abruptly narrowed his emotionless, dark lavender eyes at the thought just then, soon placing both of his bloodied up hands apart from one another on the desk whilst leaning forward slightly. He needed the child to be there for him? Was that what he truly craved for? How and why would he want some worthless human to remain by his side?! The darkside never needed any one! Well, in the past it needed its host to provide more hatred for him but that had been a long time ago! That was all around the time when it had been created and it hadn't been used to the world yet! During that specific time, the parasite was just trying to learn how to take care of itself for it knew that no one else would ever offer to help him.

"Hmmmph, they never even acknowledged my existence! That or they had no idea that I was even alive." he announced coldly, glaring down at the picture towards his left that held a frozen shot of both his light and the boy's older siblings. The creature had despised being disregarded by what was supposed to be its family and had learned the hard way that, if he craved for destruction, then he would have to pull through with it all by himself!

On a sudden impulse, the demon pulled itself up and took a hold of the picture with his right hand, throwing the object harshly against the wall before him. The glass on the frame automatically shattered, just like the one in which his past wife had chosen to toss on the floor beneath her feet the day of the divorce.

"Hahaha" he cackled evilly, looking insanely down upon the broken treasure that was scattered all across the somewhat blood covered wooden desk and floor, "Now isn't that just a shame? A destroyed picture frame along with a soon to be destroyed photo..." he stated heartlessly, reaching down towards the snapshot and tearing it up into shreds. However, he failed to notice the young teenager who was now leaning innocently against the entrance of the inside of his light's boat, her eyes holding curiosity and her mouth frowning slightly at her father.

'My gosh dad, you seriously do need some help' she thought anxiously, worry beginning to consume her because of her father's attitude and deathly appearance. The male egyptian had been drenched in blood but Terra, noticing that there were no wounds on him, could see that the liquid had not been drained from her dad and that it must of belonged to someone else... and that someone else was probably her grandmother.

After the darkside threw the torn picture to the ground, it glowered over this deed, picturing all of the horrific possibilities in which he could choose from to destroy the Ishtar family! He could retrieve his light's weak form and proceed on with his favorite ritual of 'slicing and peeling off the backs in which bore the families secret' or he could restrain Odion, to some sort of dangerous object, and put him through the initiation! After all, that was all the man had ever truly wanted! The servant prayed to the gods, along with his master's father, to be apart of the family but had never been truly accepted! Yet, the evil creature honestly didn't give a damn for it had its own problems. However, Odion's wish to undergo the ceremony just so that he could be apart of the family did give Marik some twisted pleasure...

"That crazy old fool, how could anyone want something such as that?" the demon growled mockingly whilst crossing his darkly tanned arms, "Hmmmph, how can he pray to Ra for the chance to become a tomb keeper? I see nothing meaningful in that ritual all accept for my chance to live... and my existence was nothing but a pure accident" he finished cruelly, soon narrowing his eyes at his own remark.

However, a young voice slowly interrupted, "So that's all you see yourself as dad?... an accident?"

This new sound caught the young darkside off guard, causing him to turn his head to the left quickly. Once his dark lavender eyes locked with hers, they burned straight through Terra's violet orbs.

Out of rage he growled, "You've been listening?! How long have you been here? And thirdly, it is none of your business as to what I see myself as and-" then it hit him like a bolt of lightning. His daughter had come to see the creature even though she knew of his dark desire to kill? And even after he had sliced open her arm to merely fulfill its own sense of cruel amusement?! Why did she come here on her own free will?! He never threatened her over the phone...

'Hmmph, maybe she only came because she had knowledge of what I would do to both her and her family if she didn't come. That must be it! Why else would she be here to see me?' he pondered furiously, his murderous eyes beginning to darken. However, that anger soon vanished and mockery began to take on its form amongst the demon's shadowed face.

Slowly, it began to turn itself towards her completely and then silently hissed, "Why are you here Terra? Aren't you afraid of me? Can't you see what I have done?" he announced, motioning his arms up and down his form to show the blood in which covered him from head to toe. "Haha, you worthless fool..." he finished evilly.

The adolescent was taken back by her father's last statement, yet this time her tears didn't threaten to fall.

"Yeah, I can see what you've done..." she stated calmly, watching her father through somewhat torn eyes, something in which didn't go unnoticed by the young darkside, "and I know that you were the one who killed those two boys along with my grandmother." the teenager quickly finished.

The evil merely smirked at his daughter, quite pleased with the fact that he had shattered her heart. Even though it had only been for a few seconds, he still felt an endless sense of pure pleasure sink in and, therefore, Marik definitely wanted to toy with her emotions some more.

"Hmmph, I did kill them didn't I?" he growled mockingly, a heartless smirk beginning to form across his darkened face. Just then the darkness began to make his way over to his child, slowly reaching behind him to grasp onto the blood covered millennium rod. Once he reached her, his menacing form towering over hers, he held the weapon alongside her tanned neck, "and you might be next" he hissed into her right ear, pressing the side of the dagger against her skin.

The girl looked up into her father's violet orbs with fear, seeing that the creature's eyes held nothing but hatred within them.

"Why... why are you doing this dad?" she stammered, her throat making a gulping sound, "Why do you want to kill me?! And why do you hold so much damn hatred towards the people who care about you?!" she quickly rushed to announce.

The demon just huffed at the question, rolled his eyes, but answered anyways, "I thought you had me all figured out, Terra. You should know by now that, for a fact, I do indeed kill for my own pleasure and that I'm not the type of..." he stopped, not sure of whether or not he could say 'person' because he knew he wasn't one, "... thing that anyone nor anything could ever care about! I'm a living shadow that doesn't belong in this world! However, I do exist and my goal is to make sure that everyone knows that I live! That is why I am doing this! I also kill because it is an excellent game in which I play, and I must say that I'm rather good at it kid..." it hissed whilst looking down at her, the creature's eyes beginning to spark with a deathly glow, announcing its madness, "Hmmph, the only reason I wanted you to come was because I wanted you to play this game with me! You have a part of my dark spirit trapped within you, Terra... and I want to release it. Hahahahaha!!!" he laughed menacingly, causing the teen to back up a bit. However, she couldn't back up too far for he reached out with his other hand and grabbed her by the neck.

"You'll play this game with me, right Terra?" he hissed mockingly, his veins beginning to spread across both his arms and face, "Cause I would hate to see what would happen if you didn't" the evil finished, soon pulling forth the blood covered millennium rod, beginning to press the sharp end into her mouth.

Terra was overwhelmed by all her fear but finally chose to speak, "How... " she choked, her eyes begging his soulless ones to stop in his actions.

The demon cackled, soon smirking evilly at her and then stated mockingly, "How what, Terra?"

The girl growled to herself though it came out extremely weak. She couldn't reach out and push the weapon away from her for she was held to the wall by her throat, and that had been where both her hands were! The girl continued to scratch at her father's hand, trying to pry herself loose but failed miserably. His hands were slippery for there had been so much blood on them and, even though she was able to cut him open a bit with her nails, he didn't seem to care! Why wasn't her father catching on? Or maybe, he was... yet wasn't planning on letting go.

It was like a desperate child stood before her, a child that just wanted to play a game alongside someone instead of playing by themselves for once. However, his game was something that no one wanted to play! His games seeked murder, torture, and despair... probably the reason as to why her mother stated he was born in the depths of hell. He held no similarity to humans because he never saw things the way in which humans did and, because of this horrible difference, he had to grow up alone and fulfill his dark desire towards his idea of fun by himself!

What Terra also noticed was that, no one wanted to be around him in the real world either... however, the girl knew that this wasn't the right time to feel sorry for him and that she needed to get him to let her go.

"Pl... please stop!" she stammered, the male darkening his eyes to announce his threat of I will push this dagger thru deeper if you don't just give me your answer.

"Yes... I'll... play" she choked and soon the dagger exited her mouth and his hand released her, allowing her bruised body to slam against the floor.

"Now that wasn't so hard now was it?" the darkside stated mockingly, soon smirking down at her pitiful form. He then made his way towards the entrance area of the boat, his ebony black cape lashing out threateningly behind him, "Now follow me. " he finished menacingly and Terra reluctantly obeyed his order.

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Hope you guys thought this chapter was okay because, the more I think about it, the more I hate it and I seriously need an opinion here! I DON'T want to discontinue this fic because I have a lot of fun writing it (not this chapter so much though! lol) so will someone just give me a heads up with this?! Cause, to tell you the truth, I'm getting frustrated with how this fic is turning out... I don't know how to explain this really. There's just something going on in here that I don't like. :(