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"Malik, I didn't know that Ishizu enrolled you in public school. I thought you were homeschooled." Yugi said with a smile. It was two days after the meeting, a Monday, and they were met with a pleasant shock.
"Actually, Yugi…" Malik paused. "I came here on my own with my own agenda. Chloe helped me, so I didn't have to use my Millennium Rod when we ran into trouble."
"How did you meet Chloe?" Ryou asked.
"Her father owns the hotel we're staying in." Malik answered. "I told her that I wanted to go to public school for once in my life, and she decided to help me out! Ishizu and Odion think that I'm scouting the streets for souvenirs."
"I tried doing that last year when my father wouldn't let me." Adrien said. "After the second time he let me, but It must be harder if your moving around a lot."
"Yeah, it is." Malik sighed. "But forget that, I need to talk-"
"Alright students, sit down, we have a new student with us today- Malik Ishtar!" Malik stood up and waved to the class. "Malik, we really should only have two people per seat." Speaking of, Nathaniel had started sitting on the other side of the room with a new friend of his, so Ryou and Yugi were sitting together.
"But Mme. Bustiers, please can Malik sit with us?" Yugi asked, putting her hands together innocently.
"Yeah! We don't mind!" Ryou added.
"I'm not sure if-"
"Please~!" Yugi and Ryou turned on their deadliest weapon for the first time since they started school- the puppy eyes.
"Oh, alright, but if this causes any trouble you'll move seats." She claimed. Yugi and Ryou high fives and Malik chuckled, sitting down when the two scooted to let him sit more comfortably. A few seconds later, Yugi passed a note to Malik.
(You said you wanted to talk?)
(Yeah, about what happened a few days ago.) He replied. Yugi and Ryou both read it before responding.
(About the encounter with your sister?)
(Yami really doesn't think he's ready to leave this world yet.)
(Well, that and something else…)
(What is it?)
(See, yesterday I was exploring the city and saw you guys standing in the park. I was about to approach you and the super team when Yugi said something and your friend Marinette fainted.)
(Go on.)
(And then you guys left for Fuu's house or whatever. I decided to follow you to see if this was the reason why the Pharaoh wasn't ready yet. But when I got there I learned something. Did Ishizu really lie to me? Again, about something this important?)
(Yeah…)
(I'm sorry you had to find out this way, Malik.)
(And I'm sorry that my sister gets so pushy.)
(Do you want to know anything else?)
(Yeah, how do get a strong connection with a yami after being separated/shunned for most of your lives?)
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After that, Malik was introduced quickly to the gang, who all said varying degrees of hello besides Chloe.
"So, what did you guys decide to do?" Malik asked while they ate lunch. "About my sister?"
"We told Master Fu everything, tossed a few possibilities around, and then he told us to sleep on it and cross our fingers." Marinette answered as she slapped Adrien's hand from her small amount of remaining food, probing the said boy to pout. "Tikki said that he only does that if he's contemplating something serious that could make a huge impact on everyone's lives, not just ours or our close friends."
"I see…" Malik nodded his head in understanding.
"You know, I'm very surprised at how well your taking all this." Ryou admitted, patting Adrien's shoulder in a sympathetic way- she also had only gotten a salad for lunch and her stomach was still grumbling for more. Adrien had eaten more than enough of Marinette's, which was the only reason why she wouldn't let him eat any more. "I honestly thought that you would explode in our faces for keeping it from you."
"I almost did." Malik admitted. "But I understand where you're coming from, whereas I've never understood my sister all that well. I almost blew up at her this morning, but with my relationship with Marik EXTREMELY unstable, I figured it's best if I focus on being happy and not sad or angry. I figured, anyway. This feels really strange…"
"Can he come out in spirit form yet?" Nino asked, Alya asleep in his lap.
"He's tried, but we're both afraid that Ishizu and Odion will sense him and insist on placing another spell on us- Odion doesn't know about there being four hikaris either." Malik clarified when some people gave him a weird look.
"What if Yami or Bakura used their powers to cloak it?" Chloe asked, deciding to be helpful. "You know, do something that would draw the attention away from you…"
"That wouldn't work." Yami had taken over, not feeling safe to materialize out of the body as a spirit at school. "Him coming out as a spirit would count as extra shadow magic being provided by a third person, and the only other person that could do that is Kaiba. The thing is that he's back in Japan, and would have absolutely no reason to come here. Also because he doesn't believe in any of this. No matter what we did, Ishizu would know what happened."
"Wait… didn't you say that our magic kinda cancels yours out?" Marinette asked, and Yami nodded. "What if we were to shield it while they practiced?" Bakura had come out at this point, also shaking his head.
"You don't get it- it uses shadow magic for us to materialize as spirits." He spoke. "Not to switch in the body. And, as proved with a previous akuma, not only do their powers not work on us, but we cannot use our shadow magic at all. I'm positive the same is with your magic."
"At the moment, the best thing Malik can do is erase the mark as fast as he can after they write it down. You should focus more on their mental bond than using your magic. Focusing on the bond and trusting each other will help you more in the future than using shadow magic ever will." Yami finished before both yamis relinquished their control to their lights. Malik nodded in understanding right as the announcement speakers went off.
"Malik Ishtar, your sister wishes to speak to you." It spoke.
"And she found me." Malik sighed.
"Let us come with you!" Yugi said. "We can help you come up with an excuse, and Bakura can help! Ishizu still has a hard time discovering when he's in control because he's very good at being Ryou." Ryou nodded in agreement.
"We'll come too!" Marinette said, but Malik shook his head.
"Sorry, guys, but believe me when I say that it is for your best intentions that you NOT meet my sister yet. The moment she does she will know everything about you and will try to convince you to help her with whatever she's planning." Everyone paled while Chloe nodded in agreement.
"She tried to keep me away from Malik, but Pollen pushed me into becoming friends with him to help me with my… you know." Chloe fiddled with the straw on her drink and everyone nodded.
"Alright, good luck, Malik!"
"You got this, bro."
"Thanks." And so, the three Hikaris walked toward the front of the school. Bakura had taken control again, but now she looked so much like Ryou that the only noticeable difference was her height.
"Alright, the best lie for this situation is that we convinced you to." Bakura explained, the pronounced expert in the art of lying. "If that doesn't work, you can 'fess up' and say that you have a crush on Ryou and wanted to spend more time with her- uh, me. Privately, of course." He paused. "Is Marik okay with that? I know how possessive I was of Ryou when we first united."
"He's okay, he knows you love Ryou." Malik replied. Then they grew to talking about lighter matters, such as Adrien and Marinette becoming boyfriend and girlfriend soon, and how Mme. Mendelive's homework was WAY too hard. So as to not arouse suspicion, they all decided.
When they got there, Ishizu was waiting with a scowl and Odion was on high alert. Odion was a big, bald Egyptian with tattooed hieroglyphics on the side of his head.
"Hello, Ishizu, Odion!" Malik said as though he had no idea why they were there. "What are you doing here?"
"You wouldn't answer your phone, and the Taunk showed me where you were." Ishizu said. "You know that you're not supposed to be going to public school."
"Ishizu, you said it yourself that I have terrible social skills." Malik replied. "Ryou and Yugi said that they learned by going to school and invited me to go with them, so I did." Ishizu eyed the three of them suspiciously. Malik scooted a little in front of Ryou as backup for the backup lie, but Odion intervened.
"Malik has a point, Sister." He said. "Malik will need his social skills to help him later on in life, and if school will help rather than him traveling around with us, it's probably best."
"And he could stay with me and grandpa." Yugi volunteered.
"Or with me." Ryou volunteered with a smile. "I do live alone, after all." Malik smiled at Ryou and then at Yugi happily. Ishizu huffed.
"Fine, but you best go over this with your parents about this." She said. Malik held a hand out behind him to the two girls and they high fives it, each mentally breathing a sigh of relief. "You know how to do the protection spell, right?"
"Of course, sister." Malik said. "And I should renew it every full moon." He mentally rolled his eyes at his sister.
"Good-" She turned to Yugi and Ryou. "I am still going to talk to you two at the designated date." And then she turned and left with Odion trailing behind her. With that, Yugi, Malik, and Ryou breathed a sigh of relief and went to return to lunch.
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The next day, Malik went with Yugi, Ryou, Marinette, and Adrien to see Master Fu, who let them in with open arms.
"Come in, come in! I have great news!" He said happily. "I have found a way!"
"Really?" Yugi gasped in delight. When the old man that reminded her very much of her grandfather nodded she cried for joy, grabbed Ryou and Marinette's hands, and started spinning them around with her in a circle. They all laughed at her joy, Yami and Bakura materializing quickly so as not to get dizzy with their hikaris.
"But there is one thing." Master Fu sighed. "We'll need a few things before we can do anything." They stopped, looking at the wise man attentively. "We need the fourth pair."
"Kaiba and his hikari?" Malik asked, furrowing his brows. "But Kaiba doesn't believe in magic and his hikari is unknown."
"I believe Bakura and Yami know how to seek other magic users, they will have to work together to find whoever it is." Master Fu replied, giving the two a knowing look. "Second is that we need another's memories of the past that Yami lived in, and third is Tikki and Plagg with all seven Millennium Items."
"All seven?" Yugi asked. "That's not so hard, I have the scales, key, and Puzzle."
"I have the eye and ring." Ryou added.
"And I can get the taunk and Rod for you." Malik said, still confused. "But how on earth are we supposed to find someone with memories of Yami's past life? And how are we supposed to get Kaiba and his hikari over here?"
"I am taking care of the last part- and I'm sure that one of you will have an idea." Bakura suddenly looked like he was going to pop a blood vessel, his eyes closed as he gritted his teeth. No one seemed to notice. He also vanished back inside of the ring, which only Ryou felt.
She inquired as to why he suddenly went into the ring.
He replied with he wasn't feeling well and needed to take some stress out at some stupid targets in his soul room.
Ryou asked if she could do anything to help.
Bakura replied that they would have to wait until they were alone.
Ryou agreed and focused on the real world.
"But it's impossible to get Kaiba to believe in magic. How can he help us if he doesn't believe it?" Malik asked.
"We will have to make him believe." Fu replied. "Now, off you go, I have customers to attend to and you probably have rooms to clean."
"How did you know that?!" Malik and Marinette asked at the same time, but they were all pushed out of the shop before he answered.
"Well, that was exciting." Yugi said a few silent seconds later.
"Yes, it was."
"Who else feels like going to Mari's bakery?" Adrien asked, a hand landing on his growling stomach. Marinette shot him a sympathetic look and giggled as well.
"Silly kitty, that sounds like a great idea."
"Then let's go! I can't wait to see your place, Yugi!" Malik cheered, and they all laughed.
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