Chapter 8: Stand by me, Bakura!
PHEW! That was close, Ryou almost caught me. If it wasn't for Marik's psychotic plan, he would have COMPLETELY CAUGHT ME. AND RYOU WOULD KILL ME! Oh? Did I not tell you about it? Oh my, well I'm going to have to tell you. It all started an hour after I got onto that ship…
This ship is so boring. There is nothing to do! I sat on the railing of the boat. Ugh, there is nothing to do! I have never been so bloody bored in my- "HEY KOOOOOORA!" at the sound of the obnoxious voice, I fell off the edge, falling into the water. Sadly, I missed the lessons on what to do in a situation like this. What lessons were I taking? The Many Evil Ways to Prevent Dyeing class. "OH! KORA I'LL HELP YOU!" said that voice as a live boat landed on me. I was stuck under the water. As I tried to swim around it, I, being stupid, just happened to get my foot wrapped around seaweed. As I struggle to get loose, I thought about something. Who calls me Kora? Lets see…
My eyes widened. The ring glowed purple as the rage surged through me. The seaweed let go of me. I shook my fist, and as I swam to the surface, I became angrier. I used the ring to be able to lift myself to the boat. As I was going up, the horror struck me. There he was, Marik. He smiled and waved. My eye twitched. This was usually a sign that I'm so going to explode. Of course I did.
"MARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIK!" I screamed as I got closer to the boat. Marik saw that, and the smile faded to a frightened frown. He too screamed and ran. As I touched the rail, I jumped down and ran after him. He failed his arms around, yelling, "AHHHH! DON'T KILL ME! I INOCENT!" After two trips around the boat, Marik stopped out of breath. He slumped onto a bench on the deck. I sat in front of him, not even seeming exhausted. What? Gotta be fit when being evil! I noticed a bucket of dirty water right under the bench. I grabbed it and smiled evilly. He stared in terror as I looked over at him with my canine smile. "DON'T YOU DARE!" yelled Marik as I dumped the water on him. His hair was in his face, so I couldn't see his eyes. He whipped away the water from his bangs. Soaked from head to toe, he stood up, and said. "Hug?"
I backed away. "If you hug me, I will stab into your neck until I feel bone." Marik sighed and crossed his arms. Marik always acted like a kid. Instead of 15, he was 2 to me. I bet he's still trying to read the alphabet. As I always say, "There is no 2 in my alphabet!" Why? Because once I asked Marik if he could tell me the alphabet. I wanted to see just how smart he was.
"A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z. Easy. Now you tell me how to count to ten." he said. I accidentally said this, "Fine. 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10." Marik held in his laughter. "Where's 2?" he asked. I was completely embarrassed, so to keep my cool, I said, "There is no 2 in my alphabet!" which I screwed up my words again. I don't know what was up with that, but I kept that up for the whole day. I said to some little kid "Hey! Take the slut!" because she dropped a doll.
"I want a reunion hug. Hug me." he said pouting.
"No."
"Hug?"
"No!"
Marik paused. He stared at me for minutes until he said, "Hug?" I wanted to kill. Him. Just so bad. It would make my day if he just died. "NO HUG!" I screamed in his face. He backed away. But then as I turned away to tie my shoe, he hugged me. "Hi." he said. My eye twitched. Hands shaking, eyes getting redder by the second, and to top it all off, foot tap. That happens a lot. My foot taps as if I was a mother about to discipline her child. In this case Marik. "Marik," I said. "Did you just hug me, while your cover in dirty water?" he nodded. Oh, he3 should not have said that.
I picked him up, and while he flailed around repeating "EH! PUT ME DOWN!" I threw him off the boat. "ENJOY THE CLIMB BACK UP, B*TCH!" I shouted. I clapped. "Job well done Bakura, why thank you me! Your so kind!" I said to myself. I walked back to my room chanting, "So here we go, lets take the chance! On the hunt for the millenniums! Looking hard no second, the pinnacle of my evil plan! Where is Ryou with his friends? Got steal it right from them! Magical power has it locked inside, all the power I have to find! One villain who has been cursed! Wanna control the universe! With the rod and a shiny necklace well that's kinda odd, but wait! I might have a chance! To make my evil plan advance! I'm gonna have to get myself," as I opened the door, I sang out. "SOME MILLENIUM ITEMS NOW SING IT!" As I closed the door, I heard from the bathroom, "Me and Bakura we will have our revenge! him and me will take the millennium items!" I knew who it was right away. I stormed towards the horrible singing voice of Marik. I opened the door. Marik was there, on the toilet, legs crossed, looking like a preschooler. I was so disturbed I couldn't speak. "Hey Kora! I didn't know you got your own body! That's pretty cool! And why stalk Ryou? Why not that yugi kid?" said Marik. I'm taking it as he read my mind. "If you need help with a disguise, I've got the perfect one for you!"
Marik fished in a plastic bag he had, smile so wide he looked possessed. He pulled out a black wig. He threw it at me as he fished in the bag again. He grabbed a skull hoodie and a shirt that read "Hello! My name is awesome" He threw that at me too. "Well?" said Marik. "how about it?" I was so unsure of the wig. Why wig why? "I'm putting it on." I said. Marik clapped excitedly. As I came out, Marik looked surprised. If this looks stupid I'm going to beat Marik till he bleeds. "Oh my god, Bakura! You look so…" he paused. "Normal. Now lets put the wig on!" he pushed me onto the chair he pulled out from the bedroom. He tied my hair back, which made me look so stupid. He placed the black wig on my head, and for some odd reason, I liked it. The hair wasn't completely short, just long and shaggy enough to make me look much different then I usually do. "Whoa!" said Marik, "Who are you?" I thought he was kidding around. "Does it look that good?" Marik backed away.
"Who are you?" asked Marik. "Marik its me. Don't be stupid." Marik just stared blankly. "Bakura." Marik looked up and pointed his index finger in the air. "Ah ha! I have succeeded!" Now it clicks in. I shook my head. "Oh and put these in." I literally almost screamed. He wanted me to put in contacts! I like my eye color! He can piss off if he wants me to wear those!
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I like my eye color thank you very much!"
"Well, do you want to get caught?"
I paused. I sighed as I put them in. I looked in mirror and gasped. I didn't look anything like me. At all! Marik's psychotic worked! Wow! it's a miracle! I turned to Marik and hugged him, "WELCOME HOME YOU GREAT, FRIENDLY WANKER!" I said. Marik smiled and said selfishly "Thank you. I know I am." I let go of him quickly and asked "what now?" he paced around. "Change your name!" he said. I thought about it. What name have I always wanted?
"Barry?" I questioned. Marik studied him, making sure he didn't miss any detail. He gave a thumbs up. "Cool, So now I'm Barry. But Barry what?" Marik snapped his fingers. "Barry B.! Barry Bakura! You just say Barry B. because you don't like your last name!" Marik did his happy dance as he looked at me again. "Yay! Nice to meet you, Barry B.!" We laughed at the sound of that. Marik turned on the radio and started dancing. The song was Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. He danced like Michael Jackson in the one video, thriller I think. He sang out at the chorus "Me and Bakura we will have our revenge! Him and me will take your leather pants!" It was contagious. I had to do it with him. Right now, I'm Barry. I can do anything I want. Anything. Even singing that parody we made a couple of years ago. I'm not the guy I use to be. I'm…Barry.