Disclaimer: I don't own any Yugioh characters. Just my own OCs. Please no flames. They burn. lol

Fates Encountered (Yugioh story)

Chapter 3

The next day. Hallway of Science and Liberal Arts.

Marik and Ryou walked slowly to their new classes. Their first hour were in different classrooms, but in the same hall, which was good. "I still think we should have left them in the boxes and sent them back." Marik grumbled to his friend. "How can we? There wasn't even a return address on them…I wish I knew who sent them to us. I thought Yugi's pharaoh had to use them to return to his destined time?" Marik shrugged and stopped in front of his classroom. Right across was Ryou's. "First day and already I feel nauseated." Ryou smiled sadly. "At lunch I'll call Yugi and see if he heard of anything. Have you sent an email to your sister yet?" Marik shook his head. "She's gonna be busy all day with the museum but I still sent it. I told her to call as soon as she's available."

DING DONG DING!

"Sounds like class is starting." Marik sighed once more and waved goodbye to Ryou. "If you see either of them, don't say anything about the you-know-what, okay?" Ryou mentioned before turning to his own class. Marik chuckled. "You make me sound devious, Ryou. Heh. You be careful too. Those girls are hiding something." He finally entered into the Mechanical Studies class. He looked around the room and blinked. It was a lot bigger than he imagined. Smelly too. "Ah, you must be the new student, right? Mister…" The instructor glared at his seating chart and frowned in frustration. "Eye-s-tare?" Marik tried to hold back a laugh. "Ishtar. I'm Egyptian." The instructor nodded and shrugged. "I'm gonna have to get used to that… Anyway, since you're new, you may sit where ever you'd like. But, come tomorrow, that'll be your spot for the rest of the school year. Understood?" Marik nodded. "Good. Find a suitable seat and be sure to tell your neighbor to share their books with you until yours arrives." Marik nodded once more before turning to the class. He blinked, confused. What seats were even available?

"Oh, 'Mister Eye-s-tare'! Hehe. Up here! Hurry!" Jewel's voice came from the higher seating row in the far back. He looked up to find her pointing to a seat next to her. She winked to him, giggling still for his new 'nickname'. He sweat dropped, thinking how bad that name is going to stick to him. He sighed and hauled his bag with him to her seat. "This seat taken?" He asked, pointing to the desired seat. She shook her head, smiling innocently. "Nope but you better hurry and sit down before the one who usually takes that seat will be here any minute to bother me during the whole class time." Marik frowned, getting an idea of who she was speaking of. "Gail?" She nodded and tilted her head, waiting. Marik looked around once more before deciding to sit next to his neighbor. "Welcome to Hell, Ishtar. Hehe." He sweat dropped. "You're kidding." She nodded. "First rule of knowing me: Never believe anything I say." She stuck her tongue out playfully.

"You're in my seat, prick…" Gail growled at Marik. "Not anymore, it's not~!" Jewel smiled happily. "Since Marik is my neighbor in the dorms, it's best he sits next to me. I wouldn't want him to feel like a stranger." Jewel explained. Gail glared at her. "This has been my seat for five weeks!" Gail argued. Jewel smirked at him, her eyes portraying a golden glow once again. This time Marik definitely saw it. "Gail, you bother me too much. I can't learn a thing, thanks to you. Now, leave us alone and sit in the front, or I will complain to Mr. Briggs." She blinked innocently, the glow returning to her natural green eyes. "Tch. Fine! But this is the last time, Honeydew. I remember your little mind trick you did last night." Gail stomped to the front. Jewel frowned at his words and noticed Marik staring at her. "W-what?" She blinked, confused. "I thought something was strange. Jewel, last nig-" "Alright class! What is being passed around is a documentary sheet of what you currently know of Mechanics and what you wish to learn in the near future. I want it to be up to 500 words. No less! This will be due tomorrow morning and I do NOT want a single word repeated 500 times. That means you, Gail." The class laughed, making Gail grumble. The instructor turned back to the board and began writing something in chalk. "Now, take out your notes. We'll be adding more to the previous chapter and expanding into the next."

***15 minutes within the class***

'Mind trick….Was he just toying with her? He looked like he was serious..and pissed. And Jewel…she..' Marik's thoughts ran through his mind, blanking out the instructor's voice. "Pst. Marik." Jewel nudged his arm softly. "You do know he wants that turned in, right?" She whispered to him, pointing to the sheet of paper. He nodded slowly. "Then why are you writing in hieroglyphics?" Her grin grew. He blinked and looked at his sheet. Indeed, it was covered in little Egyptian pictures. He cursed himself and began scrubbing away with his eraser. Jewel giggled softly and handed him her larger eraser. "Use this." He accepted and began scrubbing with that instead. 'So cute.' Jewel grinned at her thoughts and returned to her laptop, typing a single word repeatedly on her Windows. Marik stopped his erasing to watch her frown at her keyboard and look up at the instructor every now and then. Marik peered at her laptop screen and fought back a chuckle. The screen had nothing but 'bored' typed throughout at least 4,000 times. He smirked lightly and poked her hand. "Try highlighting the word, copy and paste and hold down as you 'paste' the word." Jewel blinked and did as he said out of curiosity. Instantly the 'bored' words of 4,000 increased closer to 10,000. Her innocent grin began to turn wicked as she held down the key. She giggled lightly, making the instructor hear.

"Miss La Rinte! Do you have something important to say?" Mr. Briggs glared at the dark haired girl. She nodded. "Yes, actually." She pointed to Gail in the front row. "Gail is sending me provocative pictures again, sir. It's very distracting." "WHAT?!" Both Gail and Mr. Briggs shouted in shock. Mr. Briggs turned to the 'biker cowboy' and slapped his ruler upon his desk. "Gail, I have told you too many times! This is not a chat room NOR a porno fest!" "But-" "Out!" They began to bicker as Jewel quickly returned to her 'bored' mischievous game on her laptop. Marik continued to watch her. 'Hmm..' "Jewel." Marik tried to get her attention. "Hm?" She continued watching the words increase. "Wanna have lunch together?" Marik's question caused her to stop and look at her screen with a blush on her face. She looked at him slowly. "Well?" She gulped and nodded. "O-okay. Nothing too spicey though. Hurts my tongue." He smiled and nodded. "Deal."

***Lunch***

"Hey, Ryou? Yeah, change of plans….Yeah…you too?…I see. Have fun with Cara then…Tell me all about it when we get back….I have three left. Jewel has one after lunch." Marik spoke into his cell. It seemed Ryou was having lunch with Cara. Jewel was cleaning her hands from messing with another engine class. "Oh, speaking of that, I've got an idea….I'm going to see if she knows something…No, I'm not…I've got a message from my sister. Yeah…I'm going to talk with her about it…..Yeah….Well, we'll just have to see. Yeah…Alright, see you later then." He hung up. "Soooo where you taking me, stud?" Jewel hopped over to the Egyptian, smiling with excitement. "Not spicey, right?" Jewel nodded. "How about Panera then?" Jewel smiled and nodded. "Sounds good to me. I love their broccoli cheese soup. Oh you should try their subs. Meaty and tastey!" She giggled.

***At the restaurant***

"I'll take a coke." "Me too." They both gave their orders to the waiter and watched him leave. 'Well, here goes.' Marik took a deep breath. "I hope you don't mind but I need to call my sister about something." Jewel blinked and tilted her head. "You have a sister?" He nodded. She smiled and nodded as well. "Go right ahead." She took her menu and began reading.

"Ishizu. Yeah, it's me. You got my message? Good." He looked over at his guest and bit his lip. "It's back….The Millenium Rod." Jewel twitched a bit and peered at him over her menu. She looked scared. 'Shit! He can't be doing this now, can he?!' She quickly looked back to her menu, acting like she was interested into the food instead. "That's the thing. I don't know. Ryou has the Ring as well." A little bit of shouting came from the other end. "I've got an idea of who may have sent them, but I won't know for sure. I got a letter that came with them, too." Jewel gulped from behind her menu. "It says 'for your protection'….Exactly…The Rod gave me nothing but pain…Same for Ryou…So, I don't know how this could help me." Jewel shivered in fear.

All of a sudden, Jewel's phone began vibrating. She took it out and read her message. She frowned and looked at Marik. "I can't. Ishizu, I'm with someone right now….Huh?…What are you talking about?….What discovery?….Sun God? You mean Ra?…Family? Sounds like a riddle to me. Translated?…" He frowned and looked at Jewel, who stared right back. "Jewel, what is your name?" Jewel sighed and took his cell. "Stop talking about me like that, Miss Ishtar." "Exuse me?" Ishizu asked from the other end. "My name is Jewel La Rinte Ra." She answered Marik, still holding his cell to her ear for his sister to hear. She was silent on the other end. "I find it very rude to talk about my family, Miss Ishtar." "….Forgive me. It was you, though. Wasn't it? What do you have to do with my brother?" Jewel smiled innocently and hung up the phone. They stared at each other in silence as their food and drinks were sent to their table. "You're the one who sent the Rod to me..right?" Marik asked. Jewel nodded. "Yup." "And the letter?" Again, she nodded. She took a sip of her drink, ignoring his glare. "Why?" He asked, trying not to get angry. "The same reason why your family had it." She looked up at him. " 'For your protection.'" Marik bit his lip, frowning. "I don't understand. Are you playing a trick on Ryou and I?" She shook her head. "Nope. I told you. It's for your protection." Marik slammed a fist on the table, causing a few people to look at them. "How the Hell would that protect us!?"

Jewel watched with a sad look in her eyes. "Please don't be mad at me, Marik….I just want you to be safe…" She looked away. He sat in silence and glared right back to the other customers. They quickly turned back to their food and friends, ignoring the two. He sighed and took a bite of his BLT. Jewel blinked and gulped back a tear. 'Ohhh please don't hate me!' She begged Ra silently. "Who sent you a message just a moment ago?" She looked at him in shock. "Zale…" He looked at her, confused. "He's in Japan. With Yugi and the others." She explained. He frowned. "You're stalking us?" She shook her head furiously. "N-no! It's not like that…." Her lips quivered. She really didn't want to cry. "What did he say?" Marik asked after taking a sip of his drink. Jewel gulped a sip of her own drink and sighed. "He told me it's okay to tell you what I can. Same goes for Cara. She's probably explaining what she can too. Although, I bet it's not Ryou she's speaking with." She grinned.

Marik looked at Jewel in shock and quickly took out his cell and dialed a number. "Calling Ryou?" She asked, taking a sip of her soup. He paused for a moment, then continued pressing buttons. Finally, he got a hold of the albino. "Ryou! It's Marik. Is Cara still wit-…." He looked at Jewel with surprise. "…Bakura…..yeah….Are you serious?…." He blinked and choked back a laugh. "You're scaring her." Jewel looked up from her soup and frowned. 'What the?' She tilted her head, curious now. "Bakura, be gentle with her. We need to have a talk with them both….Yeah…so what's your plan?….Damn, and I was having fun toying with Jewel…..Well, I get the feeling Panera doesn't like me anymore…." He frowned at Bakura's response. "Hey, I'm not the one who rips a steak apart like some hyena in front of a banquet." Jewel giggled at the thought. Marik sighed and nodded. "Right. …No, I don't think I believe them either but hopefully tonight we'll understand more….Later, then." He hung up, watching the female.

She stirred her soup, trying to ignore his stare. "Tonight, you and Cara are staying the night at our room." Jewel looked up immediately. "Wow….you really do go fast, huh?" She grinned mischievously. He smirked with her. "You haven't met my bad side yet, Jewel." She blinked, confused. "Tonight, we'll share secrets. Right now, let's just finish lunch and head back to our classes, okay?" She nodded, frowning.