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After gulping down his cereal Malik grabbed a pair of clothes and jumped into the shower. It had to be quick, he was running out of time. Once finished he commanded his partner to grab his own bags. Malik grabbed his own and made their way to the hotel. When they reached the hotel and the clerk Malik gave him his information. When asked for payment he brought out the Millennium Rod and controlled the man to forget about payment and override the system- making it look like the two were paid in full for a long time. When asked if someone could take their bags, Marik allowed them but Malik didn’t. He didn’t trust people while Marik didn’t want to carry them anymore. “You trust people with your things?” Malik said in a low voice when the two were alone in the elevator.

”What are they going to take? Besides, I’m not as paranoid as you,” Marik said with a smirk. This was all rather stupid, they didn’t have to do this. If they just found out when those bastards would be out in the real world they could ambush them there and be done with it. If he absolutely HAD to look on the bright side, this could possibly make them stronger. Experience wise, not kishin egg wise- cause they had to give those up….. god damn it this sucks! No matter how he looked at it!

Malik rolled his eyes. They reached their room and were given keys. “Coffee, I want it right away,” Malik said of course using the rod again to get what he wants.

”And complimentary breakfast,” Marik said with a smirk. If Malik was using the rod Marik could use it as well without even touching it- he could use it through his psyche. The boys entered the room- Marik’s stuff was already up there. “How quaint,” Marik said sarcastically.

Malik shut the door behind them and walked over to the couch like a zombie. He flopped on there and felt himself almost instantly fall asleep.

”This is already boring me,” Marik said looking around. He wondered if those girls were here yet. Maybe he could find amusement with them. He sensed where they were and made his way to their room, knocking on their door.

”Huh wha now?!” Jonouchi said finally waking up. He looked around slightly confused at first. He always did this when he woke up. He scratched his head and mussed up his hair, “What’s up Atemu?” he said in mid yawn as if there was nothing wrong in the world. He just woke up, his mind was still booting up.

When he finally woke up the dog wagged so much her rear wiggled a little. She nuzzled him a little but when she heard him say they were going to another room she grabbed her toy and jumped down, waiting for him. Spirit followed Yuugi. Sure, she could have found Jonouchi from sniffing his scent or sensing his souls, but she just followed him instead. When they reached his room Spirit walked in front of Yuugi and started scratching on the door and squeaking her toy.

Jonouchi looked over at his door. “What the hell is that?” he said. He wasn’t used to a dog scratching at his door. He got up, knocked into a table and cussed slightly, then opened the door.

As soon as the door opened up Spirit pounced on Jonouchi knocking him to the ground. She dropped her slobbery toy on his face.

Jonouchi hit the ground and the next thing he knew something wet was on his face. “UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” he said wiping his face and the toy off. “You damn mutt get off of me!” he tried to command her.

Spirit jumped off of him but bit part of his shirt and tugged at it. Normally, it would look like she was attacking him but she was actually playing. Just playing very rough. She made playful growls and grunts as she did this. Finally, a small part of the shirt gave and ripped off. Spirit sat down wagging her tail as if showing Jonouchi ‘look! Look what I did!’.

”WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?” Jonouchi said obviously not pleased. “That’s it! Where’s Akiko! You’re not staying in my room! Get out!” he yelled at the dog.

The cavern walls turned a dark dull purple and red. It seemed as if the walls went soft and pulsated. Bulges appeared randomly on the walls, and when they reached their peak they opened up to reveal an eyeball. Blood shot eyes were everywhere on the walls, watching her. When the group of corpses (or so she assumed were corpses) passed she remained on the ground for a moment or two, trying to catch her breath. Akiko then began to sit up slowly, darting her own eyes from side to side. Suddenly something jumped out at her and pinned her down. It screeched an ear shattering bellow in her face. Akiko could not tell if this was a man or a woman, let alone if it was human. It was completely blacked out- like a silhouette. It had a basic human form but it almost looked like the being was also on fire. The only other detail that could be seen is a yellowish white grimace. Akiko swung her head back, trying to muster up strength to fight it off. She then felt a horrible pain in her stomach- she instantly looked to see what caused it only to find the being on top of her had put its whole hand through her stomach. Its hand was in her stomach, pulling out organs.

In real life, Akiko’s body had tensed up and contorted slightly. She remained perfectly still and her breath was minimal. This was more than a nightmare at this point.

[[I like being evil every now and then twisted I blame Berserk and The Exorcist for her dream @A@

OMG I LOVE UNO HAHA XD

I think in the next post I might have Marik openly flirt with Lerena. Because he thinks Malik might kinda sorta like her. If not in that way then possibly as a friend. Either or it would probably piss him off if he did that anyway XP so it's a win win for him. XP

Also I went over board with Akiko's dream oAo sorry about that. I was also inspired by an old dream my friend told me about.]]

"You question it as if finding you two is a difficult task," Marik said with a smirk as he leaned his arm against the door way. "Point is, I was bored and the 'Miss's' is sleeping," he said yet again demeaning Malik. Might as well, he wasn't there to fight him back. Marik walked in without being invited in and took a look around. "Phew! This place must have cost you two quite a lot. Only staying here one night I guess?" Marik said unknowing of how they payed for it. "Just about the same room we got. Of course, we didn't pay for ours. Why pay when you can so easily take? You know what I mean?" he said. He looked at the card game they were playing and asked the two, "What are you doing?"

Jonouchi shot up when he heard his friend's voice. "Yuug! You're ok!" he said putting his hands on his shoulders. "Those girls are PSYCHOTIC," Jonouchi said slightly angry. Of course he would still be angry with them, they practically almost killed his friend! "I wonder what happened to them. Obviously Shinigami-sama knows what happened. Doubt he would have let something like this blow by," he said. He then rubbed his hands together and looked playfully devious, "Hope whatever they got handed to them was painful." Jonouchi then looked over at Yuugi and then Spirit. "She's not with her? Huh," he said.

Spirit continued to wag her tail. However, she suddenly stopped and looked at the door. She sensed something, something potentially dangerous near her master. Instantly her fur went up and eyes gleamed viciously. Spirit growled as if she had been touched by madness. She did not wait for the others, she darted out of the room and towards her master's room.

Jonouchi stepped back when he heard Spirit's growl. "What the...." he mumbled. The dog was not growling at them, but something outside of the door. From what he's gathered from Akiko, this wasn't just some dumb dog. In other words, Spirit did things for a reason. When she dashed out of the room Jonouchi followed. "Hey mutt! What's wrong!?" he shouted at the dog but had no affect on her. When they reached her room Spirit jumped through the dog door and left the others outside for the time being. Jonouchi tried to open the door but it was locked. "Locked.... why the hell is it locked???" he said concerned now. What got the dog all ralled up like that?

Before Spirit proceeded to her master she heard the door try to be open. She turned around and jumped up on the door. It took a few attempts but she got the lock undone. Spirit then ran to Akiko in bed. She stayed at the foot of the bed, looking forward at Akiko but up at something. As if something was above her. But there was nothing there. She continued to growl and now bark continuously at what appeared to be nothing.

Akiko did not wake from Spirit's growls or barks. Something forced her not to wake. The same thing that forced her down in her dream. In her dream, she groaned from the organs being pulled out of her. She could see her hands up in front of her, in attempts to pull the being off of her. There was blood splattered all over her body, most likely from her wound. The being stopped for a moment and grabbed her wrists strongly. It brought its face close to her's again and screeched once again. It hurt her ears, it was like sticking needles in your eardrums. Suddenly, there was a blunt object coming out of the chest of the being. It let go of Akiko and sat up. It frantically put it's hands on the object that had pierced it. The object almost looked like an oar, but it must have been sharp enough to go through the being. It then slashed the being upward- splitting it in two. The being exploded into a dark murky substance that splattered on Akiko. When it was completely gone, what stood in front of her was a cloaked being holding the bloodied oar with his skeletal hands. The cloak was open revealing where a face would be, a bare skull with four horn coming from the top sides. Part of the chest could be seen, which looked like extremely dull blue skin, so thin that the rib cage and shoulder blades could easily be seen. He spoke, "Pick up your organs and put them back in you."

Akiko looked at the scattered parts and said in a panic, "I can't, I need someone to help me."

The being growled and spoke again, "Then you'll lay here forever if you're open to others."

Akiko put her head back and teared up a little. "I can't do it. I can't even move," she pleaded again. She felt completely vulnerable. She put her hands on her wound, feeling the giant hole that was in her stomach now.

"You can't be this weak. Who are you waiting for?!" the being shouted at her.

"Nobody is coming! I'm just going to lay here and die! I can't get up so I might as well just die!" she shouted back.

Akiko in real life did not show any strain on her face. Her body was still contorted but was hidden because of the covers.

[[I have a great game for them to play if you want. Malik could come in when he is woken up by room service. http://www.crazystudent.com/drinking-games/verbal/dirtyhearts.htm it's called Dirty Hearts, it's basically truth or Dare but more evil. We don't have to do the drinking thing since it's the morning.]]

"Ha!" Marik laughed at what they did, "that must have been amusing." He then looked at the two when they mentioned other games to play. "Please, I have a much more amusing game," he said as he took out a pack of cards. Yes, he carried a pack of normal cards as well as his duel monster cards. He sat next to Lerena to form a sort of circle between the three of them. He shuffled the cards and explained, "It's called Dirty Hearts. Every time someone picks up a heart faced card two through ten the other people in the circle ask him or her a question. The person who picked up the card chooses what question they want to answer and answers it. Since I don't feel like getting slammed in the morning we don't have to worry about the drinking part. If someone draws a heart faced card that is either an ace, king, queen, or jack, then they have to answer a question and do a dare. If you pick up any other card nothing happens and the next person goes." He smirked and looked at the two. "It should be rather interesting. Besides, I might as well know something about you two since my partner is so into the idea of working together," he added. He put the deck down and said, "Game start."

In her dream the being looked off to the side and to the distance. Akiko could hear murmurs of words but didn't understand what was being said. The being then covered her face with his bony hands and everything went black.

Jonouchi moved over next to her and shook her shoulders, "Wake up! Come on!"

Akiko's eyes shot open as she gasped loudly. Within that second she smacked away Jonouchi's arms fearfully as she screamed. When he let go of her she rolled over and sat up on her knees. She quickly rolled up her shirt to look at her stomach. It felt like it was burning, and when she revealed it there was a red imprint that almost looked like a hand. It took her a few minutes to realize she was awake and that it was a dream. The fear in her eyes resided as she caught her breath. She pulled down her shirt and looked at the others. "What are you doing in my room?" was the only thing she could muster up. She didn't know what happened and why they were there. And now that she was coming to she could see the confusion in their own eyes which was rather awkward.

Spirit finally calmed down after Akiko woke up. She put her tail between her legs and walked up to her master whimpering. She laid next to her, putting her head on her leg. Nobody could see it except for her, their were other worldly souls near her- two. One seemed to keep her locked in her dream and the other only loomed above her. The one possessing her, technically, was the one that disappeared. The one that remained to the end was the one that only loomed. She didn't know about that one, but the way her master was Spirit had to treat it as a threat.

Malik was well asleep when a horrible thump thump thump woke him up. "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!" he moaned at the door.

He got up and opened it to see a bellhop with food and coffee, "This is what you ordered," the bellhop said.

Malik took his things and rudely slammed the door behind him. He wasn't hungry anymore but he needed coffee. He glugged the first cup down like a shot of whiskey. He then poured himself another one and began drinking it like a human being. He looked around, something wasn't right. There was food here and Marik wasn't obliterating it. Was he not here? Malik used the power of the Millennium Rod to see where his counter part was. He was in a room with Lerena and Renoko? Since when was he social? Malik decided to join them. Might as well. He could sense his partner and followed to where he was. When he was at the correct room he knocked on the door, continually sipping at his coffee.

Marik took his card and revealed it was a heart faced card. "Well go on, ask me a question and I'll choose which to answer," he said smirking. When he heard knocking at the door he smirked and said, "Look who finally woke up."

After Akiko collected herself she noticed that Yuugi was up and about. She shuffled closer to the group and said, "Yuugi, you're.... you're up?" She then looked sad and looked away. "I'm fine now..... are you ok? I mean.... yesterday I..... you were....." she tried to talk about it but felt horrible about it. The burning on her stomach was fading as well as the red mark- even though Akiko had covered it back up with her shirt. "I..... don't know what happened," Akiko said feeling a little stupid. Apparently something happened and she didn't know. Not only that, but she barely remembered the nightmare she just had. "I was having a nightmare but it's a little blurry right now," she added. She looked at all of them then added, "Maybe we should all have breakfast..... I can cook."

"Yea you're body was all stiff and jagged. I don't think you were just having a dream. Spirit was freaking out too," Jono added. He then looked confused and asked, "How can you not remember a dream you just had? That's dumb." He joked partially at the end. He's never seen someone go through something like that, then again he hasn't watched many people sleep. He agreed with Yuugi, Shinigami-sama should probably know. But first, "Breakfast sounds really good right now."

"Marik smirked at Renoko's explanation, "Do what you have to in order to figure me out. Just don't get frustrated when you can't make heads or tails of me." Marik looked over to see Malik opening the door- seems he found them as well. "Morning sunshine," he said with a grimace.

What are you doing?"

"Playing dirty hearts," Marik replied.

"That's a drinking game," Malik said taking a seat next to Marik and Lerena.

"You can drink if you want to, nobody is stopping you," Marik said smirking. He then looked at the girls, "No matter who I choose I will end up answering both of you. So I'll just do that. Yes Renoko, I have killed someone. Who they were I do not know, it was a man. I killed him in a public bathroom, to answer your question Lerena. It was in a restaurant, the man was acting like a self-centered egotistical b*****d with the sense that he was better then anybody and thought he could tell me what to do at the bar. He choose me as a target to make himself look better. Details aren't important, but nobody treats me with that much disrespect, he had to be taught a lesson." Marik paused for a moment and glanced at Malik for a moment. He then continued, "When he went to the bathroom I followed him, locked the door, waited for him to come out then smashed his face repeatedly into the bathroom sink until he stopped moving."

Malik stayed quiet during Marik's answer. Truth was, Marik did that when the two shared a body. Malik kept his eyes peeled to the ground so not to bring attention to himself. Not that he cared, but at the same time he did- if that made any sense. No, he would not let anybody ******** with him, but he didn't like coming back into consciousness with blood on his hands and an unexplained death. Torture he could handle, he was still sensitive to murder. But with every day spent with Marik he felt numb toward death. And as far as he cared, he only wanted Keshin souls dead and the Pharaoh dead. But when it came down to it, that too was Marik's influence. It didn't matter anymore anyway.

"I don't feel like I'm in danger....." Akiko said feeling a little out of place. Something happened and she had no clue about it. The only evidence of what happened was that mark on her stomach that was now gone. She glared at Jonouchi for a moment but then stuck out her tongue at him, "You're dumb." She scooted off of her bed and started walking to the kitchen. She looked back at Yuugi and said, "Sure, if you want to. If you're ok to." She started getting some things out from the fridge and cabinets. It was just easier if she did it- she knew her kitchen a lot better then Yuugi did. She kept looking over at him then quickly looking back. She finally out and said, "Dr. Stein did a really good job..... I didn't think you would be up and about today......" She then bit her lip, that was awkward. All that was on her mind was how she failed and couldn't protect someone. Was she that weak? She always thought she was pretty strong. She wasn't strong then, she wasn't strong now.

Spirit followed Akiko and laid at the entrance of the kitchen. She watching her, making sure she was ok. She also was interested in what they were cooking.

Jonouchi rolled his eyes playfully and chuckled a little. "Hey Atemu, wanna play a quick game? Ya got your duel monster cards on ya?" he said as he walked into the dinning room and waited for food. Jonouchi wasn't the best cook so he decided to stay out of the way. The kitchen and dinning room were connected and did not have a wall dividing the two rooms.

"Jonouchi, don't get too comfortable. After breakfast I want to try and train," Akiko said turning on the skillet for pancakes.

"You want to start that soon? But it's still so early," Jonouchi said almost whining like a little child who doesn't want to go to school.

"Yea, I do. I want to know why I couldn't wield you," Akiko said slightly seriously. She was very serious when it came to combat. In a sense, she was almost like Maka. Except she didn't want to study and read all the time, she liked playing and having fun. Akiko was good at balancing the two.

"You think you can figure it out?" Jonouchi asked curiously. He was over being all mad that he and Tristan couldn't be weapon and mister- Akiko seemed pretty cool. He wanted this to work, if it could.

"I taught I dog how to sync her soul up to mine, I'm sure I can teach you," Akiko said with a small giggle as if the solution was obvious.

"Are you calling me simpler then a dog?" Jonouchi joked.

[[and I appear again -.- sorry about the wait]]

"To believe it or not is up to you. But you would be surprised if you knew half the things about Malik and I," Marik grimaced. The fact she possibly doubted it made it fun in a dark whimsical way. "Pff, I could drink you both under the table," Marik laughed loudly. He strangely enough had a high tolerance for alcohol. When drunk he became a lot more quieter and generally calmer. However, stoke him the wrong way and he did become murderous. He barely slurs, however he is unable to work any of his powers efficiently and basic coordination is lost.

Malik rolled his eyes when Marik said he could hold his alcohol better. Malik could drink but rarely drank to get s**t faced- someone had to watch Marik. Not so much what he would do to other people, but he would worry that Marik would go postal on himself. Though there were never any signs of Marik wanting to harm Malik while he was drunk, he just felt extremely cautious around him. Malik thought for a moment about what to ask Lerena. Unlike his counterpart, he didn't look to embarrass people. He actually wanted to learn more about her so more constructive questions came from him. "If you had to choose between having no freedom but having everything materialistically available to you or having nothing at all except your freedom what would you choose and explain?" he asked seriously. "Those are the only two choices," he added so she wouldn't add any ifs to the situation.

"What's with that look?" Marik said to his partner. Marik chuckled when Lerena got the Queen of hearts. He did like to embarrass people, to make them emotionally squirm. "Who do you think is more attractive? Malik or I? Explain," he said with a dark smirk. It was like killing two birds with one stone. "My dare for you is to kiss the person you think it more attractive."

"Looking to get your ego stroked I see?" Malik said as he glared at Marik. Deep down though he was imagining ripping his partner's head off. "My dare is to punch Marik in the nads," Malik said sourly.

"Do you really want her to die?" Marik said not liking the suggestion. However he did like the reaction he got from his partner. He could smell the embarrassment and loathing from him. He would think that Malik wouldn't care about such a question but he did!And that made him wonder more.

Akiko smiled, "She can really open my door and that's about it. Knob doors she can't turn or anything. She's tried and has gotten very frustrated over the fact." Akiko had made a smaller pancake, once it was done and cooled she threw it over to Spirit to eat.

Spirit caught the pancake and ran it into the other room to eat. Once she finished she looked at both Jonouchi and Atemu. She laid facing Atemu but a good distance away and just stared at him. Now that things were more calm she took notice in the uncanny soul he had. It was too identical to Yuugi's it confused her. So she just watched him, unsure now.

Jonouchi let out another moan but then said, "Ok ok, fine. You guys are right."

"Is it even worse that I didn't know I was in pain?" Akiko said letting out a small laugh this time. "You're pretty good at cooking," she said seeing Yuugi wasn't burning anything. Most of the time when people would cook with her they would almost set her kitchen on fire.... "Thank you for not setting anything on fire....." she said slightly dazed off as she thought about prior times.

"I agree. Though I do enjoy calling things my own property it's pointless to have anything if you can't be free," Malik agreed with her. He didn't comment on her other statement but only because his partner was with him. No doubt he would try to take her soul- he really didn't care about anybody but himself. Which was good right? Right? One has to look after oneself only. But Malik always had exception: Isis, Odion. He still claimed to care for no one but deep down he did care for his family. He certainly can't agree with them, but still. And he couldn't help be feel sympathy for Lerena- though that barely showed. But in essence they were the same. He was forced away and was stripped of the right to be his own self, his own life. And because of birth too. The only thing that was different between the two was that once he and Marik destroyed the Pharaoh they would be set free. Was there any solution for Lerena?

Marik smirked, "Oh come on now, everybody has a preference. Even this one here. I think he has a thing for thin petite girls. Must be the thought of being able to break them so easily," Marik teased. Come to think of it he's never seen Malik interested in anybody. Lerena and Renoko are the only two he's ever put any interest into. Well, not so much Renoko but most certainly Lerena. Suddenly the other sister called time out and the two went to the bathroom together. Marik paused for a moment then looked at Malik, "Do you think they're touching each other in there?" he stated perversely.

"You.... are one sick individual," Malik replied back. Of course they wouldn't be, Marik's mind was always at the lowest low. Though he was curious what they were discussing- that had to be what they were doing. Then they started yelling, but no words could be made out. Malik narrowed his eyes a little and said in annoyance and impatiences, "What is taking them so long??"

"Why? Eager for that kiss?" Marik teased evilly.

"Don't be stupid. And obviously she's not going to choose that. But you would like that wouldn't you?" Malik said with a sarcastic tongue.

"Actually no, I'd much prefer it if she kissed me. What? Are you that self conscious about yourself that you can't even admit that she's hot? Cause you know she is. You're just too embarrassed to say it," Marik messed with Malik's head.

Before Malik could defend himself by laughing in Marik's face the door swung open. Next thing he knew someone's lips were shoved against his. The force made him shut his eyes but he soon snapped them open when he realized what happened. He completely froze, even his lips didn't move. Only when he felt her trying to get up did he put his hands on her arm to try to help her get up.

Marik busted out laughing. He certainly was not expecting this! "Oh this is too good!" was the only thing he could squeeze in between laughs.

Once Lerena was off of him Malik swung around and grabbed Marik by the throat with both hands. "What do you think is so god damn funny? Hmm? If you don't stop laughing I'm going to snap your neck in two," Malik practically hissed at his partner. His mind was still on the skits about what happened. Not everything fully soaked into his head. all he knew was that his partner pissed him off at the wrong moment.

Malik's grip was certainly intense. Marik scratched at his hands to free himself. His face, for once, actually showed some fear. "Can't breath...." he huffed.

Malik let go of him and turned his back to him, practically pouting. He was embarrassed, as simple as that.

Akiko grabbed her plate and joined everyone else. "The only thing I remember was the burning pain on my stomach. But it was only painful for a few seconds then it faded dramatically," she said as she took a few bites of her food then swallowed. "Though, I wouldn't call it pain, but the only other thing I can recall was.... well it was... I dunno. Kinda like this force pulling me down on my body. But I don't know if that's just normal," she added.

Jonouchi practically shoveled his food down his throat. He looked up at her and asked, "How is that remotely normal?"

Akiko rolled her eyes. "Like the feeling you get when you wake up. Sometimes everything feels really light as your body wakes up with your mind and other times it feels like gravity is pushing down on you- like your body is magnetized to the bed," she explained.

"Feeling light yes, I know that feeling. But the heavy thing.... no?" Jonouchi said sounding confused at the second explanation.

"You're looking at me like it's something weird. Everybody gets that feeling, right? It's normal?" she said now not so sure.

"Maybe whatever you are gets that feelings but humans don't," Jonouchi said not trying to be sarcastic but the statement itself sounded that way.

"I AM human Jonouchi!" Akiko stood up with her spoon pointed at him.

"Humans still don't have tails..... and what are you going to do with a spoon?" he said slightly smiling at the fact she was threatening him with a spoon.

Akiko slowly narrowed her eyes. She paused, then threw the spoon at Jonouchi's head. It clunked and bounced against his head. She sat back down and murmured, "Now I have to get another spoon."

"Ow! Oh man.... hey, that was a pretty good shot though, but ow..." he said slightly chuckling.

"What I want to talk about is about those girls and two guys from yesterday. I mean.... are they still even in the school? And if they are, I mean, are they going to come around again? I mean, who just attacks students out of the blue like that? What if they do that to more students???" she asked concerned. A dream is a dream but what happened yesterday worried her to no end.

[[I'll have her only remember bits a pieces of her dream later on I guess. Do you want to know what's going on with her or would you prefer to wait and see?]]