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Malik ignored Lerena's compliment so he would not feel anymore embarrassed. He never really thought too much about being romantic with girls. Not because of questionable sexuality, of course women were attractive. He just never had the time to think about it- he had other important things to tend to. Not only that but he was never around any other females other then his family. If he stayed in that life, he would have been married off to a tomb keepers daughter. He couldn't possibly make a good boyfriend- he really didn't care for anyone except himself. Lerena was lucky enough that he was talking and hanging around her- she and her sister should be grateful that he can tolerate them- other wise he would have freaked out at them instead of his partner. But that was because these two weren't normal girls. Malik stayed quiet in case he was blushing. His face felt warm but he couldn't tell if he was.

"It's stupid with or without the cards," Malik said rolling his eyes. How was he going to make her blush? Yes he was thinking about how- Malik was actually competitive when it came to all types of games. More so with games that put one's life at steak. What made girls embarrassed? Looks? Feelings? He couldn't think of personal things girls deal with. The only things he could think of now were offensive and possibly perverted things. Girls didn't like that right? "Fine, I'll do this. I don't see anything really challenging about it," Malik said being sour. "Are you a virgin?" he simply asked. Men would probably be more embarrass to answer that but it was a start.

"He's just cranky cause he didn't get his beauty sleep," Marik said. "Aww, Malik gets Lerena all to himself?" Marik snickered.

"Are you saying you don't like Renoko?" Malik smirked back.

"Not at all, I just prefer to have both," Marik said perverted. Since he was already going down the gutter he asked Renoko, "You seem like a dominant woman, seems you would like to be on top. Am I right? And what would you do if someone didn't cooperate with you?" Marik liked being pervy but only when it actually made people uncomfortable. He felt that wouldn't be able to get the proper reaction from Renoko. All he could hope for is for her sister to get angry at him or for Renoko to come up with good questions for him. Marik cackled a little and said, "Malik likes the virgins. Likes to take them."

"Don't listen to him, he's off his medicine," Malik snapped back. Actually, his partner should be on some type of pills. Would make his life a lot easier. Some happy pills are in order.

"Pff," Akiko shifted her eyes off to the side as she narrowed them, "people never change. I hope he's not seriously considering that." Akiko was normally a happy person when she wasn't nervous and shy. But she had a rather strict and harsh view on people like them. She really did feel like people never change for the better. They can change for the worse, but never for the better. "So you feel like they aimed you two specifically? You don't think this was random?" she repeated to clarify. "I didn't get the pleasure of being in grace with the boys," she said, "but the females...... they are hard to pin point. On one hand they seem cold and heartless. But, the one girl seemed very sad. It's hard to explain."

"You're not trying to make excuses for them are you?" Jonouchi said raising an eye brow.

"What?! No! God no. There is no justifying trying to kill someone!" Akiko said making sure she was clear.

"I have to ask, why did you come to help us?" Jonouchi asked curious.

"Does compassion confuse you?" she answered with a question.

"No, but you know," Jonouchi said feeling his question wasn't answered.

Spirit had been staring at Atemu the whole time. She finally gave up on her confusion and stood up. She whimpered and crawled under Akiko's legs.

Akiko looked down and scratched her dog's head. "What's the matter girl? Huh?" she said in a softer voice. She rubbed her head lovingly a few times before she said, "She's acting like a baby right now.....no reason for that now."

"Pfff, she ain't no baby. That thing can bite your arm off if she wanted to," Jonouchi mumbled.

[[better example of derp eyes: http://imagemacros.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/johnny_derp_depp.jpg]]

"I can't see you being submissive, as much as I would like to see it," Marik said with a smirk. Marik never really thought about what he liked in women, he hated other people. It was actually an interesting question to think about. "Silence. If a woman can stay quiet and do as I wish then I would consider gracing them with my presence. As for physical appeal I have no specific preferences. I think it's arousing both mentally and sexually to control someone- to have them lose their right to free will and have them bend to every whim. I guess you would call it a 'control high'." he answered. He still couldn't see himself with someone. If he were in need of physical love he would go out and obtain it. "You mentioned before 'man or woman' have or would you do it with a chick? And would you record it for me?" Marik said chuckling a little.

When did this become a sex question game? Malik was really looking for other questions that were not sexual and could still embarrass someone. The only other thing were really gross things he'd rather not say. He really just wanted to ask philosophical questions- question that made someone think and make hard decisions. Perhaps he could combine the two? But for now he had to answer. His lips twitched a little with her question, he thought he would blush but he didn't. Unlike his counterpart he wouldn't mind eventually finding someone. Probably not now, so he thought, because there was too much for him to accomplish to be anchored down by a significant other. "No," was his first initial answer. He paused then rephrased, "I never really thought about it. If I were to be into bondage I would obviously want to be the master. Contrary to popular belief I wouldn't act like a sadist to my significant other like my weapon," Malik paused and looked at Marik for a moment. "The only thing I would be into is worship probably. I don't know, again I never really thought about it," he said.

"As for the darker side of life I'm pretty sure I live that everyday. If there is anything darker then what I have witnessed or go through then I am sure it would be hell itself," Malik finished his answer. Malik then asked, "Someone, we'll say man, kidnaps you. He gives you two choices. The first is to be his sex slave for a week- doing anything sexual or non-sexual. After that you are a free woman again. The other choice is to endure an hour of extreme physical torture that may end up ending your life before the hour is up. If you pass the hour he would then dump you to the side of the street were you are free but on your own to try and survive. Which would you choose? You cannot escape nor alter the choices."

"It's no fun if there is no pain involved..." Marik snicked referring to Malik's comment of him being 'sadistic'.

"It... was only for a moment or so. After... well when it was just me and her. I don't really want to explain it because it won't make any sense really," Akiko replied to Yugi. Akiko put her elbow on the table and propped her head on her hand. She listened to Yugi with her eyes looking at him with the corner of her eyes. After he finished she said, "Murderers don't change, rapist don't change, *****, animal abusers, thieves, they all don't change. They'll just keep doing the same thing over and over again. Their sick nature is like a drug to them. It drives them to continue." Akiko looked at Jonouchi for a moment then added, "Why am I not surprised?"

"What is that supposed to mean???" Jonouchi said to Akiko with a raised eyebrow.

"Not to put you on the spot, but you didn't really change. Cause you did almost the same thing to me. Talking smack when I wasn't around and being avoident. And now you changed- I'm sure you won't do it again to me. But you will probably do it again to someone new," she pointed out.

"I don't like being an example. Why do I have to be the example?" Jonouchi said slightly frustrated.

"Given, you probably weren't a gargantuan a*****e. And I can't see you being a very good bully. Maybe you were having male PMS for months on end instead of being a flat out bully?" Akiko said with a smile at the end. "Oh my god were you one of those losers that took kids milk money? You a*****e!" she added laughing a little.

"Can we get off this subject? It's not something I'm very proud of. I made a mistake, god. People make mistakes," Jonouchi said.

Akiko lifted her head and sat normally. "Jonouchi, stealing the little kid's milk money, milk that's fo' da' children! Mr. T gunna come and get you, he's gunna do it fo' da' children! So they can have their milk!" Akiko teased and laughed.

"God.........." Jonouchi said face palming.

Akiko looked back at Yugi and asked, "Why would you stand up for a bully anyway? I wouldn't have given him the time of day." She then looked back at Jonouchi and said, "No offense."

"Oh no, none taken at this point," Jonouchi said rolling his eyes and leaned his head on his hand. He wasn't mad or anything- it was just something he kinda wanted to put behind him.

[[lol, my mind should not be allowed to wonder that much razz
Did she give the note to Marik?]]

"Kinky," Marik said simply with a smirk. Marik took no time in thinking about his answer, he quickly said, "Paris Hilton." He then paused but followed up with explanation, "Anybody who does nothing and achieves everything should be shot down and stripped of everything." Marik sat back and smirked a little, "That was a little too easy. Let's try something harder. A gun is pointed at your head. The man with the gun tells you if you kill the child in his possession he'll let you live. If you refuse he will shoot you. However the man's arm is shaking- if you were to try, you could knock the gun out of his hand. If you were to fail, you would be shot dead. What do you do? Kill the child to guarantee your safety or take a chance to knock the gun out of the man's hand, sparing the child's life but putting yours at risk?" Marik asked. He liked these types of questions just like Malik. However Marik liked seeing the true dark nature in people. It was like a drug that got him high.

Malik peeked over at Marik and Renoko. Marik was ******** with her now. Most people would be appealed or distressed over a choice like that. Most would choose not to answer and think nothing of it- that it would never happen to them so why choose? However Renoko and Lerena were very different from most people. He was a little interested in her choice, but not the same way Marik was. Marik liked to hear the awful week truth- or to listen to the sugar coated lies. Malik was in interested in someone's reasoning, the thought process of what to choose. Marik wasn't sure if he liked Lerena's answer, he wasn't sure if there was an option he would like. "I would choose the other, only for the fact I would not want to be considered a slave. But that's just me. There is no right answer to that though, only opinion," Malik said. It wasn't so much the sex part, it was the slave part. Being confined physically or mentally was something that struck fear in him the same way it strikes a caged animal.

"Yea but Malik, if you were in that situation would you have to be a slave to a man or woman? Wouldn't it be a little fruity if you didn't want to be a dominatrix's sex slave?" Marik teased.

"Would you want to be a sex slave? Seriously? Half the time you wouldn't be getting anything anyway," Malik rebutted.

"I'd never be a slave, I'd be the master. And you speak as if you know of these things," Marik said implying lies.

"Yea ok," Malik said which got him a scowl from Marik. Malik twitched at Lerena's question. "I never really thought about it, I never was around a lot of women..." he started to say.

"Total sausage fest," Marik commented.

Malik ignored his other half but did correct Marik's last statement to Lerena, "No, not a 'total sausage fest'. My family and I were just very secluded from the outside world.... per say" Malik paused knowing he would have to say something, "For starters, women with an actual brain. I hate stupid people." Malik then came to a silence, he decided to procrastinate on the question by asking, "Do you mean appearance or personality?" He then asked her his question, "What does it matter what type of women I or any man would be interested in? Is it that important to categorize attributes in women?" It was hard for a man who never loved an outsider to find things about the opposite sex that he would love.

"Yea but why???" Akiko asked Yugi, "Why don't you care if they bullied you or not?" She honestly seemed confused about such an idea. Then she thought about conditions, what if the bully was in serious trouble? Yes they are assholes for what they did but do they deserve to die? She didn't want people to die, but she couldn't get past grudges. Conflict was obvious in her eyes. She thought about things too much.

"Sounds like someone possibly likes revenge," Jonouchi teased.

"I wouldn't go as far and say that," she said. "I guess it just depends," she said giving up on the matter in her head but felt it would persist anyway.

[[lol Justin Bieber. More like Justin Beaver, amirite?]]

"You're a woman after my own heart," Marik said with a sadistic smirk. However his look went serious when Renoko asked her next question. "I'd only need one wish from the three. I'd want someone to suffer for eternity after I kill them. Whether it be in hell or something else. I can kill them with my own hands but once they are dead they are dead. I can inflict suffering to their living being but I have no control over their soul after they pass," he explained. He then wiped away his seriousness with a smirk and said, "I wouldn't need the other two wishes because whatever I want I can obtain myself."

Marik cracked his knuckles before asking his next questions, it was a poor habit of his, "You seem to not care about random kids. I can understand that. But what if I took your sister and offered you this choice. Kill her free yourself or allow me to kill you? And don't suggest that I wouldn't be able to do it because I am quite able to." Marik then added, "Basically, would you give your own life for her or let her die to continue living?" Marik was deliberately trying to give her impossible choices. Most humans can't make that choice until they are put in that position, any choice now would not be true. But it was still fun to watch people pick their brains over it.

"Cut that s**t out," Malik snapped at his other self. He didn't care when he did this to other people, but he actually enjoyed the company of these two. Plus they would have to be working together, rather, it would be easier to meet their goal if they worked together.

"It's just a question," Marik said with that same twisted grin.

"And your totally not aiming to get a control boner out of this?" Malik said. He brought his attention back to Lerena. Malik raised an eyebrow and looked at Lerena and Renoko. "I'm right here you know...." he said as they spoke as if he could not hear them. Malik twitched again when she answered and gave him his second question. "The way I look at it, having a preference to a woman is like having preference to food. And the way I grew up you were happy if you even got food. You were not picky, you got what you can get. Not saying I would choose a woman just because I could get them- but I don't really go out of my way to find them," Malik answered at first. He paused then looked at her, feeling his answer was a cop out or inefficient. He rolled his eyes and said, "Fine, if I would have to choose a girl I would choose one that wasn't too girly. I already said that I would want someone who was smart- I hate stupid people. Someone that understands how this world works and doesn't live in their own fantasy world."

"Stop being such a prude and tell the girl what physical traits you like or I will," Marik threatened.

"You would just lie and make s**t up," Malik pointed out.

"Oh? He likes girls that are normal in bust, nothing too small, nothing too big. He likes girls that dress either sexy or in unique styles- not the norm. Black is his favorite colors on women. He likes thin to normal girls, not pudgy or fat. And he likes a either pale girls or tan girls. He's also specific about hair but I haven't been able to tell what types he is drawn to," Marik answered for him.

Malik twitched and scrunched his nose slightly. He didn't say anything at all... because Marik was actually right. How he knew he didn't know, was he that observant of him? And what signs was he giving off in order for him to know? It actually bothered him thinking that it was that apparent. "Whatever," he said to try and hide it.He still had another question to answer. "I can't imagine being with someone. Someone who can keep up with me would be nearly impossible. And I honestly doubt I have the ability to love someone. I would choose a life where everyone hates me- I'm already accustomed to being alone. And I really don't care what people think of me," Malik answered. His words might have been strong willed but it showed in his eyes he didn't like his own answer. It was a lie but at the same time it was true for him. Why did it matter to him now? He never thought about it, he just wanted to be free. Maybe when he was younger he thought about being with people but a lot of things changed. Even if he wanted to, could he trust himself with another person? "Does love matter to you? Or can you live without it?" he asked her but felt it was something he was asking himself as well.

Akiko thought about that for a moment. When put that way it did make sense. "I don't know if I believe in revenge or not. I don't know why I can't decide. I don't seek it out, but I think about it. Not as much anymore. Do I act on it? No. But I do hold grudges, I can't bring myself to help someone that has wronged someone so horribly. But I've never been in that particular situation so to say. You can't guess at what you will do until you are in the moment," Akiko explained. She mainly looked off to the side when she spoke, because she didn't want them to look into her eyes and figure out what she felt. She didn't want people's pity or for them to feel bad for her. She didn't want to tell people what she has been through. She looked back at them and asked, "You were on the brink of dying yesterday. Please don't tell me you would forgive those two for doing what they did. Please don't say you would defend them. I just..." she cut herself off. She was actually afraid of what his answer would be.

[[kk sounds good to me.

For some reason I either forgot to tell you or thought you said no or something. lol I dunno.

Since Akiko is the daughter of Charon (obviously she doesn't know) I figured she would be more susceptible to other worldly beings- aka ghosts, poltergeist, evil spirits, etc. She was being haunted/possessed while sleeping. The thing at the end was Charon 'protecting' her (he rid the evil spirit). However I pictured Charon having.... a lot of personality problems LOL. Afterall he is alone for all eternity bringing the dead across the river styx. He would have a weapon that would turn into the oar... I don't know anything else about his weapon though.

Now, in the anime, they can see ghosts- but this could be a different type of ghost/being - one that they couldn't see but Spirit could (animals have a keener sense- almost a 6xt sense).

I dunno what I am going to do with this in the future, I'm sure it will be brought up again. I have to think about what Shinigami-sama would say. I imagined that Shinigami and Charon are, if anything, friends/associates. In a lot of legends of Charon, there is mention of the Grim reaper (or that Charon is the Grim Reaper- in very few versions). So Shinigami would know what happened, may not tell the boys everything, and also knows Charon is Akiko's father.

/mythology f**

I do the same thing with 2s. I hate groups of 2s. That's why I normally play Jonouchi so the group becomes 3 (in this case 4). Everything happens in 3s.

lol Harry potter reference XD]]

Marik licked his lips as he played along. Marik looked slightly disappointed but covered it with a smirk, "Well that was relatively easy for you. I'm disappointed as well." Marik cracked his neck a little to make himself comfortable again. "Not at all, I never said that. I'm not judging her, I just know what I am capable of. and it's simply fact that not many can stand up to it. Really, I meant no offense," Marik said being sarcastic with his last sentence as he smirked.

Malik looked at Renoko and Marik. He was a little interested in her answer as well. He thought she was bluffing honestly. But he thought about the theory behind it. Killing someone to protect them? It was very strange, but interesting. Oh well. Malik was also slightly confused with Lerena's answer. Was she dancing around a true answer? Well, at least it wasn't as froo froo as he thought it would be.Actually, he almost liked her answer. It was dark and lacking faultful innocence. And yet it was a little disappointing- he wasn't sure why. Malik slightly blushed but didn't even realize it. He answered, "I don't even think it's a matter of if I wanted to find it or not. Moreso, can I have it or not? And I feel that I just simply have it. So why bother choosing whether or not I want it or not?"

Malik was getting a little too honest with his answers. Not that he had anything to hide, but he rather keep his emotions under control. Ever since Marik was born from him he was very careful about controlling his emotions. The only one he had a problem with was anger, because Marik very easily ignited that emotion. Lerena was making him think of things he never thought twice about, things he thought didn't matter. But weren't these things he wanted as a child? Things normally people could easily obtain? He was second guessing a lot of things and did not like the fact. "Which would you rather have? No freedom but be surrounded by people who you enjoy being around, or be free and be alone? And I mean absolutely alone," he asked. He asked her something like this before but now it was a little different. It was also a bit more personal.

Marik sighed and said, "Here we go again with the 'freedom' and 'alone' thing again." He then twitched in aggravation at Renoko's question. He mentally pouted, it was obvious. Such a question was improbable- not because of lions or acid or anything- but the fact that he would be that weak to be in that position. His number one goal was to survive- no doubting that. But he honestly could not name someone without it being a lie. "I'd protect my meister, obviously," he said. Of course he would, someone had to wield him. And back when they shared a body he would protect him because if he died, he too would die. Of course that didn't keep him from trying to destroy him and taking full control. He'd kill him now if it wasn't for their goal. Of course it would be a waste of his time to do so once they killed the Pharaoh. "I liked it more when we talked about sex," he mumbled but loud enough for her to hear. "This should be simple, you have one wish, two choices. One is to save the world and mankind. The other is the destroy one person in the most agonizing way possible. What do you choose?" he asked.

Akiko just stared at him for a moment. "You'll break a girl's heart one day if you keep acting like that," she said simply but honestly. But she had to admit to herself, someone who was willing to help even the most jerky a** people out there was certainly a rare one at that. She started taking the finished plates off the table and said, "Right. Sounds good." She put the dishes in the sink then said, "Yea just.... let me know what he says I guess."

When Akiko got up Spirit ran toward her, following her. Once in the kitchen she turned around and kept an eye out on Atem again. She passed from side to side, never letting her eyes off of him but kept in the general area. She wouldn't rest easy until she understood why the two boys had the same spirit. Not even twins had this. No human did.

"Aw right," Jonouchi said standing up and doing a quick stretch. "So kiddo, how do we go about training to sync our souls together?" he asked.

[[lol you are going to love how she trains with him XD]]

"Interesting," Marik said honestly. He was always so focused on killing the Pharaoh that he never thought about rising to god hood. That was always that albino kid's ambition. Sometimes he thought that guy was more crazed in the head then he was. Never thought he would meet a woman as so. "Are you trying to tell me something?" he teased with a grin. "As long as I am the only male. If I'm going to have two women at the same time then I want them all for myself. I hate sharing. Of course I wouldn't mind letting the two girls go at it for a while," he answered. "If you could would you be a man for a day? If you did would you go after as much tail as possible?" he asked.

"There are much worse things that could drive a man insane. You should know that," Malik started to say. But when she said split personality he froze for a moment. She didn't know, did she? Did Marik tell her anything? It was just coincidence, right? He stared at her, paranoia ran ramped in his eyes. Finally he stood up and walked away from them all.

"Now you did it," Marik said seeing Malik was now in a paranoid state.

"Hello hello? Who is there?" Shinigami-sama said through the speaker. He then saw who was at the door and said, "Ahhhhh, come in come in!" He then allowed the doors to open up to let them in. Stein was also in his chamber- as they were discussing recent events.

When the boys entered the chamber Stein looked over and breathed a puff of smoke from his cigarette. "There you are, I was wondering where you ran off to," he said to Yuugi. He pointed to his chest and said, "How do you like my handy work? Not the prettiest thing but it should look a lot better in time," he said then said slightly creepily, "it was rather interesting to work on your heart. New technique I've been dying to try out. Hope it holds up alright." He spoke as if it was noting if the boy died- mainly to mess with him. Stein was a very, eccentric person. Of course it would hold up, after all, he was a genius.

"What did I tell you about experimenting new techniques on students???" Shinigami-sama scolded Stein. "Anyway, you two wanted to see me? Is it about yesterday?" he asked.

"It's simple Jonouchi. Our souls aren't in line with each other at all. Obviously, the only way to correct this is to fight," Akiko said getting into a fighting stance.

"Woah woah what???" Jonouchi asked not sure he heard what she said. "Fight you? I'm not going to fight you? Why would I do that? How is that going to help?" he bombarded her with questions.

Akiko rolled her eyes. "That's the problem. You don't trust me enough to fight me. If you don't have trust, you can't connect with one's soul," she explained. "I trained a dog for crying out loud, you are going to question my logic with this type of stuff?" Akiko asked him.

"Don't trust you? Akiko I don't want to hurt you," Jonouchi said honestly.

"But I trust you Jonouchi. You aren't going to hurt me," she said. "Fighting me will give you better understanding of how my energy flows," she added.

"There has to be a better way then this," he said. He has never fought a girl, he's never hit a girl either. He didn't want to make this his first time.

"There isn't," Akiko said quickly as she jumped up on the table and then jumped toward Jonouchi to try punch him.

Jonouchi jumped out of the way then shouted, "Are you crazy?!"

"Maybe," Akiko said with a smile as she swipe kicked Jonouchi causing him to fall on his rear. "If you don't fight back then I know you really don't care about me," she said pointing at him. "Don't hold back! I know how to defend myself. If you hold back then we'll never be able to sync up," she demanded.

Jonouchi grabbed her by the wrist and threw her to the couch. "See? If I don't hold back I'll end up overpowering you!" he said pointing out to her. He was able to throw her with such ease too.

"But I can sense you now. Don't even think, just do," she said.

[[Yea, she had a psychotic episode and Renoko yelled at her. lol we like putting our characters in such turmoil they break down like this. Malik is in the other room- I imagine it is an open room, like a dinning room or something (aka no door or doorway). ]]

Malik looked over to see Lerena leave. Why was she leaving? He didn't think much of it so he didn't follow her. He had to calm himself down from his paranoia. Paranoia lead to a panic attack. His pupils dilated slightly, even though the room he entered was no darker then the other. If anything, it was lighter. He felt as if every nerve on his body was being lightly stabbed- his skin became sensitive to where the air agitated him. He breathed rapidly but silently- he became a master at hiding panic attacks. This one was mild right now, but he had to control it. It was hard, considering how the paranoid ideas kept pouring into his head. How much did she know about him? Can she read minds? She was a witch after all. Was she using her powers on him? Why? To do what? Did she want to control him? No, he'd know if someone was controlling him. What did she know about him? She had to know something. Why else would she have said that? "Shhhhh Shut up!" he whispered to himself. Why did it matter? She was only a woman. Just some girl. Who cares what she knew? He could just escape and never see her again. It would make no difference. He's done it before. He's done it to his family- before Isis and Odion could learn the truth about him. But this time around he didn't want to just leave her behind- it actually mattered to him. And in thinking that he started to miss his sister and brother. Why was he feeling all these things. Malik had been passing slowly and, what seemed, calmly back and forth in the dinning room. Just waiting for it to pass, to make the questions and voice stop talking.

When Renoko jumped up Marik simply watched her rush out of the room in a panic. He shrugged his arms and laid back on the bed that was now free.

Malik, on the other hand, spun around and watched Renoko race out of the door. He didn't question her, most meisers and weapons can feel one another. He followed her out of the door and to where ever she was going. Lerena left? That's right she did. What could have happened to her. "Is it that witch that is after her again?" he shouted to Renoko as he met up with her. If it was, good luck trying to help- his lazy weapon was nowhere in sight. When the elevator opened he saw Lerena on the ground. Malik looked around frantically for something that may have caused this. "What's wrong with her?" he asked. He had allotted himself enough time to come out of his panic attack- he was at the very end of it. Being so, he was paranoid about what had happened- thinking someone did that to her.

"Might be her brain. If I could just open her up and take a look inside..." Stein said very interested in doing so.

"No. And it's not her brain," Shinigami-sama told Stein while narrowing his eyes. "Oh?" he said in response to the boys concern. "Most meisers and weapons can see ghosts. However, most have a problem with seeing or sensing other types of other worldly spirits. There are thousands upon thousands of different types," he explained. Shinigami-sama actually knew exactly what happened. He came to visit her again. However Charon never went to harm her. She must have attracted something nasty this time. He had his own reasons to keep secrets from them- mainly because they did not need to know everything. Shinigami pretended to not be concerned, poorly pretended that is. He turned around to face away from them and shrugged his shoulders, "Perhaps a poltergeist, who knows." He then paused and asked, "What were you looking to find out? How come she didn't come to find out?"

Akiko ran towards Jonouchi again, this time sliding under him, then quickly getting up and jumping on his back. She held his arms up and wrapped them with her own. Akiko was a nimble and quick little bugger. Decently strong too.

Before he knew it Akiko was grabbing him from behind. "God damn you are fast!" he said trying to break her grip.

"You aren't concentrating!" she scolded him.

Jonouchi shook around for a bit, hoping momentum would throw her off. It didn't. So he smashed her against the wall. When he realized what he did he tensed up and approached her, "Jesus Christ Akiko! I'm sorry! Oh god are you ok???" This is why he didn't want to fight her.

Akiko fell to the floor and coughed a few times. But she was fine. "Good, keep going," she mumbled at first. She then grabbed him by the collar and headbutted him.

Jonouchi stood up and put his hands on his forehead. "ArrrrrrhhhhhhH! Why would you DO THAT?!" he questioned. That actually hurt!

Akiko just ran toward him and tried to punch him again. This time Jonouchi blocked and threw off her balance. She swung again and he blocked her. And again, and again. But he did not swing at her. "You have to attack Jonouchi. I feel your soul but not completely," she scolded him. Jonouchi threw a light punch- still afraid to hurt her. Akiko dodged it by doing a moonsault, grabbing his wrist with her tail, then coming down and pulling him down to the ground. She stood over him and yelled, "Is this a joke to you?! Do you think I am that weak? Do you EVEN want to become my weapon???"

Jonouchi looked up at her and yelled back, "How many times do I have to tell you!? I don't want to hurt you! I've never struck a woman in my life and I'm not about to start now! I'm not going to take a swing at my friend!"

Malik watched as Renoko tended to her sister. It was a strange act but it seemed to work. He could ask about details later. This probably wouldn't have happened if he just stayed in the game. He ripped part of his shirt to use to press against her wound to stop anymore bleeding [[I dunno if the bleeding stopped because of Renoko healing her but yea]]. He pressed the cloth to her wound and looked down. He then looked up at her and said in a low voice, "This is why it's better if I am alone. People get hurt when they are around me." His eyes were still slightly irregularly dilated. He stood up and began to walk away. "I'll get water for you both to get back on your feet. We'll get food when we are back in the room," he said as he did as he said.

Shinigami looked over his shoulder at Atemu. Now that death was in the equation he had to address it more so. He faced the two of them and said, "Two things could have woken her. If the possessing spirit leaves and she regains her own consciousness, or an outside source that is powerful enough to break it's hold. Distract it and make it loose control over the possessee." He then added, "Most people do not recall the events of a possession. Some may remember what they saw in time. Depends on the person and how susceptible they are to other worldly spirits." Shinigami paused. If Atemu came to the conclusion that she was being harmed in her dreams then whatever loomed over her was a very vicious spirit. "What leads you to the conclusion she was in pain?" Shinigami-sama asked. He needed to know signs in order to tell what type of spirit it was.

"Learn," she said trying not to get agitated. She had to stay balanced or else this exercise will be for nothing. "If you can't fight me you can't fight with me, you can't fight for me. If I'm really your friend, you'll do this," she said trying to reinsure him. She rolled her eyes then said, "Think of it as sparring."

Jonouchi shook his head, trying to bring himself to do this. "You better not go around saying a girl beater," he told her. Jonouchi then took a truer swing at her, aiming for her gut.

Akiko dodged the attack, grazing her hands on his arm to feel the energy coming off of him. She spun around him and lept onto her hands to do a handstand, she swung her foot up trying to hit his chest with her heel.

Jonouchi grabbed her ankle before she landed the hit. He then backed up and threw her down toward the ground- causing her to basically do a somersault, except she landed on her back. He then attempted to kick her in the stomach.

Akiko caught his kick and kneed him in the back on his knee- causing him to fall. She then scrambled up to try and put him in a hold. She lifted his knees and kept her body to his side. She then kept his knee close to his body.

"Wow, you'll make a guy really happy one day," Jonouchi said pervertedly about the hold he was in. It was non-sexual but he was referring to wrestling foreplay.

Akiko blushed when he said that, followed by a small streak of anger. She then slapped him upside the head.

[[shitty post is shitty. Hurf derf. Time to sleep.]]