Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Darkside's Curse ❯ Memories and Thoughts ( Chapter 2 )

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Chapter Two

Memories and Thoughts

It's been atleast fifteen years since Marik's and Katie's divorce had been arranged. She hasn't actually seen or heard from him since. What she does know is that he still wants the pharaoh's power and that he will do anything to get it! Katie also knows that he remains the all powerful leader of the Rare Hunters. 'What else is new?' she thought sarcastically. 'It is not like he's going to acomplish anything other than receiving a few good duel monsters cards.' she paused and started imitating his cold-hearted voice in her head 'The pharaoh's power should be rightfully mine! Not his! He doesn't deserve that power! It was my family who has slaved for generations to guard his tomb! It was Malik who had to go through the tombkeeper's initiation which caused him to create me! His darkhalf. Now the world should be shrouded in darkness and blah blah blah...' Katie couldn't remember the rest. She had most of it memorized since he said fifty billion times that past night but that's what she could remember of it at the very moment. That was his reason that day when they broke up as to why he hated the spirit inside her brother's puzzle. She didn't know what to think of it.

To get her mind off of the subject she decided to think about the tournament that would be in a couple of more days. Terra, her daughter, was going to be in it! That's not a suprise really. I mean, after all her father did come in second place during 'Battle City'. Marik was a damn good duelist. Except for the fact that he kinda cheated with those shadow games of his. Obviously! Mai was sent to the Shadow Realm, Joey was seriously injured, in fact, he was almost killed!...and her little brother, Yugi, was about to remain forever lost within the deadly shadows. How sickening could you get? Each one of them could of won against him but failed miserably because they were hurt physically. Well, not all of them. Yami won because Marik's good side, you can't even believe he'd even have a good side, took control and forfeited the duel causing Marik to vanish. Who knows how he came back?

'Oh great! How was my ex-husband brought up again!' she shouted in her mind angrily.

Beneath it all, to tell you the truth, she really missed him. I mean really really missed him! 'Why did he have to do all those horrible things? If he didn't we would still be together living a happy normal life. You know... I'm starting to wonder if Terra might be half a darkside. I know it sounds a bit crazy, but what if she is? Strange. I sure hope not. I don't think I can stand losing my daughter because of something like that!' Katie thought with slight amounts of fear racing through her and especially among her lonesome heart.

This made her shiver a bit but she knew that Terra wouldn't even think to of hurting her own mother in the most tiniest bit of way! Atleast that's what she hoped for. After all, Marik did have her fooled for four years. No! Terra won't do anything like that at all...!

Katie pulled back her long dirty blond hair back into a bun and continued staring across the horizon. She was busy eating her salad when she heard Terra turn on the television set to see if she could find anything interesting for the moment. 'Terra, I swear, is glued to that frickin darn tv screen!' Katie thought finishing her salad quickly. She wanted to be able to talk to her daughter before she locked herself up in her room again. Once that happens take cover! Loud music. The two female Ishtar's live inside an apartment so whether she likes it or not, Terra has to turn it down! She hates everybody for that!

Just to bring a litte something up again, Marik still doesn't realize that Terra even exists. It's wrong that she's growing up without a father and nobody could even begin to imagine how terrible that would feel for her and for him when he finds out!...if he ever does find out.

All anyone could do now was hope for the best and pray that everything will all fall back into it's very own place soon! That's what Miss Katie Ishtar had been dreaming about for years...

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Marik was pacing back and forth furiously, trying to come up with an ingenious plan that would actually be able to work against the pharaoh! His weaker side Malik told him just to give it a rest. Nothing was going to work! You just couldn't beat him...

"Marik, give it a rest will ya? There's no chance of us winning against him!" Malik said with irritation obviously rising up more and more in his cold yet extremely bored tone of voice.

"Nonsense! When I come up with a plan to kill him you'll be bowing down on your hands and knees before me!" Marik announced quite proudly, standing up straighter to make himself look a whole lot more taller than he truly was.

Malik just stared at him for a second than looked back down, twirling the ice cubes that were in his small and shiny water glass. "Yeah, suuuure I will." he said somewhat mockingly. "What? In ohhh... say another thousand years? Or maybe a lot later than that? What do you think Marik?" he said looking back up to meet his darkside's cruel and heartless gaze.

Marik just glared at his hikari with his fists clenched. "Shut the hell up you stupid..."

"You idiotic fool! Do I need to highlight what I've told you even more? Nothings going to work! Even Ishizu and Odion agree..." Malik retorted back angrily at his dark yami. Malik no longer held any interest for such things as world domination plans. To tell you the truth, he was getting quite sick of them!

"Of course they agree! They want us to stop on our little quest for power you nut! Now..." he paused automatically, allowing no other words to escape from his coldhearted and cruel lips, which soon formed into an evil smirk. This caused Malik to look back up at him with a major sense of confusion and loss spread across his face.

"What?" Malik asked growing even more curious as to why his darkside had just abruptly stopped his soon-to-be-long speech.

"I got it!" Marik shouted making Malik jump straight out of his red cushioned chair which soon caused him to practically fall right on the top of the cold, stoned floor.

"What Marik?" the young boy shouted back quickly, afraid that he may have just become depth due to his yami's major and unexpected outburst.

Marik just continued to stand there, obviously being deep in his own thought. Malik just raised his right eyebrow at this and then began to bare his teeth with his fists clenched tightly together. He had no patience for this! If his darker half had come up with a way to take over the world and kill the pharaoh then he had better know of this plan now! Right now to be precise or otherwise, Marik would be sorry!...but then again, his yami didn't give a damn about anything anyways.

"Well Marik...?" Malik asked him again with barely any patience left within him. He had just now reached his boiling point and of course, someone had to pay!

Marik just stopped right in the middle of his thoughts and stared directly towards his impatient hikari.

"Forget it hikari! Just calm down. It would never of worked anyways now that I think about it..." Marik stated dissapointedly, soon turning his head to look down at the floor beneath his feet.

Malik just stared at his darkside with wide eyes and his mouth slightly a gap. He was getting freaked out over nothing?...so very typical of his yami to do that to him but this time it was of a more truthful subject.

"Well that's very promising..." Malik stated sarcastically afterwords with his arms now crossed as well as a nasty glare to go with it towards his most hateful yami.