Black Feathers

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AnimeGal4: Hey. How is everyone doing? I really hope everyone enjoy that wonderful and yummy most horrific piece of violence that I have ever wrote which I call chapter 2. It was really something….like I said…I sicked myself out. *laughs* ITS ALL CHIBI’S FAULT! SHE MADE ME! * points a finger at Chibi who looks anything but innocent. *

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~*~ The Black Feathers~*~

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“And still no word on the apparent murder which occurred on Maple Avenue last night. Police and Crime Scene Investigators are continuing their investigation today and the street will remain closed. The body has been identified as being Joey Wheeler, 16, of the Domino Prefecture. Word on suspects is still until known at this time. This is Megumi Takahashi and I will keep you posted as the story unfolds.”

Yami stared absent minded at the hundreds of people running every which way on the street because of what happened the night before. It was still raining outside, but that didn’t seem to bother these people. He knew that it was only a matter of time before the news was all over it…it was a prefect way to boost ratings. Yugi still hadn’t woken up and still remained in the bathtub down the hall from were Yami was standing in Yugi’s bedroom. Yami slid his two fingers which were parting the window curtain out, allowing the darkness to return to the room. He walked slowly over to Yugi’s bed and sat down. His stomach twisted painfully again, as it had been doing for awhile now. Had Yugi really killed Joey?

“No…he doesn’t have it in him…to take a life,” whispered Yami.

Yami’s train of thought was interrupted when he heard the shower turn on. Yugi had obviously woken up…and was cleaning himself off. Yami pulled himself off the bed and started a steady pace toward the bathroom. He pushed the door open and stood there to see Yugi standing in the shower, still clothed, staring into the water that was crashing onto his face.

“Yugi?”

No answer.

“Yugi…please answer me…I want to know what happened….I’m…not angry.”

No answer.

“Please aibou…answer me…”

“I….killed him…” said Yugi in a low whisper, not meeting his darker self’s eyes.

“Why?”

“He…made…me kill…..oh my God…,” Yugi cried.

Yugi fell to the floor of the shower, pulling the shower curtain with him. Yami rushed over and turned to water off and wrapped his arms around Yugi and pulled him out of the tub. He rested Yugi on the floor of the bathroom and put a hand on his light’s pale face. Using his thumb, Yami wiped a tear from Yugi’s red and sore eyes.

“Yugi listen…I want to know exactly what happened. That way I can help…aibou?”

“You cannot save him fool. He is mine. Always mine. “

Yami froze at a strange voice echoing in the maze of his head. He looked down at Yugi who was staring straight into his eyes. This voice…rushed through him…crushed him…pain…he was going to be sick…

“What did you say?”

“You seem to have a problem hearing love. Let my song repeat itself. Mine and always will be. To do whatever I wish…”

“Stay away from my aibou!”

“Wishful…just like my love. My love is mine. Along with the fool…dead in the street. Along with the friends which will join him and along with you…sweet beautiful darkness which lingers in your heart, wrapping you….strangling you. Can you feel the pain? It circles around your heart and pushes all sanity from you. Like your light…which has become mine…mine…mine…”

“Silence!”

“Do not try and control me…I will break you fool…ha…ha…ha…”

Yami shook his head to get the horrible laughter out of his head. He felt Yugi grip his shoulder as he tried to pull himself off the floor. Yami helped him to his feet and walked him into his bedroom. Yugi soon found his strength and freed himself from his yami’s arms. Yami watched Yugi stumble over to the window which he fell against. Yami started over to him.

“Stay away Yami…I don’t know…what I’m doing…I don’t know what is…” Yugi trailed off.

Yami stayed were he was but continued to watch his light stare out the window. Yugi’s eyes traveled up and down the street. There was people everywhere….even some where crying. Yugi felt his eyes fill up with tears as he slowly slid to the floor. He felt Yami next to him a second later and he looked up at him.

“It looks….just like…that movie that Joey and I always watched….He loved that movie…but I bet he never thought it would HAPPEN TO HIM!” Yugi shouted. Yugi’s eyes exploded with tears as Yami went to reach for him. Using his one arm, Yugi pushed Yami back. Puzzled, Yami looked sadly at his light, who was now crying into his knees.

“Why do you push him away, love? I feel that your heart will become cold as it soaks in the blood of your pasted best friend. Oh…I’m sure everyone will hate you for this love…what will they think…what will that think of you now love?”

“SHUT UP!!!!”

“Broken…broken…broken…mine…mine…mine…”

“I SAID SHUT UP!”

“Please Yugi…Tell me what happened to you? Why is this happening?” asked Yami, as calm as possible.

“He won’t stop talking to me….,” whispered Yugi.

“Who won’t?”

“This voice…inside my head…he won’t leave me alone.”

“The voice I heard?”

“Yes….I first heard him he night I came home late. We…were at a cemetery…and Bakura said we should go down into this old tomb. He ended up breaking the urn that was in the tomb. We ran out of there, but something happened….and I felt this pain in my wrist…like something was digging into me….but there is no mark. Than…I heard him again right before I…” Yugi’s voice trailed off again, leaving Yami completely puzzled.

“You say that this happened that night you came home late?”

“Yes”

“Why didn’t you just say something?”

“I don’t know…I was scared…”

“If you would have said something….I could have done something….”

“…”

Yami crawled back over to Yugi.

“Listen…I want you to stay here…I’m going to go speak with Bakura. I’m going to find a way to get that thing out of you…did you hear me?” questioned Yami, putting a hand on Yugi’s shoulder.

“Hai”

“Ok…I will back in a minute….,” Yami said, giving Yugi a gentle squeeze on his shoulder and got up and left the room. On his way out, Yami turned and locked the door…just in case. He started down the stairs, grabbed his coat and started out the door. He turned and locked the front door and headed down the street. Trying to look as normal as anyone would right now, he worked his way through the mass of people. He bumped into the odd person but kept on going. Although when he spotted Marik standing next to an ambulance, he quickly made his way over to him.

“Marik? What happened?” asked Yami, trying to make out that he had no idea what was going on.

“Yami…its…Joey…he’s dead…,” whispered Marik, not turning to face Yami.

“What? How?”

“I don’t know…they say someone killed him…they threw him in front of a truck…they found him last night…there was…blood everywhere…” stated Marik, finally turning around.

Yami realized right way that he was holding back tears. Marik looked horrible. Yami guessed they must have called him last night and told him. He looked like hadn’t slept all night.

“Where’s the body?” Yami asked sadly, holding back a tear of his own. How could this happen?

“They already took it away. They told me that I didn’t want to see it,” said Marik. “Does Yugi know?”

“Um…no…,” said Yami but instantly thought he shouldn’t have said that. Marik had turned around and was heading for the house. Yami quickly went after him and grabbed a hold of his arm. Marik looked at Yami with a questioning look on his face.

“What’s the deal?” asked Marik, pulling his arm away from Yami.

“I think I will tell him Marik…we will…take it better that way. And…I think its best if you go home. There is nothing you can do here,” said Yami.

Marik narrowed his eyes to give a disapproving look, but than thought it was probably for the best.

“Ok…I will leave it to you,” said Marik.

“Thank you.”

Yami gave Marik a nod and continued his way to Bakura’s house. He would find some sort of answer there. He was sure.

Marik watched Yami push his way through the crowd until he disappeared. He turned back toward Yugi’s house sadly and sighed.

“This is going to kill him,” sighed Marik. He turned around and started his way home.

_Bakura’s House_

“Tomb Robber!!! Open up!” shouted Yami, who was pounding on Bakura’s front door. Bakura answered the door, looking quite upset. He had obviously heard about Joey too. Bakura gave him his usual ‘what do you want’ look.

“Are you alright?” asked Yami.

“Yes….but I have a feeling that you are not just here to see if I’m ok.”

“How right you are…we have to talk.”

_Marik’s House_

Marik slowly started his way up the steps to his house and held back more tears as he searched for his keys.

“God damnmit…why did this happen?” whispered Marik.


He finally gave up looking for his keys and sat down on the steps. He started up at the clouds which were still black and full of the rain that started to pour again. Where was Yami heading off to anyway? And why didn’t he just go straight back home to tell Yugi?

“Obviously…he doesn’t care too much…,” Marik said. “What could have been more important? Why the fuck is this happening?”

Marik wiped his wet face off with his arm and stood up again.

“Well Yami…to bad…because Yugi needs to know…,”

With that, Marik started running back toward Yugi’s house.

_Bakura’s House_

“You say there is something haunting Yugi?” asked Bakura.

“That is what I said. And it first started the night you guys went to the cemetery. Ring a bell?” asked Yami.

“Yes Pharaoh…it does,” sneered Bakura, who still didn’t have too much of a liking towards Yami.

“Well than…tell me what happened,” demanded Yami.

“Fine. We entered the tomb, broken an urn, got freaked out, and ran out, that’s it,” stated Bakura.

“That’s not good enough”

“What else do you want me to say?”

“There had to be something else. Something is wrong with Yugi.”

“He was acting weird when we got out of there.”

“What did he say?”

“He said he heard a voice and that something dug into his wrist or something.”

“I see. You think that that has something to do with it?”

“Yeah…if your Yugi is acting weird….than…this evil spirit must have entered him through his wrist. If that is what happened.”

“Are you sure?”

“Hey…who is the expert on this stuff? Listen…I will find a way to exorcise it…you go home and watch him.”

“Don’t order me around. I hate turning to you for help as it is.”

“You don’t have a choice.”

“I know.”

Yami turned and headed towards the door. He moaned in protest to the rain that had started up again. Than Yami felt something poke into his back. He turned around ready to whack Bakura one.

“Take the figgin umbrella moron,” Bakura said with a sneer.

Yami quickly pulled the umbrella out of Bakura’s hand and said as he was walking out the door, “Be quick about this…I’m counting on you.”

“I like the sound of that Pharaoh.”

Yami gave him a snort and took off running down the street.

“I bet having me depend on him satisfies his twisted little mind…” Yami snorted.

_Yugi’s House_

“Stay away from me…and my friends…your evil…and sick…leave me alone.”

“Little love…broken…sad…very sad. I wonder what they will do with the body of your friend…burn it? Or put it six feet under? I prefer to burn…The smell of burning flesh and boiling blood…turning to ashes…But…I suppose putting him to a grave wouldn’t be so bad…I can picture your friends face…maggot written…just like the corpses that are damned to the fiery pits of hell…”

“SHUT UP! SHUT UP! Leave me alone!”

“Ha…ha…ha…”

“Stop laughing!!! Killing someone isn’t funny! Stop laughing!!!”

“What was that? You didn’t enjoy yourself? How sad…sad…sad…sad…”

“Yami is going to get rid of you…send you back to hell where you belong.”

“Is that so? Do you really believe that? Little foolish love…I look forward to the day…I will strangle his neck and break it in two…would you like that? Yami’s body…blood covering blanket…eyes wide and upon you as you drive a long, silver blade through the heart of the one that you love? It would be so beautiful. Hear the song of dieing gasp, filling your ears as blood fills his mouth. I can make that so….little fools…”

“No! Please…not Yami…”

“I will save him…save him for later little love…You mustn’t worry…he isn’t going to die just yet…we have others to see too first…”

“No! Help me! Someone help me! “

“No one can save you…you can’t escape little love. N…e…v…e…r…”

“Yugi! HEY YUGI! Are you home!? I need to talk to you!”

Yugi snapped out of his mental conversation to hear Marik’s voice calling. He was at the door. With a lot of effort, Yugi pulled himself up of the floor were he hadn’t moved for awhile now and stumbled over to the door. He rested his hand on the door handle but found it wouldn’t turn. He was locked in. Yami locked him in?

“Yugi!!! Open up!”

Yugi heard Marik’s voice to him again. Yugi couldn’t believe Yami had locked him in, but that was best. Yugi stumbled over the window to try and call to Marik saying he, himself, had locked himself in. Yugi opened the window as wide as he could and poked his head out see Marik standing at the door.

“Marik! I’m up here! I locked myself in!” Yugi shouted to his friend.

Marik turned around and stared at his friend. He raised an eyebrow and walked over to the window. He looked up at Yugi.

“How could you lock yourself in your room?” asked Marik

“You tell me,” replied Yugi, trying to sound normal.

“Well, I’m coming up…I need to talk to you.”

Marik grabbed a hold of one of the metal bars of a metal fence that danced its way up the wall of the house. Marik pushed some of the vines off it and began to climb up the wall

“Marik, don’t! You are going to fall!” warned Yugi, not wanting him any closer.

“I’m not going to fall Yugi…I do this all the time,” answered Marik as he reached the window sill.

“Please Marik…go back down…,” whispered Yugi.

“Yugi…I need to tell you something…and I’m not leaving until I do,” Marik stated as he hoped in the room.

“I know what you want to say ok?”

“You know…what happened?”

“To Joey…hai…”

“Oh…I…”

“…” Yugi turned away from his friend and let a tear fall from his eye.

“I’m sorry Yugi. I just thought that Yami wouldn’t tell you soon enough…I wanted to make sure you knew,” said Marik, hanging his head.

“Yes make sure you knew indeed…to cause you pain….suffering…to cry over your friend, your body and soul in tears over such a loss…broken…”

“Shut up!”

“Ha…ha…ha…”

“Yugi…are you ok?” asked Marik.

“No…Marik…I’m not….”

“What?”

“Mine…mine…mine…!”

“Yugi?” Marik asked again.

Yugi turned around to face Marik who was still standing next to the window. Yugi smiled wildly. His eyes were blank and emotionless. Still wearing the same grin, Yugi once again undid the collar of his night shirt so that Marik could clearly see the numbers burned into his shoulder.

“The Devils Sign…,” cried Marik.

“That’s right Marik…my…we are in trouble….” sneered Yugi.

“Yugi…wants going on? Stop it!”

“Oh I will stop alright…when I see your dead body spread out over the floor boards,” laughed Yugi.

“What?” gasped Marik.

Before Marik could run anywhere, Yugi raced towards him. Luckily for Marik, he was able to get away from him. Marik’s first instinct was to run to the door, but we quickly found that the door was locked. Yugi raced at him again. Marik evaded him and headed toward the window. Marik hopped up onto the window sill and was just about to jump out when Yugi grabbed the back of his neck.

“Now where do you think your going?” asked Yugi.

Yugi pulled Marik back into the room and threw him up against the wall. Yugi placed both his hands around Marik’s neck and began to strangle him. Marik gasped and cried, whispering things in between his gasps for air. Yugi only grinned wider and lifted him of the floor. The bulge of Marik’s neck slid into Yugi’s hands further as he was held off the floor against the wall. Marik tried to fight Yugi back, but found his grip around his neck to strong to break. Marik gasped again in disparate need for oxygen, only making Yugi laugh out loud.

“Well isn’t this familiar? Let me think…yes…I remember…just the way Joey looked before I killed him….beautiful…” snickered Yugi, pushing harder.

Marik turned his eyes toward Yugi, in total disbelief of what he had just said.

“You will join him soon…don‘t worry love” whispered Yugi into Marik’s ear. Yugi dipped his tongue into Marik’s ear, causing a cry.

Marik felt his face becoming hotter and hotter as he gasped against Yugi’s grip. He gasped again, which only made Yugi push harder into his neck. Yugi’s tongue moved slowly over to Marik’s left cheek and licked up and down. Marik winced against the touch and Yugi continued by slipping his tongue over Marik’s nose and licking down the right cheek. Yugi removed his tongue from Marik’s face and kissed him gently on the lips. Yugi bit down hard on Marik’s lower lip, causing it to bleed. Yugi licked the blood off Marik’s lip and brought his face away.

“You taste very different than Joey did love…”whispered Yugi as he licked Marik’s cheek one last time. “ So different…”

Finally pulling his face away from Marik, Yugi pulled Marik over to the still open window. Yugi dropped him a second, allowing Marik to breathe. Yugi reached out the window and untied the string that kept the metal bared fence from falling to the ground. Yugi let it drop to the ground where the sharp ends bent up towards the sky from the impact. Smirking, Yugi turned back around to see Marik crawling over to the door again, trying to get away. Marik was still dazed for nearly being strangled to death and couldn’t walk, or even stand. He collapsed in a heap, gasping.

“Oh…you seem to be having trouble breathing Marik….how sad…” laughed Yugi, walking over to him.

Marik brought a hand up to touch his neck, which was throbbing painfully. He cried as he felt a small bone out of place. Almost fainting from the thought his wind pipe was crushed, Marik tried to pull himself away. Yugi laughed at the sight before him and grabbed Marik by the neck again and pulled him towards the window. Yugi than froze at the sound of a hard crack…crack…crack… Yugi turned his head to look down at Marik, who was gasping. His lips were slowly turning blue as he brought his own hands up to meet his neck. Mariks hands began to shake as he stopped gasping…he couldn’t do that anymore…

“So much pain…Let me end it for you love…” whispered Yugi.

Yugi pulled Marik’s now limp form up off the floor and lifted him onto the window sill. Yugi moved his hand form Marik’s neck to the collar of his shirt. Yugi bent Marik’s head back to see a red and purple sunset forming over the horizon. Yugi could still see lightning and hear thunder in the distance…perfect setting for ones last seconds…Yugi leaded forward and gave Marik a rough kiss before whispering…

“Rest in pieces love…”

With that Yugi let Marik slip off the window sill and fall towards the sharp metal bars waiting for him. Upon hitting the ground, the bars ripped through Marik’s body. One through his stomach, neck, hip, chest, and hand. Marik coughed as blood poured from his mouth and ran down his neck and chest. He gasped and finally let his head drop to the side. Gush…gush…gush…

“What a terrible accident…” Yugi thought to himself. He looked over the dead body lying under his window and smiled. Beautiful crimson….

“Blood has such a wonderful glow in the sunset…now…”

Yugi turned toward the door and walked quickly over to it.

“We must find away to get out of here…”

Yugi placed a hand over the door handle and turned.

“That fool….Yami….trying to keep us locked in here…”

Yugi took a step back and gave the door a quick and shift kick against the door handle, causing it to break. Yugi smiled and walked back over to the door and carelessly pushed it open.

“Yami you stupid fool…ha…ha…ha,” laughed Yugi as he started down the stairs.

_Meanwhile_

“Thank God that the rain let up…,” groaned Yami, who had slowed his pace to a walk after the rain had stopped. He was almost home. He rounded the corner and stepped up on the steps. He dipped his hand into his pocket to grab his keys to unlock the door when he realized that the door was open.

“What the? I know I locked this…,” stated Yami as he stepped inside.

“Yugi?” shouted Yami.

No answer.

Yami started up the stairs and turned the corner down the hallway. He froze when he saw Yugi’s bedroom door wide open.

“Oh no…” gasped Yami.

He ran quickly to Yugi’s room and ran inside. Yugi was no where…gone…

“No! Where is he?” Yugi!” shouted Yami.

Yami than noticed the window wide open. Could Yugi have tried to get out through the window? Yami ran over to the window to see if Yugi was there and nearly died with shock at the sight of Marik’s ripped up body lying right under him. Yami gasped, falling backwards. Yami gripped his shirt with his hand as the realization hit him.

“Yugi got out…that thing has possessed him again…and he’s free!” gasped Yami, trying to get his breathe back. “And now…he killed Marik. But that means…”

Yami rose up off the floor and started at the open door, horror struck…

“Bakura…”

_End of Chapter_

AnimeGal4: * hits herself* Oh my God! WANT HAVE I DONE!!! I KILLED MARIK!!!! NO!!! *cough* Well there is chapter three. I hope everyone liked it. Oh…cliffhanger…how evil am I? First I kill off Joey, than Marik, and now I’m making you guys wait till the next chapter to find out what happens! Oh the insanity! Anyways…I hope to update soon but there is only one or two chapters left in this story. But first I am going to put up Chapter 3 of my Inu-Yasha story (If I ever write it) Why? Because I need a break from the blood bath….*Chibi goes off and sharpens her knives and I give her a nervous look* She REALLY wants to see what happens and I won’t tell her! HELP ME!

Well till than! R+R!