Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Silenced Legacy ❯ Debut of Yami Marik ( Chapter 6 )

Episode #6- Debut of Yami Marik

After losing against Yami Yugi and forfeiting the God Card Slifer, Marik's outrage turned to turmoil. He sat on his throne in the Shadow Realm with his Millennium Rod. Though all was not lost after meeting up with Yami Bakura and was successful in capturing Joey and Tea. Long minutes past as he got up off of his seat and stepped to a glass case, concealing his God Card, The Winged Dragon of Ra.

A cold chill flew over Marik and a voice sounded. 'You've lost Slifer as it is, Ishtar. Let me free!' Marik gripped his head with his left hand and muttered to himself.

"No, not now." Marik tried to fight back, "Odion has not yet been defeated."

'But you know he will. You've underestimated Miranda's true powers in the Dragons.' The voice taunted him, 'Only I hold the key to Miranda's downfall. It is the only way to defeat her and leave open an opportunity to Yugi's Millennium Puzzle. Free me!'

"No!" Marik started to shake. He felt faint and collapsed on the case. The voice stopped and left Marik alone in his mind.

* * * *

I was still in the Millennium Sword as MG and Yami Yugi continued their pass through Battle City. My 'sixth sense' acted up again for reason unknown. MG could feel the sense as well, but didn't bother to stop and question.

Yami Yugi took his turn and led MG down a sidewalk. Soon he spotted a young boy with black hair and blue eyes, wearing a yellow vest and a striped shirt. "Mokuba!" Yami Yugi called and he looked at him.

"Yugi, what's wrong?" Mokuba replied with the same urgency.

"Can you find Joey's Duel Disc on the tracking system?" Yami Yugi asked.

"It shouldn't be a problem." Mokuba pulled out a small device and pushed on the small computer panel, "I'm getting a weak signal, but it's at the port on the other side. Do you need a lift there?"

"It would help." MG nodded. Mokuba nodded and grabbed a headset with a speaker.

"Big Brother, do you hear me?" Mokuba tried transmission.

A computer center caught the transmission. The center that monitored any and all Duels in the Battle City Tournament. Kaiba got the call. "Mokuba, what is it?"

"I need a chopper lift to the port for Yugi and Miranda." Mokuba's voice replied off the phone.

"Reason being..."

"Let me put it this way, we're dealing with the Rare Hunters here."

"Alright, I'm sending one now."

"Thanks Bro." Mokuba finished transmission and we waited only seconds before a helicopter hovered over us. Kaiba tossed down a rope ladder and Mokuba headed up first, then Yami Yugi and MG last. MG got in and seated herself next to Yami and Mokuba sat next to Kaiba. It was awkward being near Kaiba after my last run-in with him at school.

"I've seen your Duel against an Egyptian God Card, Yugi." Kaiba started a conversation, "So where is it?"

"Miranda has it." Yami Yugi replied with a seriousness of his tone.

"You gave a card that powerful to a rookie like her?" Kaiba got MG's attention.

"I thought you saw the Duel, Kaiba." MG came in, "If you did, then you would have seen one turn where the Rare Hunter had a clear shot at Yugi's Life Points and there was no way Yugi could defend himself that turn." MG explained. Mokuba looked to his device and gasped.

"Miranda's right." Mokuba handed his panel to Kaiba, "See, Slifer did have a clean shot at Yugi's Life Points after losing his Dark Magician Girl. Slifer even attacked but there was no result in the exchange."

"It appears that there's a glitch in my Dueling system, consider it a lucky fluke, Yugi." Kaiba continued to reject the truth.

"That was no fluke Kaiba-" MG almost began an argument but Yami Yugi held out a hand in front of her.

'Thank you Pharaoh...' I relieved myself.

"We're almost there MG, just forget about it for now." Yami Yugi looked out the window and saw the port. MG drew herself back into her seat and crossed her arms.

'What was that?' I thought, though hidden from MG, 'It felt familiar, two energies... One felt like Marik's, struggling to regain control of his body.' I explained to myself, 'Marik, I know you're fighting for rule of the world, but now you have another battle- to fight for the right of your body. Why am I being sympathetic all of the sudden?!'

'Miranda, you're being awfully quiet back there... Anything wrong?' MG asked in thought.

'No, nothing.' I replied in mind. Still, I could feel Marik's energy fading and another one emerging. I thought to myself again, hiding from MG, 'Marik, you have to fight it... Whatever it is, it is your body...'

* * * *

Marik finally woke up after his faint. He leaned on the glass case and looked up into the darkness. 'What the? Miranda? I could hear...her voice.' Marik sighed and sidestepped back to his throne, 'Miranda's right. But still, you are my enemy, whether you support me or not. Besides, I never asked for your help.'

'You might...' the voice returned.

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The chopper finally made it to the port and MG and Yami Yugi got off. Mokuba and Kaiba stayed on the chopper and left us.

"Looks like we're on our own from here." Yami Yugi observed.

"No? Really?" MG went cocky again.

'MG, behave!' I ordered and MG shut up. She followed Yami Yugi down the warehouses, no sooner running into three Rare Hunters. The middle one revealed his identity first, detailed Middle Eastern features with markings running down the left side of his face.

"I am Odion, and by orders of Master Marik I challenge Miranda Guinaldo to a Duel." He introduced.

"Why not? I accept your challenge." MG posed to Duel.

"Master Marik has specific orders, Miranda is my opponent." Odion repeated himself. MG's eyes shot wide and she gazed at the Sword.

'Don't worry, I know who he is and does as a Duelist.' I said and forced the switch. I replaced MG and Odion nodded in acceptance.

"Miranda, are you ready to wager more than your rarest cards?" Odion boasted.

"Whatever they may be, I accept the terms of this Duel." I answered.

"Fine then. If you lose this Duel, you must return under Marik's control as one of the Rare Hunters and relinquish Slifer the Sky Dragon." Odion briefed. Yami Yugi sought the stakes too high for me.

"Miranda, no." Yami Yugi attempted to enter in.

"You must not interfere!" Odion startled us.

"I accept the terms. But if I win, you must free Joey and Tea." I bargained. Odion agreed and the Duel was on. Odion made his first move.

"I'll place four trap cards on the field and end my turn." He declared that as four cards lined themselves in front of him.

'Huh?' Yugi questioned the initial move, 'Odion expresses trap cards?'

"My turn," I began and held the Lizard Soldier. I looked to the rest of my hand and back at Odion's line of trap cards, 'if I know Odion, he probably has Trap Hole out and waiting. Another would be... Ack! Too many trap cards. I'll I can do is process of elimination.' "All right, I play the Lizard Soldier, in attack mode!" I called as an iguana covered in armor appeared. I waited for him to activate a trap but didn't move. "Lizard Soldier, attack now! Blade Charger!" I called.

"Activate Negate Attack!" Odion called and the Lizard Soldier was stopped by an invisible barrier.

'Figures.' I thought and finished up my turn, "Very well, I play two cards faced down and end my turn."

"I play one monster in defense mode and one more trap card to end my turn." Odion called as two more cards hovered over the pavement.

"OK, I play one of my trap cards now, Bottomless Trap Hole." I activated one of my trap cards and waited for a response, nothing, "Next, Swords of Revealing Light!" Odion countered with one of his trap cards.

"Magic Jammer, after discarding one of my cards in my hand I can negate and destroy your light swords." Odion stated.

"Not this time around, go Seven Tools of the Bandit." I activated my second trap card, "This trap card will negate and destroy the effects of Magic Jammer after paying 1000 of my Life Points. Not bad for two steps ahead, right?" I cocked as the Magic Jammer was negated and Cyber Jar was flipped. My Lizard Warrior was destroyed and we each drew five cards. He placed two monsters in defense mode and I had The Unfriendly Amazon in attack mode and Cyber-Stein in defense mode.

"Well..." Odion grew impatient.

"Now I'll play these magic cards, Harpie's Feather Duster and Raigeki." I declared as all of Odion's cards were eliminated.

'How? Master Marik told me this girl was just his puppet to the God Cards.' Odion thought in despair.

"Nice job, Miranda!" Yami Yugi called from the sideline. He only took one step in and the Rare Hunters that back Odion slid in front of him. Yami Yugi could recognize them, "Joey? Tea?"

"Now I'll attack. Amazon, Blade Slash!" I called as the Amazon attacked Odion directly with full force of 2000 attack points. I finished off my turn by a monster in defense mode.

'No, I must not fail Master Marik...' Odion thought as he recovered. He began his turn and laid three trap cards on the field.

'Great, more to worry about.' I thought and drew Sinister Serpent, "I'll play one monster in defense mode and switch my Cyber-Stein to attack mode." I called, "Now for the perfect way to end this Duel, I sacrifice 2500 of my Life Points to summon my Meteor Black Dragon!"

"Meteor Black Dragon?!" Yami Yugi repeated as the ground shook beneath us. A holographic event of the ground crumbling in front of me even startled Odion as magma rose to the surface. Bits of magma hardened on the spot as a figure formed dragon features.

"That's right, this Dragon is my strongest monster yet. With the attack power of 3500, it'll end this Duel by this turn." I claimed.

"I knew the effects of Cyber-Stein, that is why I waited to use this trap card." Odion calmed himself and activated his card, "I activate Torrential Tribute to destroy all of your monsters."

"No!" I cried but I couldn't do anything. I looked to his other two cards, 'One of them might be Call of the Dark so if I try Monster Reborn it'll be useless. That's it, no more off-the-wing stuff.' I ended my turn with four trap cards faced down.

"Master Marik is anticipating your arrival, Miranda." Odion stated, "You might want to surrender now, Master does not like to be kept waiting." I gasped and shook my head.

"I will not surrender, and if there's a way to win, then I'm gonna find it!" I called back.

"Try as you might. I play Mystical Space Typhoon and destroy one of your trap cards." Odion called and his target was my Magic Jammer.

'No point in discarding one card to negate its effect.' I thought and let Odion destroy my Magic Jammer.

"Next, I play Monster Reborn to summon back your Meteor Black Dragon." Odion proclaimed.

I chuckled and cracked a smile, "I thought you were an expert at traps. Did you for get my Bottomless Trap Hole already? Even if you do summon a monster in that way, it'll be destroyed right on the spot."

'Of course!' Yugi got the point.

"Sorry, Odion. But I suppose you're going to have a hard time hitting me where it hurts." I cocked. Odion looked up and laid more trap cards down.

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Marik knew the Duel was coming to a close. 'Odion might be able to pull it off' Marik thought to himself, still slouching on the throne in the Shadow Realm.

'Really? I think otherwise.' The voice came back. Marik's eyes shot wide as he heard the voice.

"No, not now! Odion hasn't lost yet." Marik cried.

'But you know he will, don't you? Once he loses, I will be free!' His spirit reminded.

"Odion, don't fail me!" Marik cried while trying to resist.

* * * *

'What in the world is he yelling about?' MG asked herself. She was still withdrawn and took another look at a television screen in my soul room. One button showed her my Duel. 'No, not that one...' She shook her head and pushed another button. It viewed the Shadow Realm and Marik struggled to resist a possession.

"No, not now!" Marik cried desperately. MG could even feel the energies that were about to consume Marik entirely. MG rushed out of the soul room, readying herself to make a switch.

* * * *

The score lay with my 500 against Odion's 2000. Already he has taken my best monster out-of-play. I began my turn with caution.

"I'll begin my turn with Monster Reborn." I called but Odion countered.

"I activate Call of the Dark." He responded and negated my magic card.

'Knew it!' I cursed to myself.

"I cannot lose, Miranda. For the sake of Master Marik, I cannot." speech Odion.

"Very well then, there's more than one way to revive a monster, I play the Shallow Grave magic card. It allows both of us to regain one monster lost from each of our Graveyards." I explained, "But as for you, your monster won't be resurrected. So I summon back the Unfriendly Amazon to the field." I called as my monster appeared, "Now, I play one magic card and it's a personal favorite, Fusion Sword Murasame Blade. It increases my Amazon's attack strength to 2800, more than enough to attack your Life Points and win the Duel." I informed. Then I looked to my hand for any possible backfires, "But if you try anything else, I'll play Dian Keto the Cure Master to increase my Life Points to 1500 and place one more trap card faced down. Now, attack!"

"Activate Magic Cylinder!" Odion called in attempt to win the Duel.

"Seven Tools of the Bandit." I countered and the Amazon had no trouble reaching Odion's Life Points.

"NO!" Odion called as his Life Points dropped to zero. The Rare Hunters that blocked Yami Yugi shook their heads and revealed themselves.

"What in the world happened?" Joey asked and pulled off the cape completely. Tea moaned a little bit and pulled her cloak off as well.

"I cannot fail!" Odion cried. I noticed the markings disappearing from his face, "I must protect... Must protect Master Marik!"

"Protect him?" Yami Yugi questioned, "From what?"

"If I failed my Master, an ancient and dangerous evil will take him completely. I couldn't fail." Odion said his last word before fainting on the pavement.

"An evil..." Yami Yugi repeated to himself.

"I think I got it." I said, "Did you see the markings on his face? Those designs could have been a spell, an incantation of some sort. And by some condition, if that spell is broken...we're gonna be in a whole mess of trouble." I blinked twice after the explanation.

'Miranda! It's Marik!' Yami MG called from within. My 'sixth sense' went into an uproar as a dark vortex appeared in front of Odion's fallen body. Yami and I both jumped back.

"What the heck?" I asked as the energy was familiar, though not Marik's...it's not his at all. Soon a body emerged from the portal, its energy output at a high set I struggled to keep myself conscious.

His hair stood on end with the Millennium symbol glowing on his forehead over his insane eyes. He wore dark clothes and the Rare Hunter cloak with the Duel Disc. I couldn't hold out and I felt myself falling, fainting to pit-blackness.

"Miranda!" Yami Yugi cried. I heard him, but I couldn't bring myself to my senses. Yami MG last-resorted and forced the switch. She caught her fall and looked to the newcomer.

"You wretched fiend." MG grumbled before getting to her feet and drawing her Sword, "Marik I swear your head will be the next souvenir Miranda takes home."

"Well," the newcomer finally spoke, "it isn't my fault Miranda didn't spend her time translating Hieroglyphics when she could have practice her spirit strengths." Marik chuckled, but his voice was demented-like he was a demon himself, "But the Marik you despise so much is no longer here, I am Yami Marik." Yami MG gave him a questionable look.

'His spirit must have taken over Marik's body completely.' Yugi thought.

'That might be the case, Yugi.' Yami replied in thought.

"Welcome to my field of battle Yami and MG, prepare to Duel!" Yami Marik exposed his Duel Disc.

To be continued...