The young girl, Bella, walked out of her room finally having gotten through with her bath. Her hair was still wet from her shower. "Remind me to talk to Seto about his workers" she muttered. a misty transparent woman appeared beside her.
"You know, you could have just killed him. I would have." the silver haired woman with green eyes said looking at her nails as though she was bored. Being locked in a necklace for five millennia would do that to a person. Yet this person had a...knack for murder and soul stealing... A lot like Bakura, but mostly she stuck to stealing things and creating poisons and antidotes.
"I am not you." Bella replied sharply as she made her way up to the dueling arena. She sighed a little. She only took the lives of those who truly deserved it, or if there was no other choice.
"Obviously," The green eyed woman scoffed as she rolled her eyes walking beside Bella. "why are you even here? You hate heights." she asked in a mocking manner.
"Support. Plus it was you that made me come here, remember." Bella replied annoyed as she glanced over at her with a scowl. "How could you forget?" she asked mockingly.
"Oh yes, I remember." The green eyed woman replied in a cold tone a smirk tugging at her lips.
An image of a poster with Yugi and his friends flashed in her mind. They had seen it in a game store window. The green eyed woman disappeared as the elevator opened. Bella walked out and over to the side where the spectators were watching.
"What is going on?" She asked as she stopped beside them.
"Joey is dueling Marik Ishtar." Mokuba said pointing up to the dueling arena.
Bella made a face at the name before she turned and looked up at the man whom joey was dueling before adopting a confused and puzzled look on her face.
The man in question was dark skin, bald besides a bit of black hair pulled into a pony tail in the very back of his head. He had tattoos down the side of his face, and golden earrings.
"That isn't Marik." She said confused causing everyone to look at her alarmed and confused.
"What do you mean that is not Marik?" Yugi asked looking up at her with a bewildered look. if not Marik...Then who was it?
"that's Odion...Marik's servant." Bella replied looking up at Odion who was standing there dueling as Marik. "Odion has severed his family for years."
"Then who is Marik?" Seto asked with a gruff tone.
Bella looked around at everyone on the blimp. "There he is." She said pointing to a sandy blond haired tan Egyptian man.
"That isn't Marik. That is Namu." Tea said with a scowl once again crossing her arms in front of her with a 'Ha, T know something you don't know!' attitude. This tone irritated Bella to no end.
Bella looked up at her incredulously. "Oh, and just how do you figure that? Did he say that's what his name is? Hm? That's the name he told you? Are you that dense? Spy work, Honey! I've done years of it! Does the term 'going under cover' mean anything to you?" she said snappishly. She then snorted at the name. "Oh wow, of course he would pick something so...ugh, Egotistical ass wipe."
"Yeah well, how do we know you are telling the truth?" Tristan asked in disbelief. He sounded skeptical. They knew absolutely nothing about this Marik character and this random girl shows up claiming she knew them.
"I AM telling the truth! I know because I dated him for over a year!" Bella said with an annoyed scowl. She growled a little. They have some nerve!
Yugi and his friends looked taken back at her words. Wait did she really just say...? However that seemed to placate Yugi's curiosity as to how she knew the man. He faintly wondered just how old this girl was.
"Why would you date him of all people?" Bakura asked looking over at the real Marik and then back at Bella with a 'are you insane?' look on his face.
"Why would anyone date someone who makes them feel wanted," Bella shot back with a scowl. Hello! What other reason would there be? "but after the new wore off I realized just how much of a lunatic he was." she added looking back up at Joey and Odion's duel.
"Will Joey be alright?" A female off to the side that Bella hadn't realized what there spoke up.
"don't worry Serenity, Joey will be just fine," Yugi said with a reassuring smile.
Bella raised an eyebrow at that, as a memory popped up in the back of her mind.
"That's my cousins name." Bella commented as she stared at the female, Serenity, who was staring up at Joey with a look that Bella could clearly understand as 'please be alright!'
"Who are you?" Bella asked serenity curiously.
Serenity turned and looked at her questioningly. "I'm Serenity Wheeler. Joey is my big brother." she explained.
Bella felt her heart stutter for a moment as she looked up at Joey. Her eyes widened just a little. *I hope he will be able to manage on his own again Odion* she thought worriedly.
"It's about time I show you how to play this game! I summon Alligator sword!" Joey called.
"I thought you were supposed to be showing me how to play this game? Well come on I'm waiting." Odion spoke up sounding bored.
Bella bit her bottom lip nervously. Odion and bored never ended well for anyone involved.
"Why would he play an Alligator with a sword?" Bella asked puzzled. "Is it any good?" she asked looking up at Seto for an answer, as she knew close to nothing about Dueling.
"Depends on his strategy." Seto said ignoring the incredulous looks Bella was receiving.
"Mom doesn't really now how dueling works." Mokuba said with a hesitant laugh much to the dueler's horror. How could she not know?! Bella looked at the dueler's with a slightly weird ed out look. It was as though she had just insulted their religion.
"I'm going to hold off easy on you Marik by not attacking you and setting this card face down." Joey said.
Bella looked at Seto confused and hoping that he would explain. "He is trying to win the duel right? So why is he not attacking?" she asked.
"Well that is smart but he needs a strategy." Yugi said off to the side of her, worriedly.
"I don't understand." Bella muttered confused and frusterated.
*Would you just shut up and watch the damn duel.* The spirit of the necklace growled.
"Uh hey, not to break this up but you just outed Marik and he hasn't said anything." Mokuba said looking up at Bella with a 'Why isn't he doing anything?' expression.
"That's because he cant hear me. After I got away from him, I made sure he wouldn't be able to find me I can be right in front of him and he can't see me." Bella explained with a grin before she looked over at Marik her drip disappearing into a frown.
"How?" Yugi asked in awe as he looked at her.
"The shadows. They protect me." Bella said looking around. She seemed nervous about something.
"You mean like the shadow realm?" Tristan asked hesitant.
Bella nods. "This protects me from him." she said as her hand went up to the golden necklace around her neck. "I suppose iIreally shouldn't be messing with the shadows. But it protects me from certain people." she explained.
They all gasped. "Is that a millennium item?" they asked as they attempted to get closer in order to get a look at the necklace.
"That's like the one Ishizu has." Yugi commented.
"Yes it is" Bella nods inwardly flinching at the mention of the Egyptian woman.
*Ugh that bitch may look like her but she is nothing like Isis!* the the green-eyed woman from the necklace commented. *Isis was a whole lot kinder and smarter!*
"Then...do you know anything about the pharaoh?" Yugi asked sounding hopeful.
Bella looked at him. She was unsure of what to say.
*I have nothing to say to him!* the green eyed woman inhabiting her necklace spoke up.
"Do you still duel using Dark Magician Girl?" Bella asked finally with a sigh. She knew that her partner was going to be stubborn. She did not understand why she thought that this time might be any different.
Yugi looked puzzled. "Uh, yeah." he replied confused. What did that have to do with anything?
"In every duel! Her and Dark Magician are his ace!" Tristan spoke.
Bella flinched. "Then we have nothing to talk about." she said turning away from him hoping that was the end of the conversation, however luck was clearly not on her side.
The group looked at her confused and a little disappointed.
"You know something, but you're not talking because he has Dark Magician Girl in his deck! What the hell?" Tea exclaimed as she adopted a very angry look on her face. The nerve of this girl! How dare she keep information from them just because of some...card!
Bella turned sharply her eyes flashing green and spoke in a more harsher and colder tone. "Just because he is Pharaoh doesn't mean I bow to him at his every call." she turned away again going back to her calmer and normal self.
"Sorry, I have to go." she whispered as she started to walk away but suddenly stopped and turned to look up at the duel as Odion summoned Ra.
"NO!" Bella yelled in horror. Almost as if in sync, the lightening stuck both Joey and Odion down.
Bella suddenly fell over trembling as if feeling the rage coming from Ra her self as a glow enveloped her for several seconds blinding everyone that was there. Pain ripped through her causing her to scream out as though a knife was carving into her. The pain was mainly located in her back.
Once the glow disappeared she fell to her knees with a groan and panting as though all her energy was drained.
"MOM!" Mokuba exclaimed in alarm as he and Seto knelt beside her with alarmed expressions.
"Are you ok?" Seto asked, voice full of concern.
"I-Ra is...angry." Bella gasped out as she looked up at the arena where both Odion and Joey were knocked unconscious. "Odion...is the only one who can control Marik's dark side." She gasped out as she realized that Odion was unconscious. She fell backwards into Seto as her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she loss consciousness.
"What's wrong with her?" Yugi asked worriedly.
"That god card must have done something to her!" Bakura says with a growl as he looked at the arena. Seto called in his medic team and had Joey and Odion moved. It was then they noticed something off about Marik. He seemed to be having headache like seizure of some sort.