The Little merMarik (Yu-Gi-Oh! WA 2017)

7: Marik the human

Marik opened his mouth and took in all the air he possibly could when he and Odion reached the surface. The air had never felt so good before.

Odion quickly pulled Marik to the shore, and stopped to rest once they reached the sand.

Marik's hair fell over his face and he panted for breath. He sat with his knees above water.

Knees...
Marik's eyes lit up as he lifted one of his new legs out of the water. A foot! He wiggled his toes, not believing his eyes. He stood up, shakily, and looked at himself. Feet, legs, toes, knees! And.........

His eyes widened. What. Was. THAT?!

Mr. Tweetums flew by, and landed on Marik's shoulder. Marik smiled and twirled around, but wasn't used to his legs just yet, and fell into the water again.

"Odion! Marik! There you are! Why are you so close to the shore?!" Ishizu emerged from the water and saw Odion's guilty face. "You're hiding something."

"Um...."

Marik didn't listen to her. He was too focused on his new form.

Ishizu looked at Marik, and didn't really notice at first.
Then he stood up, and Odion swam to her to cover her mouth as she screamed.

"MARIK? HOW.........WHAT..........WHAT DID YOU DO, MARIK!?!!?!???"
Marik backed into the rocks, trying to explain, but he forgot he didn't have a voice.
"Marik, STOP PLAYING AROUND!"

He looked at Odion with pleading eyes.

"Master Marik has replaced his fin with legs, and payed with his voice."

"WHAT!?!?!?!"

"He now gets to be human for three days, and isn't allowed to kiss Bakura until the sun sets on the third."

"Well, who has Marik's voice?"

Odion didn't dare say it, so Marik held as much hair on his head as he could and poofed it, and stuck his tongue out and went cross eyed.

"MELVIN HAS YOUR VOICE!? YOU WENT TO MELVIN TO BECOME HUMAN!!?!?!?! THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE, MARIK! WHEN FATHER FINDS OUT....." Her anger turned to worry. "ooooooohhhhhh.........when he finds out, he'll say 'I'm going to kill me a mermaid'!!!"

Odion and Marik watched her rant and worry.
"You know what? Maybe we'll just get Father to fix this! We'll convince Melvin to give you your tail and voice back, and everything will be fine again! And you'll be..."

Marik had stumbled to get onto his legs, and ran to Ishizu, shaking his head and almost in tears, pleading her with his eyes.

"And you'll be........" She softened when Marik's tears slid down his cheeks and his lip quivered. "....miserable for the rest of your life......" She sighed. "Okay...fine. I won't tell."

Marik smiled and hugged his sister tightly.

"Okay, well....now that you're human, what are our objectives?"

Marik showed her the knife he had been hanging onto this whole time.

"You still have that?" Ishizu asked. "And....you're planning to return it?"

Marik smiled and nodded.

"But, Master," Odion stated. "Shouldn't we be staying away from Bakura? I mean, you're cant kiss him, and he can't kiss you!"

Marik stuck his tongue out at them.

"Well, first off, let's get you dressed with something. I'm tired of seeing, whatever that organ is." Ishizu covered her eyes.

Odion found a large cloth that originally was a sail for a ship, and helped Marik tie it around his waist. Odion held onto the knife for him.
"There we go. You should be fine for now."

They heard running in the sand, and Marik, out of shock, climbed onto a rock while Odion and Ishizu watched from under the waves.

A head of white hair came around the corner, following a bird that had stolen his book. "Bloody bird!" A gruff, British voice grumbled. Mr. Tweetums finally dropped it in front of the rock Marik was on.

Bakura picked up the book, saying, "Sorry. The stupid bird decided to fly off with my book and-" he looked up and met Marik's gaze, leaving him with an open jaw and widened eyes.

"You.........I know you from somewhere...." He saw Marik's wide smile.

He remembers! Marik thought.

"Have we met?" Bakura asked, and Marik eagerly nodded without thinking.

"I knew it!" A sexy grin grew on Bakura's face and Marik melted inside. "I'm not crazy! We have met!"
Marik's heart leaped when his hands took his.

"What's your name?"

Marik!
No sound emerged from his throat.
No, no, no!

Marik held his hand to his throat again, and he looked down, sadly.

"What's wrong?" Bakura asked. "Can't you speak?"

Marik shook his head, slowly.

YES. Bakura thought. Someone who can actually SHUT UP without even TRYING!
"Oh," he tried to look disappointed. "Well, if you'd like, I could take you to the mansion and get some better clothes on you. You may also need a bath, you reek of fish and sea salt."

Marik smiled. He hopped off the rock, but couldn't land on his feet correctly. He tumbled around, and Bakura caught him. "Hang on!" He said.

They shared an awkward yaoi moment and looked directly into each other's eyes. "Ahem..." Bakura quickly got Marik's shoulder around him and helped him walk. "What exactly happened to you?"

Marik gave him a look that said. "Really?"

"Oh, right, apologies." He tried containing his smile. "I'm just so used to people who talk."