A New Beginning

Chapter Two

-Marik and Malik-

Marik and Malik stood in the center of a small yet well furnished room. They looked at one another before looking around. Marik turned and stopped grabbing his fellow Yami turning him as well. They bother gazed upon the smaller form of a young man. Long waist length black hair fell across his skin like a black silk curtain. His face was a soft angular shape that was only accented more by the elongated ears and long soot black eyelashes.

Marik turned to Malik, "Malik it's our Hikari"

Malik smiled and pointed to the golden rod that was clutched tightly in his hands, "Look how he holds the rod. He is so adorable it's like he is using it as a safety blanket."

Marik giggled insanely, "Oh I bet his eyes are gorgeous."

Malik knelt in front of the bed, "I wish he was awake. I wonder how he will react to us."

"Who knows how he will react. He is a young wizard in training. He may accept us and he may think we are here to kill him"

Malik snorted sarcastically, "Oh yes he will accept us alright. Two completely insane individuals whose destiny is to protect him till he can't stand it any longer."

Marik growled before spitting back, "Hey I am not insane. I am simply unique."

"Unique my ass, "Malik laughed, "You're just immature"

Marik growled and looked ready to pounce. Both Yami's hissed before rushing at each other "What's going on?" a soft voice interrupted. Both Marik and Malik froze turning to stare into a pair of emerald green eyes, both large and bright.

Marik stepped forward as Harry clutched the rod to his chest yawning and rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Malik rushed forward instantly enveloping the young Harry in a hug squealing, "You are so cute!"

Harry seemed to instantly recover from sleep shoving Malik off him into the floor. The green eyed wizard yelped and whacked Marik in the head with the rod before backing up against the wall, "Who are you and why are you here?"

Marik whimpered clutching his head in pain, "Ow, damn you have a good arm. We aren't going to hurt you, geeze."

Malik grumbled as he climbed back up onto the bed, "Ya, we are here to help you. Don't you know about the item you carry?"

Harry looked down at the Millennium Red, "My parents left it to me. They said it was an item of great magic."

Marik sighed before stepping forward slowly, "We came from the item. We were sent here as your guardians. We are your Yami's. The dark side of your soul. No not evil just dark."

Harry glared, "I know the difference between dark and evil. I have lived with evil and you are not that." Harry stepped up to the small desk in the room taking a sit in one of the chairs near it, "So what are you exactly and what do I call you; Dumb and Dumber?"

Malik burst out into a hysterical laughter before stopping abruptly, "Hey! I'm not dumb!"

At that Marik chuckled and patted Malik's head gently. "We know Malik dear."

Malik turned and glared at Marik before turning back towards their young Hikari, "I am Malik as this bozo pointed out."

Marik smirked, "And I am Marik the most powerful of all Yami's!"

"Oh put a sock in it!" Malik shoved the other Yami causing him to tumble to the ground.

Harry smiled softly before nodding and asking softly, "So which one of you decided showing up in my bedroom in the middle of the night was a good idea?"

Both Yami's turned to one another in question before turning back to the smaller man and shrugging.

The young wizard chuckled softly before freezing up suddenly. He turned to the door where he heard foot steps. The door opened to reveal none other than Lucius Malfoy. Lucius raised his wand quickly muttered a spell. A beam of red light shot out of the wand before either Yami could do anything. The curse struck Harry in the chest causing his shirt and the skin beneath to shred. The smell of fresh blood filled the nostrils of both Yami's and they saw red.

They rushed forward drawing out the knives they kept on their persons slashing at the man's throat and stomach. Lucius not expecting two other people, or a physical assault went down quicker than he should have. The two Egyptians glared down at the now dead man before Malik ran over to Harry who was collapsed on the floor bleeding heavily.

Marik turned and looked at his companions, "I'm going to cut on the light I can see some what in the dark but I want to take a good look at Harry."

The lights cut on and both turned to see their Hikari in the bright over head light and froze. Were the moonlight had shown pale skin it was now painted with many large and colorful bruises. They also noticed that his clothes where large and baggy causing him to appear even smaller. The shirt had been shredded to reveal a small pale chest with many fresh cuts running along it along with several old scars and bruises. Marik growled, "What happened to you my sweet Hikari."

Harry smiled softly before sighing, "Don't worry about it. They don't hurt that much and I am used to it."

Malik sighed once more, "Harry some of these are old, now tell us what happened if not now then soon. First things first we are heading to Bakura and Ryou. They live about an hours train ride from here. Then when we get settled in with them we are all going shopping. These clothes look horrid on you and knowing from you condition you probably have no essentials or anything."

Marik chuckled softly, "Oh great shopping with a tomb robber and his angelic copy. That is going to be rather interesting. Anyway Malik take him to the bathroom and get him cleaned up and I am going down stairs to call Bakura."

Malik slowly led Harry to the bathroom as Marik stomped down the stairs and into the common room where he spotted a phone he grumbled and picked it up before stopping, "Ah crap what's his number...Oh I'll call the cell phone number maybe he still has the same phone number..." He quickly dialed the number and stood there as it rang...and rang...and rang.

"WHAT!" A voice screamed in his ear.

"Damn Bakura don't have to scream it's me Marik... Duh!"

"Why are you calling at six in the fucking morning Marik have you finally lost it?"

"Well no but I have some rather bad news. It's about my Hikari."

"Alright I am listenening."

"My Hikari was just attacked and from the looks of him he also suffered a lot of abuse as a kid maybe longer. Bakura I don't know how to handle this. We need a place to stay and you two are the only ones I trust with the life of me, Malik, and Harry."

"When and where"

"Later this morning say around eight."

"Okay I will tell Ryou. Stay safe and make sure not to kill anyone."

"To late bye"

They hung up and Marik walked back up the stairs and into the bathroom where he was confronted by the cutest sight. Harry sat in the tub glaring at the wall as Malik sat in front of him cleaning his chest. Both were nude but only one was enjoying it. Harry grumbled, "Why do you have to do this? I can clean a wound."

Malik giggles, "Yes well you doing it isn't that much fun for us!"

Marik rolled his eyes before speaking up, "okay Bakura and Ryou are going to meet us at the train station later on this morning. We need to pack up and get on the train. We can sleep on the way their. Harry do you have anything of great importance you need to get?"

Harry blinked before thinking a few moments, "Yes I need to stop by Gringotts"

Marik nodded, "We will do that first then."

Harry climbed out of tub quickly wrapping a towel around his waist before slipping past Marik and into the room shutting the door quickly behind him, "You will not leave this bathroom till I am done dressing." He heard a small chuckle from behind the door as he looked around to see his small bag beside the desk. Smiling he grabbed his bag and removed his shrunken chest before resizing it. He pulled out a pair of loose jeans and a blue t shirt putting them and his old trainers on before shrinking his chest and putting it back in his bag.

He walked back over to the door putting his cloak and bag on before opening the door for the two Malik winced and grabbed Harry's shirt, "This cant be your shirt I mean what kind of teenager doesn't were fitting clothes?"

Harry shrugs and leaves the room and heads down the stairs to the main area. Hatty stood at the counter wiping it down. Harry smiled and walked up to her, "Hatty I want to thank you for the nights stay but it looks like I am not staying the week like I thought."

Hatty smiled and looked up, "Well have a seat and I get you and your two friends a nice glass of Klah before you go. And don't worry about paying deary Elves are always welcome here. After all this is an Elven pub." She smiled gently she moved aside one of the perfect braids to reveal ling tapered ears. "Your air may cover them child but if you were able to see my pub then you got our blood."

Harry smiled and laughed taking a seat followed by Marik and Malik. Three glasses of the warm brown liquid was placed in front of them. The two Egyptian looked at the Klah in question before Marik took a small sip Marik winced and pushed it away, "Geeze that's bitter what is it?"

The woman glanced at them, "It's an Elvin drink. We elves have different taste buds. To us that is sweet almost like chocolate. To humans and other races it really bitter. I must say I have never met an Elf with two human companions."

Harry laughed lightly, "Apparently they are my guardians. They protect me."

"Oh so they are your protection slaves I understand now. Oh Harry you must have just come into you inheritance then ho nice of your parents too assign you such fine gentlemen. Have your parents found you a nice lad or lady to marry as well?"

Harry sighed, "My parents are dead."

She frowned slightly, "Then you don't know the way or even about elves. Okay then I shall explain. If Elvin parents give birth to either a female or a sheenta then the female or sheenta are assigned one or more protectors to guard them. Your parents must have assigned them at your birth. Now as I have explained to your protectors we elves have different taste buds. We register sweet a lot more powerfully then humans. Which means things like candy or even juice that have a lot of sugar can be over whelming to us. We prefer bitter or sour things so be careful in what you eat. Oh and you will find your self to be very non-meat. We don't eat a lot of meat mostly fruits and vegetables. We only eat meat on rare occasions. And most importantly we can't were certain fabrics like cotton and polyester. I am sure those clothes don't feel very nice on you do they?"

Harry shrugged, "They do itch a lot and my shoulders really hurt. By they way what is a sheenta?"

The young woman blushes brightly, "I shall allow you to find that out on your own young sheenta."

"Wait I am a sheenta?"

"Yes child you are. Now as a word of advice don't buy human clothing. Here is another little Elvin secret." She pulls out a small book, "You see the symbol on this book," She pointed to the silver leaf that was wrapped in two vines that connected at the top before blooming into a blue rose, "This is the symbol of the elves wherever you see this symbol you will find an Elvin shop we are everywhere in both human and wizard communities. We even disguise ourselves as a human shop then use this symbol somewhere to alert elves."

Harry nodded and glanced at Marik and Malik who seemed to be paying closer attention than he was. He sighed and drank the last of his Klah. The woman smiled and disappeared before reappearing with a medium sized clay pot that had a small spicket near the bottom. , "Here shrink this and take it with you. It's a months supply of Klah just for you hunny there is also a small bag of numb weed to help you sleep attached to the back."

Harry shrunk it and placed an unbreakable charm on it before placing it in his bag. "Thank you for your help we must go now though so thank you and we will be back for a visit sometime soon. Marik Malik lets let the nice lady get back to her work."

Malik chuckled, "So it's to Gringotts then?"

Malik smiled, "Then off to see Bakura and Ryou."

Hatty stopped them, "Is this Ryou also an elf? His name is Elvish as well."

Harry shrugged and with that all three boys left the inn and headed down the road to Gringotts.

~With Ryou and Bakura~

Ryou sat up in bed as Bakura came back from the other room, "Who was it Kura?"

Bakura sighed, "Malik and Marik need place to stay with there Hikari. It seems they were attacked so they asked to come here. I hope it's alright I told them yes."

Ryou nodded before standing and heading to the bathroom. He stood in front of the mirror brushing his shoulder length white hair sighing, "When and where are we meeting them?"

"Uhhh King's Station around eight." Bakura walked into the bathroom and stopped behind Ryou, "Are you going to tell Malik and Marik you secret?"

Ryou sighed and placed his hair behind his long pointed ear, "I have to tell them they are our best friends. Bakura you know that because of my blood a lot of things are going to change. The goddess gave me this gift and I need to honor it. Lady Bastet knows what she is doing…or at least I hope she does. A sheenta is what I am so I will respect it."

Bakura growls, "You still haven't told me what that stupid word means."

Ryou giggles softly, "You will find out one day."

Ryou smiled before situating his hair to cover up his ears. "Well let's go prepare the guest room for them."