Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Pop Tarts, Cadillac, Victoria's Secret or any of the characters, so don't sue me:D
Freeloader
"Ishizu!" whined a pajama clad Marik as he desperately shook the empty box of sugary cereal in his hand "We're all out of Cinnamon Toast Crunch!"
Although there were only three people living in the Ishtar household, it sometimes felt as if though there were many more. After all even though Ishizu and Odion cooked, cleaned, and worked to bring in money, Marik was a lazy bum who didn't lift a finger. His entire days revolved around eating sugary cereals, plotting against the Pharoah, watching television, eating more cereal, and riding his motorcycle on the lawn. Some days Marik would get so lazy, that he'd use to the Millenium Rod to control the minds of the local girls scouts, and make them hand over all of their cookies. He'd also do the same thing whenever someone was delivering food to one of the neighbors.
"Settle down" said Ishizu who was calmly sitting at the table reading a newspaper and sipping orange juice "It's not like it's an emergency"
"NOT AN EMERGENCY?" shouted Marik when he realized that his older sister seemed to be ignoring his latest crisis "I CAN'T START MY DAY WITHOUT SUGARY, CINNAMONY GOODNESS!"
"Well what do you want me to do about it?" asked Ishizu as she calmly turned the page she had been reading
"I want you to go buy me some!" shouted Marik as he threw the empty cereal box on the ground and began to stomp it "I'M STARVING!"
"I can't since I have to go work down at the museum" said Ishizu as she looked up at the clock and stood up "But you can go buy it yourself"
"WHAT!?" cried Marik whose violet eyes opened wide as if though he had just heard the most horrible thing ever "You want me to buy it myself!?"
"The supermarket is only about ten minutes away" said Ishizu as she took five dollars out of her purse and handed them to him "So you can walk over and get your cereal"
"I don't want to walk!" shouted Marik as he realized that he would have no choice but to walk since his motorcycle was all out of gas "Walking's for chumps!"
"Well then..." said Ishizu as she reached out and immediately snatched the money out of her younger brother's hand "I guess you don't really want cereal after all"
At that moment Marik knew that without his sugary cereal, he would be completely lost. So he immediately pulled out the Millenium Rod, pointed it at Ishizu, and tried to make her go and buy the cereal. It was only until she snatched it out of his hands and whacked him on the head with it, that Marik remembered that it didn't work on Ishizu. So at that point he knew he was going to be reduced to doing something he'd truly hate and probably regret later on...
"Can't you at least drop me off at the supermarket?" said Marik with a defeated look on his face as he slumped his shoulders "And I'll walk home from there?"
(Meanwhile At Doom Headquarters)
"Owww my hands are cramped..." whined Amelda as he tried his hardest to try and straighten his fingers "I think I have nerve damage"
"Who cares about your girly hands mate?" said Varon whose stomach was gurgling and making funny sounds "I'm so hungry right now..."
"I care about my hands!" snapped Amelda who was sick and tired of Varon constantly calling him girly "Besides I'm hungry too but you don't hear me whining about it!"
The moment that Dartz decided to run off and follow Raphael, Amelda and Varon sighed in relief. After all with their crazy boss gone, not only were they free of pointless tasks, they were also free to eat. So after running into the kitchen and searching for food, the only thing they found was bran muffins, prunes, and a bottle of expired mustard. Rather than eating such disgusting food, Amelda and Varon had no choice but to sit there, starve, and blame each other...
"I hope you realize that this is all your fault sheila" said Varon whose growling stomach sounded like a lion roaring "You and your selfish ways"
"Me!?" cried Amelda whose stomach was also beginning to growl at that moment "You're the greedy pig who tried to steal my pop tart!"
"Well it's your fault that Raphael ate it!" shouted Varon as he crossed his arms, turned his nose up, and looked away "It's also your fault that Dartz made us to untangle his stupid hair!"
"Well it's your fault that my hands are cramped!" snapped Amelda as he finally managed to straighten his aching fingers "After all I had to do most of the work and-"
"Hey..." said Varon as he suddenly wrinkled his nose and began to sniff the air around him "What's that smell?"
"Don't you dare try to blame it on me" said Amelda with a disgusted look on his face as he quickly moved away from Varon "Especially since I know that you had bean burritos for dinner last night"
"No it smells like cherries!" said Varon as he immediately jumped up and pointed towards the door closest to them "And it's coming from that direction!"
"I'm not falling for-Wait a second.." said Amelda who at first thought it was either a trick or a hunger induced hallucination "I can smell it too!"
Both quickly got up and followed the scent, which seemed to be coming from a nearby hallway. The more they walked, the stronger the cherry scent became, and the more their mouths watered. After all it smelled exactly like cherry pop tarts topped with icing and sugar sprinkles. In fact both were so hynotized by the scent, that they only snapped out it after they bumped into a door at the end of the hallway. Realizing that the scent was coming from the other side of the door, Amelda and Varon were determined to get inside. Fortunately or unfortunately, the door was opened by the room's occupant...
"Huh?" said Varon as his sky blue eyes grew large as saucers when he realized that it was none other than the woman of his dreams "Mai!"
"What do you two idiots want?" asked a very cranky Mai who was clad in a black tanktop that read "Too Sexy For This Shirt" and red pajama pants "Can't you see I'm-"
"You..." said Amelda whose grey eyes had opened wide in horror and anger when he realized that he and Mai had on the same pajamas "YOU COPIED ME!"
"The Hell I did!" screamed Mai who was just as horrified and angry as she stared at Amelda's pajamas "You copied me!"
"FIRST YOU COPY MY GLOVES AND MOTORCYCLE!" shouted Amelda who looked as if though he were about to pop a blood vessel "AND NOW YOU COPY MY PAJAMAS!"
"For your information I got these pajamas at Victoria's Secret!" snapped Mai as she tossed a golden strand of hair over her shoulder "So if anyone's a copycat then it's you crossdresser!"
"Well they were comfortable and my size!" snapped Amelda as he crossed his arms and glared daggers at the blonde "But the point is that I had them first!"
"Hey don't talk to my future wife that way!" interrupted Varon as he pushed the angry redhead aside and stared at Mai like a lovesick puppy "Besides it's not Mai's fault that you're so girly looking that you have to buy women's clothes"
"WHAT!?"
"Just why exactly are you morons here anyways?" asked Mai as she noticed the brunette shamelessly staring at her chest "You'd better have a good reason for interrupting my beauty sleep"
"Yet another thing you've copied from me..." muttered Amelda under his breath as he resisted the urge to choke Mai "You thieving blonde tramp..."
"I smelled cherry pop tarts coming from your room!" blurted Varon as his eyes lit up and he jumped up like a hyperactive little kid
Although Mai expected Varon to say something really stupid, this truly took the cake. After all even though the brunette had the IQ of a bran muffin, he was a dirty little pervert who constantly spied on her. Because of this, Mai had to keep switching bedrooms in order to keep Varon away. Unfortunately now that he knew where her latest bedroom was, he might sneak in and try to set up hidden cameras...then again he wasn't that smart. The fact that Amelda had also figured out where her room was, was also a problem. After all the crazy redhead might sneak into her room and either steal her clothes or burn them. Luckily she had planned for such an emergency, so she decided to put her plan into action.
"So you came here looking for cherry pop tarts?" asked Mai as she reached over and picked up a cherry pop tart box "Well I just happen to have a box right here!"
"WHAT!? REALLY!?" cried Varon as he began to jump around as if though he were about to pee his pants from excitement "PLEASE LEMME HAVE ONE!"
"Well if you want it so bad..." said Mai as she immediately walked over to the window and tossed the box out "THEN GO GET IT!"
The moment that Mai let go of the box, it was exactly as she predicted it would be. Varon immediately let out a scream of horror, ran towards the window, jumped out, and gave another scream of horror when he realized that he was midair. A few seconds later there was a large splat somewhere below, followed by some groaning and the phrase "Ow I fell on my bum...". As Mai stood there laughing evilly at the success of her plan, she wasn't through yet. She immediately pulled out a can of pepper spray and sprayed Amelda in the eyes. After screaming in pain and stumbling around blindly, the redhead was pushed out of the window by Mai. As soon as Amelda hit the ground, he uttered the phrase "You copycat tramp...".
"Well now that I've gotten the idiots out of the way" said Mai as she shut the window ignoring the moaning and groaning coming from outside "I guess it's time for breakfast"
(Meanwhile At The Supermarket Parking Lot...)
"N-N-Need r-r-rest..." muttered an out of breath Raphael as he crawled on all fours towards the blue Geo Metro "R-R-Rest good..."
Although the Geo Metro was a tiny car, it was a very fast car as Raphael had learned. After speeding out of Doom Headquarters and into oncoming traffic, the car merged onto a freeway. It then began to zip through traffic like a speeding bullet, narrowly missing other cars. Meanwhile Raphael was still running behind it, pumping his legs as hard as he could. After speeding on the freeway for several mile, the car finally reached an exit ramp and ended up back on the streets. At this point Raphael was ready to drop, but he had no choice but to keep running. So after speeding through town, narrowly avoiding hitting a school bus, a tree, Seto Kaiba, and a fire hydrant, the car was running low on fuel and began to slow down. At this point Raphael was also running low on fuel and had also slowed down. After several more blocks the car had slowed to a crawl and came to a stop in a parking lot. Luckily it was the supermarket parking lot, since at this point Raphael had also slowed to a crawl.
"Stupid car..." muttered Raphael as he slowly pulled himself off of the ground and collapsed onto the hood of the car "It's going to be the end of me..."
As he lay sprawled out on the hood of the car, trying to recover from his run, a mint green Cadillac convertible pulled into the parking lot. Unbeknownst to Raphael, Dartz had been following him, laughing his at him the entire time. After all there was nothing as hilarious(or pathetic) as the sight of Raphael going from running full speed to crawling like a baby.
"When you have idiots for minions like I do..." said Dartz as he wiped the tears of laughter away from his mismatched eyes "You're never bored!"
"Uhhh..." groaned Raphael who was too tired to be aware of the fact that his crazy boss was closeby, laughing at him "I'd better get a shopping cart..."
"It seems that oaf is going to look for a shopping cart now" said Raphael who could pretty much had an idea of what was going on through Raphael's head "I guess I should give him a little hand"
At that moment Raphael slowly pulled himself up, looked around, and realized that there weren't any shopping carts around. He groaned since he knew that he had no choice but to get up and hunt one down. So he slowly moved away from the car, and began to drag his tired aching body towards the supermarket. After a few seconds though, it seemed that luck was on his side since a shopping cart rolled right up to him. It was an old beaten up and severely rusted shopping cart with a wobbly wheel that didn't quite touch the ground. Normally Raphael would have ignored such a crummy cart, but at this point he was too tired to care. So took it and began to push it towards the supermarket entrance. At that point Dartz got out of his car and followed Raphael, laughing at the fact that he had actually taken the "special" cart that he had prepared for him. Meanwhile a minivan pulled into the parking lot, one of the doors flew open, and Marik tumbled right out.
"Okay just get your cereal and get home quickly" said Ishizu who was behind the wheel of the minivan "Is that clear?"
"You're not the boss of me!" snarled Marik as he pulled himself up, angry at the fact that Ishizu had pushed him out the door
"Marik Ishtar you buy that cereal and go straight home!" said Ishizu as the Millenium Necklace around her neck began to glow "Or else!"
"Or else what?" asked Marik as he folded his arms and gave his sister a defiant look "You'll punish me if I don't?"
"No...but you will end up regretting it" said Ishizu as she brought her hand up and touched the Millenium Necklace "So listen to me and go home"
Marik simply stuck his tongue out at Ishizu, checked his pocket to make sure he had his money, and ran off. After all no matter what he wanted to do, Ishizu always had to tell him that he'd regret it. Of course Marik never listened to her since he was convinced that she was just out to spoil his fun. As Ishizu looked at her little brother run off, she shook her head, and drove off. After all by the looks of things, he was going to end up having quite a day...
(Several Minutes Later)
"Okay lets see..." said Raphael as he pulled out the shopping list and expired tater tot coupon that Dartz had given him "I guess I'll start out by getting the-"
CRASH!
Without any warning the wobbly wheeled shopping cart made a sudden left turn, and knocked over a huge display of sugar cones. When Raphael saw what had happened, he figured that he hadn't been paying attention. Of course he never would have suspected that his shopping cart was anything but ordinary. Before Raphael even had a chance to even pick up a single box, someone with an unusually familiar voice ran up screaming at the top of his lungs.
"NO! I just stacked those boxes of sugar cones!" cried Bandit Keith who was clad in a store uniform and matching apron "Why do these things happen to me?"
"Maybe because you sell crummy used cars" said Raphael as he remembered everything that he had been through "Like the one you sold to Master Dartz"
"Hey that Geo Metro was perfectly good!" snapped Bandit Keith as he jumped up and defended his used car lot "It's really fast and it gets good gas mileage"
"It's a piece of junk is what it is" said Raphael as he frowned since it was obvious that Bandit Keith lived up to his name "But why are you working here anyways? Did the police shut down your used car lot?"
"No, I just work here part-time!" said Bandit Keith as he put his sunglasses back on in an obvious attempt to look cool "I'm an important person around here!"
No sooner had Bandit Keith said this, did a small auburn haired girl walk up to where they were. She was a petite teenage girl who was probably half of the size of both men, but the sight of her made Bandit Keith nervous. After all even though the girl wore shorts and sneakers with her uniform, her nametag identified her as the General Supervisor.
"What do you think you're doing Bandit Keith?" asked Serenity who crossed her arms and tried to look as serious as possible "It's barely your first week and you're harassing customers!"
"Uh no Miss Wheeler..." said Bandit Keith who turned several shades of red at the shame of having a teenager be his superior "Uh...he's just an old friend of mine"
"Is this true?" asked Serenity as she looked up at Raphael
"I've never seen him before in my life"
"WHAT!?"
"So you have the nerve to lie to your supervisor?" asked Serenity as she gave Bandit Keith a stern look "Just for that I'm sending you out to the parking lot to collect shopping carts!"
Bandit Keith looked over at Raphael and muttered something under his breath, before walking off. Raphael looked at his list once again, decided what he wanted to look for rist, and headed off towards the nearest aisle. Serenity was also about ready to head back to the front of the store, when she noticed something unusual happening in the nearby candy aisle...
"Mmmmm!" said Marik who was greedily stuffing some red licorice whips into his mouth "Why can't real whips taste this good?"
Since Marik only had $5, the only thing he could afford was a box of cereal. After all Ishizu never trusted him with money, which is why she only gave him what was necessary. Of course this didn't stop Marik from stealing candies and eating them right in the store. So far he had eaten all kinds of chocolate bars, caramels, red licorice whips, jelly beans, and anything else he could get his hands on. Just as Marik began to stuff some after dinner mints into his mouth, he felt someone tap him on the shoulder.
"Excuse me" said Serenity as she looked up at Marik with a look of complete disbelief at his blatant thievery "But are you going to pay for those candies?"
"What candies are you talking about?" asked Marik as he swallowed the mouthful of sugary pastel mints "I don't see any candy"
"The candy you just swallowed!" said Serenity as she noticed that Marik's breath reeked of pure peppermint "I'm guessing they were-"
Before Serenity could continue, Marik pulled out the Millenium Rod and pointed it right at her. Immediately a dull look came across her eyes, and she stood there completely under Marik's control.
"You didn't see anything" said Marik as the Millenium Rod glowed brightly in his hands
"I didn't see anything" said Serenity in a monotone voice as she stood there looking like a zombie
"In fact you won't even know why you're here" said Marik as he lowered the Millenium Rod and broke control over Serenity "Lets see if it worked"
As soon as Serenity was free of the mind control, she looked around and didn't understand why she was in the candy aisle. Meanwhile Marik stood there innocently, pretending to be looking at the candy. Serenity simply shook her head, figured that maybe she had spaced out, and quickly left the aisle.
"Heheh stupid girl" said Marik with an evil grin on his face as he greedily rubbed his hands together "Hmmm...I wonder what other things I can find to eat while I'm here?"
To Be Continued...
Author's Notes: I want to thank all of those people who reviewed the first chapter! You guys are awesome! Okay while I'm sure some of you may be aware of it, it's something I need to point out for later chapters. In the English dubbed version of Yugioh, Alister(or Amelda in this story) and Bandit Keith sound almost exactly alike. I just wanted to point this out since I put a reference to it in this chapter. Anyways thanks once again! Hugs and kisses:D
