Hey you guys, I'm back. It has rained like crazy where I'm at. But, I feel much better now! Yes, thank you. Now then, sorry to keep you in suspense from the last chapter, so let the next chapter and the trial continue. (bangs gavel)
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Sunrise Phoenix - You have to chill out for a sec. He'll squirm, eventually, lol
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VampiressBeauty20 - Both of you shut your dirty peepholes! You will follow the rules of the underworld court or so help me, I'll make you both SIT in the Chocolate pudding Chair! The stains will never come out of your clothes! Got it?!
Startastica - Well, you do know things about this and I have worked on my grammar as best I could. Thanks!
Special Thanks to my beta Akai22878 for helping me out with the story!
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Atem's Lawyer approached the pregnant Tea and said "Can you please describe to us how it happened in your point of view?"
"Sure, I can do that, word for word. Let me just start out on how my day began." Tea started explain to the judge and to everyone in the courtroom what happened between Atem and Bakura.
"I was at home sitting on the living room couch watching Atem leave for work while I was on my day off from work. I heard a knock on the door an hour later and see Vivian at the door and I told her that we were going shopping that day. We took my dad's van because he was going to WALK to work and we picked up Serenity along the way to go buy my soon to be baby a carriage. Serenity did pay for the carriage and we left the store."
"Objection!" said Bakura's Lawyer.
"Shut up!" Robert screamed and the room went silent yet again, but Robert saw everyone astonished to see him out-of-order, so he calmed down and cleared his throat. "I mean Overruled. Now, please get to the point before I have to sit you back down Tea."
"I was getting to that. As I was about to leave, Akio called me on my phone and told me that Atem, my husband was in trouble. So, Vivian drove me and Serenity to the Arcade where Bakura works and Akio took me to find them both. Akio rammed down the door and I saw Bakura trying to kill my husband who was strapped down in a chair. I tried to talk some sense into Bakura. I tried to negotiate with him, saying that if I go with him, he wouldn't kill Atem, but as he was almost close to me, Akio set Atem free and knocked out Bakura. I pushed the alarm to get everyone in the arcade out because it wasn't safe. As we got outside, my friend Serenity was out cold." Tea's response left Bakura's lawyer in shock that his client would be locked up.
"No further questions, your honor." Tea got up from the stand and walked back to her seat. Atem's Lawyer turned to the jury as he grabbed partial evidence to the case.
"I would like to direct to you "Exhibit A", Bakura's gold dagger. The handle is gold, but the blade is sharp to kill. This has been in his desk in case if anyone had tried to get on his bad side."
"Objection!" Bakura's Lawyer stood up and pointed to the evidence "He has had that dagger in his family for generations and it was probably a family heirloom for him to carry around with him so he could defend himself from any thugs at night." Atem's Lawyer continued to what he was saying.
"Thugs? What about his employees? Akio, stand up and show the court room your flesh wound." Akio did what the lawyer said and rolled up the sleeve on his shirt to show the courtroom his scar that Bakura gave him when he cut his arm with the blade. The courtroom saw the flesh wound and Akio spoke up to tell them.
"This scar I got was to stop Bakura from killing Atem. Yes, I risked my job. Yes, I risked my life and for what? To help out my friends in need because that is what friends do, having each other's backs." The courtroom cheered from that statement, but Robert banged the gavel to keep it quiet.
"Order, I want order. Order in the courtroom." he said as Akio joked around with him.
"Okay, I'll just have a Bacon burger with a side of fries, thank you." the court laughed and Robert got a little testy with Akio and suddenly banged his gavel again to silence the courtroom once again.
"Akio, I find you in contempt, one more joke like that and I'll have the bailiff here escort you out of the courtroom." Akio cringed and laughed nervously as he sat back down. "Now then, if there aren't any more evidence, the jury will now take fifteen minutes to go over all the evidence and stories to decide Bakura's judgment."
During that time, Atem and his lawyer started to talk about what they might have planned if they didn't give enough evidence. On the other side of the courtroom, Bakura was talking to his lawyer as well.
"I can't believe you! I hope you know what you got me into!" Bakura said to his Lawyer.
"Look, I'm sure they'll probably give you community service time or probably house arrest. At least you won't be in prison if we're lucky."
Fifteen minutes passed and the jury had come back and the judge also returned to his chair to hear their results. The jury passed the note to their speaker.
"Jury, what is your response for Bakura?" said Robert.
"We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of attempted murder, blackmail, and theft in the first degree."
"Well then, it leaves me with just this option." said Robert "Bakura, I hereby sentence you to thirteen years in the Japan County Prison with no parole. However, on the day you are released, you will be given another year under house arrest. Court adjourned!"
"Thirteen years in prison? At least he'll leave everyone alone." said Tea.
Akio again helped Tea up from her seat as she was barely able to stand on her own. They walked up to Atem and he gave Tea a quick kiss to watch Bakura be taken to the facility.
"You haven't seen the last of me. I'll be back someday to get rid of you two." Bakura gave them that warning but Akio responded,
"Yeah, more like never because your outta here, bitch..!"
Bakura was handcuffed behind his back, so he couldn't touch anyone. As Bakura left, Atem and Tea left the courtroom as well, but then Tea's father came from behind them to tell them something.
"Tea, how are you feeling? Any problems with the baby?" Robert was concerned for his daughter's well-being since she's all he has left of his family and Tea said,
"Yes Dad, the baby is fine. If it's kicking, it means it's doing fine."
He sighed in relief and thought that she would go into early labor in there. Atem touched his shoulder and said to him "Tea will be fine. As long as I'm with her, nothing is going to happen."
As he helped Tea into the car, he went around to the driver's seat to head back home while Robert went back to the courthouse because he still had three more cases to do, while Akio took the bus back home. Akio was thinking to himself on what his next move is going to be for the arcade. 'Now that I'm in charge of the arcade, what am I going to do now?'
~ MEANWHILE ~
Bakura was on a bus to the Japan County Prison and while he was on that bus, he saw a few other convicts handcuffed and muzzled. Bakura knew that he was going to be in for a trip to hell. As the bus stopped, all the convicts were told to leave the bus and enter inside of the prison to receive their uniforms and pillows because they would be spending the rest of their lives in a prison cell. Bakura entered into the prison first and what he was were cells that go on forever. He was carrying his clothes and pillow to his assigned cell. Bakura entered into his cell and what he saw was a guy with a scar on his head and work gloves on his hands.
"First time?" he said and Bakura nodded "yes" since he's never been to prison before. "Better not bitch out in here. You'll end up somebody's luggage that way. And these guys here will make you run to your grave."
"I'm only in here for thirteen years, so it gives me plenty of time to try to make it out alive." Bakura was feeling lucky from what he said, but when it comes to prison, he'll realize there is no such thing as luck. As he was getting settled in, he was so tired that he took the top bunk, which his cellmate didn't mind, and just fell asleep, but what he didn't know that someone in another cell was watching him.
~ LATER ~
Its 10:00 pm at night and Atem and Tea were getting ready for bed. Tea was in a pink spaghetti strap nightgown as Atem wore black sweatpants and a white shirt. Tea was just in bed already feeling so tired. Atem jumped in bed as he grabbed a book to read.
"Atem, what are you reading?" said Tea
"I'm reading a baby book. It tells what I should do to be ready when the baby gets here and now I'm on baby names." Atem was reading a list of possible baby names and it had hundreds in there. Atem was looking at boy names if the baby was going to be a boy.
"I was thinking, if it's a boy, how about Raye, Matt, or Yukio. What do you think?" Tea thought long and hard of baby names when she found out that she became pregnant.
"I was thinking that if it's a girl, I thought I'd name the baby after my mother Maya because it sounds right to carry on her name in my child." Atem thought it would be a good name if it was a girl, so Atem kissed her cheek and said "That would be a good name for a girl."
Tea started to fall asleep as Atem watched her sleep for the rest of the nigh while he was putting his head into the books to be ready to become a father.
~ THREE WEEKS LATER ~
It's a Friday afternoon and Tea was now thirty weeks pregnant. She was at work getting paperwork done for deliveries to receive more Ice Cream for the Parlor and as she was still working, Phillip came into her office unexpectedly and wanted to chat.
"Hello Tea, how are you feeling?" he asked
"Large, I don't know how long I can wait anymore. My baby is due in a month and I'm just so excited that it's almost here." Tea was feeling so excited that the baby kicks when she is excited.
"Well, that's nice to hear. I also heard around that Atem had something for you." he said
"Really? What is it?" Tea was dumbfounded that Atem had something in store for Tea when she gets home, but Phillip kept his mouth shut and he was told not to give any hints.
"I am not allowed to tell you because you have to go home and see for yourself. Plus, your shift doesn't end for another 2 hours, so your just gonna have to wait. Sorry..." Phillip walked out the door and closed it while Tea was thinking about what Atem has in store for her.
'As soon as I get home, I'll see if Atem will kiss and tell.' she thought to herself while smirking slightly.
Ooh, a chapter ending with a surprise, eh? I wonder what it might be? I dunno what it is, but I bet you guys might have a clue. So, you guys, leave your reviews down there and I will come back with the surprise that nobody will ever see coming and believe me when I say this, it will blow your minds... So, wait till next chapter peeps. And have a HAPPY 4th of July! See You Next Time!