Sweeter than me
Chapter 3:
"You killed her!" Yugi started to cry.
"Oh please!" Bakura snorted, "She ain't dead! C'mon you, stop playing." Bakura kicked her and she rolled over onto her side, but other than that...nothing.
"Bakura..." Ryou looked at her again.
"Let me see." Marik and Malik pushed their way through the crowd and starred at her for a minute.
"Yup, she'd dead alright." Malik nodded.
"How do you know?" Duke asked.
"Because, I see dead people all the time. And she is definitely dead."
Ryou started to panic, "Oh my, what do we do?"
"We call the cops and tell the truth." Kaiba said calmly. "Bakura cursed her and she died."
"I did not!"
"Well," Joey said. "We could always make up a story about how she died."
"Right! Dishonesty is always the best policy." Bakura smiled.
Yugi looked up, "I thought that was Honesty is always the best policy."
"Well... you thought wrong."
Mai looked around thoughtfully, "We could always say that a book hit her on the head and she never woke up."
"Yeah," Marik sat back. "But someone would have to hit her on the head with the book...so it would look real."
Everyone looked from person to person; none of them would go near the once lively body.
"Well then, I guess that's out of the question."
"Why don't we just bury her in the backyard?" Bakura suggested.
Ryou looked at him, "What about when her mom comes home?!"
"Then..." Mai said, "We can buy a new Tea!"
"New Tea?" Everyone echoed.
"Yes, I saw it on a soap opera." Mai smiled. "See, Ben had killed Jessica and he didn't want to tell her adopted parents. So he asked his twin brother/mad scientist Ned, make him a new Jessica. And he did, and no one new the difference."
"...Mai, that was a T.V show. Tea's mom will notice, besides where would we get a new Tea anyway?" Ryou asked.
"Hey... that's not a bad idea." Marik said. "I saw an inflatable person on Blackmarket.com last week. They come custom made, too."
Everyone started to consider it then the voice of reason spoke up. "You guys! We can't get a new Tea! We have to do the right thing and tell the police. We all know that Bakura didn't kill her; it was just a coincidence." Yugi stood up.
He picked up the phone, "Who wants to call?"
Everyone looked at Bakura. "Alright, I'll do it!"
He snatched the receiver from Yugi, "Does anyone know the number for 911?"
"Ugh!" Malik groaned and took the phone. He dialed the numbers and it started to ring. "Hello...yeah, we need the police and maybe an ambulance...no there's a dead person here...okay bye."
"There on their way."
In a couple of minutes they heard sirens outside the door. Kaiba opened the door and people rushed in and took Tea away on a cart.
A policeman came in and started questioning people.
"Sir?" he came up to Tristan. "What was the cause of this young lady's death?"
"Uh..."
Bakura walked up to him and pushed Tristan out of the way. "I told her to drop dead and she did."
"Uh..." the policeman looked at everyone else, "Is that really what happened?"
Everyone nodded.
"Well, that's good enough for me." He walked out the door.
Soon the police cars and ambulances went away.
"Well, I guess we shouldn't stay at the scene of the crime to long..." Kaiba said heading for the door.
"What crime?!" Bakura shouted. "She died, so what! People die everyday..."
Yugi walked towards the door as well, "But this is our friend were talking about."
"She wasn't my friend." Kaiba, Marik, Malik, and Bakura said.
"Well, what are we gonna do about the funeral?"
Everyone looked at Kaiba. "What? You don't expect me do pay for it, do you?"
Everyone nodded.
"What?! I didn't even like her!"
Joey snuggled up to Seto, "Please! Think of it as a early birthday present...please?"
Joey put on his puppy-dog face and Kaiba gave in to it, "Okay, fine."
They agreed to go to the funeral home the next day to pick out everything. Soon after they all went home, no one wanted to be haunted by Tea's more than likely upset ghost.
At Ryou and Bakura's house they were having another little fight.
"What did you do, curse her?"
"Oh sure, Ryou... I cursed Tea so she would drop dead and then I'd be forced to go to her damned funeral!"
"Then how is it that the second you tell her to drop dead, she does. Things like that don't happen."
"Maybe they didn't happen till now, but it happened today right in front of your own eyes!"
"Oh, why me?"
"Why you?! Why me?! Your not the one that everyone thinks killed a wannabe cheerleader with a curse!"
"You did!"
"I don't even know any curses!"
"Oh really?"
"Really."
"Well, what about that one you used on the mailman last month. The one where he threw up every time he had sex with his wife? They got a divorce over that, Bakura!"
"He deserved it. Our mail was late!"
"That's because Malik and Marik were down the street squirting him with water guns!"
"How was I supposed to know?"
"That's not the point, the point is that you do know some curses!"
"How could I not? I've lived for over five thousand years."
"Ugh!"
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"Marik, do you really think Bakura cursed Tea?"
"No, not really. He doesn't know any death curses."
"How do you know?"
"Because I taught him all the curses he knows. And I never knew any death curses."
"Oh."
"Are you bored?"
"Yeah... there's nothing on T.V. and I finished all by video games."
"Okay then, make me a sandwich."
"WHAT?!"
"Go on. I grow more famished by the second."
Malik went into the kitchen and made a sandwich, "Here you go, your majesty."
Marik stuck his tongue out at him.
"Marik?"
"What?"
"Which do you like more, sandwiches or me?"
"...Uh, what's in the sandwich?"
"Oh!"
Marik took a big bite and chewed. "YUCK!" he spat it out. "This is full of vegetables!"
"Ha ha!"
Marik chased him around the room for a long time.
Chapter 3:
"You killed her!" Yugi started to cry.
"Oh please!" Bakura snorted, "She ain't dead! C'mon you, stop playing." Bakura kicked her and she rolled over onto her side, but other than that...nothing.
"Bakura..." Ryou looked at her again.
"Let me see." Marik and Malik pushed their way through the crowd and starred at her for a minute.
"Yup, she'd dead alright." Malik nodded.
"How do you know?" Duke asked.
"Because, I see dead people all the time. And she is definitely dead."
Ryou started to panic, "Oh my, what do we do?"
"We call the cops and tell the truth." Kaiba said calmly. "Bakura cursed her and she died."
"I did not!"
"Well," Joey said. "We could always make up a story about how she died."
"Right! Dishonesty is always the best policy." Bakura smiled.
Yugi looked up, "I thought that was Honesty is always the best policy."
"Well... you thought wrong."
Mai looked around thoughtfully, "We could always say that a book hit her on the head and she never woke up."
"Yeah," Marik sat back. "But someone would have to hit her on the head with the book...so it would look real."
Everyone looked from person to person; none of them would go near the once lively body.
"Well then, I guess that's out of the question."
"Why don't we just bury her in the backyard?" Bakura suggested.
Ryou looked at him, "What about when her mom comes home?!"
"Then..." Mai said, "We can buy a new Tea!"
"New Tea?" Everyone echoed.
"Yes, I saw it on a soap opera." Mai smiled. "See, Ben had killed Jessica and he didn't want to tell her adopted parents. So he asked his twin brother/mad scientist Ned, make him a new Jessica. And he did, and no one new the difference."
"...Mai, that was a T.V show. Tea's mom will notice, besides where would we get a new Tea anyway?" Ryou asked.
"Hey... that's not a bad idea." Marik said. "I saw an inflatable person on Blackmarket.com last week. They come custom made, too."
Everyone started to consider it then the voice of reason spoke up. "You guys! We can't get a new Tea! We have to do the right thing and tell the police. We all know that Bakura didn't kill her; it was just a coincidence." Yugi stood up.
He picked up the phone, "Who wants to call?"
Everyone looked at Bakura. "Alright, I'll do it!"
He snatched the receiver from Yugi, "Does anyone know the number for 911?"
"Ugh!" Malik groaned and took the phone. He dialed the numbers and it started to ring. "Hello...yeah, we need the police and maybe an ambulance...no there's a dead person here...okay bye."
"There on their way."
In a couple of minutes they heard sirens outside the door. Kaiba opened the door and people rushed in and took Tea away on a cart.
A policeman came in and started questioning people.
"Sir?" he came up to Tristan. "What was the cause of this young lady's death?"
"Uh..."
Bakura walked up to him and pushed Tristan out of the way. "I told her to drop dead and she did."
"Uh..." the policeman looked at everyone else, "Is that really what happened?"
Everyone nodded.
"Well, that's good enough for me." He walked out the door.
Soon the police cars and ambulances went away.
"Well, I guess we shouldn't stay at the scene of the crime to long..." Kaiba said heading for the door.
"What crime?!" Bakura shouted. "She died, so what! People die everyday..."
Yugi walked towards the door as well, "But this is our friend were talking about."
"She wasn't my friend." Kaiba, Marik, Malik, and Bakura said.
"Well, what are we gonna do about the funeral?"
Everyone looked at Kaiba. "What? You don't expect me do pay for it, do you?"
Everyone nodded.
"What?! I didn't even like her!"
Joey snuggled up to Seto, "Please! Think of it as a early birthday present...please?"
Joey put on his puppy-dog face and Kaiba gave in to it, "Okay, fine."
They agreed to go to the funeral home the next day to pick out everything. Soon after they all went home, no one wanted to be haunted by Tea's more than likely upset ghost.
At Ryou and Bakura's house they were having another little fight.
"What did you do, curse her?"
"Oh sure, Ryou... I cursed Tea so she would drop dead and then I'd be forced to go to her damned funeral!"
"Then how is it that the second you tell her to drop dead, she does. Things like that don't happen."
"Maybe they didn't happen till now, but it happened today right in front of your own eyes!"
"Oh, why me?"
"Why you?! Why me?! Your not the one that everyone thinks killed a wannabe cheerleader with a curse!"
"You did!"
"I don't even know any curses!"
"Oh really?"
"Really."
"Well, what about that one you used on the mailman last month. The one where he threw up every time he had sex with his wife? They got a divorce over that, Bakura!"
"He deserved it. Our mail was late!"
"That's because Malik and Marik were down the street squirting him with water guns!"
"How was I supposed to know?"
"That's not the point, the point is that you do know some curses!"
"How could I not? I've lived for over five thousand years."
"Ugh!"
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"Marik, do you really think Bakura cursed Tea?"
"No, not really. He doesn't know any death curses."
"How do you know?"
"Because I taught him all the curses he knows. And I never knew any death curses."
"Oh."
"Are you bored?"
"Yeah... there's nothing on T.V. and I finished all by video games."
"Okay then, make me a sandwich."
"WHAT?!"
"Go on. I grow more famished by the second."
Malik went into the kitchen and made a sandwich, "Here you go, your majesty."
Marik stuck his tongue out at him.
"Marik?"
"What?"
"Which do you like more, sandwiches or me?"
"...Uh, what's in the sandwich?"
"Oh!"
Marik took a big bite and chewed. "YUCK!" he spat it out. "This is full of vegetables!"
"Ha ha!"
Marik chased him around the room for a long time.