Four Men, Twelve Cats, A Billion Dollars
By Liz
Alright then! Here's chapter two because I'm on a writing spree!
"There's no one to stop me! AHAHAHA!"
Ryou stood in front of Bakura as he tried to leave the house. "No."
Bakura blinked. "What do you mean, 'No'?"
"I mean no. You can't do that!"
"Yes I can!"
"No, you can't!"
"Why not?"
Ryou sighed. "One. It's illegal. Two. You don't know where it is. Three. It's already promised to someone else. Like Jounouchi."
"Then I'll steal it from him." Bakura brushed passed Ryou and opened to door.
"Bakura!" Ryou shouted. "It's wrong, you know that!"
Bakura winked. "There are plenty of things wrong with what I do. Does that stop me?"
Ryou lowered his head. "No."
"Good." And with that as his last word, he set out toward Kaiba Corp.
"Yami. No."
"Come on Yugi! He doesn't need it anymore!" Yami protested. "We could get all kinds of things! Like a new store for your grandfather and a whole bunch of Duel Monster cards!"
"Yami," Yugi walked down the stairs to face his boyfriend. "it's not your money. We don't even know whose money it is yet."
Yami looked puzzled.
Yugi sighed. "Okay. Well there's this thing called a 'will' and when you're alive, you make a will to see who gets your stuff. When you die, the will is then read allowed and the stuff is distributed among those listed in the will."
Yami looked at Yugi while contemplating what he had just said. "Okay." He replied. "Okay."
"Good." Yugi said. "Now come watch TV with me. We'll see if anything develops."
"Alright."
"Meh, it's probably going to be Jounouchi's."
A thought.
"But I could also just be left there."
Another thought.
"Or it could be Jounouchi's"
Malik sighed as he stay lying on the couch. He was going through his head all the possibilities of where Seto's money could go. He has no family that's alive, with Mokuba dead too. And Jounouchi's the closest thing he's got to family. Malik thought.
"Jounouchi…do you know what this means?" Honda said. "This means that you're probably getting the money! You'll be rich!"
"I don't care." Jounouchi said as he turned away from his friend. "I don't care."
Honda grunted. "That's not the Jounouchi I know! The Jounouchi I know would never say that! He would be very happy for all the money!"
"The Jounouchi you used to know wasn't in love." He replied. "I don't care for the money, all I want is Seto back"
The TV then started blaring another large amount of info from the Seto Kaiba murder investigation. Jounouchi focused himself toward the TV and listened intently.
"The will reading for Seto and Mokuba Kaiba will be held tomorrow at noon. All who are invited are: Jounouchi Katsuya…"
Jounouchi blinked. "Oh…yeah…"
"…Mutou Yugi…"
"Whaaa?" Yugi said. "Kaiba put me on his will? I'm confused."
"Me too." Yami said.
"…Bakura Ryou…"
Bakura turned to look at a TV shop. "What?"
Ryou ran up behind him. "We're going to the will reading tomorrow. Come home now and you'll find out where the money is tomorrow."
Bakura looked puzzled, but gave in and went back home.
"…Ishtar Isis…"
Malik quickly sat up and stared at the TV. "What? Hmmm…"
The next day was very eventful for many people. The Seto and Mokuba Kaiba will reading was at noon at the Kaiba Mansion, and there were several hundred people there. Many were news reporters and cameramen.
"Yugi, I didn't think they would allow many camera people in here." Ryou said to his friend.
"I didn't think so either." Yugi said. "But I guess he really was very famous…"
"Yugi look! Free food!" Yami said waving to Yugi.
Yugi smacked his forehead. "Will the embarrassment ever stop?" He turned to Ryou. "Excuse me." And he ran over to the spirit of the puzzle to tell him to be more respectful.
"I am surprised that I was even let in." Bakura said as he approached Ryou.
"Well, Mr. Psycho, when you threaten their life with a plastic fork then anything is possible…" Ryou said. "…I guess."
"I don't know what you're talking about, Ryou! I would never stoop so low to hurt anyone with plastic utensils! That fork was one hundred percent white metal!"
Ryou sighed.
"Hey, isn't that your buddy?" Bakura said while he grabbed some food off a food table. "The blonde one that was dating Kaiba."
"Jounouchi!" Ryou shouted. "Oh dear, he must be hurting so much right now! He just lost the love of his life!"
Bakura took a sip of wine that was sitting on the table. "So?"
Ryou elbowed him in the side, making him spit out his wine. "So? How would you feel if I died?"
Bakura paused. "See, that would never happen."
Ryou sighed again and walked over to Jounouchi.
Bakura then felt a hand on his shoulder. "Hey buddy! What's shaking?"
"Malik." Bakura said. He brushed his "friend" off and walked away.
Malik only followed. "What's up?"
"Nothing. And how did you manage to get in here? I thought that only Isis was allowed to be in here!"
"Oh her? Well, she was too upset to go so I came in her place." Malik said uneasily. "Yeah, she was devastated."
"You locked her in a closet, didn't you?"
"…maybe."
"Attention all!" An announcer said. "We will begin the will reading in five minutes."
Bakura finished off the wine. "Well Malik…it was horrible talking with you and I hope I never see you again. Bye."
Malik watched Bakura walk away. "See you again friend!"
"To Ivory Satchel…my staple remover."
All watched as a blonde haired woman walked up to the front of the room to collect what was left for her. She took the staple remover and held it close, walking back to her seat and calling out Seto's name.
"To Yugi Mutou…"
"Oh Yugi, what do you think you'll get? Something awesome, right? I mean, Kaiba was obsessed with you!" Yami said. "Well, with me, under your name…"
"Shut up Yami!"
"…my prized Kuriboh card."
"What?" Yami said. "We were worth more than that! I demand something better!"
"Yami, stop it." Yugi said as he walked up to collect his belonging.
"To Ryou Bakura…"
"Ohohohoho!" Bakura laughed. "This is it Ryou! Fame, fortune, anything from Kaiba should be worth something!"
"Bakura, you saw what Yugi got. We're going to get something similar." Ryou replied.
"Oh come on! Don't be such a pessimist!"
"…my blender."
"A blender?" Bakura shouted. "That's it? What a moron!"
"Sir, could you please sit down—"
"NEVER!" Bakura shouted.
"Please, sit down Bakura." Ryou said.
"…fine." Bakura said.
Ryou walked up to the front and took the blender that was probably only worth five dollars. It didn't even look like something that Seto had even bought himself.
"To Isis Ishtar…"
Malik snickered. "Oh this better be good!"
"…a lifetime in an insane asylum. Stay away from me you crazy bitch."
Malik's jaw dropped as the entire crowd began laughing.
"AHAHAHAHA!" Bakura turned around to look at Malik. "At least we got a blender! AHAHAHAHA!"
Malik kicked Bakura's chair and laughed as it fell over, knocking the spirit on his face.
"And to Katsuya Jounouchi…by beloved Katsuya…"
"Seto…" Jounouchi cried.
"…I leave you my heart…and always know that I will love you forever..."
The crowd got silent and watched at Jounouchi stood up in his seat.
"I love you Seto!" He shouted to the sky. "I love you more than anything! And don't you worry! I'll never stop loving you!"
"…and here's a dollar for all that you've given me."
Jounouchi stopped his love rant and death glared at the guy reading off the will. "What?"
The guy started shaking as he ruffled through the papers. "Uh…that's what it says."
Jounouchi ran up to the front and grabbed the will. "Was that all that I was worth to you?" He threw the paper across the room. "I HATE YOU SETO KAIBA."
A random person picked up the will and stared at it. "It says here that the Kaiba fortune is to be given to his 12 cats that live in his mansion."
Silence plagued the room for about five minutes. No one could believe that Seto Kaiba would leave all his money to his cats…
"He had cats?" Jounouchi said.
"And here we thought he liked dogs…" Bakura said.
"SHUT UP!" Jounouchi yelled and ran out of the room.
"Bakura! How could you upset him like that?" Ryou said. "He's been through enough!" He ran after Jounouchi, calling out his name.
"Hmmm…" Yami said. "Twelve Cats…what could twelve cats possibly do with all that money?"
"Yami…" Yugi said.
"What? I'm just thinking. There's nothing wrong with thinking."
"There's plenty wrong with thinking when you usually act on the thoughts that are produced by your thinking." Yugi replied, getting up out of his chair. "Now stop thinking about the money and let it stay there." He walked away.
"…" Yami couldn't say anything. He just followed Yugi out of the building…
…when an arm grabbed him and forced him to turn around. "What the—"
"Shhh." A voice said. "It's me."
"Bakura?"
"SHH!" He put a hand over his mouth. "Come on. Before Yugi sees you."
Yami looked over at Yugi's back. He shrugged and went with Bakura anyway.
"What are we doing?" Yami hissed at Bakura. Bakura gave no answer as they found their way into the men's restroom and locked the door.
"You better not be trying to have sex with me, Bakura." Yami said. "Because I would have to kill you."
"Relax." Bakura said. "I don't want to have sex with you. And it's not like you could do anything about it anyway."
Yami growled. "What?"
"Be quiet!" Bakura shushed him. "Anyway. I came up with a plan."
Yami crossed his arms. "I don't know if I can trust your plans. You'll get me in trouble with everyone."
"Hey! Watch it!" A new voice said. "Take your hands off me you moron!" A bang on the door. "Ow!"
"The catcher has brought the dog." Another voice said outside the door.
"Dog?" The first voice said. "Take that back! Only Seto can call me that!"
Bakura walked over to the door and unlocked it. It opened to reveal Malik with Jounouchi.
"Okay, what is going on here?" Yami questioned.
"I told you." Bakura said. "I have a plan. A plan that you might like."
"I won't like it at all!" Jounouchi said. "I'm in mourning! Leave me alone!"
"No!" Malik said. "You have to hear the plan that me and Bakura came up with!"
"How?" Yami asked. "You guys didn't speak to each other at all during the reading. How could you guys have come up with a plan?"
"We can talk telepathically." Malik said, pointing to his head. "I set it up during Battle City!"
Bakura sighed. "When Dog-boy over here was ranting about his love for Kaiba, we were talking about how to get the money. When we heard that cats had it, we knew that the plan was going to work."
"I'm listening." Yami said.
"Well I'm not!" Jounouchi walked towards the door. "This is Seto's money! We should just leave it alone. This is where he wanted it to be!"
"Would you shut up! Kaiba's dead and he's not coming back for his money!" Bakura shouted. "Don't you think it's odd that you didn't get the money?"
Jounouchi nodded.
"Okay then. We're just going to get the money to it's rightful place. With you." Bakura said. "The only thing different is that we're going to take some of it too."
"What?" Jounouchi said. "But it's my money!"
"But we're helping you get it." Malik stated. "We can split it four ways. It's still 250 million dollars."
"I don't know about this…" Yami said. "If Yugi found out that we were doing this, then he'd leave me forever! Or worse…" He shuddered. "Leave me and then take apart the puzzle!"
"Oh come on. Ryou's threatened to toss the ring in the ocean several times! Get over it!" Bakura said. "Besides…when he sees how much money you have now, he'll love you forever!"
"True…" Yami said.
"I miss Seto…" Jounouchi said.
"Shut up!" Bakura said. "Okay, here's the plan…uhmm…what's the plan again?"
"I thought you remembered it!" Malik said.
"No…that was your job!" Bakura yelled. "Idiot. Okay, we'll go home and devise a new plan and we'll keep in touch."
"Alright." Yami said. "This better work."
"Oh it will." Bakura said, putting an arm around Yami. "I mean come on! It's cats for crying out loud! What harm could some cats possibly do?"
"Hmm…" Yami thought.
"Exactly! Nothing! Now go home and get some rest. We'll need all the energy we can get for our schemes! Mwahahahaha!"
"True dat!" Malik said.
"Malik," Bakura said. "Don't talk like that again."
"Okay…" Malik said.
"Guys…uhh…well…okay. I guess I'm in." Jounouchi said. "Only cause Seto left me a dollar for all the things I've done for him! I thought he really loved me! Besides, the sex should have been worth a lot more than a dollar!"
"Too much information!" Malik said, covering his ears as he walked out of the bathroom.
"Yuck." Yami said as he left as well.
"Tsk tsk." Bakura said. "You should have gotten the money up front before you had sex with him…you have a lot to learn…" He walked away leaving Jounouchi alone in the bathroom.
"Seto…" Jounouchi said. "I'll make sure your money is well spent. You may be a jerk, but I love you anyway." With that, Jounouchi turned and walked out of the bathroom, heading towards a life without his one true love…
Oh the drama! Oh the humor! Hahaha. Hope you guys liked this chapter hehe. I actually wrote this before I posted the whole story! Ah well, it's not getting as many reviews as I has hoped...oh well! Please review this one! Hehe