And this has nothing to do with the story besides the fact that Honda dies. I think I'm losing my touch. Anyway, I LOVE YOU REVIEWERS1

I'm in mourning…

DAMN You JK ROWLING! HOW COULD You LET

Bakura: Covers Esther's mouth

MMUPHEp DIE!

Chapter ...what chapter am I on again?

Another Death

White petals began to fall…that's what the book said. Petals began to fall in Honda's room slowly and quietly, and dangerously….

Honda walked out of his room, pale faced. "Uh…guys?" he said quietly, confused. "Were white roses dangerous?" he asked.

Serenity nodded. "Yeah, why?"

"Uh, because there's a lot of white petals in my room." Everyone's expression turned blank and flat.

"That means they're after you now…" Seto said softly.

Everyone nodded. "Then, we should stay by Honda and wait for the murderer to show his or her face." Ryou said quietly.

"Good idea Ryou!" Malik said. "We should find him for sure then!" Ryou leaned back, looking quite proud of himself.

"So…" Joey started slowly. "uh…when's dinner?" Everyone sweat dropped.

"Only you Joey,"Seto muttered, "Only you would think of food right now." Malik nodded, looking out the window idly.

"Well…yeah! I'm hungry! You got a problem wit dat?" He put on his tough boy façade. Malik snickered darkly and made himself look like his old freaky self when he tried to kill the pharaoh. Joey immediately moved himself behind Honda.

"Malik." Yugi said exasperatedly, his amethyst eyes impatient.

Malik looked over at him innocently. "What?" he asked, sounding totally clueless. Yugi slapped his forehead.

"Why us?" he asked to no one in particular. Everyone laughed, forcing themselves to sound buoyant and unconcerned.

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"I think it's time for dinner guys, what do you think?" Yugi sounded tired, hungry, and excited all at once. Some of them nodded and muttered things like, "Yeah," "I'm hungry too." Or "My STOMACH!" (Three guesses on who that was and the first two don't count)

They all sat down at the table where they had already set their food about thirty minutes previously and began to eat. They made forced, tight, small talk and smiled phonily although some of them were better. And Seto didn't even smile at all, not that anyone was surprised. It's not like he's going to smile just because his archrival and the girl he hates most died. Wait, he probably would but there's still Joey.

Okay, moving on. Bakura picked at his food for a moment before digging in. Everyone watched Joey eat with a slightly amused look on their faces as he dug in faster than a rabbit getting electrocuted. Serenity moved away for a moment as some of Joey's food flew off of his plate and nearly hit her. It actually did hit Seto who made a disgusted face and threw a piece of bacon at his head.

Marik merely opened his mouth REEAALLY wide and dumped the plate's contents into his mouth before burping loudly. "Okay, that tasted good." Malik didn't even look at his yami as he slapped him soundly across the head.

"Baka Yami." He muttered to himself darkly.

Marik grinned jovially. "Yeah, but you love me anyway."

"Tell me why again?"

"Uh…because I'm irresistible. DUUUUUH!" Bakura slapped Marik round the head this time.

"Idiot." He jeered. "The only irresistible one here, is moi." They got into a little banter talking about who was more irresistible until Honda jumped in.

"What are you losers talking about?" he asked. "I'm the only irresistible one in this whole house!"

They both looked at Honda.

"Duuuude, "Bakura drawled. "You just killed it."

Giggles and laughs filled the room quickly, eager to have something to laugh at. Honda's eye twitched furiously as he forced himself to calm down, if he didn't he was afraid that someone would get hurt, preferably Bakura, but even he wasn't stupid enough to think that he could possibly defeat Bakura in a fair fight.

"I'll get you for that," Honda muttered darkly. "I swear I will and then we'll see who'll be laughing."

"Me." Bakura replied quickly. "Just me. Not you, me." Everyone laughed again as Honda glowered more and more. However, everyone missed Ryou's contemptuous look towards Honda, cold and calculating as well as burning with a cold fury. Thank god everyone missed it.

Suddenly, "HONDA! ARE YOU ALRIGHT MAN?" Honda's face suddenly turned purple as his eyes started to bulge. Honda could feel something eating away at his insides and he was rolling around on the ground, his face full of pain and anguish.

"Help…" He called out weakly. "Eating…away at my…insides…urgh!" Kaiba immediately ran to his side, his medical knowlege kicking in.

"Throw it up Hiroto." He said coldly. "If you want to live that is." Honda attempted to nod and opened his mouth, sticking a long finger in the back of his throat. Everyone instinctively moved back as he threw up an orange-ish pink load. Everyone winced and knelt by Honda again.

"Are you alright dude?"

Honda gave an involuntary shudder and then his eyes glazed over blankly, all life draining away as blood began to spill out over his lips, bubbling like a dark, crimson fountain. And then he was still, his eyes still staring straight ahead.

The main emotion in the room was shock. "How?" was the only thing that ran through most of their minds. And then, out of nowhere, Serenity began to cry.

"What's going on?" she wept. "Why are we dying? Did we do something wrong? I don't understand!" she covered her face with her hands and wept like her heart was breaking. "I don't want to die. I don't even know what I did wrong!" She dropped to her knees and shuddered. Seto gently knelt down next to her and lifted her chin from her hands so that she could see everyone else.

"Quiet." He said smoothly, with the anxious undertone of someone worried for someone they care about. "Worrying will cause no difference. What we need to do is find a way to be kept safe. Alright?" Serenity shivered slightly but listened as Seto embraced Mokuba, who had appeared beside them.

Joey was in too much shock to notice what had happened between those two as he was busy staring at the corpse of his friend. "It can't be." He said brokenly as Mai patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't worry," she soothed, although her purple eyes were bleary with tears. "We'll catch this murderer."

Bakura's eyes narrowed as he got closer to Honda and sniffed slightly, beyond the heavy smell of vomit. His eyes narrowed as he realized what it was and recoiled faster than a rattlesnake. "Ricin." He spat disgustedly, recognizing the sharp, pungent scent. "It's ricin." Seto's head snapped up.

"Did you say ricin?" He demanded. Bakura nodded. Before anyone could ask, he answered. "Ricin is a poison, so deadly that a drop or two could kill you in 24 hours. There is no antidote. More than a few drops, maybe even a small container about the size of an eyedropper, would be enough to kill him in a matter of minutes." Seto moved closer to Honda's body. "And from the obvious smell, it wasn't given to him yesterday, it was given today. Ricin destroys your insides and is generally used as rat poison, although it is fatal to humans. If we cut his body open right now, I sincerely doubt that his organs would be intact."

Isis shivered slightly, an unusual reaction rather than her continuously calm one. "Then our killer is also intelligent as well. The question is, who was in the kitchen before dinner and after it was made?' they began to count off.

"Well, Joey went in to keep getting snacks." Malik said thoughtfully. "But you said it yourself Isis, the killer had to be intelligent so that rules him out." Marik nodded.

Joey glared. "How can you be making jokes at a time like dis?" he demanded. "I mean, someone just died!" Malik glanced at him carelessly.

"It's the way I deal with things Joey, I don't break down and sob or go on a rampage." His voice was cold. "It doesn't matter if I'm next. We're all in this together."

"Ni-chan!" Mokuba sounded nervous. "Look!" He pointed at his chest. In the pocket was a piece of paper. Duke swiped it up and read it out loud quickly.

"Miss me yet?" he began. "Do you ask why Honda had to go? Poor, innocent, defenseless Honda? Well, I'll tell you. I just don't like him. Well, that's not it, but that's just a reason. Anyway, the reason he had to die was because he ran someone over on his motorbike. Oh yeah, and he killed that monkey in the virtual world. He has two crimes against him. In the virtual world, so frantic was he, that he stole the life of another being to ensure that he might return to the real world. The person's name? Gareth Richon, an accomplished child genius. He stumbled upon this virtual world purely on accident. And a few moments later, he'd lost his sanity, his brilliance, his life.

One reason, true enough. But even earlier than that, he'd run one of his rivals for someone's love over. It was no accident. No mistake. And this person's name was Rikuya Rikihashi. He disappeared from human society, and was soon forgotten. What an idiot he was. Is this enough evidence for you? Oh, I advise you to hurry up. Time is running out. See ya!"

Everyone was silent, almost in shock, when…

"Look!" Yugi was pointing to the center of Honda's chest. It was as if the air was molding itself. In a matter of minutes, a spot of air shimmered. And was replaced by a black rose.

"Damn..."

The girl looked on in wonder. He was a genius. Mad and angry, but a genius. He couldn't have been anything else.

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