Barbie Boy Chapter 11: Trash the Doll

A/N: Enter Light. And Mikami. And next chapter is not going to be the original chapter or a modified version of it. It will be completely new material. I'm behind on answering to reviews. Sorry if I didn't answer you yet XD Busy with graduation and I have a paper due tomorrow despite having just graduated.

As absolutely horrific as this is going to sound, I have witnessed this game, many, many times. "Trash the doll" is something I've witnessed a group of children, ranging from ages 4 to 15 play regularly. I'm not fucking kidding.

Bronies, don't hate me. PLEASE.

Gina picked Matt and Benny up from school and brought them both home with her, explaining things as she drove.

"Hey Matt, guess what? We're gonna be brothers!"

"What?" The little redhead's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

Mrs. Jeevas laughed, "Benny and his mom are going to live with us for a while, okay Matt? They're having a bit of trouble so I said it would be okay if they stayed in our spare room for a while. Won't that be fun? It'll be like a sleepover…that doesn't end the next day."

"M'tay. Do I have to share my toys?"

"Yes."

"Can I share my t'hores?"

"No, Matt, you still have to do your own chores."

When the three of them exited the car, Matt ran in and began giving Benny a grand tour. When they reached the kitchen, Benny broke down and started crying.

"What's wrong?" Matt asked, extremely alarmed.

"This house is nice. There's no bugs and it doesn't smell funny. And there aren't any scary people here. I don't want to leave."

The little Jeevas boy hugged the Leeds boy tightly and said, "My mom said you could live here and my mom is the very bestest and never tells lies. You can stay here for forevers! Five evers, even!"

Gina's heart nearly broke over Benny's words and she fought back tears as she joined her son in hugging the little boy. She was going to try her best to show his mother how to give this same feeling of safety and love that she gave to her own son.

Benny looked around him as he wiped his tears, "Where's my mother?"

"Your mom is out in the garden, sweetheart. Matt, why don't you take Benny outside to his mom?"

Matt guided the boy to their backyard where they found Claire Leeds knee-deep in dirt with a gardening hoe in her hand.

"Mom?" Benny asked, head cocked to one side.

Claire, somewhat sober, turned her head towards her son and said simply, "I'm making things grow."

The boys stood there for a few moments, watching the woman as she tilled the earth, but as she simply ignored them, they went back into the house for some juice.

"Matt, have you seen my engagement ring from daddy? I could have sworn I left it on my dresser."

Matt shook his head. He couldn't tell her that he'd given it to Mello.

Around the same time, Mello and Misa were sitting in their own kitchen, eating cookies. Well, Mello was eating cookies and Misa was looking out of the window trying to catch a glimpse of their new neighbors. Mrs. Keehl had met the single mother earlier in the week and told her family about them during dinner a few nights prior. One mother with a boy a few years older than Misa. And they had some prior acquaintance with the Yagami family. Other than that, she didn't know anything about them but she told her children to help their new neighbors adjust in any way possible. So when Misa spotted a dark-haired boy fumbling about with a rope and a baseball bat in the front yard of the neighbor's house, she grabbed the plate of cookies and practically dragged Mello outside to say hello.

"Hi." Waved Misa, shyly.

"Hi." Returned the dark-haired boy. He flashed the siblings a smile and gave his name, "I'm Teru. Teru Mikami."

Misa blushed and looked really happy, "I'm Misa and this is Mello. We live next door. Feel free to ask us about anything. Anything."

Mello thought he was going to gag. He didn't know Misa was being so flirty because she wanted to use the new neighbor in order to get closer to Light.

"I thought you liked that Light boy from two streets down, Mi—"

Misa nudged Mello in the ribs, "That's right, Mikami! You should meet Light Yagami. I think you guys are around the same age and would get along really well. We could take you to go meet him."

"Ah, you guys are friends with Light? That's great. I've known him for a long time. He's coming soon to play a game with me actually. But you know, more friends would be nice…" Teru mused. "Maybe…maybe you guys want to play with us?"

Misa eyed the rope and the bat in the boy's hands, "Oh? Yes, yes, we definitely want to play with you and Light. Don't we Mello? Don't we?"

Mello nodded. His sister was scary sometimes.

Mello didn't pay much attention to what his sister and the new neighbor boy were talking about so he was surprised when he suddenly saw that Light Yagami had joined the little party. He found himself walking into Teru's backyard, where Light and Teru tied a rope around a tree. He watched the boys tie a funny loop onto the end of it. It looked like a circle at the end of the rope, but it wasn't very large…maybe big enough to slip around your head. As it hung from the tree, it reminded Mello of a dog's leash.

"Mello, can you hand me that bag over there?" Light asked.

Misa practically jumped over her brother to grab the bag for her crush and she tried to bat her eyes innocently at him as she gave him her best sugary tone, "H-here you go, Light."

"Umn. Right. Err, thanks, Misa."

Misa squealed in delight over being acknowledged. Teru snickered, a knowing look passing through his features, but he kept his thoughts to himself. Light Yagami pulled from the bag a small purple horse that had a heart tattooed on its butt. Mello recognized it from a television show that his sister liked to watch. It was something about ponies. He didn't like it much.

"Twilight Sparkle! She's so pretty! I didn't know you liked My Little Pony, Light!"

Light smirked, "It's my sister, Sayu's. Or was. I doubt she'll want it much after what we're going to do to it."

Light tied the circular part of the rope around the pony's neck and tightened it until the pony was hanging from the tree like some candy-less pinata. Teru took the bat and began beating it. Mello and Misa blinked at each other. What kind of game was this? With every strike, the little pony gained scuffs and dents. Mello wasn't so sure of this new game. It didn't seem right to tie up your toy and beat it up, but he was afraid to say anything, and apparently so was Misa because both the Keehl children were deadly silent as the two older boys continued their strange ritual.

And then it was Misa's turn.

She took the bat hesitantly from Teru, but swallowed her uncertainty when Light flashed her one of his thousand-watt smiles. If Light condoned it, then Misa was up for it. Thus with a smile she kissed the bat and slugged the pony. Over. And over. And over.

Again and again.

At some point, Teru began singing. It was a weird song with a strange melody, but only Mello seemed to be creeped-out by it. By the time it was Mello's turn, he was the only one not singing.

Mello cringed at took a whack at the toy, closing his eyes as he made the impact. A large cracking sound made him open his eyes quickly.

"Alright!" he heard Light shout, "You got the head!"

In his one swing, he'd managed to break the body partially from its head. Horrified, the boy watched as the horse's torso dangled from an internal rubber band, but it looked like it was ready to fall completely away from its plastic head. Standing there with the bat in hand, Mello couldn't help but feel like that poor little toy—beat up without a reason. He swallowed and wondered if they'd get in trouble for breaking it.

As Light patted him on the back, the little boy felt really lost and wondered if there wasn't some kind of invisible noose that he himself was dangling from.

A/N: *dodges bullets from the bronies*. T_T SORRY. THIS IS BASED ON REAL LIFE (well the game is, anyway).

NOTE ON THE ORIGIN OF THE TRASH THE DOLL GAME: Traditionally speaking, this game is played with a Boo doll. And when I say, Boo, I mean as in the adorable little girl from Monsters Inc the movie. A talking version that says "Mike Wazowski" to be exact. But she is never referred to as anything but 'The Chucky Doll'. Yeah, the kids who play this use a reference to the Chucky movies as well. And any toy they play with can be referred to as being…"possessed" but just adding the name 'Chucky' in front of it. Like a beanie baby of a squirrel can instantly become 'The Chucky Squirrel' and is treated like it's some evil object that must be punished. Actually, my little brother wrote a song to sing while playing this game…it's supposed to be sung to the song that Boo sings in Monsters Inc, you know the one that goes "Baby comes along…ect…" I was denied permission to use the lyrics in this story, or I would have.

Yeah.