Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Falling From Grace ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

YUGIOH

Falling From Grace

 

 

Chapter 8.

Tea had rushed as quickly as she could back to the museum. Once again, she went passed all the other displays, finally finding the hallway she went down yesterday, then going through the doorway and down the staircase.

 

She made it to the ancient display, and looked around. “Uh.....hello? Is anybody here? Hello?”

 

When there was no answer, she backed up towards the statue again, only to run into something, unexpected. She quickly whirled around to find Odion there, and leaped.

 

Grabbing onto her chest, she gasped, “Oh, Odion......you scared me!”

 

“My apologies, Tea Gardner. You are here to see Master Marik, I presume?”, Odion asked.

 

She smiled and nodded. “That's right.....I have to see him.”

 

“Come with me”, he said. Odion led her down another flight of stairs, to a room where Marik seemed to be praying to some ancient statue. Nearby was his sister, Ishizu. She was the first to approach, saying, “So.....you used the potion, didn't you? What went wrong?”

 

Tea's eyes opened wide. “I.....I thought you can't read minds, anymore!”

 

“I can't, Tea. But some things are easy to read on people. Besides.....why else would you come here, unless something went wrong?”, Ishizu smiled sadly.

 

Tea looked down, miserably. “I'm sorry.....I know I shouldn't have used it. I wasn't going to use it, honest! It's just he was in the room, and so was I, and no one else, and he was leaving, and then he was teasing me again, and so I thought......but it didn't happen the way it was supposed to! And now everything's wrong, and I didn't even think about the coffee, and now......why did it have to get all screwed up, like this??”

 

“Oh, Tea.....”, Ishizu said, taking pity on her. “When you do things based on hate, nothing ever goes well.”

 

“But I didn't mean it to happen that way! I wasn't trying to really hurt anyone. It was more like......teaching someone something, that's all. How is teaching a bad thing?”, Tea asked, helplessly.

 

Ishizu sighed. “Tea.....you can lie to us all you want, but you cannot lie to yourself. You know this.”

 

Tea looked back down, miserably. “What can I do to fix it?”

 

Once that question was asked, Marik suddenly spoke up. “Before I can answer that, you will need to give me details......"

 

Marik then got up from his praying position, and approached Tea, staring seriously into her eyes. "Did you give him the correct dosage, or not? Is it acting accordingly? What kind of container did you pour it in? What was the liquid he drank? What went wrong?”

 

“No....I did it all exactly as you said. There was only me and him in the same room, I poured the whole thing in his coffee.....he drank it. I went over for him to see me, and.....”, Tea explained.

 

“....and?”, Marik asked.

 

Tea dropped her head again, which was quickly becoming a habit. “And, and......Joey came in.....”

 

“Oh, my”, Ishizu stated.

 

“......yeah. He saw him, first”, Tea finished.

 

There was a long drawn-out pause of perfect silence.....you could hear a pin drop. An instant later, Marik broke the silence, bursting into laughter as he clutched onto his stomach, sputtering out, “The.....the priest, and......and......” Marik couldn't finish, as he continued to laugh.

 

Ishizu was appalled, immediately snapping, “Marik!”

 

Marik quickly quieted down, composing himself. “My apologies, Tea. I understand this is serious. How bad has it been? Has the priest accosted your friend?”

 

“What? No! Nothing like that!”, Tea said. “Infact...Kaiba's been so cold, at first I didn't think it even worked. Then I noticed certain...things. He was staring at Joey today, I caught him. And the other day, Joey tried to start another fight. Well, normally when they start fighting, they wont shut up towards each other. But this time, Kaiba didn't say a word. I just assumed he was ignoring him. I guess I should have suspected something....Joey's not someone Kaiba usually ignores.”

 

Tea then shook those thoughts from her head, saying, “Actually, I wasn't too worried about that. I figured Kaiba would probably just bury it. I'm more worried about Tristan!”

 

All three looked at Tea oddly, as Marik asked, “What does Tristan have to do with this?”

 

“He was affected by the potion, too! After we all left, Joey noticed that Kaiba left his coffee behind. Well, I didn't even think that someone else could be effected, too. Tristan went into that class afterwards to grab some homework he left behind, and....well....”, Tea was beginning to rant out.

 

“You're friend decided to consume someone else's drink?”, Marik asked.

 

Tea sighed. “I guess he's been around Joey too much. But you gotta help him!”

 

“Who did he see?”, Ishizu asked. “Was it you?”

 

“No, it wasn't me......it's a lot worst. The janitor was going in to clean at the time, and he saw the janitor, Mr. Gumcruff. He's this 80 year old man, and Tristan actually thinks he's in love with the guy!”, Tea cried out.

 

Odion quickly turned away, placing a hand over his mouth to hide his amusement on the matter, not wanting to insult Master Marik, by showing any possible acts of immaturity.

 

Ishizu was speechless. Marik sighed, stating, “I figured even you would understand that multiple people drinking from the potion would also get affected, as well. Where is this coffee, now?”

 

“Uh.....I don't know”, Tea stated.

 

Marik then became angered by this information, snapping, “The first thing you must do before anything else is ensure this liquid has been diluted, by being poured into a sink, toilet....something! This affliction can continue on as long as this cup remains intact. Do you understand, Ms. Gardner?”

 

“Yes......yes, I understand. I just didn't think......”

 

“Obviously”, Marik stated coldly. He turned away, saying, “As for your friend, I'm afraid there's nothing you can do. You're own incompetence had doomed him.”

 

“No! You gotta be kidding me! There's nothing you can do??”, Tea asked. She then turned to Ishtar, asking, “Please! There's gotta be something!”

 

“I'm sorry, Tea......I have warned you", Ishtar told her. "The potion grants only one other way of being cured, but....”

 

“Tell me.....I'll do anything!”, Tea pleaded.

 

Marik turned at that, and grinned coldly. “Anything??”

 

“Marik!”, Ishizu warned him.

 

Tea then turned to him, crawling over to him and clutching at his robe. “Please......anything! I can't let my friends suffer like this!”

 

With an cruel sneer, Marik came down to Tea's level, and hissed, “Then you must kill the janitor!”

 

“WHAT??!”, Tea cringed away in fear.

 

With a cocky smirk, Marik muttered, “Well.....you did ask. If the person of the other's affection dies......then they will become cured of the potion's effect. I'm afraid that's the only way to help your friend now, Tea.”

 

“You're crazy! I can't kill anyone!”, Tea spat out.

 

Marik turned away, saying, “Suit yourself. Go ahead and let your friend suffer. You're the one that caused it, after all. I just figured the least you'd want to do is help the one you hurt.....”

 

“Enough, Marik! Tea is no killer....”, Ishizu stated.

 

“But she wouldn't have to do the dirty work......she could always make a Shadow Pact”, Marik stated.

 

“Stop it, stop it now!”, Ishizu snapped.

 

“W-what's a......??”

 

“Don't even ask, Tea. Just turn around and walk away. And if you're wise, you will not come and make anymore `requests'......”, Ishizu stated.

 

Tea looked over at Ishizu, then at Marik. She then got up, and ran as fast as she could out of the museum.

 

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Narr: The plot thickens. Will Tea murder for her friend? And what's a Shadow Pact? Will Tristan be doomed forever with the fate of loving an old man? Is Kaiba doomed to a similar fate of loving Joey?? Sorry, you'll all have to wait for the future chapters to find out these juicy details. (mwahahaha!)

 

Next chapter: Marik's words weigh heavily on Tea's mind, and she faces the source of her angst. Also, Yami starts to get suspicious.....

 

As I'm sure everyone's noticed, Marik's true colors are once again beginning to show......so much for friendship. Then again, the friendship girl isn't looking very friendly herself, lately.