Nikki: I'm back!

Angel: Some one, please save me.

Yoko: Hello again!

Nikki: And I'm gonna try and attempt to get all the people who continually reviewed CotD into this fiction.

Yoko: Which, by the way, is entitled "CotD II: The Return."

Angel: Sounds creepy for something that's suppose to be adventure, fantasy, and humor.

Nikki: Lol, heh. Anyways, what ever else I have to say, I'll say at the end of the chapter.

Chapter 1: Shopping Surprise

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Kaiba sighed defeated as his brother dragged him around the store. "Seto! This way, this aisle might have something she'd like!"

Kaiba rolled his eyes as he brother gestured for him to follow. It didn't make a difference, he didn't have a choice but to follow since his brother still had a vice-like hold on his wrist.

He blinked as they came to a halt. Mokuba letting go and walking off to look at some stuff. Seto rubbed his wrist to try and get the circulation flowing again. 'Dang, he's strong for his age and size.'

"Heeeeeey, Kaiba!" He jumped and turned on heal to see who was behind him.

"Grr.. Mutt, if you ever do that again, I'll-" But before he could finish, Mokuba had called out.

"Seto! Come check this out!" The older Kaiba turned around and followed where he had heard his younger brother's voice. Joey, out of boredom, followed too.

"What is it Mokuba?" He found his brother looking at some trinkets, leaning over some to get a better look, his eyes widened slightly.

One of them was an image of the large dog they had seen from the staff before. 'The heck?!' Kaiba twitched once before taking a step back.

Joey blinked and stared bewildered. "Woah, how ironic is that.."

Mokuba blinked when he heard Joey, looking up at the blonde. "Joey, I didn't even know you were hear."

The blonde sweatdropped and smiled. "That's okay. So what is the almighty Seto Kaiba doing here at the mall. I can understand Mokuba being here, but you. Woah, something must be up." He smiled goofily, Kaiba just scoffed and turned away, looking at the other items.

Mokuba shook his head and sighed. "We're looking for a gift."

"Oh.. for Rian. I see. Maybe I can help a little." Joey smiled down at the ebony haired boy who grinned back and nodded.

"Okay, thanks." Both boys went to work at searching for a suitable gift.

Kaiba rolled his eyes and sneered as that mutt Wheeler pulled some sort of plush toy of a shelf and had somehow manage to make the other plush toys collapse and topple over him. Mokuba just stared wide-eyed at the scene before laughing.

He stood up straight and looked around. He had might as well since he was here. But still, it was strange to see the figurine there, the story wasn't popular or well-known and he was pretty sure the incident was secret.

He stopped by where they had seen it. He studied it from where it was laid out. It sparkled slightly. It appeared that the dog was larger than a wolf even, so it must've been no ordinary canine. It was a brown color with darker spots in certain areas such as its paws, ears, tail, and snout. He took notice to the dark patch of fur around it's one eye.

The figurine was made in a crouching position so the large dog's chest was low to the ground, it's tail swayed over and curled slightly on its back. Its legs and paws in position as if ready to pounce and strike.

The image was entrancing almost. He was so caught up in it he didn't notice Mokuba and Joey coming back and up behind him.

"Seto!" Mokuba chimed, the elder brother jumping slightly and turning around.

"Wha? Oh, find a gift?"

"Yep!" Mokuba held up the item and Seto nodded. "Joey helped me find it." The blonde smiled.

"Hn. Okay, then, we better go pay for it, then I can get out of this place."

"I gotta get going now, see ya, Mokuba!" Joey flashed a smile before jogging out of the store and down to the stairs.

Mokuba and Seto going over to the cashiers to purchase the gift. After that passed, they headed back to the mansion, Mokuba tried to wrap the gift and wound up having the maids help him and had a big mess of paper, ribbons, and glitter in the room.

The maids began to clean up the mess, Mokuba was heading up to his brother's room with the gift. "Seto." He knocked twice.

"Come in." Seto called out from inside. Mokuba slipped through the door, placing the present on his brother's bed and heading over to him.

Kaiba typed on his computer, doing 'needed' work for KaibaCorp.

"The gift is all wrapped up and decorated.. as well as the den." At that last phrase, Seto looked up and at gazed at Mokuba questioningly. "Uhm, the maids are fixing that though." The younger boy laughed, Kaiba just smiled at his brother.

"Thanks, Mokuba."

"No problem! Glad to help."

After that there was a long moment of silence. That figurine of the dog kept bugging Kaiba. "Mokuba, what did you ever do with the staff?"

The raven haired child thought a moment, racking his mind for the answer. "I think it should be back at the museum."

"Oh. Hm."

"You thinking' about that trinket we found in the store." His brother only nodded in response. "Don't worry about, Big Brother! I'm sure it was just a coincidence." Mokuba put his hands behind his head, his elbows in the air, smiling in a relaxed position.

Seto smiled and ruffled his little brother's hair. "I suppose so. You'd better get ready for bed."

Mokuba smiled. "And you'd better get ready for that party tomorrow."

Kaiba sighed tiredly. "Gee, how long has it been since I've been to a birthday party besides yours."

Mokuba smiled. He sniffled and pretended to wipe away a tear that wasn't really there. "My brother is all grown up and going to a party. I'm so proud." He laughed at Kaiba's expression before running out of the room to help clean up the mess, then get ready for bed.

Kaiba shook his head. "Little brothers.." He muttered under his breath. He looked over at the present, putting it on the desk near his bed, then going into his closet to prepare his clothes for tomorrow.

After that was done, after he had washed up and made sure Mokuba was in bed. He finished up typing a few more documents, before deciding to call it quits for the night.

He got into bed, staring up at the ceiling. It was going to be a long day tomorrow.

Those girls would be there. Yugi and gang of nitwits would be there also.

Oh yes, a long day indeed.

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Nikki: It's short, but it's only the start and I needed a way to get the story going.

Yoko: Anyways, we didn't really know what you wanted Rian. So if there's something-

Angel: We suggest saying so, so that we have an idea of what to put in here. As well, we will be TRYING to put people in the fiction. Nikki doesn't do too good a job at managing so many people at once in a fiction.

Nikki: Yeah, heh. Plus, I'm not sure how many people who reviewed the first CotD will be reviewing this one, so if you do review, tell me whether or not you want to be in this fiction so I can put you in here.

Yoko: And just to brief you on what's up and happening. They're celebrating Rian's(ACME-Rian) birthday, even though it was sorta a few months ago maybe.

Nikki: Heh..

Yoko: Then the fun starts, cake, party games, then a trip to a fun place, that's where the action takes place as some one new steps in and havoc begins, and what connection does Mokuba have to the staff.

Angel: And one more thing, we're announcing who S-N is, since Nikki is uncertain if she did that.

Nikki: Some people figured it out already. But S-N is an OC based up part of my personality. And S-N is my initials backwards. N.S. Her name is to be mentioned later on though.

Yoko: Until the next chapter!