Okay, There is an amusing story behind this... I was complaining to my mom
how hard it was to come up with an original story, all the ideas had been
taken. Well, Mom started listing ideas, and I was writing them down. I have
about 15 ideas, all for short YuGiOh stories. This one has probably done a
few times, but I still thought it hilarious. I'm going to write a story
about the 'Gravy Incident" later today probably. I'm listening to Christmas
music, so If I quote a song, it's cos of that. ^_^ Oh, I feel the need to
warn you that I may be using a mix of the English and the Japanese names.
Whichever are easier for me to remember.
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"Yami! Help me out here!" a short, spiky haired teen cried out, three boxes balanced precariously in his arms. A taller boy, nearly identical to the first, appeared at the bottom of the steps and took the top two boxes. The younger looking of the two smiled in relief.
"Thanks Yami."
"No problem, abiou. Now, what is this all about?"
"You and I are decorating the Christmas Tree! It's the week after Thanksgiving. We usually do it the day after, but after the incident with the gravy... It just took a while to clean up. Since it's so late, Grandpa has to look after the shop. It's up to us now!" Yugi sweatdropped as he set the box on the couch. Grandpa had gone out and gotten a real tree the evening before, and the entire room smelled of pine, cinnamon and hot- chocolate.
As yami placed his two boxes on the couch he began opening them. He pulled out various Duel-Monster ornaments from their bubble-wrap. He turned them over and over in his hands, examining them. Yugi handed him some ornament hooks.
"Put the smaller end of the hook through the wire look on top of the ornament, and then hang them on the tree." He instructed. Yami nodded and set diligently to work. Yugi grinned. He pulled out several strands of Christmas lights and began winding them around the tree. He was on his fourth strand when Yami asked what he was doing.
"Christmas lights, Yami. They'll make the tree light up." Yami looked confused, so Yugi plugged the lights in. When the tree lit up with multicolored sparkling lights his eyes widened. Yugi unplugged them.
"We need to hang the ornaments now." Yugi said, grinning. Yami stood up and proudly displayed his work. He had put hooks on all of the ornaments, including the faceted balls and baubles. Yugi smiled.
"Where should I put this one?" Yami asked, holding up a Mystical Elf ornament.
"Wherever you want." Yugi replied, searching through the boxes. He emerged from one with a triumphant "HORRAY!" He held up the elaborate angel tree- topper. Yami smiled.
"But we put this on last." Yugi set the angel next to the pile of ornaments.
"Where do I put this?"
"Yami, just put them all over the tree." Yugi said. Yami nodded and set to work once again.
"Yugi!" A familiar voice called.
"Oh, Hey Tea. What's up?" Yugi asked, continuing to dig through the boxes, finally emerging with a long strand of silver garland. Tea giggled. He took the garland from him and began wrapping it around his hair.
"Tea, what are you doing?"
"Helping decorate. Now hold still!" Tea glanced through the boxes and pulled out a package of silver icicles. She began distributing them throughout his hair, and then she took a few red and green Christmas ornaments and hung them on his hair. Yami by now had finished putting ornaments on the tree and was wondering where some of them had gone, he swore there were at least fifty, and he was short five. He noticed Tea.
"Good morning, T-YUGI!" Yami pointed at his hair and began laughing. Tea laughed.
"Like it Yami? Wait Yugi! Don't take it off, I want to get a picture of it!" Tea exclaimed, digging into her purse for her camera. She finally withdrew it and snapped a picture. Yugi looked utterly lost. Yami had barely begun to control himself when Yugi glanced over at the mirror and shrieked. Yami doubled over again. After a moment, two new voices entered the conversation.
"Yo, what's goin' on 'ere?"
"Yeah, why-Yugi! Hey, Joey! Get a load of Yugi's hair!!" Tristan and Joey joined everyone else in laughter. Yugi stood there, arms crossed, a grin trying to fight onto his face.
It took nearly a half of an hour to calm everyone down. Yugi had taken the stuff out of his hair and put it on the tree, and Yami was adjusting the placements of the ornaments.
"So what are all you doing here?" Yugi finally asked. Joey, Tea and Tristan looked at each other.
"I came up with the idea tht we all go Christmas shopping together!" Tea grinned, clapping her hands together. Yugi groaned.
"Alright. You put together Yami?" Yugi went to grab his coat.
"Yes." Yami said, grabbing his own coat. The brisk fall air was quickly moving towards winter, and the day was cloudy. Once everyone was ready the five friends set out.
Upon reaching the mall, Tea made a beeline for the pet store, gazing goop- eyed at the little kittens.
"Aww! Aren't the the cutest!" She cried, poking her finer through the cage to stroke one of them. The tiny tan creature yawned and began to purr.
Yami looked at the kittens. He looked pensive.
"Yugi, how much do kittens cost?"
"Not sure, Yami. Why?"
"I want a cat."
"Why would you want a cat Yami?"
"I had several cats in Egypt. Cats were revered as gods..." Yami said. Tea looked up.
"Revered as gods?" Tea asked. Yami nodded. It was Tea's turn to look pensive.
"Everyone respected them, right?"
"Yes."
"Even tomb robbers?"
"Of course! Even Bakura would bow down to let a cat pass." Yami said.
"Hmmm.." Tea began to think, her idea forming.
"Tea, what exactly are you thinking?" Yugi asked. Tea pulled out her wallet and counted her money, then began to walk around the store, looking at cat supplies. She finally grinned.
"We should probably get shopping!" She said, dragging Yami and Yugi off to find Tristan and Joey, whom had wandered off to somewhere. They found them in Babbages, looking at video games. Tea dragged them out and led them by the arm to a department store.
"Okay, I made a list of everyone. We have Serenity, Mai, Malik-"
"NO WAY!" came four interruptions.
"SHUSH! Now, where was I? Yes, Malik, Rishid, Ishizu, Bakura, Ryou, Duke, Seto, Mokuba and each other. I suggest we split up to buy each other's presents first, then we'll meet back up in an hour and we can go together to get each of our gifts for the others." Tea grinned happily before skipping off. She went straight to the main section of the mall and to a joke shop.
This year everyone was getting gag gifts. Nothing practical or useful at all. She chuckled under her breath and began browsing. Finally deciding that nothing was acceptable, she went to a toy store. Immediately, she spotted her first purchase. A pair of short black stilts. She picked them up and continued on her way through the store. Next up, Yami... She glanced around.
"What can I make fun of about him?" She muttered. Something caught her eye. Recalling Yami's spinning incident, she picked up some sort of top called a BeyBlade. It came with a small figurine of a boy with a long white scarf, arm guards, and almost Yugi-like blue hair.
"Dranzer? Huh. Sounds like a Duel Monster."
"KAAAAAIIIIII!!!!!!!!" A girl suddenly knocked her down, grabbing one of the packages off the shelf and hugging it, her black and red hair flying as she spun around. "I FINALLY FOUND HIM!" Another girl came up.
"Sorry about her, she's a bit obsessed." The girl said, holding a hand out to help Tea up. Tea thanked her and watched as the second girl pulled the first away by the ear, yelling at her: "CATTY! Stop embarrassing me!" Tea sweatdropped.
"Interesting. Now, the top and the stilts.. Okay, Yami and Yugi taken care of. For Joey..." Tea walked down the games isle. She grinned. A small, travel version of Hungry Hungry Hippos. Perfect. And for Tristan...
After walking all of the boy's isles, Tea decided to stroll down the Barbie isle. She glanced about the shelves before freezing. Her eyes landed on 'Barbie's Sister Serenity" who, thanks to mystical authoress Powers(of which Tea knows nothing), look exactly like Serenity Wheeler. Tea grinned and grabbed two. She went to the cashiers and bought everything. After shelling out nearly 50 dollars for all her gifts, she left. She glanced at her watch. She still had a half hour before she had to meet up with her friends. She went off to start looking for gifts for everyone else. Well, she knew what she was getting Bakura, but what for Ryou? She returned to the Jokers Playhouse, the joke/magic shop.
"Hmm.. For Malik.. Ohh! A Hypno-pendant! Perfect. And for Mai, prank lipstick... It'll stain her lips black for a good hour... Hmm. For Rishid... what for Rishid?" While Tea mused she glanced around the shop. Her eye's landed on a crystal ball.
"Perfect for Ishizu!" She said, hurrying over. She put it in her shopping basket and resumed her search. She found a blow-up boulder and a large skeleton, chuckling and putting them in her basket for Ryou. She went around the walls, glancing about.
"Perfect!" She found a long, black fortune-teller wig. "Perfect for Rishid. Now I just have Seto and Mokuba." She wandered around the store, gazing at the things around her.
"Dragon Summoning Pendant: Allows you to summon the spirits and wisdom of the Dragons to your aid.. I found Seto's gift!" She smiled. "Now for Mokuba. I can't think of anything to make fun of him for though...." Tea returned to her quest for gifts.
"Hmmm..." Tea sighed and gave up, going to purchase her things. She paid 70 dollars for all of of her stuff and then she put it all in the huge bad that she was already carrying. She went to meet the guys and found them in babbages, several large bags at their feet.
"Hey Tea! Sorry, but we went ahead and got gifts for everyone else, we couldn't find you." Yugi said cheerily. Tea smiled.
"It's okay. I went ahead and did the same. I should get home and start wrapping gifts. You house again this year, Yugi?
"Sure, why not?" Yugi smiled. Every year they celebrated at one another's house, ever since they were five. Lately, Joey and Tristan had joined them. This year, everyone was invited.
Tea waved goodbye and headed home to wrap gifts.
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I'll try and get the next chapter up today, but I have yardwork to do and junk, so It might be tomorrow. Next chapter is going to be Tea's quest for Bakura's gift!
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"Yami! Help me out here!" a short, spiky haired teen cried out, three boxes balanced precariously in his arms. A taller boy, nearly identical to the first, appeared at the bottom of the steps and took the top two boxes. The younger looking of the two smiled in relief.
"Thanks Yami."
"No problem, abiou. Now, what is this all about?"
"You and I are decorating the Christmas Tree! It's the week after Thanksgiving. We usually do it the day after, but after the incident with the gravy... It just took a while to clean up. Since it's so late, Grandpa has to look after the shop. It's up to us now!" Yugi sweatdropped as he set the box on the couch. Grandpa had gone out and gotten a real tree the evening before, and the entire room smelled of pine, cinnamon and hot- chocolate.
As yami placed his two boxes on the couch he began opening them. He pulled out various Duel-Monster ornaments from their bubble-wrap. He turned them over and over in his hands, examining them. Yugi handed him some ornament hooks.
"Put the smaller end of the hook through the wire look on top of the ornament, and then hang them on the tree." He instructed. Yami nodded and set diligently to work. Yugi grinned. He pulled out several strands of Christmas lights and began winding them around the tree. He was on his fourth strand when Yami asked what he was doing.
"Christmas lights, Yami. They'll make the tree light up." Yami looked confused, so Yugi plugged the lights in. When the tree lit up with multicolored sparkling lights his eyes widened. Yugi unplugged them.
"We need to hang the ornaments now." Yugi said, grinning. Yami stood up and proudly displayed his work. He had put hooks on all of the ornaments, including the faceted balls and baubles. Yugi smiled.
"Where should I put this one?" Yami asked, holding up a Mystical Elf ornament.
"Wherever you want." Yugi replied, searching through the boxes. He emerged from one with a triumphant "HORRAY!" He held up the elaborate angel tree- topper. Yami smiled.
"But we put this on last." Yugi set the angel next to the pile of ornaments.
"Where do I put this?"
"Yami, just put them all over the tree." Yugi said. Yami nodded and set to work once again.
"Yugi!" A familiar voice called.
"Oh, Hey Tea. What's up?" Yugi asked, continuing to dig through the boxes, finally emerging with a long strand of silver garland. Tea giggled. He took the garland from him and began wrapping it around his hair.
"Tea, what are you doing?"
"Helping decorate. Now hold still!" Tea glanced through the boxes and pulled out a package of silver icicles. She began distributing them throughout his hair, and then she took a few red and green Christmas ornaments and hung them on his hair. Yami by now had finished putting ornaments on the tree and was wondering where some of them had gone, he swore there were at least fifty, and he was short five. He noticed Tea.
"Good morning, T-YUGI!" Yami pointed at his hair and began laughing. Tea laughed.
"Like it Yami? Wait Yugi! Don't take it off, I want to get a picture of it!" Tea exclaimed, digging into her purse for her camera. She finally withdrew it and snapped a picture. Yugi looked utterly lost. Yami had barely begun to control himself when Yugi glanced over at the mirror and shrieked. Yami doubled over again. After a moment, two new voices entered the conversation.
"Yo, what's goin' on 'ere?"
"Yeah, why-Yugi! Hey, Joey! Get a load of Yugi's hair!!" Tristan and Joey joined everyone else in laughter. Yugi stood there, arms crossed, a grin trying to fight onto his face.
It took nearly a half of an hour to calm everyone down. Yugi had taken the stuff out of his hair and put it on the tree, and Yami was adjusting the placements of the ornaments.
"So what are all you doing here?" Yugi finally asked. Joey, Tea and Tristan looked at each other.
"I came up with the idea tht we all go Christmas shopping together!" Tea grinned, clapping her hands together. Yugi groaned.
"Alright. You put together Yami?" Yugi went to grab his coat.
"Yes." Yami said, grabbing his own coat. The brisk fall air was quickly moving towards winter, and the day was cloudy. Once everyone was ready the five friends set out.
Upon reaching the mall, Tea made a beeline for the pet store, gazing goop- eyed at the little kittens.
"Aww! Aren't the the cutest!" She cried, poking her finer through the cage to stroke one of them. The tiny tan creature yawned and began to purr.
Yami looked at the kittens. He looked pensive.
"Yugi, how much do kittens cost?"
"Not sure, Yami. Why?"
"I want a cat."
"Why would you want a cat Yami?"
"I had several cats in Egypt. Cats were revered as gods..." Yami said. Tea looked up.
"Revered as gods?" Tea asked. Yami nodded. It was Tea's turn to look pensive.
"Everyone respected them, right?"
"Yes."
"Even tomb robbers?"
"Of course! Even Bakura would bow down to let a cat pass." Yami said.
"Hmmm.." Tea began to think, her idea forming.
"Tea, what exactly are you thinking?" Yugi asked. Tea pulled out her wallet and counted her money, then began to walk around the store, looking at cat supplies. She finally grinned.
"We should probably get shopping!" She said, dragging Yami and Yugi off to find Tristan and Joey, whom had wandered off to somewhere. They found them in Babbages, looking at video games. Tea dragged them out and led them by the arm to a department store.
"Okay, I made a list of everyone. We have Serenity, Mai, Malik-"
"NO WAY!" came four interruptions.
"SHUSH! Now, where was I? Yes, Malik, Rishid, Ishizu, Bakura, Ryou, Duke, Seto, Mokuba and each other. I suggest we split up to buy each other's presents first, then we'll meet back up in an hour and we can go together to get each of our gifts for the others." Tea grinned happily before skipping off. She went straight to the main section of the mall and to a joke shop.
This year everyone was getting gag gifts. Nothing practical or useful at all. She chuckled under her breath and began browsing. Finally deciding that nothing was acceptable, she went to a toy store. Immediately, she spotted her first purchase. A pair of short black stilts. She picked them up and continued on her way through the store. Next up, Yami... She glanced around.
"What can I make fun of about him?" She muttered. Something caught her eye. Recalling Yami's spinning incident, she picked up some sort of top called a BeyBlade. It came with a small figurine of a boy with a long white scarf, arm guards, and almost Yugi-like blue hair.
"Dranzer? Huh. Sounds like a Duel Monster."
"KAAAAAIIIIII!!!!!!!!" A girl suddenly knocked her down, grabbing one of the packages off the shelf and hugging it, her black and red hair flying as she spun around. "I FINALLY FOUND HIM!" Another girl came up.
"Sorry about her, she's a bit obsessed." The girl said, holding a hand out to help Tea up. Tea thanked her and watched as the second girl pulled the first away by the ear, yelling at her: "CATTY! Stop embarrassing me!" Tea sweatdropped.
"Interesting. Now, the top and the stilts.. Okay, Yami and Yugi taken care of. For Joey..." Tea walked down the games isle. She grinned. A small, travel version of Hungry Hungry Hippos. Perfect. And for Tristan...
After walking all of the boy's isles, Tea decided to stroll down the Barbie isle. She glanced about the shelves before freezing. Her eyes landed on 'Barbie's Sister Serenity" who, thanks to mystical authoress Powers(of which Tea knows nothing), look exactly like Serenity Wheeler. Tea grinned and grabbed two. She went to the cashiers and bought everything. After shelling out nearly 50 dollars for all her gifts, she left. She glanced at her watch. She still had a half hour before she had to meet up with her friends. She went off to start looking for gifts for everyone else. Well, she knew what she was getting Bakura, but what for Ryou? She returned to the Jokers Playhouse, the joke/magic shop.
"Hmm.. For Malik.. Ohh! A Hypno-pendant! Perfect. And for Mai, prank lipstick... It'll stain her lips black for a good hour... Hmm. For Rishid... what for Rishid?" While Tea mused she glanced around the shop. Her eye's landed on a crystal ball.
"Perfect for Ishizu!" She said, hurrying over. She put it in her shopping basket and resumed her search. She found a blow-up boulder and a large skeleton, chuckling and putting them in her basket for Ryou. She went around the walls, glancing about.
"Perfect!" She found a long, black fortune-teller wig. "Perfect for Rishid. Now I just have Seto and Mokuba." She wandered around the store, gazing at the things around her.
"Dragon Summoning Pendant: Allows you to summon the spirits and wisdom of the Dragons to your aid.. I found Seto's gift!" She smiled. "Now for Mokuba. I can't think of anything to make fun of him for though...." Tea returned to her quest for gifts.
"Hmmm..." Tea sighed and gave up, going to purchase her things. She paid 70 dollars for all of of her stuff and then she put it all in the huge bad that she was already carrying. She went to meet the guys and found them in babbages, several large bags at their feet.
"Hey Tea! Sorry, but we went ahead and got gifts for everyone else, we couldn't find you." Yugi said cheerily. Tea smiled.
"It's okay. I went ahead and did the same. I should get home and start wrapping gifts. You house again this year, Yugi?
"Sure, why not?" Yugi smiled. Every year they celebrated at one another's house, ever since they were five. Lately, Joey and Tristan had joined them. This year, everyone was invited.
Tea waved goodbye and headed home to wrap gifts.
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I'll try and get the next chapter up today, but I have yardwork to do and junk, so It might be tomorrow. Next chapter is going to be Tea's quest for Bakura's gift!