Chapter Nine: Niobe's Return
Disclaimer: Do I look like I own Yu-Gi-Oh? No? Then there is your answer. I don't own it.
A/N: Okay, many of you had read my fic Valentine Dragons and I'll say this, it had fic spoilers but that's ok. Anyways, here's chapter nine. Enjoy and please review at the end.
Joey walked into the shop and said his usual hellos and asked if they had seen Niobe. No. Neither of the Mutos had seen the dragon anywhere. Oh he hated this. Niobe was missing and it was all thanks to his father. If he hadn't have taken away Niobe's tears, he wouldn't be searching the city for her. Yugi and his grandfather hadn't seen the Red Eyes since the other day. Joey stumbled along the sidewalk, tears stinging his eyes as he thought of his dragon. Tristan and Duke didn't know where Niobe was as well. Rebecca and Mai were out of town before this happened so they couldn't know where the Red Eyes was. It broke Joey's heart knowing that he would return home without his dragon.
…
The sun shone brightly as Niobe chirped happily. Today was the day that she was going to be returned to Joey and hopefully, he'd forgive her for what ever she has done. School was opened back up. Apparently, some new student thought that it would be funny to have a stink bomb in school. The smell was gone and the student was suspended, so life went back to normal, this time with a new topic. She patiently waited by Seto's bag as she heard the CEO get ready. Once he was in sight, she stood up and chirped happily. Draco looked at the Red Eyes and chirped his good morning. Seto merely nodded as he picked up his bag and followed his brother out the door.
Kiba and Draco both stretched as they sat on their humans' shoulders. Niobe tilted her head to the side as she climbed on Mokuba's shoulder, wondering how they were going to school. They don't live very close to their schools and yet they were going anyways. Joey walked to school but that was because he lived close to it but the Kaiba brothers didn't. Seto spoke to a man in a suit with a funny hat on. She watched as the man nodded his head in a bowing gesture and saw him walked to a stretched car. Mokuba petted Niobe's head and climbed in. Both dragons on his shoulders had glided down next to him as he buckled up.
Seto climbed in as well and buckled up. Pulling out his laptop, he opened up a program and began working on it as Mokuba stared out the window, listening to his MP3 player. Niobe watched out the window as the world went by. Students walking down the sidewalks and some were riding bikes to school. Some of them she recognized but only from Joey's classes. None of them had really talked to Joey but she could tell that they were in her human's class. Seto had finished his program and set the laptop back in the container he carried it in.
Draco looked at Niobe before he caught a glimpse of familiar blonde hair. It was her human, the one Seto called mutt, Joey Wheeler. Niobe hadn't seen him yet but she would be returned today. That broke his heart, that they would be separated again.
…
Joey walked slowly to school. He had stayed up all night looking for Niobe and no one had seen a sign of her. She didn't leave the city; at least, that's what Joey had hoped. He was so scared that she was kidnapped or something that he called up his mother and sister to see if they had seen his Red Eyes but they hadn't. His father had said that if he wasn't going to give him any more diamonds, that he would kill his son and take everything he owned and sell it. That's when Joey snapped. He had punched his father, packed everything he could and left his house. Yugi had taken him in for the night but he would have to find another place to live, rather than mooch off of his friends.
He didn't even do his homework, he was that upset. But then again, Joey had never really done homework before Niobe. He saw a limo pass by and glared at it as it faded away. "Kaiba, you spoiled brat," he had said tiredly as he continued to trudge to school. As usual, he had gone through his classes but with a heavy heart, knowing that Niobe wasn't there next to him, learning about human things.
Finally his class, Dragon Studies had come up. He pulled out his Dragonology: the Complete Book of Dragons textbook and went to class. He sighed and sat down in his desk. A chirp had moved his eyes in its direction. "Hm?" he looked down and saw…Niobe! "NIOBE!" he had cried out, his eyes wide and arms around his dragon. Seto looked over to his the mutt crying with happiness and Niobe chirping her hellos. A very, very, very tiny smile appeared on his face as he turned to pet Draco. Draco looked at Niobe before curling up in a ball and falling asleep.
Joey was happy at that moment, but unfortunately, had gotten detention. "Mr. Wheeler, if you must scream and holler and yell, you can do that in your P.E. class, not in here," the teacher had said as she gave the detention slip to the blonde.
"But Mrs. Kosha, I had finally gotten my dragon back. She was missing for a whole night and I couldn't get any work done, I was that busy looking for her so I can't help myself but be happy that I've found her again!" he said in protest.
Mrs. Kosha narrowed her eyes slightly before sighing. "Well I'm happy that you have your dragon back but you are still serving your detention," she had said and turned to face the board and began writing that day's assignment. The bell had rung for all students to be in class before they got late. Niobe looked around and snuggled herself deep in her human's arms. There was no way that he would ever leave her again or that she would leave him.
A/N: I know, I know, it took me a long time to update this but I have a good reason. I had to find at least something that could help out with this chapter and I have. The book, Dragonology: the Complete Book of Dragons is from Chaos, Thy name is Chibi! by animaster-sonja. I thank her for letting me use that book. Arigato, Sonja-san. –bows- Anyways, please review.
