A/N: Sincere apologies for being absent for a while, I had some college and life duties to do, including finals week today. But I got some spare time to submit one of my Tumblr fics so hope you enjoy this one ;) there will be a part two for this, someday~
So now I decided to add a short summary for each chapter for now on, so you won't go reading blind and makes things a little easier in the eyes :3
Summary: Annabelle finds a hand-made charm lost in the outdoors and which brings her some creative curiousity. Then, Jaden decides to take his daughter out to a special place.
Annabelle: 10
"Ok class," the elementary school teacher announced. "Turn in your worksheets for today and I'll give you back your tests you did last class."
The kids did as told and sat back in their rightful places and received their tests. Annabelle wasn't to confident on her answers, but she sure knows that it's not that bad either. Science may not be the best subject for her, but she does know the basics. She looked at the others and telling by their expressions, they didn't do so well. She started having second thoughts on her results just before she received her test. She decided to look at the answers, corrected or not, before she looked at the overall grade. It's a B-. She smiled with pride and compassion as she puts it in her backpack.
"Now that everyone received their grade, I look forward to meeting you again next week. I'll be starting a 5th Grade Farewell Party then and to you fifth graders I'll be missing you…" The teacher sniffed and sobbed with joy. All the students went blank-faced with her emotions, not knowing what to say. Annabelle, being a 5th grader as well, sweatdropped during her sobbing speech. "….anyways, class dismissed."
The students walked out of the class room and out of the building with joy, can't wait for summer vacation to start.
On her way home from school she spotted something shiny catching her eye. She turned around and picked up what appears to be a glitter-paper star that was made by hand. She took her time to look all around the charm, different colors on each side of it. She then spots another one that was all white with little red and blue to it. She stood back up and continued walking home. At another block she found a couple of more on the way. One was pink and turquoise colored and the other was a really dark gray all around. That was all during the rest of the walk home, and she walked into the house, seeing her dad taking a nap on the couch. Being a silly girl she decided to take out the white charm she found and walked over to him quietly, and put the paper star on the tip of his nose, and giggled as she walked away and into her room.
She placed the other three paper stars on her desk and looked at each one considerably. She took the pink and turquoise one and walked over to the parents room and puts the charm on Alexis deck box, hopefully it doesn't fall over overtime. She walked back to her room and looked at the last two. She took the multi-colored one and make a hole on it and puts a string through it, and tied it onto her backpack. She then takes the final charm and sat on her bed, looking at it carefully. It's partially bend and messed up, the end of the paper was sticking out. Apparently it looks like it had a beaten for sometime. She decided to dissect it by unwrapping it where it's then just a play weird-shaped paper. She looked over the bends of the paper, figuring it out how it was made, but decided to look it up online to learn how to do it for the time being.
It's the next day on a Friday, and Annabelle just got out of school along with the other students. She held onto her paper charms that she made herself during class break. She had more but towards the end of the day she gave one to each student in class and a couple others she walked by. The only ones she has in her hands are six different colored ones. There is a black, yellow, green, tan, teal, and red. They were one of the first ones she made, and she felt proud by the time she learned how to make these. She gave each of them a hole and put them all together in a string, and wore around her wrist. Just as she was going to cross the street a car she's familiar to pulled up in front of her, and the window rolled down showing Jaden.
"Wanna ride?"
Annabelle nodded and helped herself in, and Jaden moved into the street just after Annabelle buckled her seatbelt.
"So, what's with the ride home?"
"Who says we're going home?"
"Well where are we going then?"
He just shrugged, but he does have a place in mind where to check out. "I would like to take to this one shop. It's been a while since I went there myself, but it's a pretty cool place."
Annabelle nodded in interest and looked outside the window, wondering what her father is talking about. Jaden stopped at a red light and looked at his daughter, and sees the charms on her wrist.
"Hey, aren't those the same stars that were on my nose when I woke up yesterday?"
Annabelle then looked down on her wrist, and chuckled thinking of that image.
"They're not the same exact ones…"
"Where did you get those?"
"Oh, I made these ones. I found a couple of the others yesterday on the way home."
Jaden finds them 'pretty tight', and after thinking about her story he looked back at her.
"You mean… the one on my nose was used to be someone else's that probably got their germs on that little thing?" Jaden was mostly teasing, but was a bit serious at the same time.
"Oh, I guess I haven't thought about that…"
"Welp, we're here!" Jaden parked in front and got out of the car. Annabelle just got out right after him and closed her side of the door and looked at the shop in front of her. Jaden smiled upon looking at the place, Annabelle took her time looking around, noticing something about that place.
"Wait, is this…?"
"Yep. It is." Jaden answered, knowing what she was about to say. Annabelle looked up at the sign on the store, "Kame Game."
"Wow, dad. Is this where Yugi lived? The King of Games? And his Grandpa-?"
Jaden just nodded at each of her question. "Are you gonna just stand there or do I have to move the store to you?" He smiled on his question. Annabelle raced into the store and looked at each item they have in store. She then went over to the front counter, hoping to see at least Yugi's grandpa. She then just realized that he already passed away a long time ago, so she was wondering who else would be running this store. What she didn't expect was one of Yugi's kids instead, the eldest son Solomon Anstice Muto (he shares the great grandfather's name). He's in his late teens, and has somewhat long brown hair with some blonde in the front bangs area, and he has a mix of his parents' eyes.
"How can I help you?"
Annabelle couldn't believe who she was meeting. She knows that guy, him playing with his band in one of the music concerts, and she was there.
"You're the Antice! Yugi's son! I've seen your plays. It was amazing!" Annabelle felt a little fangirlness inside of her, waiting to explode. Solomon felt humbled.
"Looks like I do have a fan after all. So, what can I getcha?"
Annabelle then looked at her father, wondering if they're getting anything out of here. Jaden noticed her glance and went up to the counter.
"I'll take one of your newest packs in store. Have one of the new HERO cards in them right?"
"Yep, that's right! Pick one of the packs please."
He led out all of the packs in his hand for Jaden to choose from. He picked one of them out.
"Ok Annabelle, which one of the sagas would you like?" Jaden offered Annabelle to pick one of her choices for some Duel Monster cards. To be honest she wasn't much of a duelist (at first), so she doesn't really know which ones to choose, but one of the saga packs caught her eyes, a picture of a spellcaster with her staff and a smaller monster right beside her.
"I want one of those ones… please."
The brunette-blonde nodded and took all the packs out of the box, and spread them out evenly. "Pick at least one of these."
Annabelle was having a little difficulty choosing one of them, wondering if she'll make the right decision. Her over thinking is really making her father worried, although he has a statement.
"You can choose as many as you like Annabelle. You deserve it." His smile did calm his daughter down. She decided to pick three random packs, two on each side and one in the middle. They purchased the packs and opened them up. Jaden got at least one of the new E.H. cards, the rest were just cards he never even heard of. Yet again these cards are brand new. Annabelle opened one of the packs she chose, seeing a lot of spells and traps she's not familiar with either. There were a couple of monsters, and they've been around before. Old cards and new cards? Sweet. It was a Meda Bat card, a dark attribute winged-beast (if I'm right?) that has a round odd-material body with one eye in the middle with two oddly-thin arms and bat wings. The other monster was called Happy Lover, a light attribute fairy type monster with two hearts on the cheek areas and one on the forehead, and four feathery wings from its round body. She opened the second pack, and it was mostly charmer cards that she was hoping to get.
"Wow, that's a nice pull." Both Jaden and the Yugi son complimented. She then started feeling lucky and smiled at each one which made Jaden smiled too, looking over the cards she opened from the first pack. She opened the third one and got a couple more old monsters. One of them is a water attribute green reptile, known as Gigobyte. Jaden found that card to look familiar himself, little surprised these cards are still around. The other monster she pulled out was a fire attribute fox with fire at the end of its tail. Fox Fire. Heh. Sounds like Firefox. She chuckled at the name, and looked at the rest of the cards in the packs.
"Hey dad can I get another pack? Ppleeaassee?"
"Ann, you got enough for today. How about this though, we'll come back next week with your mother and you can get more then. Fair enough?"
She nodded a "ok". "Bye Antice, it's nice meeting you!"
"See you later!"
The Yuki duo left the shop, waving goodbye at the clerk. Shortly afterwards a brunette woman came from around the corner of the room and went up to the son.
"Got some more customers?"
"Yep. And they're thinking about coming back next week. That's when dad will be here."
"He sure is." She hugged the teen and kissed him on the forehead, annoying the teen already.
"Mmoomm, I'm working~" he made a whine.
"Oh hush. I do more with your father when there's no customer around and he doesn't mind."
The son made a pouty face, feeling embarrassed with his mother doing motherly-affection towards him.