Disclaimer: I don't own the people used in this fic, a computer with Internet,
or even the clothes I am wearing at this moment... or actually Yumi is mine. So
is Yami Yumi! Yumiko is my name in Japanese class, but I only use that for that
class. I like Yumi better!
Chocolate Covered Rice Balls
Chapter one: Meeting
Not only did it rain on that first day of business, but also no one was coming
in on account of it! Yumi was sitting at the table nearest the window, drowning
in her pity. Everyone in the town of Domino would surely have to love her
specialty. She loved to make them huge and wrapped in a custom foil made at her
house, though her father was against the idea slightly.
"I only wanted to have my own money, and everyone that I know loves my homemade
specialty." Yumi said slowly, looking out the rainy window.
The bell above the door rang with a small brass tone, one that was sure to grasp
her attention. Yumi was now sixteen, and lovely enough to catch the eye of
someone that had just entered the door.
"Seto!" said a younger voice, "I want a chocolate covered rice ball!" The voice
was eager and delighted Yumi in the fact that she might get her first customer
right then.
"All right, Mokuba, I'll get you one." Said a deeper solemn voice that delighted
Yumi even more. Now this voice was just about attractive... just about? No, it
was.
Yumi looked to see a famous face. "Irasshaimase!" she announced. "Welcome to the
very first Nihongo no Tabemono shop! I make all sorts of Japanese foods to sell
right here in the local part of town."
Mokuba had stars in his eyes. "I know who you are." He said, smiling with
pleasure. "You moved here from Japan like last month. You were also second in
the National Duel monsters competition! You're Yumi Ishada."
"Yes, that is correct." Yumi answered him. "Well what can I get you today?"
Seto, the older of the two, said sternly, "I'd like a chocolate covered rice
ball, please."
"That's my specialty. I make them all the time." Yumi went into the back of the
store where she had put a fridge and got the only one left, the one she was
saving for later since her father had eaten all of the others the night before.
She came out with it in her hands, wrapped in a foil that Yumi had made just for
the business. "Here you are! Oh, and one question, sir... what are your favorite
duel monsters?"
Seto looked at Yumi, "I like the Blue Eyes White Dragon," he said honestly as
Mokuba was thinking of his favorite.
"I like this one card... Seto has it but I don't know what it's called." Mokuba
answered, looking up at his big brother for the name.
"It's called Seareyu. It's a dragon type." Seto told both Mokuba and Yumi.
"That rice ball takes it up to three dollars. Is there anything else you'd like
with your purchase?" Yumi asked, standing behind the counter. She had long dark
hair and was wearing a kimono that was modified to wear for this type of
business.
Seto stared at Yumi and said slowly, "Yes, there is one thing."
Yumi nodded, "Yes? What is it?"
He then tried to say something, but nothing would come out straight until he
said, "I'd like another one of those rice balls."
"Oh... well... I'd have to make another one. My dad likes to come in and take
some of my work when he gets home. Sadly he takes it all..." Yumi said, looking
really depressed. "I would like to make one for you, if that's okay. And I won't
charge you for your inconvience."
Seto smiled slightly. "All right then, I'll wait for you to make one." He and
Mokuba sat down at the same table that Yumi was sitting on previously. The table
was covered in papers and a dueling deck.
Yumi went into her closet, pulled out a huge bag of rice and carried it into the
back where the stove and the other utensils were placed. "Please," she said
while in the back, "Move to another seat. I meant to clean that up earlier." She
put some rice into a big pot so it could begin to boil and came out to remove
all the things that littered the table. "This is my first day of business and so
I am really unorganized."
Mokuba sat happily, chomping on his rice ball. "You make the best rice balls.
Chocolate covered too." He was enjoying it as he was playing his Gameboy
Advance.
Seto watched her every move. Though she was shy and alluring, something else
about her called out to him. She was a duelist as well, the kind that probably
let people take it over on her during a duel. He liked this strange fact.
Everything that she did brought him under one conclution. Yumi was speacal. She
worked hard and was reasonable with her customers, though she only looked like
she was a teenager.
Yumi went back behind the shop part again to find out that it had just begun to
boil a little. "Sorry, but it will take a little longer."
"That's all right." Seto said, watching Mokuba. "Anyway, Yumi, what kind of
monsters do you play with?"
Yumi stuck her head out of the door to smile and say, "I don't like giving away
my strategy. I like to pounce when everyone least expects it, so I won't tell
you." She went back to what she was doing and strained the rice off of the water
and placed it into a pan in a ball shape.
"I know what she uses." Mokuba said, not looking up from his game. "She uses
Spellcasters and a lot of magic cards. I read about it in Duelist Magazine." He
still had some of his rice ball left but it was soon devoured by a happy mouth.
Yumi stuck her head out again. "Why did you have to go and do that?" she asked
of him as he shrugged.
"My big brother wouldn't loose so there was no problem in revealing your
strategy." Mokuba was still into that game until he turned it off and looked at
the girl with a face full of distortion. "Do you have a sibling?"
Yumi shook her head, and said very depressingly, "Yes, I do. He's a younger
brother who likes to play Duel Monsters as well. He's at home right now,
probably working on his strategy on what will be coming up when he goes to
competition."
"Really?" Mokuba asked. "Wow! A Duelist family!"
Yumi nodded somewhat and went back to making that rice ball that was requested.
She poured her homemade chocolate frosting onto the rice ball sitting in a pan
and rolled it so it was covered completely. It's not really that simple... she
thought, wrapping the ball in her favorite foil. It never will be that simple
either... Yumi came out and looked at Seto. "All right, you owe me three dollars
for that rice ball that your little brother managed to scarf down and this one
is free. I am sorry that I made you wait like that."
Seto shrugged. "That's all right." He retrieved the money from his pocket and
placed it in her hands. "Well, I hope that you business is good."
"Doomo Arigatoo Gozaimashita..." Yumi said bowing. "You are my very first
customer, and I really would like to thank you for coming by. Oh! That's
right... do you go to Domino High School?"
Seto nodded. "Yes."
Yumi said, "Well that's where I'll be going starting tomarrow." She looked at
Mokuba and smiled, letting him laugh out loud. "Your little brother is so much
more polite than my own."
Seto acknowledged her comment, but no reply was given as both of the brothers
left that little shop.
Yumi then sighed when she knew that they were gone. "That was so strange that I
wanted to keep it going forever... Oh well, it's time to go home." She gathered
her coat and purse, knowing that something at home could be terribly wrong, but
she didn't rush at all.
It's not like what they think... I have been working on this forever... I was
only wishing for something else to happen sooner... Yumi thought, while on her
way home, a golden charm on a necklace hung around her neck, bouncing as she
walked in the dreary rain.
--end of chapter-
There were Japanese words used in this chapter that you would probably like to
know what they mean.
1. Irasshaimase- welcome, said when entering a store by the clerk, waitress or
otherwise.
2. Nihongo no Tabemono- Japanese food
3. Doomo Arigatoo Gozaimashita- thank you in the most formal way allowed in the
language.
There is something else in the story that is not like the show at all. I know
that YuGiOh is set in the country of Japan, but I favored moving it to America
because of the storyline later and because of my dream to live in Japan... but
anyway, thank you for reading now review it!!
or even the clothes I am wearing at this moment... or actually Yumi is mine. So
is Yami Yumi! Yumiko is my name in Japanese class, but I only use that for that
class. I like Yumi better!
Chocolate Covered Rice Balls
Chapter one: Meeting
Not only did it rain on that first day of business, but also no one was coming
in on account of it! Yumi was sitting at the table nearest the window, drowning
in her pity. Everyone in the town of Domino would surely have to love her
specialty. She loved to make them huge and wrapped in a custom foil made at her
house, though her father was against the idea slightly.
"I only wanted to have my own money, and everyone that I know loves my homemade
specialty." Yumi said slowly, looking out the rainy window.
The bell above the door rang with a small brass tone, one that was sure to grasp
her attention. Yumi was now sixteen, and lovely enough to catch the eye of
someone that had just entered the door.
"Seto!" said a younger voice, "I want a chocolate covered rice ball!" The voice
was eager and delighted Yumi in the fact that she might get her first customer
right then.
"All right, Mokuba, I'll get you one." Said a deeper solemn voice that delighted
Yumi even more. Now this voice was just about attractive... just about? No, it
was.
Yumi looked to see a famous face. "Irasshaimase!" she announced. "Welcome to the
very first Nihongo no Tabemono shop! I make all sorts of Japanese foods to sell
right here in the local part of town."
Mokuba had stars in his eyes. "I know who you are." He said, smiling with
pleasure. "You moved here from Japan like last month. You were also second in
the National Duel monsters competition! You're Yumi Ishada."
"Yes, that is correct." Yumi answered him. "Well what can I get you today?"
Seto, the older of the two, said sternly, "I'd like a chocolate covered rice
ball, please."
"That's my specialty. I make them all the time." Yumi went into the back of the
store where she had put a fridge and got the only one left, the one she was
saving for later since her father had eaten all of the others the night before.
She came out with it in her hands, wrapped in a foil that Yumi had made just for
the business. "Here you are! Oh, and one question, sir... what are your favorite
duel monsters?"
Seto looked at Yumi, "I like the Blue Eyes White Dragon," he said honestly as
Mokuba was thinking of his favorite.
"I like this one card... Seto has it but I don't know what it's called." Mokuba
answered, looking up at his big brother for the name.
"It's called Seareyu. It's a dragon type." Seto told both Mokuba and Yumi.
"That rice ball takes it up to three dollars. Is there anything else you'd like
with your purchase?" Yumi asked, standing behind the counter. She had long dark
hair and was wearing a kimono that was modified to wear for this type of
business.
Seto stared at Yumi and said slowly, "Yes, there is one thing."
Yumi nodded, "Yes? What is it?"
He then tried to say something, but nothing would come out straight until he
said, "I'd like another one of those rice balls."
"Oh... well... I'd have to make another one. My dad likes to come in and take
some of my work when he gets home. Sadly he takes it all..." Yumi said, looking
really depressed. "I would like to make one for you, if that's okay. And I won't
charge you for your inconvience."
Seto smiled slightly. "All right then, I'll wait for you to make one." He and
Mokuba sat down at the same table that Yumi was sitting on previously. The table
was covered in papers and a dueling deck.
Yumi went into her closet, pulled out a huge bag of rice and carried it into the
back where the stove and the other utensils were placed. "Please," she said
while in the back, "Move to another seat. I meant to clean that up earlier." She
put some rice into a big pot so it could begin to boil and came out to remove
all the things that littered the table. "This is my first day of business and so
I am really unorganized."
Mokuba sat happily, chomping on his rice ball. "You make the best rice balls.
Chocolate covered too." He was enjoying it as he was playing his Gameboy
Advance.
Seto watched her every move. Though she was shy and alluring, something else
about her called out to him. She was a duelist as well, the kind that probably
let people take it over on her during a duel. He liked this strange fact.
Everything that she did brought him under one conclution. Yumi was speacal. She
worked hard and was reasonable with her customers, though she only looked like
she was a teenager.
Yumi went back behind the shop part again to find out that it had just begun to
boil a little. "Sorry, but it will take a little longer."
"That's all right." Seto said, watching Mokuba. "Anyway, Yumi, what kind of
monsters do you play with?"
Yumi stuck her head out of the door to smile and say, "I don't like giving away
my strategy. I like to pounce when everyone least expects it, so I won't tell
you." She went back to what she was doing and strained the rice off of the water
and placed it into a pan in a ball shape.
"I know what she uses." Mokuba said, not looking up from his game. "She uses
Spellcasters and a lot of magic cards. I read about it in Duelist Magazine." He
still had some of his rice ball left but it was soon devoured by a happy mouth.
Yumi stuck her head out again. "Why did you have to go and do that?" she asked
of him as he shrugged.
"My big brother wouldn't loose so there was no problem in revealing your
strategy." Mokuba was still into that game until he turned it off and looked at
the girl with a face full of distortion. "Do you have a sibling?"
Yumi shook her head, and said very depressingly, "Yes, I do. He's a younger
brother who likes to play Duel Monsters as well. He's at home right now,
probably working on his strategy on what will be coming up when he goes to
competition."
"Really?" Mokuba asked. "Wow! A Duelist family!"
Yumi nodded somewhat and went back to making that rice ball that was requested.
She poured her homemade chocolate frosting onto the rice ball sitting in a pan
and rolled it so it was covered completely. It's not really that simple... she
thought, wrapping the ball in her favorite foil. It never will be that simple
either... Yumi came out and looked at Seto. "All right, you owe me three dollars
for that rice ball that your little brother managed to scarf down and this one
is free. I am sorry that I made you wait like that."
Seto shrugged. "That's all right." He retrieved the money from his pocket and
placed it in her hands. "Well, I hope that you business is good."
"Doomo Arigatoo Gozaimashita..." Yumi said bowing. "You are my very first
customer, and I really would like to thank you for coming by. Oh! That's
right... do you go to Domino High School?"
Seto nodded. "Yes."
Yumi said, "Well that's where I'll be going starting tomarrow." She looked at
Mokuba and smiled, letting him laugh out loud. "Your little brother is so much
more polite than my own."
Seto acknowledged her comment, but no reply was given as both of the brothers
left that little shop.
Yumi then sighed when she knew that they were gone. "That was so strange that I
wanted to keep it going forever... Oh well, it's time to go home." She gathered
her coat and purse, knowing that something at home could be terribly wrong, but
she didn't rush at all.
It's not like what they think... I have been working on this forever... I was
only wishing for something else to happen sooner... Yumi thought, while on her
way home, a golden charm on a necklace hung around her neck, bouncing as she
walked in the dreary rain.
--end of chapter-
There were Japanese words used in this chapter that you would probably like to
know what they mean.
1. Irasshaimase- welcome, said when entering a store by the clerk, waitress or
otherwise.
2. Nihongo no Tabemono- Japanese food
3. Doomo Arigatoo Gozaimashita- thank you in the most formal way allowed in the
language.
There is something else in the story that is not like the show at all. I know
that YuGiOh is set in the country of Japan, but I favored moving it to America
because of the storyline later and because of my dream to live in Japan... but
anyway, thank you for reading now review it!!