SS-hey hey lookie........I'm back!
Tym-wow...surprise, surprise. a'course your back.
SS-well, I know that, but I meant I'm back from Turkey Day vacation.
Tym-oh right, forgot 'bout that.
SS-You forgot stuffing your mouth with loads of turkey and stuffing?
*sigh* guess you passed out, oh! ReMiNdEr this ch. is all 'bout the vacations of Mokuba+Kaiba, Joey+Serenity, and Tristan. but don't worry, we'll get back to Yugi+Yami and Ryou+Bakura next ch. hm...I'll decided how to organize it all an tell you guys b4 the ch ends.
Tym-Let's get on with it k? DISCLAIMER: let's K.I.S.S. k? Keep It Simple Stupid! ya, neither of us own YGO...that's it. now get on with it!
&words to readers&
~Tkx to everyone who reviewed, it's helping me find my mistakes.
Tym-ya, ALL of her mistakes. Like the one about cancer being a virus.
SS-ya, I think I forgot to double-check after I wrote everything down.
Tym-and after you studied the difference between viruses and bacteria, you go and forget what cancer really is!
SS-yes, well, thanks everyone! I promise to read over my ch. before submitting it!
Tym-yes and I'll re-read it too.
Last Time
~Grampa discovered that Yami was an angel, and if he gets too attached to Yugi, he'll lose him and regain his illness, cancer. Meanwhile, Ryou had brought Bakura along with him to the archeological dig, and they discovered the Millennium Ring. But this ch. isn't 'bout them, so ya.
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Angels Watching Over Me
Chapter 10
***In the lobby of the Lowling Hotel***
"Mai?" Mokuba stood there, a few feet away from one of his friends.
"Mokuba, is that really you?" The sea of guys parted as Mokuba made his way to the girl calling him. "It is you." She smiled. "How you doin hun?"
"I'm good. What about you?"
"I'm great. I just came up here to do a lil skiing, you know, enjoy the fresh air and stuff." She began to look around. "Hey, where's Kaiba?" Mokuba looked down.
"Oh, uh...." She followed his gaze.
"Don't tell me you came all way the up here by yourself."
"No, no I didn't. Seto's just, busy. He promised to take me skiing today, but-"
~$^Flashback^$~
"Seto? Seto, where are you going?" His big brother was gathering some of his belongings and looked ready to leave.
"I-I have some things to take care of Mokuba. I'll be back in a couple hours."
"But, but you promised to take me skiing today Seto!" He ran up to him, and grabbed his dark blue overcoat.
"I know, but, this is really important. I promise to take you outside later. But for now, you have to stay here."
"Here? All day?!? Seto you can't be serious! I'll be bored to death!"
"It won't be that long, just promise me that you'll stay here, all right?"
"Ummmm.....all right." He left, and after seeing the new lock installed on the door, he sighed and retired to his bed.
~$^End Flashback^$~
"-but he had to leave." He started to drag his shoe around in a circle on the floor, and continued. "I couldn't stand being locked up, so....I kinda, broke out." He then looked straight up into Mai's eyes. "Please don't tell anyone! Seto will kill me if he found out!" Mai smirked.
"Your secret's safe with me kiddo." She gave him a thumbs up. "I sure know what it's like to be cooped up and I hate it. Don't worry, Kaiba will never know." Mokuba smiled. "Say, I haven't had a chance to get out into the powder yet, what's say you and I tackle it together? Hm?"
"What? Really?"
"Sure, I mean, if Kaiba couldn't bring ya out there today, then I'll bring ya. I'm sure he wouldn't mind, as long as you don't wander off without me."
"Cool! Let's go!" In the blink of an eye, he started for the rental shop, and Mai casually walked off behind him, making sure not to lose him
(A/N: There's some big time diff. here, so bear with me.)
***Night time at Serenity's house***
After the tiresome pillow fight, both Joey and Serenity decided to head to bed. It was 'bout 11:37pm, and considering the long journey they had experienced today, neither of them minded hitting the sack a lil earlier than usual.
'I wish Joey could stay here longer, it's been so long since I've spent time with him. But, I know that he wants to get home to dad and keep Yugi company, and it'd be selfish of me to keep him here.' Serenity was tossing in her bed. A nasty storm was brewing outside, and it was equally dark and cold inside her room too. *Clash of thunder, flash of lightening* "Ahhuh!" She knew it was stupid to be so afraid of thunder, but it did seem pretty scary at the moment. *Another clash* Serenity pulled up her covers, but it was no use, no matter what she did, she couldn't drown out the sound of the thunder. After some thought, she quietly escaped her bed, and crept over to the spare room where Joey was sleeping. The door opened with a squeak, but that didn't seem to bother her big brother. He was tossing too, but not for the same reasons, it was almost like he was chasing something. She walked up to his bedside, obviously no longer concerned of how much noise she made.
"Joey? Joey, are you.....um, awake?" She was answered by a snore, and a couple words about giant donuts. "Joey. *pokes him* Joey. *pokes him again* Wake up!"
"Hm...heh, uh....hm?" He finally opened his eyes, and met the auburn ones of his lil sister. "Se-renity? *yawn* What's wrong?" Another clap of thunder, and his sister's scared expression was all he needed to see before he pulled his covers back. "C'mere." She quickly got in before another crash came, and curled up next to him. He, in turn, covered her, and wrapped his arms around his frightened sister. He gently rubbed her back, assuring her that everything was all right, and slowly, she calmed down. "S'ok, go to sleep, I'm right 'ere."
"Thanks Joey." She took a deep breath, and closed her eyes, gradually snuggling into her brother's chest. The warmth coming from his body was very comforting, and the continuous massaging relaxed her. 'What would I do without you, Joey?' He kept running his hand up and down her back, waiting until her short breaths lengthened, signaling him that she had finally fallen asleep. When everything calmed down, he rested his head on top of Serenity's chestnut hair and closed his eyes.
"G'nite sis." He closed his eyes, and soon after, fell asleep.
***Night time at the West Nell Airport***
"Man, it's really getting late." Tristan said, after looking out into the dark, night sky.
"You got that right." Tristan had been talking to Ri for 'bout an hour or so, and even though it was very interesting, soon they ran out of things to discuss. Ri was heading back to Japan, like Tristan, to spend Christmas with his friends and family. He was visiting his cousins in Australia, and missed the flight back, so now he was stranded with his new friend. This wasn't too bad for Tristan, sure, he had to wait for a plane back, but at least he had made a friend, and it happened to be someone who is a little familiar with this new environment.
"Where ya heading? I mean, after you get back to Japan?"
"To my dad's apartment. We always spend Christmas there. You?"
"That's cool, I'm going to spend Christmas with my family too, but first, I'm gonna pay a visit to my buddy. He broke his leg, and is in the hospital, so I decided to stop by for a day or so. Jus so he won't be too lonely."
"That's really nice of you."
"Ya well, I'm jus that kinda guy." Ri smirked, then pulled out his extra coat and folded it.
"What are you doing?" He patted the coat, and placed it on top of the waiting chairs (A/N: You know, those chairs you sit in near the terminal).
"I'm making a pillow." Then he zipped his bag up again. "After all, it wouldn't be very comfortable sleeping without one, right?"
"Oh, right." Tristan got with the program and pulled out an extra sweater he had packed away and copied Ri's style. *looks at watch, 11:58pm* "Well, I guess that we're not getting a flight outta here 'till tomorrow.
*sigh* "Guess not. Oh well, see you in the morning then." He then took off his bucket hat and placed it over his face while Tristan was trying to get comfortable in his seat. When he had finally gotten into a comfortable position, a loud voice boomed from the speakers nearby.
"ATTENTION, WILL ALL PASSENGERS BOARDING FLIGHT 226 TO TOKYO, JAPAN PLEASE MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE TERMINAL." Tristan jumped from the sudden announcement and found that he had fallen to the cold floor tiles.
"Huh? Wha-what was that?" Ri also awoke after the blaring sound reached his ears.
"Wow, Tristan, what was that?" Tristan got up and motioned him to shush as the message repeated itself.
"REPEAT, ALL PASSENGERS BOARDING FLIGHT 226 TO TOKYO, JAPAN PLEASE MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE TERMINAL."
"All right! C'mon Ri, we got a plane to catch!" Tristan got a jump start and headed for the right terminal, while Ri was still registering what he had just said.
"Hey! Wait up!" He started chasing after the brunette and found that he was only a few yards ahead of him. "Actually, *checks watch 12:02am* we are leaving tomorrow, I mean, today!" He turned right, then left, trying to quicken his pace, not wanting to lose sight of his friend.
***In the Lowling Alps rental shop***
"How about this one Mai? No, wait, this one's much better. Or, maybe I should use this one...what do you think?" Mokuba was running around the shop, picking out lots of different snowboards and goggles.
"Slow down kiddo, we're just renting this stuff, you won't be stuck with it for life." She put back most of them and he was left with two.
"I know, but I wanna look cool going down the slopes." Mai smiled, she had to admire his spunk, after they had arrived in the store, Mokuba took one look at all the boards and decided to go snowboarding instead of skiing.
"Well, I think you should just pick between these two, I mean really, you pick out snowboards the way I pick out shoes."
"There're just so many to choose from, I can't help but look around."
He finally decided on a dark blue board that had an emerald dragon emblazoned on the front. He had taken lessons before, so he ran outside and was ready to go.
"Wait for me." Mokuba turned around and found that Mai had dumped the skis and took a snowboard too. It was lavender with a nearly black rose imprinted on it. "After all, we're taking this one together." Mokuba nodded in agreement.
"All right." They both strapped on their equipment, and lowered their goggles. Slowly they moved up to the edge of the ledge, until they were inches from it. Both looked down, it wasn't too steep, but it definitely didn't qualify as a bunny slope.
"You ready kid?"
"Ya."
"I'm not gonna go slow, you better keep up."
"Don't worry about me, Mai. And if you do speed ahead, I'll just look for a flash of purple." She didn't reply, just smiled, then, she held up 3 fingers.
"Ready? 1........2............3!" Mokuba wasn't lying, he was pretty good at this. He easily maneuvered his way around the numerous trees, shrubs, and the occasional people. He didn't take any of the jumps though, and Mai noticed it. 'Why is he playing it safe? Or is he just binding his time? Well, I think that I can encourage him to give it a try.' "HEY MOKUBA!" He made sure his path was clear before turning his head to meet Mai's gaze. "You're pretty good, but watch and learn!" He stared at her for a moment before looking ahead. There, he spotted a small ramp in Mai's path.
'She wouldn't.' But she did, bending her knees to get a higher lift, Mai soared off the ramp and turned (1st she was facing the forest, then she turned 180 degrees to face him) to give him a thumbs-up before hitting the soft powder again. 'Wow, she's good.' There was a small break from the hill and they slid to a halt. "Wow Mai, that was good. I thought that you would have done a face plant or something."
"Uh uh, kid, I'm more than a pretty face. And speaking of that, there's no way I would have let this face get more powder." Mokuba smiled, then looked down to his board.
"Do you think you can teach me how to take off like that?" Mai took off her goggles, then shook her head to get the excess snow out of her hair.
"I guess I could, if you don't mind having a big sister for the day instead of a big brother." He looked up and met her gaze, then nodded enthusiastically.
"Sure! I don't mind.....*smirks* big sister." Mai matched his grin and rumpled his hair just before he put his goggles back on.
"You do know that there's such a thing as too much spunk, right?" *puts her own goggles on*
"Ya, I'm just pushing the limits." They both took off, and that started a very long afternoon of jumping, avoiding trees, and helping each other up from the snow's chilly embraces. It took up most of the afternoon, and by the time they finished, the sun was beginning to set.
They had reached the bottom of the slope for the 7th time and were now boarding the ski lift. "That was exhausting, but fun. Thanks Mai, I'm glad that you could bring me out here today." Mai lifted her goggles and shook her hair a bit.
"You bet it was fun, I haven't felt rushes like that for awhile. And, you're welcome. I'm glad I came out here to teach you, *patted his wild hair* you're a good student."
"Ya, I just wish Seto coulda seen me-" At his abrupt stop, Mai looked at him in confusion.
"What's wrong Mokuba-*Mokuba jumps off of the lift* HEY!! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING AND WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOIN!?!? *He keeps going* MOKUBA!!! ARGH!" Mai follows his lead and jumps off the lift, trying to pick up speed in order to catch her 'little brother'. 'This better be good Mokuba, I almost broke a nail.'
***Still in the West Nell airport***
"Flight....."
"Canceled." *sigh* Ri slumped into a seat next to Tristan and took off his hat.
"You've been here longer than I have Ri, tell me, how many freak storms occur here?"
"Out of all the times I've stayed here..........none." (A/N: I got no idea if freak storms happen so....ya. Just wanted to let you know.)
"Well, then I think we were destined to stay here."
~$^Flashback^$~
"Hurry up Ri! We're gonna miss the plane!"
"I'm comin' I'm comin'! *turns the corner* Just don't leave without me-Ooff! *bumps into Tristan and falls backwards* Oww....what did you do that for Tris?"
"Number one Ri, never call me that again. And number two.....*points out the window* (A/N: You know, most airports got humongus windows so you can see the planes take off, that's cool.) I think we've been stormed in."
"What? *looks out the window to see a storm raging* Oh man."
~$^End Flashback^$~
"Now, what were you saying about leaving today?"
"Ok, I take it back, we're NOT leaving today. Happy?" Tristan reaches for his sweater pillow again.
"As a matter of fact, yes."
"Fine, whatever will make you go to sleep." Then he drifted to sleep, and Tristan too soon after, both secretly waiting for another announcement telling them that the storm had passed.
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SS-okey dokes, you can tell that the storm is moving, won't be long till it hits Egypt.
Tym-are you giving it away on purpose?
SS-k, I'll stop. But anywayz.....I ThInK I'm bringing this whole thing home soon.
Tym-ending it already? you didn't even tell 'em 'bout what'll happen to Yugi and Yami-*muzzles Tym*
SS-yes, *ahem* I meant bringing the others' stories home. Here's the order for everyone's vacations: next ch. Yugi+Yami and Ryou+Bakura and if there's time, either Tristan or Mokuba+Seto+Mai okey? k, cuz I'm done for the night. Sweet Dweams!
Tym- *whispering* hey everyone, I told SS I'd close this up with my Ashes ta Ashes, but I'm here ta tell you all that I'm writing the next ch. instead of SS. She's comin' down with a cold of badness so I'll take care of the story. Luckily, *pulls out a notebook* Levi (SS's non-pen name) wrote a quick version here, so I think I'll just improvise on some of the fuzzy parts. but as she said before, it's either Tristan or Mokuba+Seto+Mai, I won't have time to write up both of 'em so I need you to vote. I don't have much time, if Levi sees that I'm writing this, she'll come in and change things which means......she won't get ANY rest! okey dokes, cya next time digidudes!