Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any other brand name products mentioned in this story so don't sue me!
Authors Notes: Okay tad bit of fluff in the chapter, but mostly it's just the snowball fight.
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Chapter 12: Winter
Snow is an intresting thing, each snowflake has it's own shape, size, and patern, like the people of this world. There are so many diffrent ones no two the same. Danielle frowned to herself and turned her attention back to her school work. "Boredom is pretty much the only thing you learn in school huh Danielle?" remarked Malik as he turned his pencil around a bored expression on his face. "Yeah, right." She remarked destracted for a moment as a thin white haired boy walked into the classroom and quickly sat down. Malik sighed, it had been almost three months since the red haired girl had transfered to the high school. In that time he had relized that he was slowly falling in love with her, 'Yeah, and I'm sure she'd really going to give a shit how you feel, uh huh, turn down the guy giving you five thousand dollar christmas presents for the guy who has to play bum off his sister.' He frowned at the thought until a familiar voice intervined [And you my dear Hikari are forgetting who her father is.] his yami remarked with a slight air of arrogance, {Oh yeah, Multi-Millionair father, I'm sure she'd care less about how much the person could give her.} He frowned to himself and then looked at the girl. She never seemed to be the type Malik thought he would fall in love with, she was pretty he gave her that much, or had been, the first few weeks of school she had, had long beautiful red hair and and green eyes, but then everything had gone down hill and in one of her strange episodes she had cut it off leaving behind unevenly cut red hair. It had started to grow back at the moment and was just a little past her shoulders. She was sitting at her desk intently reading a large book she and Ryou had both found themselves inthrolled in the Lord of the Ring's series, she was on the third and finaly book and Ryou was on the second. Outside the window the small sprinkles of snow had turned into wild turnents of snow, a grey and white blizzard. "Boy it's gonna be fun to walk home in that." He remarked as he looked at the clock which signaled that it was almost time to go home. Danielle looked up from her book, "I could give you a ride home, God knows dad isn't going to let me walk home in this and Ryou's coming over anyways." She remarked and Ryou nodded. Malik smiled a little, "And I supose we should expecting a one Seto Kaiba to be showing up right?" Danielle frowned a little,"Maybe."
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By the time the bell had rung signalling their release from school it had dropped to below zero and they all made a run from their lockers through the doors and straight to Limo that waited to pick Danielle up. Shivering wildly Malik shook several layers of snowflakes out of his hair, "It's friggin' freezing out there!" He proclaimed and they all laughed. "Gods, how did it get that cold?!" he shook off the snow from his clothes and shivered. "We know what to get you for christmas now Malik." Ryou laughed "Yeah, a ticket to a warmer country!" remarked the Egyptain boy with a laugh as did the others. "Maybe you could come with us instead of going home Malik." Danielle smiled and malik suddenly felt his cheeks flush turning quickly away. ryou wouldn't laugh but Bakura would have a fit. "Oh and I just remembered something, Isis isn't home, the house is gonna be freezing!" He leaned his head back against the glass window. "You can come with us then Malik." said Ryou and Danielle nodded in agreement. "You sure your dad won't mind?" Danielle smiled and shook her head "He's glad I actually have more than one friend now, even if one of them is Seto Kaiba."
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Malik once again found himself shaking snow out of his hair. "Any longer out there and you'd of been pushing in a MalikCicle." They all laughed at this and walked up the hallway. In the living room a fire was lit in the fireplace and putting up the christmas tree was the one and only Pegasus Crawford. Humming the melody to "let it snow." To which Malik frowned at "Please don't I'm gonna wind up freezing to death out there!" He remarked causing Pegasus to laugh cheerfully. "Oh, you'll get used to in a couple of years." replyed the older man Malik's face showed that this wasn't what he wanted to hear. "A couple of years! You say it like it's no big deal." At this both himself and Danielle laughed and spoke at the same time "You live in northen New England and see if you don't get used to cold weather easily." They all laughed and sat down on the couch.
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They sat down in Danielle's room. Malik smiled a little as he looked around the room, sitting on her desk was a picture of the himself, her, and Ryou looking remotely happy laughing in one big group hug. Next to it was a picture of Danielle with a girl about 7 or the same as she was in the picture, with black hair and glasses. "Who is this?" He asked smiling slightly Danielle looked to the picture and frowned "When I was little my best and only friend was a girl named Chisa, she commited suicide about a week after the picture was taken." His mouth dropped into a frown as he sat down. "Sorry, if I brought up any bad memories. She shook her head and smiled "No, no bad memories, it's alright."
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They sat there for the longest time talking, laughing, and drinking hot chocolate. They watched the snow fall with much delight and talked about previous chirstmases and childhood memories. By five the snow had stopped. They all stepped outside to stare at the crisp white snow that had fallen, dressed in full winter gear. Seto stepped into the yard only to be hit by a rouge snowball in the head. There were three diffrent laughed one he could recognize as Danielle's soft giggle. He of course wasn't one to turn down a challenge and grabbed a handful of snow which he gracefully shaped into a ball. He then threw the ball at the first thing he saw which happened to be a headfull of bleach blonde hair. After a thud and a yelp of suprise Malik raised up with an indignat squak of "Hey! I'll get you for the Kaiba!" Danielle and Ryou giggled as they stood up and helped the egyptain get to his feet. He quickly found himself pelted with another snowball, Danielle laughed and slapped her knee at the stunned look on his face, he laughed too for the first time in a while. "Is that a challenge Crawford?" he laughed trying to sound serious "Why you want to make it one?" She laughed back, "Maybe." She motioned for him to come on "Bring it." They both laughed as there was a spray of snow as Seto tackled the girl both of them laughing as she remained pinned under him her red hair standing out amoung the white of the snow. It was like a romantic movie, the classic snowball fight that lead to a kiss, something he wanted to do desprately, kiss her. Only the romance was broken by two snowballs hitting him in the side of the head, his blue eyes narrowed at Malik and Ryou, Malik had fallen over laughing.
"Why you!" He said in a playful tone before making a large snowball and throwing at the two, Ryou ducked and Malik was to busy laughing got nailed right in the side of the head. "What is this beat Malik with snowballs day!?" He once again remarked indigantly they all nodded "Yep." as he was hit by three snowballs and shook it out of his hair. Once again Seto was hit on the back of the head, only to find Pegasus standing in the doorway dressed like the rest of them (In full winter gear.) with his hands behind his back trying his best to look innoncent.
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So what did you think? Danielle's become a bit more well adjusted and Pegasus, well did you expect him to pass up an opportunity to nail Kaiba in the back of the head with a snowball? I don't think so! ^_^
Authors Notes: Okay tad bit of fluff in the chapter, but mostly it's just the snowball fight.
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Chapter 12: Winter
Snow is an intresting thing, each snowflake has it's own shape, size, and patern, like the people of this world. There are so many diffrent ones no two the same. Danielle frowned to herself and turned her attention back to her school work. "Boredom is pretty much the only thing you learn in school huh Danielle?" remarked Malik as he turned his pencil around a bored expression on his face. "Yeah, right." She remarked destracted for a moment as a thin white haired boy walked into the classroom and quickly sat down. Malik sighed, it had been almost three months since the red haired girl had transfered to the high school. In that time he had relized that he was slowly falling in love with her, 'Yeah, and I'm sure she'd really going to give a shit how you feel, uh huh, turn down the guy giving you five thousand dollar christmas presents for the guy who has to play bum off his sister.' He frowned at the thought until a familiar voice intervined [And you my dear Hikari are forgetting who her father is.] his yami remarked with a slight air of arrogance, {Oh yeah, Multi-Millionair father, I'm sure she'd care less about how much the person could give her.} He frowned to himself and then looked at the girl. She never seemed to be the type Malik thought he would fall in love with, she was pretty he gave her that much, or had been, the first few weeks of school she had, had long beautiful red hair and and green eyes, but then everything had gone down hill and in one of her strange episodes she had cut it off leaving behind unevenly cut red hair. It had started to grow back at the moment and was just a little past her shoulders. She was sitting at her desk intently reading a large book she and Ryou had both found themselves inthrolled in the Lord of the Ring's series, she was on the third and finaly book and Ryou was on the second. Outside the window the small sprinkles of snow had turned into wild turnents of snow, a grey and white blizzard. "Boy it's gonna be fun to walk home in that." He remarked as he looked at the clock which signaled that it was almost time to go home. Danielle looked up from her book, "I could give you a ride home, God knows dad isn't going to let me walk home in this and Ryou's coming over anyways." She remarked and Ryou nodded. Malik smiled a little, "And I supose we should expecting a one Seto Kaiba to be showing up right?" Danielle frowned a little,"Maybe."
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By the time the bell had rung signalling their release from school it had dropped to below zero and they all made a run from their lockers through the doors and straight to Limo that waited to pick Danielle up. Shivering wildly Malik shook several layers of snowflakes out of his hair, "It's friggin' freezing out there!" He proclaimed and they all laughed. "Gods, how did it get that cold?!" he shook off the snow from his clothes and shivered. "We know what to get you for christmas now Malik." Ryou laughed "Yeah, a ticket to a warmer country!" remarked the Egyptain boy with a laugh as did the others. "Maybe you could come with us instead of going home Malik." Danielle smiled and malik suddenly felt his cheeks flush turning quickly away. ryou wouldn't laugh but Bakura would have a fit. "Oh and I just remembered something, Isis isn't home, the house is gonna be freezing!" He leaned his head back against the glass window. "You can come with us then Malik." said Ryou and Danielle nodded in agreement. "You sure your dad won't mind?" Danielle smiled and shook her head "He's glad I actually have more than one friend now, even if one of them is Seto Kaiba."
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Malik once again found himself shaking snow out of his hair. "Any longer out there and you'd of been pushing in a MalikCicle." They all laughed at this and walked up the hallway. In the living room a fire was lit in the fireplace and putting up the christmas tree was the one and only Pegasus Crawford. Humming the melody to "let it snow." To which Malik frowned at "Please don't I'm gonna wind up freezing to death out there!" He remarked causing Pegasus to laugh cheerfully. "Oh, you'll get used to in a couple of years." replyed the older man Malik's face showed that this wasn't what he wanted to hear. "A couple of years! You say it like it's no big deal." At this both himself and Danielle laughed and spoke at the same time "You live in northen New England and see if you don't get used to cold weather easily." They all laughed and sat down on the couch.
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They sat down in Danielle's room. Malik smiled a little as he looked around the room, sitting on her desk was a picture of the himself, her, and Ryou looking remotely happy laughing in one big group hug. Next to it was a picture of Danielle with a girl about 7 or the same as she was in the picture, with black hair and glasses. "Who is this?" He asked smiling slightly Danielle looked to the picture and frowned "When I was little my best and only friend was a girl named Chisa, she commited suicide about a week after the picture was taken." His mouth dropped into a frown as he sat down. "Sorry, if I brought up any bad memories. She shook her head and smiled "No, no bad memories, it's alright."
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They sat there for the longest time talking, laughing, and drinking hot chocolate. They watched the snow fall with much delight and talked about previous chirstmases and childhood memories. By five the snow had stopped. They all stepped outside to stare at the crisp white snow that had fallen, dressed in full winter gear. Seto stepped into the yard only to be hit by a rouge snowball in the head. There were three diffrent laughed one he could recognize as Danielle's soft giggle. He of course wasn't one to turn down a challenge and grabbed a handful of snow which he gracefully shaped into a ball. He then threw the ball at the first thing he saw which happened to be a headfull of bleach blonde hair. After a thud and a yelp of suprise Malik raised up with an indignat squak of "Hey! I'll get you for the Kaiba!" Danielle and Ryou giggled as they stood up and helped the egyptain get to his feet. He quickly found himself pelted with another snowball, Danielle laughed and slapped her knee at the stunned look on his face, he laughed too for the first time in a while. "Is that a challenge Crawford?" he laughed trying to sound serious "Why you want to make it one?" She laughed back, "Maybe." She motioned for him to come on "Bring it." They both laughed as there was a spray of snow as Seto tackled the girl both of them laughing as she remained pinned under him her red hair standing out amoung the white of the snow. It was like a romantic movie, the classic snowball fight that lead to a kiss, something he wanted to do desprately, kiss her. Only the romance was broken by two snowballs hitting him in the side of the head, his blue eyes narrowed at Malik and Ryou, Malik had fallen over laughing.
"Why you!" He said in a playful tone before making a large snowball and throwing at the two, Ryou ducked and Malik was to busy laughing got nailed right in the side of the head. "What is this beat Malik with snowballs day!?" He once again remarked indigantly they all nodded "Yep." as he was hit by three snowballs and shook it out of his hair. Once again Seto was hit on the back of the head, only to find Pegasus standing in the doorway dressed like the rest of them (In full winter gear.) with his hands behind his back trying his best to look innoncent.
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So what did you think? Danielle's become a bit more well adjusted and Pegasus, well did you expect him to pass up an opportunity to nail Kaiba in the back of the head with a snowball? I don't think so! ^_^
