Yeah, I decided to upload a day early 'cause I have Pre-Cal and Physics-test-from-hell slated soon and don't wanna just leave this typed bit sitting here in the hard drive (lol)....
And I hereby also apologize: I know you guys are expecting a duel, but know that I know about as much about dueling as the anime/manga show...and I know I'm no good at writing about them. So until I get back from dueling-training school, I'm as good as dueling as, well, Ron is now. Hopefully I'll be able to slip in a duel sometime later (whoo~ Am looking forward to that...)
On to the 'thank-you's:
T.A.O: **cringes** Yeah, okay, lol, I get your point. Plot is plodding
on, because I'm having way too much fun filling in Mokuba's Hogwarts life, but
believe me, it won't take his older brother too long to get into hot waterand
thus hurry along the plotlol. Thanks for your input all this time!
Asher Tye: Yeah, wait til you see how tiny the Duel-thingy isagain,
I'm sorry there's no duel as of yet, due to: #1) I can't duel properly myself
(yeah, I know **shame on me**) and #2) I haven't decided on what's in Alan's
deckand am rather bogged down with homework
kauly123: **takes a deep breath** Yugi, his yami, the two Bakuras, Kaiba,
and Joey will all make definite appearances, even though technically Mokuba's
the only Hogwarts student. (gosh, the plot-holes I weave to get all of my favorite
gang of people in~ ) I love familiar characters.
The Mad Tortoise: Actually I do know which house he's going to be in.
But, as a heads-up, the house he should've been in isn't the one he ends up
going to. **grins** I don't mind your questions!!
Kaitourei: Gah, I hate writer's block toohope you get out of it
soon, 'cause I'm waiting for your next installment! Glad you liked the piclol,
I get drawing when I run into the dreaded Block.
Thanks also to crimson89, Tomgirl27 (Mokuba's my favorite to
write, but I'm afraid I'm an all-out Seto-freak~), Curtis Zidane Ziraa,
Sarah, kaylie (Make that Yami Malik worshipper and I'll join
you), and Lily of the Shadow!
MAJOR MAJOR OC WARNING!!(yep, they just keep multiplying~) and SPOILER WARNING!! as we near Hogwarts...
Disclaimer: Konami, the creator of YGO and J.K. Rowling apparently do NOT take imaginary cash. Pity.
Muggle Studies
Ch.7 - On to Hogwarts! (Part II) a.k.a. Meet the OC's
Ginny and the 6th years sat down to another round of Exploding Snap and Mokuba unfolded something that looked like an ordinary dueling mat. To Alan's questioning look, he said, "You'll see."
He placed his deck in the deck zone and motioned for Alan to do the same. When Alan complied, ripples of light glided over the mat's surface.
Alan grinned. "I can tell this is going to be good. Duel!"
"It gets better," Mokuba said, drawing his first hand, "You go first."
Alan placed one card face down, played Hitasume Giant(1) in defense mode and gasped when a small, holographic Hitasume Giant appeared hovering above the card on the field. "Blimey," he said, his eyes shining behind his glasses, "This is like one of those dueling arenas in miniature!"
Next to them, the Exploding Snap game ground to a halt as its players crowded around the 2nd-years for a better look.
"I've never seen anything like this," Harry finally said. "Was this the card game you were trying to teach us?"
"Brilliant," Ron breathed, poking the mat. "Why didn't you dig this out before? I might've learnt how to play by now!"
Ginny peered at the game from between Harry and Neville. "Dad would've had a field trip with that - that contraption."
The door then slid open for what seemed like the umpteenth time on this train ride, and two unfamiliar voices said, "Hey Alan, where've you been - cool, what is that?!"
Alan turned, sheepish, and motioned for his two friends to come in. "Sorry, I kinda got carried awayGuys, this is Mokuba, and Mokuba, this is Euan Abercrombie(2)," the taller, more freckled of the two stuck out his hand, "and this is Howard Fletcher." The tanned boy with a mass of wiry-looking black hair and equally dark eyes grinned at him, revealing buck teeth.
"Are you all in Gryffindor?"
"No, just Alan and me," Euan said, settling himself near the action, "Chip here is in Ravenclaw."
"Chip?"
The darker boy grinned even wider. "A prefect called me Chipmunk last year and the name stuck. 'Sides, I like it better than Howard. My brutally honest friends say they can see the resemblance."
"I thought Alan here told me you two don't duel" Mokuba began questioningly.
Alan shrugged. "They don't."
" - Alan ran out of patience long before we could manage to get it.." Euan explained, earning himself a sharp jab in the ribs.
" - Oh shut it. They don't, but they like reading about the tournaments and stuff in magazines."
"We're both half-and-half, that's how we get the magazines," Chip added. He too prodded the dueling mat. "I've seen the big dueling arenas, but not this - where'd you buy it?"
"It's not in stores, at least, not yet anyway." Mokuba couldn't help feeling a little proud. "My brother came up with it after the bigger dueling arenas hit the mainstream and let me test this one out."
" 'Came up with it'? You're joking right?"
"Hang on," Alan frowned, "What'd you say your last name was?"
"I didn't. It's Kaiba. I'm Mokuba Kaiba." Mokuba shifted uncomfortably.
These people were bound to know who he was now.
All three of the 2nd -year boys stared at him. The older ones just looked confused.
"I don't get it, what's the big deal about his name?" Neville asked. Hermione looked thoughtful for a while and was about to answer his question when Mokuba caught her eye and mouthed a hasty No. The last thing he needed was to go to a new school with everyone knowing he was a rich brat, least of all Ron and Ginny.
"Then - then your brother must be" spluttered Alan.
" - Seto Kaiba, right?" Chip finished.
"Wow.the Seto Kaiba is your brother" Euan said in awe. "Way cool."
"Anytime you midgets feel like explaining," Ron said, annoyed. "Anytime now."
Euan turned to Ron with a look of horror on his face. "Seto Kaiba is only one of the best duelists in the world, and the international champion(3) to boot."
"Well, technically, that Yugi Mutou kid beat him - twice, I think, but the title's still his," mused Alan.
"Oh, so he's some kind of star in the Muggle world," Ernie translated.
Mokuba fidgeted. "Well, not really"
"What d'you mean, not really?" protested Euan indignantly.
Chip put in his bit, ticking off the duels he remembered. "He dueled with Pegasus - the creator of the game to you guys - at Duelist Kingdom, didn't he? At least that's what they said"
"Yeah, he did," Mokuba said shortly when everyone looked at him for confirmation. "I was at Duelist Kingdom." As a prisoner of that said freak first in an actual prison, then his soul imprisoned in a card. Not some of the best memories of his life. Alan was about to ask about Duelist Kingdom when Mokuba said firmly, "I don't really want to talk about it, okay?" The three boys swallowed down their questions and nodded.
Harry broke in. "Could you teach me how to duel again using this, Mokuba? That holograph-thing looks seriously neat."
"Yeah, I promise I'll actually pay attention this time," Ron cajoled.
Hermione sighed. "Well, you've got to give him some credit for being honest."
The rest of the group professed a (renewed for some) desire to learn as well, and most of the train ride passed in a flurry of Duel Monster names, confusions between Magic and Trap cards ("Honestly, how do you shrimps keep them straight?") and the lunch trolley. When the holographs started flickering, they knew they were nearing Hogwarts.
Ernie heaved himself up and brushed some of the pumpkin pastry crumbs off. "Well, it's been real nice seeing all of you again, but we'd better get going."
"Yeah, us too," Chip agreed. "Alan, some of your stuff is still with us in our compartment."
"See you when we get off then, Mokuba. Hope you're in Gryffindor too," Alan called out as his friends dragged him away.
Once they were gone, Ernie lowered his voice a bit and asked, "Harry, I don't know who the new Defense Against Dark Arts teacher is this year, but is the DA(4) going to continue meeting?"
When Mokuba looked puzzled, Hermione explained, "We had a, let's say, utterly terrible DADA teacher last year, so we kind of met in secret to let Harry teach us stuff. It's called the DA, for Defense Association - "
" - or Dumbledore's Army."
Harry just frowned. "Er - well"
"I've still got that Galleon Hermione gave us to tell when to meet," Ginny said quietly.
Neville added, "So've I, and Harry, you rank right up there with Lupin."
When Harry's face flushed, Hannah Abbott said, "He's right you know."
"Well you think about it then, and the rest of us will be watching our Galleons, so to speak," Ernie said, slapping Harry on the back.
"Uhm, Ernie? Can I ask you a question?" Mokuba asked.
Ernie paused, half-way opening the door. "Go on then."
"You got the weirdest look whenever Chip's name was mentioned - look, there you go again"
"I, er, well, the thing is," Ernie looked thoroughly flustered, and finally said in a small voice, "I called him Chipmunk last year."
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(1) I think this is how you spell it...In the Japanese version, they call it "Cyclops"...so....sp?
(2) Yep, he may be an OC I've taken over, but 'Abercrombie, Euan' is an actual name of a first year in book five (he was the first one to be Sorted into Gryffindor, making him a second year now, which is perfect...). 'Howard Fletcher, aka Chip' is all mine though...nyah. Authoress license! lol...
(3) I'm not sure about this title either...I mean, all Yugi got was 'King of Games', right??
(4) Another major spoiler: The DA is like this after-class, hands-on Defense-Against-Dark-Arts learning club, led by Harry. Begun in the fifth book, and continued here by me~
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A/N: Yes!! Yes!! Mokuba WILL reach Hogwarts next chapter, no problems! Am still working on his Sorting though...The next long bit of Mokuba's Hogwarts life will be around him and his classes and friends, so Harry and Co. will not be figuring in as much (sadly, yes...)
Imagine what'd happen if suddenly one day, some new kid you meet at school blurts to you that his older brother is Seto Kaiba...whoo! **dreamily**
~benign sadist~