(A/N: I only own Arilana Nodoka and Mira! Enjoy!)
Chapter 6 Rose
Nodoka woke in the morning on the floor. She stood up and looked at Mokuba, who was still asleep. There was a slight knock at her door. She walked over and opened it, no one was there, she looked around and then finally at the steps. There was a small bouquet of flowers. A puzzled look erupted on her face. "What do these mean?" she asked herself. "Come on Nodoka, think from when you used to work at the flower shop." Nodoka set the flowers on the table and began pacing. "Crocus, gentian, yellow iris, marigold, peach blossom, xanthium and zinnia, and a love-lies-bleeding?" Nodoka thought for a minute. "That's a strange arrangement of flowers." She began to pace again. "Crocus means abuse not." she became puzzled again. "Gentian means, virgin pride." Nodoka went and sat in a chair at the table. "Yellow iris means passion. Marigold is pain. Peach blossoms. can't remember. Xanthium, . is rudeness, zinnias are absence." She stopped. "So what the hell are peach blossoms and love-lies-bleeding?" For half an hour she sat there thinking. "Love-lies-bleeding. um, yes! Now I remember, it means hopeless, not heartless. But what do peach blossoms mean?" She looked at her bookshelf. "There's gotta be something in there that can help me," she sighed. She walked over and looked at the books. "Flowers for dummies?" she asked herself. She shrugged and kept looking. She flipped open a book to the index and saw 'peach blossoms'. She opened to the page. "I am your captive?!" Nodoka was petrified. She didn't like when people send her flowers. Flowers hold secret messages. And sometimes peoples send the wrong ones. This was definitely planned. She grabbed the flowers and threw them against the wall.
Mokuba woke up at the sound. "Nodoka, what's wrong?"
"Seto sent me flowers," she said in a cheery tone.
"And?"
"I tried to throw them out the window, but they hit the wall instead," she said walking into the kitchen.
"What's wrong with them?" Mokuba asked following her.
Nodoka stopped. "Hey 'Kuba, did your brother ever study plants?" Nodoka asked.
"Yeah, for some odd reason for three years before we met you," he said.
"Bastard!" Nodoka said.
"What happened?"
"Flower messages, 'Kuba," she said.
"Like how a peach blossom means 'I am your captive'?" Mokuba asked. He laughed aloud.
"You know what a peach blossom means?" she asked him.
"Always have," Mokuba responded.
"Well that was one of the flowers that he sent me," she said. "And I. wait a minute, what was I saying?"
"I don't know, I can't read your mind," Mokuba said.
"Haha, very funny Mokuba." She stayed in thought for a moment and then looked at Mokuba's shoes. "Wanna go shoe shopping?"
"Shoe shopping?" Mokuba looked at her confused.
"Come on! You need to get out of the house before you turn into a couch potato and start growing stuff," Nodoka said. She walked upstairs, took a shower, dressed and walked back downstairs. She was wearing black jeans and a white shirt that on the front said, 'Do you know the difference between an idiot and a moron?' and on the back said, 'You're the idiot, I'm the moron.' She grabbed Mokuba's hand and wiped off his shirt. "Come on!"
"Fine!" They left the house and went to the mall. Mokuba stopped at the entrance of the mall.
"What is it 'Kuba?" Nodoka asked looking to him.
"Now that I think of it, you owe me three birthday presents!" He indicated the number three with his fingers.
"What?"
"Yeah, for the two years you were gone, and then earlier this year."
Nodoka growled. "Damn you and your memory!" she said then laughed. "Come on, let's go."
They walked through the mall looking for shoes for Nodoka. "Hey Nodoka can you get me that?"
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a Tamagachi," Mokuba said.
"Um, no. Those things are annoying. Anything else you like?" Nodoka said. She looked at a music store. Hm." She walked in it and Mokuba followed. A guy ran straight into Nodoka.
"Watch it you, idiot," the guy said.
"Back off you." She stopped mid-sentence and continued around. The guy walked away.
"Nodoka, why didn't you finish what you were saying?" Mokuba asked her.
"I don't know, I didn't feel like it," she responded.
A girl walked up to Nodoka. "Are you Arilana Nodoka?" she asked.
"Um, yeah."
"Cool! Jessie! It's her!" the girl called to her friend.
"What's going on?" Nodoka asked.
"We were at school and we heard all that you said to Kaiba, but we couldn't see you so we've been looking for you. We wanted to ask you some questions," said the girl called Jessie.
"Well um, I'm kinda busy right now, can we talk later?" Nodoka said.
"Aww. come on Arilana!" said Jessie.
Nodoka growled. "I'll catch ya later," she said walking away with Mokuba walking next to her.
"Nodoka, what's wrong?" Mokuba asked her.
"You know when we first met, I told you to call me Nodoka instead of Arilana?" Nodoka said quietly.
"Yeah."
"The reason that was is because it links me to my past. And I don't like it. It was tough back then, and I don't want to think of it," Nodoka said.
"Alrighty," Mokuba said smiling.
"Come on, let's get something!" she said walking into a shoe store. "Go find something you like," she said. Mokuba ran off into the store. Nodoka looked around.
"Did you get my flowers, Nodoka?" said a voice behind her.
Nodoka turned around and came face to face with Seto. "You don't need to be sending me flowers, keep them for your fiancé. Especially the peach blossoms." Nodoka growled.
"You studied herbology?" Seto asked her.
"Yeah, and I used to work in a flower shop, I know what they all mean." Nodoka said.
"How about this one?" Seto asked pulling a solitary red rose from behind his back. It was in full bloom.
Nodoka looked at it, then at Seto. "Roses are red, your heart is icy blue, if you don't get out of my face, I'll hit you with this shoe," Nodoka growled, picking a shoe up and threatened to throw it at him.
He looked at her with a puzzled look. "Nodoka, I."
"I suppose your wife is looking for you, run along home, Mokuba and I are fine, we don't need you," Nodoka said, she turned back around and put the shoe down. "Run along, Seto," she said.
"Nodoka!"
Nodoka turned around. "What Seto?"
"Will you forgive me?"
"Don't show your weakness, especially in a shoe store. It's public, and people can see you. Just like when I saw you with Mai. And you can have these back," Nodoka said. She pulled the three Blue Eyes and the Polymerization cards out of her pocket. They were in a plastic casing and were still in mint condition.
"Nodoka, I." Seto began to say.
"Take them, go on," she said softly. He took the casing and put the rose in her hand, and quietly walked away. When Nodoka and Mokuba were done shopping they went home. Nodoka had a new pair of black boots. Mokuba on the other hand had three things he could mess around with, which Nodoka had no idea what they were or what they did, but they did make him happy. And he also had a new pair of shoes. When Nodoka went to unlock the door there were flowers on the stairs. A heliotrope, a fragranced flower with purple leaves. Next to that were a blue violet and a purple columbine. And then a jonquil, which was a plant that had long narrow leaves and short-tubed yellow flower, lie next to the others. Nodoka stooped down and picked them up.
"He's speaking with flowers again isn't he?" Mokuba asked.
"Yeah."
"What do they say this time?"
Nodoka sat down on the steps. "Devoted to you. Faithfulness. Resolute. Wanted affection returned."
"What does resolute mean again?"
"Firm, or determined." Nodoka sighed. She unlocked the door and walked in. Mokuba closed the door and locked it. Nodoka set the flowers on the table. She went upstairs to get a book when she came back down the old flowers and the new were put in a vase of water and set on the table, the red rose was in the center of the bouquet. She smiled at Mokuba who smiled back. She sat down on the couch with the book and Mokuba sat next to her.
"Are you thinking of sending some to Seto?" Mokuba smirked.
"Since different flowers mean different things, I'm thinking about it," she said to him, opening the book and flipping through the pages of flowers and their meanings.
"How about that one, it's cool looking," Mokuba said.
"Nah. This one!" Nodoka said.
"Chickweed, what is that?"
"It means a rendezvous. I need to talk to him."
"All it is is little white plants. What about that one too?"
"It's still white Mokuba. A white chrysanthemum means truth."
"Use that chickweed, the white chrysanthemum, the cowslip, and the cranberry flowers," Mokuba said.
"What?" Nodoka looked at him confused.
"Chickweed, rendezvous. White chrysanthemum, truth. Cowslip, pensiveness or serious thoughtfulness. And the pink cranberry flowers, cure for heart- ache," Mokuba said.
"Um, not that last one," Nodoka said.
"If you don't do it, I will." Mokuba said. Nodoka growled then nodded. In the morning Mokuba wedged a note with the flowers in the front gate of the Kaiba Mansion. It was all set.
Chapter 6 Rose
Nodoka woke in the morning on the floor. She stood up and looked at Mokuba, who was still asleep. There was a slight knock at her door. She walked over and opened it, no one was there, she looked around and then finally at the steps. There was a small bouquet of flowers. A puzzled look erupted on her face. "What do these mean?" she asked herself. "Come on Nodoka, think from when you used to work at the flower shop." Nodoka set the flowers on the table and began pacing. "Crocus, gentian, yellow iris, marigold, peach blossom, xanthium and zinnia, and a love-lies-bleeding?" Nodoka thought for a minute. "That's a strange arrangement of flowers." She began to pace again. "Crocus means abuse not." she became puzzled again. "Gentian means, virgin pride." Nodoka went and sat in a chair at the table. "Yellow iris means passion. Marigold is pain. Peach blossoms. can't remember. Xanthium, . is rudeness, zinnias are absence." She stopped. "So what the hell are peach blossoms and love-lies-bleeding?" For half an hour she sat there thinking. "Love-lies-bleeding. um, yes! Now I remember, it means hopeless, not heartless. But what do peach blossoms mean?" She looked at her bookshelf. "There's gotta be something in there that can help me," she sighed. She walked over and looked at the books. "Flowers for dummies?" she asked herself. She shrugged and kept looking. She flipped open a book to the index and saw 'peach blossoms'. She opened to the page. "I am your captive?!" Nodoka was petrified. She didn't like when people send her flowers. Flowers hold secret messages. And sometimes peoples send the wrong ones. This was definitely planned. She grabbed the flowers and threw them against the wall.
Mokuba woke up at the sound. "Nodoka, what's wrong?"
"Seto sent me flowers," she said in a cheery tone.
"And?"
"I tried to throw them out the window, but they hit the wall instead," she said walking into the kitchen.
"What's wrong with them?" Mokuba asked following her.
Nodoka stopped. "Hey 'Kuba, did your brother ever study plants?" Nodoka asked.
"Yeah, for some odd reason for three years before we met you," he said.
"Bastard!" Nodoka said.
"What happened?"
"Flower messages, 'Kuba," she said.
"Like how a peach blossom means 'I am your captive'?" Mokuba asked. He laughed aloud.
"You know what a peach blossom means?" she asked him.
"Always have," Mokuba responded.
"Well that was one of the flowers that he sent me," she said. "And I. wait a minute, what was I saying?"
"I don't know, I can't read your mind," Mokuba said.
"Haha, very funny Mokuba." She stayed in thought for a moment and then looked at Mokuba's shoes. "Wanna go shoe shopping?"
"Shoe shopping?" Mokuba looked at her confused.
"Come on! You need to get out of the house before you turn into a couch potato and start growing stuff," Nodoka said. She walked upstairs, took a shower, dressed and walked back downstairs. She was wearing black jeans and a white shirt that on the front said, 'Do you know the difference between an idiot and a moron?' and on the back said, 'You're the idiot, I'm the moron.' She grabbed Mokuba's hand and wiped off his shirt. "Come on!"
"Fine!" They left the house and went to the mall. Mokuba stopped at the entrance of the mall.
"What is it 'Kuba?" Nodoka asked looking to him.
"Now that I think of it, you owe me three birthday presents!" He indicated the number three with his fingers.
"What?"
"Yeah, for the two years you were gone, and then earlier this year."
Nodoka growled. "Damn you and your memory!" she said then laughed. "Come on, let's go."
They walked through the mall looking for shoes for Nodoka. "Hey Nodoka can you get me that?"
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a Tamagachi," Mokuba said.
"Um, no. Those things are annoying. Anything else you like?" Nodoka said. She looked at a music store. Hm." She walked in it and Mokuba followed. A guy ran straight into Nodoka.
"Watch it you, idiot," the guy said.
"Back off you." She stopped mid-sentence and continued around. The guy walked away.
"Nodoka, why didn't you finish what you were saying?" Mokuba asked her.
"I don't know, I didn't feel like it," she responded.
A girl walked up to Nodoka. "Are you Arilana Nodoka?" she asked.
"Um, yeah."
"Cool! Jessie! It's her!" the girl called to her friend.
"What's going on?" Nodoka asked.
"We were at school and we heard all that you said to Kaiba, but we couldn't see you so we've been looking for you. We wanted to ask you some questions," said the girl called Jessie.
"Well um, I'm kinda busy right now, can we talk later?" Nodoka said.
"Aww. come on Arilana!" said Jessie.
Nodoka growled. "I'll catch ya later," she said walking away with Mokuba walking next to her.
"Nodoka, what's wrong?" Mokuba asked her.
"You know when we first met, I told you to call me Nodoka instead of Arilana?" Nodoka said quietly.
"Yeah."
"The reason that was is because it links me to my past. And I don't like it. It was tough back then, and I don't want to think of it," Nodoka said.
"Alrighty," Mokuba said smiling.
"Come on, let's get something!" she said walking into a shoe store. "Go find something you like," she said. Mokuba ran off into the store. Nodoka looked around.
"Did you get my flowers, Nodoka?" said a voice behind her.
Nodoka turned around and came face to face with Seto. "You don't need to be sending me flowers, keep them for your fiancé. Especially the peach blossoms." Nodoka growled.
"You studied herbology?" Seto asked her.
"Yeah, and I used to work in a flower shop, I know what they all mean." Nodoka said.
"How about this one?" Seto asked pulling a solitary red rose from behind his back. It was in full bloom.
Nodoka looked at it, then at Seto. "Roses are red, your heart is icy blue, if you don't get out of my face, I'll hit you with this shoe," Nodoka growled, picking a shoe up and threatened to throw it at him.
He looked at her with a puzzled look. "Nodoka, I."
"I suppose your wife is looking for you, run along home, Mokuba and I are fine, we don't need you," Nodoka said, she turned back around and put the shoe down. "Run along, Seto," she said.
"Nodoka!"
Nodoka turned around. "What Seto?"
"Will you forgive me?"
"Don't show your weakness, especially in a shoe store. It's public, and people can see you. Just like when I saw you with Mai. And you can have these back," Nodoka said. She pulled the three Blue Eyes and the Polymerization cards out of her pocket. They were in a plastic casing and were still in mint condition.
"Nodoka, I." Seto began to say.
"Take them, go on," she said softly. He took the casing and put the rose in her hand, and quietly walked away. When Nodoka and Mokuba were done shopping they went home. Nodoka had a new pair of black boots. Mokuba on the other hand had three things he could mess around with, which Nodoka had no idea what they were or what they did, but they did make him happy. And he also had a new pair of shoes. When Nodoka went to unlock the door there were flowers on the stairs. A heliotrope, a fragranced flower with purple leaves. Next to that were a blue violet and a purple columbine. And then a jonquil, which was a plant that had long narrow leaves and short-tubed yellow flower, lie next to the others. Nodoka stooped down and picked them up.
"He's speaking with flowers again isn't he?" Mokuba asked.
"Yeah."
"What do they say this time?"
Nodoka sat down on the steps. "Devoted to you. Faithfulness. Resolute. Wanted affection returned."
"What does resolute mean again?"
"Firm, or determined." Nodoka sighed. She unlocked the door and walked in. Mokuba closed the door and locked it. Nodoka set the flowers on the table. She went upstairs to get a book when she came back down the old flowers and the new were put in a vase of water and set on the table, the red rose was in the center of the bouquet. She smiled at Mokuba who smiled back. She sat down on the couch with the book and Mokuba sat next to her.
"Are you thinking of sending some to Seto?" Mokuba smirked.
"Since different flowers mean different things, I'm thinking about it," she said to him, opening the book and flipping through the pages of flowers and their meanings.
"How about that one, it's cool looking," Mokuba said.
"Nah. This one!" Nodoka said.
"Chickweed, what is that?"
"It means a rendezvous. I need to talk to him."
"All it is is little white plants. What about that one too?"
"It's still white Mokuba. A white chrysanthemum means truth."
"Use that chickweed, the white chrysanthemum, the cowslip, and the cranberry flowers," Mokuba said.
"What?" Nodoka looked at him confused.
"Chickweed, rendezvous. White chrysanthemum, truth. Cowslip, pensiveness or serious thoughtfulness. And the pink cranberry flowers, cure for heart- ache," Mokuba said.
"Um, not that last one," Nodoka said.
"If you don't do it, I will." Mokuba said. Nodoka growled then nodded. In the morning Mokuba wedged a note with the flowers in the front gate of the Kaiba Mansion. It was all set.