(A/N: I only own Arilana Nodoka and Mira! Enjoy! This is part two!!!)
Chapter 1 Snow Dayz
Nodoka slept peacefully on the couch, Mokuba's head rest on her leg. The sun shone through the window and fell upon her face. She opened her eyes and looked around. The room was cold. She breathed out heavily only to see it float up. The air was frozen. She shivered. She looked down at Mokuba who was coughing and shaking. He opened his eyes. "Nodoka," he said weakly.
"Hm?"
"Why is it so cold?" he asked her.
"I don't know. Sit up," she said. Mokuba sat up and she walked over to the window. "Mokuba! It's snowing!" she cried out.
Mokuba jumped up. "Really?"
"Yes! Come on!" Nodoka had never seen snow. It just seemed to stay away and go farther north. She ran into the closet and put on a cream colored sweater and a scarf, and she tossed Mokuba a dark blue sweater and a red scarf and they ran outside. They built snow fortresses and threw snowballs at eachother.
Tristan walked up the driveway. "Hey Nodoka!" he called. Nodoka looked over at him and was pegged in the side of the face with a snowball thrown from Mokuba. She fell backward and laughed. Mokuba ran over and she pegged him with one. He fell to the ground laughing. Tristan looked at them and laughed. He was wearing a light blue hooded sweater and blue jeans.
"Hey Tristan, aren't you cold?" Nodoka asked him.
"No, I'm fine," responded Tristan.
"You're insane, I'm freezing," she said laughing.
"That's because we woke up in a frozen house!" Mokuba said getting to his feet.
"That reminds me, I gotta get the heater pilot working again," Nodoka said standing.
"I'll do that," Tristan said walking up to her.
"I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself," she said. She turned and walked in the door. Tristan sat on the steps talking to Mokuba. Minutes later Nodoka called Tristan from inside the house. "Tristan! I can't get this damned thing to work! Come here and do this!" She shouted.
Tristan and Mokuba laughed. Tristan stood and walked in. A little while later they walked out. "It was easy, Nodoka," he said laughing.
Nodoka put her hands on her hips. "Easy this!" she said pushing Tristan off the stairs. He fell off and into the snow. She looked down at him. He wasn't moving. "Tristan.?" She asked weakly. Mokuba pinched the back of her leg. She spun around and accidentally fell off the stairs, landing next to Tristan. He turned and hugged her. "Okay, okay! Down boy!" Nodoka laughed. Tristan laughed and let go. She stood up and dusted the snow off her pants.
"Snow angels!" Mokuba shouted. He ran and plopped down in the snow and started moving his arms and legs. Nodoka walked over and lie down next to him and did the same. Tristan walked over and sat on the steps. A few seconds later, Nodoka jumped up and looked at the snow angel.
"Mine looks funny," she said.
"Hey Nodoka!" Nodoka looked over at the caller, Mira and Joey were walking up the driveway.
Nodoka ran over and greeted them. "Hey Mira, hey Joey. How are you guys?" she asked.
"Just fine!" Mira said laughing. Joey smiled and nodded. He then went over to the steps and sat next to Tristan.
"Hey, you guys!" Yugi called out. Yugi, Téa, and Bakura walked up to Nodoka and Mira.
"Yo! What's up?" Nodoka asked.
"Not much, we just wanted to see how everything was," Téa said. "So what's going on?"
"Oh, Mokuba and I just woke up in a freezing cold house and saw it was snowing so, boom, here we are," Nodoka said. "Mira and Joey just got here."
Mokuba sat up in the snow. "Hey Nodoka! You got any hot chocolate?" he shouted to her.
"Why don't we all go in and get some?" Nodoka asked them. They all nodded. The got into the warm house and Nodoka made hot chocolate.
"Yummy!" Mokuba said.
Tristan took a drink. They all looked at him and started laughing. "What?" Tristan asked.
Nodoka pointed to him, then to his upper lip, which was coated with chocolate and marshmallows. She could help but laugh harder as he wiped the chocolate off. When all that was done they sat at the table and told ghost stories, since it was getting late. "Little did they know, crunching through the snow was the creature they had tried so hard to get away from," Nodoka said creepily. "It slowly stepped up to the door." They were really into the story. "Then it banged on the door." Nodoka didn't get to finish her sentence before a loud banging came on her front door. At the same time they all screamed loudly. Including Joey and Tristan, they screamed like little four-year-old girls. Nodoka got up and slowly walked to the door. When she opened it, Seto stood there. She screamed again. "Oh, Seto, it's you."
"Can I speak to Mokuba?" he asked. He looked worn out. Bags under his eyes and he was slouching, that wasn't a 'Seto Kaiba' quality.
"You alright?" Nodoka asked.
"Just let me talk to Mokuba," he said.
"I'll see if he wants to talk to you." Nodoka said leaving the door open and walking over to the table. "Hey 'Kuba, it's Seto, you wanna talk to him?"
"Sure, why not," Mokuba said. "Inside though, it's cold out there."
Nodoka walked over and invited Seto in; he walked over and sat on the stairs to the upstairs rooms. Mokuba went and sat next to him. Nodoka closed the door. She then went back to the table. "Do you trust Kaiba with Mokuba?" Tristan asked.
"I'm prepared," Nodoka said.
Mokuba ran from the other room to the table. "Nodoka! I'm going back home!" Mokuba shouted happily.
Nodoka smiled. "Mokuba, stay in here, I need to talk to Seto," she said getting to her feet and walking into the other room.
"Nodoka." Seto said standing up.
"What did you tell him?" Nodoka growled. "Don't be filling his innocent little head with false promises!" Nodoka said.
"I'm not. I pro."
"If you hurt him like you did before, I swear Seto Kaiba, I will."
Mokuba walked into the room. "Why are you guys always fighting?" he asked.
Nodoka turned around. "We're not fighting," Seto and Nodoka said at the same time. They then looked at eachother.
"Yes you are," Mokuba said.
Nodoka sighed. She walked over to Mokuba, and hugged him. "If you want to go, I won't stop you. But be careful." She kissed Mokuba on the forehead and released him from the embrace. Mokuba then walked over to Seto.
"Are you ready to go, Mokuba?" Seto asked. Mokuba nodded.
"Bye 'Kuba," Nodoka said.
"Bye Nodoka," Mokuba said. Seto and Mokuba walked out the door. Nodoka walked over to the door.
"Nodoka," Seto said turning around.
"What?" She asked.
"This is for taking care of Mokuba," he said handing her a wad of cash. She just looked at the money in her hand as Seto walked away.
"You bastard!" She yelled at Seto. He just raised his hand in response. Mokuba walked closely at his older brother's side. They then got into a car and were gone. Nodoka growled. She slammed the door closed and turned around. "Bastard!" she shouted throwing the money someplace. She sighed and walked into the other room with everyone else.
"You alright?" Mira asked.
Nodoka put on one of her fake smiles. "I'm fine," she said.
"Hey! Let's play a game!" Joey said.
"Like what?" Yugi asked.
"How about Twister!" Tristan shouted.
Mira, Nodoka, and Téa looked at Tristan like he was some kind of idiot. "I don't think so, Bob," Nodoka said laughing.
"Nodoka, it's been years since you've said that," Mira laughed. Nodoka just laughed in response. They ended up playing Monopoly. Mira despised the game because she was horrible at managing money, but the scary part was that Joey won. Joey, of all people won. Afterwards they played a mini tournament of Duel Monsters. The winner got the last chocolate chip cookie. An hour after the last battle began, Yugi won. But he shared the cookie with everyone since it was really big. Sooner or later everyone fell asleep.
In the morning, Mira was asleep on the floor behind the couch, Joey's head was on her stomach and he was all sprawled out. Yugi was asleep on the couch. Téa was asleep on the recliner. Nodoka was asleep sitting at the table with her head down. Tristan and Bakura were asleep at the side of the table back-to-back leaning against eachother. Nodoka's alarm clock went off, it was loudly playing 'Pride [In The Name Of Love]' by U2, Nodoka jumped up, tripped over Tristan and Bakura and went upstairs and clicked it off. When she got back down, everyone was still asleep. She went to the closet and got a few pillows. She put one under Tristan's head, one under Bakura's and one under Mira's. She put on her shoes and put on her jacket. She silently slipped out the door and went down the street. A few minutes later she came back with a box of doughnuts. She opened the door and walked in. Joey immediately sat up. "Do I smell a giant doughnut?"
"No, just a lot of small ones," Nodoka said.
"DOUGHNUTS!" Joey shouted running to the table and sat down.
Mira sat up and rubbed her head. Nodoka looked at Mira. "You know you might be able to get him to do a trick if gave him a doughnut?" Nodoka said laughing.
"Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie!" Joey said.
Nodoka handed him the doughnuts. "Now don't eat them all, Joey," Nodoka said.
"Hehe. I won't," Joey said. He took a doughnut in his hands. "Prepare to die! But you will not go in vain. you'll feed one person and if he chokes, he'll die happy," Joey said. He then scarfed it down.
Mira walked over to Joey and kissed him. "Good morning," she said.
"Morning," Joey said kissing her back.
"Get a room," Tristan and Nodoka said at the same time.
"Actually, it's two in the afternoon, so it's not morning anymore," Bakura said rolling over.
"Good afternoon, then," Mira said kissing Joey.
"Afternoon," he said kissing her back.
Nodoka lowered her head. "Oh come on Nodoka. Is it that you're not getting kissed," Mira said.
"Excuse me." Nodoka said walking upstairs. She walked into her room and locked the door then went to her bathroom and took a shower. When she dressed and walked downstairs Tristan's mouth gaped open. "What? Is there something wrong with what I'm wearing?" she asked him. She was wearing the same white blouse and long white skirt he had imagined.
He shook his head. "Sorry about that," he said.
"No biggie," she said. "Hey, I'm going to the store, anyone wanna go with."
"I'll go, if no one else wants to," Tristan said. He looked around the room. Bakura was rolled up in a ball asleep. Téa and Yugi were also asleep. Joey and Mira were eating, they just waved bye to them. Nodoka shrugged and Tristan followed her as she stepped out the door and down the street. "Hey Nodoka," Tristan said.
"Yeah?" Nodoka asked walking along.
"I. was. wondering." he stuttered. He looked forward. "What the hell?"
Nodoka stopped and looked at Tristan confused. "Huh?"
Tristan pointed forward towards the Kaiba Mansion. Infront of the gates, Seto was standing there yelling at Mokuba who was on his side on the ground. Nodoka gasped. Her and Tristan ran over to them. "Mokuba, why did you do that?" Seto shouted.
"Big brother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Mokuba tried to get to his feet but was struck down by his brother's hand.
"Kaiba! Leave Mokuba alone!" Tristan shouted. Seto turned and looked at Tristan and Nodoka as they came to a stop and glared at him.
"Well if it isn't the two lovebirds," growled Seto.
"Shut up, Kaiba!" Tristan shouted. Nodoka ran to Mokuba's side. He was bleeding from the corner of his mouth.
"Seto! How could you? Your own brother!" cried Nodoka.
Seto turned and backhanded Nodoka in the face sending her backwards. She sat up and rubbed her face. "Don't question me!" Seto growled.
Nodoka and Mokuba grabbed onto eachother and cowered near the gates. "Don't touch her again!" shouted Tristan.
Seto walked over and grabbed Tristan by the front of his sweater. "You can't tell me what to do," he growled. He then shoved Tristan to the ground.
Nodoka released Mokuba, stood and ran to Tristan. She stood above his feet with her arms out straight. "Kaiba! We're people too! You can't treat us like we don't matter!" cried Nodoka. Mokuba stood and walked over to Nodoka and sat near the wall.
"You can be such a fool sometimes, Nodoka," Seto said.
"Well. If you can hurt our hearts, then we should be able to hurt you. And I know how. But I've wanted to do this something, to this someone ever since I came back to Domino," she said. She turned, and helped Tristan to his feet. And right infront of Seto, she put her arms around Tristan's neck, looked into his eyes and kissed him deeply. Seto looked at them and his jaw dropped. He looked away. Tristan put his arms around Nodoka as they continued to kiss. Mokuba smiled. Seto growled, opened the gates of the mansion and slammed them behind him as he trudged angrily into the house. They stopped kissing and looked to eachother. They then laughed and looked at Mokuba. He stood and walked to Nodoka. She released Tristan and her and Mokuba hugged.
"I should have known he was going to be like this again," Mokuba said.
"Don't blame yourself. He's got a lot on his mind. With the company and Mai, and her strange ways. He doesn't have time for anything else. And the wedding, when is it again?" She asked looking Mokuba in the eyes.
"It's in three days. Seto wanted me to be in it, but Mai made him change his mind. He's been really annoyed with every little thing. Except Mai, she's little miss perfect to him. That slut."
"Mokuba!" Nodoka looked at him. "Where'd you learn that language?"
"From Seto talking about. um, you. and you talking about Mai," Mokuba said.
"You don't need to. oh wait, you heard me say that?" Nodoka looked at him. Mokuba nodded. "Hehe, um. whoops." Nodoka laughed.
"Can I go back with you, Nodoka?" Mokuba asked.
Tristan walked behind Mokuba and put his hands on the young Kaiba's shoulders. "Aw come on Nodoka!" Tristan said.
"Of course I ain't gonna turn down little 'Kuba," Nodoka said. "Now come on, I got groceries to buy, and I need two strong men to carry them for me," she laughed. Mokuba smiled and they went to the store. When they got back to Nodoka's place, Yugi was on the recliner, Téa was on the couch, and Bakura was chewing on a pillow as he slept. Mira and Joey were nowhere to be seen. The three went into the kitchen and put away the food. As Nodoka turned the corner there were a few clothes on the floor. "What the hell?" Nodoka said looking down. She kicked the clothes out of her way as she followed the trail, which eventually led her to the laundry room.
"Joey!" Nodoka heard from the other side of the door. Nodoka opened the door. "Joey, I told you not to mix the whites with the reds," Mira said.
"Sorry Mira, my mistake," Joey responded.
They weren't doing anything, they were just washing. Nodoka's clothes!! "What are you two doing?" Nodoka asked.
"Nodoka!" Mira turned around a little startled. "Well, we saw you were getting a little behind on you're chores, so we decided to help out."
"Next time, just do the dishes, okay? I don't need you guys looking at my unmentionables," she said.
"You mean like your panties with the Petit Angel on the back?" Joey asked.
"Joey, that was our secret!" Mira shouted.
Nodoka growled. "Tell anyone, and you die," she said.
"And the Happy Lover, Shining Friendship, and what was with the one with the Dark Magician on it. Yet I'm not even gonna think about the one with the Celtic Guardian," Joey laughed, as he put more clothes in the washer.
"Did someone say something about the Celtic Guardian?" Tristan asked walking over.
"No!" Nodoka said. She glared at Joey and Mira. "Zip it," she growled. They nodded.
"It was nothing," Mira said laughing nervously.
Tristan smiled. "So Nodoka," he said leaning against the wall.
"Yeah?"
"What's today's Duel Monster?" Tristan asked.
Nodoka looked at Tristan. "WHY YOU!" she shouted. She chased him around the house. Téa and Yugi woke up and laughed at Tristan who was being beaten by a pillow that Nodoka held in her hands. Bakura tried to help Tristan. Nodoka stopped hitting Tristan with the pillow and looked at Bakura.
"Never mind," Bakura said walking to the couch and sitting down. Nodoka went back to beating on Tristan with the pillow.
"Hey, Nodoka," Mokuba said laughing at Tristan.
Nodoka stopped and looked at Mokuba. "Yeah 'Kuba?" she responded.
"I want to ask you another favor, if I may," Mokuba said.
"What is it?" Nodoka asked. Mokuba walked into the kitchen, she followed him.
"I know you and Tristan are like. together. but I need you to help me separate Seto and Mai. She's being so controlling and manipulative," Mokuba said.
"What do I get out of it?" asked Nodoka smiling.
"Um. what do you want?" Mokuba asked.
"I'm kidding, of course I'll help," she said. "You're lucky you're so adorable."
Mokuba smiled and they hugged. "Thanks Nodoka."
"No problem, 'Kuba." Nodoka and Mokuba walked back into the living room.
"What was with that?" Tristan asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know," said Nodoka. One by one everyone went home, except Mokuba and Nodoka, because they were already home. "I'm gonna hit the hay, 'Kuba," Nodoka said. Mokuba nodded and Nodoka went upstairs, Mokuba watched TV a little while longer.
(Acri: It's 9:18. I just got back from Kung Fu class like two hours ago and I'm so tired! Gosh!
Nodoka: Stop complaining Acri. Mokuba! Stop cheating!
Mokuba: I win again!
Nodoka: Oh no you don't!
Mokuba: Hey. Nodoka. When you get that look in your eyes. it's like you wanna kill someone.
Acri: *Closes curtain * Well folks, as Arilana and Mokuba fight, we will show you entertainment!
Joey: *Pushes Seto on stage in a grass hula skirt. * Who's the bitch now?
Seto: Wheeler. *Growls *)
Chapter 1 Snow Dayz
Nodoka slept peacefully on the couch, Mokuba's head rest on her leg. The sun shone through the window and fell upon her face. She opened her eyes and looked around. The room was cold. She breathed out heavily only to see it float up. The air was frozen. She shivered. She looked down at Mokuba who was coughing and shaking. He opened his eyes. "Nodoka," he said weakly.
"Hm?"
"Why is it so cold?" he asked her.
"I don't know. Sit up," she said. Mokuba sat up and she walked over to the window. "Mokuba! It's snowing!" she cried out.
Mokuba jumped up. "Really?"
"Yes! Come on!" Nodoka had never seen snow. It just seemed to stay away and go farther north. She ran into the closet and put on a cream colored sweater and a scarf, and she tossed Mokuba a dark blue sweater and a red scarf and they ran outside. They built snow fortresses and threw snowballs at eachother.
Tristan walked up the driveway. "Hey Nodoka!" he called. Nodoka looked over at him and was pegged in the side of the face with a snowball thrown from Mokuba. She fell backward and laughed. Mokuba ran over and she pegged him with one. He fell to the ground laughing. Tristan looked at them and laughed. He was wearing a light blue hooded sweater and blue jeans.
"Hey Tristan, aren't you cold?" Nodoka asked him.
"No, I'm fine," responded Tristan.
"You're insane, I'm freezing," she said laughing.
"That's because we woke up in a frozen house!" Mokuba said getting to his feet.
"That reminds me, I gotta get the heater pilot working again," Nodoka said standing.
"I'll do that," Tristan said walking up to her.
"I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself," she said. She turned and walked in the door. Tristan sat on the steps talking to Mokuba. Minutes later Nodoka called Tristan from inside the house. "Tristan! I can't get this damned thing to work! Come here and do this!" She shouted.
Tristan and Mokuba laughed. Tristan stood and walked in. A little while later they walked out. "It was easy, Nodoka," he said laughing.
Nodoka put her hands on her hips. "Easy this!" she said pushing Tristan off the stairs. He fell off and into the snow. She looked down at him. He wasn't moving. "Tristan.?" She asked weakly. Mokuba pinched the back of her leg. She spun around and accidentally fell off the stairs, landing next to Tristan. He turned and hugged her. "Okay, okay! Down boy!" Nodoka laughed. Tristan laughed and let go. She stood up and dusted the snow off her pants.
"Snow angels!" Mokuba shouted. He ran and plopped down in the snow and started moving his arms and legs. Nodoka walked over and lie down next to him and did the same. Tristan walked over and sat on the steps. A few seconds later, Nodoka jumped up and looked at the snow angel.
"Mine looks funny," she said.
"Hey Nodoka!" Nodoka looked over at the caller, Mira and Joey were walking up the driveway.
Nodoka ran over and greeted them. "Hey Mira, hey Joey. How are you guys?" she asked.
"Just fine!" Mira said laughing. Joey smiled and nodded. He then went over to the steps and sat next to Tristan.
"Hey, you guys!" Yugi called out. Yugi, Téa, and Bakura walked up to Nodoka and Mira.
"Yo! What's up?" Nodoka asked.
"Not much, we just wanted to see how everything was," Téa said. "So what's going on?"
"Oh, Mokuba and I just woke up in a freezing cold house and saw it was snowing so, boom, here we are," Nodoka said. "Mira and Joey just got here."
Mokuba sat up in the snow. "Hey Nodoka! You got any hot chocolate?" he shouted to her.
"Why don't we all go in and get some?" Nodoka asked them. They all nodded. The got into the warm house and Nodoka made hot chocolate.
"Yummy!" Mokuba said.
Tristan took a drink. They all looked at him and started laughing. "What?" Tristan asked.
Nodoka pointed to him, then to his upper lip, which was coated with chocolate and marshmallows. She could help but laugh harder as he wiped the chocolate off. When all that was done they sat at the table and told ghost stories, since it was getting late. "Little did they know, crunching through the snow was the creature they had tried so hard to get away from," Nodoka said creepily. "It slowly stepped up to the door." They were really into the story. "Then it banged on the door." Nodoka didn't get to finish her sentence before a loud banging came on her front door. At the same time they all screamed loudly. Including Joey and Tristan, they screamed like little four-year-old girls. Nodoka got up and slowly walked to the door. When she opened it, Seto stood there. She screamed again. "Oh, Seto, it's you."
"Can I speak to Mokuba?" he asked. He looked worn out. Bags under his eyes and he was slouching, that wasn't a 'Seto Kaiba' quality.
"You alright?" Nodoka asked.
"Just let me talk to Mokuba," he said.
"I'll see if he wants to talk to you." Nodoka said leaving the door open and walking over to the table. "Hey 'Kuba, it's Seto, you wanna talk to him?"
"Sure, why not," Mokuba said. "Inside though, it's cold out there."
Nodoka walked over and invited Seto in; he walked over and sat on the stairs to the upstairs rooms. Mokuba went and sat next to him. Nodoka closed the door. She then went back to the table. "Do you trust Kaiba with Mokuba?" Tristan asked.
"I'm prepared," Nodoka said.
Mokuba ran from the other room to the table. "Nodoka! I'm going back home!" Mokuba shouted happily.
Nodoka smiled. "Mokuba, stay in here, I need to talk to Seto," she said getting to her feet and walking into the other room.
"Nodoka." Seto said standing up.
"What did you tell him?" Nodoka growled. "Don't be filling his innocent little head with false promises!" Nodoka said.
"I'm not. I pro."
"If you hurt him like you did before, I swear Seto Kaiba, I will."
Mokuba walked into the room. "Why are you guys always fighting?" he asked.
Nodoka turned around. "We're not fighting," Seto and Nodoka said at the same time. They then looked at eachother.
"Yes you are," Mokuba said.
Nodoka sighed. She walked over to Mokuba, and hugged him. "If you want to go, I won't stop you. But be careful." She kissed Mokuba on the forehead and released him from the embrace. Mokuba then walked over to Seto.
"Are you ready to go, Mokuba?" Seto asked. Mokuba nodded.
"Bye 'Kuba," Nodoka said.
"Bye Nodoka," Mokuba said. Seto and Mokuba walked out the door. Nodoka walked over to the door.
"Nodoka," Seto said turning around.
"What?" She asked.
"This is for taking care of Mokuba," he said handing her a wad of cash. She just looked at the money in her hand as Seto walked away.
"You bastard!" She yelled at Seto. He just raised his hand in response. Mokuba walked closely at his older brother's side. They then got into a car and were gone. Nodoka growled. She slammed the door closed and turned around. "Bastard!" she shouted throwing the money someplace. She sighed and walked into the other room with everyone else.
"You alright?" Mira asked.
Nodoka put on one of her fake smiles. "I'm fine," she said.
"Hey! Let's play a game!" Joey said.
"Like what?" Yugi asked.
"How about Twister!" Tristan shouted.
Mira, Nodoka, and Téa looked at Tristan like he was some kind of idiot. "I don't think so, Bob," Nodoka said laughing.
"Nodoka, it's been years since you've said that," Mira laughed. Nodoka just laughed in response. They ended up playing Monopoly. Mira despised the game because she was horrible at managing money, but the scary part was that Joey won. Joey, of all people won. Afterwards they played a mini tournament of Duel Monsters. The winner got the last chocolate chip cookie. An hour after the last battle began, Yugi won. But he shared the cookie with everyone since it was really big. Sooner or later everyone fell asleep.
In the morning, Mira was asleep on the floor behind the couch, Joey's head was on her stomach and he was all sprawled out. Yugi was asleep on the couch. Téa was asleep on the recliner. Nodoka was asleep sitting at the table with her head down. Tristan and Bakura were asleep at the side of the table back-to-back leaning against eachother. Nodoka's alarm clock went off, it was loudly playing 'Pride [In The Name Of Love]' by U2, Nodoka jumped up, tripped over Tristan and Bakura and went upstairs and clicked it off. When she got back down, everyone was still asleep. She went to the closet and got a few pillows. She put one under Tristan's head, one under Bakura's and one under Mira's. She put on her shoes and put on her jacket. She silently slipped out the door and went down the street. A few minutes later she came back with a box of doughnuts. She opened the door and walked in. Joey immediately sat up. "Do I smell a giant doughnut?"
"No, just a lot of small ones," Nodoka said.
"DOUGHNUTS!" Joey shouted running to the table and sat down.
Mira sat up and rubbed her head. Nodoka looked at Mira. "You know you might be able to get him to do a trick if gave him a doughnut?" Nodoka said laughing.
"Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie!" Joey said.
Nodoka handed him the doughnuts. "Now don't eat them all, Joey," Nodoka said.
"Hehe. I won't," Joey said. He took a doughnut in his hands. "Prepare to die! But you will not go in vain. you'll feed one person and if he chokes, he'll die happy," Joey said. He then scarfed it down.
Mira walked over to Joey and kissed him. "Good morning," she said.
"Morning," Joey said kissing her back.
"Get a room," Tristan and Nodoka said at the same time.
"Actually, it's two in the afternoon, so it's not morning anymore," Bakura said rolling over.
"Good afternoon, then," Mira said kissing Joey.
"Afternoon," he said kissing her back.
Nodoka lowered her head. "Oh come on Nodoka. Is it that you're not getting kissed," Mira said.
"Excuse me." Nodoka said walking upstairs. She walked into her room and locked the door then went to her bathroom and took a shower. When she dressed and walked downstairs Tristan's mouth gaped open. "What? Is there something wrong with what I'm wearing?" she asked him. She was wearing the same white blouse and long white skirt he had imagined.
He shook his head. "Sorry about that," he said.
"No biggie," she said. "Hey, I'm going to the store, anyone wanna go with."
"I'll go, if no one else wants to," Tristan said. He looked around the room. Bakura was rolled up in a ball asleep. Téa and Yugi were also asleep. Joey and Mira were eating, they just waved bye to them. Nodoka shrugged and Tristan followed her as she stepped out the door and down the street. "Hey Nodoka," Tristan said.
"Yeah?" Nodoka asked walking along.
"I. was. wondering." he stuttered. He looked forward. "What the hell?"
Nodoka stopped and looked at Tristan confused. "Huh?"
Tristan pointed forward towards the Kaiba Mansion. Infront of the gates, Seto was standing there yelling at Mokuba who was on his side on the ground. Nodoka gasped. Her and Tristan ran over to them. "Mokuba, why did you do that?" Seto shouted.
"Big brother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Mokuba tried to get to his feet but was struck down by his brother's hand.
"Kaiba! Leave Mokuba alone!" Tristan shouted. Seto turned and looked at Tristan and Nodoka as they came to a stop and glared at him.
"Well if it isn't the two lovebirds," growled Seto.
"Shut up, Kaiba!" Tristan shouted. Nodoka ran to Mokuba's side. He was bleeding from the corner of his mouth.
"Seto! How could you? Your own brother!" cried Nodoka.
Seto turned and backhanded Nodoka in the face sending her backwards. She sat up and rubbed her face. "Don't question me!" Seto growled.
Nodoka and Mokuba grabbed onto eachother and cowered near the gates. "Don't touch her again!" shouted Tristan.
Seto walked over and grabbed Tristan by the front of his sweater. "You can't tell me what to do," he growled. He then shoved Tristan to the ground.
Nodoka released Mokuba, stood and ran to Tristan. She stood above his feet with her arms out straight. "Kaiba! We're people too! You can't treat us like we don't matter!" cried Nodoka. Mokuba stood and walked over to Nodoka and sat near the wall.
"You can be such a fool sometimes, Nodoka," Seto said.
"Well. If you can hurt our hearts, then we should be able to hurt you. And I know how. But I've wanted to do this something, to this someone ever since I came back to Domino," she said. She turned, and helped Tristan to his feet. And right infront of Seto, she put her arms around Tristan's neck, looked into his eyes and kissed him deeply. Seto looked at them and his jaw dropped. He looked away. Tristan put his arms around Nodoka as they continued to kiss. Mokuba smiled. Seto growled, opened the gates of the mansion and slammed them behind him as he trudged angrily into the house. They stopped kissing and looked to eachother. They then laughed and looked at Mokuba. He stood and walked to Nodoka. She released Tristan and her and Mokuba hugged.
"I should have known he was going to be like this again," Mokuba said.
"Don't blame yourself. He's got a lot on his mind. With the company and Mai, and her strange ways. He doesn't have time for anything else. And the wedding, when is it again?" She asked looking Mokuba in the eyes.
"It's in three days. Seto wanted me to be in it, but Mai made him change his mind. He's been really annoyed with every little thing. Except Mai, she's little miss perfect to him. That slut."
"Mokuba!" Nodoka looked at him. "Where'd you learn that language?"
"From Seto talking about. um, you. and you talking about Mai," Mokuba said.
"You don't need to. oh wait, you heard me say that?" Nodoka looked at him. Mokuba nodded. "Hehe, um. whoops." Nodoka laughed.
"Can I go back with you, Nodoka?" Mokuba asked.
Tristan walked behind Mokuba and put his hands on the young Kaiba's shoulders. "Aw come on Nodoka!" Tristan said.
"Of course I ain't gonna turn down little 'Kuba," Nodoka said. "Now come on, I got groceries to buy, and I need two strong men to carry them for me," she laughed. Mokuba smiled and they went to the store. When they got back to Nodoka's place, Yugi was on the recliner, Téa was on the couch, and Bakura was chewing on a pillow as he slept. Mira and Joey were nowhere to be seen. The three went into the kitchen and put away the food. As Nodoka turned the corner there were a few clothes on the floor. "What the hell?" Nodoka said looking down. She kicked the clothes out of her way as she followed the trail, which eventually led her to the laundry room.
"Joey!" Nodoka heard from the other side of the door. Nodoka opened the door. "Joey, I told you not to mix the whites with the reds," Mira said.
"Sorry Mira, my mistake," Joey responded.
They weren't doing anything, they were just washing. Nodoka's clothes!! "What are you two doing?" Nodoka asked.
"Nodoka!" Mira turned around a little startled. "Well, we saw you were getting a little behind on you're chores, so we decided to help out."
"Next time, just do the dishes, okay? I don't need you guys looking at my unmentionables," she said.
"You mean like your panties with the Petit Angel on the back?" Joey asked.
"Joey, that was our secret!" Mira shouted.
Nodoka growled. "Tell anyone, and you die," she said.
"And the Happy Lover, Shining Friendship, and what was with the one with the Dark Magician on it. Yet I'm not even gonna think about the one with the Celtic Guardian," Joey laughed, as he put more clothes in the washer.
"Did someone say something about the Celtic Guardian?" Tristan asked walking over.
"No!" Nodoka said. She glared at Joey and Mira. "Zip it," she growled. They nodded.
"It was nothing," Mira said laughing nervously.
Tristan smiled. "So Nodoka," he said leaning against the wall.
"Yeah?"
"What's today's Duel Monster?" Tristan asked.
Nodoka looked at Tristan. "WHY YOU!" she shouted. She chased him around the house. Téa and Yugi woke up and laughed at Tristan who was being beaten by a pillow that Nodoka held in her hands. Bakura tried to help Tristan. Nodoka stopped hitting Tristan with the pillow and looked at Bakura.
"Never mind," Bakura said walking to the couch and sitting down. Nodoka went back to beating on Tristan with the pillow.
"Hey, Nodoka," Mokuba said laughing at Tristan.
Nodoka stopped and looked at Mokuba. "Yeah 'Kuba?" she responded.
"I want to ask you another favor, if I may," Mokuba said.
"What is it?" Nodoka asked. Mokuba walked into the kitchen, she followed him.
"I know you and Tristan are like. together. but I need you to help me separate Seto and Mai. She's being so controlling and manipulative," Mokuba said.
"What do I get out of it?" asked Nodoka smiling.
"Um. what do you want?" Mokuba asked.
"I'm kidding, of course I'll help," she said. "You're lucky you're so adorable."
Mokuba smiled and they hugged. "Thanks Nodoka."
"No problem, 'Kuba." Nodoka and Mokuba walked back into the living room.
"What was with that?" Tristan asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know," said Nodoka. One by one everyone went home, except Mokuba and Nodoka, because they were already home. "I'm gonna hit the hay, 'Kuba," Nodoka said. Mokuba nodded and Nodoka went upstairs, Mokuba watched TV a little while longer.
(Acri: It's 9:18. I just got back from Kung Fu class like two hours ago and I'm so tired! Gosh!
Nodoka: Stop complaining Acri. Mokuba! Stop cheating!
Mokuba: I win again!
Nodoka: Oh no you don't!
Mokuba: Hey. Nodoka. When you get that look in your eyes. it's like you wanna kill someone.
Acri: *Closes curtain * Well folks, as Arilana and Mokuba fight, we will show you entertainment!
Joey: *Pushes Seto on stage in a grass hula skirt. * Who's the bitch now?
Seto: Wheeler. *Growls *)