AN: Here it is, the last part. Now don't get your hopes up, people. This madness has to stop. I mean it!
Part Three: Pulling the Plug.
Setto Kaiba paced back and forth in the immense living room of his mansion, he little brother sitting in one of the larger chairs, hunched over, and his hands clasped in his lap. A look of guilt and shame upon his young, innocent face. Kagome paced behind Kaiba, also thinking about what she would say to her fox cub, Shippo, who now sat in a chair opposite Mokuba. They were in big trouble, and they both knew it.
"Mokuba, I've been thinking," Setto Kaiba said to his brother.
"Do you have any idea how much damage you could have done with your little program?" Kagome said, waving a finger.
"There's no excuse for this type of behavior," said Setto, "Not from a Kaiba."
"And not mention the disrespect you shown your friends!" Kagome said, "Who look out for you, help, care about you…I mean, making poor Miroku bald! You just be glad he wasn't here to see it."
"I can only come to one conclusion," Setto Kaiba said. "This is all my fault."
"Say what now?" Kagome said to him.
"Huh?" Mokuba and Shippo said together.
"I should have never left you here by yourself. It's obvious that you need 24 hour supervision. Left to your own devices, you're capable of anything."
"I thought you had left me, Setto," Mokuba said. "I was just blowing off steam."
"And why were you a co-conspirator?" Kagome asked Shippo.
"I've never been on the TV box before," Shippo said. "I thought It'd be fun. And besides, Inu-yasha was mean to me, and he wouldn't play with me, or anything. I said you were nice to everyone," he said sweetly.
"That's not the oint," Kagome said. She sighed, and said. "I give up. It's obvious you don't you did anything wrong. It's my fault for not explaining modern technology to you any better. But at least the damage was small. After all, Channel 97isn't the most popular channel in town."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kaiba asked, glaring at Kagome.
"Let's face it," she said, "You show old re-runs that no one watches anymore, and the news is boring. You need new live shows that catch peoples' interest."
"Like today fiasco?" Kaiba said loudly.
"Well, it was a change," Kagome said.
"Why are you two fighting?" Mokuba asked.
"You sound like an old married couple." Shippo remarked.
"You two stay out of this," Kagome and Kaiba said at the same town. "Look, maybe they had a few ideas. I mean Mai does make a pretty good weather. And Bakura and Duke are pretty good singers."
"And that cartoon Shippo made was quite amusing." Kaiba admitted grudgingly. Then, he noticed that the chair Shippo had occupied was empty.
"You're missing your fur ball," Kaiba said.
Kagome whirled around. "Oh great," she said. "Where'd he go now?" Then, bothe saw a ball rolling down the hall towards the door. This ball had a curious fluffy tail. "Hold it, you," Kagome said, picking the ball up by the tail, "Where are you going?"
"Home," Shippo said. "I'm sleepy."
"Well, you'll have plenty of chances to rest," Kagome said, carrying him out. "Because you're grounded."
"What?" Shippo asked in despair. "Do I have to go back through the well?"
"Not really," Kagome said, "But you can't leave the shrine, either."
"Oh rats," Shippo pouted. "I'll be stuck with mean, Inu-yasha all day."
"Oh yeah, and he was thrilled by your representation of him," Kagome said sarcastically. They continued their conversation on out the door.
"That goes for you too," Kaiba said to his brother. "You're grounded. Now go up to your room. We'll talk some more later."
"Yes Setto," Mokuba sighed. He got up from the chair, and dragged his feet up to his room, where he waited all the rest of that evening, on into morning for his brother to finish chewing him out. He waited so long, that as the sun rose, he was asleep.
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Shippo woke up in his little bed in Souta's room. The kitsune sighed. No leaving the shrine, except to go to the Feudal Era…No TV box…No hello phone… No fun at all. That was his opinion. He got dressed in his usual kimono, and went downstairs to the living room, and hoped that Inu-yasha was still asleep. He'd been pretty mad at him last night, but hadn't said a word to him. If Inu-yasha had bitten his head off, or smacked him, or even just shouted, Shippo would have been fine. But Inu-yasha hadn't said anything. As he hopped down the stairs, he heard voices from the living room.
"So does he know?" Yugi asked.
"Nope. He's totally in the dark." Kagome said.
"You know, in the long run, maybe it was a good diversion to have those two running that TV station. It kept Mokuba and Shippo both blind to what we had going on," Yugi said. Shippo wondered why he was here.
"What are you talking about?" Shippo asked, coming into the room. He saw Kagome, Inu-yasha, Songo, Miroku, Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Tea, Serenity, Mai, Bakura, and Duke all lounging around in the living and kitchen, either talking or snacking.
"Well, the cat's out of the bag," Mai said.
"You tied Buyou up in a bag?" Shippo asked, confused.
"No," Serenity corrected him. "What Mai meant was that now, you know."
"Know what?" Shippo asked, jumping up on the couch.
"You see," Yugi said, "We've been planning Mokuba's surprise party for weeks. His borther asked us to help, and we couldn't say no."
"I thought about it," Joey said, stuffing potato chips in his mouth. Tea elbowed him in the stomach.
"So, we decided that Kaiba Land would be closed the week before, so we could sneak by every afternoon and set it up for the party. And on the day before, we'd all pretend to be busy, and Mokuba would have spent the day at home while we finish the decorations."
But somehow," Kagome said, looking sidelong at Joey, "Our messages got mixed up, and I told Mokuba that you were here. I didn't think that letting you go visit him would cause such big trouble."
"So, you guys are glad we went to the station?" Shippo asked, getting the idea.
"Glad, Kid, you got me a new job," Mai said. "I'm the official weather girl now."
"And I've been asked to start a karaoke and music video hour," Duke said.
"Wow," Shippo said. "So, I'm not grounded?" Shippo asked.
"You're still grounded," Kagome said, "You're just on probation for today. We're going to Mokuba's party."
"Yipee!" Shippo shouted with joy. He was the first out the door.
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Mokuba sat in his room, eating breakfast in bed as he usually did of a morning and wondering why it was that his brother had not come in to see him that morning. Not so much as a word since last night and this worried Mokuba. He wondered if he had really gone too far this time in his playing. If he'd made his brother so mad that he wouldn't even speak to him, then perhaps he'd really over done it. He couldn't help being a little spoiled, after all, he was the richest kid he knew of and his brother had let him have almost complete autonomy when he wanted it. They were all each other had in the world and so they both did kind of go over board with their fun. What he'd done yesterday though was totally inexcusable and he realized that now. He looked over to the window then and saw a curious sight. There was a smiling balloon floating up to the top of his window with a note attached to the string. Mokuba got up and ran over to the window to open it. When he did the balloon popped and Shippo appeared.
"Shippo!" Mokuba was happy to see his friend. "What are you doing here?" He wondered though, "I thought that you were grounded like me."
"Not today we're not." Shippo told him and handed him a card. "You're invited to a special Birthday party at Kaiba Land." Mokuba couldn't believe his eyes. The card was from his brother and it was written permission to go to Kaiba Land for a Birthday Spectacular in his honor.
"Oh Shippo, thank you for coming to get me." He said and hugged the Kitsune
"Awe, we couldn't forget our guest of honor." Shippo said, embarrassed. A corporate limo took the two youngsters to Kaiba Land that morning where all of their friends were waiting for them. They were all there. Every last one of them. All for Mokuba's birthday and the park was open to the public with free rides and games especially for the children in Mokuba's honor. For that one day, both Mokuba and Shippo got to act like real children and play with other children their ages. The new ride, Mokuba's Revenge was the hit of the park with hundreds of people flocking to take a ride on the new roller coaster thrill ride.
"What are we doing back on this thing?" Joey demanded. The safety bar came down around them again and Joey, and Yugi, and Tristan gasped.
"What's the matter with you guys, it's only a ride." Mai said looking over at them.
"This thing's no ride, it's a death trap!" Tristan exclaimed.
"Jane, get me off this crazy thing!" Yugi shouted.
"Joey wants his binky!" Joey began to suck his thumb as the ride started forward.
"Oh come on, it can't be as bad as all THAAAATT!!!" Mai screamed as the ride took off at high speeds through the loops, turns, and drops. Into the wall of water, then through the walls of fire, then into the haunted house and back to the ramp again.
"Again!" Shippo and Mokuba cheered. They loved the ride. It was amazing, and the most fun, ever!
However, their did not share this opinion. All the guys but Kaiba now sat, with all the color drained from them. And the girls were green in the face.
"I thought it was a little slow, myself," Kaiba said, unfazed.
Mai clapped her hand over her mouth, and mumbled, "BATHROOM!" She bolted from the car, followed by the rest of the girls. As the rest of the guys jumped from their seats and ran screaming from the ride.
"What's their problem?" Shippo asked as another group of passengers filled the empty seats.
"They just don't know a good thing when they see it," Mokuba said. Then, as the ride shot forward, the boys raised their arms, and squealed with delight.
The End
( End note: Joey still wants his binky )
Part Three: Pulling the Plug.
Setto Kaiba paced back and forth in the immense living room of his mansion, he little brother sitting in one of the larger chairs, hunched over, and his hands clasped in his lap. A look of guilt and shame upon his young, innocent face. Kagome paced behind Kaiba, also thinking about what she would say to her fox cub, Shippo, who now sat in a chair opposite Mokuba. They were in big trouble, and they both knew it.
"Mokuba, I've been thinking," Setto Kaiba said to his brother.
"Do you have any idea how much damage you could have done with your little program?" Kagome said, waving a finger.
"There's no excuse for this type of behavior," said Setto, "Not from a Kaiba."
"And not mention the disrespect you shown your friends!" Kagome said, "Who look out for you, help, care about you…I mean, making poor Miroku bald! You just be glad he wasn't here to see it."
"I can only come to one conclusion," Setto Kaiba said. "This is all my fault."
"Say what now?" Kagome said to him.
"Huh?" Mokuba and Shippo said together.
"I should have never left you here by yourself. It's obvious that you need 24 hour supervision. Left to your own devices, you're capable of anything."
"I thought you had left me, Setto," Mokuba said. "I was just blowing off steam."
"And why were you a co-conspirator?" Kagome asked Shippo.
"I've never been on the TV box before," Shippo said. "I thought It'd be fun. And besides, Inu-yasha was mean to me, and he wouldn't play with me, or anything. I said you were nice to everyone," he said sweetly.
"That's not the oint," Kagome said. She sighed, and said. "I give up. It's obvious you don't you did anything wrong. It's my fault for not explaining modern technology to you any better. But at least the damage was small. After all, Channel 97isn't the most popular channel in town."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kaiba asked, glaring at Kagome.
"Let's face it," she said, "You show old re-runs that no one watches anymore, and the news is boring. You need new live shows that catch peoples' interest."
"Like today fiasco?" Kaiba said loudly.
"Well, it was a change," Kagome said.
"Why are you two fighting?" Mokuba asked.
"You sound like an old married couple." Shippo remarked.
"You two stay out of this," Kagome and Kaiba said at the same town. "Look, maybe they had a few ideas. I mean Mai does make a pretty good weather. And Bakura and Duke are pretty good singers."
"And that cartoon Shippo made was quite amusing." Kaiba admitted grudgingly. Then, he noticed that the chair Shippo had occupied was empty.
"You're missing your fur ball," Kaiba said.
Kagome whirled around. "Oh great," she said. "Where'd he go now?" Then, bothe saw a ball rolling down the hall towards the door. This ball had a curious fluffy tail. "Hold it, you," Kagome said, picking the ball up by the tail, "Where are you going?"
"Home," Shippo said. "I'm sleepy."
"Well, you'll have plenty of chances to rest," Kagome said, carrying him out. "Because you're grounded."
"What?" Shippo asked in despair. "Do I have to go back through the well?"
"Not really," Kagome said, "But you can't leave the shrine, either."
"Oh rats," Shippo pouted. "I'll be stuck with mean, Inu-yasha all day."
"Oh yeah, and he was thrilled by your representation of him," Kagome said sarcastically. They continued their conversation on out the door.
"That goes for you too," Kaiba said to his brother. "You're grounded. Now go up to your room. We'll talk some more later."
"Yes Setto," Mokuba sighed. He got up from the chair, and dragged his feet up to his room, where he waited all the rest of that evening, on into morning for his brother to finish chewing him out. He waited so long, that as the sun rose, he was asleep.
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Shippo woke up in his little bed in Souta's room. The kitsune sighed. No leaving the shrine, except to go to the Feudal Era…No TV box…No hello phone… No fun at all. That was his opinion. He got dressed in his usual kimono, and went downstairs to the living room, and hoped that Inu-yasha was still asleep. He'd been pretty mad at him last night, but hadn't said a word to him. If Inu-yasha had bitten his head off, or smacked him, or even just shouted, Shippo would have been fine. But Inu-yasha hadn't said anything. As he hopped down the stairs, he heard voices from the living room.
"So does he know?" Yugi asked.
"Nope. He's totally in the dark." Kagome said.
"You know, in the long run, maybe it was a good diversion to have those two running that TV station. It kept Mokuba and Shippo both blind to what we had going on," Yugi said. Shippo wondered why he was here.
"What are you talking about?" Shippo asked, coming into the room. He saw Kagome, Inu-yasha, Songo, Miroku, Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Tea, Serenity, Mai, Bakura, and Duke all lounging around in the living and kitchen, either talking or snacking.
"Well, the cat's out of the bag," Mai said.
"You tied Buyou up in a bag?" Shippo asked, confused.
"No," Serenity corrected him. "What Mai meant was that now, you know."
"Know what?" Shippo asked, jumping up on the couch.
"You see," Yugi said, "We've been planning Mokuba's surprise party for weeks. His borther asked us to help, and we couldn't say no."
"I thought about it," Joey said, stuffing potato chips in his mouth. Tea elbowed him in the stomach.
"So, we decided that Kaiba Land would be closed the week before, so we could sneak by every afternoon and set it up for the party. And on the day before, we'd all pretend to be busy, and Mokuba would have spent the day at home while we finish the decorations."
But somehow," Kagome said, looking sidelong at Joey, "Our messages got mixed up, and I told Mokuba that you were here. I didn't think that letting you go visit him would cause such big trouble."
"So, you guys are glad we went to the station?" Shippo asked, getting the idea.
"Glad, Kid, you got me a new job," Mai said. "I'm the official weather girl now."
"And I've been asked to start a karaoke and music video hour," Duke said.
"Wow," Shippo said. "So, I'm not grounded?" Shippo asked.
"You're still grounded," Kagome said, "You're just on probation for today. We're going to Mokuba's party."
"Yipee!" Shippo shouted with joy. He was the first out the door.
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Mokuba sat in his room, eating breakfast in bed as he usually did of a morning and wondering why it was that his brother had not come in to see him that morning. Not so much as a word since last night and this worried Mokuba. He wondered if he had really gone too far this time in his playing. If he'd made his brother so mad that he wouldn't even speak to him, then perhaps he'd really over done it. He couldn't help being a little spoiled, after all, he was the richest kid he knew of and his brother had let him have almost complete autonomy when he wanted it. They were all each other had in the world and so they both did kind of go over board with their fun. What he'd done yesterday though was totally inexcusable and he realized that now. He looked over to the window then and saw a curious sight. There was a smiling balloon floating up to the top of his window with a note attached to the string. Mokuba got up and ran over to the window to open it. When he did the balloon popped and Shippo appeared.
"Shippo!" Mokuba was happy to see his friend. "What are you doing here?" He wondered though, "I thought that you were grounded like me."
"Not today we're not." Shippo told him and handed him a card. "You're invited to a special Birthday party at Kaiba Land." Mokuba couldn't believe his eyes. The card was from his brother and it was written permission to go to Kaiba Land for a Birthday Spectacular in his honor.
"Oh Shippo, thank you for coming to get me." He said and hugged the Kitsune
"Awe, we couldn't forget our guest of honor." Shippo said, embarrassed. A corporate limo took the two youngsters to Kaiba Land that morning where all of their friends were waiting for them. They were all there. Every last one of them. All for Mokuba's birthday and the park was open to the public with free rides and games especially for the children in Mokuba's honor. For that one day, both Mokuba and Shippo got to act like real children and play with other children their ages. The new ride, Mokuba's Revenge was the hit of the park with hundreds of people flocking to take a ride on the new roller coaster thrill ride.
"What are we doing back on this thing?" Joey demanded. The safety bar came down around them again and Joey, and Yugi, and Tristan gasped.
"What's the matter with you guys, it's only a ride." Mai said looking over at them.
"This thing's no ride, it's a death trap!" Tristan exclaimed.
"Jane, get me off this crazy thing!" Yugi shouted.
"Joey wants his binky!" Joey began to suck his thumb as the ride started forward.
"Oh come on, it can't be as bad as all THAAAATT!!!" Mai screamed as the ride took off at high speeds through the loops, turns, and drops. Into the wall of water, then through the walls of fire, then into the haunted house and back to the ramp again.
"Again!" Shippo and Mokuba cheered. They loved the ride. It was amazing, and the most fun, ever!
However, their did not share this opinion. All the guys but Kaiba now sat, with all the color drained from them. And the girls were green in the face.
"I thought it was a little slow, myself," Kaiba said, unfazed.
Mai clapped her hand over her mouth, and mumbled, "BATHROOM!" She bolted from the car, followed by the rest of the girls. As the rest of the guys jumped from their seats and ran screaming from the ride.
"What's their problem?" Shippo asked as another group of passengers filled the empty seats.
"They just don't know a good thing when they see it," Mokuba said. Then, as the ride shot forward, the boys raised their arms, and squealed with delight.
The End
( End note: Joey still wants his binky )