Imaginary Playmate by Melinda The Digimon Poet

Mabel was bored. It was boring in this black realm. There was no one to play with and no toys for that matter. Mabel had no interest in the other beings in the realm. Thye did not want to play with her. Besides they were no fun. She could not play with them like she could to mortals. Mortals were fun. It was so easy to play with them. However, there were no mortals in the black realm now. She felt no one wanted her. Not even the mortals wanted her.

Then a light came in front of her. The light invited her to go out of the black realm. Mabel rose on her feet. Someone did want her! She was so excited. She was going to get a new playmate!

'I hope it's a girl! I always loved playing with girls!' Mabel thought. She imagined the dolls and tea sets in her head. 'Of course it could be a boy'. She thought about the toy cars and trucks. She did not like cars and trucks though she could make them go real fast. She thought about video games. 'I bet if it's a boy he can play video games!' She ran toward the light. 'Here I come!' Mabel went through the light. The light vanished.

Mabel was going to get a new playmate.

Mokuba was bored. He decided to see his brother. He opened the door. He saw his brother working on the computer. He looked like he was working on a new virtual game.

"Seto I have a problem".

"What is it?" Seto said without turning his head. Mokuba clenched his fists in anger. It seemed to him that he was not the prime concern in his life anymore.

"I got nothing to do!" Mokuba told him.

"Did you do your homework?"

"Yes", Mokuba answered.

"Hmm, why don't you go on one of the holographic simulators?"

"I have been on those things like a million times! Besides it's not exciting to be battling against the computer!"

"You are right. It is better to battle a human competitor than with the computer", Seto said. He paused for a second. "I do need to get this project done by this Friday. Find something to do".

Mokuba almost pulled out his black hair. Instead he gave one angry look at his brother, emitted a low growl and slammed the door behind him.

Seto became startled. He looked at the door. He sighed. It was a busy time for him yet he knew that there was no excuse for pushing his brother away like that. He resolved to make it up for him- just not now.

Mokuba almost cried out loud as he stomped into his bedroom. He went on his bed. Tears came down his face. He covered his face with his arms as he laid down.

'This is unfair. Seto doesn't want to spend time with me. There is nothing to do and I don't think Seto would want Yugi and his friends over. Besides they are probably busy as well', Mokuba thought. He wiped the tears from his eyes but he could not stop more from coming down.

"I wish- I wish I had a playmate! I want someone that can play with me no matter what! I would do anything to get one! Anything!" Mokuba called out. A light appeared in front of him. The next thing Mokuba knew he was staring at a double version of himself on the bed.

"What the?" Mokuba was shocked. He blinked. "You must be my imaginary playmate I think. I am Kaiba Mokuba".

The smaller black-haired kid looked all over itself. The kid opened and closed its hands. Then the kid hit tis head with an outstretched palm. "I'm a boy!" It sounded disappointed.

Mokuba felt offended. "What's wrong with being a boy?"

"Girls are more fun to play with", it explained. "They treat me better too. At least that's been my personal experience".

"Well I won't treat you badly. How's that?"

"I like that. You can call me Mabel".

"You are a girl!"

"No I'm not!"

"Mabel is a girl's name".

"Oh". Mabel then looked at him with her dark eyes. "Then give me another name'.

Mokuba had to think. "Well I can call you Kazuki. How's that?"

"Nope. I don't like it. Give me another name".

"How about Shoji?"

"Nah. Do you got anymore?"

"I know! Hajime!"

"Jimmy?"

"No Hajime!"

"Where do you get these strange names?"

Mokuba sighed. "I guess having a girl as a playmate is better than having no playmate at all! So what do you want to do?"

"Most boys play cars or trucks or video games. Do you play any of those?"

"No but I do have this", Mokuba took out a deck of cards. "My brother is a big fan of this game. It's called Duel Monsters".

"Is this a new game?" Mabel picked up a card. It was a Rude Kaiser. "Ahh! What is that?"

"I will show you how to play it so we can play it together".

"Okay", Mabel said.

"Well first I need to shuffle the cards", Mokuba told her. "Then I split the deck so we can both play. Now take out five cards for yourself". Mabel did as she was told.

"Kaiba?"

"You can call me Mokuba. That's my personal name".

"But I thought it was Kaiba-"

"Huh? Oh I see. The way in my culture you say your family name first, then your personal name. Do you understand?"

"I guess. I wish you people make up your minds".

Mokuba looked up from his cards. Mabel seemed to be from another culture. But Mabel was only his imaginary playmate right? "So what do you want to tell me?"

"What am I supposed to do now that I have drawn my cards?"

"Oh yeah. I was going to tell you about the next step. First of all I should tell you that some cards have points but others don't. Don't show me your cards but let's me tell you about the monster cards and the magic cards and the trap cards-"

Seto could no longer take it anymore. He knew that he made Mokuba upset and angry. It was unthinkable of him to push his little brother away like that. He had to make up for that. He at least went away from his computer and got out of the room. He walked through the hallway and knocked on Mokuba's door. He then opened the door without a thought.

Mokuba was startled. He froze when he saw his brother looking down at him. His eyes narrowed.

"What do you want?" Mokuba asked in a harsh tone. Seto was taken aback by this unusual behavior. He quickly composed himself and went closer to his little brother.

"Listen Mokuba I am sorry I pushed you away like that. I have been very busy and I have been neglecting you these past days. But now I have free time". He looked down at the cards. "I see that you are playing with yourself Mokuba".

"My playmate was here but she vanished".

"Your playmate?"

"Yeah she was here but she fled. You must have scared her".

"Oh I see. You have an imaginary playmate. Perhaps I had neglected you too much", Seto got on the bed. "I am sorry Mokuba. Please forgive me. Can I play with you?"

"Oh Seto! Of course you can!" Mokuba felt very happy.

"Okay Mokuba let me show you a move that-" suddenly the cell phone in his pocket rang. "Hello Kaiba here and this better be important… Huh huh. Can you get someone else to do- I see." Seto closed his eyes and sighed. "Very well. I am coming". He then got out of Mokuba's bed and headed for the door.

"Wait a minute! I thought you are going to play with me!" Mokuba said.

Seto stopped but he did not face his brother. "The maintenance team is having difficulty with one of the virtual game systems. Even the mechanics has no clue how to fix it. I got to find more competent people. In the meantime I have to go down there and check the problem for myself. I'll see you in a bit". Before Mokuba could say anything, Seto opened the door and left the room.

Mokuba was alone. His brother had left him for his work. "Why is this happening? Every time we get close something happens to break us apart!" Mokuba sobbed. A bright light appeared in front of him. It was Mabel!

"Mabel! I'm so glad to see you! I know I can count on you to play with me!" Mokuba hugged her. Tears came down his face.

"You're crying! Did something upset you?" Mabel looked at his face. Mokuba tried to cover it but Mabel pulled his hands apart. Her dark eyes gazed at his wet ones. "Don't worry Mo-ku-ba", she said his name one syllable at a time. "I will always be there for you".

"Really?" Mokuba questioned.

"Yes. Was it your brother that did this to you?" Mabel asked. Mokuba nodded. "Let me handle him for you. As for now, tell me about him".

"Well Seto is the smartest kid I know. He owns Kaiba Corporation, one of the biggest companies of the world. He is a genius. He always does well in school and invented lots of new technology", Mokuba proudly declared. "He is usually good to me but recently I am starting to think he doesn't want me anymore. He hasn't been around me and whenever we do get close his work gets in the way".

"Oh wow Mokuba! Your brother must be smart! I promised I shall be with you always but tell me what does he do or make in his company?" Mabel inquired.

"Let me show you", Mokuba told her.

"Okay", Mabel nodded.

Mokuba took Mabel out of the room and to a new door. It was attached to a security system on the wall.

"Kaiba Mokuba", Mokuba spoke. Immediately the security system scanned the boy.

"DNA scanned. Kaiba Mokuba, you can enter", the security system said. Mabel looked shocked. She had never seen a security system like that before.

"Come on Mabel. Do you want to come with me?" Mokuba turned to Mabel.

"Okay", Mabel went into the room. She saw it was a big room filled with all sorts of gaming systems. In the middle there was a big rectangular machine. "What is that used for?"

"It's a holographic simulator. Let me show you how it works", Mokuba went on the platform and placed a card down. "A holographic simulator can project a card onto the field you see down there", Mokuba explained. The Mystical Elf appeared just like he said.

Mabel's eyes grew wide but then returned to normal. "Is that all?"

"Why did you say that? Do you have any better ideas?"

"Give me that card!" Mabel shouted. She opened her arms. "Please".

"Okay", Mokuba threw down the card.

"Come down please", Mabel said. "I want you to show you something!"

Mokuba obeyed and went down. He was now face-to-face with her. "I am down. What do you want to show me?"

Mabel looked at the card. "I'll show you now. Mystical Elf!" A light flashed from the card. Mokuba dropped his mouth. Right before him was a tall Mystical Elf, chanting, as usual.

"How-how did you do that?" Mokuba gasped. His wide eyes stared at both of them. Mabel touched the Mystical Elf. The monster responded by touching the top of her head. A thin smile appeared on her face. She resumed her chanting.

"I can make anything come alive", Mabel explained. "And there are other things I can do too. She just told me that she could make other cards more powerful. Can you show me how is this possible?"

Mokuba was too stunned to say anything. The Mystical Elf just appeared before him without being in a holographic simulator. He had only one question to ask.

"What are you?" Mabel asked shaking. Mabel was about to speak when the door opened. Mokuba looked at the entrance and saw his brother with his arms crossed in his usual style.

"I thought you were in your room. What are you doing here?"

"I was showing my playmate the technology we have", Mokuba explained in a biting tone. Seto seemed to ignore this as he scanned the room.

"Your playmate?" Seto questioned. He looked very worried. Mokuba then noticed that Mabel had vanished like before. The Mystical Elf was gone as well. The card laid on the floor, like it was dropped.

"I swear! She was here! And she made this card-" Mokuba picked up the card and showed it to his brother. "- come alive! I saw it before my very own eyes! You got to believe me!"

Seto reacted like Mokuba spoke in a foreign tongue. "What are you talking about? All I see here is you babbling about some playmate and-" Seto didn't get to finish before Mokuba threw his hands up in the air, screamed in frustration and ran out of the room. Seto was stunned at Mokuba's reaction. He then walked to the closest wall and hit his head with it.

He did it again. He pushed him away like he did before. Seto knew that he was not the most sociable person in the world yet this was not acceptable behaviour in his standards. Mokuba was his brother- the only person he really cared about since their parents' death. He hated to think what Mokuba thought of him now. He thought deeply. Mokuba said that he has a playmate. He must be talking about an imaginary playmate- one that was very real to him. However there was no way that an imaginary playmate could do what Mokuba claimed. Seto better check up on this later. Something was going on and he did want it to have a bad impact on his little brother. As for now, he had to go to sleep.

Mokuba was back on his bed crying. He had his arms around his head as he laid on his stomach. Things were not going well at all. Maybe he lost his mind. Still it didn't feel any better that Seto reacted in a way that left him humiliated. He then felt someone touching his shoulder.

"What- Mabel!" Mokuba changed his tone from irritation to surprise. "Mabel, how come you disappear every time my brother enters the room?"

Mabel seemed to be taken aback. "Why did you say that? I am your playmate. I only appear before you". She then saw his wet eyes. "Not this again!"

"Yes", Mokuba wiped his eyes. "But let's forget about that. It is going to be a long night. I have to get up early for school. Not that I am looking forward to that".

"Mean teacher?"

"How did you know?"

"I had many playmates that complained about their teachers. I can deal with mean teachers like I can with mean brothers. What is the problem with your teacher?"

"She knows my brother is a genius so she expects me to be smart too". He laid his head low. "But I am not. I tried to be as smart as him but I always fail. Still my teacher thinks I should be a genius as well. It is not fair!"

"I know it is not fair. Let me handle your teacher. I can found out myself what your teacher is really like. Some teachers are just pushy but not mean. But don't worry about that. I know how to handle mean teachers. May I ask your teacher's name?"

"Her name is Miss Oshi", Mokuba replied.

"Let me talk to Miss Oshi for you. I just want your consent because I have to take over your body to do this'.

Mokuba was shocked. "Why would you want to take over my body? How are you going to do that?"

"I go to your mind when I disappeared. I reside in your consciousness but I don't take over it. With your consent I can take over and impersonate you. I can use your mouth to speak and use your body to move. Your teacher would not know the difference between you and me. And I can use my powers when I want to. Do we have a deal?" She looked right into his eyes.

"I am glad that you told me this. I have to admit I do not feel totally comfortable with this but I trust in you. You are probably better at speaking to the teacher than I would".

Don't sell yourself short Mo-ku-ba. When you want me to take over, tell me in your head and I shall do so. I am not going to force you to do this. I respect your right to choose".

"Thank you Mabel. I feel more comfortable now", Mokuba said. "You won't mess with my mind will would you?"

"Oh no! I shall never do that! Your privacy is safe!" Mabel exclaimed. "You and I are completely separated from one another so I do not have access to your memories unless you allow me to".

"That's a relief" Mokuba breathed a sigh. "Well I better get ready to go to sleep. Good night Mabel".

"I promised not to interfere with your mind. I wouldn't want you to hate me. Good night Mo-ku-ba". She then disappeared.

Mabel was happy. In her "room"- a part of Mokuba's mind that she reside- Mabel wrote down in her diary- a journal she always carried from playmate to playmate.

The newest entry reads:

Today was a very good day. I got a new playmate. It's a boy. His first name is Mokuba. He is from a foreign country. I don't know about his parents. I think they died. His big brother raises him. They are very rich. His brother owns a company called Kaiba Corporation. He makes holographic simulators and game systems. However he does not want to spend time with Mokuba. I can understand that he might be a bit busy but every time they meet Mokuba becomes upset. It hurts me to see Mokuba like this. I shall deal with his brother soon. I know have to deal with Miss Oshi or Miss Ochi. I don't know how to spell her name. In any case she is not being fair with Mokuba, comparing him to his genius brother. I think he is a good playmate and I do not want anyone to hurt his feelings. I am going to speak to her and found out more about this. I hate mean teachers and I hate mean brothers as well. I just hope Mokuba knows more about games than this card game called Duel Monsters. See you soon, Mabel.

At that Mabel closed the journal. She went inside her canopy bed- a place where she will rest and conceal herself from the dreams that Mokuba will dream. Now all she has to do is to wait until Mokuba gave his consent for her to take over.

The next day she shall put Miss Oshi and Mokuba's brother in their place.

End of Chapter One

This is probably going to be my only Yu-Gi-Oh story I will upload. I do not like the dubbed second season at all. It seemed so dark and cold compared to the dubbed first season. I only go to the Yu-Gi-Oh section of to read stories on Seto and Mokuba or any Joey-related stories (or Chibizoo's fics- she is a great writer). Yu-Gi-Oh was created by Kazuki Takahashi. You can e-mail me at or at I hope you enjoy the first chapter. Do not forget to review!