Chapter Two of "Imaginary Playmate" by Melinda The Digimon Poet
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Mokuba felt like a burglar in his own home as he went to the kitchen and prepared breakfast. It was barely dawn and he knew that Seto might wake up and found him but he did not care. He put the fish, rice and vegetables on the small plates and put them on the tray. He then poured the tea in little cups. He felt proud. And he did it without his brother's help.
"Mokuba, what are you doing?" Seto's voice made Mokuba almost drop the tray. The dark-haired boy turned around. He saw that his brown-haired brother was in his blue school uniform. Seto looked at him in utter surprise.
"I am making breakfast for me and my playmate", Mokuba replied in a bitter tone. "I am going to my bedroom. Don't worry. I'll eat on the floor". With that, Mokuba left the kitchen.
Seto could not believe it. This has gone too far. Seto knew that his playmate could not be real. Yet apparently Mokuba thought it was real. This concerned Seto. Was Mokuba so into his fantasy world that he had lost touch with reality? He wondered about Mokuba's mental health. Could something be wrong? Seto knew he had to take action. But first he planned to go back to his room and do more work on his project that was due that Friday. He could not waste a single minute. And he proceeded to do that.
In his bedroom, Mokuba laid the tray down on the floor gently as he sat down. It was then that he summoned his playmate.
"Mabel! Come on out!" Mokuba yelled out. A bright light appeared. A small version of himself appeared beside him. It took a second for Mabel to look around.
"I am not in your school. Why did you summon me?" Mabel asked.
"I want you to eat with me", Mokuba answered.
"You can eat on the floor?" Mabel asked, astonished.
"As long as I don't make a mess I don't think my brother would mind", Mokuba said. He picked up his white chopsticks. Mabel's eyes widened when she saw them.
"Those are chopsticks! Now I know why your name is so strange! I am very far away from where my last playmate was", Mabel said. She picked up her own chopsticks. I forgot how to use them though".
"Let me show you", Mokuba said. "Cup your hand and put your thumb apart from your fingers. Place one of your chopsticks-it does not matter which one- between your thumb and the rest of your hand. Rest it against the base of your index finger and the tip of your fourth finger". Mokuba smiled as he saw Mabel try to do as he instructed. He then gave her the second chopstick. "Now place the other chopstick parallel with the first and hold it like a pencil. Now tap it on the floor to make the ends even". Mabel did just so. "Now move the top one- try not to move the bottom chopstick as you do- by flexing your index and middle fingers up and down. Now bring the tips together".
"Like this?" Mabel asked, trying to bring the chopsticks together.
"You are a little slow but that's good", Mokuba said. "I am sure you'll get the hang of it once you practice". Mokuba picked up a piece of fish with his own chopsticks. "Now you try it".
"Okay", Mabel said as she tried to pick a piece of fish from her own plate. She managed to do it after a few tries. "I think I got the hang of this now".
"Good", Mokuba said. "I am glad that you are my friend".
"I am glad to hear that. You're such a nice person. I am sure that one day you'll have many friends. Tell me, do you have chocolate ice cream?"
"I don't know", Mokuba answered. He then saw Mabel's sad face. "But I can check for you". Mabel's face brightened.
"Thank you so much! I don't need to eat but I love chocolate ice cream! You can have my breakfast if you like", Mabel said. She then saw Mokuba's face turned sad. "What is wrong Mo-ku-ba?"
"I have to go to school soon. I am not sure I want to go. I told you about Miss Oshi. She is so critical of me", Mokuba explained. Mabel put her chopsticks down.
"I told you that I will take care of your teacher so you don't need to worry. Just go to school and I'll take care of the rest", Mabel told him.
"You're right. I'll let you talk to her after school is over. You can go now. My brother is not going to believe I ate with you anyway", Mokuba said.
"You don't need to worry about your brother either. I am going to take care of him too. You just leave everything to me", Mabel said. Mokuba smiled.
"Okay. I will call out in my mind when I want you", Mokuba said.
"I shall wait for it then", Mabel said. She then vanished, returning to Mokuba's mind. As for Mokuba, he decided to finish breakfast and prepare for school. And he did just that.
Mokuba was at school now. He stared at a white piece of paper. He held the pencil in his hand but he did not move it. The clock on the wall ticked away. His mind was blank.
"Is there any problems Kaiba?" the teacher asked. She loomed over the black-haired boy, staring at him with her wide-rimmed glasses.
"No Miss Oshi", Mokuba answered.
"I noticed that you haven't written anything. You did study for the test I presume?" Miss Oshi said. There were a few snickers heard behind him.
"Yes I did Miss Oshi", Mokuba answered.
"Just remember you have thirsty more minutes", the teacher said. She then turned around and started to go to her desk. Mokuba took a deep breath.
"Miss Oshi, may I talk to you after class?" Mokuba asked.
She stopped and glanced back at him. "Of course you can. I'll see you after class then". She then went back to her desk.
Mokuba had done what he had to do. He had arranged to speak with Miss Oshi. Mabel had said that she would take care of matters from then on. He did not know the full extent of her powers but he trusted her. He told her so. He gained his self-confidence. He then went back to his test and started writing.
It was the end of the class. Mokuba waited until all his classmates had left the room. It was then that he got out of his desk.
"Mabel! You can take over now! It is time!" Mokuba called out in his mind.
"Okay! Do not resist me!" Mabel replied. Mokuba then went to a part of his brain where he would wait until Mabel is done.
"Shall we begin?" 'Mokuba' asked the teacher. Her eyes glared darkly at the teacher. (It should be noted that Mabel would continue to be referred to as 'she' even though Mokuba, whose body she took over, is a male).
"Yes we should", Miss Oshi said, not paying any attention to 'Mokuba's' glare or the tone of her voice. "Sit down please".
As much as 'Mokuba' resented this, she complied. The teacher of course did not know Mokuba was now Mabel. 'Mokuba' figured she better do as the teacher said until she can properly judge the teacher.
"Before you begin, I want to address something. I know your brother is Seto Kaiba so I expect marks that would show it. You have disappointed me. I don't think you're reaching your potential", the teacher said.
"What makes you think I am not?" 'Mokuba' asked.
"It is apparent that intelligence runs through your family. It seems to me that you're under-achieving. I want you to work harder. Surely you can do that", Miss Oshi told her.
'Mokuba' resisted rolling her eyes. She knew that it would not be proper. "I know my brother is smart. You forgot, however, that I am Mokuba and not Seto. I never said I was a genius".
The teacher felt insulted. "I know that! I am not an idiot! Still your marks need improvement. I am sure your brother will agree with me once I show him your marks", the teacher said. She grinned maliciously.
'Mokuba's' eyes grew wide. She knew that was a threat. She didn't know how bad Mokuba's marks were but from previous experiences with other playmates she knew that Mokuba's brother might get mad and upset and even ground him. She did not want Mokuba to be even unhappier.
Not to mention that the teacher was getting really, really annoying.
"I am not going to let you", 'Mokuba' said. Her eyes turned red.
"Oh and what are you going to stop me?" the teacher inquired. Her eyes then went wide. Since when did Mokuba have red eyes?
This time it was 'Mokuba's' turn to grin maliciously. "I am going to turn you into play dough!" Before Miss Oshi could respond, 'Mokuba' snapped her fingers. Miss Oshi was now a play dough figure on the floor.
Mabel continued to grin as she played with the play dough. She poked holes in the brown dress. She then broke the arms and put them crisscrossing on the body. Mabel took a long look at it. She then rolled the body up into a ball and tossed it into the air.
"I am bored", Mabel declared. She then looked at the clock. It was almost five o'clock. "I better get going. I don't want Mokuba's brother to be mad for a good reason". She snapped her fingers. A small toy chest appeared. "I'll play with you later". She put the play dough ball into the chest. The toy chest then disappeared. "I better tell Mokuba that I am done with Miss Oshi. I can't wait to go home and play with him some more!" She left the class in a hurry.
A few seconds later, Mokuba- now back in control- returned to the class, grabbed his backpack and went out again.
Mokuba and Mabel were now on his bed. Mabel had just played a Judge Man. Mokuba then out down his card.
"Man-Eater Bug!" Mokuba exclaimed.
"Ha ha! Judge Man has 2200 attack points and the Man-Eater Bug has only 600! Your card cannot beat me!" Mabel said.
"It is an effect card. It automatically destroys one card on the field", Mokuba explained. Mabel looked at the card.
"I guess I have to send Judge Man to the graveyard", Mabel said. She was about to take the card when the door opened. Mokuba saw it was Seto. He had an ice pack on his head.
"What's wrong big brother?" Mokuba asked. His concern overcame his bitterness.
"I got a headache", Seto answered. "Listen, Mokuba, I need to ask you to do something. Please don't come to my room. I need to work on my project. It is due this Friday and I can't have any interruptions".
Since when did his brother consider him an interruption? Mokuba let down his head. "I understand".
"Good. Now that is settled, I am going back to work", Seto said. He then left the room.
Mokuba pounded his fists on the bed. "I have had enough! What's so wrong with me that he does not want to spend time with me? Is his work so important that he would neglect his own brother? I wish that he realized that I have feelings too!" He then cried. This lasted for a few minutes then he calmed down. It was then that Mabel reappeared.
"He really hurt you this time did he?" Mabel asked.
"Yeah", Mokuba answered. Mabel got off the bed and went to the door.
"Where are you going?" Mokuba asked her.
"I am going to talk to your brother" Mabel answered. "I think I may be able to put some sense in him". She then lowered her voice. "Or else I'll take other measures".
"He told me that he did not want me in his room", Mokuba told her.
"You're not going to his room. I am not going to assume your identity. As your playmate I will talk to him as your spokesperson", Mabel answered.
"He may not believe you", Mokuba said.
"It does not matter. You want me to talk to him. I am fulfilling that. Besides I rather do it now than wait when he is too absorbed in his work. What do you think?" Mabel told him.
"You have a point. You can go. He got a headache so be careful", Mokuba said. Mabel nodded and closed the door.
"Don't worry Mo-ku-ba. It won't last long", Mabel said as she went into the hallway. She then searched for Seto's room.
Seto Kaiba was having a bad day.
With one hand on the ice pack and the other one typing away, Seto was at work. The thought of Mokuba was far from his mind. After all, he told Mokuba about his situation and his brother understood. Of course he noticed that his brother was not happy about it. Seto had already planned a vacation for both of them so that did not matter. He knew that Friday was only a few days away and that the project must go smmothly. In his mind then his work came first.
The door then suddenly opened. Seto saw it was Mokuba, or at least he thought it was Mokuba.
"We need to talk", 'Mokuba' said, putting 'his' hands on 'his' hips.
"Mokuba I old you not to come here", Seto said.
"We need to talk", 'Mokuba' said. Then 'he' added, "And I am not moving until we do!"
Seto let out a low grunt. "This better be important", he muttered. "Very well. What do you want?"
"What is more important? Your work or your brother?" 'Mokuba' asked.
"What kind of question is that? I know that my work seem to be occupying much of my time but I can't waste a single minute", Seto said. "May you please leave? You told me that you'd not interfere".
"I am not Mo-ku-ba", 'Mokuba' said. 'His' red eyes glared at him.
"What-what are you then?" Seto asked.
"I am Mabel his playmate. I saw how upset and angry you made Mo-ku-ba and I am here to speak to you until you agree to spend time with him", Mabel said with a little bitterness.
Seto could not believe it. "I must be overworking or maybe it's the pain medication or stress", he said to himself. "I can't be going out of my mind". He then spoke to her. "Listen I don't care what you are. I need to get things done. Not that I actually believe that you are Mokuba's imaginary playmate you know".
Mabel waved her arms up and down. "Do I look imaginary to you? I know what I can do. I'll make you into a doll. Then Mo-ku-ba and I can play with you for a week. Then you'll see I am real". And before Seto could respond, Mabel had snapped her fingers. The CEO had just turned into a small stuffed Seto doll. Mabel picked it up, squeezed it and smiled.
"You look cute as a doll do you know that?" Mabel said as she petted the Seto doll's brown hair. "I am going to have fun with you. Now I shall go back to your little brother". The Seto doll did not respond. This did not bother Mabel as she returned to Mokuba's room.
"I am back Mo-ku-ba!" Mabel announced. "You do not have to worry about your brother. I have settled things for you".
"Thank you so much. I know I could count on you", Mokuba said, very happy. Then he saw the Seto doll in her arms. "B-Big brother?"
"He didn't believe I was real so I made him into a doll", Mabel explained. "Plus he didn't want to talk to me about you. Maybe this would teach him a lesson". Mabel went up on the bed and put the brown-haired doll on it. "He can watch us play the rest of this game. What do you think Mo-ku-ba?" Mabel did not get a response. "Mo-ku-ba?"
Mokuba was stunned and a little frightened. "You-You turned my brother into a doll? How-How could you do that? Change him back!"
"Firsy we play with him. Then he can be changed him back. I'll not hurt him. I just want him to know I am real. Plus it's easier to play with someone when he or she is a doll. Do you agree?" Mabel told him. "What's wrong?"
"You changed my brother into a doll and you expect me to be okay? I want you to change him back!" Mokuba ordered.
"So he can ignore you and be there for you only when it is suitable for him? What makes you think he'll change?" Mabel pounded the questions at him. Mokuba looked at the Seto doll in sorrow.
"At least he would not be a doll", Mokuba answered. "I am serious about changing him back. So do it", he commanded.
Mabel's eyes glared at him. "I am your playmate, not your dog".
"But my brother has a company to run. You can't expect a doll to run a company", Mokuba said. "And he has school. You don't expect him to go to school as a doll do you?"
"Why are you so concerned about your brother all of a sudden? I thought you didn't care about him", Mabel said as she cocked an eyebrow.
"I didn't want him to be turned into a doll!" Mokuba protested.
Mabel rolled her eyes. "I wish you humans could make up your minds! You don't want him, and then you want him. I didn't kill him. We can play with him and he won't talk back. What more do you want?"
Mokuba didn't know what to say. "I-I didn't think you would turn him into a doll. Please change him back for me".
Mabel thought for a second, and then her face brightened. "I know what to do! I'll change you into a doll so you can be with your brother and I can play with both of you together!" And before Mokuba could reply, Mabel snapped her fingers. Mokuba was now a doll like Seto, just smaller.
Mabel felt happy. "Well that solves that problem. Now I can play with them together. Too bad Mokuba didn't have any friends. I like to play with them as well". She then put the Mokuba doll next to the Seto doll. "You can watch me play the rest of this game, is that okay?" There was no response. "I wish you guys could talk". Still there was no response. Mabel shrugged. She then went to play the rest of the card game.
It was the next morning. Mabel was still playing with the dolls when there was a knock on the door. Curious, Mabel went out of the bed and opened the door.
A little bald man with glasses in a suit was there. He smiled at 'him'. "Ah Master Mokuba, I see that you are well. You didn't come for breakfast. Neither did your brother. Master Seto. Do you want any breakfast?"
Mabel looked at the man. This man must be a servant, she thought. "Um no. But do you have any chocolate ice cream?" She asked, trying to look as cute as possible. The question took the man by surprise.
"I don't think you should have ice cream when you haven't had your breakfast. I don't think your brother, Master Seto, would like that at all", the servant said. Mabel put her hands on her hips.
"Who is the master and who is the servant?" Mabel asked him.
"Of course you are-"
"Good. Now get me a bowl of chocolate ice cream and a cup of tea please", Mabel said. She closed the door. Then she opened it again. "Oh yeah. After you give me the ice cream and tea, I do not need you anymore. You can leave". Mabel then closed the door for good.
Some time later, a limousine parked in front of the Kaiba mansion. Men in black suits with guns came out.
In the meantime, in the bedroom, Mabel licked the bowl and spoon. "That was good! I love ice cream! It is the best food ever! And this tea is not bad either!" She sipped from the cup. "I am going to find the kitchen. Maybe there are more treats". Mabel put the bowl, spoon and cup on the silver tray. She looked at her dolls. "I am going to find the kitchen. I will not be long". She then left the bedroom. The Mokuba doll fell sideways at the Seto doll.
Mabel went through the mansion in search of the kitchen. At the same time the armed men entered the mansion and moved through the mansion. Mabel suddenly heard heavy footsteps. Thinking the sound might be from a servant, she went toward the sound, only to stop at the corner. She saw that there were men with guns. She had seen enough TV shows and played enough video games to know what a real gun look like and what it can do. She put the tray on the floor and kept herself out of sight.
"You see any of the Kaibas around?" one of the men asked.
"Nah. Let's split up and search for them. Then we'll bring them down" another man told the rest. They all grinned maliciously.
"They want to hurt my dolls! I got to protect them!" Mabel said to herself. She then went into the view of the men.
"Hey that's Mokuba!" one of the men yelled. The leader, the man with trimmed yellow hair, grinned sweetly at the boy or at least he thought.
"Why hello there Mokuba!" one of the men yelled. "Where is your brother?"
"Seto is not here", Mabel said. "Why are you here?"
"We want to 'talk' to him but you will be just fine", the man said. He then pointed his gun at her. "Now come with us so we can have a little 'chat'''.
Mabel was no fool. She knew that the men were up to no good. She had to use her powers or the men are going to hurt her dolls. And then she will have no dolls to play with.
"You're a very bad man! All of you are very bad! I am going to turn all of you into jigsaw puzzles and your guns into toy guns!" Mabel declared. The men looked confused but Mabel snapped her fingers before they could do anything else. The men turned into jigsaw puzzles right on the floor. The guns turned into small toy guns and plopped on the floor. "Time for my two toy chests to appear!" She snapped her fingers twice. Two toy chests appeared. "I shall play with the bad men later". She then gathered all the jigsaw pieces she could and put them in the red toy chest. She did this until there were no more pieces on the floor. "Now to get rid of the toy guns", Mabel spoke. "Come out my pet!" A gray-haired hand came out of the black toy chest. "Here are the guns. Play with them or get rid of them I don't care". The claw then grabbed the toy guns and brought them down into the toy chest. Mabel snapped her fingers twice and the toy chests disappeared.
She then took a card from one of her pockets. "And to make sure no one else is going to hurt my dolls, I am going to let out a monster to guard this place! Man-Eater Bug!" The effect monster appeared. "Protect this place unless the person wants to play with me or I tell you to do otherwise!" Mabel commanded. "Now that I got that done with, I can get back to the kitchen and get back to playing with my dolls". And that it was what she did.
It was not long, however, before others realized that something happened to Seto and Mokuba.
End of Chapter Two
It took a while to complete this but I finally did it. I hope it wasn't too confusing. Yu-Gi-Oh is the creation of Kazuki Takahashi and 4Kids Productions. You can e-mail me at Melicadar@yahoo.com for any comments. I plan to have a question-and-answer part at the end of the story so you can get your questions ready now. Any appropriate questions please. I apologize for the long wait but I hope you enjoy this chapter. And do not forget to review!
