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Chapter 2- Plans and Warnings

Tea walked over to them and stood behind the two, whose heads were bent low over a table and snickering madly.

She cleared her throat, "Hmmm, and what might you two be doing?" The two boys spun around quicker than lightning.

"N-nothing," Mokuba stuttered trying not to laugh.

"Honestly, Tea, we're just standing here, doing nothing at all. If you're looking for Seto, he's way over there," he pointed to the other side of the room, where a lonely doorway stood. The green-haired boy gave a fake smile.

"Why would I be looking for Kaiba? Whatever, you two just don't go getting into any mischief," she left the table. The boys looked at each other.

"Do you reckon she knows?" Mokuba inquired.

"Of course not. She only just caught us, but not in the act. Also, we have a good reason for putting up mistletoe. It's the Christmas Season!" Noa laughed.

"How ironic that Seto placed his party at this time…." Mokuba thought out loud.

"Yeah, ironic," Noa said sarcastically, "You know just as well as I do that he's looking for an excuse to get…" here, Noa spoke in a whisper that was barely audible, "his girl."

"I'm well aware of that," Mokuba looked over at the girl walking away, "But I'm sure he's got competition."

Noa looked at him suddenly, "Really? Who?"

Mokuba spun back around and stared his brother straight in the eye, "Isn't it obvious? It's the same guy he always has competition with."

"Yugi?"

"Exactly, 'my dear Watson,'" Mokuba laughed.

Noa turned to look at the door, where the Wheelers, Tristan, Duke, Mai, Ishizu, Marik and Yugi entered, "This should be very interesting. Very interesting indeed."

Mokuba was also staring at the party entering, but not at the whole group. There was a certain girl, with long, light brown hair, that caught his eye. Noa looked at his lost brother. He smiled and shook his head. Another brother of his lost in the fantasies of love. He was glad that he hadn't been "alive" long enough to get caught up in that sort of mess.

Then he spoke to Mokuba, "Well, Moke, are you going to help me put up this stuff, or should I leave you and Serenity alone?" He laughed quietly.

Mokuba glared at him indignantly, "Of course I'm helping! What gave you that idea about me and…her?" The poor kid was fuming.

"Oh, nothing. Nothing, except you were staring at her like she was Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty," Noa smiled.

"That is most certainly not true! Now, let's get these hung before more people come in!" He took a pile of mistletoe that they had gathered, without Seto's consent, and went to put the rest of it up.


Joey noticed the tables of food and immediately ran over to them, leaving Serenity brother less for the time being.

"He found the food," Duke muttered, embarrassed at how his friend had just run off.

"Hey! Wait for me, Joey!" Tristan cried out and followed his best friend. Duke sighed a sigh of defeat.

"Well, so, what do we do now?" Serenity piped up. Duke looked up.

He grabbed Serenity's arm and dragged her off to a far corner of the room, "Why don't we go wait over there for Kaiba to officially start this party. We can talk while we wait." Serenity was whisked away with a look of confusion on her face.

Mai closed her eyes in anger, "So much for a group of friends."

"Some of us remain here," Ishizu commented.

"Yeah," Yugi replied, scanning the room, "Is Tea here yet? We ought to find her." Marik also scanned the room.

"There she is!" he exclaimed, pointed to the walking figure.

"I'll go get her," Yugi said as he ran off.

Mai sighed, "This is what I mean. Well, I guess I'd better go get Joey before he gets himself in trouble." The three looked on to see Joey start choking on a chicken bone from a drumstick. Mai growled and stomped off.

"Hmm, now I now what she means by the group breaking up," Marik declared.

"Well, I suppose we ought to mingle, and not look like a bunch of idiots just standing in the doorway," Ishizu replied. A hand grabbed her shoulder. The siblings turned around and gasped.

"Shadi!" Ishizu exclaimed.

"What are you doing here?" Marik inquired, timidly, still a bit shy of his meeting with the guardian years ago.

"Shh, not so loud. We must go somewhere private. There are matters I must discuss with you," Shadi hushed.

"Shouldn't I get Yugi?" Marik asked.

"No, this is something that his ears shouldn't hear yet. Not even the Pharaoh must know, yet," Shadi continued.

"Well, let's go out into the garden then," Ishizu ushered. Together, they slipped, unnoticed, out to the side of the hall.

"What is this all about, Shadi?" Marik inquired out on the grounds.

"I have a feeling that all the Millennium items will be gathered here tonight. Only two are still missing, but I'm sure they will show up," Shadi declared darkly.

"Why is that a problem?" Ishizu asked.

"Because, if something happens to trigger them all at the same time, the world could be taken back 5000 years into the past." Ishizu nodded, as if she had heard it before. Marik slowly inched his hand to his belt buckle and gripped the Millennium Rod. He did not want to venture out of his own time period. He almost wanted nothing to do with Pharaohs and magic anymore. But he was still curious, all the same.

As the three Egyptians walked around the corner of the hall, Bakura emerged from the shadows behind them. The evil Yami Bakura was in control now, and he liked the idea of what he had just heard. As he held up the Millennium Eye, and gazed at his shining Millennium Ring, he yearned to go back to his own time, and change history….


Sorry it's so short. I kinda wrote this, not in chapters the first time, and had to section them up according to ideas. Please review and stay with the story, thanks!