Chapter Three: Explanation
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, or the names. I found them in movies or books.
A/N: Of course I'm going to add Seto; he was one of the main reasons for doing this fic. Thank you for reviewing. Here are some cookies while you all read. Enjoy.
Joey finally made it to the Kame Turtle Game Shop and opened up the shop's door. "Hello Joey," he heard a deep voice say. There at the counter was Solomon Muto, Yugi's grandfather.
"Hey gramps. How's business?" Joey asked. Solomon Muto was the very one who taught Joey how to duel. Even though he ran his own game shop, he had time for Yugi and his friends.
Solomon laughed. "It's going well, nothing new but the little dragon following Yugi around. That boy seems to be busy with Duel Monsters all the time it seems. If I still had my dragon card, I'm sure that it'll come to life as well," he said remembering his Blue Eyes White Dragon he used to own before Seto Kaiba ripped it up.
Joey patted the old man on the back as he was passing by to go upstairs to the house. "I'm sure that you'll get a dragon, if not you can always borrow Yugi's," he said and raced up the stairs. He opened up the door and walked through. Yugi's living room was huge and inside was everyone with a dragon. Joey took off his shoes and replaced them with bedroom slippers. "Hey guys!"
Tea Gardner turned her head and looked at her blonde haired friend. "Hey Joey," she said happily and a Petite Dragon flew next to her head. The cute, limbless dragon closed its blue green eyes and made noise that sounded like a chirp and a growl mixed.
Joey sat next to Tea and was greeted by his friends Tristan Taylor and Yugi. "Joey, you told me that you know how these dragons came along, how?" Yugi asked as his Curse of Dragon tickled his ear with its wing. The yellow dragon flew from Yugi's shoulder down to his lap before resting its head on his knee.
Joey sighed and took off his hoodie. A small roar was heard. "Oops, I'm sorry, I forgot that you were in there Red Eyes," he apologized and pulled out that said dragon. Red Eyes growled and climbed to his shoulder and curled around his neck. "Okay, I was in my room last night and trying to come up with a way to defeat Kaiba and I stop at my Red Eyes. I set the card down and made a wish on a star. I wake up this morning and here it was, my Red Eyes Black Dragon, just smaller than I expected. In my wish though, I said everyone's favorite dragon monster though so I guess that's why everyone has one," he said looking from his dragon, to Tea's, to Yugi's then to Tristan, who had a Spirit Ryu. "Tristan, I didn't know that you were a duelist," he said.
Tristan hit Joey over the head, earning a glare from Red Eyes. "I already told you this Joey, in Duelist Kingdom. I haven't dueled anyone, I'm a collector really," he said and pet his dragon.
Tea looked at her dragon and pet its head. "So, what's their gender?" she asked.
Yugi shrugged. "I guess that we have to ask them in order to find out or find them a name they like to see if they are male or female," he said.
Tristan looked at his dragon. "Well I like the guessing the name idea. That'll work better. Let's see, uh…" he thought.
Joey looked at his dragon. "Niobe?" he asked it. Red Eyes looked up and nuzzled his cheek. "Is that a yes?" Another nuzzle. "Then you are a girl," he said, petting the dragon's head. Niobe made a purring noise and fell off of his shoulder. He laughed and picked up his very relaxed dragon.
Tea picked hers up and looked it straight in the eye. "Um…oh goodness, who knew that this was so hard. Uh…" she looked around the room.
Tristan looked at his dragon after much thinking. "Karyu!" The dragon in his hand lightly bit his thumb and made a purring noise. "I'll take that as a yes, huh boy?" Karyu made the noise again.
Tea looked at the Spirit Ryu then back at Tristan. "Doesn't that mean Spirit Dragon?"
Tristan nodded. "Yup but I like it and so does he so that's not a problem, is it?"
Tea shook her head. "No Tristan, it's not. Let's see, I want to call you Wyrda? Is that okay?" The Petite Dragon on her shoulder chirped and nodded.
Joey looked at his friend. "What's that mean?"
Tea looked happily at her friends and smiled. "It means 'fate' besides, I think that it's a pretty name," she said with a giggle.
Yugi looked at his dragon and watched as it flew around the room. "Well, this is all new. Neo!" he said suddenly, scaring his friends and their dragons. "I can call you Neo," he said catching his dragon as it came flying towards him. The dragon muzzled itself in Yugi's hands as Yugi spoke. "I remember watching a movie and the main character's name was Neo so why not name my Curse of Dragon Neo?"
Joey held up his hand. "You're not hearing any complaints out of me Yug," he said as he pet Niobe. "Oh jeez, how are we going to take care of these during school?" he asked quickly.
Tea looked up in remembering the school rules. "We can't have pets in school so I think that we have to keep them at home," she said as she pet her dragon.
Tristan stood up and stretched. "I don't know about you guys but I've got to get home. Besides, I have to get my family's Christmas presents. See you guys later," he said and he and his dragon Karyu went out.
Tea played with her dragon's wings before her cell phone rang. "Hello? Oh yeah, I'm so sorry. I forgot. I'll be there in ten minutes," she said as Yugi watched Wyrda fly around her head. "Hey guys, I'm sorry but I have to get to work. I forgot that my shift had changed. I'll catch you two later," she said and waved bye.
Joey and Yugi sat around talking for an hour while their dragons mock fought and wrestled. Yugi's grandfather came upstairs after a while and told Joey that he and Yugi were going out. "If you want Joey, you can come with us. We're going to the mall," Yugi invited.
Joey shook his head. "Nah, besides, I have to go get my sister and mother their presents. I'll call you later," he told his best friend and Niobe climbed onto his shoulder. He slipped his hoodie back on and Niobe nestled herself in between the warm fabric and his neck, breathing smoke rings in pure happiness. Exchanging the slippers for shoes, he walked out of the door and crunched through the snow.
Little kids pressed their faces to glasses of the toyshops, card shops and pet stores as they windowed shop for Christmas. Joey grinned before bumping into a certain raven-haired kid. "Sorry, I was watching where I was going," the kid apologized.
"It's fine Mokuba. So, I got one question, where's your dragon?" he asked the preteen Kaiba. Mokuba grinned and showed his Seiryu.
"This is Kiba. He's Seto's but he's always been my favorite dragon. Knowing you, you have Red Eyes Black Dragon, right?" he asked as Kiba flew into his hair.
Niobe popped her head out of Joey's pocket and chirped. "Yeah, this is Niobe. Niobe this is Mokuba and his dragon Kiba. Where's your brother?" he asked Mokuba.
Mokuba pointed to the tallest building in Domino City. "He's at work again but this time he's brought someone new, he's Blue Eyes White Dragon. He woke up this morning and went into my room asking if I did this. Do you know how it happened?" the preteen asked.
Joey grinned and started to walk down the street. "Yeah, I did it. I made a wish and it came true but I wanted everyone's favorite dragon monster to come to life. I guess that it was as Tea says, a Christmas miracle," he said proudly. Niobe nuzzled his neck, tickling the back of his neck at the same time.
Mokuba grinned as Kiba flew from his hair to in front of him and did a flip in the air. Niobe snorted and climbed out of the warm hoodie and started doing aerial maneuvers, trying to prove to Kiba that she was better. "She's gets as jealous as you do, right?" he asked with a giggle. Niobe seemed to have gotten Kiba ticked off and the two of them went nuts trying to out do each other.
Joey grit his teeth and remembered that it was the older Kaiba he was suppose to hate, not Mokuba. "Yeah, I guess that's true but she's still cool to me," he said and caught his tiny dragon. "Calm down Niobe, I don't want you sick. Where you heading Mokuba?"
"I'm going home. It's boring home so I came here and hopefully I'll find something to do at my house until Seto gets home," Mokuba said as Kiba landed on his head. "I'll see you around Joey. Merry Christmas!" he shouted as he ran off towards Kaiba mansion.
"Same to you too!" Joey cried back and walked in the direction of a corner store.
A/N: Well, there's chapter three. Three chapters in one night. I'm working hard this season. Well, please review and I'll get more in by the morning. See ya!