Chapter Five: Day Before the Party

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A/N: WHOA! I have over four hundred hits! In two days! Thanks all! No, this is not a RebeccaXJoey, she's like eight years old and he's 16. She only kissed him because he was under the mistletoe. Oh no, I only have four days left! –panics- I'm going to be posting the chapters left and right. Okay, on with the fic.

Joey's feet crunched in the snow as he walked home. The snow fell onto his hoodie and presents as he walked home. Niobe stuck her tongue out to tickle the back of Joey's neck and caught a snowflake. She chirped in surprise as she hid her face. Joey laughed. "Yeah, snow is cold," he said and petted her head. He felt the dragon shudder and sigh as if it felt she relaxed. He laughed and felt a warm breath under his ear. "Hey, stop that. It tickles," he said with a laugh.

Niobe chirped before turning her head and hissing at a rival dragon. The dragon hissed back and puffed out its chest to make itself look big. Niobe hissed and breathed smoke in its direction and shot a tiny flame out of her mouth. The dragon glared and flew off. "You bully," Joey said after the dragon. He continued to walk his way to his home and turned a corner, only to run into a tall blonde female. Her dragon pushed its head out of her hair and hissed a complaint.

The woman brushed the snow out of her hair and looked up to see who ran into her. "Watch where you're go…ing. Joey?" she said, her violet eyes widening.

Joey nodded. "How've you been Mai?" he asked as his dragon was trying to climb back in her spot. Niobe fell off of Joey's shoulder and she was livid. That was her spot and she had to move because some human ran into her human.

Mai Valentine smiled and wrapped her arms around Joey's neck, scaring both of the dragons and surprising Joey. Niobe snorted her complaint as she landed on Joey's snow covered head. "Oh Joey, it's been a long time since we've seen each other last. I'm doing great, have a new shopping buddy but I'm fine. And you?" she said releasing him.

Joey looked at Mai's dragon and saw that it was the only dragon she had in her deck, Harpie's Pet Dragon. "Never felt better," he said as he felt Niobe climb into her spot. "Oh, Mai this is Niobe. Niobe, this is Mai Valentine and…"

"Crystal," Mai said and the Harpie Dragon rattled its chain. "See? I had to name her and the best names where either Diamond or Crystal and then I realized that with how many people name their dogs Diamond, I wanted to name her something else so this is Crystal. I even bought her a tiny crystal for her chain. Isn't it cute?" she asked and Crystal beamed with pride.

Joey nodded. "Hey, did you hear about Duke's party?" he asked her with a grin.

Mai nodded. "Oh yeah, I'm definitely going but first I want to go shopping with Tea. Do you know where she is?" the blonde duelist asked her friend. Joey had told her where she could find their friend. After waving goodbye, the two blondes had separated.

Joey continues his way home and listened to his dragon snore peacefully. It's been a long day for this little dragon and it was going to get longer. Poor Niobe, she was worn out. Her tiny little body couldn't keep up with all the bustle he had put her through. He figured why not let her sleep. After all, he wasn't going to be doing anything tonight except wrap his sister's and mother's gifts. After searching his pockets for his keys, he opened up the door and went to the kitchen after switching out his shoes for his torn up bedroom slippers.

He opened up the fridge door and reached in for a coke. He heard Niobe chirp as soon as she saw the milk. "Milk? Can dragons even have milk? Well, if you want it, you can have some," he said pulling out the gallon of milk out and set it on the counter. He checked the date but just to be sure, he smelled the milk, in case it was bad. He didn't trust the date the store had put on it. Nope, it smelled fresh. He reached into his cabinet and pulled out a bowl for Niobe. He poured a little in it and put the milk back in the fridge. Niobe chirped again and Joey set off for his room.

He opened up his room and set his coke and bowl of milk on the desk. He shut the door after making sure that his father was asleep. Niobe made a cute noise to him and flew to the bowl, drinking the milk. He picked up his coke and drank some. "Guess that you like milk. Niobe, don't drink it to fast or you'll get a stomachache," he warned his dragon.

Joey had finished his coke and laid on his bed, thinking about the day. It wasn't even four in the after noon. Maybe he could go see Duke. Without warning, Niobe landed on his chest and curled up. "Well now that I know what you drink, what do you eat?" Niobe didn't answer. She had closed her ruby eyes and snored softly, every once in a while making a small chirp and move her clawed arm. Joey pet his dragon softly and the chirping stopped. "You are so cute, you know that?" he asked her and scooped her off of his chest and set her on his pillow. He stood up and grabbed his PS2 and turned down the volume so he wouldn't disturb her. He turned his game on and played a racing game.

Niobe perked her head up after he crashed. She sluggishly crawled to his shoulder against his bed and climbed on. Before she even got comfortable on his shoulder, she fell into his lap. Joey laughed and picked up his dragon. "Okay, note to self, milk is sleeping medicine for dragons," he joked as he set Niobe on his bed with her head on his shoulder. She opened one eye and purred before going back to sleep.

A/N: Okay, I'm sorry that I didn't include Duke's party in here. That would've seemed rushed. Anyways, hoped that you liked. Please review!