Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Joey's Little Red Eyes ❯ The Birthday Girl is Here! ( Chapter 7 )

Ah, there was some mix up as to if Marik was the hikari or the yami. Well Marik is the hikari people! Yami Marik will not be appearing in this fic because I wouldn't know what to do with him. And a quick note, I call Yami Marik, Ishtar. ^_^ Ok! Another chapter for all you lovely people!

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Jou finally made it to the Kame shop and took a deep breath, a little tired from the walk over, it was 2 miles away, and he was trying to save as much money as he could, he still had rent to pay, so no bus fair for him. And the roar Seto gave, he would have been uncomfortable bringing them on the bus now.

He entered the shop and edged way into the living room, passed the making out session in the front part of the shop and into the living room with the others. He was still sweat dropping when he entered the living room

"Can't you give them a room or somethin'?" Jou asked, pointing his thumb at Marik and Bakura in the other room. "It's a bit disturbing"

"We tried" Yami said, he was leaning against the back of the couch "We just got shoes thrown at us"

"I was wondering where all my shoes went..." Ryou said thoughtfully as he was sitting in an armchair, petting Snowbell, who was out of her cage now

Jou shook his head sadly and set Usagi's carrier on the ground

`Clear the way!' Blanky announced with a yip as she scooted out of the way of the front of the carrier, the other animals did the same. Jou opened said carrier and a ball of lilac fur ran out

`FREEDOM!!!' Usagi yelled as the bolted out of the cage and ran head first into the living room chair leg, knocking her out. Everyone sweat dropped, even the animals

"You have one crazy rabbit, Jou" said Tristan and Jou sighed

"I know" he said "It's sad sometimes"

Silver hopped over to his KO'd friend and shook his head. `Same ol' Usagi' he said and knew the only way to wake her up `Hey, looks like Duke and Tristan are snuggling on the sofa...' he said and the lilac bunny was suddenly on her paws, looking for the fluff scene

`Where's the HonTogi momentay!?' she yelled and hopped around the silver rabbit hyperly. The other animals were getting tired of this. She was always hyper when she had carrots

`Stop running around or you'll have to be shut back up in the carrier!' Bast suddenly yelled and Usagi sobered up fairly quickly, hiding behind Blanky

`I'm calm!' the bunny announced `The cage is not needed!'

`Now the gang is all here' Blanky said with a grin and couldn't help but give to rabbit behind her a good slobbery lick, which looked like a cow had licked the bunny with hair gel. The lilac bunny blinked at how weird her fur felt now

`I think I need Jou to take that new wire brush to my fur when I get home' Usagi said and hurriedly rubbed her paws over her head and face to straighten out her lilac fur some. `Oh!' Usagi suddenly said, forgetting her fur for the moment, which gave her forehead a Mohawk `Jou found a lizard'

`I am NOT a lizard you STUPID rodent!' the growl came from the back pack the blonde still had on his back.

"Hey Jou, I think you're backpack just growled" Tristan pointed out. He and Duke weren't really snuggling on the sofa (-_- Sadly, I have to remind myself that this is a Seto/Jou fic) Tristan just had his arm around Duke's shoulders and they sat on the couch.

Joey blinked a moment before taking off said backpack with the little red eyes in it and opening it "Man, I wanted to surprise you guys" he said and pulled out Seto from the bag. Everyone blinked at the dragon

"So..." Duke said "You got a Red Eyes Black Dragon plushie?"

`I am NOT a plushie!' Seto thought angrily and opened his mouth to hiss at them making everyone jump back

"Whoa!" Yugi said and peeked out from behind the couch "Did that thing just hiss"

"Yeah" Joey said and he held the dragon to his chest. Seto growled at him for that, but didn't make any moves to struggle away. "He's a bit hot headed sometimes"

"Wait a minute" Tristan said "That thing can't be real. Are you sure it isn't some sort of robot?"

"Course I'm sure!" Jou said a little angrily "I doubt a robot can eat a half pound of bacon like this guy did" Seto couldn't help but flush a little

`I wasn't kidding when I said I was hungry' the dragon turned teen said. Yami curiously walked over to Jou and looked at the dragon with a searching look. Seto looked back with a loathing look. He never liked the spirit of the millennium puzzle, for always beating him at duel monsters and helping when he neither wanted nor needed it. Yami noticed the cold stare he was receiving and backed away from the dragon so that he wasn't in Seto's personal space. The tension did lighten a little, but only a fraction because Seto seriously did not like the former pharaoh.

Yami could tell it was a real dragon, but could also feel that it was NOT from the shadow realm. There was also a magical aura all around the red eyes

"This is no robot" the spirit said "This is a real red eyes black dragon"

"Wow, really?" Yugi asked and cautiously peeked out from behind his yami, the dragon also seemed to not like him, so he played it safe from behind his other half "But it looks like a young one"

"Dragons do start out as babies too, aibou" Yami said "I'd say this one is only a few years old, around 15 or so. They age very slowly" Yami looked from the dragon to Jou "Where did you find him?"

"I found him in my kitchen yesterday" the blonde explained "He was chasen Usagi and he ran me over"

"He won't eat any of the pets, will he?" Ryou asked, nervously looking at the dragon. He thought Seto was very fierce looking

"I don't think so" the blonde said "He hasn't eaten Usagi yet"

`Yes but the question is, has he tried?' Scales said

`What if he did?' Usagi asked

`Then you must have pissed him off' Bast said `and it isn't hard for you to piss off outsiders'

`Baaast' Snowbell said and pressed her ears to her head with her paws `Please be nicer with your words'

`What?' the Siamese asked a smirk appearing `Am I pissing you off?'

`Bast!' the white bunny whined

`You should be used to it by now, you live with Bakura' Bast said

`But that doesn't mean I pick up his bad habits, I'm always with my owner' Snowbell said and pouted

"I thought I'd bring him here `cause you'd know more `bout dragons than anyone else without having to give him to some research place" the blonde said to Yami. The spirit nodded and looked at Seto closely once again

"Yes, well it may have to wait until after the party though" Yami said "Tea should be here any minute" Seto growled at Yami again for being in his personal space

`Get out of my face Yami' He growled and surprisingly, he did, and Yami looked a little surprised as well

"What is it Yami?" Yugi asked and Yami shook his head to clear it before smiling at his aibou

"Nothing Yugi" he said and Marik and Bakura finally came in the room be cause they were done getting their make out session out of the way since they didn't see each other everyday like the others did

"What's all the ruckus about?" asked Marik and he spotted the dragon. His eyes widened and his jaw dropped "It that a real duel monster?"

"Yep" Jou said grinning "I found him yesterday"

"But why is a Red Eyes in this world?" Bakura asked and the blonde shrugged

"I dun know" he said "I never thought bout that" Seto rolled his new red eyes

`Of course he wouldn't' he thought `He is the mutt after all'

There was suddenly a loud car honk from the back door and everyone momentarily forgot about the dragon. Yugi jumped up and threw his arms in the air

"That's the signal!" the short teen exclaimed "Shut off the lights and hide!" and he dived behind the couch with Ryou. Jou (With Seto), Marik and Bakura also took hiding places behind the couch. Duke and Tristan hid behind a couch while Yami shut off the lights and took his place behind another arm chair.

Seto finally decided he'd been held enough by the blonde and wiggled out of his arms. He then heard the undeniable yell of a certain lilac rabbit

`Ahhhhh!!! I'm blind!'

Seto sweat dropped and followed the sound to the side of the room

`They shut off the lights bird brain' Scales said in an annoyed tone

`Oh... Well I knew that'

`Sure you did, Usagi, sure you did'

The back door opened and a familiar short haired brunet and long haired blonde walked in the dark room.

"It's so dark" Tea commented

"So flip on the lights" Mai said and Tea let her hand flip the switch up and everyone jumped up and yelled

"SURPRISE!!!"

Tea jumped back in surprise but smiled

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEA!!!"

"Oh wow" the brunet said "You guys did this all for me?"

"Yep!" Yugi said and held up his own present for her "Happy 16th Birthday, Tea" Tea ignored the present and hugged her friend

"Oh thank you Yugi!" she squealed and Yugi blushed deeply from the hug (Awwwww.... *Grins* Come on, I can just picture that, besides I'd hug the first person after a surprise too)

Seto snorted as the small mush scene `Oh brother' he said and finally saw the animals, but had to sweat drop again at Usagi

`I'M CURED!!!'

`Somebody shut her up!' Scales said, ready to sink his fangs into rabbit flesh

`I'm calm!' Usagi said from her hiding place behind Silver `Don't hurt the bunny!'

`She's even more pathetic with her animal friends I see' Seto commented and all attention turned to him. Usagi put on a goofy grin and hopped over to the red eyes black dragon and began to run around him

`It's Lizard Boy!' She announced and Seto growled at her

`God damn it, I'm not a lizard!' the dragon said and tripped the bunny with his tail, making the bunny tumble onto her back

`Ow...' she whined `That wasn't nice!' Silver hoped over to the other rabbit and rolled her back onto her feet

`Calm down hyper doe' he said `No more carrots today' Usagi pouted

`Ah buck...' she said, Seto rolled his eyes again and looked back to the birthday group. Most of them were talking to Tea, wishing a happy birthday, but Mai had pulled Jou off to the side

"Hey Mai" Joey greeted in his usual friendly way "I didn't know you were coming. When did you get in town?"

"Well Yugi called me and said it was Tea's birthday" the other blonde said with a wink and a very sweet smile "I thought I'd come over and see everyone, you especially" Jou rubbed the back of his head with a nervous smile and a little blush

"Oh, well it is nice ta see ya again too" he said. Her smile only faltered a bit at the friendly greeting, only friendly, nothing more, and that always bothered her.

"So can we have some cake now?" Tristan asked and is boy friend nudged him, giving him `the look' "What? I'm hungry!"

"But you didn't have to be so blunt about it" Duke said

"Hey I'm hungry too" Jou said at the mention of food "Bring out the cake!"

`Is it carrot cake?' Usagi asked happily

`No' Silver said `Strawberry actually'

`Even better!' the lilac bunny shouted with a grin `Let's eat!'

Seto rolled his eyes `I guess it's true that pets turn out to act like their owners'

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Whee!!! Let's throw some Mai in here!!! Sooner or later Seto will see he loves Jou! Don't worry, there won't be too much Jou/Mai, You'll see --winks--