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It was a good thing Grandpa Mutou was a rather heavy sleeper. He had enough to worry about running the game shop and looking after his grandson when said grandson's parents were frequently absent from home for various reasons. He didn't need to be worrying about why his grandson was standing on the roof in the middle of the night, let alone who was standing with him...

"Ready Partner?" The Spirit of the Puzzle asked. Yugi nodded eagerly. While he had been the one chosen to wear the duel armor during their capsule monster adventure, this would be the first time he would acually experience merging with one of their monsters, instead of being a spectator in the back of his own mind. The monster Yugi had chosen was poweful and fiercely protective, from within the Puzzle the spirit sensed Yugi's wonder and excitement as the armor formed around him, jewel- toned dragonfly wings spreading to catch the late-night breeze. An excuberant cry issued from his throat as they took flight over the city. As he settled into his soul room for the ride, the Puzzle Spirit briefly wondered why his partner had not chosen Dark Magician for this excursion...

They were approaching one of the quieter, more exclusive neighborhoods at the edge of the city. Yugi saw a certain house he an Jonouchi had visited on one memorable occasion.  There was a light on in an upstairs window. A mischievious voice in his head suggested paying a little visit, just for fun...

"Yugi? Isn't that Kaiba's house? YUGI WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? " His partners laughter was his only answer, except, it wasn't just Yugi laughing. "Alright that's it, I'm taking contro-!" The spirit cursed as he found himself blocked from leaving his soulroom. Too late he remembered why they didn't summon this particular monster very often. He was difficult to summon, and just as difficult to control...
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It was quiet at the Kaiba mansion. Mokuba and most of the staff were in bed, and Kaiba was finishing up some last minute work before retiring. The tapping noise that had been irritating him for the last five minutes he finally realized was coming from his bedroom window. He pulled open the drapes and found...

Yugi. Dressed as a duel monster. With wings. Standing outside his SECOND STORY WINDOW.  Grinning and waving.

As he fell backwards in a dead faint, Kaiba prayed he'd awaken with no memory of this nightmare. He really didn't want to ask Pegasus why he felt it necessary to create a monster that was a fusion of Mutou Yugi and the Magician Of Black Chaos.

Happy birthday Dragon! XD

Dear drivers in my neighborhood,

Yes, I know you hate waiting in that left turn for the light to change. And that parking lot is so handy to race through to get around that light. But, you know what? Some of us have another use for that handy parking lot, some of us put on our signal and turn in that lane because that is the lot we park in when we are HOME IN OUR COMPLEX!!Please think about that the next time you swerve into the oncoming traffic lanes to get to your shortcut.

Sincerely,

The lady whose car is in the shop for a week and is driving a rental that looks like a hippopotomous.

Also, my neighbor is back in the hospital and younger kid missed a whole week of school with various ailments.

One bit of good news, firstborn qualified for the first bowling tournament of the season

He was about to shut down the computer when the solution appeared, right before his eyes.

Yugi had been spending a great deal of time online searching for the perfect holiday gifts for each of their friends. He had succeded in finding gifts for everyone, with one exception, Honda.

It was not the first time the Spirit of the Puzzle had taken control of the body only to find that his partner had nodded off in front of the computer monitor. Poor Yugi had been wearing himself out trying to come up a suitable gift for Honda, (One that could be obtained without lying about his age.) and the Spirit had on several occasions found himself having to turn off the computer and get Yugi to bed.

Whyat brought his attention to the online ad was the dog. He knew Honda had a dog, it was the reason he had not been gifted with one of the minions of Apep. (The foul demons Yugi insisted were only harmless kittens.) While the spirit had no memory or experience of dogs, He had heard Honda speak fondly of his dog, and the lady in the ad seemed very sincere about the benifits the training program had bestowed on her dog. He reached for a pen to take down the telephone number to place an order...


                                                                     555-5555-DOG...

Happy birthday Myaibou!

"Man I can't find Yugi anywhere!"
"Too late now, they're about to start. watch carefully when she turns on her dueldis-THERE, you see?"
"Damn! This is NOT good!"

To make matters worse, she played a defensive style that dragged the duel out to almost an hour before she had the win. Jonouchi and Honda could see she was barely staying on her feet. One more duel like this and she'd end up in the ER or worse.

Finally the duel ended and the crowd thinned out enough for them to catch up with her, just in time to catch her as her knees buckled.

"Whoa! Easy lady, we got ya! Honda, the first aid station's around the corner, lets get over there."

Fortunatly, they were able to convince the nurse on duty that their "friend" just had a touch of heat exhaustion. Some water and an ice pack revived her enough for her to be aware of her surroundings.

"Thank's so much guys. Must have been hotter then I realized. Never got this worn out with tabletop dueling."

"That explains it. You don't duel like you're new at this." Jonouchi said. "This is just the first time using a duel disk?"

"Yeah, some of my friends pitched in to get it for me for my birthday."

"Got some great friends. Um, do you feel up to going outside a sec? There's something you should know about these disks. Now, watch what happens when I press this button." The holo-emitters shot out and landed at opposite ends of the street. "See, if you set those up when you start the duel, they create holographic images of the cards. That way, you won't have to wear yourself out summoning REAL monsters..."

Happy B-Day Lunnaei!

My main computer was hijacked by an evil virus, so I'm on my little notebook for awhile. Did get my newest fic "Farewell" posted, but this screen is a might small for working on the rest of my planned fic's. Will still be commenting and I do believe there are some B-Day fics due soon MWAA HA HA!...

This couldn't be happening! Ryou thought frantically. This just COULDN'T be happening!!!

The Doctor was due to arrive any moment, and that dreadful thing had gone missing! And for once, the Spirit of the Ring was not responsible. On the contrary, said spirit was quite agreeable about having the Doctor take charge of the thing. Ryou still blamed the Spirit though since it was the Spirit who had brought the real thief into their home!

Ryou dashed into the bedroom, ignoring the elegant white cat that was sneaking tomatoe slices out of his forgotten salad. He dropped to his knees and peered under the bed. Sure enough, he spied the telltale lump in the box spring. Akefia, their cream colored, feline sneak thief had fled to his burrow with his latest treasure.

"Give it back you miserable bligh-OW!!!" Ryou hastily pulled his hand back.

"Landlord-"
 
"Not now!"  Ryou snapped, sucking on his scratched fingers.

"LANDLORD-"

"Oh just SHUT UP will you-" Ryou found himself thrust out of control of his body before he could finish telling his tenant were to go and what to do when he got there. He sat fuming in his soul room as the Ring Spirit deftly reached into the box spring and retrieved a lead figurine painted in the image of a darkly handsome, bearded gentleman in an elegant black suit.

"Is THIS what you were looking for, Landlord?  Good, now I'll just answer that annoying doorbell, I do believe the Doctor is here."

"WHAT?! wait, let me-!"
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"Oh no Doctor, I'm VERY sure Landlord said nothing about restoring your fellow timelord to his original condition. The agreement was that his soul be returned to you, nothing more. And I wouldn't advise going to Yugi for help, his 'other 'self will be less than sympathetic i'm sure, given all the damage the Master has done! Of course, we could play a game for it if you like..."

This is actually a sequel to a crossover I still haven't written! Happy birthday, Not Hathor! :)

The pain has lessened quite a bit, but leg is still very stiff. I finally was able to walk the younger kids to the bus stop with the aid of a walking stick from the hiking store. Tuesday morning I have an appointment with the orthopedic specialist to find out how long it will be before I can return to work.

Last night, a friend drove us over to younger kids school so I could attend her goal setting conferance. It was the first time I was out of the house since getting out of the ER last week. The kids bless them, all asked how I was feeling, when I would be back and promised they were being good at lunch and recess. :D

After we got home I recieved a recorded message from the school principal announcing that the president's education speech will be shown to the kids Friday morning, and reminding parents to call or send a note if they don't want their kids to see it! Now, let me make it very clear, while I'm glad the school will show the speech, I am DISGUSTED AND APPALLED that our school district (and many others) caved into extremists and out an out MORONS instead of showing it live!!!! One woman in another district, (Who I was horrified to learn had been a school board member!) was on the news advising parents to keep their kids home the day of the speech and tell the schools the kids had swine flu?!?! People, I don't care what your political beliefs are, like it or not, Obama WAS elected President of the United States! And as President he is entitled to respect! Advising kids to do well in school is socialistic indoctrination?!? NO! IT IS NOT! Kindly do not make my kids pawns to your idiotic agendas!

Yes I am being blunt and probably tackless. Hopefully I won't lose friends over this. But this is my journal and I am sick of this nonsense!

Just a quick note to let everyone know I may not be as active as usual on the computer for a while. yesterday i took a bad fall at work and tore some ligaments in my left leg. I'm at home with a walker, and my laptop, but will just sleep and veg in front of the TV for a while.  I'll check e-mails and stuff in a day or two.

take care folks. O:

Had a cool B-day weekend, thanks to Dragon and Lunnaei for the shout outs and fireworks and cupcakes and Kitt Chaos for the adorable and hysterically funny b-day fic! (Shall we title it "Reaper" Madness? Bad pun, BAD PANDA!)

Hubby and kids took Mommy to the ren faire to celebrate on Saturday. Had a great time even if it WAS freezing cold! Got a hand woven shawl to wrap myself in for warmth, the sleeves of my gown are long but made of lace and offer no protection from the wind. Also found books with such interesting titles as;"Phantom Felines and Other Ghostly Animals, and "People Who Don't Know They're Dead". (Have I mentioned I'm a fan of ghost stories?) The kids got mugged by goats at the petting zoo, scaled the castle rock walls, and younger kid got her hair braided by an elf.

Sunday was catch up day for doing laundry and getting groceries. Weather today is sunny but unseasonably cool. Parking lot will be resurficed on Wenesday, gotta figure out were to put the cars...

"Unfinished Business" is now complete. Thanks once again to Dragon, and to Lucid for the help with A.E. astronomy.

Will take a little rest and decide what to work on next. Either "Atonement" or "Farewell". Both will be one-shots, no doubt to the relief of all...

He was exhausted yes, but it was a GOOD exhaustion. He had been delighted when Yugi had asked him to watch the twins so that Yugi and Anzu could go on that special anniversary getaway. Atem had taken the boys to the water park for the day, then finished up with dinner at a popular pizzaria and a movie. The twins had been well mannered and appreciative, and Atem had to wonder why their parents had such a hard time finding babysitters...

He had put the twins to bed and was just stepping out of a nice hot shower, when he heard frightened cries of "Uncle Atem! Uncle Atem!
"
Hastily wrapping a towel around himself, he burst out of the bathroom to find the twins sobbing in the hallway. Gentle questioning revealed that the boys had been awakened by a strange noise and had then seen a stranger peering into the window!

Leaping into full protective mode, he told them to stay in his bedroom while he went to deal with the prowler. Not stopping to dress, he went outside and circled the house, planning a number of unpleasant shadow games for when he caught the intruder...

After two trips around the house, he had to conclude that the miscreant had fled. He was about to step through the front door, when he realized it was locked. Strange, he was SURE he had left it unlocked...

"Boys, it's ok , you can open the door now. Boys it's me, OPEN THE DOOR!"

It was right then that Atem found himself illuminated in the headlights of  the police cruiser that had pulled into his driveway, lights flashing. The officers were droning on about how they had recieved a call about a half-naked prowler peering into windows at this address...

But Atem hardly heard them. His attention was fixed on his upstairs bedroom window and the two little grinning faces looking down at him.

It was then that Atem, pharaoh and former King of Games, realized he had just been played... BY EXPERTS!

Comcast, I did not ask for comcast lite. I DO NOT WANT comcast lite!!! You say this is so I can get my e-mail and skip the stuff I don't need, well now I CAN'T get my e-mail! And where do you people get off deciding what I do or don't need?!?! Give people a chance to decide if they want something or not!!!

Edit: well now my e-mail is back and the "lite" is gone. Let's hope it stays that way, hey comcast, just so you kmow, I LIKE to check out the news and other features!!

YuGiOh! Enter the Calvin Realm! By Kitt Chaos, id: 5307801 at ff.net.

If you've ever gotten a laugh reading the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, if you work in some gigantic corporate office, if you are a parent or interact with small children, even if none of the above apply, you must read this! Saying more will trigger about a million spoiler warnings, so just read and brighten your day! ~_^

In other news, have survived younger kids b-day sleepover bash and only ten more days to go before both kids are back at school... Too tired to cheer...

It was his own damn fault. The former Ring Spirit was fully aware of that. What had been said in a fit a temper had goaded his landlord to do the unthinkable. And now he was going to pay for it.

He did not fidget. The ability to remain still and silent when necessary had kept him alive on numerous occasions in both his first and second lives, so he held himself in check while a swarm of doddering old fools poked and prodded and rambled on about "inside legs" and similar nonsense.

A few feet away, the priest was undergoing the same ordeal. Unlike the thief however, he endured the attentions of the tailors with the ease of one long accustomed to personal attendants.

The Spirit did not want to think about how good the "tuxedo" looked on him, because then he would have to think about WHY he would be wearing the "tuxedo"! 

"She's not good enough for him!"

The priest raised an enquiring eyebrow.

"I'm the one who protected him all these years! I kept him safe from Zork, I even took on the attack of Osiris to save him! What can SHE give him that I can't?!"

The priest smirked and opened his mouth-

"DON'T ANSWER THAT!"

The priest shrugged, earning himself a small tongue lashing from one of the tailors. "You could decline the position." He said.

" I'll do no such thing. If Landlord is determined to go through with this foolishness, I'll have to stand with him. His ass of a father could not be bothered to even reply to the invitation, so Landlord won't have any family-"

"He has family, Bakura." 
 
"What?"

"You are as a brother to him, that is why he chose you to be his "Best Man". And his children will call you 'Uncle'.

The Spirit pondered the priest's words for several long moments.

"She's still not good enough for him..."

Michael the incredible traveling beta fish went on his final voyage some time during the night. He was with us nearly three years and had many adventures, beginning with serving as a table decoration at my cousins wedding. He traveled with us from New York to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indianna on his way to our home in Illinois. He dined with us at several resturants and retired to the china cabinet after the cat tried to go fishing. He will be missed by all of us, the kids are devastated...

Kaiba needed Yugi. His presence at the Kaibaland Grand Opening was absoulutly essential, and no excuses would be accepted. Not DOMA, not rare hunters, and certainly NOT "Americanus ursus". Bears did not interest him, he wanted Yugi.

Ignoring the frantic protests of Isono and his pilot, Kaiba followed Mokuba's directions straight to the picnic table where mama bear and two baby bears were enjoying several hastily abandoned lunches. Mama bear rose up on her haunches and growled a challenge. A duel disk activated and Blue Eyes White Dragon issued her own challenge. Mama bear and cubs retreated in search of more welcoming picnic groves.

With the vanquishing of the latest impediment to his aims and objectives accomplished, Kaiba continued on to a grove of pine trees. He helped his little brother down from the first tree, made sure  Mokuba was alright, then strode over to the next tree.

He REALLY wished he had more time to savor the moment.  Never again would he catch his biggest rival in such a humiliating position, glaring impotantly, spikey hair festooned with pine needles.Alas, there was still a great deal to be done before the grand opening, so he settled for snapping a few pics with his cell phone camera, while Yugi cursed him out with great gusto and imagination.

After taking a moment to radio the pilot  to prepare for takeoff, Kaiba delivered a short, sweet, victory speech:

"Yugi? Listen very carefully because I'm only going to say this once. If you and your friends are not out of these trees and on board my helicoptor in two minutes, you can forget about a free ride home!"

Happy birthday, Technicolornina!

...."THATS THE WAY UH HUH UH HUH I LIKE IT !!! UH UH...."

The head of hotel security could hear the problem as soon as the elevator doors opened in front of the VIP suite.
Young Mr. Mutou and his friends were Mr Kaiba's personal guests, and after the dramatic conclusion of the KC Grand Prix tournament, it was understandable that they would want to celebrate, but the hotel did have OTHER guests whose feelings had to be considered!

It took several HARD knocks on the door and the music changing from KC and the Sunshine Band to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" before he got any sort of response. Long enough for him to notice just how COLD it was in the corridor! And ther lights seemed dim and hazy. Maintenance would have to be notified... The door finally opened.

As head of security he had seen some strange sights, yet he couldn't help taking a giant step backwards when the door was opened by a ...Duel Monster. The Celtic Guardian to be exact.

OKAAAY, so it would not be the first time a costume party was held at the hotel but damn, this guys getup was very convincing, especially the pointed ears and the cats eye contact lenses! The security head was far more concerned with the sword the fellow was waving around, especially since the guys other hand was wrapped around an open can of beer. And judging by the way the guy was swaying from side to side, it DEFINATLY was not the first beer of the night!

"Just great! Underage drinking and weapons! Mr. Kaiba will have to be notified. I'll have to  get some back up in here..."

"SIR! I'm going to have to ask you to turn that music down RIGHT NOW!! We've had several complaints from other guests!"

The music cut out suddenly. The security head tried to peer into the room, but could make out little except for several sets of eyes peering out from a strange purple and black mist. Then, the elf dude nodded, growled something unintellegeable and shut the door. Repeated poundings on the door elicted no further response.

He stormed back down to the front desk, appraising the check in staff of the need to call Mr. Kaiba. and request police assistance.

That was when he learned that the Mutou party had checked out at 11:00am that morning to catch their flight home, and the VIP suite was currently unoccupied...

Happy early B-Day astraybucanneer!

I've been doing a bit of research on stars and constellations known to the ancient egyptians, and need to know if any of the following would be visible in the night skies over Domino. ( I'm actually thinking from the blimp during Battle City, and locating Domino on the south-east coast of Japan.) The ones I have in mind are:

Sirius the Dogstar ( Called Sopdu or Sopdet in AE )

Orion (Sah, the Fleet-Footed, Long-Strider)

Ursa Major ( Great Bear or Big Dipper, called Meskhetiu)

Also,Cygnus, Cassiopeia and the polar stars, especially if any one can tell me what the ancient egyptians called them.

Thanks  muchly!

The past was over and done with. He'd helped of course, but only to discharge the debt he had incurred. Plus, the man was STILL his rival and there were scores to be settled on the dueling field. Beyond that, his gaze was fixed firmly on the future.
Atem accepted that, even if he didn't entirely approve. He mostly let Kaiba alone, his time taken up with finding a place for himself in the modern world.
The thiefs return didn't concern him aside from the fact that Kaiba would have to make him pay for snatching Mokuba and dragging them into that Egyptian nonsense, but since the good people of U.N.I.T were keeping the former Ring Spirit busy with work that indulged his talents for theft and mayhem, Kaiba was willing to wait untill his vengence was VERY cold.
In short, he was quite willing to live and let the formerly dead do the same. unfortunatly,one of them was totally unwilling to return the favor.
If Atem HAD to bring a monster back from the dead with him, why the hell couldn't it have been Kuriboh?! Kaiba had thought it bad enough that the aggravating spellcaster had Mokuba buying into that "cousin"nonsense, until that soul freezing moment when he overheard his traitorous little brother inviting the freak to move in with them! It was only when the offer was politely declined that the put upon C.E.O learned he would forever be in debt to one Sarah Jane Smith. But the Smith woman was proving no help at all when it came to keeping the "Magic Man" out of his corporate offices!  Adding insult to injury was the fact that the pest was constantly being mistaken for him! 
Of course Mokuba thought he overreacting, "He's just curious Seto! And he is our cousin!"
"He's Priest Seto's cousin "
"It's the same thing!"
"Mokuba..."
"And anyway, he's going back to England tomorrow. He's lecturing at Cambridge-"
"I pity Cambridge-"
"so I've invited him over for dinner."
'You...did...WHAT?!?"
"And we're driving him to the airport tomorrow"
"Why can't he take a hotel shuttle? Or go back to the Shadow Realm and leave me in peace?"
"Because he's staying over tonight."
"Mo...ku...baaa....!"
"He's family Seto." The doorbell rang. "There he is!" His evil little brother ran off to answer it.
MOKUBAAAAA!!!!!!!!