Tea's Little Sister ~Mokuba Kaiba~[Book 1]

Forgiveness

A/N: Sorry for the wait, I was fucking grounded! But here's the update finally! 

Meanwhile, after the duel between Yami and Duke, Duke apologized to Yugi, who was back in his normal self, sorrowfully, "Yugi, I'm sorry I accused you of cheating. The better player won today, it was you. You proved you really did beat Pegasus fair and square. Ugh! I was such a creep today! And thanks to those T.V. cameras, the whole world knows it. My store is ruined! No one's gonna wanna play Dungeon Dice Monsters now!" 
"That's not true at all, Duke. Dungeon Dice Monsters has the potential to become a huge hit." Yugi reassured. 
"True, I haven't seen a game this exciting since Duel Monsters. You've got to keep your store open." Solomon chimed in. 
"There's more than enough room for two game stores in town. I've got a feeling once Dungeon Dice Monsters takes off, we'll both have all the customers you can handle." Tea chimed in as well, before Lea nodded her head in agreement. 
"Exactly." She smiled, and Duke began smiling softly. 
"No way! Do you really think so?" 
"Sure! Dice Monsters' great. It's you I don't like." Joey snarked, as he held a die. 
"I'd love to learn how to play Dice Monsters." Tristan chimed in, as he as well held a die. 
"I can teach you." Duke smiled at the guys. 
"Great! Now that Joey's out of the dog house, maybe things get back to normal around here. Which means that I can finally get back to playing Duel Monsters." Yugi smiled. 
"So that's it? How can you let me off so easy, Yugi? I was a total jerk to you and your friends." Duke asked Yugi, confusedly. 
"The game is over now. Let's just leave the fighting on the field, because revenge leaves you with nothing except more bad feelings, Duke, and if you're truly sorry, the best thing to do is be friends." Yugi reassured, before Duke sighed. 
"I am sorry, and you're offering me something better than winning." 
Yugi held out his hand and smiled, "Friendship always is." 
Duke hesitantly held out his hand, then he smiled softly and took Yugi's hand so he can shake it. The others all smiled softly as they watched Yugi and Duke shake hands, even Marcella did as well.
After that, Duke turned to face his sister and said to her sheepishly, "Hey, uh, Marcella, I hope you're not still mad at me. Can you forgive me?" 
Marcella just smiled at him, then she moved over to hug him, which surprised Duke but he smiled and hugged her back. 
"Of course I forgive you, Duke. After all, you and your father did save me in Mexico after my parents were killed." Marcella said, softly.
**Flashback** 
After a 6 year old Marcella saw her parents get shot, she panicked and so she began running away to avoid being seen by the terrorists. She just kept running, and running, and running until she suddenly couldn't run anymore, so she collapsed and thought to herself in Spanish, 'Is this the end? Will I die?' 
But it turned out that she was wrong, because there were two people: One an older man and a boy about her age. Marcella was a bit tense as she looked at them for a moment, because she wasn't sure if she could trust them. 
"We're here to help you." The boy smiled at Marcella, but Marcella was still tense because she didn't exactly understand what he said. She didn't understand English yet. 
The boy noticed, so he translated, "Estamos aquí para ayudarle." 
When the boy translated, Marcella finally calmed down and so she felt that she could trust in him and her father, so she took his hand and squeezed it tightly. 
"¿Come te llamas?" (Translation: What is your name?) Marcella asked the boy. 
The boy smiled and he answered, "Me llamo Duke Devlin. ¿Y usted?" (Translation: My name is Duke Devlin. And yours?) 
Marcella smiled back, and she said, "Marcella Luna." 
**End of flashback** 
"Just, how was it that you could speak my language?" Marcella asked Duke, as she laughed a bit. 
Duke also laughed and he said, "I just knew it." 
Marcella giggled to herself and said, "So glad to have you back, Duke Devlin." 
"It's good to be back, Marcella Luna." Duke smiled back, and when he just said Marcella's full name... Solomon's eyes widened! 
"Did I hear that her name was Marcella Luna?" He suddenly asked, and when he asked that question... It surprised both Duke and Marcella, so she herself got out of Duke's arms and slowly walked towards Solomon. 
"Yeah, that is my name. Marcella Luna." She answered, completely stunned. 
Solomon chuckled lightly and said, "Either I'm going senile or my memory may not serve me as well as it used to, but awhile back I was in Mexico, searching for some old ruins, but one of my friends knew the route to this place was dangerous, so he hired some... violent natured people to guard us. Every step we took, it felt as if guns and drugs were everywhere... Mind you, not all of Mexico is a war zone, but the man I knew... His last name was Luna and his wife had just given birth to a baby girl, who she named Marcella. Do you remember your father's name at all?" 
Marcella nodded and said, "Gabriel." 
"Gabriel! That was him... Why it's been so long, I am sorry to hear he has passed. He told me that one day he wanted me to meet his daughter. Marcella, I know you probably don't know much about your father, but I can tell you he was a brilliant man and he loved you dearly. He wrote me only one letter a year after I had returned stateside... since it is the only thing of him, I'd be more then happy to give it to you... It was about you, after all." Solomon told Marcella, smiling.
"I am afraid his death might have been a tribal thing. As I recall, the people he hired were rivals of a tribe in his village. I imagine that's why he wrote only one letter because he relocated a lot." Solomon added, and Marcella felt herself wanting to cry as Solomon told her the story about her father, but she quickly wiped her tears away and smiled as she faced Solomon. 
"Well, it's very nice to meet you, Solomon Muto." 
"It's very nice to meet you." Solomon smiled back.
"I think I also have some old photos and film of our little adventure, and I actually have the letter with me right now." He told her, as he took out the letter from Gabriel Luna out of his pocket and handed it to Marcella. 
It was read, "Dear Solomon, I know it's been a year, but I want you to know that I am in good health along with my daughter and wife... I hope one day you get to meet her, she's so beautiful and I'm so proud of her. She is only a year old, but I can't wait to walk her down the path to Woman Hood on her Quinceañera. She has her mother's attitude and her father's patience, and I want her to have a bright future. Haha, she has the heart of a Luchador, amigo. But for now, audacious Solomon, not sure if I'll be able to write again, but I had to tell you how Marcella is turning out to be my legacy." 
After Marcella read the letter, she felt tears forming in her eyes, but she quickly wiped them away so nobody could see her cry. 
Solomon chuckled and said, "Your father also had a clever sense of humor." 
Marcella smiled softly when Solomon said that, it had been so long since she had known her father, so she asked, "He did?" 

Solomon chuckled and said, "Oh yes, quite so. I remember when he tried to bring me to this pub, I'm not much of a drinker but a shot or two couldn't have hurt. It was a hot day and he told me the funniest joke I heard at the time: He asked me what the differences were between a Luchador and a Bandido and he and I had asked what and he said the Luchador fights for honor, family, and tradition while the Bandido fights for a tiny taste of a burrito." 
Then Solomon laughed, and it made Marcella giggle. 
"So that's why you have the same sense of humor as Deadpool, huh, Marcella?" Duke smirked at his sister, as he gently nudged her. 
"Spider-Man." Marcella corrected, firmly. Actually, she was like Deadpool more than she was like Spider-Man, she just never wanted to admit that she was like Deadpool. 
It was then that Lea walked over to Marcella, and she smiled at her, "Hey, Marcella." 
"Yeah?" Marcella questioned, curiously. 
"My best friend from my school mentioned that her father actually knew your father, so maybe when she's free I'll have her meet you so she can tell you more about your father." 
Marcella smiled, "Ok, I'd like that." 
Lea smiled back, but her face became serious and she held up her finger as she said firmly, "But look out, because she kicks butt easily." 
Marcella laughed at Lea's warning, then she said, "Ok." 
Lea also laughed, much to the others laughing along with the girls. 
Just then, a beeping sound was heard, and it was coming from Duke's computer. 
"Hey, Duke. Sounds like you've got some new email." Yugi told Duke. 
"Anything good?" Joey asked, as Duke went to his computer to check his email. 
Just then, Duke's face beamed up with pride, "Whoa! Industrial illusions did send a contract after all, and they wanna take the Dungeon Dice Monsters global!" 
Everybody cheered happily at Duke's announcement. 
"Congratulations to you. That's great!" Yugi smiled. 
"Thank you so much, Yugi. I really couldn't have done it without you setting me straight." Duke smiled back. 
"Duke, you invented a great game." 
"But you made me see it was missing something: That a game's not just about mastering the rules, but about getting to know your opponent." 
"Right, it's not all about rules and having to win, it's about having fun and meeting and making new friends." 
'Because you never know where you're gonna find them, or once you've met them. How close you're going to become.' Yugi added, as he thought to himself.
After taking a moment to be happy, Marcella walked over to Lea and she smiled while telling her, "Always remember, Lea. Love is a beautiful thing. When you find it, the whole world tastes like daffodil daydream." 
Lea blushed at what Marcella was telling her, because since she was in love with Mokuba... The whole world was actually tasting like daffodil daydream. 
"So you gotta hold on to love..." Marcella added, as she held up her pinky, which Lea repeated as she and Marcella both hooked their pinkies on to each other's. 
"Tight!" Marcella quickly added, as she squeezed Lea's pinky with her pinky too tight, making her wince. 
"And never let go." Marcella finished, before she moved her pinky away from Lea's and winked at her. Lea blushed at the thought of never letting her love for Mokuba go, because if she really was in love with Mokuba... It's what she had to do, never let her love for him go. 

A/N: For those who don't know: A Luchador is a Mexican wrestler, a Bandido is a Mexican bandit, and a Quinceañera is a birthday party for Mexican women who turn 15.