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Hushpuppy24: On the last chapter, Seto pays a visit to Téa, who had just awoken from a nightmare. Téa had asked Seto if he could inform Yugi and the others that she was staying over at the Kaiba mansion. Kaiba hesitated as he gave an answer. Téa thanks him again for rescuing her as Seto left her room. Kaiba then drove Mokuba to Domino Elementary and was informed by his younger brother that he had made a new friend. Seto dropped off his little brother at the school and drove to his own. As he parked and got out of the car, he notices Yugi, Joey and Tristan at the front entrance.
Continuing with the story then...
Chapter 4
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"Hey Yug, did Téa go over to the game shop yesterday?" Joey asked.
"No, she didn't." Yugi replied with a saddened face. "I also tried calling her a little after you guys left too. No one picked up."
"Her parents must've been out of town again. But it's unlike Téa to not pick up her phone, unless she wasn't home..." Tristan informed.
"But we left the game shop at like 8:30pm since we helped unpack the new cards, and the library closes at 8pm." Joey said.
With a worried face on Yugi, only two words came out of his mouth. "I know..." Soon, Joey and Tristan thought up of weird reasons why Téa didn't appear at the game shop nor picked up Yugi's call. That made Yugi even more worried than before.
"Maybe she got lost on her way home!" Joey thought out loud.
"This is Téa we're talking about here." Tristan countered Joey's thought as he knocked on Joey's head.
"Or maybe she got so much homework that she stayed overnight at the library!" Joey deducted. "If we don't see her again in the next few days, she might've become...*GASP* One of those mole people!" Tristan looked at Joey as if he's lost his mind. "And then, she'll have a little fort made of books and live off the snacks left by the librarian. And..." Joey continued murmuring to himself as he made great gestures and faces of how Téa might look and act like.
'Too late, he's lost it...' Tristan thought. He stared over at Joey again, just to catch a glimpse of Joey crawling on all fours and acting like a rat. 'Or maybe I just keep forgetting he has no mind to begin with...' Tristan sighed greatly as he saw Kaiba coming towards them.
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Kaiba slowly walked up to Yugi, chuckling inside; at what Joey thinks had happened to Téa and what an idiot he's making himself look like, crawling on his hands and legs like a puppy dog.
Yugi spotted Kaiba approaching them and tried to give Seto his most friendly hello. "Hi Kaiba," as he gave Seto a friendly smile.
"Hello Yugi," Kaiba said, averting his gaze.
Kaiba turned to Joey who was still trapped in his own thoughts. Joey noticed Kaiba staring and quickly got back to his feet. "Heh." Kaiba smirked. "Well puppy dog...looks like you got yourself a new puppy personality."
Joey gave Kaiba a glare. "For your information Kaiba, that was a rat impersonation, and QUIT CALLIN' ME PUPPY DOG!"
Kaiba smirked again and this time, turning to face Yugi. "Yugi..." He stuttered.
"Yes?" Yugi turned to face him.
"I heard you talking about Téa...I know..." Seto began, but was soon interrupted by Joey.
"YOU WERE EAVESDROPPING ON US!" Joey quickly accused Kaiba.
Kaiba just smirked and said, "I don't have to eavesdrop to hear what you guys are saying. You're so loud that the whole school could hear." Joey, not able to think of a comeback, just stayed quiet.
"Kaiba, what were you saying about Téa?" Yugi questioned.
"Uh...it was nothing." Kaiba managed to say at last. Then he walked through the entrance of the school and went straight to class.
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Kaiba spent the rest of the day thinking of what Téa had asked him to do. The image of her saddened face kept appearing in his head. His concentration in class was lower than normal. He nearly forgot to inform the teacher about Téa's condition, but did so before he was dismissed for lunch. At lunch, he sat at a table at the corner as usual and stared blankly out the window. He didn't feel very hungry, so he tossed his lunch away.
Yugi noticed Kaiba staring out the window and turned to Joey. "Hey Joey! Doesn't Kaiba seem more...what's the word?"
"More of a jerk?" Joey answered.
"No. That's not it. Doesn't he seem more distracted today?" Yugi asked.
"Oh well...it's Kaiba! He's always spacin' out!" Joey replied as he bit into his peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"I wonder what he was going to say about Téa this morning." Yugi whispered to himself. 'Come to think of it, where is Téa?' "Hey guys!" Yugi suddenly said. "Any of you seen Téa today?"
"No." Tristan and Joey both replied. Yugi began to worry and his eyes wandered to Kaiba. 'Perhaps Kaiba knows where Téa is...' He thought to himself.
"Hey Yug! Ya there?" Joey waved his hand in front of Yugi's face. Yugi snapped out of his thoughts and nodded, but continued thinking as he bit into his baloney sandwich.
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* Ring * The bell rang for the last period as students packed their bags and left their classrooms. Yugi packed up his things and walked up to Kaiba's desk. Kaiba looked and Yugi and asked, "What do you want?"
"Kaiba...about this morning..." Yugi stammered. "Do you happen to know where Téa is? I'm just asking since you said something about Téa this morning and I thought you'd know where she was...I'm really worried about her..." Yugi looked out the window as he waited patiently for an answer.
"She..." Seto stated but suddenly stopped. Yugi turned to him and looked hopeful. He had every intension of telling Yugi but something made him stop. "I don't know anything..." Seto finally said. Yugi's expression dropped.
"Oh. Well...thanks anyways." Yugi managed to say as he left the classroom.
Kaiba watched as Yugi left. A feeling similar to a lump in his throat developed. 'What is this feeling?' Kaiba felt pain in his throat going down to his heart. 'Could it be...guilt?' He quickly shook it off. 'Guilt is for the weak. Showing signs of compassion is showing weakness.' He grabbed his briefcase and left the building.
He got into his car and started out the parking lot. As he drove out of the school, he saw Yugi's worried face at the school entrance, with Joey and Tristan goofing off, trying to cheer up their small friend. Kaiba drove out of the school parking lot and onto the road. As he drove, thoughts wandered throughout his head. Soon, he arrived home, back to his mansion...
Hushpuppy24: Well there's another chapter for ya...hope you liked it. Tell me what you think~! I know there's a lot more dialog in this chapter than the rest...because there's lots of thoughts in this one^^ hehe~!
Hushpuppy24: On the last chapter, Seto pays a visit to Téa, who had just awoken from a nightmare. Téa had asked Seto if he could inform Yugi and the others that she was staying over at the Kaiba mansion. Kaiba hesitated as he gave an answer. Téa thanks him again for rescuing her as Seto left her room. Kaiba then drove Mokuba to Domino Elementary and was informed by his younger brother that he had made a new friend. Seto dropped off his little brother at the school and drove to his own. As he parked and got out of the car, he notices Yugi, Joey and Tristan at the front entrance.
Continuing with the story then...
Chapter 4
******************
"Hey Yug, did Téa go over to the game shop yesterday?" Joey asked.
"No, she didn't." Yugi replied with a saddened face. "I also tried calling her a little after you guys left too. No one picked up."
"Her parents must've been out of town again. But it's unlike Téa to not pick up her phone, unless she wasn't home..." Tristan informed.
"But we left the game shop at like 8:30pm since we helped unpack the new cards, and the library closes at 8pm." Joey said.
With a worried face on Yugi, only two words came out of his mouth. "I know..." Soon, Joey and Tristan thought up of weird reasons why Téa didn't appear at the game shop nor picked up Yugi's call. That made Yugi even more worried than before.
"Maybe she got lost on her way home!" Joey thought out loud.
"This is Téa we're talking about here." Tristan countered Joey's thought as he knocked on Joey's head.
"Or maybe she got so much homework that she stayed overnight at the library!" Joey deducted. "If we don't see her again in the next few days, she might've become...*GASP* One of those mole people!" Tristan looked at Joey as if he's lost his mind. "And then, she'll have a little fort made of books and live off the snacks left by the librarian. And..." Joey continued murmuring to himself as he made great gestures and faces of how Téa might look and act like.
'Too late, he's lost it...' Tristan thought. He stared over at Joey again, just to catch a glimpse of Joey crawling on all fours and acting like a rat. 'Or maybe I just keep forgetting he has no mind to begin with...' Tristan sighed greatly as he saw Kaiba coming towards them.
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Kaiba slowly walked up to Yugi, chuckling inside; at what Joey thinks had happened to Téa and what an idiot he's making himself look like, crawling on his hands and legs like a puppy dog.
Yugi spotted Kaiba approaching them and tried to give Seto his most friendly hello. "Hi Kaiba," as he gave Seto a friendly smile.
"Hello Yugi," Kaiba said, averting his gaze.
Kaiba turned to Joey who was still trapped in his own thoughts. Joey noticed Kaiba staring and quickly got back to his feet. "Heh." Kaiba smirked. "Well puppy dog...looks like you got yourself a new puppy personality."
Joey gave Kaiba a glare. "For your information Kaiba, that was a rat impersonation, and QUIT CALLIN' ME PUPPY DOG!"
Kaiba smirked again and this time, turning to face Yugi. "Yugi..." He stuttered.
"Yes?" Yugi turned to face him.
"I heard you talking about Téa...I know..." Seto began, but was soon interrupted by Joey.
"YOU WERE EAVESDROPPING ON US!" Joey quickly accused Kaiba.
Kaiba just smirked and said, "I don't have to eavesdrop to hear what you guys are saying. You're so loud that the whole school could hear." Joey, not able to think of a comeback, just stayed quiet.
"Kaiba, what were you saying about Téa?" Yugi questioned.
"Uh...it was nothing." Kaiba managed to say at last. Then he walked through the entrance of the school and went straight to class.
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Kaiba spent the rest of the day thinking of what Téa had asked him to do. The image of her saddened face kept appearing in his head. His concentration in class was lower than normal. He nearly forgot to inform the teacher about Téa's condition, but did so before he was dismissed for lunch. At lunch, he sat at a table at the corner as usual and stared blankly out the window. He didn't feel very hungry, so he tossed his lunch away.
Yugi noticed Kaiba staring out the window and turned to Joey. "Hey Joey! Doesn't Kaiba seem more...what's the word?"
"More of a jerk?" Joey answered.
"No. That's not it. Doesn't he seem more distracted today?" Yugi asked.
"Oh well...it's Kaiba! He's always spacin' out!" Joey replied as he bit into his peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"I wonder what he was going to say about Téa this morning." Yugi whispered to himself. 'Come to think of it, where is Téa?' "Hey guys!" Yugi suddenly said. "Any of you seen Téa today?"
"No." Tristan and Joey both replied. Yugi began to worry and his eyes wandered to Kaiba. 'Perhaps Kaiba knows where Téa is...' He thought to himself.
"Hey Yug! Ya there?" Joey waved his hand in front of Yugi's face. Yugi snapped out of his thoughts and nodded, but continued thinking as he bit into his baloney sandwich.
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* Ring * The bell rang for the last period as students packed their bags and left their classrooms. Yugi packed up his things and walked up to Kaiba's desk. Kaiba looked and Yugi and asked, "What do you want?"
"Kaiba...about this morning..." Yugi stammered. "Do you happen to know where Téa is? I'm just asking since you said something about Téa this morning and I thought you'd know where she was...I'm really worried about her..." Yugi looked out the window as he waited patiently for an answer.
"She..." Seto stated but suddenly stopped. Yugi turned to him and looked hopeful. He had every intension of telling Yugi but something made him stop. "I don't know anything..." Seto finally said. Yugi's expression dropped.
"Oh. Well...thanks anyways." Yugi managed to say as he left the classroom.
Kaiba watched as Yugi left. A feeling similar to a lump in his throat developed. 'What is this feeling?' Kaiba felt pain in his throat going down to his heart. 'Could it be...guilt?' He quickly shook it off. 'Guilt is for the weak. Showing signs of compassion is showing weakness.' He grabbed his briefcase and left the building.
He got into his car and started out the parking lot. As he drove out of the school, he saw Yugi's worried face at the school entrance, with Joey and Tristan goofing off, trying to cheer up their small friend. Kaiba drove out of the school parking lot and onto the road. As he drove, thoughts wandered throughout his head. Soon, he arrived home, back to his mansion...
Hushpuppy24: Well there's another chapter for ya...hope you liked it. Tell me what you think~! I know there's a lot more dialog in this chapter than the rest...because there's lots of thoughts in this one^^ hehe~!