Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh! but if I did, I would shoot anyone who would dare try to hook up with my Seto Kaiba.....waaaahhh! I'm in love with a cartoon! It's just not fair.
Ahem...so anywayz thanx for your reviews!!!!! Sorry if the other chapter wasn't focused on Tea. Shalanelle plays a pretty big role in this story.....however Tea is the star. MMMm...I'm eatin' pecan praline ice cream at midnight...yumm!...hehe...on with the story. This has some humor in it. So far it's Marik and Tea.
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The next morning.
Tea groggily woke up. As she changed into the outfit S gave her, she could hear shouts of pain and anguish outside her door.
"What the hell?" she muttered as she stumbled to open the door. "Huh?" she said as she looked out the door. "Where's the sound comin' from?" She followed the noise to the courtyard.
There in the courtyard stood Shalanelle. Around her were her friends, groaning.
"Owwww," whimpered Joey. "That hurts!" he said clutching his shoulder.
Next to him was a battered Ryou. "Mommy---" Ryou moaned. Tea smiled to herself. 'That's Shalanelle for you!' she said to herself. Next to Ryou was the infamous Kaiba. His normally sneering face was gone, in its place was a shocked expression. He was flat on his back, clutching his...ahem..jewels.
"I told you to block my kick," said Shalanelle, very amused. "ggghhhh..." was the only sound that could be heard from the multi-millionaire (or billionaire).
A trembling Tristan was standing in front of S. "Okay now," she instructed, "all you have to do is do a feint from the left but then hit me from the right. I'll attack you, pretending I don't know your faking it."
"Ready? Ok, hit me!"
Within seconds Tristan was rolling on the floor, clutching his ribs. "I just told you to feint!" yelled a now annoyed S.
"Shalanelle! You're thinking they're me. They just aren't fast enough," said Tea laughing.
"Well missy, I'll see you try to instruct them," said S peevishly. "Why don't you take Marik, Bakura, and Yugi and train them. I'll train Malik and Yami as well as the others."
"Honestly," she huffed in displeasure, "it's like teaching baboons how to dance!"
Tea looked at Marik who was lounging on the steps. "Okay you," she said pointing to him. "It's your turn."
"Okay now, position yourself like this. I'm going to attack you from the right. Block it like this. Got it? Okay....ready?" With that Tea moved slowly from the right to give Marik a chance to block. 'Hmm,' thought Marik, 'she's being lenient on me. Guess I'll take advantage of that.'
He hooked his leg around hers, tripping her to the floor. But Tea rebounded back by scissor kicking him, so that he fell as well.
However, he fell on top of her. "uggh...get off, you're heavy!" said Tea blushing looking straight into his lavender eyes. 'Whoa, I never realized how deep his eyes are....I could get lost in them. Mental check, make sure to watch out for his eyes,' she said to herself.
Marik blushed a dark red, "S-sorry," he stammered. He tried to get up but one of Tea's legs was still hooked around his. Tea flushed, "hehe, sorry about that."
She quickly flipped him off her, making him fly in to the flower beds next to them. "Aaaah, I'm sorry....I keep on doing that to you."
Marik: x__x 'This is what I get for liking this girl. I'm going to be dead by the time I ask out,' he mumbled to himself.
Bakura watched the show with a grin. 'At this rate I might have a chance with Tea.....gahh! Not again....this is only competition........I am so stupid, why did I say that to Marik yesterday.'
"That's it!" yelled S. "We're takin' a break!" Mai came out, carryin' food.
"How come you didn't want to train?" asked Tea. "Oh please," replied Mai. "And ruin my figures with bruises. You've gotta be kiddin' me," she said rolling her eyes.
Shalanelle was mid way walking toward Mai when she stopped dead in her tracks and said, "Shoot!"
"Gaah!" yelled Joey, "don't shoot me! I promise I'll do better next time...Just don't shoot!"
S: x__x "No, not that. Tea, I forgot to tell you. I've contacted my friends and you're going to meet with the rest of the people on my side today in about.....4 hrs."
"What!" exclaimed Tea.
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Four hours later.
Everyone was walking on a polished marble floor. S led them to a huge oak door. A young man about twenty guarded the door. "Thank you C'rail," S murmured. The man bowed deeply, his long white hair spilling across his shoulder to touch the floor.
"Well," breathed Mai, "if all the spirits look like this, I'm in heaven."
They entered into a huge room that soared above them. Everyone looked in awe and astonishment, even the great Seto Kaiba was surprised. This room exceeded any room he had ever seen. They were on a walkway that ended at a huge chair with a canopy above it. In a file stood guards at attention, on either side of the walkway. Above the walkway sat the spirits, who were solemnly watching the group. Tea raised her eyes upwards, it seemed the endless rows of what looked like mini-platforms with a silver chair filled with the people (spirits) went on forever.
Shalanelle straightened her back. Her usually mischevious face changed into a calm demeanor fit for a Queen. With a negligent gesture, she motioned the others to sit into the empty silver chairs near the canopy. The others nervously sat in the chairs, furtively looking at each other. She waited for a few moments and then started walking to the canopied dais. As she walked her training outfit transformed into a black dress that swept out behind her. A sheer red cloak in a spider design settled over her, hooding her head and face. Her face became paler and her lips darker. Fire rings sparkled on her fingers as power stones were linked on a chain, hooked on her neck. Surrounding her waist winked black and red crystals on a silver chain. As she sat down on the platform, it started to rise and float to the middle of the colossal room. As if that was a signal, the chairs that the gang was in began to rise as well. The chairs rose until they were the same height as Shalanelle. "These are the mortals that I spoke of," S said without looking at the friends.
"Stand up Tea, show them who you are," S said looking at her. Nervously Tea stood up. A murmur rose among the people. A heavyset man stood up, his chair rising. "So, this is the next gifted person. She has the same spirit like Takeena," he said in a bored tone. Tea looked at S and saw a flicker of pain at the mention of Takeena's name.
Tea frowned, things did not seem as good as S had described. S gave a cold smile to the man. "Ah, Raleth, you always did like to challenge me," she said with a mocking sigh.
The man smiled back in return. "Oh but Shalanelle, really, I was just questioning whether this..girl would fail as Takeena did. You do know the risk of training this girl.......Takeena herself killed many of us after she fell under S'naugh's spell."
"Are you challenging my judgement," Shalanelle said softly. "My you are direct....if you put it that way...yes I am," he said, his eyes bleak. He bowed to her mockingly.
Shalanelle swept her gaze across the room. "Who supports this fool's claim?" she said. After a few moments of hesitation, approximately a third of the people raised their hand. S raised an eyebrow. "Who do you challenge," she said to Raleth, her face into a frigid mask. "Why, Tea of course," he replied.
'Wha-what's going on?' thought Tea bewilderingly. S slowly turned to look at the aghast Tea. "Tea," she said quietly. "By the rules that we uphold and since you are a temporary member, you are to be held by those rules. Raleth challenged me and thus can choose anyone that I bring in to be his opponent. I'm sorry Tea, I didn't not expect insubordination."
"Are you saying I have to fight him?" hissed Tea. Shalanelle looked away, "Yes."
Raleth smiled at Tea. "Well girl, as the receiver of the challenge you choose the time of the match." Tea stared at him. She deliberately paused before saying, " Now."
"What!" said S. "Now," repeated Tea. "Of course," Raleth said smiling. "No, Tea, choose a later time, he's dangerous. He knows how to fight and he has magic!" S said glaring at Tea. "At least let me tell you how he fights!"
"Fine, we fight in two hours," said Tea, turning her back to him.
As the group and S walked out of the room that was now arguing, Marik said angrily to Shalanelle, "You know for someone who claims to be trying to help Tea, you seem to be getting her into more trouble."
"Calm down," said Tea, her eyes distant, "it's not her fault. You know S, you might have some traitors in your group."
"Well," said S, "I should cut the snake by the head first, then."
Shalanelle led them to a simple room adorned with a few couches and tables. "Tea," she said turning around to face her, "you haven't fought with anyone who used magic before. He's best in illusion, weak in fire. Obviously he's not good as you in fighting but does know the basics." She handed Tea a couple rings and a necklace. "Wear the outfit I gave you and all the weapons." She winked at Tea, "We're gonna fight dirty."
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Two hours later.
On a floating platform Tea stood, facing Raleth. She was wearing the outfit except with a couple of more weapons and a mini laser. 'Okay remember the rings will help you block the magic and some will reverse it back to him. The necklace will actually activate fire spells,' Tea said, trying to reassure herself. She stared across the dais into Raleth's silver eyes.
A woman in white robes rose up and lifted a hand. A translucent shield surrounded the platform. "We are now protected, we will judge the victor by the first who falls. Complete protection is given, no sound will be heard, we can only watch. You may begin," she said.
Raleth smiled at Tea. "Oh you stupid girl, you fell for my trap. I was going to kill you when you were just a little girl, before the gift in you emerged. But these idiots kept a rather close eye on me. But now....I have the chance."
They started to circle each other. "Oh, and one more thing," he added, "did that bitch Shalanelle ever tell you what happened with Takeena? No? Somehow Takeena got captured when we were supposed to be watching her. The spirits that were guarding her was slaughtered. Everyone thought that S'naugh had killed them.......but you do you know who did?.....Me."
"I knew you were power-hungry but not that ambitious as to betray your own side!" said Tea in disbelief.
"Silly girl!" he laughed. "I was never on her side. I'm a spy for S'naugh, I work for him!"
"And now," he continued, "I will present S'naugh a present. Your head." With that he lifted both of his arms up. A purple glow appeared around his hands. "Good bye girl, may you see Takeena in the afterlife!" The glow spread out and shot toward Tea.
Tea jumped as high as she could, but the glow went up after her. 'Damn,' she thought. She activated the fire spell around her neck. Black flames streamed from the stone and disintegrated his spell.
'Hmmm, it seems that Shalanelle gave her a couple of presents,' he thought. 'But no one can surpass me in illusions!'
Suddenly there were mirror images of him everywhere. "Can you tell where I am?" he taunted. One of the figures behind Tea, raised their hand and shot a spell at her. She jumped to the side but heard him say, "I'm over here." She turned around and a black bolt hit her in the face.
One of the rings glowed and white light appeared around her. The bolt bounced off, and returned to the figure who shot it. "Uggh," Raleth said, as he deflected the bolt. "She has a mirror force ring."
"What's the matter," Tea taunted back. "Can't beat a little girl?" She focused and centered everything on her hearing. 'Aha, I can hear his heartbeat and smell the sweat,' she thought. She edges slowly to the left. Suddenly everything was black. "But you can't attack me if you can't see me," he replied.
"But I can smell you!" she said as she pushed off with her right, her left foot extended. Her foot smashed into his stomach. Quickly she threw her dagger at his chest, but it bounced right off. "Sorry girl, but you aren't the only who is protected," he said. "You've done extraordinarily well against me, but this is where the playtime ends. Shalanelle didn't know that I also am very good at mind control spells, thanks to S'naugh!"
A whirl of wind lifted him upwards as he clasped his hands as if in prayer, in front of him. He opened his eyes, and they glowed red. A black ball of light appeared in front of him. 'Just like the one Takeena was touched by!' Tea thought frantically. 'I gotta stop the spell...but how?'
She reached into her pocket and drew out the laser. 'Maybe he's vulnerable to attacks if he's making a spell, but I gotta hurry, he's almost done!'
She sprang to one side and shot the laser at him. Raleth blocked the beam, losing his spell. Using that moment, she threw two of her triangular daggers at him from both sides. As he raised both of his harm to deflect them, she shot him in the chest.
"What?" he said in amazement as he stared at her. He looked downward at his bleeding chest. Still keeping his gaze locked on her own steady one, he toppled over.
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ok, this chapter is done! I had to stop because then I would make the chapter too long.
hope u liked it,.......i know it's different from most stories....review!