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'Not Really You'
*** So how's the story so far reviewers? It's coming along nicely I believe. Thanks for all the reviews I've been getting from you. I'm glad that most of you like it. Shall we continue with the story then? Okay! See you soon!
Chapter ten: Refusing the truth still
"...Tea wake up... Please wake up..." Tea heard Yami say from a distance.
"Huh? Wha...? Y-y-yami? I-is that you?" Tea said back to him, but in a very weak voice.
She slowly fluttered her eyes open to see Yami right above her.
"Tea, you're awake now. I was starting to think that you were never going to wake up again. I'm so glad that you're back," Yami said to her while gently rubbing her forehead and smiling.
"How long have I been out?" Tea asked as she realized that she was in Anzu's room.
"You were asleep for over a day. We were all wondering if you ever going to get up again. It's scared us all so much."
"Where is everyone else?" she asked.
Yami shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. The others come in here from time to time, but I haven't left your side since I brought you in here."
"That's very sweet of you Yami."
Yami blushed.
"It's no problem. I was just looking out for you."
Tea started to sit up on Anzu's bed, but Yami stopped her.
"No Tea. I don't want you to get up yet. Please, must save your strength. You've been through a lot," Yami reminded her.
She laid back down again, like Yami had asked, and sighed.
"Yeah, I guess I have, but it is good to be out of the Shadow Realm."
"I'm just so glad that you're out of there. I was so scared that I might have lost you back there."
Then Yami wrapped his arms around Tea and hugged her tightly.
Tea gently rubbed his back.
"It's okay Yami. I'm fine now and that's all that matters."
Yami let go of Tea and looked at her gently.
"I know Tea. I'm sorry for doing that, but I was still so worried. I mean, I made a promise to you that you would always be safe with me and then what happens? Bakura sends your mind to the Shadow Realm."
"Yami it's okay. You never meant for any of this to happen. It just did, but now it's over. So please don't worry anymore. Everything is fine now remember? I'm back from the Shadow Realm and I feel okay," she reassured him.
"All right Tea. I get your point. I'll calm down now."
"Thanks," then she looked away from him and turned her attention to the flowers that were in a vase next to Anzu's bed.
"Oh, what beautiful roses. Are they for me?"
"Yes Tea. Yugi and the others picked them out for you from the garden."
She picked up one of the red roses and smelled its sweet fragrance, smiling at it.
Yami stared at Tea with a dazed look on his face while she was looking at the rose that was given to her.
'She's so beautiful...' he thought to himself.
He continued to stare at her until a question popped into his mind.
"Tea, have you ever been to the Shadow Realm before this?"
Tea looked back at him and answered.
"Yes, I have. Quite a few times actually."
"Really?"
"Yeah, and it seems the more I go to the Shadow Realm the darker and more dangerous it gets to be in, but I really don't know how the whole Shadow Realm thing works. Not that would want to know because I like living in realty like most people do."
"Yeah, so I do."
Tea giggled until she realized something.
"Oh, I'm so sorry for being rude Yami. I almost forgot to say thank you for saving me Yami back there. That meant so much to Ryou and I. Hey, speaking of Ryou, where is he?"
"Well, last I heard he was-," Yami was cut off.
"I'm right here Tea," Ryou said when he walked into Anzu's chambers.
Tea's face had brightened to see her friend all right.
"Oh Ryou! You're all right. Thank God! I was starting to wonder if you were okay or not."
"Here I am. Safe and sound."
Tea smiled and said, "That's good."
And then Ryou came over to Tea and gave her a hug.
'Ryou knows? He knows that Tea's not Anzu?' Yami asked in his mind.
"Ryou, you know about Tea? Did she tell you?" he asked him.
"Why yes! Tea told me while we were stuck in Shadow Realm together."
Yami looked to Tea.
"Tea?"
"He was starting to figure it out anyway Yami. I couldn't keep it away from him any longer."
Yami quietly said, "Very well..."
"I believe there's something that you need to explain to me also Yami," she told him a few moments later.
"And what's that?"
"Does Yugi know about me or not?"
"What?"
"Tea had a pretty good guess that Yugi might have known about what's going on and was keeping it secret from her because you asked him to. Though, along the way Yugi has been acting very strange around Tea lately so she thought he might know. So is Tea correct about Yugi?" Ryou explained.
Tea said, "Thank you Ryou," and turned her attention back to Yami.
Yami put his head down slightly.
"Yes, it's true."
"I knew it! Yami! I told you to keep it a secret! How could you do that? I trusted you not to tell anyone about me until I was ready! Why did you do that?"
"I'm sorry Tea, but Yugi's the closest friend that I have and besides, just like Ryou, he was going to figure it out sooner or later. I'm sorry, but I couldn't keep it from him."
Tea looked down as well and said, "I understand Yami. It's all right, but you didn't tell anyone else, right?"
"No! Not at all! I promise that I didn't."
"All right. I believe you."
Just then Yami, Tea, and Ryou heard footsteps coming their way.
"Hey guys! How are things goin'?" Jou asked while he and the others walked into the room.
"Fine now," Tea told him.
"Oh Anzu! You're awake now! I'm so glad!" Shizuka said and rushed over and gave her friend a hug.
"Glad to be back, Anzu?" Honda asked.
Ryou looked at him and said, "Honda, what do you think?"
"Uhhh... Good point Ryou. I know you're glad to be back."
Then everyone laughed.
"It seems like the whole gang is back together again. Just as it should be," Yugi said when everyone stopped laughing.
Tea sadly turned her head away.
"No, it's not," she told him.
"Huh?" Jou and Honda said.
"What are you talking about, Anzu?" Mai asked.
"Guys, I think it's time you all knew something that I've been keeping away from you..." Tea started to say.
'Yami, Tea's going to tell everyone know that she's not Anzu!' Yugi mentally spoke to him.
'Yes, I know,' Yami said back to him.
'Well, aren't you going to stop her or something?' he asked.
'No Yugi. Tea's ready to tell everyone now. We must not interfere with what she wants.'
'All right Yami. If you say so...'
"Guys... I'm not the person you think I am," she continued.
"Come on Anzu. What are you talkin' about? You're not makin' any sense to us," Jou told her.
"I'm not Anzu," she firmly said.
"Oh no! She's going through memory loss again," Honda said.
"No, she's not," Yami told Honda.
"What are you two talking about?"
"Yami's right Honda. This isn't Anzu," Yugi said.
"Yes, she is," Yami corrected him.
"Yami...? What do you mean by that?" Yugi asked.
"Yami, we've been over this. I'm not-," Tea was cut off.
"Tea, please don't deny it anymore. You know the truth from Isis and you can't hide from it."
"Yami's right, Tea. You are Anzu. It's because that you're from the future you don't want to believe your past so that's why you've been denying it. Though, I know now that you are Anzu. You shouldn't disbelieve something so important like this. You shouldn't deny your past," Ryou told her.
"I agree with Ryou on this," Yami agreed.
"Are you telling us that Anzu is from the future?" Mai asked.
"I am. Actually, we all are," Tea said.
"What?!" Ryou, Mai, Jou, Shizuka, and Honda yelled out.
"You never told me that in the Shadow Realm!" Ryou said out loud.
Tea, Yami, and Yugi sweat dropped and Tea said, "Yeah well, ummm.. we kind of are."
"It's a long story Ryou," Tea told him.
Ryou folded his arms and said, "I'm not going anywhere. I've got time."
Shizuka rolled her eyes.
"Okay, okay, okay, so what you were telling us the another day was true? Your name really is Tea and you live in Japan?" Shizuka asked.
"Yes... I'm sorry you guys, but I wasn't ready to tell you all of this until now. I hope you guys can forgive me. Will you?" Tea said sadly.
"Yeah, of course we'll forgive ya Tea. Hey if Yami says she's okay then she's okay with me."
"Me too," Shizuka, Mai, and Honda agreed.
"Thanks you guys. That means so much to me. Thank you," Tea said.
"So this whole time Anzu wasn't really here?" Mai wondered.
"She has been here, it's just after Jou knocked Anzu out she somehow was connected with Tea and when Anzu came back Tea took over," Yami explained as he sat down with Tea, on Anzu's bed, and placed a hand over hers.
"Now how about the rest of us hear the story since the four of you are already completely aware with what's going on?" Mai looked at Yami, Yugi, Tea, and Ryou.
"Okay, so this was the way it started..." Tea began to explain the whole story.
*** "Bye guys! I'll see you in the morning!" Tea waved good-bye to her friends that night.
"See you in the morning! Sleep well!" Yugi, Jou, Mai, Shizuka, Honda, and Ryou said.
Tea walked back to Anzu's room and to find Yami still in there.
"Yami, what you still doing in here?"
"What? Can't I have some alone time with you?"
Tea giggled.
"Now you're starting to sound like Ryou."
Yami walked over to Tea and put his hands on her waist.
"Is that a bad thing, Tea?"
Tea stared at him for a few moments and then her smile had faded away.
Then Tea slowly removed Yami's hands from her waist and walked away from him, and deeper into Anzu's room.
"You never can quit, can you Yami?" she said as she was walking away from him.
Yami could tell that Tea's voice and attitude had greatly changed in just a mere few seconds.
"Tea, what's wrong?"
Tea looked back at him, but she didn't look too happy anymore.
"Yami, you need to remember that I'm still leaving Egypt soon. I'm not going to stay here and I don't want you to stop from going back."
Now Yami's smile immediately faded away.
"I do remember. I haven't forgotten that you're going back to Japan."
"Then why are you making things harder for me?!"
"What do you mean?"
"Yami, you just don't get it, you do? If you- if we- if this gets too much then I think that you might not let me leave Egypt. You wouldn't have the heart to let me leave and then I won't."
"What are you talking about?"
Tea sighed.
"If we do something like fall in love then I know that you wouldn't let me leave and..." Tea couldn't say anymore.
"And what?" Yami asked as he walked up to her.
"I don't know. I just can't love you Yami that's all. It would never work out between us, okay? I've told you this before."
"Why not?"
Tea was starting to get impatient with him.
"Yami, please! Think about it! We live in different times! Plus, we live in different countries and... and it just wouldn't! All right?"
Yami grabbed her arms and stared into her eyes.
"Tea, look at me. This is reality. You ARE here, I love you, and I know that you love me too. You can't hide your feelings from me forever because it will destroy you sooner or later if you keep on denying it. You can't cover up how you feel about me with pointless facts that we live in different time frames or that we live in different countries. You need to listen to your heart Tea! You must listen to your heart! What does your heart tell you?"
Tea closed her eyes.
'I remember back when I first met Yami, when he came into Anzu's room and wrapped his arms around me for the very first the time. I remember the time when Yami first found out that I wasn't Anzu and he comforted me when he saw that I was so scared to be in ancient Egypt. I also remember the first fight had with him, about Ryou, but then our fight turned into being my first kiss with him. Or the time Yami saw me kissing Ryou on the cheek and he looked so sad that I did that. Also I remember back when I saw Yami crying for the first time in the destroyed part of the palace. And I'll never forget when I almost let Yami kiss me later on that day. I've already had so many memories with Yami and maybe I do... No! No! No! This can't be happening! I can't give into this! I can't... be in love... with him. I can't...'
Tea opened her eyes after that.
Tears started to form in her eyes then slid down her cheeks.
She let go from Yami's grip and slowly backed away him, into the shadows.
"Tea, please..." he begged.
"I'm sorry Yami, but I can't do this because I don't think it's right for me. I'm sorry..." then she ran off into the darkness.
*** The chapter must end here reviewers. Can you believe that Tea still won't give in? After everything that's been going on between her and Yami she still doesn't want to love him. I hope she'll get there soon! Though, I also that hope it was good chapter for all of you! Thanx for reading! Please review!
'Not Really You'
*** So how's the story so far reviewers? It's coming along nicely I believe. Thanks for all the reviews I've been getting from you. I'm glad that most of you like it. Shall we continue with the story then? Okay! See you soon!
Chapter ten: Refusing the truth still
"...Tea wake up... Please wake up..." Tea heard Yami say from a distance.
"Huh? Wha...? Y-y-yami? I-is that you?" Tea said back to him, but in a very weak voice.
She slowly fluttered her eyes open to see Yami right above her.
"Tea, you're awake now. I was starting to think that you were never going to wake up again. I'm so glad that you're back," Yami said to her while gently rubbing her forehead and smiling.
"How long have I been out?" Tea asked as she realized that she was in Anzu's room.
"You were asleep for over a day. We were all wondering if you ever going to get up again. It's scared us all so much."
"Where is everyone else?" she asked.
Yami shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. The others come in here from time to time, but I haven't left your side since I brought you in here."
"That's very sweet of you Yami."
Yami blushed.
"It's no problem. I was just looking out for you."
Tea started to sit up on Anzu's bed, but Yami stopped her.
"No Tea. I don't want you to get up yet. Please, must save your strength. You've been through a lot," Yami reminded her.
She laid back down again, like Yami had asked, and sighed.
"Yeah, I guess I have, but it is good to be out of the Shadow Realm."
"I'm just so glad that you're out of there. I was so scared that I might have lost you back there."
Then Yami wrapped his arms around Tea and hugged her tightly.
Tea gently rubbed his back.
"It's okay Yami. I'm fine now and that's all that matters."
Yami let go of Tea and looked at her gently.
"I know Tea. I'm sorry for doing that, but I was still so worried. I mean, I made a promise to you that you would always be safe with me and then what happens? Bakura sends your mind to the Shadow Realm."
"Yami it's okay. You never meant for any of this to happen. It just did, but now it's over. So please don't worry anymore. Everything is fine now remember? I'm back from the Shadow Realm and I feel okay," she reassured him.
"All right Tea. I get your point. I'll calm down now."
"Thanks," then she looked away from him and turned her attention to the flowers that were in a vase next to Anzu's bed.
"Oh, what beautiful roses. Are they for me?"
"Yes Tea. Yugi and the others picked them out for you from the garden."
She picked up one of the red roses and smelled its sweet fragrance, smiling at it.
Yami stared at Tea with a dazed look on his face while she was looking at the rose that was given to her.
'She's so beautiful...' he thought to himself.
He continued to stare at her until a question popped into his mind.
"Tea, have you ever been to the Shadow Realm before this?"
Tea looked back at him and answered.
"Yes, I have. Quite a few times actually."
"Really?"
"Yeah, and it seems the more I go to the Shadow Realm the darker and more dangerous it gets to be in, but I really don't know how the whole Shadow Realm thing works. Not that would want to know because I like living in realty like most people do."
"Yeah, so I do."
Tea giggled until she realized something.
"Oh, I'm so sorry for being rude Yami. I almost forgot to say thank you for saving me Yami back there. That meant so much to Ryou and I. Hey, speaking of Ryou, where is he?"
"Well, last I heard he was-," Yami was cut off.
"I'm right here Tea," Ryou said when he walked into Anzu's chambers.
Tea's face had brightened to see her friend all right.
"Oh Ryou! You're all right. Thank God! I was starting to wonder if you were okay or not."
"Here I am. Safe and sound."
Tea smiled and said, "That's good."
And then Ryou came over to Tea and gave her a hug.
'Ryou knows? He knows that Tea's not Anzu?' Yami asked in his mind.
"Ryou, you know about Tea? Did she tell you?" he asked him.
"Why yes! Tea told me while we were stuck in Shadow Realm together."
Yami looked to Tea.
"Tea?"
"He was starting to figure it out anyway Yami. I couldn't keep it away from him any longer."
Yami quietly said, "Very well..."
"I believe there's something that you need to explain to me also Yami," she told him a few moments later.
"And what's that?"
"Does Yugi know about me or not?"
"What?"
"Tea had a pretty good guess that Yugi might have known about what's going on and was keeping it secret from her because you asked him to. Though, along the way Yugi has been acting very strange around Tea lately so she thought he might know. So is Tea correct about Yugi?" Ryou explained.
Tea said, "Thank you Ryou," and turned her attention back to Yami.
Yami put his head down slightly.
"Yes, it's true."
"I knew it! Yami! I told you to keep it a secret! How could you do that? I trusted you not to tell anyone about me until I was ready! Why did you do that?"
"I'm sorry Tea, but Yugi's the closest friend that I have and besides, just like Ryou, he was going to figure it out sooner or later. I'm sorry, but I couldn't keep it from him."
Tea looked down as well and said, "I understand Yami. It's all right, but you didn't tell anyone else, right?"
"No! Not at all! I promise that I didn't."
"All right. I believe you."
Just then Yami, Tea, and Ryou heard footsteps coming their way.
"Hey guys! How are things goin'?" Jou asked while he and the others walked into the room.
"Fine now," Tea told him.
"Oh Anzu! You're awake now! I'm so glad!" Shizuka said and rushed over and gave her friend a hug.
"Glad to be back, Anzu?" Honda asked.
Ryou looked at him and said, "Honda, what do you think?"
"Uhhh... Good point Ryou. I know you're glad to be back."
Then everyone laughed.
"It seems like the whole gang is back together again. Just as it should be," Yugi said when everyone stopped laughing.
Tea sadly turned her head away.
"No, it's not," she told him.
"Huh?" Jou and Honda said.
"What are you talking about, Anzu?" Mai asked.
"Guys, I think it's time you all knew something that I've been keeping away from you..." Tea started to say.
'Yami, Tea's going to tell everyone know that she's not Anzu!' Yugi mentally spoke to him.
'Yes, I know,' Yami said back to him.
'Well, aren't you going to stop her or something?' he asked.
'No Yugi. Tea's ready to tell everyone now. We must not interfere with what she wants.'
'All right Yami. If you say so...'
"Guys... I'm not the person you think I am," she continued.
"Come on Anzu. What are you talkin' about? You're not makin' any sense to us," Jou told her.
"I'm not Anzu," she firmly said.
"Oh no! She's going through memory loss again," Honda said.
"No, she's not," Yami told Honda.
"What are you two talking about?"
"Yami's right Honda. This isn't Anzu," Yugi said.
"Yes, she is," Yami corrected him.
"Yami...? What do you mean by that?" Yugi asked.
"Yami, we've been over this. I'm not-," Tea was cut off.
"Tea, please don't deny it anymore. You know the truth from Isis and you can't hide from it."
"Yami's right, Tea. You are Anzu. It's because that you're from the future you don't want to believe your past so that's why you've been denying it. Though, I know now that you are Anzu. You shouldn't disbelieve something so important like this. You shouldn't deny your past," Ryou told her.
"I agree with Ryou on this," Yami agreed.
"Are you telling us that Anzu is from the future?" Mai asked.
"I am. Actually, we all are," Tea said.
"What?!" Ryou, Mai, Jou, Shizuka, and Honda yelled out.
"You never told me that in the Shadow Realm!" Ryou said out loud.
Tea, Yami, and Yugi sweat dropped and Tea said, "Yeah well, ummm.. we kind of are."
"It's a long story Ryou," Tea told him.
Ryou folded his arms and said, "I'm not going anywhere. I've got time."
Shizuka rolled her eyes.
"Okay, okay, okay, so what you were telling us the another day was true? Your name really is Tea and you live in Japan?" Shizuka asked.
"Yes... I'm sorry you guys, but I wasn't ready to tell you all of this until now. I hope you guys can forgive me. Will you?" Tea said sadly.
"Yeah, of course we'll forgive ya Tea. Hey if Yami says she's okay then she's okay with me."
"Me too," Shizuka, Mai, and Honda agreed.
"Thanks you guys. That means so much to me. Thank you," Tea said.
"So this whole time Anzu wasn't really here?" Mai wondered.
"She has been here, it's just after Jou knocked Anzu out she somehow was connected with Tea and when Anzu came back Tea took over," Yami explained as he sat down with Tea, on Anzu's bed, and placed a hand over hers.
"Now how about the rest of us hear the story since the four of you are already completely aware with what's going on?" Mai looked at Yami, Yugi, Tea, and Ryou.
"Okay, so this was the way it started..." Tea began to explain the whole story.
*** "Bye guys! I'll see you in the morning!" Tea waved good-bye to her friends that night.
"See you in the morning! Sleep well!" Yugi, Jou, Mai, Shizuka, Honda, and Ryou said.
Tea walked back to Anzu's room and to find Yami still in there.
"Yami, what you still doing in here?"
"What? Can't I have some alone time with you?"
Tea giggled.
"Now you're starting to sound like Ryou."
Yami walked over to Tea and put his hands on her waist.
"Is that a bad thing, Tea?"
Tea stared at him for a few moments and then her smile had faded away.
Then Tea slowly removed Yami's hands from her waist and walked away from him, and deeper into Anzu's room.
"You never can quit, can you Yami?" she said as she was walking away from him.
Yami could tell that Tea's voice and attitude had greatly changed in just a mere few seconds.
"Tea, what's wrong?"
Tea looked back at him, but she didn't look too happy anymore.
"Yami, you need to remember that I'm still leaving Egypt soon. I'm not going to stay here and I don't want you to stop from going back."
Now Yami's smile immediately faded away.
"I do remember. I haven't forgotten that you're going back to Japan."
"Then why are you making things harder for me?!"
"What do you mean?"
"Yami, you just don't get it, you do? If you- if we- if this gets too much then I think that you might not let me leave Egypt. You wouldn't have the heart to let me leave and then I won't."
"What are you talking about?"
Tea sighed.
"If we do something like fall in love then I know that you wouldn't let me leave and..." Tea couldn't say anymore.
"And what?" Yami asked as he walked up to her.
"I don't know. I just can't love you Yami that's all. It would never work out between us, okay? I've told you this before."
"Why not?"
Tea was starting to get impatient with him.
"Yami, please! Think about it! We live in different times! Plus, we live in different countries and... and it just wouldn't! All right?"
Yami grabbed her arms and stared into her eyes.
"Tea, look at me. This is reality. You ARE here, I love you, and I know that you love me too. You can't hide your feelings from me forever because it will destroy you sooner or later if you keep on denying it. You can't cover up how you feel about me with pointless facts that we live in different time frames or that we live in different countries. You need to listen to your heart Tea! You must listen to your heart! What does your heart tell you?"
Tea closed her eyes.
'I remember back when I first met Yami, when he came into Anzu's room and wrapped his arms around me for the very first the time. I remember the time when Yami first found out that I wasn't Anzu and he comforted me when he saw that I was so scared to be in ancient Egypt. I also remember the first fight had with him, about Ryou, but then our fight turned into being my first kiss with him. Or the time Yami saw me kissing Ryou on the cheek and he looked so sad that I did that. Also I remember back when I saw Yami crying for the first time in the destroyed part of the palace. And I'll never forget when I almost let Yami kiss me later on that day. I've already had so many memories with Yami and maybe I do... No! No! No! This can't be happening! I can't give into this! I can't... be in love... with him. I can't...'
Tea opened her eyes after that.
Tears started to form in her eyes then slid down her cheeks.
She let go from Yami's grip and slowly backed away him, into the shadows.
"Tea, please..." he begged.
"I'm sorry Yami, but I can't do this because I don't think it's right for me. I'm sorry..." then she ran off into the darkness.
*** The chapter must end here reviewers. Can you believe that Tea still won't give in? After everything that's been going on between her and Yami she still doesn't want to love him. I hope she'll get there soon! Though, I also that hope it was good chapter for all of you! Thanx for reading! Please review!