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'Not Really You'
*** Chapter twelve is up! Okay reviewers, who wants to admit that Yugi and Tea have barely even spoken to each other in this story? Come on! Who's going to admit it? Well, whether or not any of us agree to that I thought I would put this chapter in. It should be really sweet, though remember...It's NOT Yugi/Tea (but I must admit I do like that couple). It Yami/Tea all the way in this story! Anyway, thanks for reading. Enjoy the chapter! ^_^
Chapter twelve: A midnight talk with Yugi
Tea ran back to the palace that night. Her heart was racing and she was in a state of shock that she just found out, or rather realized, that she loved Yami.
'I still can't believe that I'm going to be telling Yami that I love him.'
Tea kept on thinking about it while she ran up the marble stairs to the palace.
Tea was about to open the door the palace when something in her mind stopped her. 'Maybe I'm doing this too soon. What if he doesn't want to know that I love him anymore? What would the others thinks if they all found out that I loved Yami and they get all mad because I love him and I from the future? Oh man! Now what am I going to do? I'm getting myself all worked up again! This is not going as I had on planned it to be. Maybe...Maybe I should talk to someone about this...but who? Who could I talk to about all of this besides Yami? Not Mai and Shizuka. They would just make it a whole another girl talk thing again. Not Jou or Honda either. Those two couldn't understand what I'm going through in a million years!'
Tea giggled. 'But what about Ryou...? He has been trying to help me out too. I can't forget about him. He is one of the few people I know that could help me out. Though...I don't know...I've already caused quite a bit of conflict between Ryou and Yami already. Maybe going to Ryou right now would be a bad idea. But then...who do I go to for help on all of this?'
"Yugi! Wake up! I need your help on something!" Tea quietly said to him while knocking on his door. Yugi opened his door with a sleepy look on his face. "What is it Tea? Do you have any idea what time it is? It's late. Can't this wait till morning?" Yugi said with a long yawn afterwards. "No Yugi. I need to talk to you now. It's about Yami," she explained. Yugi yawned again. "Oh...All right Tea. Come on in. Let's talk." Tea squealed happily and gave him a hug. "Oh, thanks Yugi! You're the best!"
Tea walked inside his room and sat on his bed. Then Yugi joined her. "Now what about Yami, Tea?" he asked. "Yugi, I have a problem. I know that this might sound stupid, but I love Yami, but I'm afraid that I might be too late to admit this to him. I mean, over the last couple of days Yami and I have become quite close. We have our moments when we disagree on things, but usually we can talk about anything to each other. We've become really good friends...and for awhile that's all I wanted." "But Yami didn't? He wanted something more than just friendship between you two, am I right?" Yugi asked. "Yes, you are and I thought that that wasn't right. Two people from completely different worlds shouldn't fall in love, but then...it all changed when I saw my memories with him over the time I've been here...and I don't know. I just knew that I loved him after that."
"I see..." "See what?" "Let me ask you this. In the past, have you run off every time you and Yami have been in a fight?" "Mostly..." she said quietly. "And do you do that?" "Because I'm mad. I don't want to be near him when I'm mad at him." "Well, how about now?" Tea looked a little confused and said, "What do you mean Yugi?" "What I mean is that you know that you love Yami now, but are you ready to tell him? Because if you aren't your going to do the same thing all over again. If you admit your feelings to Yami I can guarantee that you will run away again." Tea looked down. "Yeah...I guess you're right..."
Yugi remained quiet for a few moments, then spoke again. "Well Tea, don't you think Yami deserves to know how you feel about him anyway? I mean, it seems Yami's liked you from the start and he still hasn't given up yet. So why are you going to?" Tea eyed him suspiciously. "You've been telepathically speaking to him about this the whole time, right?" Yugi blushed. "That obvious, huh?" Tea laughed. "I thought so. I had a guess that you were all along, but I wasn't sure if I should ask Yami or not." "Are you mad at Yami for doing that?" "No, I'm not. A little disappointed, but can understand why Yami wanted to tell someone about what's been going on between us. It hasn't been an easy thing to deal with. I'll tell you that much." Then Yugi laughed. "Well, if you had one person you could tell everything to about what's going who would it be?"
Tea thought about it for a moment then answered him. "If I had to chose one person about all my secret and thought about being here it would have to be...Ryou." Yugi seemed a little shocked. "Ryou? Why him? I mean, I thought he had kissed you the other day and you weren't exactly thrilled with him that you did that. What happened?" Tea made out a little sigh. "Over the years of my life I learned that you need to forgive your friends in order to keep them sometimes and I didn't want to lose a friend like Ryou because even though he's not from my time he is still however a friend of mine. I want all of you to know that I will never forget you guys when I go back to the future. I promise you that Yugi. You guys will always be in my heart and I was hoping that you guys wouldn't forget me either." Yugi smiled at Tea and then gave her a hug. "I'll never forget you Tea. I will promise you that. I don't know about the others, but I know that I won't." Tea let go of Yugi and smiled him. "Thanks Yugi."
There was a moment of silence between them then Yugi spoke again. "So...what were we talking about again?" Tea laughed. "We were talking about Ryou before we went into a whole other discussion." "Oh yeah...So back to Ryou." "Yes, back to Ryou. Now what I was going to say was that even though Ryou did kiss me, I did earn a lot of trust from him over the time. He always made me feel better when I was unhappy. He would come and talk to me after I was fighting with Yami about something and not to mention that we were both stuck in the Shadow Realm together." "Yes, I'm sure that was a bunch of fun," Yugi said sarcastically. "Yeah it was...but anyway, the only other person I could really talk to about my problems was Ryou."
Yugi nodded. "I see your point. I'm just sorry that you didn't come to me when you were feeling bad." "It's not that I didn't want to, it's just that you were never really around when I was feeling bad. Now unlike Ryou, he always seemed to pop in when I was feeling bad. You know, now that I think of it. I guess I always thought that that was pretty weird. Always having Ryou turn up when I feeling down." Yugi shrugged his shoulders. "I guess so," he blankly answered. "Hmmm..." "Now what are you going to do about Yami, Tea? He can't wait forever. You're going back to future someday and he needs to know before you go."
Then Tea started to look sad. "Not someday Yugi. Soon... I'm leaving soon. Isis told me that. She said that her Millenium Necklace told her that I'm leaving soon." "When you were at the Temple of Ra earlier?" Tea gasped and whipped around to look at him. "How do you know that I went to the Temple of Ra?" "Whoops..." Yugi said quietly. "Did Yami see where I was going and then tell you?" Yugi remained quiet. "Did he?!" she continued to ask, starting to get a little angry. "Yes, but only so that I wouldn't get worried that you weren't in your room." "And why does that matter?" "Because every night I go and check on everyone and see if they're asleep." Tea started to calm down. "You do that every night?" "Yes..." "Oh.. okay. That sounds....interesting." "You think it's stupid, don't you?" "No! Not at all! I actually think that's very sweet Yugi. Always seeing if everyone's okay. That's shows that you're a good friend." Yugi raised his head up to see her. "You really think so?" "Yes. It shows that you care."
Yugi smiled at her, but then it quickly faded. He turned away and put his head down. "Yugi...what's wrong?" "I'm sorry Tea. It's just...every time I see your face I can't help thinking about Anzu." "Well, that's natural Yugi. I mean, I am the future self of Anzu after all. I do need to look like her in order to be her." "No... that's not what I meant..." Tea started to get confused again. "Then what do you mean?" Yugi looked back at Tea, though with a sad face on still. He sighed. "I miss her so much Tea and she really means a lot to me. I care for her a lot." "I'm sure you do miss her Yugi. Believe me, I wasn't exactly thrilled to be here when I found out that was here." "No, it's more than that." "Yugi, what are exactly trying to tell me?" "I don't know if I should tell you this, but I will anyway." Then Yugi made a sigh. "There was a time when I loved Anzu and I loved her more than anything." "You did?" "Yes, I did, but I was too afraid to admit that to her." "What happened?" "She somehow found out that I loved her, but she didn't feel the same way." "Oh...wow. I'm really sorry Yugi. I had no idea." "It's all right Tea. It's over and done with now." "But do you...?" Tea drifted. "Still love her?" Tea nodded. "Yes, I do, but like a sister." "What made you change your mind?" "I don't know. I guess I just got over the feeling or maybe it was fact that Yami had taken an interest in her and I knew that I didn't have a chance anymore." Tea laughed and said, "Oh Yugi! That is not true! Now you're just playing with me." Yugi smiled brightly. "Pretty good, huh?" Tea just had to laugh again.
Yugi stopped laughing and hopped off of his bed. Tea then stopped laughing and asked him, "Yugi? What are you doing?" Yugi walked over to his door and opened it. Then he said, "You know what you need to do Tea. You need to tell Yami the truth." Tea looked away. "...but what if I'm not ready? What if I can't do this?" Yugi walked back over to Tea. "Tea, do you honestly think that I was ready to tell Anzu that I loved her?" "I don't know." "Listen to me Tea. No one is truly ready to let their feelings about someone they care for deeply. You just need to listen to your heart and let your feelings out. That's the only way." "But..." "Tea, the time has come. You can't hide your feelings from Yami any longer. You need to do this and you need to do this now. Because if you don't, your chances of telling Yami the truth could be gone by tomorrow." Tea closed her eyes and slowly nodded in agreement. "You're right Yugi. It's time I face my fear of letting Yami know."
Tea slowly got off of Yugi's bed and slowly walked over to him. "Do you want me to come with you?" he asked. "No. I can do this on my own. Thanks for talking with me Yugi. It meant a lot to me." "Anytime Tea. Now go and tell him truth. I know you can do it." "Thanks..."
*** "Yami, are you in here?" Tea called out, into his room. She searched around for him, but there was no one around.
Then she left for Anzu's room. "Yami? Are you in here at all?" she asked as she walked in. The room was empty. "Where is he? Where could he have gone?" Tea sighed. "He probably went to some hideout place in the palace so he could slump." Then it hit her. 'I know where he is! He went to the old worship place of the gods! That's where he is!' Tea raced through the palace, all the way down the ancient ruins of Yami's hideout. She stopped at the door and stood there. Not doing anything for moments. She took a deep breath and let it out. Then she one more thing to herself before stepping inside. 'Yami...I'm ready to let the truth out...' then she slowly walked in. Finally facing up to fear. Telling Yami that she loves him.
***** Chapter 12 is done and the fear is revealed! Now who knew that Tea's fear was telling Yami that she loves him? I'm sure all of you guys knew what it was from the start, but now it's proven. Of course Tea doesn't know that this was the 'particular' fear she needed to overcome in order to get home. Now I know what some of you are thinking. 'You're going to let Tea tell Yami that she loves him and then have her be driven back to the future.' Well, at the end of the story I'll tell you what I'm going to be doing to make all of that better. So hang in there with me until then. So anyway... We still have a few more chapters to go. So don't worry reviewers. We're not done yet! I hope the chapter was good and thanks again for reading!
Please review!
'Not Really You'
*** Chapter twelve is up! Okay reviewers, who wants to admit that Yugi and Tea have barely even spoken to each other in this story? Come on! Who's going to admit it? Well, whether or not any of us agree to that I thought I would put this chapter in. It should be really sweet, though remember...It's NOT Yugi/Tea (but I must admit I do like that couple). It Yami/Tea all the way in this story! Anyway, thanks for reading. Enjoy the chapter! ^_^
Chapter twelve: A midnight talk with Yugi
Tea ran back to the palace that night. Her heart was racing and she was in a state of shock that she just found out, or rather realized, that she loved Yami.
'I still can't believe that I'm going to be telling Yami that I love him.'
Tea kept on thinking about it while she ran up the marble stairs to the palace.
Tea was about to open the door the palace when something in her mind stopped her. 'Maybe I'm doing this too soon. What if he doesn't want to know that I love him anymore? What would the others thinks if they all found out that I loved Yami and they get all mad because I love him and I from the future? Oh man! Now what am I going to do? I'm getting myself all worked up again! This is not going as I had on planned it to be. Maybe...Maybe I should talk to someone about this...but who? Who could I talk to about all of this besides Yami? Not Mai and Shizuka. They would just make it a whole another girl talk thing again. Not Jou or Honda either. Those two couldn't understand what I'm going through in a million years!'
Tea giggled. 'But what about Ryou...? He has been trying to help me out too. I can't forget about him. He is one of the few people I know that could help me out. Though...I don't know...I've already caused quite a bit of conflict between Ryou and Yami already. Maybe going to Ryou right now would be a bad idea. But then...who do I go to for help on all of this?'
"Yugi! Wake up! I need your help on something!" Tea quietly said to him while knocking on his door. Yugi opened his door with a sleepy look on his face. "What is it Tea? Do you have any idea what time it is? It's late. Can't this wait till morning?" Yugi said with a long yawn afterwards. "No Yugi. I need to talk to you now. It's about Yami," she explained. Yugi yawned again. "Oh...All right Tea. Come on in. Let's talk." Tea squealed happily and gave him a hug. "Oh, thanks Yugi! You're the best!"
Tea walked inside his room and sat on his bed. Then Yugi joined her. "Now what about Yami, Tea?" he asked. "Yugi, I have a problem. I know that this might sound stupid, but I love Yami, but I'm afraid that I might be too late to admit this to him. I mean, over the last couple of days Yami and I have become quite close. We have our moments when we disagree on things, but usually we can talk about anything to each other. We've become really good friends...and for awhile that's all I wanted." "But Yami didn't? He wanted something more than just friendship between you two, am I right?" Yugi asked. "Yes, you are and I thought that that wasn't right. Two people from completely different worlds shouldn't fall in love, but then...it all changed when I saw my memories with him over the time I've been here...and I don't know. I just knew that I loved him after that."
"I see..." "See what?" "Let me ask you this. In the past, have you run off every time you and Yami have been in a fight?" "Mostly..." she said quietly. "And do you do that?" "Because I'm mad. I don't want to be near him when I'm mad at him." "Well, how about now?" Tea looked a little confused and said, "What do you mean Yugi?" "What I mean is that you know that you love Yami now, but are you ready to tell him? Because if you aren't your going to do the same thing all over again. If you admit your feelings to Yami I can guarantee that you will run away again." Tea looked down. "Yeah...I guess you're right..."
Yugi remained quiet for a few moments, then spoke again. "Well Tea, don't you think Yami deserves to know how you feel about him anyway? I mean, it seems Yami's liked you from the start and he still hasn't given up yet. So why are you going to?" Tea eyed him suspiciously. "You've been telepathically speaking to him about this the whole time, right?" Yugi blushed. "That obvious, huh?" Tea laughed. "I thought so. I had a guess that you were all along, but I wasn't sure if I should ask Yami or not." "Are you mad at Yami for doing that?" "No, I'm not. A little disappointed, but can understand why Yami wanted to tell someone about what's been going on between us. It hasn't been an easy thing to deal with. I'll tell you that much." Then Yugi laughed. "Well, if you had one person you could tell everything to about what's going who would it be?"
Tea thought about it for a moment then answered him. "If I had to chose one person about all my secret and thought about being here it would have to be...Ryou." Yugi seemed a little shocked. "Ryou? Why him? I mean, I thought he had kissed you the other day and you weren't exactly thrilled with him that you did that. What happened?" Tea made out a little sigh. "Over the years of my life I learned that you need to forgive your friends in order to keep them sometimes and I didn't want to lose a friend like Ryou because even though he's not from my time he is still however a friend of mine. I want all of you to know that I will never forget you guys when I go back to the future. I promise you that Yugi. You guys will always be in my heart and I was hoping that you guys wouldn't forget me either." Yugi smiled at Tea and then gave her a hug. "I'll never forget you Tea. I will promise you that. I don't know about the others, but I know that I won't." Tea let go of Yugi and smiled him. "Thanks Yugi."
There was a moment of silence between them then Yugi spoke again. "So...what were we talking about again?" Tea laughed. "We were talking about Ryou before we went into a whole other discussion." "Oh yeah...So back to Ryou." "Yes, back to Ryou. Now what I was going to say was that even though Ryou did kiss me, I did earn a lot of trust from him over the time. He always made me feel better when I was unhappy. He would come and talk to me after I was fighting with Yami about something and not to mention that we were both stuck in the Shadow Realm together." "Yes, I'm sure that was a bunch of fun," Yugi said sarcastically. "Yeah it was...but anyway, the only other person I could really talk to about my problems was Ryou."
Yugi nodded. "I see your point. I'm just sorry that you didn't come to me when you were feeling bad." "It's not that I didn't want to, it's just that you were never really around when I was feeling bad. Now unlike Ryou, he always seemed to pop in when I was feeling bad. You know, now that I think of it. I guess I always thought that that was pretty weird. Always having Ryou turn up when I feeling down." Yugi shrugged his shoulders. "I guess so," he blankly answered. "Hmmm..." "Now what are you going to do about Yami, Tea? He can't wait forever. You're going back to future someday and he needs to know before you go."
Then Tea started to look sad. "Not someday Yugi. Soon... I'm leaving soon. Isis told me that. She said that her Millenium Necklace told her that I'm leaving soon." "When you were at the Temple of Ra earlier?" Tea gasped and whipped around to look at him. "How do you know that I went to the Temple of Ra?" "Whoops..." Yugi said quietly. "Did Yami see where I was going and then tell you?" Yugi remained quiet. "Did he?!" she continued to ask, starting to get a little angry. "Yes, but only so that I wouldn't get worried that you weren't in your room." "And why does that matter?" "Because every night I go and check on everyone and see if they're asleep." Tea started to calm down. "You do that every night?" "Yes..." "Oh.. okay. That sounds....interesting." "You think it's stupid, don't you?" "No! Not at all! I actually think that's very sweet Yugi. Always seeing if everyone's okay. That's shows that you're a good friend." Yugi raised his head up to see her. "You really think so?" "Yes. It shows that you care."
Yugi smiled at her, but then it quickly faded. He turned away and put his head down. "Yugi...what's wrong?" "I'm sorry Tea. It's just...every time I see your face I can't help thinking about Anzu." "Well, that's natural Yugi. I mean, I am the future self of Anzu after all. I do need to look like her in order to be her." "No... that's not what I meant..." Tea started to get confused again. "Then what do you mean?" Yugi looked back at Tea, though with a sad face on still. He sighed. "I miss her so much Tea and she really means a lot to me. I care for her a lot." "I'm sure you do miss her Yugi. Believe me, I wasn't exactly thrilled to be here when I found out that was here." "No, it's more than that." "Yugi, what are exactly trying to tell me?" "I don't know if I should tell you this, but I will anyway." Then Yugi made a sigh. "There was a time when I loved Anzu and I loved her more than anything." "You did?" "Yes, I did, but I was too afraid to admit that to her." "What happened?" "She somehow found out that I loved her, but she didn't feel the same way." "Oh...wow. I'm really sorry Yugi. I had no idea." "It's all right Tea. It's over and done with now." "But do you...?" Tea drifted. "Still love her?" Tea nodded. "Yes, I do, but like a sister." "What made you change your mind?" "I don't know. I guess I just got over the feeling or maybe it was fact that Yami had taken an interest in her and I knew that I didn't have a chance anymore." Tea laughed and said, "Oh Yugi! That is not true! Now you're just playing with me." Yugi smiled brightly. "Pretty good, huh?" Tea just had to laugh again.
Yugi stopped laughing and hopped off of his bed. Tea then stopped laughing and asked him, "Yugi? What are you doing?" Yugi walked over to his door and opened it. Then he said, "You know what you need to do Tea. You need to tell Yami the truth." Tea looked away. "...but what if I'm not ready? What if I can't do this?" Yugi walked back over to Tea. "Tea, do you honestly think that I was ready to tell Anzu that I loved her?" "I don't know." "Listen to me Tea. No one is truly ready to let their feelings about someone they care for deeply. You just need to listen to your heart and let your feelings out. That's the only way." "But..." "Tea, the time has come. You can't hide your feelings from Yami any longer. You need to do this and you need to do this now. Because if you don't, your chances of telling Yami the truth could be gone by tomorrow." Tea closed her eyes and slowly nodded in agreement. "You're right Yugi. It's time I face my fear of letting Yami know."
Tea slowly got off of Yugi's bed and slowly walked over to him. "Do you want me to come with you?" he asked. "No. I can do this on my own. Thanks for talking with me Yugi. It meant a lot to me." "Anytime Tea. Now go and tell him truth. I know you can do it." "Thanks..."
*** "Yami, are you in here?" Tea called out, into his room. She searched around for him, but there was no one around.
Then she left for Anzu's room. "Yami? Are you in here at all?" she asked as she walked in. The room was empty. "Where is he? Where could he have gone?" Tea sighed. "He probably went to some hideout place in the palace so he could slump." Then it hit her. 'I know where he is! He went to the old worship place of the gods! That's where he is!' Tea raced through the palace, all the way down the ancient ruins of Yami's hideout. She stopped at the door and stood there. Not doing anything for moments. She took a deep breath and let it out. Then she one more thing to herself before stepping inside. 'Yami...I'm ready to let the truth out...' then she slowly walked in. Finally facing up to fear. Telling Yami that she loves him.
***** Chapter 12 is done and the fear is revealed! Now who knew that Tea's fear was telling Yami that she loves him? I'm sure all of you guys knew what it was from the start, but now it's proven. Of course Tea doesn't know that this was the 'particular' fear she needed to overcome in order to get home. Now I know what some of you are thinking. 'You're going to let Tea tell Yami that she loves him and then have her be driven back to the future.' Well, at the end of the story I'll tell you what I'm going to be doing to make all of that better. So hang in there with me until then. So anyway... We still have a few more chapters to go. So don't worry reviewers. We're not done yet! I hope the chapter was good and thanks again for reading!
Please review!