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~*~ I'm back with chapter 13. I hope you're all still enjoying the story. Thanks for reading!
Chapter thirteen: The time to tell the truth
Tea slowly opened the old door to Yami's secret hideout place.
Her heart was racing with every second going by as she opened the weak door.
She saw Yami turned around towards one of the partially destroyed windows in the room.
His hands were on the window, staring deep into the night sky.
Tea saw from an angle that his face seemed sad.
She quietly walked over to him.
Making sure not to make a sound.
Though, before she stood right next to him he said something that startled her.
"I'm glad that you finally showed up Tea. I was starting to wondering when I was going to see you here."
Tea slightly smiled.
"It wasn't that hard to figure out, but how do always know that it's me? The way you do that...it's kind of creepy."
Yami smiled, but only slightly.
"It's just a feeling that I get. I don't really know that it's you. It's just a feeling."
"Oh... Well, was it like that when Anzu was around? I mean, did you get that feeling every time Anzu came near you?"
"Sometimes, but Anzu was never really alone with me a lot. I guess the feeling only comes when you and Anzu are alone with me."
"Do you only get that feeling with Anzu and I?"
Yami slowly turned around to her.
"I suppose so..."
"Why do you think that happens only when Anzu and I are around?"
"I don't know."
Tea smiled completely this time.
"Well, I think I know why..."
Yami started to get confused.
"What are you talking about Tea?"
"You get that special feeling when Anzu and I come around because you love us."
Yami looked down and sighed.
"That's sweet of you to say, but please, let's not continue with this conversation anymore, okay?"
Tea walked up to him.
"Yami, I need to tell you something right now. Please, you need to listen to me."
Yami just looked away.
He acted like he couldn't hear her or like he was all tore up inside about something.
"Yami...are you okay?"
He still made no response towards her.
"Yami, I need to tell you something that I realized earlier this evening. Please, you must listen to me. It's important that you do."
"I know what you're going to say and don't need to hear it," he told her softly, but firmly.
Tea looked at him.
"How you know what I'm going to say if I haven't even said it yet?"
"It doesn't matter... So what didn't Isis tell you at the Temple of Ra?" Yami tried to change the subject.
Tea had almost forgotten that Yami knew she went to the Temple of Ra.
"Oh...I had also forgotten that you saw me leave..."
"How did you know that I...?"
"Yugi told me."
"Yugi...! I'm going to have a talk with you about keeping a secret," Yami said under his breath.
Yami looked back at Tea.
She said, "Huh? What were you saying Yami?"
"It's nothing. I just wanted to say that I watched where you were going so I knew where you were going," he simply said.
Tea sighed.
"I understand and I'm sorry that I left you like that Yami, but I-," she was cut off from Yami.
"There's no need for apologizes Tea. I understand why you left like you did."
"You do? How?" she quietly asked.
"After you left for the Temple of Ra I took some time to think about what's been going on between us...."
"And?"
"I've decided that I'm going to stop trying to convenience that you love me and just try and help you get back to Japan."
"But Yami..." she said, though drifted and stopped speaking completely.
Yami started to grow concerned with the way she just stood there.
"Tea? What it is? What's wrong?"
"You want to know what's funny?"
"What?"
"The funny thing is that only a few hours ago I would have given anything to hear you say that, but now...I don't," she seemed really shocked while saying it. "Now that I've heard those words I wish that I never could have."
"What do you mean Tea?"
Tea swallowed hard, trying not to cry.
Yami noticed and rushed over to her.
He placed one hand on her arm and another on her waist and held her close to him.
"Tea, what's wrong? Why are you acting like this?"
Tea leaned her face against his chest and continued to try not crying.
"I'm sorry Yami, but I just don't know how to tell you anymore."
"Tell me what?"
"I can't say."
"Why not? Tell me, what is it?"
Then she couldn't keep it in any longer.
She cried on him while saying, "Oh Yami, I just found out from Isis that I'm suppose to be leaving soon."
Yami's eyes widened.
He let go of Tea and placed his hands tightly on her arms.
He made her look at him to explain herself.
"What do you mean you're leaving soon?" he asked a firm voice again.
Tea continued to cry.
"I-Isis t-told me that h-her Millenium Necklace told her that I'm going to be leaving for the future soon."
A blank stare swept across Yami's face as he let go of her.
Now he couldn't believe what was happening.
'No, this can't be happening! This just can't... How could it...?'
"I can't believe it..." Yami said out loud, but slowly and softly.
Tea soon stopped crying and ran over to Yami.
She got the courage to speak to him again.
"Yami, before we go any further in this discussion there's something else you need to know," she said while holding back anymore more tears threatening to come out.
Yami couldn't hear her.
He had his back turned him her again.
"No. No, there isn't. You're leaving soon and there's nothing in your way of leaving home now, so just go..." then he closed his eyes.
Hoping that the threatening tears from his eyes wouldn't come out.
The next time he opened his eyes Yami saw the face of Tea right in front of him.
This time Tea put her hands on his arms.
Yami stood up all the way and asked, "What are you doing Tea?"
"Trying to tell you something."
"Go on then. Things can get any worse, right?"
"Yami, just an hour ago I saw the memories of the things you and I have gone through over the past week now. I saw all of our fights and disagreements. I saw all our happy moments and all the moments where you and I shared our secrets to each other. I saw everything and...I just have one thing to say to you after seeing everything that's we've gone through together and that one thing is that..."
Yami was preparing for an argument or being yelled at when she said something he NEVER thought he would hear.
"...I love you..."
Yami eased up and looked to her.
He wasn't sure if he was hearing her correctly.
"What...what did you just say to me?"
"I said that I love you. I love you Yami and I want you to know that."
Yami's heart skipped a beat.
"Y-you love m-me?" he stuttered.
Tea laughed.
"Yes, I do."
"You're not lying to me."
Tea shook her head.
"What do you say now Yami?"
"I don't what to say Tea. I'm completely shocked that you love me. I can't believe it."
"It's true. I do love you Yami."
"I can hear you say it, but I don't believe it," Yami turned away from her, "I mean, all of these days we've spent together you've wanted is to go home, see your friends, and go back the future. How can you say that now?"
"But Yami, don't you get it? Can't you see that I'm telling you the truth?"
"What I don't get is how you-," Yami was cut off from Tea facing right in front of him.
"-can't believe me..." she told him.
Yami started to get his weak look again.
"It's not that I don't believe it's just that-," Tea cut him off again.
"Then why question how I feel about you? Why?"
Yami placed a hand on one of her cheeks and slowly leaned towards.
"I'm sorry Tea. I guess I just got so caught up in believing you wouldn't love me that that was all I wanted to believe."
Tea smiled, looked down for a couple of seconds, and looked back up at him.
"I know how you feel Yami."
Then Yami started to smile at her.
"So what are we going to do about it now?"
Then they laughed.
They laughed and laughed until Tea started to lose her balance from slipping on a rock on the ground and she started to fall.
"Tea!" Yami yelled and then he ran to catch her.
He caught her right before she hit the ground.
Tea gasped and started to breathe heavily.
"Whoa! Th-thanks for saving me Y-yami... That was really close..." Tea said while trying to get her breath back.
Yami had one hand on her neck and other on her lower back.
"Are you okay Tea?"
"Yes...I'm fine. Just a little...out of breath."
Yami moved the hand from her lower back to the middle and his other hand gently stroking again her face.
"Are you sure you're all right?" Yami wanted to make sure.
Tea giggled.
"Yes, I'm fine now."
Yami sighed and smiled while continuing to stroke her face.
She smiled back at him.
"You know Yami...if you weren't here with me in the past I would be so lost. I really would," she told him gently.
Yami was almost ready to cry again.
"I love you Tea."
"I love you too Yami."
Then slowly brought his face towards her and placed his lips upon hers.
Yami moved a hand through her hair while he kissed her.
They shared a sweet and passionate kiss until Tea decided to break the kiss a few minutes later.
They stared deep into each other's eyes.
Then Yami brought Tea to her feet and she gave him a big hug.
"Thank you Yami."
"For what Tea?"
She let go of him and told him.
"For everything. For caring about me enough to try and help me get him. For accepting me as one of your friends. For letting me stay here. For it all."
Yami grabbed her hands and held them.
"It was nothing Tea, really. I was glad to have you here."
"Thanks."
Then a huge bright light was shown in front of them.
After the light died down someone was shown.
He wore what seemed to be a whitish-tan robe and deep blue eyes.
"Shadi!" Tea yelled out.
"Hello Tea," he said back at her.
Yami looked shocked at Tea.
"You know him? Is HE from the future too?" he asked.
Tea blushed slightly.
"Yes, I know him from the future, but only because of Yugi. He was the one that first met him."
"Yes...That is true, Yami. Isis has filled up in your current situation Tea and I have to tell you something."
"What?" Yami and Tea asked.
"I have come to send you home."
Tea looked confused at him.
"What are you talking about Shadi?"
"Your time to go home...has now come."
~*~ That's it for chapter 13. I know I left you guys at a cliffhanger, but I wanted to stop it here. Now we've gotten to the part of story where Tea must chose her future. Is she going to stay with Yami in the past or return to her home in the future? Remember reviewers the story is NOT over yet. So please don't get worked up that it's over. We still have a few more chapters to go. Please hang in there reviewers. Thanks for reading and please review!
~*~ I'm back with chapter 13. I hope you're all still enjoying the story. Thanks for reading!
Chapter thirteen: The time to tell the truth
Tea slowly opened the old door to Yami's secret hideout place.
Her heart was racing with every second going by as she opened the weak door.
She saw Yami turned around towards one of the partially destroyed windows in the room.
His hands were on the window, staring deep into the night sky.
Tea saw from an angle that his face seemed sad.
She quietly walked over to him.
Making sure not to make a sound.
Though, before she stood right next to him he said something that startled her.
"I'm glad that you finally showed up Tea. I was starting to wondering when I was going to see you here."
Tea slightly smiled.
"It wasn't that hard to figure out, but how do always know that it's me? The way you do that...it's kind of creepy."
Yami smiled, but only slightly.
"It's just a feeling that I get. I don't really know that it's you. It's just a feeling."
"Oh... Well, was it like that when Anzu was around? I mean, did you get that feeling every time Anzu came near you?"
"Sometimes, but Anzu was never really alone with me a lot. I guess the feeling only comes when you and Anzu are alone with me."
"Do you only get that feeling with Anzu and I?"
Yami slowly turned around to her.
"I suppose so..."
"Why do you think that happens only when Anzu and I are around?"
"I don't know."
Tea smiled completely this time.
"Well, I think I know why..."
Yami started to get confused.
"What are you talking about Tea?"
"You get that special feeling when Anzu and I come around because you love us."
Yami looked down and sighed.
"That's sweet of you to say, but please, let's not continue with this conversation anymore, okay?"
Tea walked up to him.
"Yami, I need to tell you something right now. Please, you need to listen to me."
Yami just looked away.
He acted like he couldn't hear her or like he was all tore up inside about something.
"Yami...are you okay?"
He still made no response towards her.
"Yami, I need to tell you something that I realized earlier this evening. Please, you must listen to me. It's important that you do."
"I know what you're going to say and don't need to hear it," he told her softly, but firmly.
Tea looked at him.
"How you know what I'm going to say if I haven't even said it yet?"
"It doesn't matter... So what didn't Isis tell you at the Temple of Ra?" Yami tried to change the subject.
Tea had almost forgotten that Yami knew she went to the Temple of Ra.
"Oh...I had also forgotten that you saw me leave..."
"How did you know that I...?"
"Yugi told me."
"Yugi...! I'm going to have a talk with you about keeping a secret," Yami said under his breath.
Yami looked back at Tea.
She said, "Huh? What were you saying Yami?"
"It's nothing. I just wanted to say that I watched where you were going so I knew where you were going," he simply said.
Tea sighed.
"I understand and I'm sorry that I left you like that Yami, but I-," she was cut off from Yami.
"There's no need for apologizes Tea. I understand why you left like you did."
"You do? How?" she quietly asked.
"After you left for the Temple of Ra I took some time to think about what's been going on between us...."
"And?"
"I've decided that I'm going to stop trying to convenience that you love me and just try and help you get back to Japan."
"But Yami..." she said, though drifted and stopped speaking completely.
Yami started to grow concerned with the way she just stood there.
"Tea? What it is? What's wrong?"
"You want to know what's funny?"
"What?"
"The funny thing is that only a few hours ago I would have given anything to hear you say that, but now...I don't," she seemed really shocked while saying it. "Now that I've heard those words I wish that I never could have."
"What do you mean Tea?"
Tea swallowed hard, trying not to cry.
Yami noticed and rushed over to her.
He placed one hand on her arm and another on her waist and held her close to him.
"Tea, what's wrong? Why are you acting like this?"
Tea leaned her face against his chest and continued to try not crying.
"I'm sorry Yami, but I just don't know how to tell you anymore."
"Tell me what?"
"I can't say."
"Why not? Tell me, what is it?"
Then she couldn't keep it in any longer.
She cried on him while saying, "Oh Yami, I just found out from Isis that I'm suppose to be leaving soon."
Yami's eyes widened.
He let go of Tea and placed his hands tightly on her arms.
He made her look at him to explain herself.
"What do you mean you're leaving soon?" he asked a firm voice again.
Tea continued to cry.
"I-Isis t-told me that h-her Millenium Necklace told her that I'm going to be leaving for the future soon."
A blank stare swept across Yami's face as he let go of her.
Now he couldn't believe what was happening.
'No, this can't be happening! This just can't... How could it...?'
"I can't believe it..." Yami said out loud, but slowly and softly.
Tea soon stopped crying and ran over to Yami.
She got the courage to speak to him again.
"Yami, before we go any further in this discussion there's something else you need to know," she said while holding back anymore more tears threatening to come out.
Yami couldn't hear her.
He had his back turned him her again.
"No. No, there isn't. You're leaving soon and there's nothing in your way of leaving home now, so just go..." then he closed his eyes.
Hoping that the threatening tears from his eyes wouldn't come out.
The next time he opened his eyes Yami saw the face of Tea right in front of him.
This time Tea put her hands on his arms.
Yami stood up all the way and asked, "What are you doing Tea?"
"Trying to tell you something."
"Go on then. Things can get any worse, right?"
"Yami, just an hour ago I saw the memories of the things you and I have gone through over the past week now. I saw all of our fights and disagreements. I saw all our happy moments and all the moments where you and I shared our secrets to each other. I saw everything and...I just have one thing to say to you after seeing everything that's we've gone through together and that one thing is that..."
Yami was preparing for an argument or being yelled at when she said something he NEVER thought he would hear.
"...I love you..."
Yami eased up and looked to her.
He wasn't sure if he was hearing her correctly.
"What...what did you just say to me?"
"I said that I love you. I love you Yami and I want you to know that."
Yami's heart skipped a beat.
"Y-you love m-me?" he stuttered.
Tea laughed.
"Yes, I do."
"You're not lying to me."
Tea shook her head.
"What do you say now Yami?"
"I don't what to say Tea. I'm completely shocked that you love me. I can't believe it."
"It's true. I do love you Yami."
"I can hear you say it, but I don't believe it," Yami turned away from her, "I mean, all of these days we've spent together you've wanted is to go home, see your friends, and go back the future. How can you say that now?"
"But Yami, don't you get it? Can't you see that I'm telling you the truth?"
"What I don't get is how you-," Yami was cut off from Tea facing right in front of him.
"-can't believe me..." she told him.
Yami started to get his weak look again.
"It's not that I don't believe it's just that-," Tea cut him off again.
"Then why question how I feel about you? Why?"
Yami placed a hand on one of her cheeks and slowly leaned towards.
"I'm sorry Tea. I guess I just got so caught up in believing you wouldn't love me that that was all I wanted to believe."
Tea smiled, looked down for a couple of seconds, and looked back up at him.
"I know how you feel Yami."
Then Yami started to smile at her.
"So what are we going to do about it now?"
Then they laughed.
They laughed and laughed until Tea started to lose her balance from slipping on a rock on the ground and she started to fall.
"Tea!" Yami yelled and then he ran to catch her.
He caught her right before she hit the ground.
Tea gasped and started to breathe heavily.
"Whoa! Th-thanks for saving me Y-yami... That was really close..." Tea said while trying to get her breath back.
Yami had one hand on her neck and other on her lower back.
"Are you okay Tea?"
"Yes...I'm fine. Just a little...out of breath."
Yami moved the hand from her lower back to the middle and his other hand gently stroking again her face.
"Are you sure you're all right?" Yami wanted to make sure.
Tea giggled.
"Yes, I'm fine now."
Yami sighed and smiled while continuing to stroke her face.
She smiled back at him.
"You know Yami...if you weren't here with me in the past I would be so lost. I really would," she told him gently.
Yami was almost ready to cry again.
"I love you Tea."
"I love you too Yami."
Then slowly brought his face towards her and placed his lips upon hers.
Yami moved a hand through her hair while he kissed her.
They shared a sweet and passionate kiss until Tea decided to break the kiss a few minutes later.
They stared deep into each other's eyes.
Then Yami brought Tea to her feet and she gave him a big hug.
"Thank you Yami."
"For what Tea?"
She let go of him and told him.
"For everything. For caring about me enough to try and help me get him. For accepting me as one of your friends. For letting me stay here. For it all."
Yami grabbed her hands and held them.
"It was nothing Tea, really. I was glad to have you here."
"Thanks."
Then a huge bright light was shown in front of them.
After the light died down someone was shown.
He wore what seemed to be a whitish-tan robe and deep blue eyes.
"Shadi!" Tea yelled out.
"Hello Tea," he said back at her.
Yami looked shocked at Tea.
"You know him? Is HE from the future too?" he asked.
Tea blushed slightly.
"Yes, I know him from the future, but only because of Yugi. He was the one that first met him."
"Yes...That is true, Yami. Isis has filled up in your current situation Tea and I have to tell you something."
"What?" Yami and Tea asked.
"I have come to send you home."
Tea looked confused at him.
"What are you talking about Shadi?"
"Your time to go home...has now come."
~*~ That's it for chapter 13. I know I left you guys at a cliffhanger, but I wanted to stop it here. Now we've gotten to the part of story where Tea must chose her future. Is she going to stay with Yami in the past or return to her home in the future? Remember reviewers the story is NOT over yet. So please don't get worked up that it's over. We still have a few more chapters to go. Please hang in there reviewers. Thanks for reading and please review!