Sorry guys. I've started to R&R some of your stuff, but then I got called
away to camp so I had absolutely no access to any computer for like...
forever! =(
And MAN, I keep having to point this out. To all the tea-bashers: NOWHERE do I explicitly say that Yami is in love with Tea. And to all the Tea fanatics: NOWHERE do I say that Yami is NOT in love with Tea. Get a grip people. I have been very deliberate in leaving it open, so really, it truly depends on how you interpret KIQ. Enough with the 'No-way-he-actually-loves- that-bitch' AND the 'How-dare-you-say-he-don't-love-her' emails already! GUYS, it's open ended for goodness sake!
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Title: Kiss Me Quickly.
Summary: Tea (Anzu) and Yami Yugi rediscover a lost passion. Events based loosely on episode 53, 'Dance Battle of Flame' where Yugi Muto gets concerned about his Other Self and sets the Other up for a date with Tea.
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Tea hugged her arms to herself and shuddered. She looked awfully pale, her skin unbearably white against the dark of her eyes. "Beat him, Yami," she said softly. Her voice was trembling. Yami took one look at her and enveloped both her hands strongly in his.
"Don't worry," he said firmly. "I will. I damn well will." When he wrapped his arms around her, she let out an involuntary sob, hastily smothered, and hugged him back even tighter. Yami stroked her hair reassuringly. "Hush," he crooned. "I'm not going to let that ass take you."
Johnny walked up and ran his fingers through a lock of her hair, making her recoil in disgust. She wanted so badly to just kill him, or stab him to death, or maybe knock his head against the hard pavement until the life seeped out of his skull, or maybe to just clutch her hair and scream, she didn't know. Shaking badly, she clung on to Yami.
"Get back, Johnny," Yami glared. "The duel is not over yet, and until then, you had better keep your distance. She's mine, you hear me? She's with me, and you had damn well lay off."
"Hey, cool down, bro," he said holding out both his hands in a peace gesture. "Why you're so worked up over a bit of crumpet is beyond me. Lighten up, man, she's just another tart."
"Tea's no tart, Johnny."
"Oh really? Then how come she let you stick your hand down her pants, huh? Come on, man, how long have you even known her. And don't give me a 'longer than you have' answer, man. That's just lame."
And Yami had nothing to say. It was true, after all. She had let him have sex with just hours after they properly met.
"She don't give easy, Johnny," he said quietly. "She's not that kind of girl."
But Johnny waved it off. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Let's duel!"
Together they walked the distance to the Kaiba Land theme park, where with their connections with the Kaiba brothers, they were lucky enough to land a short stint with the only local duel arena in the district and Tea sat herself down on the grandstand to watch them battle, chewing her lower lip nervously. She felt like a fool. As the duel progressed, Tea found herself sinking deeper and deeper into her gloom. It was sickening. It was humiliating. She was being fought over like a piece of meat.
"No," she told herself firmly. "That's different. Yami is fighting *on my behalf*. He's not fighting over me, he's fighting as my champion, because I can't do it alone and he's helping me. That's all. He's helping me. He's just helping me. It's not the same as fighting over me. No, it's not the same thing at all."
But still the idea of him as her champion put in mind the image of knights and chivalry of old, where women were little more than trophies to be won over. She hated that image. It made her feel so weak.
But she was weak, wasn't she? She *depended* on Yami to win her duel for her. She couldn't even fight her own battle. Yami could stand for himself no problem. And Joey as well. And even though Tristan wasn't a pro at cards he could hold his own, she was sure of it. But as for her... what sort of a person was she if she couldn't even do such a simple thing right?
"No, Tea," she whispered. "You're not useless. You're not a failure, you hear! You are important in your own way. I don't care that I can't be as great as them. I don't care. I am still important. I help them in my own way. I do what I can to encourage them. I help them, really I do. I believe in them. And I cheer them on when they think they can't go any further."
"But who cheers me on?"
She stared out at the arena before her. Yami was winning. She wasn't surprised. He won so easily. He won so easily that she felt so stupid standing beside him. She was so stupid. All unbidden, she felt a tear slide down her cheek, then another, and another, until she found herself crying uncontrollably. She felt so lonely. She was so sick of giving and giving, and getting nothing in return. She was tired; no, she was exhausted. She had given and given until she had dried herself up. And now she was spent, and there was nothing she could do about it.
"Shut up, Tea, you *bitch*. Shut up. Wallowing in self-pity never got anyone anywhere. Just... stop it."
Unrolling herself, she straightened her hair and dashed the traitorous tears from her eyes, and was shocked to see that the duel was over. Johnny was docking himself. Yami had won. But no... now that she was listening to the exchange taking place between them, she came to realise that Johnny had just given up.
He had given up.
He had found out just who his opponent was and he had freaked. He had given up.
He had *given up*. How could he?! Not after what she had just been through. Not after she had decided to pick herself up again. Seeing him give up just like that was like seeing her resolve crumble again. It was like an omen of sorts. It was like a death knell.
She had to believe that he could pick himself up too and carry on. She had to believe that it was possible to do so.
"Johnny!" she cried. "What, you're just going to give up and walk away? How can you be such a looser?"
"Hey watch your mouth, I'm not going against the master of the duellist kingdom, man! There's no way in hell I'm challenging him."
"But what about your dancing? Are you going to just give up and walk away as well? If you believe in yourself anything can happen."
"Hey, butt out. I don't need you to tell me whether I'm good or not. Look, I can decide that for myself. I've been to an audition before."
"And?"
"And I didn't get it."
"And?"
"And what?"
"And that's it? That's all? You just gave up? How could you? I've been to auditions a couple of dozen times, and I haven't given up. You can't just give up on your dream like that."
"Oh shut up, bitch, I don't need to hear that from you. It's my life, okay. Just butt out," he spat, turning to leave. Tea winced. He couldn't have hurt her more if he had out and slapped her.
Yami stepped up and lay a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "It's okay, Tea," he said and kissed her. "It's okay."
He kissed her again, and this time Tea closed her eyes and let herself sink into his warm embrace. He felt good and reassuring as she wrapped her arms around him and deepened the kiss. He felt safe.
"Hey," a voice called out across the arena. Johnny. He threw them then a small pouch and Yami caught it neatly as it sailed through the air. Curious, he undid the pouch and stared in amazement at the hotel key that slid out. "Please, man!" Johnny continued, wincing. "Do us all a favour and get yourselves a room," he said as he walked out. "It's on me."
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MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL! Or happy holidays if you're one of those who don't celebrate. My dad's okay with Christmas, but my mom gets offended when someone in the family goes 'merry christmas' cos we're not Christian. The way I see it though, all that means is that I don't celebrate the religious aspect of Christmas, but it's still a great opportunity to share some love.
Hey, chapter 9 out. Sorry it took so long. I was intending to post it before I went off to camp but I wasn't able to finish it in time. Man, camp was fun! Er... actually campS and two workshops. I didn't so much as step home for 8 days! It was fun though, cos I was a planner for one of the camp and a facci for both the workshops so I just kind *hovered* around. =D I don't quite like the Great Outdoors, see, so I love it that I have the freedom to sit out activities I'd rather not go through. I was a participant in the second camp though, so I didn't have as much freedom, but it was great all the same. I made so many new friends and it was just so fun staying up till 5am just chillin out in the bunks.
There was this one experience that was especially cool. It was a night walk, single file through this jungle-y patch. 'Jungle-y' cos there ARE no proper jungles in the middle of the city. But it was night, and it was foresty with all the thick plants and rotting logs and stones that popped out of nowhere for you to trip on. And I was so scared at first, but the guy in front of me (who's gone through army training incidentally so it was a breeze for him) was so super nice. He was holding back branches and stuff so they wont swing in my face, and telling me when to watch my step, and he didn't mind that I was clinging on to his shoulder. Gack, after the way I acted there, I have no right to bash *anyone* playing damsel-in-distress! Haha. But thanx man! I really, really appreciate it.
But that was an experience. That was *really* an experience. I've never been through that kind of thick foliage at night and for the first leg of the walk, I kept seeing stuff in the bushes. It was amazing. It's like, the way the branches sway and the way the light falls on the leaves just make it look like there honestly ARE people hiding in the bushes! I honestly thought there were people there, maybe camp faccis hiding there to try to scare us, or some other group members but it was jus the trees and bushes. It was AMAZING. No wonder I'm always reading about people hiding in the forest and stuff. It's like, impossible for an untrained eye to spot ANYTHING in there. And why there are so many scary stories about jungles. It's just so easy to let your imagination run and terrify you to bits. Kudos to the SLC team for putting us sissy urban GIRLS through that! The guys were disappointed with the route tho. All of them've been through the compulsory military training the stupid government imposes on the local men, and compared to their previous training, this was like... peanuts to them.
Countdown: 1 chapter to go.
AREZAL: sorry it took so long. Didn't mean to keep you guys waiting for so long. Whoa, you're observant. About your question, well... that depends. If you're asking if she will in this particular story (ie: by next chapter) then no, sorry. She's having her menses. But if you wanna take it further then yeah. She will. And she will get SO FREAKED. But my ideas for the post 'The Bit In The Hotel Room' bits are very melodrama-soap-opera-ish, and just a wee bit its-so-lovey-doey-i-think-im-gonna-puke, and I'm not sure if I should continue. What do you think?
DARK ANGEL BG: haha. Thanx man! BTW, where do you put up your stories? Your reviews are unsigned, so even if you did post it (them?) on ff.net I don't know how to get to it. Oh, and thanx, Merry Christmas to you too! =D
YAMI YUUGI LOVER AKA KIYO: heheh. =D
PRODIGY ANGEL X: Yay! Thanx! *fazy puffs out* You are like, the best ego- booster man! Hehe. Okay, okay, I'll snap out of it. *fazy deflates*. =D Well, was kinda thinking of him as still being a bit confused. It's not so much as he's confused about how he feels, it's more like the thought of his past was still bugging him. He kinda strikes me as the sorta fella not good at dealing with emotions. (((Yes, I know in the Kids WB version that Tristan doesn't sound like a surfer dude but this was when I watched some parts of the 1st season from Cartoon Network))) really? Oh. I didn't know that. I get a locally dubbed version with all the characters putting on fake American accents. Sounds vaguely silly, but hell, we're used to it. ... er... did you change your nick?
A SUPPORTER OF THIS COUPLE: hey, thanx! Glad you liked it! Really appreciate that, man! Sorry I took so long to update tho. Gomen ^_^; About the Tea bashers, there's always be people like that around. I admit I'm a hell of an Arwen basher. But about Tea, well, all that means is that Tea shows them a part of themselves which they'd rather not acknowledge. They hate that part of themselves and they see it in Tea, so having her around is a constant reminder of their perceived weakness. =D I don't tend to mind minor tea-bashing, so long as it fun and tongue-in-cheek, but I've read some fics with hardcore bashing innit, the full-rage version and well... hmmm. Not preddie. ;D
QUICKENING: Well, wont you agree with me that Yami seemed to be surprisingly out of character in that episode? That's why I liked it so much. In that episode he kinda dropped the refined, elegant thing and came across as a normal, ordinary human being. And it did contain clips of him behaving in a decidedly up-pharaoh manner. You know, flapping his arms in panic when Yugi left him to take over without any warning, helpless in the park when the pigeons landed on his head while tea laughed in a corner, his *boing* look when the guys at the arcade cat-called to Tea, and the super-bored-i-don't- know-a-thing-don't-look-at-me-im-innocent look the very next episode when Mai caught them together. Those were all classic Yami moments. You don't get that everyday. I get the feeling that he really opened up and showed us a part of his soul that episode. Usually he's always so closed and reserved. And about the tampon, if you're talking about the one in ch 8 then it didn't have to disapper. It didn't have to be removed in the first place.
DRAGON FAERE: haha. Thanx man! I really appreciate it. *fazy beams*. I thought so too. But unfortunately, there's only so far I can go. I think Tea goes back to her more canonized persona in this chapter, complete with another pep talk. Oh well. Forgive me. Can't be helped. She is Tea after all, and I mean that in the nicest possible way. *ducks to avoid angry tea fans* I did put in a bit about how her pep talks stem from her need to feel good about herself, which I think is a very basic characteristic of people like that. it might not be what real tea goes through, but blast it, I'm gonna give *this* tea some psychology of her own. She's not a real PERSON in the show! She's just a ROLE! Curse it, she needs CHARACTER! Why don't they write some character development into the anime?!? What's her motivation? What's her personal opinion? What makes her tick? We don't blooming well know! She's got no depth! (((OH MY F*CKING G*D! That sexy, sexy Yami.))) haha. I love that line too! *grinz* and he's not my fav character as well. I adore joey and I think Bakura (both bakuras) are damn sexy, and that's not talking aobut non-YGO hotties like Johnny Depp and Boromir and Haldir and Hotohori and Ryouji Kaji and *swoons* Btw, I just watched Pirates last week. Depp is totally AWESOME.
CAROLIN ROCHA: Yeah, they can be cute. And thanks for the review! *fazy beams*.
A UNHAPPY READER: er... *fazy sweatdrops*. chill, man. Sorry, but I don't quite see what you're so unhappy about. I know joey cops it, and tho I didn't know about them getting married, I still don't get what you're so worked up about? It's like, just a fanfic man. You know even before the last season of buffy people were writing fics about her and spike. What does them actually getting together in the future of the true show have anything to do with anything? And point out specifically please, where do I say Yami does not give a shit about Tea? Because I really don't remember doing anything like that. if you think he doesn't like her just because of his outburst in the previous chapter then I suggest that assuming you're a girl, you gotta get to know the opposite sex a bit more. Or get to know yourself, for that matter. If you were suddenly confronted by someone you were crushing on wouldn't you be a bit confused and possibly say something you might not mean? And baby, I'm way behind you. We've just been introduced to marik in battle city, but that has nothing to do with anything either.
And MAN, I keep having to point this out. To all the tea-bashers: NOWHERE do I explicitly say that Yami is in love with Tea. And to all the Tea fanatics: NOWHERE do I say that Yami is NOT in love with Tea. Get a grip people. I have been very deliberate in leaving it open, so really, it truly depends on how you interpret KIQ. Enough with the 'No-way-he-actually-loves- that-bitch' AND the 'How-dare-you-say-he-don't-love-her' emails already! GUYS, it's open ended for goodness sake!
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Title: Kiss Me Quickly.
Summary: Tea (Anzu) and Yami Yugi rediscover a lost passion. Events based loosely on episode 53, 'Dance Battle of Flame' where Yugi Muto gets concerned about his Other Self and sets the Other up for a date with Tea.
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Tea hugged her arms to herself and shuddered. She looked awfully pale, her skin unbearably white against the dark of her eyes. "Beat him, Yami," she said softly. Her voice was trembling. Yami took one look at her and enveloped both her hands strongly in his.
"Don't worry," he said firmly. "I will. I damn well will." When he wrapped his arms around her, she let out an involuntary sob, hastily smothered, and hugged him back even tighter. Yami stroked her hair reassuringly. "Hush," he crooned. "I'm not going to let that ass take you."
Johnny walked up and ran his fingers through a lock of her hair, making her recoil in disgust. She wanted so badly to just kill him, or stab him to death, or maybe knock his head against the hard pavement until the life seeped out of his skull, or maybe to just clutch her hair and scream, she didn't know. Shaking badly, she clung on to Yami.
"Get back, Johnny," Yami glared. "The duel is not over yet, and until then, you had better keep your distance. She's mine, you hear me? She's with me, and you had damn well lay off."
"Hey, cool down, bro," he said holding out both his hands in a peace gesture. "Why you're so worked up over a bit of crumpet is beyond me. Lighten up, man, she's just another tart."
"Tea's no tart, Johnny."
"Oh really? Then how come she let you stick your hand down her pants, huh? Come on, man, how long have you even known her. And don't give me a 'longer than you have' answer, man. That's just lame."
And Yami had nothing to say. It was true, after all. She had let him have sex with just hours after they properly met.
"She don't give easy, Johnny," he said quietly. "She's not that kind of girl."
But Johnny waved it off. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Let's duel!"
Together they walked the distance to the Kaiba Land theme park, where with their connections with the Kaiba brothers, they were lucky enough to land a short stint with the only local duel arena in the district and Tea sat herself down on the grandstand to watch them battle, chewing her lower lip nervously. She felt like a fool. As the duel progressed, Tea found herself sinking deeper and deeper into her gloom. It was sickening. It was humiliating. She was being fought over like a piece of meat.
"No," she told herself firmly. "That's different. Yami is fighting *on my behalf*. He's not fighting over me, he's fighting as my champion, because I can't do it alone and he's helping me. That's all. He's helping me. He's just helping me. It's not the same as fighting over me. No, it's not the same thing at all."
But still the idea of him as her champion put in mind the image of knights and chivalry of old, where women were little more than trophies to be won over. She hated that image. It made her feel so weak.
But she was weak, wasn't she? She *depended* on Yami to win her duel for her. She couldn't even fight her own battle. Yami could stand for himself no problem. And Joey as well. And even though Tristan wasn't a pro at cards he could hold his own, she was sure of it. But as for her... what sort of a person was she if she couldn't even do such a simple thing right?
"No, Tea," she whispered. "You're not useless. You're not a failure, you hear! You are important in your own way. I don't care that I can't be as great as them. I don't care. I am still important. I help them in my own way. I do what I can to encourage them. I help them, really I do. I believe in them. And I cheer them on when they think they can't go any further."
"But who cheers me on?"
She stared out at the arena before her. Yami was winning. She wasn't surprised. He won so easily. He won so easily that she felt so stupid standing beside him. She was so stupid. All unbidden, she felt a tear slide down her cheek, then another, and another, until she found herself crying uncontrollably. She felt so lonely. She was so sick of giving and giving, and getting nothing in return. She was tired; no, she was exhausted. She had given and given until she had dried herself up. And now she was spent, and there was nothing she could do about it.
"Shut up, Tea, you *bitch*. Shut up. Wallowing in self-pity never got anyone anywhere. Just... stop it."
Unrolling herself, she straightened her hair and dashed the traitorous tears from her eyes, and was shocked to see that the duel was over. Johnny was docking himself. Yami had won. But no... now that she was listening to the exchange taking place between them, she came to realise that Johnny had just given up.
He had given up.
He had found out just who his opponent was and he had freaked. He had given up.
He had *given up*. How could he?! Not after what she had just been through. Not after she had decided to pick herself up again. Seeing him give up just like that was like seeing her resolve crumble again. It was like an omen of sorts. It was like a death knell.
She had to believe that he could pick himself up too and carry on. She had to believe that it was possible to do so.
"Johnny!" she cried. "What, you're just going to give up and walk away? How can you be such a looser?"
"Hey watch your mouth, I'm not going against the master of the duellist kingdom, man! There's no way in hell I'm challenging him."
"But what about your dancing? Are you going to just give up and walk away as well? If you believe in yourself anything can happen."
"Hey, butt out. I don't need you to tell me whether I'm good or not. Look, I can decide that for myself. I've been to an audition before."
"And?"
"And I didn't get it."
"And?"
"And what?"
"And that's it? That's all? You just gave up? How could you? I've been to auditions a couple of dozen times, and I haven't given up. You can't just give up on your dream like that."
"Oh shut up, bitch, I don't need to hear that from you. It's my life, okay. Just butt out," he spat, turning to leave. Tea winced. He couldn't have hurt her more if he had out and slapped her.
Yami stepped up and lay a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "It's okay, Tea," he said and kissed her. "It's okay."
He kissed her again, and this time Tea closed her eyes and let herself sink into his warm embrace. He felt good and reassuring as she wrapped her arms around him and deepened the kiss. He felt safe.
"Hey," a voice called out across the arena. Johnny. He threw them then a small pouch and Yami caught it neatly as it sailed through the air. Curious, he undid the pouch and stared in amazement at the hotel key that slid out. "Please, man!" Johnny continued, wincing. "Do us all a favour and get yourselves a room," he said as he walked out. "It's on me."
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MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL! Or happy holidays if you're one of those who don't celebrate. My dad's okay with Christmas, but my mom gets offended when someone in the family goes 'merry christmas' cos we're not Christian. The way I see it though, all that means is that I don't celebrate the religious aspect of Christmas, but it's still a great opportunity to share some love.
Hey, chapter 9 out. Sorry it took so long. I was intending to post it before I went off to camp but I wasn't able to finish it in time. Man, camp was fun! Er... actually campS and two workshops. I didn't so much as step home for 8 days! It was fun though, cos I was a planner for one of the camp and a facci for both the workshops so I just kind *hovered* around. =D I don't quite like the Great Outdoors, see, so I love it that I have the freedom to sit out activities I'd rather not go through. I was a participant in the second camp though, so I didn't have as much freedom, but it was great all the same. I made so many new friends and it was just so fun staying up till 5am just chillin out in the bunks.
There was this one experience that was especially cool. It was a night walk, single file through this jungle-y patch. 'Jungle-y' cos there ARE no proper jungles in the middle of the city. But it was night, and it was foresty with all the thick plants and rotting logs and stones that popped out of nowhere for you to trip on. And I was so scared at first, but the guy in front of me (who's gone through army training incidentally so it was a breeze for him) was so super nice. He was holding back branches and stuff so they wont swing in my face, and telling me when to watch my step, and he didn't mind that I was clinging on to his shoulder. Gack, after the way I acted there, I have no right to bash *anyone* playing damsel-in-distress! Haha. But thanx man! I really, really appreciate it.
But that was an experience. That was *really* an experience. I've never been through that kind of thick foliage at night and for the first leg of the walk, I kept seeing stuff in the bushes. It was amazing. It's like, the way the branches sway and the way the light falls on the leaves just make it look like there honestly ARE people hiding in the bushes! I honestly thought there were people there, maybe camp faccis hiding there to try to scare us, or some other group members but it was jus the trees and bushes. It was AMAZING. No wonder I'm always reading about people hiding in the forest and stuff. It's like, impossible for an untrained eye to spot ANYTHING in there. And why there are so many scary stories about jungles. It's just so easy to let your imagination run and terrify you to bits. Kudos to the SLC team for putting us sissy urban GIRLS through that! The guys were disappointed with the route tho. All of them've been through the compulsory military training the stupid government imposes on the local men, and compared to their previous training, this was like... peanuts to them.
Countdown: 1 chapter to go.
AREZAL: sorry it took so long. Didn't mean to keep you guys waiting for so long. Whoa, you're observant. About your question, well... that depends. If you're asking if she will in this particular story (ie: by next chapter) then no, sorry. She's having her menses. But if you wanna take it further then yeah. She will. And she will get SO FREAKED. But my ideas for the post 'The Bit In The Hotel Room' bits are very melodrama-soap-opera-ish, and just a wee bit its-so-lovey-doey-i-think-im-gonna-puke, and I'm not sure if I should continue. What do you think?
DARK ANGEL BG: haha. Thanx man! BTW, where do you put up your stories? Your reviews are unsigned, so even if you did post it (them?) on ff.net I don't know how to get to it. Oh, and thanx, Merry Christmas to you too! =D
YAMI YUUGI LOVER AKA KIYO: heheh. =D
PRODIGY ANGEL X: Yay! Thanx! *fazy puffs out* You are like, the best ego- booster man! Hehe. Okay, okay, I'll snap out of it. *fazy deflates*. =D Well, was kinda thinking of him as still being a bit confused. It's not so much as he's confused about how he feels, it's more like the thought of his past was still bugging him. He kinda strikes me as the sorta fella not good at dealing with emotions. (((Yes, I know in the Kids WB version that Tristan doesn't sound like a surfer dude but this was when I watched some parts of the 1st season from Cartoon Network))) really? Oh. I didn't know that. I get a locally dubbed version with all the characters putting on fake American accents. Sounds vaguely silly, but hell, we're used to it. ... er... did you change your nick?
A SUPPORTER OF THIS COUPLE: hey, thanx! Glad you liked it! Really appreciate that, man! Sorry I took so long to update tho. Gomen ^_^; About the Tea bashers, there's always be people like that around. I admit I'm a hell of an Arwen basher. But about Tea, well, all that means is that Tea shows them a part of themselves which they'd rather not acknowledge. They hate that part of themselves and they see it in Tea, so having her around is a constant reminder of their perceived weakness. =D I don't tend to mind minor tea-bashing, so long as it fun and tongue-in-cheek, but I've read some fics with hardcore bashing innit, the full-rage version and well... hmmm. Not preddie. ;D
QUICKENING: Well, wont you agree with me that Yami seemed to be surprisingly out of character in that episode? That's why I liked it so much. In that episode he kinda dropped the refined, elegant thing and came across as a normal, ordinary human being. And it did contain clips of him behaving in a decidedly up-pharaoh manner. You know, flapping his arms in panic when Yugi left him to take over without any warning, helpless in the park when the pigeons landed on his head while tea laughed in a corner, his *boing* look when the guys at the arcade cat-called to Tea, and the super-bored-i-don't- know-a-thing-don't-look-at-me-im-innocent look the very next episode when Mai caught them together. Those were all classic Yami moments. You don't get that everyday. I get the feeling that he really opened up and showed us a part of his soul that episode. Usually he's always so closed and reserved. And about the tampon, if you're talking about the one in ch 8 then it didn't have to disapper. It didn't have to be removed in the first place.
DRAGON FAERE: haha. Thanx man! I really appreciate it. *fazy beams*. I thought so too. But unfortunately, there's only so far I can go. I think Tea goes back to her more canonized persona in this chapter, complete with another pep talk. Oh well. Forgive me. Can't be helped. She is Tea after all, and I mean that in the nicest possible way. *ducks to avoid angry tea fans* I did put in a bit about how her pep talks stem from her need to feel good about herself, which I think is a very basic characteristic of people like that. it might not be what real tea goes through, but blast it, I'm gonna give *this* tea some psychology of her own. She's not a real PERSON in the show! She's just a ROLE! Curse it, she needs CHARACTER! Why don't they write some character development into the anime?!? What's her motivation? What's her personal opinion? What makes her tick? We don't blooming well know! She's got no depth! (((OH MY F*CKING G*D! That sexy, sexy Yami.))) haha. I love that line too! *grinz* and he's not my fav character as well. I adore joey and I think Bakura (both bakuras) are damn sexy, and that's not talking aobut non-YGO hotties like Johnny Depp and Boromir and Haldir and Hotohori and Ryouji Kaji and *swoons* Btw, I just watched Pirates last week. Depp is totally AWESOME.
CAROLIN ROCHA: Yeah, they can be cute. And thanks for the review! *fazy beams*.
A UNHAPPY READER: er... *fazy sweatdrops*. chill, man. Sorry, but I don't quite see what you're so unhappy about. I know joey cops it, and tho I didn't know about them getting married, I still don't get what you're so worked up about? It's like, just a fanfic man. You know even before the last season of buffy people were writing fics about her and spike. What does them actually getting together in the future of the true show have anything to do with anything? And point out specifically please, where do I say Yami does not give a shit about Tea? Because I really don't remember doing anything like that. if you think he doesn't like her just because of his outburst in the previous chapter then I suggest that assuming you're a girl, you gotta get to know the opposite sex a bit more. Or get to know yourself, for that matter. If you were suddenly confronted by someone you were crushing on wouldn't you be a bit confused and possibly say something you might not mean? And baby, I'm way behind you. We've just been introduced to marik in battle city, but that has nothing to do with anything either.