A/N: Okay, well, I hope this chapter is more satisfactory. I tried to make
this one extra long for the really short previous chapter.
Chikin Wang: ^_^ Oh, is that a good thing? Okay, thanks!
CrissyKitty: Okay, glad that you're okay with that. I hope this chapter's good for you! Yeah, I'm pretty sure that my next story will be Tea/Yami. After all, it's only fair, right? ^_^
Jujubie: Thank you! Your story's cool! I love you plot!
hieiandbotan4ever: Okay, thanks.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Oh, and I've set up an account on fictionpress, still Kari Kaiba of course. Please read and review that story too if you get the chance to. It's a really, really, REALLY historical Civil War diary sort of thing. Anyway, thanks again to everyone!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter Seven: Conflicts
The next morning, the boys awoke to a wonderful smell of food cooking.
"Tea!" Yugi said, "You didn't have to make breakfast for us!" Tea shrugged, and turned back to her cooking.
"Mmmm," Joey said, "Eggs, bacon, biscuits, what else did you make?"
"Tomatoes, cheese, fruit juice, and ham," Tea retorted, and Joey fell silent. "Well, when you're ready to eat, I'm done cooking." The boys (excluding Kaiba) ran over, took a seat, and gobbled down the food. Kaiba walked over to Tea, who was looking at the boys with a look of disgust and amusement.
"Come on," Kaiba said, "You made some, you should eat some." Tea shook her head. She felt slightly sick after her talk with Pegasus.
*****
They finished their breakfast quickly and continued on to find others to duel. They decided that Joey would be dueling for that day, for he was behind on star chips. Yugi would cheer him on, and Kaiba, Tea, Ryou, and Tristan would just chat. Joey gained three more chips by the end of the day, now having nine. They walked around to another clearing and set up camp. Tea again cooked their dinner, and Kaiba helped her. They had a pretty much silent dinner, and soon went to bed.
Kaiba woke up with a start, sensing something was wrong. He glanced around, and saw that someone was missing. "Tea," he muttered. He walked away from the campsite and into the surrounding forest. He reached the end of the line of trees, and came upon a small lake. Tea was sitting there, apparently lost in her own thoughts. He was about to call out to her, but she stood up from the ground. Her back was still to him, so he supposed that she didn't see him.
Tea's body flashed gold, and an indistinct image of an eye flashed upon her forehead. She walked forward to the edge of the lake and appeared to be muttering to thin air, and was trembling.
With pain? Kaiba wondered to himself. Kaiba was too far away to hear what she was saying, but did hear a string of curses come out quite loudly, and her body flashed bright gold once more, and she collapsed into the lake's water.
"TEA!" Kaiba cried in alarm and ran forward. He ran to the lake's edge and picked up Tea in his arms, and brought her out of the water, and put her down beside a tree. Tea was pale, and cold, so Kaiba took off his coat and put it around her. Now all he could do was wait.
"Kaiba?" Tea said weakly, a few minutes later. Her eyes flickered for a moment, and she attempted to get up, but he pushed her back down.
"Rest, Tea," Kaiba said gently.
"But-" Tea said.
"Rest," he said firmly, "I'll stay here with you." Tea smiled weakly, and leaned against him, drawing her arms around his waist. Kaiba blushed lightly, and was thankful for the cover of darkness.
"Thanks, Seto," Tea muttered, and slowly fell asleep. Kaiba smiled, and rested his head on top of Tea's.
The next morning, Tea awoke to find Kaiba sleeping peacefully beside her, and she remembered what happened last night. Pegasus had again came, and she had a long argument with him. She wanted to somehow prevent Kaiba, Yugi, and the rest of her friends from going into Pegasus' mansion. But of course, Pegasus had refused her to do that and had threatened that he would harm Mokuba or Yugi's grandpa. Tea sighed. She could do virtually nothing to help Kaiba or Yugi. Oh, how she hated that! She stood up angrily with a start, and stormed off further into the woods alone, forgetting about Kaiba and leaving him there.
Then she felt the pain again as she walked into the woods again. She was beginning to get used to the pain, and it increased to another level. It was as though someone was digging daggers into every piece of her body. She gritted her teeth, refusing to scream.
"Come on, must we argue again?" Pegasus said somewhat harshly, "Go back now, your friends will need you." Tea snarled under her breath. "I will tell them if you don't go back," he threatened. Tea cursed.
"Fine! I'm going, I'm going," she said angrily. She turned on her heel and stormed out, and found herself back with Kaiba, who had woken up.
"Sorry, must have overslept," Kaiba said, "Are you ok?" Tea nodded.
"I'm fine," she said, "Sorry, I didn't want to wake you, so." She quickly made up an excuse.
"Okay, so, want to go back to the camp?" Kaiba asked her. She nodded and they left together. Together they cooked breakfast, as the boys were still sleeping. They soon awoke however, to the sweet smell of breakfast.
"Thanks, Tea, Kaiba," Yugi said, and everyone chimed in their agreements. Kaiba noted that again, Tea did not eat anything.
"Well, I think Yugi and I will be able to get all ten star chips today," Joey said, "What do you guys think?"
"Yeah, I think that's possible," Yugi said, "So, then let's get going!"
Everyone helped clean up, and then they walked off to find some other duelists to challenge. They had to stop for lunch, which Tea and Kaiba cooked again. By that time, Yugi had nine star chips. Tea still did not eat anything, except for something to drink and some fruit. By the time night began to fall, Joey and Yugi both had all ten star chips. Now that everyone had the ten star chips they needed to enter Pegasus' castle, they decided that they would first thing the next morning. They all set up camp, and everyone chipped in to making dinner. They had quite a happy conversation that evening, as they knew that the next day they would all be going into Pegasus' castle. Yami and Bakura appeared and were talking again, away from Tea, Kaiba, Joey, and Tristan.
"Something is up, Bakura," Yami said thoughtfully, staring into the campfire. Bakura snorted.
"No really? Thanks for telling me, Mr.-State-The-Obvious," Bakura said with annoyance. The two sat in silence for a moment, watching the other four (three actually) talk. Tea was sitting slightly apart from the others, her gaze deep into the fire, which was reflected in her crystal blue eyes.
"So, we obviously have to duel Pegasus right?" Joey was saying.
"Yeah, but we're going to need to use our star chips to get inside his castle. I'm assuming Ryou and Tristan don't have to worry about anything; they've got those passes, but what about Tea?" Yugi said. The boys looked at her. She hadn't said a word after helping cook their dinner, and again didn't eat anything.
"Tea?" Kaiba asked her, concerned. Tea glanced up, startled and quickly smiled at the boys.
"Yes?" she asked. The boys glanced at her untouched dinner.
"Are you alright?" Tristan asked her. Suddenly, Tea's eyes flashed dangerously.
"I'm fine," she suddenly snapped, "And I wish you would stop asking me that okay? You guys think something is wrong, when I'm fine. And just so you know, I will be able to get into that castle so don't worry about me." She stood up and turned to walk away. "I'll be back," she said without a backward glance at the group.
"And what's up with Tea lately?" Bakura added to Yami, "You sense that she's different somehow, right?"
"Of course. But I am not sure how or why. I really don't know anything about that girl. Even Kaiba knows little about her, and he's the closest one to her."
"Hmmm. I'll ponder that." with that, Bakura abruptly changed back to Ryou. Yami sighed. He made a mental note to tell Bakura not to change so quickly and without warning. Yami then retreated into the puzzle, and Yugi and Ryou joined the campfire conversation; now briefly of Tea's weird behavior, then to tips on dueling for the next big day. Kaiba briefly considered going after her, but decided to leave her to her own thoughts.
A/N: I hope that chapter was long enough! Well, thanks, and please review! And read my other story on fictionpress if you get the chance! Thanks! ~Kari
Chikin Wang: ^_^ Oh, is that a good thing? Okay, thanks!
CrissyKitty: Okay, glad that you're okay with that. I hope this chapter's good for you! Yeah, I'm pretty sure that my next story will be Tea/Yami. After all, it's only fair, right? ^_^
Jujubie: Thank you! Your story's cool! I love you plot!
hieiandbotan4ever: Okay, thanks.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Oh, and I've set up an account on fictionpress, still Kari Kaiba of course. Please read and review that story too if you get the chance to. It's a really, really, REALLY historical Civil War diary sort of thing. Anyway, thanks again to everyone!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter Seven: Conflicts
The next morning, the boys awoke to a wonderful smell of food cooking.
"Tea!" Yugi said, "You didn't have to make breakfast for us!" Tea shrugged, and turned back to her cooking.
"Mmmm," Joey said, "Eggs, bacon, biscuits, what else did you make?"
"Tomatoes, cheese, fruit juice, and ham," Tea retorted, and Joey fell silent. "Well, when you're ready to eat, I'm done cooking." The boys (excluding Kaiba) ran over, took a seat, and gobbled down the food. Kaiba walked over to Tea, who was looking at the boys with a look of disgust and amusement.
"Come on," Kaiba said, "You made some, you should eat some." Tea shook her head. She felt slightly sick after her talk with Pegasus.
*****
They finished their breakfast quickly and continued on to find others to duel. They decided that Joey would be dueling for that day, for he was behind on star chips. Yugi would cheer him on, and Kaiba, Tea, Ryou, and Tristan would just chat. Joey gained three more chips by the end of the day, now having nine. They walked around to another clearing and set up camp. Tea again cooked their dinner, and Kaiba helped her. They had a pretty much silent dinner, and soon went to bed.
Kaiba woke up with a start, sensing something was wrong. He glanced around, and saw that someone was missing. "Tea," he muttered. He walked away from the campsite and into the surrounding forest. He reached the end of the line of trees, and came upon a small lake. Tea was sitting there, apparently lost in her own thoughts. He was about to call out to her, but she stood up from the ground. Her back was still to him, so he supposed that she didn't see him.
Tea's body flashed gold, and an indistinct image of an eye flashed upon her forehead. She walked forward to the edge of the lake and appeared to be muttering to thin air, and was trembling.
With pain? Kaiba wondered to himself. Kaiba was too far away to hear what she was saying, but did hear a string of curses come out quite loudly, and her body flashed bright gold once more, and she collapsed into the lake's water.
"TEA!" Kaiba cried in alarm and ran forward. He ran to the lake's edge and picked up Tea in his arms, and brought her out of the water, and put her down beside a tree. Tea was pale, and cold, so Kaiba took off his coat and put it around her. Now all he could do was wait.
"Kaiba?" Tea said weakly, a few minutes later. Her eyes flickered for a moment, and she attempted to get up, but he pushed her back down.
"Rest, Tea," Kaiba said gently.
"But-" Tea said.
"Rest," he said firmly, "I'll stay here with you." Tea smiled weakly, and leaned against him, drawing her arms around his waist. Kaiba blushed lightly, and was thankful for the cover of darkness.
"Thanks, Seto," Tea muttered, and slowly fell asleep. Kaiba smiled, and rested his head on top of Tea's.
The next morning, Tea awoke to find Kaiba sleeping peacefully beside her, and she remembered what happened last night. Pegasus had again came, and she had a long argument with him. She wanted to somehow prevent Kaiba, Yugi, and the rest of her friends from going into Pegasus' mansion. But of course, Pegasus had refused her to do that and had threatened that he would harm Mokuba or Yugi's grandpa. Tea sighed. She could do virtually nothing to help Kaiba or Yugi. Oh, how she hated that! She stood up angrily with a start, and stormed off further into the woods alone, forgetting about Kaiba and leaving him there.
Then she felt the pain again as she walked into the woods again. She was beginning to get used to the pain, and it increased to another level. It was as though someone was digging daggers into every piece of her body. She gritted her teeth, refusing to scream.
"Come on, must we argue again?" Pegasus said somewhat harshly, "Go back now, your friends will need you." Tea snarled under her breath. "I will tell them if you don't go back," he threatened. Tea cursed.
"Fine! I'm going, I'm going," she said angrily. She turned on her heel and stormed out, and found herself back with Kaiba, who had woken up.
"Sorry, must have overslept," Kaiba said, "Are you ok?" Tea nodded.
"I'm fine," she said, "Sorry, I didn't want to wake you, so." She quickly made up an excuse.
"Okay, so, want to go back to the camp?" Kaiba asked her. She nodded and they left together. Together they cooked breakfast, as the boys were still sleeping. They soon awoke however, to the sweet smell of breakfast.
"Thanks, Tea, Kaiba," Yugi said, and everyone chimed in their agreements. Kaiba noted that again, Tea did not eat anything.
"Well, I think Yugi and I will be able to get all ten star chips today," Joey said, "What do you guys think?"
"Yeah, I think that's possible," Yugi said, "So, then let's get going!"
Everyone helped clean up, and then they walked off to find some other duelists to challenge. They had to stop for lunch, which Tea and Kaiba cooked again. By that time, Yugi had nine star chips. Tea still did not eat anything, except for something to drink and some fruit. By the time night began to fall, Joey and Yugi both had all ten star chips. Now that everyone had the ten star chips they needed to enter Pegasus' castle, they decided that they would first thing the next morning. They all set up camp, and everyone chipped in to making dinner. They had quite a happy conversation that evening, as they knew that the next day they would all be going into Pegasus' castle. Yami and Bakura appeared and were talking again, away from Tea, Kaiba, Joey, and Tristan.
"Something is up, Bakura," Yami said thoughtfully, staring into the campfire. Bakura snorted.
"No really? Thanks for telling me, Mr.-State-The-Obvious," Bakura said with annoyance. The two sat in silence for a moment, watching the other four (three actually) talk. Tea was sitting slightly apart from the others, her gaze deep into the fire, which was reflected in her crystal blue eyes.
"So, we obviously have to duel Pegasus right?" Joey was saying.
"Yeah, but we're going to need to use our star chips to get inside his castle. I'm assuming Ryou and Tristan don't have to worry about anything; they've got those passes, but what about Tea?" Yugi said. The boys looked at her. She hadn't said a word after helping cook their dinner, and again didn't eat anything.
"Tea?" Kaiba asked her, concerned. Tea glanced up, startled and quickly smiled at the boys.
"Yes?" she asked. The boys glanced at her untouched dinner.
"Are you alright?" Tristan asked her. Suddenly, Tea's eyes flashed dangerously.
"I'm fine," she suddenly snapped, "And I wish you would stop asking me that okay? You guys think something is wrong, when I'm fine. And just so you know, I will be able to get into that castle so don't worry about me." She stood up and turned to walk away. "I'll be back," she said without a backward glance at the group.
"And what's up with Tea lately?" Bakura added to Yami, "You sense that she's different somehow, right?"
"Of course. But I am not sure how or why. I really don't know anything about that girl. Even Kaiba knows little about her, and he's the closest one to her."
"Hmmm. I'll ponder that." with that, Bakura abruptly changed back to Ryou. Yami sighed. He made a mental note to tell Bakura not to change so quickly and without warning. Yami then retreated into the puzzle, and Yugi and Ryou joined the campfire conversation; now briefly of Tea's weird behavior, then to tips on dueling for the next big day. Kaiba briefly considered going after her, but decided to leave her to her own thoughts.
A/N: I hope that chapter was long enough! Well, thanks, and please review! And read my other story on fictionpress if you get the chance! Thanks! ~Kari
