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Thank you guys for your reviews, it meant a lot. So w/out further ado, here's the next chapter, oh and by the way, if you've read my story Power Within, should I make a sequel? And one more thing, my stupid internet will not let me place any reviews at all, so that's why I haven't been reviewing, but I did read your guy's stories though. I'll have to review at a library when I have time. ^__^

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"And if you put this equation with that," the teacher droned, "you should finally get the answer."

Tea had never been more bored or confused in her life. She couldn't decide which. Kaiba had changed her entire schedule to mimic his, so now she was stuck taking classes that were much too advanced for her.

She gave a glare at his back, she was seated behind him, which fortunately worked for her advantage. The teacher wouldn't have to call on her because Kaiba's figure hid hers.

She fought the urge to yawn, mentally telling herself that she was on duty. Her mind wandered off, thinking on how to wrestle with the problem of the hit men who were after Kaiba.

In what seemed like forever, the bell finally rang.

"Yes!" Tea cried out, grabbing her bag and running toward the door.

"Um.....Miss Gardener," the teacher called out. "Please wait a moment."

Tea slowed down at the door, "Yes?" she said, one foot out the door.

"I know that your new to this class, so I was wondering if you could have someone help you catch up with your homework."

"Oh that's alright," Tea hastily said, catch up with homework? Who ever said she was even going to do it?

"I chose Kaiba to help you because he's done the best in this class so far, is that okay?"

"Uh.....yeah, sure!" Tea said in a false enthusiastic voice. She then made a fast escape, slamming the door behind her.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" said a voice behind her as she ran through the corridor.

Damn! He had to remember I was supposed to watch his back.

"Yeah, yeah," Tea muttered, she walked back to Kaiba who was leaning back against the lockers.

"That teacher said you're going to have to help me with my homework," she said, walking next to him.

Kaiba made a small noise of disgust. "Every class that your taking now, the teacher's going to ask me to help you, after all I am the best in each class," he added arrogantly.

"After all, I am the best in the class," mimicked Tea with a face, "you are so obnoxious. Is this why you have problems having friends?"

"I've told you again and again, stop with the comments," Kaiba said stiffly, his shoulders starting to tense.

"They really do bother you don't they?" Tea said with a smile. "No," he replied back, "I can't concentrate on anything when you start talking. It's like your mouth runs a mile a minute, never ceasing!"

Just then a group of girls rushed toward Kaiba, upset looks on their faces.

Girl #1: Kaiba! Is it true?! That you came today with that girl Tea?

The girls then see Tea right behind him.

Girl #2: "So," looking at Tea, "your the one who's seduced our Kaiba.

Tea: x__x "Please, you can have him if you want............." she muttered to herself. Wait, what if these girls wanted to hurt Kaiba for some jealous reason?...Could it

be as simple as that?

She went and stood next to Kaiba. "Well actually" she said sweetly, "Kaiba was telling me how he felt bad the way he treated you guys. And so he's offering each one of you a day to himself on the condition that his brother and I go with him."

"He wants his brother to have fun," she said apologetically to the girls. Kaiba stared at her as if she had suddenly grown another nose. He quickly covered his composure, never letting anything upset his facade.

"I'm sorry ladies," he said smoothly, causing sighs to go around him, "but although she's Mokuba's babysitter, she sometimes goes," he made a loco motion with his finger. "When she forgets her medication...."

Tea: @__@

"He's right," lied Tea through a stilted smile, "if you'll excuse us for a moment."

She jerked Kaiba to the side, out of hearing range. "What do you think you're doing Gardener?" demanded Kaiba, his voice low.

"Listen to me," Tea hissed back, "what if these girls are targeting you? Hmm? For some jealous reason..."

Kaiba blinked. "I never thought of that," he said in astonishment. He frowned, "Are girls really that vicious?"

Tea nodded fervently, "Oh yes, especially when it's the time of the you-know" she said in a conspiratorial whisper.

He huffed in displeasure, "Alright, but only one day. I'm not gonna hang around them the whole damn week."

"Good news girls!" Tea said brightly to the waiting fan mob. "He'll stay with you but it'll have to be as a group, Mr. Kaiba is very busy."

Girl #3: Oh Kaiba! I'm gonna make you remember that day forever and ever! (She

then throws dirty looks at the other girls) But try not to monopolize the other girls

attention to much," she coos. "I'm a very jealous girl."

Kaiba: 0__0

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7:00 PM

Tea groaned as she looked helplessly at the math problem, the symbols swimming across her vision. "Bullshit!" she swore, throwing her pencil down. She glared at Kaiba who was smugly reading a Duel Monster Catalogue, while munching an apple. He had finished his homework hours ago.

"Well," Tea asked expectantly, "aren't you supposed to help me?"

He raised an eyebrow. "You know you shouldn't take that tone of voice to your employer," he said lazily, flipping a page with a flick of his wrist.

She gritted her teeth in frustration and anger. "If you don't help me, I might just....you know....accidentally be looking the other way when something happens to you."

Before he could retort, Tea's cell rang.

"Yes?"

"Tea!" said Janet, a worker who gave Tea her information. "I checked on the guys who are rivals to KaibaCorp and one of them is holding a party tonight. They've invited Kaiba but he hasn't responded to their invitation yet."

"Thanks," Tea said crisply, shutting her cell off.

"Kaiba one of your rivals has a party tonight, we should go."

He gave a small frown, "I'm pretty sure it isn't him.....but" he said when he saw Tea's skeptical expression, "I will, anything to get you to stop whining on how stupid you are in school."

Tea ignored his jibe, "What kind of party is it?"

He paused, "A.....bachelor type of party....that will pose some problem for you, you know," he said eying her.

Tea: -__- "A bachelor party," she repeated, "well that's great!" she exclaimed. "How the hell am I going to protect you if only guys come in there........." She stopped talking abruptly, her pretty face turning green. Since mostly men were going, if she were to disguise herself as one of the dancers.....

"Well," she said swallowing, talking to herself, "I guess it's the only way....."

"But you owe me big Kaiba-boy," she snarled, purposely using Pegasus' choice of words.

"Just go to the party, I'll accompany you up to the door, then I'll sneak in. Don't worry, I know what to do," she said.

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Kaiba grimaced as Tea escorted him to the door and left. They were in front of a Greek-style mansion. Just what was she going to do?

Suddenly Theodore appeared, he was one of Kaiba's rivals. "Kaiba," he said, gliding toward him in his expensive white suit, "Glad you could make it."

Kaiba gave him a cool smile in acknowledgement. He eyed the room with aloof distaste, looking at the scantily clad girls serving drinks to the rich elitists who were talking to each other.

He settled uncomfortably in a settee, still keeping his slightly amused mask on.

Suddenly the lights dimmed and rock music blasted on accompanied to the hoots and hollers of the men whose age ranged from 16 to 50.

Dancers appeared on the stage, wearing tight spandex tops and pants, swaying their hips to the beat, holding onto poles.

Tea cussed as she hit her head against the closet door. She had clubbed the main dancer on the head with the hilt of her knife. The girl had realized that she wasn't one of the dancers and was about to call security. "Can't be helped," muttered Tea.

As she left the room and strode down the hall, a man rushed out. "Where's Felise?" he said swiftly.

"Ah....Felise?" Tea said, thinking fast. "She didn't feel well, so she took some medications but know she has a major stomachache."

The man shrieked, "What are we going to do? She's the main dancer!"

Tea looked guiltily back at the door she had just left, so that's who the girl was.

The man moaned, pulling at his hair, "We don't have any backup!" He ran his eyes down Tea's tight outfit. She was wearing white hip huggers and a matching spaghetti strap top.

Here's my chance, thought Tea, to get into that restricted party! "I'll take her place," she said boldly, trying to keep a provocative look on her face.

He was faintly surprised, but then he nodded, "You'll do. Do you know how to dance?"

"Of course," she purred seductively, "I can dance the pants off of you."

As she walked with the man to change into a more 'suitable' outfit, she thought to herself, what a stupid idiot. Okay Tea, here's your chance to try on those moves that you were to embarrassed to do before.

Kaiba was bored. Those girls had failed to capture his attention and his eyes wondered to the men who were lounging around, some were having girls feed them while others were having lap dances.

"Now Kaiba, don't tell me you're not enjoying yourself," Theodore said, his hand clasped around a dancer's waist.

He gave him a faint smile, "No one has caught my attention yet," he replied, looking bored.

"But my friend, we have just a thing for you," Theodore said, waving a hand to one of his men. "I must insist that you try out the delights of one of our dancers, her name is Felise."

Tea strove to not blush, less one notice her tomato red face. She was wearing a vest that had a zipper running down the front, showing quite a lot of cleavage. A pair of scanty shorts were on her slender legs and high heels were strapped to her feet.

Just don't trip, she told herself, she wasn't used to wearing that tall of heels.

The man led her to the door, just remember your patron today is the man in a white trench coat.

His voice didn't register in her mind until she was already walking halfway into the room. White.....trench coat?

A slightly muscular man in a white suit motioned to her, pointing to a man slouched down on a chair.

Her heart hammering, Tea tried to walk gracefully over, stumbling a little on her heels.

"You're not Felise," the man said frowning. "She was sick, so I took her place," Tea replied.

Kaiba refused to look at the girl. Where was Tea? He glanced up annoyed at the dancer and his jaw dropped. TEA?!!!

Kaiba: O__O

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His eyes danced with suppressed mirth. Ha! She was in a fix now. So this was how she was going to protect him.....as a gigolo dancer! Now this was too much.

Tea knew he was laughing at her predicament. Hmph, well this was her choice. But now came the task....

She went in front of Kaiba and swayed her hips gracefully to the beat, hands up in the air. As she started to move closer toward him, Kaiba's expression changed to panic.

"Perhaps a dance on stage will suffice," he strangled out, keeping his gaze averted from her gyrating hips.

No, you fool! Now how am I going to protect you? Though, she thought wryly, it'd be hard to beat some one up in these heels.

Theodore arrogantly gestured her upstage.

The other lights dimmed and red spotlight landed on Tea who walked to the middle of the stage. Hey, it's easier to see everyone here, maybe it'll be easier to see if anyone's getting to close to Kaiba, she thought.

The dancers melted away to the side, leaving the stage for her. All the other men looked at the stage, awaiting her moves.

She gazed at them, all stupid, rich, debauched, men! I'll give them the dance of their life, she thought with narrowed eyes.

She looked back at Kaiba who was nervously pulling at his collar.

"This," she said huskily to the audience, "is for my patron of today, Mr. Kaiba."

"Ow! Kaiba!" yelled one.

Suddenly Dirty by Aguilera blared on. Tea waited for a few moments, letting the audience build anticipation. Pretend it's like a dance concert, she thought, slowly pasting a sultry smile on her lips. No holding back for this one.

Kaiba was frozen in his chair. Tea was dancing......like....like.......he had never seen anyone dance this wicked before. Blood pounded in his ears. He felt as if he had a raging fever, this was Tea Gardener?! The gentle girl who.....who...

He risked a glance back at the stage, oh god, she was coming toward him. At the chorus, Tea planted a heel on either side of his chair.

"T-Tea, now..." he said nervously, backing as far as he could in his chair. "You're my bodyguard..."

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Hehe...anywayz sorry to update so late. I've been so busy w/school work, and SAT classes.