Kiss Me Fool
By:Fire_Katt
Wow I can't believe the awesome reviews! They were definitely among my favorite Christmas presents! As I said I want to get this chapter up by Dec.28 but I was so motivated by the reviews I'm posting it today ^_^ So I hope you guys like this chapter as much as the first one. Oh and two more quick things, for the record I'm very pro-anzu(tea) and I'm going to stick with the Seto/Tea pairing. So enjoy and have a happy holiday!
Sorry one other thing Ryou and Malik refer to the hikaris and Marik and Bakura refer to yamis and just to keep things simple they're also in two separate bodies.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.....yet.
Chapter Two
As Tea got out of the car she smoothed her red silk tank top over the tops of her black pants and took a deep breath before walking towards the door of the mansion. Swinging her little black beaded purse slightly as she walked, she stopped in surprise as she saw the group of people walking in ahead of her.
'No, why did he come tonight?' She asked herself only to have her jaw drop slightly when she noticed the dark haired girl on his arm.
"Well that explains why he's skipping Isis' dinner party, he brought her with him." She mumbled silently not noticing Ryou and Bakura coming up behind her.
"What was that Tea?" Ryou asked quietly and Tea's chin snapped up and she stopped staring at the ground.
"Oh hey Ryou. Bakura. Sorry, I was just talking to myself." Tea chuckled somewhat self-consciously while she ran her hand lightly over the back of her hair.
"You know that's a first sign of insanity, believe me I speak from experience." Bakura laughed darkly while giving her a strange look. He, unlike Ryou had noticed the fact that Yami had walked into the Kaiba mansion with Isis on his arm and Tea was making an appearance by herself. He made a mental note to find out more about that later.
'Anything that will make this stupid party more interesting.' He wouldn't have come at all if Ryou hadn't told him that there was free alcohol for the adults. He suddenly looked at Tea and grinned, he remembered hearing a rumor about the "golden couple" breaking up but had dismissed it immediately. He now realized that it was the truth.
"So Tea, you finally had the sense to drop the Pharaoh hmm?" Bakura inquired, still grinning. His grin slowly faded into a moderately guilty expression at her reply.
"Actually it was the other way around Bakura." Her eyes began to fill up with tears again when Ryou assessing the situation interrupted her and said,
"Well then in that case you can come with us, Bakura and I that is. Right Bakura?" Despite the faint blush on Ryou's cheeks he still managed to give Bakura a warning look.
Bakura, not being able to pass up the chance to tease his lighter half answered as he arched his eyebrow, "What you want her to be our date or something?"
Ryou went a very noticeable shade of red at that was about to open his mouth to defend himself when Tea interrupted him.
"You know that's not what he meant Bakura, and to answer your question Ryou I'd love to go with you guys." Tea gifted them with a big smile, linked arms with them and headed for the door.
The trio walked up to the door talking about what had happened since they'd last been together almost a month ago although everyone made a point of avoiding Yami and Tea's relationship. They were greeted at the door of Kaiba's mansion by a butler and told that the rest of the guests were in the ballroom down the hall to the right.
"Second set of door on the right, did you need me to show you there?" The butler asked in a flat, almost mechanical voice that gave Tea the creeps.
"No, we'll find it, thank you." Ryou replied politely
"Is it just me or was that guys voice really creepy?" Tea whispered to her companions before starting to giggle.
Bakura merely smirked at her while Ryou joined in with her laughter. They walked through the huge mahogany colored doors still laughing. Bakura noticed Yami staring for a moment before turning away and continuing his conversation with Joey. Tea refused to even look for him although she noticed Mokuba standing with a couple of friends. Tea started towards him so that she could give him his present and wish him a happy birthday when Bakura caught her arm.
"Do you want me to get you a drink while you go say hey to the kid?"
Tea gave him a funny look thinking to herself, 'Is he actually being civil to me?' and replied, "Sure a Sling if they have them, thanks." She continued on towards Mokuba. When she got up to him she tapped him on the shoulder, pasted a grin on her face and held his present out in front of her. He turned at her tap and let out a little cry of happiness and gave her a tight hug.
"Tea I'm so glad you made it! Did Yami come with you?"
Tea's smile faltered for a only a moment and she managed to recover it before Mokuba could notice.
"Actually I came with Ryou and Bakura, but I believe Yami's here too somewhere." She braved a brief glance around the room regretting it instantly when she noticed Yami with his arm around Isis leaning forward to whisper in her ear. Mokuba's gaze followed her own and his eyes widened slightly when he saw Yami.
"Oh, oh I'm sorry Tea."
"It's okay Mokuba, it's been a week and I'm just going to enjoy myself tonight and not let him bother me. Besides it's your birthday! Aren't you going to open the present I got you?"
"You got me a present Tea? The invitations said no presents though! Are you sure?" Mokuba started grinning happily as she pulled out a small wrapped box from behind her back.
"It's just a little something and I can't show up at a birthday party empty handed now can I?" asked Tea her grin growing wider than it had all week at Mokuba's enthusiasm.
Mokuba took it from her and as he was tearing the paper open Bakura walked up with Tea's drink in hand.
"Here you are Tea. Oh and happy birthday. Nice party."
"Thanks for the drink."
"Glad you could make it." replied Mokuba in a slightly more mellow tone than he'd greeted Tea in.
Tea took a look at the drink Bakura had brought over and cast another glance at Yami before drinking the whole thing right there.
"Hey Bakura, you want to come with me to get another drink?"
Bakura gave her a startled look, glancing pointedly at the glass in her hand before replying slowly, "Sure why not."
They went up to the bar where Tea got a second drink which she sipped slowly and met Bakura's gaze steadily.
"So what exactly hap..."
"Don't even ask Bakura I really don't want to talk about it." She was about to add more when she noticed the dance floor where Seto had even added a few catwalks to dance on. She stopped arguing with Bakura and instead grabbed his hand and started pulling him towards the dance floor.
"Shouldn't you be asking if I'm interested in dancing with you before you drag me up there?" Bakura asked sarcastically
"Hey you and Ryou are my dates right?" As she tossed a teasing grin over her shoulder without pausing. "Besides although I'm sure Ryou's a better dancer I don't see him at the moment and I love this song!"
"You think Ryou's a better dancer eh? Well I can see you're in for a surprise."
"Prove it. Let's dance on the catwalk."
Without giving him the chance to argue she proceeded to sway her hips in time to the music as she sauntered up the steps. They began to move in time to the music and in perfect sync with each other drawing many pairs of eyes.
'What the hell does she think she's doing!" Yami thought furiously to himself although his bored expression never wavered.
Across the room, Yami's thoughts of Tea were mirrored by someone standing in the shadows.
***TBC
Okay well I just wanted to say thanks again for the wonderful reviews and awesome suggestions. I really liked your idea ferocity as you can see I tried to work it in to the chapter. Hope You like it. Oh and I want to personally thank DB, dragonking, ferocity, Lynderia, pupgirl, Candace, and Sakura Li Samuri for your wonderful reviews you guys totally gave me the confidence to continue this ^_^
PS I'm starting on the third chapter tonight where Tea and Seto finally interact. Yes that's right Seto will be in the next chapter! I promise! ^_^