A/N- I forgot to mention, this takes place seven years after battle city. So all of them are seven years older, but they all look (and act) somewhat the same. Tea has longer hair. So the gangs in their mid-twenties, except for Serenity and Mokuba who are younger than them. And also Noa is in this, is real, and looks as old as Mokuba. There's a slight NoaxTea, but it doesn't last.
Author's Note Revised: Finally Chapter 2 revision posted.
Disclaimer- I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or my brain. My brain is slave to school.
It was Saturday morning, and Tea tried to get sleep but failed miserably. She had her new job for a week now, and since she worked at night, she had to learn to sleep during the day.
"Damn sun, why can't you turn off?" She said getting up and walking over to the window. She tried to close the curtains more to make the room darker.
"I should ask Yugi to buy wood so I can board up the window." She mumbled getting back into bed. Since Tea traveled with the company, she never bothered to get an apartment. She always stayed at Yugi's house, even when he wasn't there. Nothing ever went on between the two when they were both home, but they did go out off and on. Tea finally drifted off to sleep, wondering what Yugi was doing now.
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Mokuba sat in the kitchen with Noa eating breakfast. It was Saturday morning and the two had been up late waiting for Seto to come home.
"Seto's been acting weird, he keeps coming home late." Mokuba said eating a chocolate chip muffin. (yummmmm, muffin……)
"He's probably working, you know that. Pass the milk, would ya?" Noa replied pointing towards the milk.
"I know, it's just that he used to come home and then work late. Now he stays out until eleven and comes home and goes to sleep! Do you think he's out partying?" Mokuba asked grabbing the milk and handing it to Noa.
"Partying? Seto? What planet are you on? I don't know if he knows what a real party is! You need more coffee to wake up." Noa said getting up and walking over to the coffee pot.
"I suppose your right. Make a cup for Seto, I'm going to go wake him up." He said to Noa as he poured coffee for them. Noa handed him two cups, one for himself, and one for Seto, then sat back down and turned on the TV. Mokuba left the kitchen and walked up the stairs to Seto's room. He walked in to the dark room and set the coffee down on his bedside table. He walked over to a window and was about to open the curtains when Seto began talking in his sleep.
"Move it Gardner, I need to use the bathroom..."
Mokuba looked him dumbly, trying to figure it out who he was talking about. Then he remembered.
"Tea?" He said to himself. He decided he would ask Seto later and opened the curtains. Immediately Seto woke up at the blinding light.
"Close those blinds, Mokie, I'm trying to sleep!" Seto told him sleepily.
"Yeah, so you can dream about Tea." Mokuba said to him casually.
"What? What are you talking about?" How the hell does he know? I was having sweet dreams before she interrupted them holding her stupid mop. Seto asked sitting up revealing his bare chest. He only slept in his boxer shorts ().
"You said something about 'Move it Gardner, I need to use the bathroom'. What was that about, have you seen her recently?" Mokuba asked handing him his coffee.
"Yeah, she's the new cleaner on my floor." Seto said sipping his coffee.
"Really now, and don't they clean late at night after everyone has gone home?" Mokuba asked, thinking he solved the mystery of Seto's late night working.
"Yes they do. And Gardner is really annoying." Seto said thinking of his bathroom visit.
"Then why don't you just fire her like everyone else?" Mokuba said, forming a plan in his head.
"Because, she cleans better than any one else." Seto replied bitterly and still being half asleep, he didn't realize what Mokuba was doing.
"Sure, Seto, sure." Mokuba said getting up and leaving. Seto watched him as he left, trying to figure what just happened.
Downstairs, Mokuba told Noa of his conversation with Seto.
"He does need a girlfriend, and Tea isn't a bad choice. But wasn't she a dancer for that Dancing Wing Company? What's she doing cleaning?" Noa told him when he was done explaining.
"I heard the were doing bad, so they cancelled all there tours until further notice." Mokuba replied.
"Oh, that's to bad. Tea's really good, I've seen one of their shows. We could donate them money so they can start up again." Noa said.
"No! If we did that then she would go back to dancing and then we couldn't get them together. She has to continue cleaning." Mokuba said to him. "But there is one problem, how are we going to get them on dates? She works nights and he works days?"
"Leave that to me." Noa said to him.
"Okay, but make sure your plan works." Mokuba said and left to go to work at Kaiba Corp. He went to work separate from Seto usually, since Seto wasn't really a morning person and got to work late. Noa worked there also, but didn't work the weekends.
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Tea woke up and looked at her alarm clock. It was 3:30 p.m. She slowly got up, walked over to the bathroom, and took a shower. An hour later she left the house and went for a walk around the town. She hadn't been in Domino for three months but things still seemed the same. She thought about visiting Joey or Tristan, but decided not too, and tell them later that she was in town again. She walked by a café and decided to go inside and get a latté. She walked inside, ordered, and sat down at a small wooden table by the window.
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Noa was heading to his favorite café in his limo. He liked the local shops better than all of the name-brand things his brothers buy. When he reached there, he was glad to see only a few people inside. He didn't feel like attracting to much attention to himself. He ordered an iced coffee and looked around for a place to sit when he saw Tea.
The heavens have surly blessed me. He walked slowly towards her table and sat down across from her.
"Hi Tea. Wow, it's been a few years since we last saw each other." Noa said smiling at her. He probably wouldn't have realized it was her if he and Mokuba hadn't been talking about her just this morning. Tea jumped slightly, startled to see Noa.
"Hi! Yeah it has been awhile. What are you doing here?" She asked him smiling back.
And why did you decide to talk to me? She thought to herself. Noa hardly acknowledged her before and some of the workers now gave her curious stares.
Noa noticed that she looked beautiful, and almost thought of asking her out for himself. Dismissing the thought, he sipped his iced coffee.
"Oh, well on Saturdays I like to come here. Mokuba and Seto work on Saturdays, but I don't. And we all have Sunday off. What about you? What are you doing here?" Noa asked.
"Well, I was just walking around and saw this place. I'm in need of caffeine so I grabbed a latté." Tea replied looking out the window.
"So, Mokuba tells me you work at Kaiba Corp. now. As a cleaner? I heard about that dancing company sorry." Noa said trying to make conversation with her.
"Yeah, I do. I don't mind cleaning, actually. And I get to annoy Kaiba sometimes." She said smiling, thinking about when she pushed him into the girl's bathroom.
"How do you annoy him?" Noa asked, wondering if he can tell Mokuba anything interesting.
"Well, on my first day..." Tea began her story, telling him what happened, but left out the part where she followed him. By the time she was finished, Noa was laughing uncontrollably. She smiled and looked out the window again, thinking she should head to Yugi's house to get changed to clean.
"Well, I should go. I need to go and change into clothes I can clean in." Tea said getting up.
"Hey wait, its Saturday night. No one works tomorrow unless they want too. So you shouldn't have to clean." Noa said getting up also and walking her out. "You should come by our house and hang out. I'm sure Mokuba would like to see you again." Noa said standing by his limo.
"I don't know," Tea said looking down.
"If any one gives you hard time, tell them that Noa said you get to have Saturdays off. Now come on," He said opening the door for her. Tea stepped inside and sat down. She had been in a limo before, but it was usually for an important performance. Once the limo began to move, they began talking about what they had been doing over the years. Tea learned more about the company and how over the years Seto gradually got his head screwed on straight and was less obsessive of Duel Monsters, but he still was in love with the game(and his work).
"Here we are," Noa said as the limo pulled up to a pair of iron gates. Tea looked at their house in awe as the car drove on to the property. It was five stories high and looked expensive.
"Why such a large house? Its just the three of you isn't it?" Tea asked looking back to Noa.
"I guess Seto did it to show off his wealth. The first floor has things like the kitchen and dining room, the second floor is mine, the third is Mokuba's, and the fourth is Seto's. The fifth floor and roof is a dueling arena." Noa explained. Tea rolled her eyes.
Figures, the man has to have a dueling area in his own home.
"What do you mean that those certain floors are yours? Is that where you bedroom is?" Tea asked.
"Yes, and whatever other rooms we want. I have a room that contains all the latest technology and a mini movie theater where we watch TV. The theater is just a floor to ceiling television with a popcorn maker. And Mokuba has a kitchen in his so he can have a snack whenever he wants without going down to the first floor." Noa said getting out of the limo and holding his hand out to help her out of the vehicle.
"Really? Wow, what does Kaiba have on his floor?" Tea asked grabbing his hand and stepping out of the Limo and walking with Noa up to the house.
"Not much, his room, office, a couple of guest rooms, and one room that me and Mokuba aren't allowed to go in. He wouldn't tell us why or what's in it." Noa said opening the door and heading up the stairs. "So, wanna watch a movie until Mokuba and Seto get home?"
"Sure, what movies do you have?" Tea said closing the door and following him up the stairs. "I'm in the mood for a comedy."
I can't believe I'm in the Kaiba house, about to watch a movie with Noa. If I were doing this with Kaiba, I'd think I was dreaming.
"Well lets go and see," Noa said leading her into the mini theater. (I don't know any Japanese movies, so lets say the watched a comedy movie for two hours.)
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Mokuba walked in with Seto behind him, both talking business.
"I'm telling you, you left the papers in your office. No one else lost them. You really need to slow down when it comes to firing people. I'm sure you've employed and fired everyone in Domino, and twice over!"
They headed up the main staircase, planning to go to Seto's office to look for the missing papers. Instead they hesitated when they heard music coming from Noa's floor. Seto and Mokuba stopped walking and looked at each other wondering what Noa was doing with his radio up so loud. Deciding to ignore it and head up the stairs once again, they almost tripped on one of the steps when they heard the sound of women's laughter coming from down the hall. Deciding to follow the foreign noise, they walked down the hall into Noa's extra room where he put his radio. Upon walking inside, they quickly regretted it. The first thing they noticed was the disco lights. Then they saw Noa and Tea dancing crazily to the radio. When the song ended, the both started laughing, not noticing they were being watched. Mokuba and Seto stared at them in shock. When Tea noticed them she started laughing again at the expressions on their face.
"Hi Mokuba, Kaiba! We were just goofing around. Come in and join us!" She said as another song started. Seto remained where he was in the doorway while Mokuba walked over to Noa.
"What's going on? How did you get her over here?" Mokuba whispered to him.
"It was by chance actually. I invited her over and she came, dancing was her idea. Maybe we can get Seto dance with her." Noa whispered back to him. Tea looked at the two whispering brothers wondering what was going on. Then she looked over to Seto who was now glaring at her.
"Shouldn't you be cleaning?" He asked her walking in and leaning against the wall.
"Well, Noa said I didn't have to work on Saturdays, and he invited me over." She replied and glared at him back.
"Did he now, and did you that I employed you and not him. So I say when you work and when you don't." Seto said turning his glare on to Noa.
"Come on, Seto. It's just one day. Even you take one day off. Besides, she's a single woman who needs to go out and some fun at nights." Noa said to him. Everyone stared at him as an awkward silence filled the room, and Tea blushed a little. A slow song came on the radio and Mokuba got an idea.
"Now with that said," Mokuba said clapping his hands together. "Seto take Tea up on her offer and dance with the nice lady." Mokuba walked over to Seto.
She's hardly nice. Mokuba pushed a struggling Seto up to Tea who just stood there.
"So, um, shall we?" Tea asked tentatively to Seto as he stood looking at her.