Tea stood somewhere in the cafeteria, she had somehow lost herself in the sea of people scurrying off to their classes and running off to their lunch breaks. She dodged several people going in both directions, from above it might look like this group is moving in some semi-balance of order, however from her standpoint it was chaos. Eventually she found her way to the table where she and her friends eat.
Joey was in the middle of his soup, and Tristian was enjoying a sandwich, both were enjoying the benefits of not having Tea around them - eating like animals. She sat down and made an impatient, " Ahem!" Both Joey and Tristian shot up and looked in Tea's direction, " Well aren't you two acting like pigs."
The two men just laughed nervously as Tea sat down, and after a minute of awkward silence while Tea got her lunch out, they continued eating. Tea still hadn't figured out if she should tell them about that vision, after all it was just a vision. A very spooky vision, but a vision none the less. No, it wasn't just a very spooky vision; it was a premonition. Everything the Millenium Necklace ever showed was the past that impacted the future, everything from the Pharaoh to the high priest, it all accumulated to something in the future.
" But…" She thought, " Who's to say those events had to happen? Maybe with the help of my friends, we can find what the future really is supposed to be!"
She had made up her mind, she was going to tell Joey and Tristian about the vision of the past. Maybe they would understand and tell her that it was just impossible, the reassurance would really help her.
" Guys, I need to tell you something that's been bugging me for a while now." She started.
" What is it Tea? If someone's been bugging you, we could always give him the boot you know." Joey said firmly, no one ever bugged one of his friends and got away with it.
" Yeah, just tell us who it is, and we'll squash 'em!" Chimed in Tristian.
" No you guys, no one's been bugging me." Tea told them, " No, it's been Yugi. He's always been acting all weird around me. So I, borrowed, his Millenium Necklace to see if I can see what was making him act all strange. It showed me the strangest thing I've ever seen, and believe me, I've seen a lot of weird things."
" What was it?" Joey asked.
" It was Kaiba, or he looked like Kaiba. I think it was his past self, the high priest." Tea was answering Joey when Tristian cut her off.
" Why would the Millenium Necklace show you the high priest?"
" Let me finish Tristian!" Tea scolded him causing him to shy away, " What was weird was that I, or my past self, was walking with him. With wedding bands on their fingers."
" What!" Joey and Tristian both yelled at the same time, causing several people in the vicinity to look in their direction.
It was a few silent minutes before everyone would turn back to their own business, and another minute before Tea felt safe enough to talk again. She felt secure with her friends knowing about this, but if the entire school knew…Lets just say she would really hate for that to happen.
" Guys, keep it down. Even if it weren't the truth, the rumors would be murder." She took a moment to compose herself again, and then she picked up where she left off, " My past self was left alone in a room, where a fortuneteller was waiting for her. She said that even though she wasn't very happy then, she would be happy in the future. Then the weirdest thing happened: she looked right at me when she said it! I know they aren't supposed to see you when you're having a vision, but…how would she know?"
" That's very creepy there Tea, are you sure you didn't fall asleep with a Steven King novel in your hands?" Tristian queried.
" No, I don't read Steven King, too creepy. That's why I don't like this you guys, this is ten-times creepier that anything Steven King wrote."
" Steven-who?" Joey cut in; he was confused again about the more cultured things.
" Agh, the novelist, ding-bell!" Tristian yells, squeezing Joey's head between his two fists as a sort of punishment for Joey's comment.
" Hey, get your hands off me you creep!" Joey shouts, pushing Tristian off him, " Anyway Tea, don't worry. Kaiba doesn't believe in that ancient Egyptian stuff, and less about magic, anyway. And with us around, Kaiba would never dare come near you." He says confidently.
And as if only to smite him, just the wrong person just happened to be walking by as he said that, " I wouldn't count on that Wheeler." Came the cold voice of Seto Kaiba, " the reason why I don't come near while you're around is because you stink like a dog, and I don't want it on me."
" Hey! I resent that Kaiba!" Joey shouts, standing up to Kaiba.
" Just go Kaiba, we don't need this right now. Joey, sit down." Tea commanded both men.
Joey stared vacantly at Tea, before sitting down; " You're lucky money-bags."
Kaiba smirked, and made a little snicker before walking away. He looked as if he didn't much care to stay either, however that single second in time, was more awkward for Seto than any other event in his life. Even more awkward when he had to stand up in front of the big five, all adept duelist, after he lost his own tournament, and took a shameful third place.
Tea also felt a little odd, she had never been so assertive with anyone before, and actually meant it like she did then. And what was even stranger, Kaiba actually obeyed her! That was very uncharacteristic of Seto, bigwig CEO of a multi-national company, Kaiba. She felt really strange, and, kind of good.
Author's Note: The plot thickens! With Joey and Tristian clued in, will Yugi ever find out? What would he do then? What of Kaiba, does he have any feelings whatsoever for Tea? As always, I sincerely thank everyone who tossed me the proverbial doggie treat, and reviewed The Most Unlikely Love Tale of all Time!