NOTE: Okay, after that WAY LONG chapter, you will get…yes…a shorter one. However! Yes! There is a HOWEVER! I can compensate for a shorter chapter! THIS IS THE CHAPTER YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! So…GO AND READ!

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Chapter 15: Resignation Revelations

December

Seven hours after leaving Tokyo Civic Center, did the two reach the limits of the town of Domino. By then, it was about 8:00 pm.

Tea suddenly brought up a question, "What do you want to bet that your brothers are clawing at the door, waiting for us to open it?"

"I wouldn't doubt it," Seto replied, smirking. He let his mind relax. He was pretty sure she had been about to ask him why he had gone and kissed her so many times. It was starting to worry him….

That thought, though, still roamed Tea's mind. She just didn't let it surface yet.


They arrived back at the mansion around twenty after eight. Seto parked the car in front of the front door. They got out of the car. Everything was silent.

Just as expected, Seto thought. Tea was going around to the back, to get her belongings.

"Best wait for that," Seto told her.

"Why?"

"Do you really want to get jumped on, holding a suitcase?" Seto replied softly.

"Ah…no," Tea smiled. She walked up to the front door with him. He took out his keys, and unlocked it. But he didn't open it.

"What are you waiting for?" Tea asked, impatiently.

"Get back against the wall," Seto ordered.

"Excuse me?"

"They're going to pounce. You'd best be out of their way," Seto smirked.

"And you?"

"Watch," he put his hand on the door, and stepped back against the house. Then, he pushed down on the handle. The door came swinging to meet him, while two boys jumped out onto the porch, only to trip and fall, having expected someone to be there. They looked up, and around, for a minute, confused.

"Where are they, Noa?" Mokuba inquired.

"Who, us?" Tea stepped back from the wall.

"TEA!" the two jumped up and ran to hug her. Seto stepped back from behind the door.

"What about me?"

It was his turn, "SETO!"


The four sat in the living room; Mokuba and Noa sat intently on the couch, while Seto lounged on a recliner, and Tea sat in a squishy armchair. Mokuba and Noa were looking back and forth at the two, as if expecting something. However, the two adults were just resting.

Seto suddenly looked at them, "What? Something wrong?"

"Yeah…" Mokuba started.

"You're not talking," Noa pouted.

"About what?" Tea inquired.

"About the trip, of course!" Noa retorted.

"Duh!" Mokuba added.

"There's nothing to tell," Seto glanced over at Tea. He swore she had glanced at him at the same time. Seto wasn't about to tell his brothers that she and him had made out. No…that was not for their ears yet…. That wsan't even supposed to be on his mind….

"Oh no. We said we weren't taking any of this "nothing happened," crap!" Mokuba replied, standing up.

"Something happened!" Noa added, "We know it! And you're not leaving this room until you tell us what!"

"Alright, I'll tell you what happened," Tea said, calmly. Seto looked at her like she was crazy. Noa caught this look and smirked, but decided to use the thought later. Maybe he wouldn't need to….

"I ran into an old "friend," Noa," Tea's eyes narrowed.

Noa looked a little confused, "Who?"

"Yeah, Tea, who?" Mokuba pondered.

"Oh…just someone we met…at the park all those months ago. Lord, she was a pain!" Seto sighed, on hearing her story. This was sure to keep the two busy.

"Her?" Noa looked at Tea in shock.

"Yes, her. Her name is Anya. The git…" Tea spat.

"So…I bet she had something to say about you and Seto? Being there…together?" Noa looked a tad guilty.

"Yeah. She wasn't too happy. Ah, but that's a story for later! Come now, time for bed!" Tea stood up and stretched.

Seto stood too, "She's right. Let's go."

"WAIT!" Noa suddenly, practically yelled. Tea and Seto stopped in their tracks. Noa continued, softly, this time, "Seto…you're hiding something…. I saw it in your face, when Tea said she'd, "tell us what happened." You were scared for a minute. Something did happen…"

"And we will not rest until lit is revealed!" Mokuba finished. Tea cursed, inwardly. Seto mentally slapped himself. He had never shown emotion before, why now?

"Um…oh Lord, I really shouldn't have drunk all that soda in the car. I really must excuse myself," Tea ran out of the room, towards the upstairs bathroom…or better yet, her room. The whole thing was just a lie.

"Yes…and I just remembered a bit of work I have to go finish…in my room," Seto ran after her.

"WAIT!" the two boys ran after their brother. However, just as they reached his bedroom door, upstairs, it slammed in their faces.

Noa turned around, "They are hiding something…."

"Maybe it's best if we don't know," Mokuba reconsidered, "After all, what if it's…uh…" he looked a tad guilty.

"Mokuba, you retard! That would never happen!" Noa yelled at his little brother. And we'll just leave it at that….


January (three weeks later)

Seto and Tea still hadn't spoken about "that night" back at the hotel. And it had been three weeks since. And Tea still hadn't received word from the judges.

It was still snowy outside, and she had gone out to have snowball fights with the younger boys, when she wasn't on cooking duty. She was trying not to think of Seto…in that way…or the fact that she had made out with him…twice.

Mokuba and Noa were still intent on knowing what the two were keeping from them. And so they gave someone the element of surprise….


It was 5:30 am. Mokuba woke up, due to a shake in the shoulders. When he opened his eyes, he saw a large, black eyes looking at him.

"AH!" he yelped. He heard snickering. Mokuba sat up, and saw that the "big black eye" had actually been a camera lens. Noa was the one snickering.

"Aw man…should have seen your face…all on tape…" Noa couldn't help himself.

"What are you doing? Have you noticed what time it is?" Mokuba peered at the clock, "Even we don't get up this early!"

"What would you say if Seto was in "sleep-talking" mode again? Maybe we can fish some info out of him," Noa smirked.

"Ohh…I like this," Mokuba smiled. He hoped out of bed.

Noa turned the camera towards his face, "We now continue our dark and slightly dangerous mission…into the unknown…known as Seto Kaiba's bedroom…" he gave a low, evil laugh.

"Noa, that makes no sense," Mokuba turned back towards his brother with an annoyed expression on his face, that Noa was now getting a close up of, with the camcorder.

"I am well aware of that," Noa replied, "Just a little humor, huh? Now, we return to the point. This is a dangerous mission…because if he wakes up and catches us, one, I'm bound to get another bloody nose, and two, we'll be running away from the menace that's about to strangle our feeble necks…."

"Noa, you make him sound like some madman, or some crazed up monster," Mokuba's irritated look returned.

Noa kept the video camera on Mokuba, "You never know…" he left the sentence dangling. Mokuba sighed. Sometimes, he really wondered if Noa was Gozaburo's son. The two could be NOTHING alike, at times.

Noa continued the talk, "So, anything to say?"

"We're goin' in," Mokuba opened Seto's door.

The two crept into Seto's room. Seto was mumbling again. Noa quickly walked up to the bed, and did a close up on Seto's face. Mokuba couldn't help but snicker when he heard his bog brother:

"Back off…Yugi…may have won duel…but…I've still…got Tea…ha, ha, ha…" Seto's voice drowned out, as he turned over in bed, holding onto a pillow.

Noa whispered to Mokuba, "This is pure gold."

"Totally," Mokuba said. Seeing that his brother was done with his talking session, he led Noa out of the room.

Once safely out, Noa turned the camera back on his face, "That, my friends, is the first time, I have come out of that room…in a while…without a bloody nose! It's a miracle!"

"Celebrate later," Mokuba shoved his face into the camera's view, "We have to plan phase two for Tea."

"Right…" Noa smirked. "Don't worry, fans…the footage shall return, momentarily. The plans shall be revealed," and here, he mocked an Arnold Swartzenagger accent, "We'll be back."

Before Noa cut off the power, you could here Mokuba saying, "You are one seriously crazed up nutcase…."


"Okay…phase two is in action…" Noa crept down the hallway, with Mokuba (looking slightly irritated again), holding the camera. It was now 6:16am. Let's just say they had…secretly, and rudely awaken Tea. And, they made sure she couldn't go back to sleep.

So, where else did she go? The kitchen…to take her first dab at coffee. And when Tea resorted to coffee, it meant only one thing: she was so dang tired, meaning that she could be caught off guard.

First, Noa ruffled up his hair, to make it look like he had just woken up. The rumpled up his pajamas slightly, then proceeded to enter the kitchen. Mokuba stood on the other side of the wall, with the camcorder peeking out. He sure hoped this worked….

Noa "yawned," and sat down next to Tea, "Hey, Tea, what's up?"

"Huh?" Tea looked up at him, with bags under her eyes.

"Ah, tired, I see…. Oh, HEY SETO!" Noa emphasized, extra loud. Tea jumped, almost spilling her cup of coffee.

"Noa, please! I'm very…paranoid this morning…. Something woke me up…and I'm gonna strangle it the minute I find it…" Tea wrapped her hands around in the air. Noa sweat-dropped. However, his first part of the mission had been completed. He had found out that his plan should work. If Tea was paranoid enough….

"Yes, well, I just wanted to say…" Noa narrowed his eyes and smirked, "I know what you and Seto did in Tokyo that Saturday…."

Tea jumped up, "IT'S NOT TRUE! KAIBA AND I DID NOT MAKE-OUT TWICE!" She covered her mouth immediately after saying that. Noa's eyes were wide. He hadn't expected that answer…. A kiss maybe, but a whole session? And…twice?

Behind the wall, Mokuba's eyes were wide too, but he was also snickering…. Now this was pure gold….

"I…have to go take a cold shower!" Tea ran off immediately, in Mokuba's direction. But she was so paranoid, that she didn't notice the boy and his video recorder.

Noa walked back to Mokuba, who turned the camera to face his head, this time, "And there you have it, folks. Progress is being made!" Mokuba smiled and then shut off the recorder.

And, surprisingly enough, Seto still hadn't woken up from all the noise.


It was near noon. Seto was up, now, and working in his office. Mokuba and Noa were shut up in one of their rooms, making special effects to their "documentary."

Tea sat on her bed, thinking. All of the sudden, a ring tone to Swan Lake rang through the bedroom. She walked over to her desk, and picked up her ringing cellphone.

"Hello?"


Seto was in his office, working on something quite important. He was using the arrow keys to scroll up and down certain options for his company. If he even pressed the "Enter" key, everything would erase, and mess up….

A knock came. It didn't fumble him.

"Come in," he replied. Tea stuck her head in the door, and slowly walked in. She closed the door behind her. She was pretty sure he would like what she had come to say.

"Um, Kaiba?"

"Yes?" Seto replied, not looking up.

"Kaiba…well…you see…remember that audition?" Seto simply nodded his head. "Well…I got in. I'm…resigning from being your cook."

Seto pressed the "Enter" key, by accident.


It took a minute for Seto to recover from hearing what he had said. His files on the computer? He didn't give a dang about them, right now. There was time for that later…especially if he was going to be cooped up in his office all day with out Tea around….

"Y-Your what?" Seto struggled, standing up.

"I'm resigning," Tea looked a little concerned, "I'm…I'm sure you're perfectly fine with that…."

Without noticing, Seto, starting mumbling, "No, it's not okay…you can't go…just can't."

"Excuse me?" Tea inquired. Seto just realized he had spoken aloud. "Somehow, I knew you'd put up this fight. And here," she dug into her pocket, "I brought along those papers you emailed me last June. It fully states here that I can resign at any time!"

Seto sighed, walking over to her. It was now or never, for he had already let the cat out of the bag, practically.

"No, no Tea…it's not like that," Seto replied.

Tea was taken aback, "Did…did you just call me…Tea?"

Seto was now standing in front of her, "Yes. Look, it may seem…sort of…selfish, but…" Seto started blushing slightly here. Ta's eyes were wide. What was he going to say? Why was he actually…blushing?

"You…you just can't go, because…I…" he took her hands in his, and held the up, "I love you."

Tea grasped, and dropped the papers she had barely been holding onto (due to the fact that Seto was still holding her hands).

"You…I…what?" Tea was still shocked by the words that had escaped him mouth.

"I love you, Tea Gardner."

Tea's eyes welled up, making them sparkle, and she smiled, "You don't know how long I've wanted to hear that-" but before she could take another breath, Seto had pressed his lips against hers.

Tea untangled her hands from his and kissed him back, wrapping an arm around his neck, while the other rested on his shoulder. Seto had taken her by the waist.

The fifth and final kiss….

"Mokie…tell me exactly why we're going to see Seto again?" Noa inquired, as the two walked down to his office.

Mokuba patter the camcorder, "Just for a little brotherly chat."

"Did you even rewind that thing?" Noa inquired.

"Uh…" Mokuba checked it, "No."

"Ah, no matter. We'll have time for it," Noa sighed.

Mokuba put his hand on the handle, and slightly opened the door, "SET-" he stopped on seeing the sight that he saw. He immediately closed the door a little, only so that it was big enough for the lens of the camera to fit through.

"Mokie, what are you doing?" Noa whispered.

"Take a look! It's a miracle! If this doesn't show them that they love each other, than I don't know what will!" Noa peeked through the doorway, and gasped.

It was a sight for sore eyes…. His brother was finally getting some good time in with a woman. He pulled back, and Mokuba heard sniffling. He turned his head and the camera onto Noa's face. Tears were running down his face, and he was sniffling.

"It's…it's so beautiful! It's s-so happy!" Noa strained to keep his eyes open. If you haven't inferred, he's very…emotional.

Mokuba's eyes were wide behind the camera. He had never known his brother to be so emotional before…. And he was getting it all on tape! Forget one nugget of pure gold…this was a gold mine!

He turned back to the couple in the room. He closed up on their faces. He could see tears of happiness leak from Tea's eyes, as they broke away for a second, and she looked into his eyes. Seto was smiling softly at her. They really were perfect for each other….


Hey! I FINALLY WROTE THAT CHAPTER! YEAH! I'VE BEEN DYING FOR MONTHS TO WRITE THAT! I FINALLY WROTE, "I LOVE YOU!" YEAH! Sorry this chapter wasn't as long, but you know, I've gotta write what I've gotta write. That last chapter just had a lot of stuff that needed to be said, and it took up a lot of pages. Hey, I told you I'd get an update in before school, and this was it! You might even get another one this month, but heck, I dunno. It seemed, back in May, I updated more than over summer scratches head go figure.

Oh, and if you didn't really get the part where Noa called Mokuba a retard…well…to explain that…Mokuba thought…suddenly, air freshener catches her eye "Oh, look! It's lemony fresh!"