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Chapter Six- Fulfilling the Deal
Mokuba ran across the hall, to the doors leading outside. There, he turned to his right and rounded the corner of the hall. Behind the hall was a shed. He opened the door to the shed and walked in, closing I behind him. Before his stood a supercomputer, and many television screens. This was the security camera center. He walked over to the keyboard and looked over the screens. Then he saw it. Her saw the screen for the security camera in Seto's office. Luckily, Seto had gone careless with money and spent a good amount of it one Security cameras with speakers. Currently, the speakers were turned off. But, the angle and picture on the camera needed adjusting.
He zoomed out to the greatest extent, getting a view of most of the room. It was mainly the corners that were cut off. He had the camera centered on the center of the room, where the exquisite light stood, but that was just by chance. All he wanted was a good picture. He wasn't aware of where Noa had planted the mistletoe. Then, he turned on the speakers for that camera, to catch anything the dancers said.
Finally, there was one last adjustment to be made. He knew that Seto was smart. Maybe his brother had forgotten about the security camera hidden in the darkest corner of the room, where no one would notice it, unless you knew it was there. Maybe he just thought that he could turn off that certain camera. But, Mokuba wasn't going to let that happen. He created a password to lock the settings on the camera, for the time being. But, he would have been well off not doing that, just as well, for Seto didn't even think about the camera. And for once, his brain had failed him.
But, Noa's brain had also failed him. He claimed that nothing had gone wrong in the transfer, like Seto had joked. Whether it was that, or just the human nature of not having enough knowledge of certain things, Noa had made a deal to set something in motion that the three present Egyptians feared. But, they didn't know that. Neither did Noa. And Seto thought that this party would last only two more hours….
Noa had made up his mind. He would rather dance with someone he knew, at least, knew the name of, than dance with a complete stranger. So, he walked away from Seto to go ask her.
"Where are you going?" Seto asked.
"To ask someone to dance," Noa replied.
"Shouldn't we wait for Mokuba?" Seto inquired. They heard the music start up.
"Not if you want to get your girl fast enough. He'll come back soon enough. Come on," he said, motioning Kaiba to come. Seto, regretfully, strode along with him.
Just as they entered the hall, they saw Mokuba come running in on the other side. They met him in the middle of the hall.
"Are you two ready?" Mokuba asked.
"Yep," Noa replied.
"Sure, whatever," Seto said in his usual monotone.
"Great! Go on then!"
"What about you?" Noa inquired his brother.
"I already asked my partner," he smiled.
Tristan and Duke came up at the same time to Serenity, "Would you like to dance?" they said in unison.
"Oh, well, I can't," Serenity stuttered.
"What? Why not?" they continued glaring at each other.
"Because…because, someone already asked me," she replied.
"WHAT!" they jumped back, surprised. Then, they became serious again, "Who?"
Mokuba came up next to serenity, and grabbed her arm, gently, "Ready?"
"Yes," as she turned to go, she waved to the others, "Bye!"
As soon as their backs were turned, and they were further away, Tristan burst, "Why that no good, dirty rotten little kid!"
"He took my partner away," Duke sighed.
Tristan rounded on him, "Your partner? She was going to be my partner!"
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"Look, we just ought to find other partners," Duke said, "There are plenty of girls to dance with. Just look around." And so they did. Then, Duke spoke up, "See, there's Ishizu over there!"
"Yeah, but whose that she's talking to?" Tristan inquired, peering carefully over there.
"What? She's talking to someone?" Duke tried looking where Tristan was.
"Come on!" Tristan ran over to Ishizu.
"Hi," Noa said to a very beautiful black haired woman.
"Hello…Noa, is it?"
"Yeah…you're…Ishizu, right? I'm afraid I don't know many names, on account of I just pretty much came back from a virtual experience. Yes, well, I was just noticing that you were…just standing there quite by you're lonesome," he blushed madly, making his face a complementary color to his hair, "So, I was wondering if, maybe, you'd like to dance?" Noa looked up at her, a few beads of sweat rolling down the sides of his head.
"Well…." Ishizu started.
"Now, before you say no, because you're thinking he's too short, or too young, let me just say that I only look young. I'm in my six-year younger body, might I add? Mentally, I am eighteen," he smiled a sweet smile, trying to encourage her. If Seto didn't see him dancing, the deal was off. Mokuba had already come back and secretly told him that he was going to have Seto on film.
"Of course. I wouldn't decline your offer," Ishizu said. Noa took her by the hand and led her out onto the dance floor. There were only three reasons though, that he had asked her to dance:
He partially knew her.
She was beautiful, smart and wise.
He wanted to keep the Kaiba deal.
Tristan and Duke reached her too late. She was already being brought out to dance.
"Dang!" Tristan said, "Lost another one to a Kaiba!" Duke meanwhile, was looking around for Tea (Neither of them would look for Mai. They knew that Joey had long before reserved her for himself.).
Seto saw his brothers dancing. They looked happy, or, at least, Mokuba did. In fact, he looked overjoyed. Noa's expression was harder to read. Seto didn't know what to make of it. It was time to fulfill his end of the deal. As much as he was unwilling to do it, he also felt a twang of happiness and anxiety. In a way, he did sort of want to dance with her.
Seto looked around for her. He found her standing against a wall. Yugi was nowhere near her. That's strange, Seto thought; usually, he would be dancing with her. I wonder where he is?
He built up his courage and strode over to her. As soon as she saw a shadow loom over her, Tea looked up from the ground and at Seto Kaiba.
"Oh, hi, Kaiba. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in your office or something, and not down here with the dancing people?" she inquired a little too hastily.
"Would you just give me a chance…like you did twelve years ago?" he said. Tea's eyes opened wide. Seto himself was surprised. Had that just come from him? What was he thinking, trying to remember something like that. On the other hand, he somewhat liked those memories….
"Look, let me just get this part over with. Would you…" Seto faltered, trying to find the right words to say, and was quite embarrassed. This wasn't his regular self. Noa and Mokuba each saw him talking to her, from a distance. Each of them smiled and hoped that the camera wouldn't falter.
"I'm just trying to ask…."
"Me to dance?" Tea finished for him. Seto looked at her sternly for a second. He liked to finish what he started, but could that be helped?
"Yes."
"Well, I'm shocked. This is a real surprise. Actually, I'm doubly shocked at you for even thinking of dancing in the first place. But yeah, I guess I could. Other people are busy right now…." she slurred off.
"Come along then. I maybe asking you to dance, but that doesn't mean we're going to be in this crowded hall," he said, leading her to the stairs.
"I understand," Tea said, smiling.
Tristan saw Tea being led away by Seto, "What's he doing with her?"
"Whose who doing with whom?" Duke inquired, thoroughly confused.
"Kaiba. He's taking Tea somewhere."
"That's very out of character for him," Duke replied, "Normally, he just avoids us, or calls us geeks, or whatnot. What does he want with her?"
"Well, since you and me are now dateless, we are going to find out," Tristan replied.
"Are you out of your mind? This has privacy written all over it! You can't just go intruding on other people's lives! What are you thinking? As much as I would like to know what he's up to, I'm not about to go spying on his private life!" Duke said hotly.
"Look, those Kaiba brothers just made us two TOTALLY dateless. They took all the girls! What's up with that? That's what I want to know," Tristan replied.
"Whose private life?" Joey came around, dancing with Mai.
"Kaiba's," Tristan said, "He took Tea somewhere through that door. I want to know what he's up to.
"Just leave him be," Mai replied, "You two ought to concentrate on finding a dance partner, instead of standing stupidly in the middle of the floor!" Joey said nothing. All he did was grin.
"Joey, you don't look one bit surprised!" Tristan commented.
"Look, if you want to know, go ask Mokuba or Noa. I doubt they'll tell you anything, but you can try," Joey said.
"You know something that we don't, Joey," Duke replied.
"Just because I have the ability to figure things out beforehand, doesn't give me the right to tell you. You guys go figure it out. But, heed Mai's words, just leave them alone."
"Wow, Joey," Tristan started, "I didn't know you could talk so professionally. He laughed.
"Hey, hey, hey! Watch it! You're in line for a knuckle sandwich!" Joey said threateningly, back in his New York street-kid jargon. He waltzed away with Mai.
Tristan was fuming. Not only did Mokuba take his girl, but the others had also taken the rest of the suitable dance partners. And, AND! Joey knew something that he didn't and wouldn't tell! This was turning out to be a pretty crummy dance.)
Duke noticed Tristan in his state, "Look, You ought to go outside and get some fresh air. This really isn't good, for you mad at a time like this. Come on," he dragged Tristan out the door, who was stone still in anger.
Once outside, Duke straightened him up, "Look, it doesn't really matter right now. Let's walk around the building, and by the time we get back, maybe a couple of songs will have passed, and we can cut in. Alright? Tristan? Come on, don't tell me you're still sore over this whole affair…."
Tristan cut him off, "You're right, let's walk around a bit. Duke smirked. Finally, Tristan was using his brain. So, that's exactly what they did. They walked in silence around the perimeter of the hall, only to stumble upon, lo and behold, the Security Station. Tristan noticed this small warehouse and dashed to the door.
"What the heck are you doing now?" Duke replied, coming up behind him.
"I wanna have a look at what's in here," he replied.
"Come off it. Kaiba won't want you…." Tristan pushed open the door, which Mokuba had forgotten to lock. Talk about idiocy. Duke had stopped on account of the two saw many, many television screens in the room. They walked in and closed the door softly.
"Where are we?" Duke inquired.
"Looks like Kaiba's got the place hooked with security cameras. And mighty fine ones too, they have speakers!" Tristan walked over to the main wall. There, in the center screen, he saw an office. Out of the corner, he saw something move. It was a door opening.
"In here," a voice came from the speakers. Tea stepped in and Kaiba followed, closing the door.
"Jackpot," Tristan declared.
"What?" Duke interrogated, coming over, and seeing what was up, replied, "Oh."
"This is exactly what I'm looking for!" Tristan cried, "How ironic that we happened to stumble upon it, and with the sound on too! The other's don't seem to have sound," he explained as he peered at a couple of the screens from cameras in the hall. No sound, of course, emitted from their speakers.
"It's almost like someone wanted to have the sound recorded," Duke pondered.
"Well, in that case, I thank them," Tristan replied. He wanted to see exactly what Kaiba was going to do with Tea, and he felt a twang of gilt for Yugi. He had a MAJOR crush on that girl…and to see her with Kaiba would torment him. So, Tristan decided he was going to be a reporter for Yugi. First, though, he had to check out the situation.
"Tristan, let's just get out of here. I really don't think this is the right thing to do…."
"Oh, shut it," Tristan snapped back. Duke looked appalled.
"What I mean is, that, you said it yourself, someone wanted this footage. So, it wouldn't harm US from seeing it too, would it?" he replied, slyly.
"Well, you're on your own then, 'cause I'm leaving," Duke turned and reached for the handle.
"Whoa!" Tristan suddenly exclaimed. Duke rushed over.
"What?" he inquired, interested.
"Gotcha! Nothing happened. But, now I know that you really are interested in this whole thing," Tristan laughed.
"Dang," Duke replied, looking at the screen. Tristan was still facing him and laughing. Then, Duke's eyes widened, "No way…what the he—"
Tristan turned around and yelped. Seto had taken Tea's hand and put his on her waist, while she put her hand on his shoulder. They began dancing….
Well, that was a doozy. So, now the story contains spies, sneaks, pranksters, secrets, love and anxiety. What's going to happen in that office? Ohhh, I don't want to miss it, that's for sure…read and review please!
