NOTE: Okay, hopefully, this is a more interactive and exciting chapter….

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Chapter 26: This MUST be a Nightmare

"Alright, so it's agreed: we'll meet at my place at 3:30 sharp," Mai declared to the threesome history group; her partners consisting of Seto Kaiba and Tea Gardner. They had to start on their project now, and if they got it over and done with earlier, the less they would have to see of each other. Mai really didn't like the idea of the former "couple" being in the same, close, space all the time.

That's one of the reasons she had offered to do the project at her home. She didn't really feel like going to the Kaiba Mansion, herself (not that Kaiba would have asked them there anyway) and she didn't think it would be a good idea to admit Kaiba into Tea's home.

So that just left hers.

But she was cool with that.

She just hoped they could all get along nicely throughout this blasted project.

What had the teacher been thinking when she had assigned those two into the same group?


It was lunchtime now, and Teana was busy pestering Tea.

Tea, you said you were going to tell what is going on between you and the priestly look alike-

His name is Kaiba.

Kaiba then. Seto sounds better to me, though, she thought, somewhat sadly. Her heart did miss the priest, if only slightly.

Heard that, Tea retorted.

So? Anyway: tell me, what is going on?

Alright: fine. To put it shortly, we used to be the best of friends. Then, a little while after he got adopted, he invited me over to his new home. However, he seemed to be so absorbed in his work, that he almost completely ignored me, and finally ordered…demanded…SHOUTED at me to get out. I left, and that was that. Nothing more.

Is that all? Surely you could have forgiven-

I'm not finished yet. The other reason I'm ticked off at him is because he tried, through his own ways, to win me back. Heck, he thought he could just ask me to dance and then bring up old times and go kissing me!

He…forced you to kiss him?

No…not forced. I suppose he just…laid the moment down, so to speak…I don't know. It's hard to explain.

Oh. I understand. It was then, that Teana had a few flashes of memory from when she had had amnesia…and Seto had "influenced" her into kissing him. But she couldn't deny that she had enjoyed that kiss….


"Wish me luck," Mai sighed to the gang (excluding Tea, who was still at her locker inside the school). "It's going to be something, having those two in the same room, working on the same project…."

"I pity you," Joey put a hand on her shoulder.

"And tell me again, why we are making such a big fuss out of this?" Tristan scratched his head.

"Because: Tea is ticked off at Kaiba. Tea has a really good string of words she can throw at Kaiba. He has his own vocabulary. Word fights often lead to physical contact of some kind. This isn't good," Duke explained in a simple and slow manner, as if Tristan was some foreigner.

But he go the gist, as if he had just had something really difficult (like his Pre-Cal) explained, "Oh!"

"Well, here she comes," Yugi noticed. "Later, Mai." With that, the gang left Mai's side, only to be replaced by Tea. The two hopped into Mai's car, and she drove them back to her home. Knowing Kaiba, he would probably show up at 3:30 on the dot. It was only 3:15 when they arrived.

After they had settled down at the kitchen table, Mai started, "Well, I guess we should set up or something."

"Okay," Tea replied. They had made out a list of what they would make and what they would need in class, earlier. They were going to post all of this on a three-fold poster board, which Kaiba had offered to retrieve. The rest was up to the other two.

It didn't take long to clear away some space. And, as pre-thought, Kaiba was there at precisely 3:30…with the poster board (which he didn't seem too happy to be carrying). Mai led him into the living room, where she and Tea had cleared a spot at the coffee table to work.


The three sat down on the couch behind the table. Mai looked around, "So…where should we begin?"

"Research?" Kaiba threw out.

"Poster board layout?" Tea also said. Mai sighed. This was going to be a LONG day….

The three were now well into their project. Kaiba was back from Mai's computer holding some papers (research), and Tea was busy designing how the poster would look, while Mai organized what it was exactly that they were going to show and research. They needed pictures and all of that.

The phone suddenly rang. Mai looked up, "Just a sec, guys," she stood up and walked over to the kitchen to get the phone. Tea and Kaiba heard her greet the person on the phone, and then a small exclamation followed. Mai reappeared, still holding the phone to her ear, and giving the other two a "one-minute" signal, by holding up a finger. She proceeded to go somewhere more private, like her room for instance, to continue her hopefully short conversation.

Kaiba sat down on the couch and sighed, looking at the many papers and facts he had found over the Internet. Tea glanced at him briefly, but kept working on her part, still trying to find some good designs.

Kaiba looked over at her layout works. She had a sheet of notebook paper, with some scribbles on it as to where things were going. He noticed a large blank spot on the paper, yet Tea wasn't filling anything in there.

"What's going there?" he asked, suddenly. Tea stopped thinking, and looked at him, albeit, slightly annoyed.

"Where?"

Kaiba pointed to the blank spot, "There."

"I don't know yet. Pictures I guess…." Tea started thinking again. Her face lit up slightly a couple minutes later, "I think I've got an idea!" she exclaimed, more to herself, than to Kaiba. Kaiba raised an eyebrow. Tea continued, "What if we either took pictures for the poster of say…Yugi's Puzzle, or asked to borrow it as a visual item, or if not his Puzzle, then…maybe this," Tea slowly fingered out her Necklace. Kaiba blinked a couple times. When did she get that?

Seto was also quite interested. His mind was whirring with thoughts, which meant Kaiba could hear every word…and he wasn't to happy about having somebody else's thoughts bothering him.

What the heck are you blathering about? Kaiba inquired.

The…the Necklace! She's…it's…here!

So?

Don't you understand, you buffoon? The key to both our problems lies within that Item!

What is it? Kaiba returned, now beginning to get slightly interested.

Not what: whom.

Whom? WHAT!

Yes, Kaiba-boy –

Don't call me that.

Fine. 'Who' refers to a spirit that resides in there.

Who's spirit?

Teana.

Ah…. And…she is?

A princess. The woman my brother loves. The woman I…um….

Kaiba smirked towards his past self, Sibling rivalry? Over a girl? That's sad.

Just see how sad it is when you are stuck in that predicament!

I will NEVER have feelings towards the same girl as my brothers.

Sure…. However, I need to let me through. I must speak with this girl-

And who says I'll let you take over?

Me.

Oh, that'll help you.

That it will. And, much like Bakura, Seto easily took control of Kaiba's body. The poor boy hadn't had a Millennium Item long enough to control who took over at what time (like Yugi). It all depended on who had more power. And right now, that was Seto.

Seto cleared his throat. Tea barely glanced over at him, "What?"

"…Teana?" Tea stopped and turned to him. She blinked. "…W-What did you say?"

"I asked to speak with Teana," Seto nodded towards the Necklace.

"How do you-" Tea was cut off by her yami.

Tea! It's Seto! Oh my Ra! Let me speak to him! Please Tea!

Alright, alright. Calm down-

Thank you! And with that, Teana took over. "Seto?" she inquired, "Is that really you?"

He winked, "In the flesh."

"I don't believe it!" she flung herself into his waiting arms and hugged him, "I can't believe it's you! It seems like so long!" she cried.

"You have no idea…" Seto murmured, stroking her hair. Teana continued to hug/cuddle against him, while Seto just sat there, holding her, not ever wanting to let go.


Tea sat away from them, practically disgusted. To the onlooker, this would look like the weirdest sight yet. Especially if that viewer knew of their past predicaments and present troubles and NOT of their new spirit inhabitants.

Tea started panicking. What if Mai came back and saw the two like this? What would she think? Oh great, Tea thought, I probably jinxed it! I always jinx things with my thoughts. Mai's going to come back for sure. Tea sighed, and fell into the couch. To the omniscient viewer, one would see that the spiritual form of Tea was currently lying on the spot were Kaiba's spirit's shoulder sat, as he was trying to divert his gaze from the two.

To the omniscient viewer, it looked like they were still a couple, in a way. Had they been able to see each other, it might not have been a pretty sight.

Teana! Please stop this now! Tea tried desperately to contact her yami. It didn't work. Teana seemed to be cutting her hostess off the link. Something suddenly clicked in Tea's head. What happened to Yami? Wasn't she with him? Oh Lord, what's going on? Tea buried her head again. This was a total nightmare.

Kaiba kept glancing back and forth at the two. How he wished it weren't the spirits that were acting that way. If only it could be him and Tea…like they were meant to be.

If only he knew who was lying on his shoulder at the minute, in great need of consolation.


"Seto, I've missed you so much," Teana whispered. Truth be told, now that she was with Seto, she had almost completely forgotten about Yami. It was the other way around as well when she was with the Pharaoh. She was pretty much in love with two people.

Then again…was that night with Yami just a play on old feelings? Was it just an act? After all, Teana shared Tea's mind and soul know. What was Tea's was Teana's. And Tea had yet to fall in love with Yami…if ever. Seto Kaiba on the other hand….


"Yeah? Okay, hun. Later, bye," Mai clicked off the phone. Now that that was done, she could return to that project. Hopefully those two hadn't torn out each other's throats by now.

Mai walked back down the hallway from her room to the living room. She heard voices though, coming from it.

"Seto, I've missed you so much." Mai stopped. What. The. Crap. Had Tea just said that? About Kaiba?

Mai slowly peeked out from behind the corner. She froze. There was Tea: in Seto Kaiba's arms.

"It lays the same with me," Seto replied. Mai's jaw just about hit the floor. NOTHING MADE SENSE ANYMORE!

"Seto…" she sighed. Seto slowly pulled back a tad, and tilted her chin up.

"Princess: do you know how much you mean to me?" he suddenly closed the gap between the two.

Mai practically fainted.

Not only was Seto kissing Tea: but Tea was feverishly kissing him back. Yet…maybe it was just Mai, but the two didn't seem to have such a modern air in their kissing. It seemed sort of…modest and slightly old-fashioned.


Tea sat there, aghast. Those lips DID NOT belong on hers! She put her head in her hands. How discomforting!

Kaiba too, was in great distress over witnessing this moment. Of course, his distress came from jealously. He wanted to be the one kissing Tea: not two spirits just using their bodies. It didn't count.


Seto slowly moved his lips from hers and whispered in her ear, making it look from the on viewer that he was just giving some affectionate movements, "Switch places with your hostess."

"What? Why?" Teana inquired, surprised.

"Kaiba is in great anguish without this…Tea. I…want him slightly happier…so that he may decide that I am worthy to stay in his presence. Also…think about the results. The more they are together…" he paused, letting the moment sink in, "…the more we are together."

Teana looked at him with a newfound glee in her eyes, but she was soon wrapped up in kissing him. It was then –in that frenzy of lips- that the two switched.


Mai was having a panic attack. She hated not knowing what was going on around her. And this was the worst. Were those two keeping something from the gang, just to make them go crazy? Or were these feelings just resurfaced?

Maybe she was dreaming. Yes. This had to be just some crazy dream that was going on. She would wake up, and find herself in bed, and it would be morning. Or, she would be lying in bed, having dozed off during her phone conversation. Yes, that was it. She was going to wake up any minute….

She was about to march in the living room and demand an explanation, when suddenly, something rang, scaring the living daylights out of her. The sudden ring had broken the great silence.

She jumped back and hit her head against the wall violently, in the reaction. Her last thought was:

Yes: just a dream…the ring: my alarm clock….


Well? There's your update. Yeah! It had some interaction! And think of this! What will Seto Kaiba and Tea do when they found out their bodies have been switched? As in…it's THEM kissing instead of the spirits! Yeah! PLEASE REVIEW!