Here's something I forgot to add in the first chapter (you can blame my short memory for that...) I am open to suggestion if you've got any, and honesty is what I seek. Have you ever wondered why I called myself 'Flame Master?' It's because I'm fireproof, so don't be afraid to flame. And I will always update my stories as long as there are reviews, even if I haven't updated for two months, I will still update if I get any reviews.s
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(I cannot believe I'm asking this...) ok, I am in DESPERATE need of reviews for my other story, and what I wanted to ask, if you guys could review for it. If you don't like it, you don't have to lie, just tell me what you think of it. (I am unlucky with reviews... even with this one I only got two for this last chapter -.-'... thanks for whoever reviewed.)
I just planned the nicest scene! I can't wait to get there... the only problem is that its for the last chapter...
OK! That's it! Third chapter, ENJOY!
A white light flooded the room, and crept beneath Tea's eyelids. Her eyes slowly opened, and sat up on the comfortable twin bed she found herself in. Having slightly forgotten the night before, she started to question herself about the strange new surroundings. The memory suddenly hit her smack on the head. The pictures flashed by in front of her eyes.... Yugi... the running... the tears... the forest... Kaiba... then the mansion...
She squeezed her eyes shut, shook her head, and then reopened them. The room was painted a soft blue and fluffy realistic clouds floated across the ceiling. She got out of the bed, and stretched her cramped arms and legs. With a long yawn, she wrapped her hands around the smooth, cold doorknob and walked out of the room, her bare feet slapping against the sun-warmed wooden floors. She peeked at her watch: 8:39. Scratching her head groggily, she pushed open one of the blank doors, and a cloud of steam poured out. She quizzically poked her head inside.... If she was groggy before, now she was fully awake.
They both froze. A deep crimson shade swelled on their cheeks. "You stupid, idiotic girl! Get out!" Growled Seto. (A/N: he was in the shower, by the way...)
Tea blinked her eyes many times, and had one last accidental look at him, before slamming the door behind her. Her hands were on her knees. She was panting hard, with a deep crimson face. Her eyes were squeezed shut, hoping the picture would seep away... but it remained. She took in a long, sharp breath, and pushed a loud, piercingly high-pitched scream.
Seto jumped and slipped at the sudden outburst, and shoved his fingers in his ears as the scream dragged on... it seemed never ending although it had only lasted a few seconds. He stuck by to what he had thought the other night... this really was a bad idea....
The door with the Red-Eyes-Black-Dragon burst open, while the last sharp note escaped her mouth.
"WHAT IS GOING O... on?" he raised an eyebrow suspiciously at Tea. In one breath he seemed to have asked several questions. "What are you doing here? Aren't you with Yugi? When did you get in? Does Seto know? Why is your face all red?"
She blinked her eyes in fascination at how fast he asked all this. His sudden questioning was speedy, but clear. "Um, well, I, uh, er..." she began to answer when someone coldly cut her off.
"None of your business, Mokuba." Said Seto, who had a large towel covering his body, and a shade of red clouding his cheeks.
"But, Seto-"
"I said none of your business..." his older sibling snarled, then slammed the door to his room behind him.
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Awkward feelings jumped around the breakfast table as the three ate. Both Seto's and Tea's cheeks were red, and she was barely even able to look at him, and vice-versa. Poor Mokuba had no clue as to what was going on and felt out of place. All he could do was shift his eyes from Seto to Tea, then back to Seto and back to Tea, hoping they would at least say something... but they never did.
She put her hands behind her head, and was very careful not to raise her eyes and look in Seto's direction. The image of him still remained in her mind, and did not go away. She was at least thankful that the steam made things very unclear, and wasn't able to see him in full detail, but it was still bad enough to make her shriek like she did. Just one look at him, and her face would turn purple.
He was sitting in his usual stance: arms crossed, eyes down, and looking calm but frustrated, including the fact that this morning, his jaw was twitching, and it looked at if a vain in his temple was about to explode.
Mokuba drummed his fingers madly on the table, and no one seemed to have notice. He was extremely bored, and frustrated, and couldn't take the silence any longer. The last thing he wanted to do was aggravate his older brother, but he had to say something... and was also curious about what happened before. "So, what happened between you guys anyway?"
Tea suddenly felt really warm, and knew her face was turning a dark red. Nu-uh! No way I'm telling him!
A napkin crumpled suddenly under his strong, twitching hand, while the other slammed onto the table and Seto pushed himself up. "I'm going to work, Mokuba." He said, with a rather loud tone. "Show her around, keep her busy, and whatever you do, don't let her interfere with my work."
"All right, Seto..." he said, slightly uneasy.
Tea crossed her arms, and a suborn look hardened on her face. "You could have told me directly you know..." she still did not look at him.
He said nothing until he grumbled, "you would have forgotten anyway..." on his way out.
Her eyes shot and narrowed at the spot that he had just abandoned. Jerk... she thought.
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"And this is Seto's office..." finished Mokuba, opening a door and waving his hand inside. "OH! But you better not go in there, if Seto finds out we were here, he'll have our heads."
Tea smiled down on him and chuckled slightly. "I wouldn't want to be in here anyway."
Silence...
Mokuba broke it. "Ok, well, that's it for the inside. There's more outside... you want to see?"
"Sure!" she chimed. She needed the fresh air anyway. The mansion was huge and it took a lot of time to tour the whole place.
The way to the outdoors was quiet. They said nothing to each other. The only sounds were the light tapping of their footsteps and the unusual sound of rushing water.
Opening one of the many doors leading outside, Tea winced at the bright light hitting her eyes, and raised her hand to protect them. Once her vision cleared, she stared at a beautiful scene with mini waterfalls, falling into a huge pool, surrounded by large rocks. Tall plants and flowers sprung from the ground, creating a relaxed, tropical scenery. More to the left of the huge pool was another, slightly smaller one with steam rising out of it. Where does he get all this stuff? She asked herself in amazement.
Mokuba raised an eyebrow at the guest slowly walking towards the Jacuzzi and looked as if she was about to drool. "Tea? You don't have your bathing suit here... I don't think it's a good idea to go into the water."
The painful reality hit her. He was right... she was in such a rush to get out the other day, that she didn't even think about packing. She turned away, as heavy, vain tears cascaded from her eyes. "Why didn't I think of that??? Now I'll be stuck in my uniform for days..."
The door slid open. Mokuba turned to see Seto in his swimsuit with a heavy green towel wrapped around his waist. Seto rolled his eyes at Tea's useless crying, and immediately began to itch with frustration, as if many insects were poured all over him and were crawling up and down his back. He could not hold his mouth back at this. "Stop your worthless crying. It won't get you anywhere."
Tea, who was too busy moping to even notice he was there, jumped in shock at his cold, harsh voice, and abruptly ceased crying pointlessly. She turned her face to him, and blushed furiously. Memories of that morning were still clouding her mind, making the blush deeper and deeper. She ran her eyes over most of what was blocked out by the steam. (Not the covered parts of course...) His body was lean, yet had hard muscles bulging from his stomach. His crossed arms looked delicate, yet strong and firm (I'm no good with these kind of descriptions....) She figured it must have been from all the lifting and hammering he had to do to build the amusement park. A warm light hit her face, and it was then that she realised it was getting late.
His face was in a light blush, and looked uneasy from all the staring. Though it seemed that he was just fine to Tea and did not seem to care, Mokuba noticed him slightly squirming under the scanning gaze. He walked right passed Tea and into the large, steamy pool. The warm water felt nice against his aching, cramped arms, legs and back. His plans were going rather smoothly, and expected most of the rides to be done before the end of the week. This day he managed to finish off the Duelling Stadium, Kuribo Wheel (what he named the Ferris wheel) and his favourite one yet, the Blue-Eyes Jolt (roller coaster.) With much pain and difficulty, he managed to rest his elbows on the edge of the pool. He winced when his back touched the hard wall, but then relaxed, and gently presses against it. He rolled up his towel, and placed it between his stiff neck and the wall, and closed his eyes gently, enjoying the hot, soothing water massage his cramped body.
This was a REALLY annoying chapter to write... Ideas flying everywhere, getting a MAJOR writers block... Yes, it was rather annoying, and might have been worse than the other two... But, it's up! Review! (And don't forget to review for the other story too...)