disclaimer: "i do not own yugioh."

"talk"

'thoughts'

Outside the room, tea sank to the floor, having lost the strength to stand.

"This can't be true." She slowly whispered. "It just can't." Tea sank to the floor as the words slowly san k in her mind.

'He can't do that. He couldn't do that.' she desperately thought. Tears threatened to fall from her eyes, but she controlled her self.

'Maybe serenity is lying.' She thought. 'She just hates me and is probably doing that to hurt me.' this gave her a little bit of courage and she walked away from the door.

"Hey tea, what are you doing inside?" yami's voice from behind startled her.

"Oh yami, it's you. You scared me," she said smiling.

"At least I have some kind of effect on you." he smirked. "Everyone is having fun outside at the beach. Come on." He said.

"Sure, let me get my swim suit." tea said and entered her room. Yami waited for her outside.

When she stepped outside, yami's eyes became wide. She was wearing a very cute blue bikini that didn't reveal much, but she looked hot in that. His eyes traveled over her well-toned body, from her luscious breasts to her long legs.

"Yami, stop it." Tea said, lightly punching him on the arm. He smirked.

"How can I? The sight of you is irresistible." Tea rolled her eyes.

"Let's go." She grabbed his arm and dragged him outside.

Outside, everyone was having fun. Mokuba and yugi were building a huge sand castle. Joey, tristen, ryou and duke were playing volleyball and Marik, malik and bakura were in a boat.

"Seems like everyone is having fun. Let's join joey and ryou." Tea said and started walking towards them, but yami stopped her.

"I have something more in my mind for us." He said and led her to where a jet ski stood. Tea's eyes popped out of their sockets.

"You mean…" she breathed gazing at the Jet Ski.

"Yup. Me and you are going for a ride." yami said as he mounted it. "Well, what are you waiting for?" he said looking at her. Tea smiled and sat behind him.

"I have never been on one before." She said excitedly.

"I know. That's why I wanted you to try one." He said and started it. Tea screamed as it swooshed through the water. She held onto yami tightly, as he sped it.

Yami was speeding it on purpose. The more the speed, the closer tea would come to him. Right now, her face was buried in his back, her chest pressed against him. She was scared and he knew it. But the feeling of her body pressed against his was too much. Finally, he slowed down a bit.

"This is too fast for me." tea said as it came to a stop. She began getting off it but he held her arm.

"It's not that bad. I'll teach you how to ride one." He said. She thought for a moment and then smiled.

"But no funny business. I know you sped it to scare me." yami chuckled and moved back. She moved to sit in front of him.

"Okay, hold the handle like this." yami said as he guided her hands to the proper place. Her hands were so soft and small. He wondered how soft her rest of the body was.

"Now what?" she asked.

"Press this and it will move." He said. She did and it zoomed. She screamed.

"Yaaaammmmiiii." He laughed.

"Okay, no more tricks. Press this and it'll start slow." He said. She eyes him for a second but then did as he told her. It started slow, just like he said.

"See, I'm not such a bad guy after all. You can trust me," he said. She only smiled.

Just then, the boat with marik and malik inside passed them.

"I wonder where bakura is?" tea said.

"There." Yami pointed at something being dragged behind the boat. The amount of swearing proved that it was bakura indeed.

"He was water skiing. Must have slipped." Yami said laughing at bakura's misfortune.

"I hope he doesn't get hurt." Tea said, looking worriedly at the albino.

"I don't know about him, but I know two people will get seriously hurt." Yami said and they continued jet skiing.

After going at slow speed for a while, yami instructed her to increase the speed. She did, and they skied fro a while. Slowly, they increased the speed, until they were swooshing through the water. Tea laughed as the water around them turned to small waves as they passed. While they were having fun, someone was boiling in anger.

Seto was in his office, working. After finishing his work, he decided to take a looksy to see how everyone was doing. He smiled at mokuba but his eyes went narrow with anger and jealousy at yami and tea. He saw as they ripped through the water, laughing and giggling. His eyes were fixed on yami's hands. One was around tea's waist and the other was holding her hand as if helping her turn. His body was close to tea's, too close for seto's taste.

'How dare that bastard?' seto thought angrily. He stormed down to the beach. Mokuba spotted him and ran to him.

"Hey seto, look what I made." He pointed to the castle. Seto smiled.

"It's great mokuba." he said and proceeded towards yami and tea.

Yami and tea were oblivious to seto's presence and anger; they were too busy having fun. Then the boat with malik and marik passed them again, only thin time, bakura was in it and marik and marik were missing.

"Kaiba wants you to come back." bakura yelled as he sped forward. After him, came marik and malik, who were being dragged behind the boat this time. Bakura had managed to free himself and tie them instead.

"We better go." Tea said and proceeded towards the beach. Yami was disappointed but didn't say anything.

"Hey kaiba. Didn't expect you to show up from your office." Yami said as they approached the enraged teen.

"I had to come." Seto said through gritted teeth.

"Since you are here, let's all play volleyball." Duke said.

"Yeah. Please. Anything that doesn't involve water." Malik coughed while bakura smirked.

"Let's pick teams. Yami and kaiba can pick." Mokuba said.

"I'll go first." Yami said. "And I pick tea." he said smirking at the other guys. Tea peeked at kaiba from the corner of her eyes as she walked towards yami's side. Seto's face was expressionless.

"I pick mokuba," he said and mokuba jumped in joy.

"Joey's on our side." Tea quickly spoke before yami. Joey walked with his arms in air, like a champ.

"Good. Now I don't have to worry about fleas." Seto said. Joey growled but tea restrained him. "Bakura, come here." Seto said.

"Ryou." Tea said.

They continued to pick members. In the end, yami's team had tea, yugi, joey, tristen and ryou. Seto's team had mokuba, malik, marik, duke and bakura.

"Should I call the girls too?" mokuba said. They guys groaned. But mokuba ignored them and walked towards the girls who were tanning. He talked to them and ishizu and miho decided to join the game. Tea picked ishizu and miho was on seto's side. Serenity and mai had declined the offer since "their" men, i.e. seto and malik and marik were on the same team and they couldn't bear to be against them.

The game started and everyone jumped to score pointes. In tea's attempt to hit the ball, she fell backwards, on yami mush to seto's distaste. She blushed in embarrassment and quickly got off him. Right after that, seto hit the ball pretty hard towards yami. It was enough to throw him a good 3 feet away. But yami chose to dodge it.

At the end, seto's team won with 2 more points.

"I'm hungry. Anyone else?" joey asked as they walked towards the house.

"Yeah, I am." Tristen said.

"I bet the maids have the food ready. Let's hurry up, before it gets cold." Mokuba said and ran towards the house. Everyone followed him, except the girls, tea, yami and seto.

The lunch was great with a lot of chatting going on. After lunch, tea opted to help the maids clean the table. Seto, of course, refused in an icy voice. Tea knew he was mad and wanted to talk to him. But the guys had planned to go hiking to digest the food. Well, maybe she could talk to him when she went to her room to get ready for the hiking trip.

Seto waited for tea to get out of the room. He was waiting for her, hidden in a corner. The door opened and out stepped tea, wearing a sleeveless tank top and shorts. Just as she walked past him, he grabbed her around the waist and before she could scream, he silenced her with a fiery kiss. When she realized it was him, she kissed him back with as much passion as she could muster.

He groaned when her tongue darted in his mouth. He pulled her closer to him, crushing her body against his, feeling every curve. She was his. She belonged to him. The images of yami touching her flashed in his mind and he growled like an animal. His grip on her tightened almost painfully and tea flinched for a second. But relaxed as his tongue coaxed the insides of her mouth.

"Tea… where are you?" yugi yelled from downstairs, causing the two to break apart. Tea's face was flushed and her eyes were drooped. While seto's eyes were blazing with lust and passion.

"We'll continue this some other time." Tea said and turned to leave when he pulled her back to him.

"Tonight, in my room. 9:30 pm. I'll wait." He whispered and let her go. Tea stood there for a while, trying to fix her hair and to calm her breath. After that, she joined her friends for the hike.

"How much farther do we have to go?" tea whined.

"We're almost there." Yugi said. Tea groaned. They had been hiking for 2 hours and tea was tired. She hadn't hiked a lot before, except on some camping trips. But that was a long time ago. These guys, however, did this almost every year, so they were more used to it then she was.

"Why did we pick this hill? It's so hard to climb." Tea complained.

"Hey, it's better then yami's and bakura's. There is bigger and steeper. I wonder why they chose that." ryou said thinking.

"Can't I rest here for a while and catch up with you guys later? My legs are really killing me," she begged.

"Sure. I'll stay with you." yugi said.

"It's okay yugi. I'll be with you guys in a minute. So you don't have to stop because of Me.," she said smiling at the boy who blushed.

"Okay tea. Whatever you say. But you better come up soon." Tristen said.

"Yeah, or you'll miss the sunset." Joey said.

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind." Tea said as her friends disappeared.

She sat on the ground and massaged her tired legs. Mai and her group had declined the offer, saying it was too messy and would get their clothes dirty. No one forced them, because no one wanted to hear complains about a broken nail and a ruined hairstyle.

The bushes behind tea rustled and she gasped. Were there wild animals in this area? But there couldn't be. Then again, what did she know about this area anyway. She rose to her feet and awaited the creature to emerge. The creature emerged to be a handsome devil, named seto kaiba.

"What are you doing here?" she asked him as he neared her.

"I didn't trust those morons with mokuba, so I decided to follow you guys." Seto said.

"Oh, and there I thought you came for me." tea smirked.

"Why are you sitting here, in the middle of the trail? Don't you know there are dangerous animals out here?" he whispered huskily as he grabbed her small waist.

"I do know. But I wanted to see one for myself." She said.

"What if the animal is a dangerous one and threatens to devour you?" seto said, licking her neck.

"Maybe that's what I want… to be devoured." She said and took his earlobe between her teeth.

Seto quickly spun her around and planted his lips on hers. He didn't give her a chance to respond and thrust his tongue in her mouth. She gasped at his forcefulness but he didn't care. His mind was clouded with lust and hunger for her. His hands traveled up and down her body and finally rested on her tiny butt. Tea's own hands were locked in his hair, keeping him close to her.

Seto lips left her lips and attacked her pulse point. She threw her head back in a silent moan and it gave seto better access to his prize. He continued to descend down, closer to her breasts. Her shirt blocked his path so her started to remove it. He lifted it up to reveal her well-toned stomach. He sat on his knees and kissed it, flicking his tongue into her belly button. Tea moaned again, encouraging him. Seto continued to kiss every inch of skin revealed while removing her shirt completely. Just when bottom of her breasts was uncovered, yami's voice was heard.

"Hey, anybody here?" he yelled loudly. Tea froze while seto frowned.

'What is that bastard doing here?' he thought. Tea pulled away from him and straightened her shirt. Yami's face appeared from behind the trees.

"Wasn't he with bakura and malik?" tea asked seto who continued to glare at yami with hatred. This was the second time he was interrupted. And he didn't like being interrupted.

"Tea, what are you doing here… with kaiba?" yami asked upon spotting them.

"Umm, I was tired so I decided to rest for a while. Kaiba just showed up, a second before you." tea said.

"Oh. And he must have refused to help you. That's just the kind of guy he is. But don't worry, your hero is here." Yami said and approached her.

"Yami, what are you planning?" tea asked.

"Nothing. I'm just gonna help you get up there." Yami said simply.

"How?" tea was puzzled.

"By doing this." yami said and picked up tea, bridal style. Tea gasped in surprise.

"Off we go." Yami said and started walking.

"Yami, stop. Put me down." Tea said, squirming to get out of his arms. Behind them, seto glared at yami.

"Why?" yami asked.

"Because I don't wanna be a bother to you. You'll have trouble carrying me all the way up." tea said.

"Don't worry. I have hiked with a huge bag many times. And honestly, I prefer carrying you then the bag. You're much lighter." Yami smiled at her.

"Uh. Umm. Okay. But…." Tea was trying to find an excuse. She got one. "I'm not comfortable with this yami." She said.

"Oh, is this better?" yami said and threw her over his shoulder. This was not what she had in mind.

"I…" she began.

"I can always carry you on my back." yami offered. And tea smiled. He was being so sweet.

"No, it's okay." She said and gave seto an 'I'm-sorry' look. He grunted and turned away.

Tea turned the knob of seto's room and wasn't surprised to find it unlocked. She stepped inside the dark room. She hadn't seen seto after the hi8king trip or during the dinner. She knew he was extra pissed. And she wanted to make up to him. But where was he and why was the room so dark? Someone moved behind her and locked the door. She quickly turned around to gaze into intense blue eyes of seto kaiba.

"Hi." She said. He didn't reply, just moved towards her. Tea stood there, waiting for him to make a move. When he did, she was completely caught off guard.

He pushed her down on the bed and quickly got on top of her. She opened her mouth to speak but his tongue came in, silencing her. He kissed her for what seemed like an eternity, before pulling away for breath. While she recovered, he nipped and sucked at her neck.

"Why were you with yami?" he bre4athed against her neck.

"In the morning? He was teaching me how to jet ski." She answered.

"I told you to stay away from him." he said angrily and bit her soft flesh gently. Tea moaned.

"I know. But… he's a nice guy." She breathed.

"I don't want him near you tea. I don't want anyone touching you but me. You're mine and mine only." He said.

His hands snaked under her shirt and massaged her breasts.

"Tell me that you're mine," he said.

"I'm yours." She whispered between moans.

"Say my name." he said.

"I'm yours seto. I belong to you," she said. He groaned in acceptance and lifted her shirt up to reveal her bra-covered breasts. His fingers worked to free the two mounds and succeeded.

Two creamy mounds with inviting nipples called out to his mouth. He lowered his face and licked her breast. Tea moaned his name and arched her back to feel more. He satisfied her by taking one hard nipple in his mouth and sucking on it. His hand grabbed the other, flicking the sensitive nipple between thumb and finger. He hungrily sucked on her nipples like a hungry baby, giving strong pulls. Yami's face flashed in seto's mind and he felt his anger rise. He knew yami was trying to get tea. But she belonged to him. No one will have her. Tonight he would claim her as his, forever.

Seto's lips left one nipple, only to go to the other one. Tea continued to moan and whisper his name.

"Oh seto…. This feels so good… oohh… don't stop… I love you so much… oh seto," she said between moans. But as soon as she finished, she felt seto's lips move away. She opened her eyes that she had screwed shut because of the intense pleasure, to gaze into seto's expressionless eyes. All the passion, all the hunger and lust were gone, to be replaced by coldness.

"Something wrong?" she asked him.

"You… what did you just say?" he asked her.

"I said that I love you." she replied.

"You don't mean that," he said plainly. It wasn't a question. It was a statement.

"Of course I do. Why do you think I'm with you?" she asked and sat up.

"Because I satisfy your needs." He said and tea was shocked.

"What?" she asked him, not believing what he said.

"It's true. You're with me because I satisfy your needs and you satisfy mine," he said.

"Is that the real reason why you want me? To screw? That's it?" she asked him, her voice rising with every word.

"That's why you are here too. To get a good time." He said and tea moved away from him.

"No, how dare you even think of me like that?" she said and covered her breasts with her arms. She didn't want him to see her naked anymore.

"I'm not like some cheap whore who wants a good time. I was with you because I loved you," she said as tears welled up in her eyes.

"You just think it's love, but it's not." He said.

"Don't tell me what I feel. I know its love. I do love you, with my heart and soul. That's why I let you touch me. And I thought you felt the same. Don't you?" she stared at him with those beautiful eyes of hers. Seto gazed into them and could see all of her emotions; Love, kindness, passion. But did he feel any of that?

"Tell me. Do you love me or no?" she asked again.

"There's no such thing as love. It's just a make believe emotion that exists in romance novels." He said with the same expressionless face.

"Do you love me or no?" she screamed at him.

"Listen to me tea." he said and extended his hand to touch her but she shrank away from him.

"You don't love me," she whispered. "You have never loved me at all. It was all about having a good time. No love at all." She continued to whisper.

"Tea--."

"I was stupid to think you did. But I was wrong." She kept talking to herself and got off the bed. Seto sat there and watched her.

"You never felt anything other then lust for me. And I gave you what you wanted. I gave you my body." she walked towards the door.

"Tea wait." He finally said but she didn't turn around. She continued to turn the knob and walked out of the room. The last thing he heard her say was,

"They were right."

He fell back in the bed and pondered over what just happened. She loved him but he wasn't sure if he felt the same. He wasn't sure what his feelings were for her. He knew for sure that she was confused as well. She was confusing love with lust. He would talk to her tomorrow and then everything will be back to normal. And what did she mean when she said, 'they were right'. Who were "they?"

Seto woke up to the sound of shuffling feet and many voices. He quickly dressed and walked downstairs. His eyes popped out of his sockets at what he saw. Tea was holding her bag, ready to leave. Her eyes were red and swollen, indicating that she had been crying all night. Everyone was gathered around her, asking her what was wrong and why was she leaving.

"Tea, why were you crying all night? And don't say you weren't." yugi asked.

"It's nothing. I… I lost something very close and precious to me." she said.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Ryou said.

"So, you want to leave?" joey asked. She slowly nodded.

"How do you plan to go back?" a sad mokuba asked.

"I don't know. Maybe I can borrow a car and--." She began but yami interrupted her.

"I'll take you back," he said and everyone turned to stare at him. He continued. "I can't allow you to go alone in this state."

"Yeah. Yami can take you in his car." Yugi said. Tea nodded and walked out of the door.

"I'll see you guys later." Yami said and followed her. Everyone else walked into the kitchen, talking about tea and the unfortunate situation.

Seto stood behind them all, unnoticed. He knew she was hurt and that's why he wanted to talk to her. But now she was gone. So much for things being back to normal.

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