NOTE: Sorry I haven't updated in a while! I was deciding what to write about! Anywho, we had some questions as to the regard of food. Believe me; I looked at that issue at the beginning of the story! TRUST THE WRITER! SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING! Anywho, thanks for the expressions though. I do tend to forget things sometimes. I would have told you earlier about the food, but I couldn't find a place yet in the story to put it. However, this here's the spot! Oh, and if any of you noticed: figure this; the electricity is gone, and they can still read the clocks. I'm now saying that they are ATOMIC clocks! Yeah atomic clocks! Now, we continue with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! (I don't own the song "Up!" By Shania Twain that was originally in this chapter.)

Chapter 6: Will It Go "Up?"

Tea stirred in her seat. She woke up music still playing softly in her ears: it was that motivating song, "Up!" by Shania Twain.

Well if that there wasn't a sign; then she'd be condemned. How was it that the song best describing this day, happened to be playing in her ears the minute she woke up?

She suddenly felt a slight chill run through here, and pulled the thing draped on her back tighter on her.

Wait a second….

She didn't remember having a sweatshirt, jacket or blanket of any sort. What the….

Tea sat up, and took the jacket, holding it close to her eyes to view it as best she could. She ran her hands over it to see if she had any better luck deciphering what it was, that way.

And then, it hit her. It was Kaiba's school jacket. She immediately looked up, scanning the room for him. All she saw though was blackness. Though she swore she saw a dark mass lying against one of the desks or whatnot.

Back to the jacket.

Why had he placed it on her? Sure, it had been a bit cold for her…but Kaiba helping her stay warm? What's up with that?

It's official: the world is coming to an end. The Apocalypse is coming, Tea thought.

Tea stood up and slowly made her way between the desks, down the aisle, by touching chairs and desks as her rails. She suddenly touched something that was neither plastic, nor metal. Her hand jumped back as she realized she had touched Seto's shoulder. She didn't want to wake him…that was all.

She looked at the jacket in her hands, and laid it across his shoulders. Heck, he looked comfortable enough. And through the brief light she received, she saw the body of the flashlight on the desk he had his feet propped up on. She grabbed it, and walked out of the classroom, not wishing to stay and disturb him.

Sure, he was a total jerk to her, but it didn't mean she wasn't polite and courteous towards others' needs. Besides, he had let her sleep. Anyway, she was just going to be walking around the halls, looking for any unlocked doors (if there were any by chance), and just thinking. Thinking about the past few hours' events.

Tea walked around, up and down various hallways, running over the key points to the past events:

1. She became a bloody mess; no thanks to Seto Kaiba.

2. She got a detention: with Kaiba, no less.

3. She was locked in the school: again, with Seto Kaiba.

4. It was a three and a half day weekend.

5. The two had got off on the wrong foot: and speaking of feet, Kaiba had broken his foot/ankle.

6. The two had had a close kissing encounter.

7. She had absentmindedly drawn a picture of the two practically kissing, and Kaiba had caught her.

8. She had kissed him (out of pure spite and anger, mind you), and…he had kissed her back, for some odd reason.

9. She had fallen asleep, and Kaiba had given her his jacket to help her keep warm, even if it wasn't the best insulator. It still held warmth.

10. And in extent to her thoughts: she was thinking more about him in a way that she didn't want to.

Ten bad points too many. Tea sighed. This REALLY wasn't her day. Heck, almost every point had mentioned Seto Kaiba in some way. That REALLY wasn't a good thing. Tea slumped back against a wall, and sighed again. And what was with her thoughts lately. This very morning, she had been dead-set on personally ripping the life out of the guy, and now….

Now she wasn't the set on doing so. In a way…almost…not really…sort of…she was maybe, possibly, perhaps…enjoying his company. What the he-…heck? WHAT THE CRAP? That was better. That more expressed her emotions, than "heck" did. After all, she had been brought up on the "good" scale of behaviors.

And even if it was in secret that she did something against her uncle and aunt's code, the guilt would have lived with her. And Tea Gardner had a VERY SENSITIVE CONSCIENCE. At any given time, she could just blurt out on of her faults to her family…and then she'd be in for it.

But that was all beside the point.

The point was: Tea was starting to look at Seto Kaiba in a different way…and she wasn't enjoying it one bit.

It seemed almost impossible to become more friendly and sensitive towards a person in a matter of about ten hours. Speaking of time, Tea looked up at the nearest atomic clock. It read 11:23. and of course, this was PM. So, she was up near midnight, roaming the school hallways, when naturally, she would be asleep.

Why had she woken up anyway? Especially at this time? Well, she had fallen asleep around five o'clock or so…but that couldn't have been the reason.

She heard a low rumble in her surroundings. Her eyes widened. Duh! She hadn't had anything to eat in hours. The last time she had eaten anything was at lunch…where she hadn't eaten much.

Having dealt with all the present dilemmas before had made her forget about her hunger, but now, everything was calm and quiet, allowing her to see how hungry she really was.

She reasoned out how to get food. All she had left from lunch was a bag of Ritz-Bits Peanut Butter Crackers. That wouldn't last her long. The cafeteria (thank God) was on the second floor…but, it probably was locked. However, the cafeteria usually wasn't locked. Tea had been here after hours once, and it hadn't been locked. Then there would be the fact of getting into the kitchen. Oh well, she could deal with that later.

She was on her way there, when she stopped, and reasoned something else. Was Kaiba awake? She was sure he too would want something to eat. Who knows? He might even be able to help her find ways of getting food.

Thus, Tea turned around, and walked back down to Mr. Kamiah's classroom, to check on our favorite CEO.

Tea entered the threshold of the classroom, and used the flashlight to scan the room for Seto. She finally was directed into the direction of his propped up legs, and moved the light across his body to his head. She gave a sudden yelp when the light landed on his sharp, opened, blue eyes. In doing so, she dropped the flashlight.

Seto chuckled slightly, "Mind telling me what all that was about?"

Tea sighed, and bent over, difficultly, to retrieve that which she had dropped, "For your information, I was just trying to find you to see if you were awake or not. I was wondering if you wanted something to eat. I'm sure the cafeteria is unlocked."

"Don't bother," Seto said simply.

"Don't bother with what? You? Gladly! You don't have to tell me twice!" Tea crossed her arms.

Seto sighed, "Not me, you nitwit." He took his feet off the desk, and slowly made to stand on them. He applied as much pressure as possible to his unhurt foot, without falling over.

Tea became slightly concerned, "You…need any help."

"No," Seto retorted, sharply, and proceeded over to where his briefcase was. Tea watched him by use of the flashlight. Seto picked up his case and opened it up. He took a brown sack out of it, and set it on the desk.

"Will that hold you for the night?" Seto inquired.

"Uh…what is it?" Tea interrogated, walking nearer to him.

Seto rolled his eyes, "What's it look like? It's the lunch I never ate."

"Oh," Tea replied. "Yeah, I guess. It saves the trouble with the cafeteria…for now." Seto paid no mind to her and limped back over to his seat. This dang foot was getting really annoying. Especially the pain.

"Wait, Kaiba," Tea suddenly said.

He stopped, "What, Gardner?"

"Aren't you having any?"

"No. I'm not hungry."

"Oh come off it! You didn't have any lunch obviously, and God knows if you had any breakfast, being the "gotta-rush-everywhere" person you are-"

"What is it with you and describing me like that all the time?" Seto threw up his hands and turned around.

"Well, I only say it to your face because it's true and I think you need to know what impression you give other people!" Tea stomped her foot. She winced when she had bent her knee.

Seto just sat back at his desk, "Just go eat already. It's near midnight. I've had to spend twelve hours extra too many with you, so just shut up already."

"Oh gee, thanks," Tea retorted. She looked at the bag and walked with it over to his desk.

"What do you want now?" Seto inquired.

"I want you to eat something," she threw the bag down in front of him.

"I said, I'm not hungry," Seto pushed it away.

"I don't give a dang," Tea pushed it back towards him, "If I have to live on water this weekend, just so you'll eat something, I will!"

"Since when do you care about my welfare?" Seto smirked.

"Since-" Tea stopped. Since when had she cared about him?

Since this afternoon…when he was helping you…and you were daydreaming about him, a little voice in her head said.

I was not daydreaming about HIM! Tea retorted mentally. She didn't want to be reminded of that daydream…or that picture…. Her hand casually went down to her skirt pocket, where the, now folded, drawing lay. She blushed slightly. Why had she retrieved it anyway?

"Well?" Seto inquired, his smirk widening.

"I…I don't know! I just…care about everyone's welfare, I guess! Don't bother me anymore!" she pulled out the chair in front of his desk, and sat down in it roughly, with her arms folded.

Lord that woman is so dang stubborn! Seto thought to himself.

Kinda like you, eh? A second voice rang in his head. It almost seems…that you two fit…together…like two pieces of a puzzle, right?

WRONG! Seto frowned harder. Since when had this come into his head? He looked over at Tea. My, did she look angry. She glanced at him, and then averted her gaze, when she saw him looking at her.

Seto sighed, "So help me, God," he put his hand into his lunch sack and pulled out a banana. Oohh…big deal.

"There, you happy?" he retorted, beginning to peel the skin away.

Tea immediately brightened up, "Yep! However…don't think that's all you're going to eat."

"Would you quit bossing me around? You're not my superior, you know!" Seto threw back at her, taking a small bite out of the fruit.

"You could use one," she muttered as she pulled out a bag of crackers from the bag.

"What was that?" he spat back.

"Nothing, oh, almighty and powerful Seto Kaiba," she sneered, joking around. Seto gave her a disgusted look, and returned to eating his banana. Tea opened the bag of crackers and popped one into her mouth. This was REALLY going to be a long weekend.

The two were eating in silence. As we know, Seto wasn't exactly the social type, and Tea didn't really want to make conversation with him. After all, they had tried to do so in the original detention, and it hadn't worked out very accordingly.

That is, until Tea stuck her hand in the bag again, and pulled out a sandwich, "You want this?"

"No."

"Half of it at least?"

"If it will make you shut up, for God's sake," Seto said, as she handed him half the sandwich. Tea took a bite.

"Hey, not bad. Who makes this stuff?"

"…Me."

"I was being serious," Tea responded.

"So was I," Seto returned, averting his gaze from her.

Tea's eyes widened, "Oh. I see…. Well, that's cool…didn't know you could cook…at least…make a sandwich."

"It's not that had to put two piece of bread on top of each other and stuff some crap inside," Seto retorted.

"Well, excuse me," Tea shot back. "But...uh…do you cook?"

"…Sometimes," Seto glanced at her. She stared hard, back. "Yes. So what if I do? It's just for Mokuba, Noa and me, naturally."

"I'm not blaming you or anything, I'm just sort of surprised you don't have a cook or something…and that you, of all people, are one who actually does kitchen work," Tea explained.

"You make it sound like servant duties," Seto looked at her.

"Oh, just forget it," Tea said, not wanting to dig herself deeper into an argument than she really wanted to go.

So…he cooks. Not bad. That's usually a good quality in men…. WHOA. Why am I even thinking if it's a good thing for men? It's not like I'm actually thinking him over! That's just wrong! Tea befuddled herself in her thoughts.

"Well, I have to go wash this down with some water, so I'll be back in a sec," Tea said, about to stand.

"Don't trouble yourself. There's a drink in there somewhere," Seto said, finishing off the last of his sandwich half.

"What about you?"

"Water's fine."

"Why should I make you walk though? After all, with your foot and all-"

"Don't talk to me like I'm crippled, Gardner. It's humiliating enough to have my foot wrapped up like some mummy," Seto snapped back.

"You, like a mummy? Heck, I'm the one in multiple bandages! Anyway, I wasn't saying you're crippled! I'm just saying you have a slight handicap, and I wish you wouldn't-"

"Why do I care what you wish?" Seto replied.

"My Lord, you are stubborn!" Tea just gave up then and there. She would have progressed further, but lately she had been fighting with him WAY too much. It was really tiring.

Seto smirked, "One of my more expert qualities."

"Some quality," Tea said, taking the bottle of Gatorade from inside the sack, and unscrewing the top. My, was she thirsty. Tea drowned about ¾ of the bottle then and there. She stopped to catch her breath and hold of on the drink for a minute.

Seto just watched amusedly as she drank away. She had quite the thirst.

"Well, it looks like a good thing that you didn't go to that water fountain. Otherwise, there might be nothing left for the fishes by the time you're through," Seto smirked, joking, for once.

"Ha, ha, very funny, wise guy," Tea set the bottle down, and slouched. Lord Almighty, he was getting on her nerves. Just ignore him, she told herself.

She took up the bottle again; ready to gulp down the rest of it. (NOTE: Here is that scene from my life. It's almost exactly like it.)

To drown the rest of it, she tilted her head back to get it down in one good swipe. This was natural, of course. Everyone did so at one point or another. Of course…she wasn't really expecting it this one time to come tumbling out the open part of the top, and splash down her nose and down half her clothes. She jumped up in surprise, and yelped slightly.

Seto started laughing hysterically. Good Lord this had been the best moment of the day!

"Oh laugh it up, why don't ya!" Tea glared at him. But then, she too began to laugh at the stupidity of the event. She could just here Joey jumping up right beside her saying "It wasn't me! It wasn't me!" Usually it was Joey that either spilled something on himself…or Tea. (End real-life scene)

"Gosh, Gardner, it looks like the mutt is really rubbing off on you," Seto laughed.

"Oh, he's rubbed of plenty on me…especially when he has some sort of applesauce or peach juice even," Tea sighed, grabbing a napkin that had been packed, and began wiped off her face, and nose. She wasn't even going to bother with her clothes.

Instead, she started to unbutton her skirt.

Seto stopped smirking, and his eyes widened, "Gardner, what the crap are you doing?"

"Taking my skirt off, what does it look like? It's covered in juice, duh," Tea replied, unzipping the side of it.

"Don't you have the decency to use a bathroom or something?" Seto turned around, disgusted. "Why are you even undress-?"

"Relax, Kaiba. I'm not about to flash anything. I have shorts on underneath. I'm not some perverted girl, you know. I abhor skirts," she slipped it off, and tossed in near her backpack.

Seto turned back around. True to her word, she had some navy shorts on underneath her skirt. She really was protective about that sort of stuff...perverted guys flipping up girls' skirts and all. He noticed that she had started unbuttoning her top too.

"Please tell me you have a shirt under that too, or something," Seto put his head in his hand.

"Duh. I prefer to where T-shirts under my uniform. Is that a big deal? I hate the blasted school ware…so; I come to the next best thing: dress my way, under it!" She slipped off the pink top, and tossed it in the direction she had tossed her skirt. Again, true to her word, she had a white T-shirt under it.

Of course, something Seto found slightly strange about the shirt was that the sleeves seemed a little un-normally long for just a "T-shirt." It was like she was trying to hide something…just like she had hid the clothes in the first place.

Well? How was it? Are you happy now? We have some stuff going on here! Tea's got feelings rotating…and Seto has a few, slight couple…and they are actually making conversation! YEAH! Well, this may not have been the most exciting chapter, but it was an update, and more will come soon enough! Later, bye!