A/N: Hello, hello, my loyal readers! Welcome back, and here's a quick mailbag session:
The Broken Bow: :hands her a tissue: I actually made you cry? Wow…didn't know I had this drama stuff in me. Thanks. And don't worry, everyone will get their just rewards in the end! Thanks for reading.
It's Opposite Day: Weird? I guess so…all of my fics have a little weirdness. As far as you question about "Peachshipping" goes, My research indicates that's its proper shipping term, but why, I have no clue. I've come across some weird ones that make no sense to me…who makes this stuff up anyways? Back to my main point, thanks for reading.
AlaskanTiger: Poor Yugi indeed! I just want to ask why do you hate Kaiba? It's not that I think the guy is huggable or anything, I just like to know why people hate the characters they hate. Thanks for reading.
LadyPhoenix99: Like you say, this is going to put a considerable strain on the relationship between those three. To what extent…well, that's why you read the fics, eh? Thanks for reading.
Pyromaniacgrl: You know, I wrote that last chapter like that on purpose, to kind of get even the most hard-line Tea-Haters to feel at least a little sorry for her. You never heard of a Joey/Tea pairing? Well…until not too long ago, neither had I. Thanks for reading.
Anime-Ruthless: Reminds you of Cheaters, eh? I saw a couple of episodes of that a while back, and I thought it was kind of funny. Anyway, thanks for reading.
LinkinPhoenix: You're probably the first true Tea fan-boy I've come across here, so I say to you my friend, Don't worry…be happy. Everything will turn out OK in the end.(or will it? I can be pretty evil…) Thanks for reading.
Enjoy the chapter, people.
Chapter Six
Tensions were high all day as Yugi, Tea and Joey made attempts to avoid each other at all costs. Even in the two classes they shared, they sat far apart from one another and ignored one another. At lunch, the rest of the gang discussed the situation.
"Ryou, how's Tea doing?" Tristan was eating a turkey sub he had made at home.
"She's...surviving, I guess. This has been difficult."
"Of course it's been difficult, you nitwit! We all could have figured that out!" Malik spat out, partly in frustration over the situation, partly in annoyance.
"Oh, there goes Mr. Setohotshot-CEO-I'm-just-better-than-you Kaiba, in the flesh!" Duke pointed out sarcastically.
Kaiba didn't stop to speak with them, he glared at them as if they were dogs, and walked on.
Hiya, fellow freaks and geeks, It's the MC of the DC, Yours Truly entertaining you on this Monday afternoon! I have a new cut for you all this afternoon, and all you Seto Kaiba fan-girls better cover your ears! This one's called "Be a Man, Kaiba!" by Mason Knight, and it's climbing its way up the American Pop Charts!
(cue cheesy rap beat)
Kaiba Seto, Seto Kaiba, whateva they call you...I'm commin after you, you coward!
Hot diggity dang, man you set it off!
Used to be hard, Kaiba, now you done turned soft!
Doin' Commercials with ballet girls, I saw ya
Dancing in tights like a ballerina
I knew all along you had those tendencies
Cause you've been runnin' from Mason like I got a disease!
Kid, please, your Battle City crap was a joke
You've been duckin M. Knight cause you'll know you'll be smoked
C'mon, Duel the mutt first, yeah, you're fast
But when I challenge you, Kaiba, to a duel, you passed!
I called you out, punk, but you're scared to go
It's a charity event and you won't even show!
CEO Kaiba, you're at the end of your reign
I'm gonna kick you in the rear and cause you some real pain
PUNK!
Like Rodney Dangerfield, you gets no respect
So come on, Set, let's wreck so I can put you in check!
BE A MAN, Set!
C'mon don't be scurred, You're runnin from Mason
That's what I heard
BE A MAN, Kaiba!
C'mon don't be a chump
I never thought the champ would go out like a punk
BE A MAN, Set!
C'mon don't be scurred, You're runnin from Mason
That's what I heard
BE A MAN, Kaiba!
Man, the Blue Eyes sucks!
And Seto Kaiba is a real big punk!
The song droned on for another few minutes as the four teens ate in near-silence.
Meanwhile...
Seto sat alone, listening to the dribble of the American duelist he was set to face in a week and a half as he typedsome valueable data into his laptop.
This kid is really starting to piss me off...it will be a pleasure to finally shut him up and show him who the real punk is! I will give him some credit, he did take time to address Wheeler by his true name...
Even with the Anti-Kaiba music blasting the airwaves, he was still smiling to himself about how his little plan had worked. Even he, in all of his genius, couldn't have seen it working this well.
Flashback
Mai's House
Last Weekend
Seto Kaiba didn't usually go to parties. In his defense, he never was invited to them. But Mai Valentine had decided to send him an invitation, and for once Kaiba decided to get out from under the pressures of running a multi-million dollar corporation.
As he stood in a corner, away from the music, drinking, and dancing, he noticed that a rather attractive brunette was sitting alone. He studied her more closely, and realized that it was Tea Gardener, friend of his two most hated rivals. Speaking of said hated rivals, he saw one of them, a blonde, arguing with the hostess of the party. The boy walked off in a huff, and went over to talk to the brunette.
Seto Kaiba had been fond of Mai for quite some time. He didn't know if it was the provocative dress, the attitude, or something else, but he knew he wanted her. BAD. And he would do anything to get her.
"Weevil, let's blow this joint, this party sucks." Kaiba recognized the voice immediately as the voice of Rex Raptor, a decent duelist.
"Hey, it's not my fault that girl Serena slapped you when you asked for her number! I'm actually having a good time!"
Seto looked over the situation, then an evil, slightly half-baked plan came into his brain.
"Weevil...Rex...how would you like to make some extra cash?"
End of Flasback...
Meanwhile...
Tea sat down in the shade of her favorite tree, eating a salad she bought from the school cafeteria. She remembered when things were different. She remembered how all of her friends would gather under this same tree to play games, do homework, or just hang out. She also wondered if it would ever be the same again.
"Um...hey Tea. Mind if i sit down here?"
The brunette looked up to see a familiar blonde boy looking down at her, the painful expression on her face mirroring her own.
"Sure Joey...we need to talk a little anyway."
Meanwhile...
Yugi sat alone, doing his homework. He usually did it around this time to make sure he had lots and lots of free time later on. He needed something to keep his mind off of his friends, that's the last thing he wanted to think about right now.
"Excuse me...Yugi?"
The boy looked up, the sparkle that was in his eyes days ago gone.
"There's somethingI need to talk to you about."
Sorry, that's all you're getting this time. The little song was inspired by the extremely funny and extremely crappy rap song Be A Man by Randy Savage. Yeah, I know. Most people haven't heard of it. And to all Kaiba-Lovers out there, please don't use this as an excuse to flame me. It's just a little something silly I wrote. Well, hope you enjoyed it. See ya.
BDB..out