Aoi: Okay, sorry taking so long to update...it kinda gets hard to do these types of things around the holidays. Anyways, here's another chapter for you. But unfortunately I didn't realize that this certain point of this story would take over a chapter long...so this is part I. I'm really sorry to have to keep giving you guys more chapters. I bet you all just want it to end already. Aw well, enjoy. .
Disclaimer: I do NOT own "Yu-Gi-Oh" or "The Powerpuff Girls" or Kanye West's "Gold digger", but I do own this story, "Insanely in love." and the idea of it, of course.
Insanely in love
Chapter four: Crawling in love part I
The next day at school, during lunch to be exact, Tea's friend's were quiet. Not the powerpuff girls, but her original ones. There wasn't much they could say about their current situation...not much they could say about Tea. So they stayed quiet.
"I can't take it anymore," Tristan suddenly proclaimed, "The silence...it BURNS!"
They stared at him for a moment, blinking, he soon realizing that this wasn't the place or time for jokes. Yugi suddenly sighed saying, "It's okay Tristan...it's just we're all concerned with Tea. I mean, there's no telling when she's going to do something stupid."
"Honestly Yugi what could she do? It's not like she's going to become so desperate that she'd even try to get with someone as young as Mokuba," The raven haired teen then commented.
"Yeah," Yugi laughed, "At least we know Tea has some self control."
"Yeah merrily," the brunette nodded then singing, "She steals my money...when I'm in need."
"Eh, doncha think it's a bit weird dat Tea hasn't said anythin' ta us since yesterday?" the blonde brought up as he glanced about the noisy cafeteria, trying to catch sight of the female...but with no success.
"You're right, Joey," Yugi gasped as he suddenly smacked his forehead, "This cannot be good...can't be good at all."
"HEY GUYS!" A familar voice suddenly called out, all of their heads whipping towards it in horror. Oh no, it was her. The girl who just had to be the center of attention, the star of this story...Tea Gardner. They all suspected her to be upset, to be depressed...but were shock to see her smiling and laughing. Something just wasn't right, and all of them thought this. She suddenly smacked her hands down on the table as she smiled at all of them; Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Duke, Ryou and Atemu.
A slight giggle sounded from her as she just took the time to look all of them up and down...well all of them except for Tristan that is. Such excitement began to bubble up inside of her.
'Ohmigod, ohmigod...Okay, I can do this. Besides...it's completely obvious that any of these guys have crushes on me. After all I'm the only girl they hang out with. The ONLY one. Sure Duke tried to play like he liked Serenity, but everyone knows I'm far more attractive than her. I don't want to sound vain or anything...but it's a given. Yes, must remember that...a given. I don't have to prove it...which means I don't have to draw up an annoying two column proof. Okay girl, stop thinking about math and think about my current objective. Must. Make. Seto. Jealous. Can do...now who should I pick first. Which one of these guys are going to become my arm candy...hmm, what did Bakura call that? Oh yeah...which one of my friends are going to become my bitch? Hmm...,' she lightly pondered to herself, tapping her finger on her chin slightly before locking her eyes on dice boy, also known as, Duke Devlin.
"Duke...you're a boy...right?" she then asked.
"OF COURSE I AM!" he quickly snapped.
"Ya sure 'bout dat?" the blonde male snickered under his breath, however it was loud enough for the othesr to here.
"DUH, WHY WOULDN'T I BE?"
"Any-ways," the brunette female suddenly continued, wanting the center of attention to be once again on her, "Are you also my friend?"
"Tea...where are you going with this?" Atemu couldn't help but ask.
"Yes Tea, you seem...strangely excited, yes that's it," sounded the soft spoken voice of Ryou as his chestnut colored eyes never left the "hyper" female.
"Strange!" she snapped, "Oh no, I'm no where near strange...I'm normal." Laughter sounding from her as she turned her attention back towards Duke. What was she up to? Only she really knew in the strange twisted reality she called her mind. "Well, since we're friends...you're going to have to come with me," Tea smiled as she took the raven haired male by his arm, dragging him off.
The others stared as their friend was taken off to his doom...well that's what it obviously was, but they really had no way of knowing that for sure. Yugi only bowed his head slightly in remembrance of Duke for a moment, then went back to his eating.
"Um...shouldn't we help him, Yugi?" Ryou asked while lightly shaking Yugi's shoulder.
Silence was upon the table, until the tri-color haired teen finally said, "There's really nothing we can do. He was doomed the moment she laid eyes on him...now it's only a matter of time."
"I suggest we come up with a plan on how to tell Tea she's crazy without really hurting her feelings," Blossom suggested as her rose colored eyes glanced over the light pink colored pages of her tiny notebook. "I mean...only a well planned out plan could help her."
"Nah, I think we should blurt everything out at once," Buttercup smirked, "Besides...it's not like you're stupid plans work anyways."
"YES THEY DO, they work all of the time...and it's a whole lot smarter to use a plan than just randomly do something."
"Sure, keep tellin' yourself that ice princess."
The blonde, Bubbles, had only looked saddened by her sisters' argument...she thought it was silly for them to fight. They were family, they were supposed to stick together through thick and thin.
"SHUT UP!" she suddenly shouted in a rather high pitched type of voice, causing the other two to be silenced, "They're coming this way."
The dark haired female pulled Duke over to her "other" friends' table, The Powerpuff Girls. A broad smile upon her face and confusion upon his as she sat both of them down. Her arms embracing one of his.
"Uh...Tea," the orange haired teen began.
"Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup," she began, "I want you to meet Duke Devlin. I swear he's absolutely perfect."
Duke blinked at the compliment...sure he believed that he had perfection, but the fact that someone agreed with him...surprised him. However since his ego had shot through the roof, there was no way he was able to grasp Tea's plot. He now having a very prideful expression upon his face as he lightly twirled a strand of his raven colored hair which hung at the side of his face.
The three sisters couldn't help but smile, well they kinda had to or Tea would have a fit. Bubbles grinned at Duke and Tea, she thinking it was absolutely cute of them to be together. She giggling uncontrollably, having to cover her mouth even with her hands. No matter what, her light blue colored eyes remained on the couple...she didn't want to miss any of this.
"Because you guys are technically my best friends," Tea continued, "I think it's only right for me to run him by you."
"Habba whoo ba wha?" Buttercup answered.
"Run him by you, you know...like they always do on TV, where the friend brings her boy friend to her friends then they're supposed to give him all these random tests to see if he's qualified to date her."
"I see," Blossom hesitantly answered, her eye brow arched greatly in confusion and curiosity.
"But don't worry about coming up with tests, I already came up with them for you," she grinned as she removed her arms from Duke, to pull her binder onto the table. Once she opened it, she removed three sheets of paper...all of them having writing on it. Tea handing one to each of the three sisters. They stared at the trials that had been given to them to give to Duke, some of them seeming very strange.
"Blossom...your's is supposed to go first. Bubbles, you second...and Buttercup's is supposed to be last," she explained.
"I see," the red head awkwardly laughed as her attention turned back towards Duke, she now reading as if it were a obviously a script. "Duke, would you ever cheat on Tea Gardner? And when I mean cheat I mean as talk to, hug on, kiss, have sex with...anything along the lines of that stuff...would you?"
"What? Uh...no?" Duke answered, confused on why he would ever have to worry about cheating on Tea.. Too bad for him that he missed the previous conversation or he would at least have a clue on what was going on.
"And do you realize Duke Devlin, that if you were to cheat on Tea Gardner, that she would have permission to remove you manliness."
"My manliness?"
"Your penis...I believe," Blossom uncomfortably explained.
"Aw," he answered before it actually hit him, his forest green eyes widening at the four females that sat at the table.
"I take it that you wouldn't cheat...so you really don't have to worry about that," she tried to smile as she placed her paper face down on the table.
"Bubbles...you turn," Tea spoke up.
"Duke," Bubbles grinned, "Cash or credit card?"
"What?"
"Do you pay for things with cash or a credit card?"
"Cash...I guess."
"Do you ever plan on getting a job more successful than the one you already have?"
"Well, my game shop and dice game is sure to become an even bigger hit...once I actually get enough funds for my own tournament-"
"So is that I no?"
"No it's not a no...yeah, I'll get something more successful."
"I'm done," the blonde smiled as she faced her paper down on the table face down.
"Buttercup," Tea began.
"I know, I know...just keep your shirt on," the raven haired female said, annoyance dripping from her words.
Tea blinked slightly, "Um...I'm not gay."
The powerpuffs stared at their "friend" for a moment before turning back to Duke.
"Okay...how qualified are you to feed Tea's appetite?"
"Appetite?" he asked, a bit frightened about what she could possibly mean by that.
"Her sexual appetite...are you willing to give it to her whenever she needs it or wants it...and not get her pregnant?"
"Um...Your question is making me uncomfortable."
"JUST ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION!" she shouted at him.
"Yeah, why not?"
"And you do realize that if you were to get her pregnant...that she would dump you out of sheer anger, would blame you for everything...then take everything you own by making you pay child support?"
He stared at Buttercup when she said this, then looked back at Tea, then back at Buttercup. Swallowing hard was all he could do as he attempted to answer the question, however couldn't find the words to do so.
"You pass," Blossom finally said, turning towards the chestnut haired teen, "Okay, Tea...now what?" All three of the sisters forcing a smile.
"We talk," she blurted out, laughing uncontrollably as she hugged on Duke's arm once more, he still having the same expression on his face.
'Yes...Duke's more than qualified to play my boyfriend, and doesn't look to shabby either. Ah, I'm finally going to get what I deserve...I'm so happy I decided to hang out with guys instead of girls in the beginning or I'd be screwed right now, getting a boyfriend wise. Ooh, I just can't wait till our first kiss, our first fight, our first night of love making, our first date, our first time making out, our first breakup...nope, can't wait,' she only grinned to herself.
There was one thing about Duke Devlin that Tea didn't know...sure Duke was great at talking to girls...but the truth was that he could only talk to one at a time. It was never good for the teen to be left alone with a group...things sort of become more obvious about him.
"You know who's cute," Bubbles began to break the silence, "Owen Nightingale."
"You know it," Buttercup grinned, "I mean, he has the absolute hottest blonde hair I've ever seen."
"I just want to run my fingers through it," Blossom agreed, her sisters only grinning at her, "What! What's wrong with me thinking he's cute."
"I dunno," her raven haired sister began, "I always kinda thought of you as a lesbian."
An angry glare was only shot at Buttercup for her statement, the orange haired sister only crossing her arms in a huff.
"You know who's cute?" All of the girl's attention beginning turned towards the boy of the table...in surprise actually.
"Chris Martin," he exclaimed, "I mean, you could roast marshmallows off that body."
"You know...you're right," Tea agreed...she not seeing anything wrong with what her boyfriend just said.
Tea was suddenly pulled into a huddle by the three triplets.
"Tea, I don't know how to tell you this," Blossom began.
"Huh?"
"Well...you're boyfriend, Duke, he's...erm-"
"Gah, he's gay, he's a fruit cup, homo...gah," Buttercup spat out.
"Aw, Duke's happy," Bubbles smiled happily.
"No...I'm mean he likes to jack off with guys," Buttercup rephrased after smacking her forehead.
"I know what it means," the blonde answered quite annoyed like, "I'm not stupid."
"Could've fooled me," the raven haired female answered under her breath, as they broke from their huddle. Tea was speechless as she sat back down in her seat, her glance shifting towards Duke.
"Duke?"
"Yes Tea," he smiled.
"Are you gay?"
"Yeah, didn't you know?" he answered as if his sexuality preferences had been known by everyone.
"Aw...okay," Tea answered.
'Hmph, how dare he lie to me in front of my own friends...but what if he really is gay...I mean I've never actually seen him with any girls. Except for Serenity...but he only saw her for a short period of time, so who knows. So he might actually be gay...NAH, there's no way in hell he could be gay. He has a crush on me. Oh...my...gosh, it all makes since now. Duke's the type of person who would rather admire me from a far than actually be with me. That's the only reason I could actually think of that would explain why he just went and made up that lie. Oh yeah, Tea...you're...a genius.'
"Well...then I guess you're free to go," she said as she hugged Duke, "I guess this means I'm breaking up with you."
"Breaking up?"
"Now don't try to make this too hard on the both of us...so just go. That's right...go, can't you see I don't want you anymore," she dramatically sobbed.
Duke, taking this as a chance given to him by god, immediately got up and scurried back over to his friends.
"Hey everybody," Tristan began, "Duke's not dead."
"Or tied down ta Tea," Joey unfortunately sighed.
"Um...does that mean I get all of you guys' money since I bet that he would return to us shortly?" Ryou shyly asked.
Yugi only nodded as he handed the five dollar bill ((Yes, I'm using American money, since I don't know the whole Japanese currency.)) over to the ivory haired teen, he followed by the other males at the table.
"Wait...you guys bet on me?" Duke asked.
"Against you," the pharaoh coughed.
"Oh...well, I guess it serves you all right," he giggled, this causing all of them to raise a brow.
"Wait...I remember now," the brunette male laughed, "Duke's gay...so it's okay for him to giggle."
"Oh yeah, that's right," many voices sounded at the table.
"So am I," Ryou grinned.
"Who isn't?" Yugi simply asked.
"Me," Tristan flatly answered, "And Joey of course."
"Yeah," the blonde male only awkwardly chuckled, wishing that everyone's attention was off of him.
'Oh, don't worry Tea. Like they say, they're other fish to fry and fish in the sea...so let's just find us a rod so we can do some fishing. Now, where am I going to find another guy...hmm, well I guess I'm back to my old friends. Hmm, where am I again on the list. Oh yeah, I can mark off Duke...so I suppose Atemu is next, or Yugi...but I would rather have the pharaoh,' Tea simply pondered as she completely tuned out the voices of her new friends who were simply trying to comfort her. But what they didn't realize was that she simply didn't care, and was too busy scheming.
To be continued...
Aoi: Sorry for that people, okay...so this chapter wasn't as long as the others. I'm really sorry for that. I just thought that it would be kinda silly of me to try to continue on with more of Tea's plot in this chapter. -sigh- I never realized that this story would drag out so far. I swear I only planned for it to be like two chapters long XDD. Anyways, thanks for the reviews...I really enjoyed reading them. And many thanks to my readers who continue to read my chapters...you make me all feel so happy. .