A/N: Sorry for not updating sooner, but I've been really busy and I have a bunch of projects. T.T Oh well, I'm here now! I'm glad the last chapter went over so well:D I know you're all anxious to find out what happened so I'll keep my note short!

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I got a question from ch.14 late and so I want to take a sec to answer it. At the end, Téa did actually flick him off!

So grab something alcoholic cuz you might need it for this chapter! Hehe.

Ch. 16 Promise

Téa sat on the edge between crying and being pissed beyond belief. The hard part was deciding which one was going to help her now. Crying really was starting to sound nice, one the account of she couldn't do much to stop him. But maybe, there was something she could do.

The boy was holding her mouth and arms, but he had her to stand up on her own. That gave Téa an idea. She tried to ignore how he was practically on her, and tried to focus.

She turned her foot in pigeon-toed then swung in behind her then straight forward. Her toe contacted he back of his knee and his leg gave way. He fell forward and let go of Téa. She contacted the ground first and tried to crawl away but he fell on her before she could move.

The boy was lifted up off of her somehow. So she turned to see what was going on. She looked up at her attacker being thrown into the back school wall. She watched as his body contact the wall and she swore she heard something break. She rolled over on her stomach as she watched his crying form slide down the rough bricks.

A hand was held out to her and she turned to see who had pretty much saved her ass big time. She looked up and took the hand of a pissed off Seto Kaiba.

Kaiba pulled Téa to her feet but never let go of her hand. He was pissed off that someone would lay a finger on his Téa, but also that he hadn't gotten here sooner. He would scold himself later, but he just wanted to get out of here and make sure Téa was with him. He moved quickly, pulling Téa along with him.

"S-Seto…." Téa was hoping he wouldn't blow up but by the look on his face, she wasn't so sure she could stop it. She was so grateful that he had come when he did. She just wanted to thank him and hug him. But he looked like he was ready to kill and maybe a hug wasn't the best idea.

Kaiba wasn't paying attention to Téa calling his name as he steered toward his limo. He was ecstatic when he saw the limo sitting there waiting for them.

The driver got out and opened the door so they could get in, but didn't notice the hostile look in Kaiba's eyes. Once Téa and Kaiba were inside and the door was closed, Kaiba spoke up.

"Are you okay? What did he do to you?" He said putting his hands on her arms and turning her arms over.

"I'm fine, just a few scrapes from falling on the ground." Téa said heat rising to her face as his rough hands moved up and down her arms. "Thank you for saving me Seto. I don't think I would have made it out as unscathed if you didn't show up." Téa said shuddering.

Kaiba's jaw clenched, he knew exactly what would have happened. Once again he grew angry at himself for even allowing that bastard the time to touch her. He didn't feel like saying anything but he knew Téa would need some time to get over this little ordeal. His eyes rested on his hands still moving up and down her arms and up on her shoulders. His right hand seemed to wander a little and he stopped himself from going up her neck.

Téa seemed to shiver slightly from the sudden lack of heat. She immediately missed Kaiba's touch. "Don't stop." She whispered as she looked at him and watched him fight with himself and eventually go back to rubbing her arms. She sighed and closed her eyes briefly. They fluttered back open when she felt a hand smoothing across her cheek. She watched Kaiba carefully as her looked at her. She didn't notice when she had gotten so close to him.

Kaiba couldn't remember when they had gotten so close, but it wasn't like he was complaining. He didn't even process what he was doing before he kissed her and he felt her arms wrap around him.

"Mr. Kaiba, we're here." The driver's voice came through the speakers in the back of the limousine. Kaiba was suddenly extremely grateful for the microphone idea.

"What do you mean you don't want to merge? We've been working on this deal for a year!" Kaiba yelled into the phone. He was having a hard time controlling his anger at the man. "Don't I at least get a damn explanation for all this rubbish!"

The man on the phone was the president of Jijitsujō Inc. (Virtual Incorporated) They were planning to merge so that they had a wider range of clients. They needed Kaiba's brain and Kaiba needed their clients. It was difficult finding virtual reality clients that actually knew what they were talking about. Those were the clients that they had, and he needed them for his launch of his virtual reality game pod.

"Mr. Kaiba, I'm sure you have seen the news lately and you're allover it. We thought you were totally devoted to your company and we were wrong. We don't want our company's business to suffer because of your personal affairs. We're sorry, but we must decline from signing that contract."

"You don't know what you're doing! You'll regret not joining with Kaiba corporation!" Kaiba hissed trying to control his building rage.

"Goodbye Mr. Kaiba." (click)

Kaiba slammed the phone down and cursed out loud. He paced around his room and had to refrain himself from throwing things across the room. He looked out his corner window and rubbed his temples. "DAMN IT!" He kicked his chair so it hit his filing cabinet.

The door opened and he saw Téa poke her head through. "I heard you yelling, is everything alright?" Téa said, the concern evident in her voice.

"No! Everything is not alright! These Dumb asses think they can go and cancel a deal just like that! They won't get very fuckin' far!" Kaiba said glaring at the vase of flowers on his desk. Téa thought he might melt the vase.

Téa really had no idea what was going on, but she figured Kaiba needed to calm down. She wouldn't forgive herself if he hurt himself or someone else. She moved over to Kaiba and pulled up his chair and motioned for him to sit down. After he was comfortably in his chair she sat on his lap. "Now, you can calmly tell me what's going on." She said turning to look at him.

Kaiba sighed and frowned. "Jijitsujō Inc. decided that they didn't want to merge with Kaiba Corp. because of what they've heard-"

"About us." Téa finished, knowing exactly why they cut the deal. She watched as he nodded and sighed rolling his head and cracking his neck. She rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Seto, I never meant for everything to go this way."

Kaiba turned his head so that his face was inches from hers. He watched her carefully and whispered, "It's not your fault."

Téa bit her bottom lip, "What if it's not worth it? Aren't we supposed to be happy and accepted? Why aren't I able to tell anyone how much I care about you?" She said blinking back tears that were threatening to come out.

Kaiba moved his thumb across her lips then to wipe a single tear that slid down her cheek. "Someday, this will all be over with." He said then planted a delicate kiss on her lips, "I promise."

Téa smiled and kissed him back. "I'll remember that."

"You'd better."

Tuesday night Téa and Kaiba had discussed a few things and decided to do something that would blow everyone's mind. Wednesday was a day for new beginnings. The first thing they did was take Kaiba's limo, and they didn't stop at the corner this time.

"Are you sure about this?" Téa asked turning a slight shade of pink.

Kaiba smirked, "Don't worry, I can't embarrass you. I'm too wonderful!"

"Don't flatter yourself darling." Téa said rolling her eyes.

They pulled up to the school and the driver opened the door for Téa to get out, followed by Kaiba. They were on time, not a minute neither late nor early.

Everyone stared and couldn't believe what they were seeing. Sure they all knew about the supposed relationship from gossip and news, but they actually showed up together in his limo. That raised a lot of questions.

Kaiba felt fingers intertwine with his own. He looked up at Téa who was trying to avoid his eyes. His mouth twitched up into a small smile as they entered through the doors hand in hand.

The bell had just rung for lunch and everyone was still staring at either Kaiba or Téa. It's not like they were constantly making out in the middle of the hallway or anything.

They would occasionally nod or say hello when they passed each other. Once they carried on a conversation before heading to the same class. They had no idea why everyone thought they were acting crazy.

They agreed to eat lunch together outside on the benches. It was no big deal, they just wanted each other's company. It was interesting to see how some people couldn't get past the fact that they were acting civil and not constantly making out like they expected.

Kaiba sat down on the already occupied bench. He looked over at the girl sitting next to him as he took out a large chocolate chip cookie. "It's going better than I thought today."

Téa rolled her eyes and swallowed her bit of apple that was in her mouth. "Yea, at least they aren't trying to rape me like yesterday."

"Let's not talk about that right now, today is going good for once."

"You're right." She sighed and leaned back on the bench. "The whole girl population hates me, but I should be used to it, so yea, it's going good."

"Not all of them." Kaiba pointed out looking behind the dumpster in the corner at a giggling girl.

Téa's gaze followed and she had to suppress a laugh. "Seto, that's John." She said covering her mouth as if it would help to cease the laughter trying to surface.

Kaiba choked on a cookie he was eating and coughed as Téa laughed. "T-that's a guy!"

Téa nodded and continued to laugh. "Don't worry, lots of people mistake him for a girl…" Téa snickered as Kaiba glared at her. "Okay, I lied. You're the only one!" Her body shook as she laughed her ass off.

"You'll pay for that one." Kaiba said leaning over her. He smirked and Téa didn't have time to react as he started to tickle her.

Téa tried to refrain from screaming as she continued to laugh and tears trailed down her cheeks.

Kaiba was enjoying the way she laughed and it made him smirk even more when she squirmed beneath him.

Suddenly Kaiba's phone went off but he didn't want to answer it. He tickled Téa with one hand and went to turn off his cell with the other. He glanced at who called and he immediately stopped everything.

Téa regained her breath and smiled but quickly frowned as she saw a terrified look on Kaiba's face. She watched as he answered his phone trying not to sound worried.

Kaiba's face drained of all color after the man on the line stopped talking. Kaiba shut his phone and swallowed hard. "Mokuba's hurt."

A/N: That's it for this lovely chapter and don't think it's over yet! It's not over 'till it's over! Next chapter we'll find out what happened to Mokuba and there's more trouble at Kaiba Corp!

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Wolfie: (gasp) "Mokuba's hurt! Nooooo!"

Kaiba: (passes out)

Wolfie: "Kaiba? Kaiba! Crap."