Chapter 14 - Poodle

Author's notes:

And with a mighty whomp, school resumes!

Amelda: What the heck does that have to do with anything?

Fifilafemme, Caorann fridh Bronach, and LeDiva, here's some baklava I found! As for haupia being gelataneous. . .I think part of the recipe calls for tapioca, which can get pretty messy.

I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh!. . .and the rest occureth later.

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Tea sat with a deranged tomb robber across from her. As soon as Tea had lost, the tomb raider had given her just enough time to pick up her cards before dragging her off to the nearest ice cream store. He ordered an ice cream for himself, then invited Tea to order. Before Tea could pay for her vanilla ice cream cone, the tomb robber paid for her.

His kindness towards her was creeping her out more than his unhinged laughing ever did.

"Why are you doing this?" Tea asked the person sitting across from her. For all her efforts, she might as well been talking to thin air. The white-haired lunatic simply refused to answer.

As Tea tried to contemplate what the tomb robber was cooking up, someone bumped her chair. The sudden jolt caused Tea's ice cream to fall on and in her black shirt. Tea gasped. The ice cream was COLD! Unfortunately for her, she had forgotten a particular article of clothing that day. . .

"Well, now, that's a treat for sore eyes!" Tea looked up into the eyes of the person who bumped her. She had no idea who he was, but he sure smelled bad.

"Keep your eyes and hands off of her, or you will spend the rest of eternity in darkness," Bakura said, deadly calm. The stranger who'd ruined Tea's shirt sneered at the former tomb robber. Bakura stood up, unruffled. The stranger swung at Bakura. Bakura dodged fluidly. The Millenium Ring glowed merrily. Bakura laughed psychotically. The stranger gasped and fell.

Bakura turned towards the shop employees, who stared freely. "Do you want to share the same fate as him?" he asked pointedly. The employees took the hint and found other things to do.

Things had returned to normal.

Something disturbed Tea's peripheral vision. She looked up to see Bakura holding a bunch of napkins.

"I. . .thought you could use this to clean up. . ." he said uneasily. Tea took his offer, and did her best to salvage her shirt.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" Tea blurted out, once she had finished wiping the ice cream off of herself.

"It's. . .ah. . ." The tomb robber hesitated, then looked out the window. Tea blinked. Perhaps Ryou had taken over. . .

"I want to go to the school dance with you," Bakura said, as fast as he could. Tea blinked. This had to be a bad dream! There WAS no school dance, to her knowledge.

"Ryou walked by a student council meeting, and he happened to hear about it," Bakura explained. Tea did some counting on her fingers. That dance was at least three months away!

"Why are you asking me now?" Tea asked, puzzled. The tomb raider blushed.

"Because I didn't want that dweeb Yugi to ask you first," Bakura said. Tea facefaulted.

"I wasn't planning on going to the dance with anyone!" Tea exclaimed. Bakura's motives were quite strange, indeed.

"Accept, girl, or your body and soul will be painfully separated," Bakura growled.

"Alright, alright, I'll go with you. . .but why do you want to go to the school dance?" Tea asked. She had a right to know. . .right?

"I will NOT be questioned by you!" Bakura said, menacingly. He probably had something really stupid to hide. Tea was determined to get it out of him.

"Do you like to dance, Bakura?" she asked in the most seductive tone she could muster.

"I said it's none of your business!" Bakura turned away, but not before Tea saw the blood rush to his face.

"Don't be shy! Come with me!" Tea grabbed Bakura's hand, and dragged him off, before he could issue any more orders. She had a potential convert in her hands!

The arcade she had in mind was not too far from the ice cream shop. Bakura's unsteady footsteps followed her.

A woman walking a poodle stepped out from behind a building. Tea stopped suddenly. The sudden stop caused Bakura to trip and fall on top of her.

"What the hell are you two doing?" an all-too-familiar voice said from above. Two of her three best friends stood above her. Joey had his arms crossed over his chest. Yugi blushed.

"If you so much as think about telling them what happened. . ." Bakura whispered. Tea gulped.

"I'm fine," Tea managed to say. Bakura was much heavier than he looked! Yugi's face turned a deeper shade of red. Joey continued to glare at Bakura.

"Why are you blushing, Yugi?" Tea inquired. Yugi turned away, but not before Tea saw his nose start to bleed. She looked down at her shirt. Those ice cream stains. . .those dirty little. . .

"Go away, or I will do the same things to you as I did to her," Bakura growled to the two boys standing over her. Joey and Yugi ran. Tea did her best to suppress a giggle.

"You're really subtle," Tea remarked, as she got up. Her eyes caught something. Joey and Yugi must have dropped their cards in their haste to escape Bakura's generous offer to treat them to ice cream.

"Where were you going to take me?" Bakura asked. Tea smiled prettily at him, the cards in her hands forgotten.

"I was going to give you a dance lesson," she replied.

"No can do. Ryou got himself grounded, and he can't go to the arcade for the rest of the month. As I am stuck in his body, I too cannot go." Tea whistled. Bakura could sound intelligent when he wanted to! Tea looked down at her empty hands. Empty?

"Hmm. . .these cards are weird beyond belief. . ." Bakura mumbled. Tea took a peek over his shoulder.

WTF-25

Colors (radio edit)

If you are wearing nail polish on your nails, increase the attack of all your face-up monsters by the number of colors of nail polish you're wearing (NOT counting clear nail polish) x 100 Points until the end of the turn this card was activated. If not, this card does nothing.

Common; Quick-Play

Bakura would have no use for that. Tea could find a use for it, but she'd have to buy a bottle of nail polish first.

WTF-36

Government Restriction

Destroy all Tokens on the field. You and your opponent take Direct Damage equal to the total attack of you and your opponent's respective Tokens that were destroyed.

Common

Ouch. It was a Token Thanksgiving gone horribly wrong.

WTF-13

The Non-Negatable Magic Card

The activation of this card cannot be stopped by a Monster Effect or any Continuous Trap Card. This card's activation can only be stopped by a Counter Trap. Cut your own Deck, then let your opponent cut your Deck.

Common

This card looked and sounded totally bogus. Pegasus must have been on something pretty strong to make it up.

WTF-41

Tokenizer

All monsters on the field are considered Tokens until the end of the turn this card was activated.

Common

Tea winced even harder. This was asking for all sorts of trouble!

"I don't want any of them. Do you?" Bakura sneered. Tea gulped, then accepted the cards, then put the cards away before Bakura could change his mind.

"Shall I, uh, walk you home," Bakura asked, unsteadily.

"Tell me, was any of this Ryou's idea?" Tea asked.

"Uh, sort of. He told me that I'd have to flirt with you before I could ask you," Bakura mumbled. He blushed.

"Well then. . .I hope you kick the crap outta him tonight," Tea said, her voice nearly breaking. She stalked off towards her own home. The nerve of Ryou!

As soon as Tea was out of hearing distance, Bakura chuckled to himself. Ryou didn't have a clue on how to interact with a woman. It had all been his idea, and it had all worked perfectly! He'd get to dance, and Tea would think his behavior was all Ryou's fault! It was perfect!

The fun was just beginning!

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Author's notes:

I do NOT own Beatmania IIDX, or anything associated with it!

Colors (radio edit) was written by dj TAKA. It debuted on 6th Style, got an Another on 7th Style, and somehow appeared on DDR Extreme. This card was made especially for women.

Government Restrictions goes with the Red/Blue dragons in this set.

The Non-Negatable Magic Card is much more useful than it appears! Really, it is. . .

If the Tokenizer is ever made into a real card, all heck would break loose. Tokenizer + Lightning Vortex all face-up monsters on the opponent's side of the field are removed from the game! Programmers may get the second half of the joke.

"Poodle" is a song by Y&Co. that appears on IIDX Happy Sky. That song scares me. . .kinda like how this chapter did. . .

For all those hoping for a Bakura x Tea story. . .sorry, but Bakura isn't in this for romance, and neither is Tea! Bakura's messing with us all!

The entire point of this chapter was to clarify Tea's fate, that's all.

Review, if it was that good/bad.