Curiosity Killed The cat
AC: Oh boooya! Hooray! Chappie six! Now that's Smexy! I'm upset! I'm missing my Valentines day dance cause I have a hockey tournament in Pennsylvania! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! And it's a three day long trip! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Although, hockey IS fun! Hooray! And I will be able to go to the YMCA! (I do not own the YMCA) At least, I think that's a good thing. My team says so, but you never know…
Grrr…! AND I'm missing a basketball contest called the nights of the something or another. It's a huge shoot out contest! But no! I have to go to Pennsylvania! Phooey! But Pennsylvania has this giant box factory! YES! I'm excited because this year I'm doing my speech on boxes! Don't ask me how, I just Really wanted too! Since there is no info about boxes, it's mostly on raising box awareness.
Just remembered! I'm missing Crazy hat day too! NOOOOOOOOOOO! I had the most awesome hat to wear! It is soooo not fare!
But it's still damn cool!
Now, let's see what happens next…..Bwahahahahahahahahaha!
Chapter six:
Tea just stared at the table in front of her. She couldn't believe it.
NO! What did I do to deserve this!
The table Tea was supposed to be serving was the very board meeting lunch room Ryou told her about. And sure enough, there was Ryou off to the side with a slightly shocked expression on his face.
The expression soon changed to one mixed with embarrassment and pity.
But that only made Tea worse.
There was a moment of silence, then-
"Ha hum!"
"Oh! Huh?"
In the center of the table, sat Yami Motu. He was looking right at Tea and than motioned to his tea cup with a flick of the finger. It was more helpful than rude. He was bringing her back to her senses.
"Oh right."
Tea swiftly made her way around the round table and headed for Mr. Moutu.
Please oh please oh please oh please! Don't screw up Tea! Don't screw up! Stop making a fool of yourself!
Tea mentally sighed in relief when she successfully poured the cup of tea without spilling a drop. Probably sheer luck.
Taking a deep breath, she slowly moved around the table pouring all the empty cups. She couldn't help but notice all eyes were on her and no one was speaking. She felt her face go red and butterflies start to form.
As she neared Ryou, she snook a glance at him. He gave her a tiny encouraging smile that brought down some of the red from her face. He and Yugi were the only ones that said thankyou, but even they whispered it so no one else could here.
Tea was sure the floor was going to devour her at any moment.
Finally, one cup left to go. Tea walked over to the last cup and filled it.
Fewf! Thank God that's ov-
Someone grabbed Tea's wrist as she turned to leave.
It was the last man she poured tea for.
"Did I say I wanted tea?" Asked the one man Tea hated most in the world at that moment. Seto Kaiba.
"I-I'm sorry sir." Tea stuttered out in a small voice. His gaze was so piercing, she couldn't help but feel scared.
"Sorry doesn't make tea disappear and time travel backwards."
"I-I'm really sorry sir. I forgot"-
"Damn right you forgot. Now, what are you going to do about it?" He sneered.
"I-I don't know"-
Seto stood from his chair and pointed at Tea. "I'll tell you what you are going to do! You are going to"-
"Seto!" Ryou had stood from his chair too and was glaring at Kaiba. "It was an accident. He didn't mean it."
"Shut up you British loner! You don't have any authority over me! Besides, you know there are rules here at the club! He's already broken most of them this morning! Why shouldn't he be punished like the rest? You have an answer to that Ryou? Or are you just a love sick puppy protecting his bich!"
"Don't talk to Ryou like that!"
"Oh dear! The half shrimp is threatening me! Whatever will I do? Come on. Stop acting like an idiot and stay out of this Yugi."
"The boy did break the rules after all."
"You're siding with him Marik?"
"I'm obeying the rules!"
"Well I'm trying to act humane!"
"Your trying to act sissy!"
"What?"
"Please! No more! Stop it!"
Everyone froze and stared at the person who was talking. It was Te.
"I'm sorry. It was all my fault. I caused this problem and now it's interfering with your club meeting. You shouldn't tear yourselves apart over me."
"You got that right."
"Seto." Said Yami calmly, but with enough warning in his voice.
"Hmph."
"Te, it appears things aren't working out so well for you today. It was a mistake, but I have already given you a warning about that. There is no more we can do now, so why don't you just go back to the kit"-
"You can't honestly do that! He broke the rules and you're gonna let him off! Now you're breaking the laws of the club!"
Mr. Moutu just stared at Kaiba for a moment. "Very well." He stated simply. "We will decide on a suitable consequence later, but for now, we really must continue this meeting. We have very important matters to discuss. Te, you are dismissed from the room until the bell calls."
Seto looked as angry as ever, but decided to put it aside for now and continue his meeting. It would have to do.
Tea nearly died of relief. Of course, she wasn't looking forward to what would be coming later, but at least she was what appeared to be let off easy and could leave the room. She couldn't handle their gazes and expressions any longer.
Standing on the other side of the door, Tea held the empty tray to her stomach and thought back to the argument in the board room.
Thankyou Ryou and Yugi. She whispered to herself. I owe you guys one. If you didn't stand up for me, I'd be in chains right now. I'll make it up to you later. Tea secretly promised to do something extra special for the two boys. Well, as much to her ability.
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Oddly enough, the bell wasn't buzzed again for the rest of the lunch period, so Tea wasn't made to go back and serve tea. She couldn't say she was unhappy about this though.
She looked at her schedule and headed for her next chore. "Sweeping the main halls."
"Well, even though it isn't the most fun chore, at least It's easy."
But Tea didn't know how big the main hall was.
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"What a horrible day!" Tea nearly fell through her door and was swallowed by her bed. Man was she tired. It was seven, fifteen and dinner would be served in fifteen minutes. She had worked up such a huge appetite from her lunch break, which was one hour later than the club members, and could have eaten an entire cow.
Her lunch was good, but dinner was supposed to be grand! She asked some of the other servants and they all said dinner was the biggest meal of the day.
She could have mopped the whole mansion with the drool that escaped her mouth.
That only added on to her hunger.
As sugar plums danced in her head, Tea started crawling into her meter thick blankets for a short nap. Those chores had not been easy. Do you know how many main halls there were in the mansion? Allot more than Tea thought even physically possible.
"Mmmmm…" She mumbled into her pillow. "Maybe they'll have figgy pudding."
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"OH NO! I'm gonna be late for dinner!" Tea jumped out of bed and slipped on her indoor shoes. She had actually fallen asleep in that short time and it was now seven thirty two.
"NOOOoooooo! I can't miss a meal! Especially when I'm this hungry!"
Tea sped down the hallway, turned a corner, went down a couple flights of stairs and-
BANG!
"Oof!" Tea fell to the floor. Out of nowhere, something big and solid moved into her path.
"Watch where you're going." It sneered.
Tea gazed at the figure. The one person she was trying to desperately forget had just appeared. Kaiba.
"Sorry sir." Tea mumbled bitterly.
"Where do you think you're going in such a hurry?"
"Dinner."
"I don't think so."
"Why?"
"You have your punishment to think about."
Tea's eyes went wide. "N-no! I can't miss dinner! Not dinner!"
Kaiba smirked. "Well that's just too bad isn't it?"
Tea died a thousand deaths. "Y-You can't! I need dinner!"
"What you need is a lesson in manners! Don't speak back to me! Now come! We have things to do!"
"No." Tea said desperately.
Kaiba's eyes slanted. "No?" He asked angrily.
"I-I've never missed a meal." Tea said more to herself than Seto.
"How dare you oppose me!"
Tea gulped. Maybe she shouldn't have said that?
All of a sudden, Tea totally unprepared, received a kick in the side by Kaiba. She was shoved a little farther along the floor and in a most painful state.
"Don't EVER go against my word servant! You are less than me! A creature, a third class, a dog! My word is law here at the club and you will do well not to disobey that! Now…follow Me!"
He turned on his heal and started walking the opposite direction. Tea watched after him.
That bastard! She creamed to herself. Who the hell does he think I am that he can push around like a…like a…SLAVE! I hope he rots in hell!
As much as she knew she would regret it, Tea stood and started sadly following Kaiba down the hall. She quickly wiped the tears of pain from her eyes and left the one thing she was looking forward to today.
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As they walked down the many halls, Tea felt something wasn't right. The atmosphere of the place had just gained a ton. She shivered as she walked down the new hallways. She noticed no one was around besides them.
At one point, Seto looked back at Tea to make sure she was still there, but gave her an evil smirk in the process. Tea didn't like that smirk and was beginning to find that every time he gave it, something bad was coming up.
"Ummm… Mr. Kaiba?"-
"Be quiet!" he snapped. "I didn't give you permission to speak."
Tea snapped her mouth shut.
Her stomach had begun grumbling. The consequences for missing a meal were starting to weigh on Tea. So this is what hunger feels like? Tea thought rubbing her hurting stomach.
Kaiba looked back at her. "What are you doing?" He asked.
"What? Oh, ummm… my stomach is all. I'm not used to missing meals." Tea added a bit of venom to the last part.
Kaiba's only reaction was to turn his head and laugh bitterly.
"Keep up your horrible attitude and attention span, and you'll be missing more than just dinners."
They walked the remainder of the way in silence.
"In here." Kaiba pointed to a door.
Cautiously, Tea entered. The room was empty.
"Mr. Kaiba, what's going on?"-
Seto slammed the door shut behind him. Tea didn't like the feeling she was having.
"Mr. Kaiba?"
"Listen you! I don't like you and I never will! In my opinion, you are a criminal that deserves to be behind bars!" He cracked his knuckles.
Tea backed up against the far wall, putting as much distance between him and her as possible. She knew something bad was coming.
"What are you?"-
"Did I give you permission to talk?"
Tea was now in full out fear. He was heading toward her and bringing back his fist.
"NO!" She shouted.
He brought his fist under and punched her stomach with a sickening thoud.
"Oof!"
"You're just a bastard that deserves to be chained to a fence!" He punched her back.
"S-Stop!" She gasped.
"No. This is your punishment for being a disrespectful bastard!" He said the last word through clenched teeth as he mad a kick for Tea's ribs, who was now cowering on the ground.
I have to fight back.
Tea raised her arm and caught the next kick headed for her.
"Are you opposing me again?"
"This isn't…please! Just sto"-
Kaiba stepped on Tea's arm.
Tea shouted in pain. This seemed to Kaiba happier. "Come on, say I'm your master. Say it."
"N-No!" She gasped.
Kaiba ground his foot even harder on her arm.
"Say it!" He ordered!
Tea couldn't take it. "Y-You're my master!"
Kaiba raised his foot. "There, that wasn't so hard. Now, stay here. I'll be back in a little while."
He turned from Tea and left, closing the door behind him. Tea heard the door lock.
She lay on the ground motionless for the next couple minutes.
Then, before she even knew what was happening, tears had started falling from her eyes. Once she started, she couldn't stop. She crawled into a corner of the dark room and laid her head on her knees. She cried silently, the only noise being her constant snuffling.
"That bastard!" She choked out. "I didn't do anything wrong! He just wanted to hurt me! I'll kill him one of these days! I'll kill him!"
They were idle threats that she knew she wouldn't make, but making them made her feel better. She watched the moon rise in the sky through the only small window.
Tea was no longer grieving about her lost meal anymore, but as she calmed down, she couldn't deny the constant grumbling in her stomach.
Just when she thought she had been there forever, the door creaked open.
It was nighttime, and the moon didn't give Tea enough light to see who it was. The outside hall had been turned off some time ago and she was sure it was after ten.
"Hello?" She called out quietly.
No one answered. Tea heard the door snap shut quietly, and whoever entered make their way towards her.
Tea was getting nervous now.
"Hello?" She called again with a bit more alarm in her voice.
The person moved up right beside her and slid down the wall to her level. She could see the slight outline of a man sitting comfortably beside her. She noticed he held a small ball he kept tossing in the air and catching lazily. If only he would move an inch or two to the right, she would be able to see him in the dim moonlight.
"Hello." he whispered matter-o-factly.
She knew that voice, but she couldn't remember from where.
"W-What do you want?" She whispered. She wanted to ask who it was, but somehow, she felt that was a restricted question.
"Nothing." The voice said in a rather bored tone.
There was a moment of silence.
"Than why did you come here?" Asked Tea, unable to hide the curiosity from her voice.
"No reason."
Now Tea was getting annoyed.
"Well you must have some reason."
"No, not really."
"Well, than how did you know I was here?"
"I didn't."
Tea rested here head against the back wall and made a noise of frustration.
"I…-You…- Ahg!"
The man chuckled softly. "Actually, if it helps lessen your confusion I didn't know you were here, but I knew somebody was."
"Oh, I see. Than… you came to investigate?"
"Yeah, it's not everyday you here sniffling coming from an empty room that no one ever goes into. Well, almost no one."
"I was that loud?"
"No."
"Than how- Oh never mind." Tea didn't even bother asking, she knew she would get a blank answer.
"Why are you here?" He asked.
"Is it that big a deal?"
"Actually yes. This is one of the unspeakable rooms. You have to be here for a reason. And a good one too."
"Unspeakable?"
"Yeah, one of the rooms that whatever happens inside, never leaves these four walls." Tea could see a smirk through the darkness. "A punishment room if you will."
Tea shivered.
"Ahh… so it was for a punishment, huh Te?"
"How did you know it was me?"
"You are the only one that got a club member angry enough for an unspeakable room. Even if they weren't supposed to use it."
"You're confusing me."
"Well, these types of rooms are in the most deserted, cold parts of the mansion. Actually, this is the cheeriest one. The rules at this club are little harsher than other places. But you know that now. Anyways, right after you left the board meeting, it seemed the topic of you wasn't completely diminished. Some of the members still insisted you were faced with the consequences like any other servant, and you would stop getting special treatment. Mr. Moutu had to agree of course. But he said that you would not get any punishment. Simply a proper lecture of how things work at the club. After all, it is your first day."
Tea saw the same smirk appear on the mans face, as he continued tossing the ball.
"Well, Mr. Moutu got an urgent call and had to leave immediately. He must have forgotten all about your disobedience today because he didn't leave any instruction on what to do. I think most of us thought to just forget about it because we had more important things to do, but it looked like someone didn't."
At this point, the stranger's voice became half amused.
"Of course, since this is an unspeakable room, I'm not aloud to ask who, but I don't think that that question is really necessary."
"But… But that still doesn't answer why you came in here. It's an unspeakable room. Are you even aloud in here now?"
"No."
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"And?"
"Nosy little thing aren't you?"
"Yes."
"Well, if you really must know, this is usually the room I use. You can imagine how surprised I was to find someone already in it when I didn't punish any one today."
"Oh…" That piece of information had made Tea a bit more nervous around this mysterious figure. "But…this isn't right. This shouldn't be aloud. Isn't it illegal?"
"In most places yes. But the laws of the club house have been passed own for generations, and they never change."
"Like the one about no girls aloud?"
"Well, no. That isn't a law of the Club House. That's a religious legend that is highly thought of in these parts. There is an interesting story behind it actually."
Tea's stomach let out a large growl.
"Oops, sorry about that. I'm not used to missing meals."
The figure laughed teasingly. "Don't worry about it. Here." The man through Tea the ball he was playing with. When Tea caught it, she found it wasn't a ball, but an apple.
"Where did you?"-
"Let's just say I'm good at sneaking."
"Thankyou."
The man just nodded.
"Why is he so cold?"
"Now you have me confused."
"Well, you know… the man."
"Oh, well… I don't think that's any of your business."
"But"-
"But nothing."
Tea sighed. "This place is so complicating. Just when you think you've figured something out, a new barred door is reveled."
"Not if you don't move towards it."
The two sat in silence, there was nothing more to be said.
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"I want to go home." Tea whispered. She put her head back down and started to quietly sob. She couldn't help it, she needed to.
She was waiting for the man beside her to do something. Anything. He just sat there. Maybe he was like the rest, cold and mean. Except for Ryou and Yugi of course.
"Don't bother crying. It will only make things worse."
"H-huh?" Tea's head snapped up.
"The club house is a cruel place. Many dark secrets lie here. My only advice is to stay out of the way and don't show signs of weakness. You'll regret it."
The man sprang up from his spot and made to leave. But Tea had to know something else. She grabbed his wrist. "Wait!"
The man paused. She could tell he was staring at her hand. Realizing what she did, Tea let go of him immediately. He could have been anybody dangerous to her and grabbing his wrist could mean another consequence.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" She explained quickly. "I didn't mean- I'm sorry!"
"You know, you're the first one to touch my arm in five years."
What? What is that supposed to mean?
"Ummm… I"-
"Don't worry, I won't bite… yet." The man once again turned to leave.
"No!" Tea , for the second time, grabbed the mans arm, but this time, pulled him into the moonlight.
She came face to face with a very annoyed looking Bakura.
"B-Bakura!" She stammered.
"You aren't supposed to touch me." He said with half a heart. "I thought we've already been over this."
"I…I just had to know…"
"You just have to know a lot of things, don't you?"
"Well, I…"
"Goodnight Te. And remember, I was never here."
Bakura left the room quietly and swiftly. Maybe I shouldn't have done that? Tea thought to herself in the silence that consumed her. Maybe I wasn't supposed to know who it was. But I just had to. He tries to be so evil, but underneath, I think he's an alright guy. But he didn't sound too pleased when I found out it was him. Maybe he's right; maybe I should just stay out of it.
"Damn this stupid club! Tea yelled to the wall. "And damn that stupid bastard Kaiba!"
After some very heavy breathing, Tea looked down at the apple in her hand. I'm going to need as many friends as I can get if I'm going to solve anything.
With that thought in mind, Tea took a large bite of the tiny fruit.
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AC: MAN! That took forever to write! Bageesus! (pronounce "g" as "j") But it was fun! I love where this story is headed! But NO! I am NOT making it a mystery! Do you think Kaiba was too harsh or too soft? I really don't know. But I want him to be as cruel as possible! Because I am SICK of reading stories where he is a softy McSoftsoft! I hate the OOCness! It burns!
What happened in school today? I honestly can't remember. Wait, it's coming to me… Oh yeah! In religion class, we had to go in groups and answer questions like "What do you do when you get frustrated?" and really boring stuff like that. There was one question per sheet of paper, and when you finish answering a question, you trade with another group.
My group consisting of four people who just happened to be all my friends! So… we got kind of silly and for every question you are supposed to give three things. On every sheet, we put "Eat, Eat more, Eat more than you have ever eaten in your whole life!" It was soooo funny! Because those were our opinions on how to solve all school and home problems! LOL!
Each sheet was read out loud though, and we got in trouble. Sigh… ah well!
See you in the next chappie! Well, not really, but you know what I mean.
