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A/N(1): Wow, everyone was so excited to see Masa get his butt kicked! Is Masa that bad? (Yami and Tea fans nod) Uh...well...you are gonna hate me later. (cough) Well, anyway, it's the party chapter! Tristan has a partay! What's bound to happen?

Title: Just A Night

Chapter Five: Shake Ya Tailfeather

April 19, 2005

Today was Senior Cut Day, an unofficial tradition in the Domino High School. To seniors, it meant taking a day off from school to go to a party or hang out with friends. Teachers never knew how to stop this tradition because every senior class had done it on a different day. Tea sighed as she sat in her Chemistry class, which was filled with only three students--Yugi, Miho, and herself. She felt like a dork, but it wasn't her fault. Members of Student Council could not cut school, or else they could risk losing their title.

"I wonder how Tristan's party is.." Yugi mumbled as he sketched in his notebook.

Tea nodded, remembering the conversation yesterday...

"So I propose we have cut day tomorrow and have a BBQ at Tristan's house, what do you all say?" Joey asked, as he looked among the fifty seniors. Most nodded, while others conversated with their friends.

"Let's do it, guys!" Tristan added, "Come on, we won't get another chance like this."

"Yeah!" most chanted as they exchanged hi-fives.

"You all can go," the chemistry teacher said, laughing, "not like we can accomplish much work."

Nodding, Tea packed her stuff up. There was nothing they could really do today. There was only about seven seniors in school. Along with the four Student Council members, three others decided to come in. "This is stupid," she whispered, just as her cell phone rang. "Oh no.." She looked up to see if the teacher heard it. She didn't. Turning away from the teacher, she answered her phone. "Hello?"

"Yo Tea! What up?"

Tea rolled her eyes."Well Joey, I'm in school. What do you think?" Tea waited to hear Joey's voice again, but all she heard was loud music and people talking. "Joey? Are you there?" she whispered, as she turned around to see Yugi waiting for her. She signaled him to wait.

"Oh sorry, Tea! I was talking to someone. Well, if ya want, I can pick ya up in fifteen minutes."

Tea looked at her watch. It was about eleven o'clock. "Joey, the teachers will know that I'm not in school. There's only seven seniors in school today. I'll just walk over there after school is over."

"Come on, Tea, it's cut day!"

Tea bit her lip. Joey was really pressuring her to go. "I dunno..."

"You know you want to..." Joey said, rather awkwardly.

"I do want to go, but--"

"Good, I'll be there before you can say 'Bakura's ass.'

"Joey!" she yelled, but the phone line was already dead.

It was then she felt a tap on her shoulder. "What did he say, Tea?" Yugi asked.

Sighing, Tea closed her phone and put it back in her bag. "He said he's going to pick me up in fifteen minutes, but I don't know how I'll be able to get out. There's security guards everywhere. And what about the teachers!"

Yugi pondered for a second. Then, "You can always say that you're sick."

"Yugi," Tea said, thinking about it, "I think you might be on to something."

"I don't like this," Domino High's nurse said, "you got dizzy and almost fainted in class?"

Tea held her head. "Yes, this is the first time this has ever happened to me."

"I'll say," she said, looking at Tea's medical card. "You have no history of illness." She continued to look through the papers. Tea's eyes slightly widened, thinking that the nurse may be on to her scheme.

Then, looking at Tea, she said: "But I will send you home. I have a feeling it's the stress that's getting to you. I'll tell the office you're going home. Would you like to call your mother to pick you up?"

"Yes, thank you," Tea stood, wobbily at first, and walked out the room. 'You are good..'

As she walked out, she saw Yugi waiting patiently for her. He cocked his eyebrow up for a response from her. She nodded, then gave a thumbs-up. "I'll be out of here in no time."

"Great, I hope you have fun."

Tea turned to Yugi. "Wait--why aren't you not going to this party? Tristan and Joey invited everyone."

"Ah, I have some things to take care of at the Hawkins' house," Yugi said.

Tea, though knowing that he was lying, dropped the subject. She had a feeling Yugi wasn't going because of Yami. And speaking of Yami, Tea was surprised that he let Joey and Tristan sucker him into going. 'I guess he's turning into one of us after all...' She then looked back at Yugi. "How's Rebecca and her father?"

"They have been very hospitable. Grandpa loves having someone to duel when I'm at school." Yugi chuckled, then continued, "Rebecca has been very nice. Though she brags about high school work being stupid, she helps me a lot."

Tea nodded. "That's great."

"Yeah.." Yugi cleared his throat and looked around. "How's everything?"

"Well, with Joey working, Yami's been driving me to school. He's been very nice about it, too. I really think he's--" She stopped, now realizing that Yugi and Yami weren't on good terms. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring him up."

Yugi shrugged his shoulders. "No, just because him and I are having problems doesn't mean you can't talk about him." Sighing, he walked over to the window. Tea followed, slightly saddened by the fact that they were fighting.

"You guys were one when you had the puzzle, I'm sure you can move past whatever has caused this rift between you both." Tea reasoned, as she put a hand on his shoulder.

Yugi shook his head, moving away. "That's exactly what's causing the rift, Tea. I hate the fact that I ever allowed him to use my body!" Then, breathing in, he didn't look at her.

Tea was speechless. "Yugi...do you want to talk about it?"

"What? So you can tell him? He acts like he doesn't know what's going on, but he does. He just doesn't want to admit to himself that he ruined my life. Those four years were hell, and he knows it. Don't trust him, Tea."

"Yugi, you don't mean that. You were a team before--"

"I can't talk to you! All you're going to do is take his side! Everyone will take his side, you know why? Because everyone liked him better than me! That's right, even you, the voice of reason, fell for him." He yelled, now looking at her confused face. "That's right. I've known that you've always had a crush on him." Before she could answer, he tilted his head slightly. "Your ride's here." He then walked away, not bothering to wave.

Tea raised her eyebrow, but didn't take another second to think about it. Yugi was right, her ride was here. As she walked out the school, she realized that Yugi was right about another thing. She did always have a crush on Yami...

"Yo Tea, what's up?" asked Joey once she was in the car.

Disturbed, Tea said: "I don't know, Joey. I was just talking to Yugi...and he was talking to me about Yami. He said the most horrible things, but...it didn't sound like the Yugi I've known since preschool."

"Yeah, Yugi's changed," he said, signaling to the left, "but...let's try to be happy today. It's Tristan's big day, and if Yugi doesn't want to be there to celebrate, then he's not worth worrying about." Joey said.

Tea was surprised by what Joey said. "Yes...you're right.." She then looked out the window. 'Yugi said that she shouldn't trust Yami, but was Yugi the one she shouldn't trust?'

The party was held in Tristan's backyard. There were balloons tied to the mailbox and the fence. As Joey and Tea walked to the back, Tea started hearing music and the familar laughter of people from school. Then, she started seeing people from school. One after the other, they either smiled or waved at her. She acknowledged them kindly and continued on her way. Dance music was playing. Some people were dancing, others just sitting by the pool drinking or talking.

"Wow, this is a heck of a transformation." She said, remembering what Tristan's backyard used to look like.

"Tea! You made it!" Tristan shouted from behind the BBQ. He was cooking. "Nice uniform."

She laughed. It wasn't her fault she didn't have a change of clothes. "Yes, I have officially done something bad." She then sat down and observed the party. She wanted to get used to her surroundings before she did anything.

"You wanna drink?" said her brunette friend, as he sat next to her.

She shook her head. "I haven't turned completely bad."

"Sure, sure." Tristan said, laughing. "Well, I'm going to go check on the burgers. You sure you don't want anything?" He waited for her to answer. She only shook her head. "Alright, see you later. Thanks for coming."

Sighing, Tea leaned back in her chair. "So this is Senior Cut Day..." As she sat there, she felt a small ache in her head. She had felt it this morning, too. She figured a migraine was probably arising due to the loud music. "Or maybe what goes around comes around..." She started thinking about the lie she fed the nurse.

It was then she noticed Yami in the distance. He wasn't alone, though. He was laughing with a pretty blonde-haired girl. She felt heat rising to her face. "What does that girl think she's doing?" Tea thought, now glaring at the two. But then she came to her senses once she realized that Yami was free to do what he wanted. It wasn't like they were together.

"Maybe I do need a drink..."

Nearing the beverage table, she didn't notice the being walking in the same direction. As she looked at the selection of drinks, she poured one into a cup and turned around to come face-to-face with Yami. Smiling, she said: "Hi, surprised to see you here."

"Surprised to see you here, too."

Tea laughed, then pulled a piece of hair behind her ear. "Well, let's just say I was between a rock and Joey's hard head." She said, taking another sip of her soda. "So, how long have you been here?"

"Since this morning. I basically drove around and got drinks and food with Tristan."

"I see," Tea said, "well, what are you doing now?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "Nothing really, you want to hang out?"

Before she could answer, she saw the blonde-haired girl approach Yami. He turned away from Tea to talk to the girl, but when he turned around to say something to Tea, she was gone.

"I can't believe that girl!" Tea thought, making her way through the crowd. "She's completely ruining my chances with Yami!" Now in the front yard, Tea walked to the front step and sat down. She didn't want to be around people anymore. But her attempts failed.

"Tea?"

She lifted her head to meet a pair of brown eyes. "Masa? What do you want?"

"I just.." He sighed, then put a hand behind his head. "I just wanted to say sorry."

Tea was surprised by the words that came out of his mouth. "Well...umm...thanks for saying that. I really appreciate your apology." She then stood up. "How's your nose?"

He chuckled. "Took quite a beating, I'll tell you that." He then looked at his watch. "Well, I'm going to head for the back. I only have a couple of hours here because I have softball practice later. See ya later."

"Bye," Tea said as she watched him walk to the back. "Wow.."

"Turn down another one of your admirers?"

Tea jumped, but recognized the voice. "Mai? What are you doing here?"

"Well," flipping her hair, she continued, "Joey called me yesterday and asked me to come. I decided to take off from Kaiba Corps to come here. I just hope it's worth it, but from your face, it isn't."

"No, I just don't feel that well." She said, massaging her head. She was definitely getting a migraine.

Mai looked at her, concerned. "Do you want me to drive you home?"

"No," shaking her head, she motioned her toward the backyard. "Let's go find Joey."

"...so I was telling the guy that McDonalds was closed, but he just kept demanding his order. I just gave up after awhile and left the window," a blond voice said, as he told the story to a group of friends. They all shared a good laugh and walked away.

"At least someone thinks you're funny," Mai said as she approached Joey.

He turned around and laughed nervously. "Mai, thanks for coming."

"I suppose someone had to watch you," she said, now folding her arms. "Well, where's the party? All I see is people standing. We need to get this place moving." She looked over her shoulder at Mai. "Come on, Tea! Let's dance!"

Tea stared at her. "Mai...people will be looking at us.."

Mai flicked her wrist. "Psh, don't worry about them. I don't even know them!"

"It's not you I'm worry about...it's me!"

"Come on, you only live once!" She yelled, pulling Tea toward the stereo system. Once there, she looked through the CDs. "There's got to be something that we can dance to! Wait--I think I found something. How about a little Utada Hikaru?"

"Mai...I can't dance here...it's embarrassing..."

Mai stared at Tea. "Since when are you embarrassed to dance?" It was then her eyes shifted past Tea to a skinny, handsome fellow that was clad in black. "Oh, I didn't know he was here. Well, don't worry...I'll show you how to dirty dance!"

Tea blushed. "Let's try not to scare people away, okay?"

I've got a song that I want to sing for you

At night when you are sleeping

Fill your heart with all the things that I say

I need to get away

Mai started swaying her arms in the air to Utada Hikaru's dance song "Traveling". Tea watched, avoiding the stares now coming there way. It was then that Mai grabbed her hands and started moving her around. "Come on Tea," Mai said in a hushed whisper. She then leaned in and added: "He'll love to watch you."

The clouds I, can feel them, they're soft on, my chin and

Look here we're, together, I'm with you, forever

I wish we, could leave and our feet could reach the sky

Then maybe, just maybe, we could fly, yes too fly

Tea, giving in to Mai's words, started moving her hips to the rhythm of the song. She was a free spirit when it came to dancing, so she just let the beats move her body to the music. Once she started dancing, everyone got into their little groups and started dancing. "See, it's not that bad!"

Tea laughed, now enjoying herself. "Yeah, I guess you were finally right about something."

"Eh," Mai said, softly nudging her, "why don't you ask Yami to dance?"

"No...I couldn't..."

Mai rolled her eyes. "Watch this," she then moved over to a blond, who happened to be Joey, and pulled him over to an empty space and started dancing with him. She even started touching his chest and his arms as they danced. "You're turn," Mai mouthed as she tilted her head in the direction of Yami.

Tea coughed. "I can't ask him...he won't want to dance with me..." She then looked over to Mai and Joey, who were now dancing closely against one another. "I guess I could try..." Tossing her hair to one side, she walked toward the once-Pharaoh.

Now in arms-length, she opened her mouth to speak, but his eyes silenced her. "Hey Tea."

"Hey...umm...you.." Her voice pounced nervously off her tongue. She sounded like she was talking in front of a fan. Shaking her feelings aside, she decided to ask him from a friend's point of view. "Do you want to dance?"

"I'm not much of a--"

"Dance with the girl, Yami!" Tristan yelled, from behind the BBQ. "Go out there and show her how to 'Walk like an Egyptian'.." He added, now chuckling hysterically from the dance reference.

Putting his drink down, he nodded and followed Tea toward the other dancing couples. He was slightly nervous because he knew how good of a dancer Tea was. He, on the other hand, wasn't. He had no rhythm.

Far away without a reason now

Just open your heart--

Listen, the wave roll and the lake glistens

Aren't you glad that we got away?

Aren't you glad that we are here today?

Just open you're heart--

When they found a spot, Tea started dancing, but Yami stood there, not sure what to do. Feeling sorry for the dance-challenged Pharaoh, she took his hands and undulated them back and forth. "That's right, you got it." She let go and watched him move his arms. She tried not to laugh. He looked like he was taking a swimming lesson. "Why don't you try to move your hips?" He gave her a confused stare. "Like this," she demonstrated, moving her hips back and forth.

He tried, but it looked like he needed a life jacket. "Come here," she said, putting both hands on his hips. She tried not to blush. "Just move them back and forth to mine." Once he had it, she let go and let him do his own thing.

She titled her head to see what others were doing. She noticed that Joey and Mai were in a deep conversation...

"I didn't know you were such a good dancer, Joseph," Mai said, as they danced together.

He laughed. "Nah, I just got a wedgie..." He whispered.

"You really are the charmer, Joseph." She said, with a hint of disgust.

They danced in silence for several moments, that is, until Joey cleared his throat to get Mai's attention again. "What's up?" She asked, looking at him. "You want to sit the next song out?"

"No, I was actually going to ask you somethin'..."

She brought her arms and legs to a stand-still. "Go ahead, hun."

"Well," he scratched his head, nervously, "the Senior prom is in May...and I wanted to know if you wanted to maybe...you know?...umm...go wit me to it." He said, avoiding her eyes.

"Joseph, are you asking me to be your date?"

He coughed loudly. "Somethin' like dat..."

"Well," she leaned toward him and kissed him on the cheek, "I'd love to."

"REALLY...I mean...really?" He said, trying hard not to blush from the kiss she planted on his cheek. He had fallen for Mai Valentine, and it was a dream of his to bring her to the prom. He couldn't believe it was actually coming true.

"Yes, I never went to my Senior prom, so it would interesting to know what I missed."

He nodded, looking toward the food table. "So...you wanna get some grub?"

"Joey, you have a one-track mind..." She then shook her head and followed him toward the BBQ.

"Wow, you're a quick learner," Tea said, as they danced to another song.

"It's easy when you have a good teacher," he answered, making her blush. "So...I see you were in school," pointing to her uniform, he added: "How did you get out?"

"I just said I was sick. Hopefully they don't notice."

He laughed and danced with her until the song was over. "Do you wanna get a drink?"

"Yeah," she said, "I'm going to sit this song out." Her head was pounding at this point. She knew it was the music, but she could suffer as long as she was with Yami. "Actually, I'm going to use the bathroom," she said, holding her head. "I'll be right back." He nodded and watched her leave.

Meanwhile, Tea walked into Tristan's house and leaned on the wall, mentally exhausted. "I didn't know my migraine was going to get this bad." She tried rubbing the painful area, but it didn't work.

"Tea? Are you alright?" Mai asked, as she closed the sliding door behind her.

"Yeah," she said, "I just have a migraine."

Mai turned Tea around and looked at her. "Hun, I think you should go home. You don't look good at all." She then grabbed her keys from her purse, "I'll drive you home really quick."

"It's okay, I'm--"

"You need to lay down," Mai said, "it will only get worse if you stay here."

Tea nodded. "Alright, but let me say goodbye to Tristan."

"Alright. Then after that, we leave." Mai said, concerned.

Tea nodded.

Leaning on the car window, Tea felt her head getting worse. "Mai, thanks for driving me home," she whimpered as she watched the cars pass by. "I can't believe this happened to me. I was having so much fun with...Yami..."

"I know," Mai said, "I thought you guys were gonna have a make-out session."

Tea took all her energy to turn around and glare at Mai. "Not funny."

"Ah, you'll laugh about it tomorrow." She then turned the car to the right. "Alright, alright. I'll leave you alone about him ONLY because I have news of my own." Making another right, she looked at Tea and said: "Joey asked me to the prom."

"That's been broadcasted all over the nation already, Mai."

Mai laughed. "Well, I knew he was going to ask me. I just didn't know it would be so soon."

"Tell me, Mai," Tea said, holding her head, "how do you feel about Joey?"

Mai turned left into Tea's driveway and looked at her. "Well, looks like we're here."

"Mai!"

Mai turned her head toward Tea. "He's sweet...but I don't know if I love him.."

"Well," Tea opened her car door, "I think there's a little something going on, but you refuse to let anybody know. Thanks for the ride, Mai, I really appreciate it." Tea then stepped out of the car, leaving Mai deep in thought.

Mai sighed as she made her way through the crowds of people. "Joey is just sweet...I don't think I'm in love with him." Grabbing a chair, she watched the crowds of people dance. "Joey's the best guy I've ever met, but he's so immature. There's no way I could ever fall for him."

As she stared at the happy couples, she failed to notice Yami, who was standing next to her. "Oh, hey Yami. What are you doing over here?" she asked, now standing up.

He just shrugged his shoulders. "I was dancing with Tea...but now I can't find her.."

"Oh," Mai mumbled, "I had to take her home because she wasn't feeling well."

"Really? I didn't--"

"ALRIGHT EVERYONE! IT'S TIME TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRISTAN!" Joey shouted as Kaname, Tristan's girlfriend, brought up a big cake that had the number "18" on it. "READY? LET'S GO...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR TRISTAN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOOOOO YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUU!" Joey sang, as everyone encouraged Tristan on to blow out his candles. Once he did, everyone clapped and shouted good sentiments to him.

"That was quick," Yami commented, now looking at his watch. "It's only 1:15"

Mai laughed. "You know Tristan and Joey can't wait for food."

"Yeah, too bad Tea couldn't stay a little bit longer," Yami sympathized.

Mai looked at him from the corner of her eye, smiling. "Maybe you can bring the party to her.."

Changing into a pair of jeans and a comfortable shirt, Tea took an aspirin and sat on the couch. "Wow, I feel better already." She said, now resting her head against a pillow. "Too bad I couldn't stay...it was getting good..." Sighing, she looked at her watch. "It's about 2:05...I wonder what they're doing now..."

Closing her eyes, she tried to relax, but was interrupted by the sound of the door. "Who could that be?" She asked, as she put her sandals on and walked toward the door. Once peering through the peek hole, she found herself blushing. It was Yami.

Dazed, she opened the door and stared at him, wondering if he was real. "Hi..."

"Hey," he said, "can I come in?"

She nodded and let him in. "What's up?" She asked, closing the door once he was inside.

"I heard you were sick," he said, "so I decided to see if you were okay." He then lifted up a bag. "I also brought some of Tristan's cake, but now I realize that it was a bad idea because you are sick."

She laughed. "Thank you, Yami. I actually feel much better."

"I'm glad."

There was a silence. Tea was busy rubbing her arm nervously, and Yami was concentrating on the floor. "Well, I guess you should be going. I know Tristan and Joey would be lost without you," Tea said as she walked toward the door.

"Yeah," Yami said, following her. Then, he added: "I hope you feel better..."

With every ounce of courage she had, she did the unexpectable. She threw her arms around him and hugged him. "I already do feel better. Thanks for stopping by." She said, finding the same strength to let go.

"Bye.." He said as he walked out the door.

She closed the door and stared down at her hands. "I...hugged Yami..." She resisted the urge to squeal as she danced around the room, despite her migraine. She couldn't believe she held the Pharaoh. "He felt so warm..." She said, sighing dreamily as she sat on the couch.

Meanwhile, Yami stood on her porch, feeling awkward. The inside of his chest was pounding, almost as if he had run a marathon. As he placed a hand on his chest, he realized what it was.

It was his heart...

To be continued...

(whistles) That was an interesting chapter. I enjoyed the end. Hehehehe. Well, anyway, I hope you enjoyed it. I'll be back next week with another chapter. See you all then. BYE!