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Tea can go with anyone, except Yugi, or something like that. I want more of: SetoxTea…and whatnot. I mean, in the end, it could result in questionable victories!
Revised: July 27, 2004Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter 3: Unpack a Mishap
(We're still on the day that they all arrived at the beach.)
Yugi brought his things over to the front door of the beach house, and opened it up. The others were still lagging behind, retrieving their luggage. The only one standing next to him was none other than….
"Yugi, are you going in, or are we going to melt here all day?" Seto inquired, impatiently.
"Well, Kaiba, I'm not the one wearing pants…and a black shirt!" Yugi replied, opening the door, and admitting Kaiba inside. Seto consented in his mind: Yugi did have a point. Of course, he had realized this back in his car.
Yugi walked up to the front desk, and barely peeked over the top of it, "Um, excuse me?"
"Yeah, darling?" the receptionist was filing her nails. She was a curly hair blonde, wearing a tank top.
"I'm uh…here to sign in…for our group. We have reserv--"
"Hold on a sec," she started looking at something on the computer next to her, "Devlin, or Kaiba?"
"Humph, don't insult me," Seto said from behind Yugi.
The blond looked up at who spoke, "Oh! Mr. Kaiba! Well, you're party seems to be here, so I'll sign you in…of course…I'll need the pay--"
"Here," Seto suddenly came up next to Yugi and handed her a few hundred dollar bills.
"Oh, well, then, thank you," she counted out his change, handed it back to him, and said, "Have a nice stay!"
"I'm sure," he replied sarcastically.
"Oh, sir. You're rooms are going to be rooms 9 and 10. Here are the keys," she said, handing over three cards."
"Thanks," he took them a bit roughly and started up the stairs for the rooms. Now, it was Yugi's turn.
"Devlin, is it?" the receptionist inquired.
"Well…Duke is the one who reserved, but I'm part of the group. I'm Yugi Muto."
"Well, okay…" the blond said, a little uncertain, at handing the keys over to someone who said he wasn't a Devlin. Yugi paid the money that he had gathered from everyone else. "Have a nice stay," the receptionist replied.
"Thanks!" Yugi said, taking up his suitcase.
"And now," the girl took off her name tag, set it on the desk, and walked out from behind it, "I'm going out for my vacation." Yugi looked at her strangely. "Well, there's no use or me to stay, with all the rooms rented out. Nobody can come and ask for their rooms, can they? I'll be back in a month!" and with that, she left.
Once she left, the others came in.
"Oh, Yugi, you got the rooms?" Tea inquired, seeing the keys in his hand.
"Yeah. Come on, everybody. Just grab a random one. The door number is on there," Yugi replied, holding them out.
"Hey, Yugi, did you see where my brother went?" Mokuba inquired.
"Yeah. He went up to your rooms. You guys are…9 and 10, I think."
"Thanks!" Noa replied, for his brother. They ran up the stairs to find Seto.
Eventually, everyone was in his or her room. The stairs ran right through to the middle of the hallway. To the left were the rooms one through five, and a public bathroom, and to the right were the rooms eight through ten, and another public bathroom. Rooms six and seven were across the hall from the large staircase.
(Just to tell you, the bathrooms had stalls, and even special, private stalls for showers. There were about four toilets, four sinks, and five showers per bathroom. Overall, they were pretty well kept. This was just a notice, so that nobody was…grossed out, though I doubt you would be, but….)
(Oh, and if you want to know, here are the rooms and their people:
1. Duke
2. Mai
3. Tristan
4. Joey
5. Ryou
6. Yugi
7. Serenity
8. Tea
9. Seto
10. Noa & Mokuba
(And here's as good a floor plan as you'll get: (BBathroom))
B 2 4 67 8 B
13 5 STAIRS 9 10
Suddenly, a yell was heard from room nine. Guess who. Those occupied in rooms 1-8 immediately rushed over to room 9 to see what was going on. They saw Seto digging vigorously through his suitcase.
"WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY STUFF? WHAT THE HECK IS THIS CRAP DOING IN HERE?"
Tea felt something brush against her back. She saw a guilty looking Mokuba and Noa tiptoeing down the hall, to the stairs.
"What did you two do to him?" she inquired, a little too loudly than what she had originally wanted. Seto suddenly looked up and pushed his way through the crowd around his door. This is where he first noticed the group of people.
"What are you geeks staring at? Move off!" he found his way to the back; where he also found his brothers.
"YOU TWO! IN HERE! NOW!" Seto dragged his brothers by their collars into his room and slammed the door in Joey's face.
"Gee, nice guy," Mai stated.
Joey pressed his ear against the door and whispered, "Shush guys! I wanna listen to what happened!"
"Uh, Joey…I don't think you'll need to get up against the door…" Tristan started.
"WHAT DID YOU TWO DO TO MY SUITCASE! WHERE'S MY LAPTOP? MY FLOPPIES? MY CD'S? ALL I HAVE ARE TWO LOUSY BOOKS, SOME SHORTS AND T-SHIRTS, AND A CELLPHONE WITH NO BATTERY LEFT! Where is my charger anyway? BECAUSE MY PHONE'S USELESS IF THERE'S NO CHARGER! AND I NEED A PHONE RIGHT NOW TO CALL HOME AND GET MY STUFF! I AM NOT DRIVING ALL THE WAY BACK THERE AND COMING BACK! IF I GO HOME, I STAY HOME! AND SO WILL YOU! SO, I'M TRYING TO BE NICE HERE, AND LETTING YOU STAY! BE NICE TO ME, AND GIVE ME BACK MY CHARGER!" By then, Joey was on the floor, having fallen back from the immediate sound waves penetrating through the door.
"Seto, we're not letting you call home! The reason we packed this stuff is because--" Noa started.
"AHA! A CONFESSION!"
"Listen, big brother. We wanted you to have some fun here. We didn't want you to work! We were even pondering whether or not to give you the books and your cellphone! Consider that a gift! And--"
"A gift? You call, bringing me here, with those nerds out there, a gift? Mokuba, Noa! In case you haven't noticed, I DON'T ENJOY THE BEACH! I only brought you here because you wanted it! That's why I packed that stuff! So I could have fun!"
"Uh huh...working is soooo much fun," Noa replied sarcastically.
"Don't you talk to me like that! And what the heck is this?" (Seto held up his trunks.)
Laughing was heard inside the room, "Tell me you do know what those are," Mokuba inquired.
"Yes, Mokuba, I know what they are…I was just wondering why you put them in my suitcase…" Seto was starting to get testy.
"To swim in the ocean, of course!" Noa replied. (Here, the gang started snickering quietly. Due to the clues given, they knew what Kaiba was referring to.)
"Noa…you may not have known me that long…but I'm sure you know this. Do I swim?"
"You will this month," Mokuba replied. The handle turned, and the door swung open. Seto saw the gang out there, still snickering. Well, almost. They were trying to calm down. Each person had tears in their eyes, and was holding their mouths shut.
Seto walked over, agitated, "Why…were…you…all…eavesdropping?"
"Well, excuse us. It's not like we couldn't have heard it on the opposite side of the building as well. So, it wouldn't have made a difference--" Tea stopped, as she was soon looking up at Kaiba. He was now hovering over her.
"Who do you think you are to talk to me like that?" Seto inquired, glaring daggers at her.
"I think I'm the one who's trying to make a point here! Of course, with your over-inflated head in the way, that's quite hard to do!" she threw back at him, not realizing what she had just said.
Seto blinked a couple times, not really registering what she had just said, to his face. No one had ever had the gall to talk to him like that. They would have been on the floor in two milliseconds. The gang was gulping uncontrollably. What was Tea getting herself into? Even Mokuba and Noa were giving each other side glances. Knowing their brother, this was not good.
"What did you just say?" Seto inquired slowly.
Tea had now realized what she had said, and whom she had said it too. But technically, she didn't care. She had made a point, and she was going to say it again, despite the piercing glares Seto was giving her.
"I said, and I quote, 'I think I'm the one who's trying to make a point here! Of course, with your over-inflated head in the way, that's quite hard to do!'" It was pretty much a "glaring" contest. Seto didn't know what to do to her. Tea was just glaring at Seto, because…well, she felt like it.
Finally, Tea sighed and started turning around to go back to her room, right across from his. Seto grabbed her arm in a flash, and pulled her back.
"I'm not finished with you yet," he replied.
"Let go of me, you idiot!" she tried slapping his arm, but he just caught her other arm.
"Hey! You let go of her this instant, Kaiba!" Joey held up a fist, behind Seto's back.
"Back off mutt. This is her problem. Let's see how she deals with it. You never know. With that big trap of hers, she's liable to get herself into another scrape like this someday. (Tea stomped on his foot, where he winced slightly. He hadn't been expecting that, but it didn't hurt much.) This can be practice," he mocked. Joey growled, while Tristan and Duke held him back.
Seto turned back to Tea, "So, what makes you think I have an overly inflated head?"
Tea continued glaring at him, "Your head's over inflated, as is your ego, because just because you're so attrac…er…rich, you think you have authority over everybody! But the fact is, you don't! Money means nothing!" She stopped and breathed a little heavier.
Crap. She had almost said he was attractive. Well, yes indeed, he was, but she wasn't about to say that! Especially aloud…and to him! After insulting him, she couldn't compliment him! And what would they all think about her, saying something like that. Just the thought of her uttering it made her almost want to puke. Almost want to puke….
Seto still glared at her, "Money means nothing, eh? I think I have authority over everyone, huh? Is that what you think? Well, for your information--"
"I don't care what you want to tell me! Just let me go!" and with that, she lifted up her foot and brought it up so she could push him in the stomach. It worked. Seto let go in shock, and stumbled backwards, into his brothers. Tea brushed herself off, and strutted back into her room.
"Whoa…where did Tea learn to do that?" Ryou watched her in awe.
From inside Tea's room, they heard, "Wow, dad was right. Those special dance/karate classes really did help." Then, her door shut.
Seto had had enough humiliation for one day. He walked over to his room, and shut the door, once again, in their faces. The gang, plus the other two Kaiba brothers, found this their cue to go back to their rooms.
The rest of the unpacking sequence was in silence. Everyone was still pondering over what had happened.
Dinner (provided by the beach house) also passed in silence. Except for the gobbling of food heard from Joey and Tristan's end of the table. Kaiba had seated himself at the end, with a brother on each side of him, as to avoid the rest of the people he was eating with.
As it was getting late afterwards, and everyone was tired from the trip there, and the dispute afterwards, the beach would have to wait until tomorrow. Everyone just went up to their rooms and readied for bed. The last time the groups saw each other was when they were brushing their teeth in the bathrooms, and yelling goodnight to each other down the hallway.
Mokuba and Noa personally came to Seto's doorway before going to bed; to give him their nightly goodnight hugs. Seto smiled warmly and ruffled each kid's hair. He hugged them back, then sent them off to their rooms, and closed his door.
Tea turned around to face her room again. She had been peeking out from behind the doorframe from her room. She had witnessed the Kaibas' goodnights. Seto really could be compassionate. He certainly had looked very calm, and relaxed hugging his brothers so tightly, and friendly. His edgy and cold features had vanished, replaced by smooth and warm ones. Very different from this afternoon…. Tea blushed a tad at the thought of it.
"Night!" a head suddenly popped into her doorway. Tea shrieked and threw herself against the wall in fright. She noticed a giggling Serenity in the doorway.
"Haha, very funny," Tea smiled back, still a bit red.
Serenity snickered, "What were you thinking about," she referred the redness in her face, "Who were you thinking about?"
Tea gaped at her, "surprised," "What are you talking about? Get outta here!" she laughed. Serenity left and went back to her room next door.
Tea sighed. Serenity popped up in the most unexpected places, or times. And then she had asked "Whom," like she knew she had been thinking about Kaiba…. Why she was even thinking about him, she did not know. Nonetheless, it was a thing of the moment. She had just been curious about his compassion for his brothers. That was all. The thoughts would never occur again. Or would they?
All in all, to sum up this chapter, or the thoughts of a certain Kaiba (I hope we know who I'm talking about…)
This was going to be a LONG vacation….
So? Did you like it? I liked it! I kinda thought it was funny…. I also put in some beginning SetoxTea thoughts! YEAH SETOxTEA! I'm going to start with the romantic thoughts anyway, depending on who's in the lead per chapter. So, keep voting and reviewing, if you want more romance for a certain couple! YEAH ROMANCE!
(In case you haven't inferred with the "YEAH" something's, I watched that "Sewer Gator" episode (the one where Timmy Turner wishes his parents to care less about stuff) of the Fairly Oddparents today, hint: this was SOME time ago…but it was funny, because it was on again today! where their quote was, "YEAH VIOLENCE!" Anywho…yeah…never mind about that…just thought I'd tell you…you can just go on reviewing and voting now….)