NOTE: And we've had a disagreement with the slight Serenity/Noa idea…don't worry! Everything will work out to what you want! Well…most of you…. Just be patient! I already have it all planned out…MUWHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh, and just to tell you people, I'm not rushing the romance thing. Believe me, I have enough knowledge to know that relationships don't come lickity-split. Believe me on this too: I hate it when they do that…most of the time. Trust me, we'll be about halfway through the story before any real relationship comes up. From now, until then, they shall just grow, okay? Nothing to be worried about…for those of you who were. Thanks!
Revised: July 27, 2004Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! But I do own my future plans, which I have just laughed manically about…MUWHAHAHAHA!
Chapter 5: After the Wrong Guy
July 2Serenity woke up, feeling fresh and unnaturally happy. She hopped out of bed, and glanced at the clock: 6:45. Hmm, she thought, unusually early too. She began wondering if something was wrong with her. She felt her forehead: no temperature. She didn't feel sick….
Unless…she started thinking to herself. Yesterday, after she had marched inside, she had sat on her bed, and thought. What had she thought about? She had thought about Noa. Why? Well…she was starting to wonder if her appreciations and admirations of the boy had grown into something bigger. Something…to more of wanting a relationship…. Something called Love.
Serenity laughed at herself. Of course! That was it. When someone was in love, didn't they feel naturally happy? Maybe she had finally come to really like him…or love him…the phrases are synonymous, are they not?
After all…when she had looked near Mokuba, the place in which he had sunk, her heart had fluttered wildly. Of course, not five seconds later, he was up and out of the water, and the fluttering had continued. But when she had turned away, her heart had calmed.
Truth be told, after their virtual world experience, and Noa had actually become a kind boy, she had started admiring him: his playfulness, yet still acting in between his ages (his physical and true/mental age); his politeness; his smarts; his looks…even in the car, when the girls had been on the subject of Seto Kaiba (and how hot he could really look), their thoughts had been traced to how much Noa really did look like him. And if Noa looked like the very fine Seto Kaiba, then he sure was a catch!
Serenity opened the door and skipped down the stairs, going to breakfast. Suddenly, she heard someone behind her.
"Serenity! Wait up!" Tea called out, quietly, running down the stairs.
"Hey!" Serenity called gleefully when Tea reached her.
"Hey? What's up? You seem really…energetic…or, happy, today," Tea replied, seeing the glowing smile on Serenity's face.
"Maybe," Serenity trailed off.
"Come on; tell me!" Tea pleaded.
"It's a feeling," Serenity played around.
"What kind of feeling?" Tea pressed on.
"Oh, I don't know…a feeling of…attraction, maybe?"
"Oh!" Tea smiled, happy for her friend. Of course, not all of her was happy…she just didn't show it. She had had those feelings once: but they had been taken away years ago. But, she wasn't about to ruin her friend's happy day, "So tell me, who is this lucky guy?" she elbowed her friend playfully.
"Well…." They entered the dining room, and stopped.
"Never mind, don't tell me," Tea said. She knew how overprotective Joey would get…saying she was too young to fall in love and possibly get a boyfriend. As Joey was there, at this minute, pigging out on his food.
Yugi was sitting there, stirring his scrambled eggs, with his head on his propped up hand, looking bored…and tired, by the looks of the bags under his eyes, and how they were pretty much closed…and how his head was about to fall on his plate.
"Yugi! What's the matter?" Tea rushed over to him.
"Huh? Who's that? Uhh…oh! Hey Tea!" Yugi's head jerked up, though his eyes remained half open.
"Didn't you sleep?" Tea inquired.
"Are you kidding? This nutcase over here," Yugi gestured to Joey, "was at my door every hour, sleepwalking and asking if I had anything to eat!"
"Hey! I can't help that I was hungry all night and couldn't get to sleep!" Joey retorted gulping down some milk.
"Riiiight," Yugi replied, "You were only talking about food the whole time in your sleep last night, loud enough for the whole world to hear. And your stomach! Argh! It was at it too! Rumbling every half hour! I was beginning to think you had machine guns going off in there!" Yugi retorted crankily.
"Aw, you poor thing," Tea murmured, taking Yugi's hand. That woke him up…for the most part. He blushed madly. Tea noticed the red; "Yugi…I think all these nights up is getting you sick. You seem to have a fever or something," Tea replied, completely naïve.
Joey began choking on some of his food, seeing how unknowing Tea was about Yugi's true feelings for her. Serenity ran over and began slapping his back, to help the food go down.
Joey gasped, "Thanks, sis."
"Come on, Yugi, you ought to go back to bed. I propose you stay there the whole day and catch up on some Z's, if you get my drift," Tea explained.
Yugi yawned, "Yeah, sure." He stood up slowly and wavered. Tea stood and held him there, then walked slowly with him back up the stairs.
Once at the top, she said, "Wait a sec. I'll be right back. Just go back to your room."
"Okay…" Yugi stumbled down the hallway.
Tea appeared in his room, minutes later. Yugi was already curled up in bed. She sat on the edge, while Yugi sat up. She held out her hand. Inside were some green earplugs.
"Here. These should keep out the noise from everybody throughout the day. I brought them just in case I got stuck in the room next to Joey," she laughed, "However, it seems that I should have given them to you right away."
"Thanks," Yugi said, taking the plugs. He put them in his ears.
"Do they work?" Tea inquired.
"What did you say?" Yugi replied, looking at her quizzically.
Tea smiled and gave a thumbs-up. He understood. But before she could stand up, Yugi gave her a quick peck on the cheek, and said, "Thanks." Then, he collapsed onto the bed.
Tea touched her cheek and hints of pink sprouted on her face. She smiled softly, and walked to the door, still smiling. That is, until she remembered what Yugi's action reminded her of.
She felt the tears coming on, but held them back. Sure, she missed those days, but she hadn't cried about it in quite a while. It had been six years ago, anyway…so it didn't matter anymore. That past had probably been forgotten.
Tea and Serenity sat outside, on the beach, having the water lap at their feet. It was cool, yet warm at the same time, and tickled.
Tea decided to get right back to business, "So, Serenity, you were going to tell me about…this guy of yours."
"Oh," Serenity, ducked her head smiling, "Well…you guess. I'll give you some clues," Serenity laughed. Tea punched her lightly.
"You are SO evil! Making me wait for this information! Fine thought. First clue?"
"You know him."
"Oh, that sure isn't vague," Tea sighed.
"Aw, come on," Serenity sighed, "Next clue: he's…here…on vacation with us."
"Now that's more like it!" Tea replied, smiling. That lowered down the number of guys she knew. She began to think…there were Yugi…Tristan…Duke… and Ryou. Joey, of course, was her brother, and then there was no way on earth that modest little Serenity here would go against her brother's wishes and like one of the Kaibas…she hoped.
"Can I start guessing?" Tea inquired.
"Sure."
Tea began with Serenity's obvious stalkers, "Tristan?"
"Nope."
"Duke."
"No."
"Uh…Ryou!"
"Sorry."
Tea was a tad worried now. I didn't seem like Serenity to go for Yugi, but then again, she wasn't Serenity. Her face lit up though, as she said, "Then it's got to be-" Tea was interrupted as they heard shots and laughter coming down the beach. The two turned to see Mokuba and Noa running towards them.
They stopped, "Hey guys! Great morning, isn't it?" Mokuba inquired. Serenity turned to face the two, and before her eyes could lay on Noa, her heart sped up.
"Yep!" Tea replied cheerfully.
"Yeah…" Serenity dragged out in a dream like phase. She of course, was looking up at Noa. However…her heart had calmed considerably. Mokuba and Noa looked at her.
"Are you alright?" Noa inquired.
"Perfect!" Serenity piped up, turning red.
"You look like you have a fever," Mokuba replied, worriedly.
"Funny…Yugi looked like that, this morning," Tea commented, "Must be an epidemic going around or something. Maybe you should go back to bed, Serenity."
"What?" Serenity snapped out of it, "You mean…I had on the same expression as Yugi?"
"Yeah, so?" Tea replied. Serenity didn't want to give away her feelings to the boy, yet. She saw, that it was only obvious Yugi had feelings for Tea, but she didn't dare squeal.
"It's nothing…just been out in the sun too long, I guess…I sunburn easily," Serenity recovered.
"Okay…" Mokuba replied, running off with Noa to the water. Serenity watched them run off…actually…she watched Noa run off. Even though she watched him…she didn't seem to feel anything. She pushed the thought away. Of course: because she was paying more attention to Noa than to what went on inside of her. Tea followed her gaze. She couldn't keep her eyes off them…or was it…him? A realization hit Tea like lightning.
"It's…not Yugi, is it?" Serenity just shook her head. Oh my gosh, Tea thought, "It's Noa!" The young Wheeler just nodded, dreamily. Tea's eyes widened. Joey was going to have a heart attack.
"Noa…Serenity was looking at you kinda funny," Mokuba said, once the two were standing on the edge of the water, "You don't think-"
"Mokie, relax. Of course she doesn't like me. You've got all the time in the world to run after her," Noa laughed.
"That's not what I was implying!" Mokuba raged.
"Was too."
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"Was not!
"Was not.
"Was too! …Wait…hey! You messed me up!" Mokuba raged, "You're going down!" Mokuba pounded his brother onto the sand, and put his hand on his shoulders to keep him down. However, Noa was ready, and put his hands on his brother's shoulders, trying to shake him off. The result: they began rolling down the beach, trying to shake the other one off.
On their way, while splashing water all around, they passed Joey.
"Hey! …." Joey looked at them strangely. The two stopped for the moment.
"Morning Joey," the replied, then went off, tumbling again.
"Those are a couple o' weird kids," Joey muttered to himself, "Kaiba's really rubbin' off on dem."
"Serenity, could you come with me for a minute?" Tea asked.
"Sure," Serenity stood up with Tea. Tea led her back to her room. She dug through her bags and finally found a notebook and a pencil. She was going to test Serenity…see how strong her love for Noa was.
"Whatcha doin'?" Serenity inquired, innocently.
"I'm giving you a test," Tea replied. Mai had taught her the test. Tea sat on the bed and drew something on the paper.
"Okay Serenity," she held it up, "Pretend this is really Noa." She had drawn a picture of his head and shoulders, to make it more life-like.
"Wow, Tea, you're a very good artist!"
"Thanks, but that's not the point. Tell me, if this was really Noa, what would you do to…with him?" Tea explained, handing over the sheet of paper.
Serenity stared at it, "I don't know…it's kind of weird to think about. Besides, this is only a piece of paper…it doesn't mean anything. I…I can't pretend this is really him…. Tea, are you trying to stop me from loving him?"
"No! No, of course not. I was just seeing…how much you really like him," Tea replied.
"Oh…" Serenity said, not completely seeing the whole picture. Tea sighed, mentally. The test had gone well. Serenity couldn't even picture the piece of paper being Noa. Yet when crazed girls were madly in love with someone…any picture, or poster, would make them completely happy. Serenity only had a helpless sort of love for Noa. She wasn't completely head over heels for him…yet.
And this reminded Tea of some advice she had made herself.
"Serenity…I should warn you though…believe me, eight times out of ten, first love doesn't come out to be."
"What do you mean?" Serenity inquired.
"I mean…look, Mai and I have had the experience of our first crush walking out on our lives. It's not a good feeling. I'm just warning you, so that if he doesn't feel the same way, don't take it so badly. Remember, it happens probably to eight people out of ten in the world."
"Oh…. Well, thanks for the advice, but I'm positive this is going to work out! There's no doubt in my mind that I am seriously in love with him. Surprising, but serious," Serenity explained her beliefs. You don't know, Serenity, Tea thought, you don't know.
"Tea?" Serenity's voice broke through her thoughts.
"What?"
"Can I keep this?" she held up the picture.
"Huh? Oh! Sure, sure, go…right ahead," Tea faded.
"Thanks! It looks just like him! But…I've got to go hide it…so Joey doesn't find it. I've been trying to think about what he would say if he found out," Serenity walked back to her room.
Tea leaned back against her headboard and sighed. That brief conversation had brought memories flooding back…Takanaka…how she missed Takanaka….
"Where's Yugi?" Tristan asked Joey.
"Sleepin'"
"This late?" Duke added.
"Yeah. Tea ordered him back to bed-" Joey was interrupted.
"Did she go in there with him?" Tristan laughed. Duke joined in. Joey pushed their heads together.
"Not that way you idiots! Yugi was tired, and couldn't keep his eyes open, so Tea ordered HIM to go back to bed…BY HIMSELF!" Joey explained, drastically.
"Gee, thanks for clearing it up," Duke rubbed his head.
"Cleared up? I'm just seeing worse! There are three Joey's!" Tristan remarked.
"Shut it!" Joey yelled.
"Got it," the two Serenity stalkers replied, simultaneously.
"Hey, we're back!" Serenity shouted, and waved, while Tea ran, slower though, right behind her.
"Hey!" Duke waved back. Tristan pushed Duke's arm down, and waved at Serenity. You can only imagine the battle that had begun.
"Nimrods," Joey muttered.
"Hey, for a minute there, you sounded like Seto," Mokuba came up from the right.
"Ah!" Joey yelped, jumping backwards, "Me? Be like that jerk! Where's the soap! I gotta wash my mouth out!" Joey looked around desperately for soap.
Serenity laughed, "You're not serious, are you, Joey?"
"Yes! But…there's no soap! Oh well…water 'll do!" and in his rash thinking, Joey scooped up some ocean and dumped it in his mouth. Suddenly, his face turned green, and he spit it out…all over Noa.
"Gee, thanks…again," Noa looked at himself, reminding him of yesterday, when Joey had spit his food on him, "Why me?" he muttered.
"Oh, that stuff it NASTY!" Joey cried out.
"No kidding, smart one," Tristan retorted.
"I should know," Noa replied, thinking of the previous day, and his almost drowning.
"You…you really should rinse that off…or something," Serenity pointed out to Noa, bashfully.
"Yeah…" Noa looked at her.
"Joey, be more carefully where you point your mouth, next time!" Serenity suddenly lashed at Joey.
"Sorry sis…it was a mistake…" Joey was starting to get confused. His sister had never spoken like that…in this sort of circumstance before.
"Yeah, well…just watch it next time," Serenity replied. Tea looked on at the battle of words. Serenity was showing her feelings way too much…if she wanted to keep it a secret.
Mai came to the shore not five minutes later, "So, whatcha doing?"
"Nothing…yet…" Mokuba replied, falling back into the water.
"How 'bout a game?" Joey asked.
Tristan and Duke turned to face each other, and yelled in the other's face, "CHICKEN FIGHT!"
"Yeah!" Tea replied.
Noa looked confused, "Chicken Fight? What's that?"
"It's when one person gets on another guy's shoulders, and they try to push the other person on the other guy's shoulders, off! The two who fall into the water first, lose!" Joey explained.
"Uh…could you repeat that again?" Noa inquired, "It was a bit hard to follow." Joey sighed. Everyone had told him he was no good at explaining things.
"Here, hun, look: two people per team; one on the other's shoulders. They go against another team. The shoulder people try to push each other down, while the people below them stand their ground and hold on to the people above them. First team to completely fall into the water loses."
"Oooohhh," Noa replied, getting the picture.
"Ah! That's just what I said!" Joey threw back.
"Tough luck, sweetie," Mai replied, laughing.
"Ah, forget it, who cares. Let's just play!" Joey jumped.
"Pick you partner!" Tristan cried.
"Wait!" Ryou said, suddenly, "We're an odd number: nine…we need someone else."
"But Yugi's sleeping," Duke added.
"Be right back!" Mokuba and Noa ran off towards shore.
"Where do you think they're going?" Ryou inquired. They all thought for a minute. Simultaneously, they jumped backwards.
"You don't think…" Tea started.
"He won't come," Tristan put in.
"This'll be a show to remember," Ryou smirked, darkly, reminding everyone of Bakura.
Kaiba.
Mokuba knocked on the Seto's door.
"Seto…it's us! Wake up!" Noa called in.
They heard springs creak, and a muffled voice, "Go away…can't you see it's still morning?"
"Uh, yeah, duh!" Mokuba replied, "When to you plan to sleep, too, 3:00 this afternoon?"
"Not a bad idea…" Seto called back.
"Come on, bro, wake up! We need you!" Noa said.
"For what?"
The two looked at each other, "Uh…."
"Thought so."
Noa whispered to Mokuba, "You keep trying. I'll be back in a sec." He ran downstairs. Mokuba turned back to the door.
Noa plodded downstairs, to the reception desk. He snuck in through the swinging doors, and peered around the desk and cabinets.
"They have to be here somewhere," Noa said to nobody in particular. He peered through nooks and crannies, in unlocked cabinets, and…there, on of the shelves behind the desk; pushed all the way to the back and hidden behind some files: the spare keys.
Noa took them out, and looked through the few cards, "Let's see…Seto's room number…9," he held up the card. He replaced the keys, and ran back upstairs, to find Mokuba still pleading with Seto.
"Come on, this isn't the Seto I know. The Seto Kaiba I know wouldn't sleep in till three!"
"The Seto you know is on vacation; without any work thanks to his brothers. Vacation equals sleep time…and lots of it…especially when he has to spend a month with ten geeks!"
Mokuba looked over, "You're back!"
"Who's back?"
Noa held up the key. Mokuba smiled. They inserted the card, and crept into the dark room. Only a few rays of sunlight came through the blinds in the windows. By these few rays, they saw their brother, in a jumbled up bed. The covers were tossed all over the place; the pillows…er…pillow was tossed near the edge (the other one was being pressed down over his ear, to muffle out the sound.
If Noa and Mokuba weren't intent on a surprise attack, they would have been on the floor, rolling with laughter. However, they chose to pounce on the bed, on top of their brother, who gave out a muffled "Oomph."
"Wakey, wakey!" Mokuba prodded his brother.
"Go away!…" Seto sounded desperate; "It's not a Saturday…you don't have to wake me up."
"Hmm…" Noa looked at his watch, "Tuesday…you know, he's right…ah, close enough." Noa shook Seto, "Come on!"
Seto sighed, "What do you want?"
Mokuba went to his brother's suitcase and dug through it, "Get dressed. You're coming outside with us."
Seto took the pillow off his head; "You woke me up just to go outside? We've got a month to do that!"
"But we need another player!" Noa accidentally blabbed. He covered his mouth, as Mokuba gave him a stern look. They weren't supposed to break that news to him until they were outside. Now, there was no chance of him coming.
"Another player? For what, might I ask?" Seto propped himself up on his elbow.
"CoughChickenCoughFightCough," Mokuba replied.
"What was that?" Seto inquired, not having heard completely what Mokuba said.
"Nothing, absolutely nothing!" Noa replied, and threw Seto's clothes in his face, "Just get changed…now."
"Make me," Seto replied. The brothers put on the faces. The large, welling up puppy dog eyes that were so cute and irresistible.
"P-wease?" Mokuba pleaded, "Do you not love us anymore?"
"Of course I do!" Seto retorted, "It's just that-"
"Then come play with us," Noa responded.
He was really getting soft, "Fine."
"Yeah!" the two boys leapt up and hugged their brother. Then, Noa trotted off to the door, while Mokuba dragged Seto's suitcase behind him.
"Where are you going with that?" Seto interrogated, getting out of bed.
"So you have no second thoughts about changing into something else, we'll be taking this," Mokuba replied, and headed out the door to his room.
"Come back here!" Seto called out. But his door slammed shut in his face. And Noa…was on the other side, leaning against it forcefully, in case of any attempt of Seto's to retrieve his suitcase.
Seto gave up, and came out minutes later, dressed, in his trunks and sleeveless top…of course…the top was only for the time being.
"You two…you torture me, you know that?" Seto replied, following them downstairs.
"We are well aware of that," the two responded, giving each other a high five. Seto sighed. This vacation wasn't short enough.
"Those two have been gone awhile," Tristan stated, ten minutes after they had left.
"Well…if they're getting who I think they're getting, we might as well just sit here the whole day," Tea responded.
"Probably right," Joey added.
"No, we don't have to…because here they come!" Duke exclaimed. Mokuba and Noa appeared at the door, running down to the beach. Behind them, walked a slow and steady Seto, looking none to happy about this prospect.
Seto reached the water's edge and looked at it haughtily.
"Well, look at what the cats dragged in," Mai commented.
"Alright you two, spit it out. What do you want me for?" Seto spoke to his brothers.
"Get in and we'll tell you," Mokuba prodded.
"I refuse to, unless you tell me what is going on!" Seto demanded.
Mokuba smirked, "Looks like we'll just have to use force…as usual."
Seto knew what that meant. He spun around, and there was Noa, whom had somehow snuck back onto shore.
"Surprise!" Noa yelled, and pushed his brother backwards, into the ocean.
Now, you're all probably thinking, heck, Seto wouldn't fall for that one. He's always a step ahead. He's not going to fall into the water. Well folks…in most cases, you're right. However! This would be my story, meaning I make the rules! And sometimes, a little surprise/OOCness is just what a story needs. Thus, reading about the giant splash that occurred next, will probably change your minds, and let the story flow on.
Yes, for once, Seto was unguarded, and fell back into the somewhat shallow water, landing roughly on his backside. Now, the lower half of his body was wet. However, due to the large splash that he had made…well…the water just came back down on top of him. Now…he was completely wet.
Seto sighed in disgust. This was SO not his day. And the sniggering in the back round (which was on the verge of becoming uncontrollable laughter) wasn't helping.
Seto spat in disgust, "Fine…you two win…again…geez, I'm getting WAY to soft for my own good."
"Oh, come off it, Kaiba," Tea began, "Everyone has to lighten up at one point in their lives. Get a sense of humor…learn to take a joke. Have some fun!" Seto threw aside her comment, stood up, and took of his shirt. Crossing his arms, he then waded over to the rest of them, scowling all the way.
"Okay, NOW everyone pick a partner!" Joey cried. What, Seto thought, confused. Mokuba came up beside him.
"I'll be your partner, bro."
"Hey Serenity, how 'bout bein' my partner?" Duke came up to her. Serenity stopped. She had wanted to ask Noa….
"Uh…sure, I guess," Serenity stammered.
"Great!" Duke said, then turned his back to her for a second. He spied Tristan and stuck his tongue out, in a childish manner. Tristan's face contorted into an angry-like glare, and he stuck out his tongue too.
"Wanna be partners?" Noa suddenly popped up, and inquired to Tea.
"Sure!" Tea responded smiling. Noa could have melted, seeing her sparkling smile, like that. However, to keep his little secret, he difficultly, kept standing.
Ryou walked over to Tristan, "Guess it's just us, left."
Tristan looked around quickly, "Guess so…."
"Mokuba, what in the world did you bring me into?" Seto inquired.
"CHICKEN FIGHT!" everyone yelled, signaling the beginning of the "Chicken Tournament."
Seto's eyes, widened, "No, no and no. I refuse. I'm leaving and going back to bed, where I should be," Seto turned around, but a small hand on his arm stopped him. He turned around to see Mokuba.
"Come on Seto, you've got to stay. Yugi's asleep, so we're short a player-"
"Wait a minute…you meant to tell me you let him sleep…and had to wake me up?" Seto demanded.
"Well…yeah…but, he needs it more than you do! He's been up for two nights straight!" Mokuba protested.
"And who's fault would that be?" Seto replied, sarcastically, pointing out it was Yugi's own fault.
Tea coughed, and everyone stared at Joey. Seto looked at them strangely.
"What? Why's everyone lookin' at me? What'd I do? Oh…Yugi…yeah," Joey rubbed the back of his head, sheepishly.
"Come on, Seto, please stay," Noa pleaded, standing beside Tea. Seto thought quickly. Noa and Mokuba would probably pull the puppy eyes routine next. He ought to save himself the embarrassment of falling for the looks, and just go along with it. Sure, it could be torture…. How bad can it be? A voice rang in his head.
Seto sighed, "Fine. Only because I have nothing else to do."
"Yeah!" Mokuba bounced up and down.
"Alright, who's first?" Joey acted as referee.
Thus, the time at the beach was spent having Chicken Fights, with teams placing in the rounds. Poor Seto was pretty much miserable, except when he saw Joey or some other "geeks" lose their balance and fall into the water.
(I'm only going to give one account of a chicken fight…not much detail though…and I have my reasons for choosing the people to fight against one another.
"Alright…" Joey looked around and thought, "Well what do ya know! The last teams of the first round happen to be Kaiba and Mokuba, and Noa and Tea! Kaiba against Kaiba! This'll be good!" Joey announced.
So, the teams stepped up to one another. Mokuba got on Seto's shoulders, and Noa got onto Tea's (due to size, of course). Noa and Mokuba locked hands and began their fight. Tea wavered back and forth, trying to keep her feet dug into the sand. Seto just stood there like a motionless statue…emotionless too.
Tea noticed this, "Lighten up, will you? How many times do I have to tell you that?"
"Just shut it, will you? I've had enough of this place already," Seto replied. Tea just glared. Seto glared back. A small jolt from Mokuba being pushed backwards slightly, awakened him, and stopped the glare session. Tea sighed. This would be her goal this summer: make Kaiba have some fun and lighten up.
Seto regained balance and sighed, directing the air escaping him so that bits of his bangs flew up. Tea noticed this and her eyes widened. She had seen that exact look before…somewhere…it was a more childish look…of course…him. Seto looked at her quizzically. What was she staring at? Her eyes had become so wide….
"Gardner, what are you-" But at that second, Tea's knees buckled and she fell back. Noa let go of Mokuba in surprise, and crashed into the water. The two popped back up, spitting out seawater.
"And the two Kaiba's win!" Joey announced, unneeded.
Tea and Noa walked back over to the rest of the gang. Seto took Mokuba off his shoulders and set him back down in the water. He then walked over to the rest of them, and watched the next fight between Ryou and Tristan, and Duke and Serenity. He suddenly spoke quietly to Tea.
"What was up with you looking at me like that?" Seto demanded.
"What?" she looked up, surprised, "Oh…nothing…I just remembered something…."
"Hey, Tea?" Noa's voice broke through from the other side, "Why'd we fall?"
"Oh…my knees buckled, Noa, sorry. Weak knees…run in the family…" she ended.
"Oh…okay," Noa replied, turning back to watch the fight. He didn't really care. He had just liked spending as much time as possible around Tea.
It was a while until the Chicken Tournament had ended (Seto and Noa coming out on top, of course). Thus, before lunch, they had gone separate ways. Mai had gone back to tanning; Seto read a book; Mokuba, Noa, Serenity, Duke and Tristan played Marco Polo, and Joey, Tea played one-on-one volleyball. All the while, Yugi slept peacefully in his room.
Then, on their way into lunch, Serenity felt that she wanted to hang around Noa more…. Going inside, she had held the door open for him, while giving a sweet smile. Her pulse quickened when Noa and Mokuba entered. After they had entered, she went in, and left the door to shut in Tristan and Duke's faces. She sat on Noa's right side during lunch (Seto was on his left, and Mokuba was on Seto's left). Everyone (save Tea) had found it quite weird, when she had practically jumped to sit there.
She had tried making a lasting conversation between the two…never seeming to work well…as Noa kept fading off, when Serenity threw tons of questions at him. She followed him back outside, and stood beside him on the deck, while he watched the others, and just enjoyed the scenic view of the beach. They had been watching Mokuba, and all the time, as Serenity stood next to him, her heart beat sped.
Truth be told, Noa wanted to know what was going on…as did Mokuba, Tristan and Duke. After seeing her tag along after him, they had begun giving him the cold shoulder; wanting to know if he had any sort of relationship with her. They didn't like the idea too much of Serenity's following him, doing things for him, and ignoring the rest of humanity.
"Hey, Mokuba, wanna play Marco Polo again?" Noa walked up and inquired. Mokuba made no answer, and continued to watch the water lap up against his feet. Serenity sat next to them.
"Come on, Mokuba, don't you want to play?" Serenity inquired. Mokuba just looked over at her, slightly, then returned to watching his feet.
"How 'bout you guys?" Noa turned around to ask Tristan and Duke. They didn't answer. The two just got up, pretending to not have heard him, and went to join the volleyball game going on. Seto was off in the shade of some trees, reading a book. Noa turned around, and sighed. What was going on?
"Hey, Serenity?" he suddenly said. She piped up at the sound of him.
"Yes?"
"Why don't you go play volleyball with the others or something…it can't be any fun for you, just sitting here," Noa explained, running his finger in the wet sand.
"Oh, I'm fine with it," Serenity replied. Noa gave her a pleading look, "Well…if you want me too…I guess I could," she sounded a little hurt.
"I just want you to have fun, that's all," Noa replied, "I mean…I don't know why you've been hanging around me the whole day…" he saw her eyes shine sadly, "not that I don't like it…. I'm glad to have you around…it's just that I want you to have some fun…be happy."
"But I am happy! Er…I mean…I'm going to go play balleyvoll, er…volleyball now, okay?" she stammered and ran off. Noa looked at her retreating form quizzically, thinking, What is with that girl, today?
Serenity ran to the volleyball net. She couldn't help but think, He's soooo nice; wanting me to have fun…telling me to leave him and just go play…how thoughtful…that's what I like about him.
Noa turned to Mokuba, "Okay, Mokie, why are you giving me the cold shoulder today, huh? And do you know what's up with Tristan and Duke? Come on, Mokie, talk to me."
"Humph…don't know what's up with those two…I'm just not in a good mood right now…." Mokuba replied.
"Why? What happened?"
"You and her happened," Mokuba threw his head towards Serenity's form.
"What? What do you mean?"
"Haven't you noticed today? Or are you blind? She's been following you everywhere, listening to everything you say, giving you all those looks…it's just not fair!" Mokuba practically yelled out.
"Mokuba, I don't see the point-"
"See likes you, you idiot! She's head over heels for you! And I'm not too happy about it…you should know that! Speaking of you…how you could…just ignore the way I feel…you know very well…argh!" Mokuba stood up, and walked back to the beach house.
Noa watched him walk away, still slightly confused. What had he just rambled off? It had been all slurred together…. Of course, he had picked out some phrases…and he was starting to get the picture…and he didn't like the sound of it….
Whew! What a LONG chappie! And I mean LONG! It took DAYS to write! Now, I know the Chicken Fight was kind of useless…and random…but I couldn't think of anything else! And it had some key things in there that where a nice touch to the story…. Anywho, don't get mad if you thought this was a corny and completely stupid chapter…I'm barely over the writer's block. I have ideas for LATER chapters…not exactly these next few…. Also, you may have some questions, such as, "Whom was Tea thinking about"…. ALL SHALL BE REVEALED SOON ENOUGH. It's something to do with one of those later chapter ideas I was telling you about. Anywho, please leave a review, and remember, if you haven't already done it, VOTE! Oh, and, PLEASE DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE SERENITY/NOA IDEA! PLEASE! IT WILL TURN OUT FINE! Thank you.
PS: Look for my new story coming out soon! Yes, I had another idea…. I wanted to wait until I finished one of my other stories, but I liked the idea too much, and it wouldn't get out of my head until then…so it's coming soon! Part of the first chapter is written already, so keep your eyes peeled! It's called: Locked in…Love? At least…for now, it is. Yes, people, it's another…SetoxTea story…but what's wrong with that? I have no problems with that pairing! Well, duh….