Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Yu-Gi-Oh characters…just some trading cards
Bad Boy
Chapter 7: DDR Dance Off
The week went by fast, maybe a little too fast for Téa. It was already Friday, the plant report was already turned in. Unsurprisingly Téa and Seto got a good grade on it, a few errors but better than everyone else. Joey and Tristan just barely were able to scrape their knowledge together and turn in a decent report.
After school ended Téa nearly sprinted out of the school, in urgency to get home. She was still clueless as to her "Prince Charming" (as Mai put it) or "Mystery Man" (as Serenity put it) might be. Téa was so flustered she didn't know what to wear, especially since she couldn't stop thinking about his little riddle. It was if he was taunting her, taunting her to finally reveal his true identity.
Téa was startled when her phone rang, she was muttering to herself to change the settings to vibrate. She answered it without checking the caller ID.
Sounding exasperated, "Hello?"
"Hey girl!"
"Mai! Oh thank goodness it you!"
"Hah! Anyway what are you wearing tonight?"
"That's a problem, I have no clue!"
"I could probably help you with this crisis, I'll be over there in ten minutes ok?"
"Thank you Mai! You are a life saver!"
"Hah you got that right. See you soon."
"Bye."
Téa sighed in relief, It's a good thing I have a friend like Mai, she thought, someone with great fashion sense.
Téa scavenged her closet for anything clothes that caught her eyes, she didn't. She thought it was hopeless until she heard the doorbell ring. She answered it to see her pretty blonde friend.
"Hey, ok so you said you have a clothing crisis?"
"Yes, come on. I've been looking in my closet but I don't see anything."
Mai sighed, "Watch me pick an outfit for you in just a few minutes."
It turned out to only take a minute to find a good outfit for Téa to wear. She took a small peek in her closet, and quickly grabbed a few items. She opened a drawer on Téa's bureau and pulled out something black. When she finished she tossed the clothes at Téa.
"Tell me what you think, if you don't like it I can find something else."
The brunette looked at what Mai had picked. A loose white t-shirt with an intricate design on the front, a black cami to go underneath, and a pair of skinny jeans. While she was inspecting the outfit Mai opened up Téa's jewelry box, and pulled out a few bangles. A blue bangle and a black one. Téa nodded in approval of the outfit, and her friend's fashion sense. Téa noticed Mai's face fill up with pride.
"Ok now I'll be downstairs, get changed."
"Thanks Mai! it's a really nice outfit, I wish I had your fashion sense."
Mai nodded, "Your welcome, if you hang out with me enough my sense might rub off on you." With that the blonde walked away.
Téa changed into her outfit quickly and grabbed her phone and shoved it into her purse along with her wallet. She rushed down the stairs to join her friend.
"Ready?"
"Yes, come on Mai, we still have to pick up Serenity."
After picking up Serenity it was seven- thirteen. Téa was feeling anxious, she still didn't have a clue as to who the guy might be. She was hoping they could talk for a bit before they had a dance off.
"Téa are you alright?"
"Yes, well no, actually I'm not sure…"
"Come on, you have to be excited. You're going to be dancing on that stage with Mystery Man. You probably will see him kick Johnny's butt, so what's to worry about?"
"I- I still haven't…got any idea of his identity."
The three girls groaned.
"I knew this was going to be a long night. Once you figure out who he is you will be slapping your forehead Téa. Me and Serenity will be gawking in confusion. I have predicted our future." Mai stated this, while wearing a playful smile.
Téa smiled and nodded in agreement, That's only if he tells me who he is, she thought.
When they arrived at the mall, they decided to go see a movie and go to the arcade, since they knew the dance-off wouldn't be for another 3 hours.
Téa looked around nervously, hoping to spot the guy. Just a glance, that was all she needed, her hormones were starting to get really annoying. After having no luck in spotting him, she just walked glumly with her friends.
"Téa what movie do you want to see?"
"I don't care, you and Mai and pick."
"Are you sure you're ok kid? I really don't think its healthy for Téa Gardener to be sad. It causes a whole plague of depression."
Téa laughed. It was a good thing she had her friends. With one more quick glance to find the guy, they walked into the theater. They decided to go see a comedy, according to Joey it was a good movie to see.
Téa had to admit the movie was pretty funny, but she couldn't help but have butterflies in her stomach. She was uneasy about what was going to happen later.
When the movie the girls got up stretched and walked to the arcade. They were chattering about the movie, and kept repeating funny lines from it. They laughed until they were in the arcade, when Téa suddenly stopped, along with her heart.
She saw him. He looked gorgeous, as always. This time he was wearing a black motorcycle jacket, he had the collar pulled up. With a white t-shirt, he was wearing black skater jeans, and he had lime green and black sneakers. He had his shutter shades on with his hair combed over his eyes.
He was leaning up against a pillar seductively, as if he were waiting, for her.
Téa felt like she was in a trance again and walked over to him involuntarily. When she reached him he spoke smoothly, "Hello. I see you made it."
She nodded, "Yes, and I didn't forget about our deal."
He chuckled, he offered her one of his earphones, "Here, want to listen?"
She took the ear phone, "Thanks…"
The song was on the techno mixed with metal kind of side. She figured he was one of those guys, rebellious. Téa looked up at him, she could see behind his shades that he had his eyes closed. He nodded his head with the music, keeping in time with the beat. When the song ended he looked at her, she looked at her friends to see if they realized where she went.
"Well, did you like the song?"
"It was ok, not what I usually listen to though."
He chuckled, "Well, I see that 'Sir Boasts-a-lot' is here. I better get up there. "
Téa watched as the mysterious guy ran up to the stage, he took long graceful strides. He seemed a bit athletic. She felt weird standing by the pillar so went to join her friends in the crowd to watch.
"Oh so you showed up! I thought you were a 'No show'." Johnny sneered.
The guy merely shrugged, "I was a little late, because I happen to have a life."
Johnny looked at him with anger, "Shut up, and pick a song."
"Fine but this is the last song I will be wasting my time with to dance with you."
If looks could kill Johnny would have killed the guy. The guy picked a song, it was Just Dance by Lady Gaga.
When the dance started they were pretty even in skills until the guy pulled out something new, he ran around the arrows in a circle to hit them all. He grabbed a railing behind him and he swung into the air and preformed a somersault and landed in time with the song, on the right arrows. Leaving Johnny in the dust to catch up. Johnny was infuriated at how that guy had schooled him once before and now he schooled him again. When the song ended the guy preformed his signature move of slamming his fist into the front arrow, and used his knee to his the back one, he was in his famous crouching position.
"Looks like I win, again." Was his cocky response.
"I give up!" Johnny said with rage and stormed off the stage in frustration.
The guy shook his head in disapproval.
"Maybe you'd like to duel this out?"
Johnny turned to his rival, "Sure, you have no idea who you're messing with though."
The guy laughed his dark sexy laugh again, "No you're the one who doesn't know who they're messing with. Go cool off, I'll find you when I'm ready to duel you, but for now I have a challenge for you." he pointed to Téa.
She quickly rushed up to the stage ready to show off her moves.
"Now, I want to verse you with two songs. Ok? You pick one, then I pick one. Go ahead pick a song."
Téa searched through the songs and found the techno song she heard at the mall when she was with Seto. It reminded her of him and picked it.
Her friends looked at her in interest when they heard her song choice. It was different it didn't sound like anything they ever heard her listen to. They continued to watch the dancers in amazement. The guy danced better with this song than any of the other songs.
He did incredible stunts, he pranced around the stage moving with the bass of the song. He was amazing to watch, Téa on the other hand danced like how she felt, she just let the music flow through her. She slid into the movement of the song, she hit the arrows. The two dancers were a great match for each other, they were dancing the complete opposite of each other. Téa made the music feel brighter, which was weird for a techno song. While her opponent made it seem darker since it was his genre of music that he listened to.
When the song finished the guy still finished it with his signature crouching position. He stood up and picked his song, it was Bad Boy by Cascada. Téa looked at him in disbelief. He gave her a small timid smile, and said, "Does this sound familiar?" She saw his blue eyes flash when his shades were slid down a bit.
Téa knew who her crush, the guy, Prince Charming, Mystery Man, whatever she finally figured out who he was!
He saw her face change from shocked to excited? She still gave him that dreamy look. He was sure she would have been disgusted by the thought of liking him.
Téa felt the song flow through her and her hips and her legs, she just moved with grace. She glanced over at her opponent, he was still as amazing as before.
He kept in time with the song and he did some flips, she had a small gasp when he landed wrong, but he covered it up by doing a somersault and stood upright on the right arrows.
She listened to the chorus of the song,
Be my bad boy, be my man,
Be my weekend lover, but don't be my friend.
You can be my bad boy, but understand,
That I don't need you in my life again.
No I don't need you again…
She realized how much this song related to them, he was different. He was more of a man than anyone else she knew. Téa had fallen under his spell, she wanted to be his girlfriend. She had too many failed attempts at friendship until last weekend. This alter ego of his, was a bad boy with his more rebellious attitude. Something about that attitude had attracted her to him. She already knew about him, his company, and some of his past life, she even remembered when he saved her during the Battle City Tournament. Téa knew he would do anything, even regrettable things to make his brother have a better life than he did.
Téa knew more about him, than she really thought. When the song finished he did his crouching moving again. He stood up, grabbed his jacket and walked off the stage. Téa followed him, as they walked through the crowd they heard cheering and applause all around them. They looked back at the stage where a few amateurs decided to give the DDR machine a try.
Téa followed him to a quieter less crowded place where they could talk in private.
He started off by asking something surprising, "I need to know, do you like me?"
She stared at him, "Of course."
He then asked her the question she had been dreading for the past week, "Do you think you know who I am?"
She nodded.
"Who am I?"
"Are you Seto Kaiba?"
He let out his sexy laugh, he took off his shades, "Yes."
She grabbed him by the jacket and looked at him with a curious look.
"What?" he asked, with his sweet sincere smile. She was blushing, she knew it from the heat she felt on her face.
"Why? What was with this whole 'Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde' routine?"
"I didn't want people to recognize me."
"Why not? You're Seto Kaiba!"
"Exactly."
She gave him a confused look.
He sighed in exasperation, "When you're a celebrity fans don't leave you alone. I wanted my space. With this disguise I got to act exactly as I wanted to. If I had not been raised to be a cold heartless CEO, I would probably would be spending my time like this, like any other teenager. Living life, having fun, being rebellious…"
She lifted his chin, "From what I have seen you are not a heartless CEO, a little cold sometimes, but that's your nature. As for rebellious, I think you have been that longer than you would think."
He looked confused, "I don't know what you mean?"
"I know that you have had a very uneven road with your stepfather, you were always trying to prove yourself. You couldn't stand him, so you stood up against him and even overthrew him. That seems pretty rebellious to me."
He let out his sexy laugh again. Téa involuntarily closed her eyes and leaned in. Seto realized what she was doing and this time he knew what to do, he leaned in too. They shared their kiss for what felt for a long time, in reality it was just about a minute, until they heard giggles and foot tapping.
"Now now, sir I'm going to have to ask you to release your hold on my friend."
"Mai!" Téa was shocked, she looked up at Seto. He let go of her, put his shades back on and started to walk away.
Her friends received a glare, as she ran to catch up to Seto.
"Where are you going?"
"To duel a loser."
"Oh. Can I come?"
"Why not?"