Tea's Time to Shine
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh and its characters are property of Kazuki Takahashi. I think. Not me, at any rate.
Magicman: Welcome to my new story! It's Tea-friendly, so Tea-bashers beware. You can read it if you want, but I don't want to hear any whining. I've messed with the timeline so that it takes place some time after Battle City, though it won't play any real role in it.
Tea: Ah yes. A story about my dueling accomplishments. You don't see many of those.
Joey: It's no surprise, seeing as you suck at it.
Tea: SHUT UP!
Pegasus: *sigh* I have a feeling that this is going to get epic.
Smokegirl: Come on people. Get to me!
Magicman: Yes Smokegirl. My evil side Smokegirl plays the part of Zev Crawford, an original character and nasty duellist.
Smokegirl: Alright! With me around, expect some serious trashing! But in the meantime, go ahead and read.
Magicman: Hey! That's my line!
Smokegirl: Whatever. Oh, and the first person to call me 'Yami-Magicman' will be skinned, rolled in salt, and bombarded by radiation!
All: O_O'
***
"Come on! What are yah doing, pantsing yourself?! Get up and fight! Yeah, that's it! Show him what for, you- NO! Don't you dare fall! Don't you DARE fall!!! ARRRGGGHHH!!!" Joey clutched his head and moaned in anguish as his duellist of choice lost brutally on the TV screen.
Tristan patted his friend consolingly on the back. "Oh there there. Look at it this way: it's not every day that you lose twenty dollars to me."
"Tristan!" Joey grabbed his smirking colleague's collar and lifted him clear off of the ground. "One more word and you'll be losing a lot more than money!"
"My virginity maybe?"
"ARRGGHH!!!"
Yami dubiously watched the friends fight. The gang was in the backrooms of the Turtle Game shop, where they usually hung out. Joey and Tristan were having yet another exchange of ideas, which was so unsurprising that their friendship was surprising.
"Yugi are you sure that they're friends?"
Yugi looked up from his 'City Hunter' manga. "Oh yeah. Tea once explained it to me. This is just how they show each other that they care."
"Ow! Let go of my arm!"
Yami glanced at Yugi. "Well I hope that they don't care about me that much." His light side laughed to hear his own words.
The door opened and the rest of their little gang entered the room. A smiling and cheerful Ryou Bakura stepped into the room with a happy, "Hey chaps!" followed behind by his Yami bickering with Tea.
"Look Gardner" Bakura snarled, "If you really want to humiliate yourself in front of thousands of people then be my guest. I won't stop you. In fact, I'll help you!"
Tea was not happy with this. "Who says I'll lose?"
"Do you even have to ask? You barely even know the rules of the game!"
Suddenly a cunning smile spread across Tea's face. "Oh really?" she said in a singsong sort of voice.
This was a typical Saturday afternoon since the Battle City incident. After that mess, Shaddi finally caught up to Yami-Bakura, having discovered that it was he who had stolen the Millennium Eye. To make sure that he could never get away with stealing the items again, the guardian of the Millennium Items split Ryou and Bakura apart and returned each of the Items to their original owners. At Yami's request, he also split up the Pharoah and Yugi to minimise the inconvenience to Yugi's lifestyle. After some initial confusion at certain samples of technology, they adjusted rather well, particularly Bakura who wasn't evil and psychotic anymore.
"Wipe that grin off your face woman, or it's the Shadowrealm for you!"
Well, less evil and psychotic anyway.
"So Ryou" Yugi asked while the others bickered, "What's new?"
Ryou shrugged. "I really don't know. Tea wanted to tell us something but she insisted on waiting for us to get here."
"Really?" Yugi looked over at Tea and Bakura, who had gone toe to toe and were insulting each other. "I wouldn't want to interrupt just now. I value life."
Yami snorted and watched the two fighting. More specifically, he was watching Tea.
He had always thought that Tea was beautiful, even back when she didn't really know he existed. She was the only one of Yugi's friends to make the guess that there was more to his puzzle than met the eye. Later, when the pharaoh had gotten to know her better, he found himself attracted to her, mentally and physically. Yami had never said anything before because he'd been a guest in Yugi's body then, and he'd strongly suspected him of having feelings for the brunette dance. But now...what? It was something they'd have to discuss.
"Hey guys! What's up?"
Joey's finally noticing and greeting Tea and the other two snapped Yami out of his reverie. The friends (and Bakura) greeted each other happily (and sulkily) enough. Seeing that the fight was over, Yugi decided to step in.
"So Tea" he began, "What was it that you wanted to tell us?"
Tea opened her mouth but-
"Hey! Mai's on TV!"
Curious, the gang crowded around the glass box.
Mai Valentine was indeed on the screen. She stood, looking strong, resolute, and beautiful as tough-sounding music played. Then she faded slowly and another girl appeared, this one wearing a sinister smile. Then she too faded away and words rushed at the screen.
Yami read them out loud. "Duellist Kingdom 2. This time it's the girls' turn."
The screen changed, showing the famous/infamous Maximillian Pegasus. The multi-billionaire was seated on a cushioned chair near a roaring fire, holding a glass of fruit juice. He beamed at the camera, his silvery hair glimmering in the light.
"Hello viewers" he began cheerily. "What you are watching is a promotion. If you do not like Duel Monsters, then I urge you to go to the washroom."
Joey rolled his eyes at Tristan and Yugi exchanged glances with Ryou. But Yami and Tea were watching intently.
"This year, on the third anniversary of my Duellist Kingdom tournament, I will be hosting the greatest Duel Monsters tournament anew!" Pegasus spread his arms wide for effect. "Same rules as last time apply. You receive two star chips and must wager them one each duel. If, and only if, you gain ten chips you will be allowed access to my castle, where the finals will be held. There, the best will compete for a prize of three million dollars and..." Here Pegasus shifted slightly to reveal a small display case, "...this complete set of Exodia, the Forbidden one."
Joey whistled.
"As for the duels themselves, they also will be fought be last event's rules. That means only 2000 lifepoints and no sacrifices are necessary to summon high level monsters."
"Last tournament, I was rather disappointed at the lack of female participation" Pegasus continued, "So this year only female duellists are allowed to enter."
"What?!" Joey and Tristan fell off of the couch while Ryou blinked in surprise. Bakura snorted and Yugi and Yami's eyes turned to Tea.
"If you wish to enter Duellist Kingdom then just apply at any of these locations" Pegasus finished up as a list of names and businesses scrolled by. "Remember, there's only room for eight Duellists in the finals. But if you wish, you may bring up to two non-duelling guests on this all-expenses-paid trip. And always remember to have a good time! This is Maximillian Pegasus, signing out!"
The screen faded to black on Pegasus' smiling visage. There was only silence in the aftermath until Ryou voiced the obvious.
"A duelling tournament for girls? I've never heard of the like."
"I wish I could come" Tristan beamed, stars showing in his eyes at the thought of so many women. Joey glared at him in disgust. Then he turned to Tea.
"So, what with that out of the way, what did you want to say Tea?"
Tea opened her mouth to talk but Bakura butted in. "Do you even have to ask? The girl has delusions about entering!"
Tea whirled on the smirking spirit. "Don't you ever shut up?! You don't hear me insulting your duelling!"
"That's because I don't suck at it!"
"Oh yeah? Then how come you never seem to win? You've lost to Yugi, Yami, Marik...Need I go on?" Tea snorted scornfully. "How did you ever manage to survive back in wherever it is you came from?"
Bakura flushed an angry red and raised his fist slightly. "I don't have to take this from you girl!" There was a flash of light. When it dissipated, Bakura was gone.
Ryou sighed in relief. "He's gone back into the ring." He looked curiously at his female friend. "Was he right Tea? Are you signing up?"
Slightly embarrassed, Tea didn't speak for a few seconds. Then she slowly reached into her purse and pulled out a duelling gauntlet with two star chips inserted into the slots.
The shocked silence was broken only by laughter. "What's so funny Joey?" Tea asked defensively.
Joey had been trying to keep a straight face but failed. He grinned helplessly. "It's just that I never really pictured you as a duellist! You're always the one who cheers on the duellists, not who duels herself."
"That doesn't mean that I can't duel."
"Maybe not, but you sure didn't get any practice on the sidelines. I can't see why you'd join a tournament like this; losing isn't all that fun."
"Well maybe you don't have any faith in me but I do!" Tea snapped. Furious, she whirled and stormed from the game shop.
Joey looked after her, clueless. "What did I say?"
Yugi clapped his hand to his forehead as Yami groaned at Joey's idiocy. "Don't you think that you were unnecessarily mean to Tea?"
"You think so?"
"Yes Joey. This obviously means a lot to her. You don't need to go slagging her like that! Geez, you can be so dense sometimes!" Grumbling to himself, Yugi hurried from the room, after his friend.
"You should be a little more sensitive sometimes Joey" Yami admonished, and he followed his lighter side.
Joey groaned. "Aw man! How do I manage to get people mad at me like this?"
"Well-" Ryou began.
"Ah shut up!"
Meanwhile, Tristan remained in his fantasy of girls.
***
Yami caught up with Yugi and they hurried after Tea together. The girl was storming down the sidewalk ahead of them, but she slowed after a while to catch her breath.
"What does he know," she grumbled. "That jerk. That arrogant, bull- headed, simple, snotty-"
"I sure hope that's not us you're talking about."
Tea jumped. Then she turned to her pursuers, hiding a blush. "Hi guys" she said cheerfully. "I was just-"
"Letting off steam?" Yami finished for her.
"Yeah." Tea sighed and stretched against a nearby lamppost. "I'm sorry for bursting out of there like that. He just-"
"Made you so mad that you could explode?" Yugi suggested helpfully.
Tea smiled. "Yeah. How do you do that? Guess what I'm feeling, I mean."
The spiky-haired ones gave each other a wink. "Oh we just do," they chorused.
They all laughed for a few moments. Afterward, seeing that they were drawing stares from some random passers by, they continued on. Yami and Yugi each walked to one side of Tea as they all talked.
"So Tea" Yugi piped up, "Why did you sign up for Pegasus' tournament? I never knew that you really liked duelling."
"I was tired of being left out of group activities! I mean most of our gang of friends is seriously into duelling. You two have won several tournaments, Joey competed in Battle City and Duellist Kingdom, Bakura's got that psycho-zombie deck, Mai's the Harpy queen, and even Tristan is starting to get into it! You can only take so much before you start to feel left out. So I've been working on a duelling deck for the past few months. I think it's getting pretty good."
"A deck?" Yami's eyes lit up as Tea mentioned the word 'deck'. "May I see it?"
"Sure!" Tea handed her deck to Yami, who loved nothing more than to root through Duel Monsters cards. "I've been meaning to ask you guys to go over it with me, but I was kind of waiting to tell you about it." She leaned over to watch Yami rifle through, and Yugi joined her shortly.
The three stood, huddling over the cards for some minutes, pausing every now and then to argue some card's worth.
"Where did you get some of these, Tea?" Yugi asked, staring at the holographic Marie the Fallen One. "Some of these are really rare."
Tea blushed again and scratched the back of her head. "Well, I've been spending a lot of time at Duke Devlin's shop. It was supposed to be a surprise, after all."
Yugi grumbled to himself about how lucky Duke was to get to spend time with her. Yami, still flipping through cards, smiled but Tea misunderstood. "I'm sorry Yugi! I didn't want to hurt your Grandpa's feelings."
Yugi smiled. "Oh no, it's not that. It's just...well, never mind."
Yami interrupted the awkward moment by handing back Tea's deck. "It looks good to me Tea. But you'll never know until you duel with it. Unless of course you've thought of that too?"
Tea's laugh sent shivers of pleasure down the light and dark's spines. They also noticed this. They would definitely have to talk about Tea.
"I was wondering something. Would you guys want to come with me? You know, to the tournament? Pegasus said I could bring a couple friends and all, and you guys are. My friends, I mean. And you like duelling too so you might like to come. Besides, Mai said she was taking Joey, and he'll get lonely if you don't. Come, that is, and-"
Yami put a finger to Tea's lips, cutting off her babbling. He looked at Yugi for a second. "Huddle!"
The two turned and put their heads together, whispering furiously for several seconds while Tea just kind of stared. Then Yugi shouted "Break!" and they turned back, identical smiles on their faces. "We'd love to!" they said in unison.
Tea grinned happily, bringing a warm rush to their chests. "Thanks you guys!" She hugged them both, throwing an arm around each neck.
This was going to be an interesting trip.
***
Tea: So Yami and Yugi like me, but do I like them?
Magicman: You know how much I despise broken hearts.
Joey: Is that a yes?
Magicman: I can not divulge that information.
Tea&Joey: *roll their eyes*
Smokegirl: OOH! OOH! Did you see me? I appeared in this chapter! Did you see me?
Pegasus: I thought you'd be introduced in the next chapter.
Smokegirl: I am, but I was in this chapter for a brief moment.
Magicman: At any rate, this is my newest story. I hope you readers like it. Review, if you please. It takes so little time after all.
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh and its characters are property of Kazuki Takahashi. I think. Not me, at any rate.
Magicman: Welcome to my new story! It's Tea-friendly, so Tea-bashers beware. You can read it if you want, but I don't want to hear any whining. I've messed with the timeline so that it takes place some time after Battle City, though it won't play any real role in it.
Tea: Ah yes. A story about my dueling accomplishments. You don't see many of those.
Joey: It's no surprise, seeing as you suck at it.
Tea: SHUT UP!
Pegasus: *sigh* I have a feeling that this is going to get epic.
Smokegirl: Come on people. Get to me!
Magicman: Yes Smokegirl. My evil side Smokegirl plays the part of Zev Crawford, an original character and nasty duellist.
Smokegirl: Alright! With me around, expect some serious trashing! But in the meantime, go ahead and read.
Magicman: Hey! That's my line!
Smokegirl: Whatever. Oh, and the first person to call me 'Yami-Magicman' will be skinned, rolled in salt, and bombarded by radiation!
All: O_O'
***
"Come on! What are yah doing, pantsing yourself?! Get up and fight! Yeah, that's it! Show him what for, you- NO! Don't you dare fall! Don't you DARE fall!!! ARRRGGGHHH!!!" Joey clutched his head and moaned in anguish as his duellist of choice lost brutally on the TV screen.
Tristan patted his friend consolingly on the back. "Oh there there. Look at it this way: it's not every day that you lose twenty dollars to me."
"Tristan!" Joey grabbed his smirking colleague's collar and lifted him clear off of the ground. "One more word and you'll be losing a lot more than money!"
"My virginity maybe?"
"ARRGGHH!!!"
Yami dubiously watched the friends fight. The gang was in the backrooms of the Turtle Game shop, where they usually hung out. Joey and Tristan were having yet another exchange of ideas, which was so unsurprising that their friendship was surprising.
"Yugi are you sure that they're friends?"
Yugi looked up from his 'City Hunter' manga. "Oh yeah. Tea once explained it to me. This is just how they show each other that they care."
"Ow! Let go of my arm!"
Yami glanced at Yugi. "Well I hope that they don't care about me that much." His light side laughed to hear his own words.
The door opened and the rest of their little gang entered the room. A smiling and cheerful Ryou Bakura stepped into the room with a happy, "Hey chaps!" followed behind by his Yami bickering with Tea.
"Look Gardner" Bakura snarled, "If you really want to humiliate yourself in front of thousands of people then be my guest. I won't stop you. In fact, I'll help you!"
Tea was not happy with this. "Who says I'll lose?"
"Do you even have to ask? You barely even know the rules of the game!"
Suddenly a cunning smile spread across Tea's face. "Oh really?" she said in a singsong sort of voice.
This was a typical Saturday afternoon since the Battle City incident. After that mess, Shaddi finally caught up to Yami-Bakura, having discovered that it was he who had stolen the Millennium Eye. To make sure that he could never get away with stealing the items again, the guardian of the Millennium Items split Ryou and Bakura apart and returned each of the Items to their original owners. At Yami's request, he also split up the Pharoah and Yugi to minimise the inconvenience to Yugi's lifestyle. After some initial confusion at certain samples of technology, they adjusted rather well, particularly Bakura who wasn't evil and psychotic anymore.
"Wipe that grin off your face woman, or it's the Shadowrealm for you!"
Well, less evil and psychotic anyway.
"So Ryou" Yugi asked while the others bickered, "What's new?"
Ryou shrugged. "I really don't know. Tea wanted to tell us something but she insisted on waiting for us to get here."
"Really?" Yugi looked over at Tea and Bakura, who had gone toe to toe and were insulting each other. "I wouldn't want to interrupt just now. I value life."
Yami snorted and watched the two fighting. More specifically, he was watching Tea.
He had always thought that Tea was beautiful, even back when she didn't really know he existed. She was the only one of Yugi's friends to make the guess that there was more to his puzzle than met the eye. Later, when the pharaoh had gotten to know her better, he found himself attracted to her, mentally and physically. Yami had never said anything before because he'd been a guest in Yugi's body then, and he'd strongly suspected him of having feelings for the brunette dance. But now...what? It was something they'd have to discuss.
"Hey guys! What's up?"
Joey's finally noticing and greeting Tea and the other two snapped Yami out of his reverie. The friends (and Bakura) greeted each other happily (and sulkily) enough. Seeing that the fight was over, Yugi decided to step in.
"So Tea" he began, "What was it that you wanted to tell us?"
Tea opened her mouth but-
"Hey! Mai's on TV!"
Curious, the gang crowded around the glass box.
Mai Valentine was indeed on the screen. She stood, looking strong, resolute, and beautiful as tough-sounding music played. Then she faded slowly and another girl appeared, this one wearing a sinister smile. Then she too faded away and words rushed at the screen.
Yami read them out loud. "Duellist Kingdom 2. This time it's the girls' turn."
The screen changed, showing the famous/infamous Maximillian Pegasus. The multi-billionaire was seated on a cushioned chair near a roaring fire, holding a glass of fruit juice. He beamed at the camera, his silvery hair glimmering in the light.
"Hello viewers" he began cheerily. "What you are watching is a promotion. If you do not like Duel Monsters, then I urge you to go to the washroom."
Joey rolled his eyes at Tristan and Yugi exchanged glances with Ryou. But Yami and Tea were watching intently.
"This year, on the third anniversary of my Duellist Kingdom tournament, I will be hosting the greatest Duel Monsters tournament anew!" Pegasus spread his arms wide for effect. "Same rules as last time apply. You receive two star chips and must wager them one each duel. If, and only if, you gain ten chips you will be allowed access to my castle, where the finals will be held. There, the best will compete for a prize of three million dollars and..." Here Pegasus shifted slightly to reveal a small display case, "...this complete set of Exodia, the Forbidden one."
Joey whistled.
"As for the duels themselves, they also will be fought be last event's rules. That means only 2000 lifepoints and no sacrifices are necessary to summon high level monsters."
"Last tournament, I was rather disappointed at the lack of female participation" Pegasus continued, "So this year only female duellists are allowed to enter."
"What?!" Joey and Tristan fell off of the couch while Ryou blinked in surprise. Bakura snorted and Yugi and Yami's eyes turned to Tea.
"If you wish to enter Duellist Kingdom then just apply at any of these locations" Pegasus finished up as a list of names and businesses scrolled by. "Remember, there's only room for eight Duellists in the finals. But if you wish, you may bring up to two non-duelling guests on this all-expenses-paid trip. And always remember to have a good time! This is Maximillian Pegasus, signing out!"
The screen faded to black on Pegasus' smiling visage. There was only silence in the aftermath until Ryou voiced the obvious.
"A duelling tournament for girls? I've never heard of the like."
"I wish I could come" Tristan beamed, stars showing in his eyes at the thought of so many women. Joey glared at him in disgust. Then he turned to Tea.
"So, what with that out of the way, what did you want to say Tea?"
Tea opened her mouth to talk but Bakura butted in. "Do you even have to ask? The girl has delusions about entering!"
Tea whirled on the smirking spirit. "Don't you ever shut up?! You don't hear me insulting your duelling!"
"That's because I don't suck at it!"
"Oh yeah? Then how come you never seem to win? You've lost to Yugi, Yami, Marik...Need I go on?" Tea snorted scornfully. "How did you ever manage to survive back in wherever it is you came from?"
Bakura flushed an angry red and raised his fist slightly. "I don't have to take this from you girl!" There was a flash of light. When it dissipated, Bakura was gone.
Ryou sighed in relief. "He's gone back into the ring." He looked curiously at his female friend. "Was he right Tea? Are you signing up?"
Slightly embarrassed, Tea didn't speak for a few seconds. Then she slowly reached into her purse and pulled out a duelling gauntlet with two star chips inserted into the slots.
The shocked silence was broken only by laughter. "What's so funny Joey?" Tea asked defensively.
Joey had been trying to keep a straight face but failed. He grinned helplessly. "It's just that I never really pictured you as a duellist! You're always the one who cheers on the duellists, not who duels herself."
"That doesn't mean that I can't duel."
"Maybe not, but you sure didn't get any practice on the sidelines. I can't see why you'd join a tournament like this; losing isn't all that fun."
"Well maybe you don't have any faith in me but I do!" Tea snapped. Furious, she whirled and stormed from the game shop.
Joey looked after her, clueless. "What did I say?"
Yugi clapped his hand to his forehead as Yami groaned at Joey's idiocy. "Don't you think that you were unnecessarily mean to Tea?"
"You think so?"
"Yes Joey. This obviously means a lot to her. You don't need to go slagging her like that! Geez, you can be so dense sometimes!" Grumbling to himself, Yugi hurried from the room, after his friend.
"You should be a little more sensitive sometimes Joey" Yami admonished, and he followed his lighter side.
Joey groaned. "Aw man! How do I manage to get people mad at me like this?"
"Well-" Ryou began.
"Ah shut up!"
Meanwhile, Tristan remained in his fantasy of girls.
***
Yami caught up with Yugi and they hurried after Tea together. The girl was storming down the sidewalk ahead of them, but she slowed after a while to catch her breath.
"What does he know," she grumbled. "That jerk. That arrogant, bull- headed, simple, snotty-"
"I sure hope that's not us you're talking about."
Tea jumped. Then she turned to her pursuers, hiding a blush. "Hi guys" she said cheerfully. "I was just-"
"Letting off steam?" Yami finished for her.
"Yeah." Tea sighed and stretched against a nearby lamppost. "I'm sorry for bursting out of there like that. He just-"
"Made you so mad that you could explode?" Yugi suggested helpfully.
Tea smiled. "Yeah. How do you do that? Guess what I'm feeling, I mean."
The spiky-haired ones gave each other a wink. "Oh we just do," they chorused.
They all laughed for a few moments. Afterward, seeing that they were drawing stares from some random passers by, they continued on. Yami and Yugi each walked to one side of Tea as they all talked.
"So Tea" Yugi piped up, "Why did you sign up for Pegasus' tournament? I never knew that you really liked duelling."
"I was tired of being left out of group activities! I mean most of our gang of friends is seriously into duelling. You two have won several tournaments, Joey competed in Battle City and Duellist Kingdom, Bakura's got that psycho-zombie deck, Mai's the Harpy queen, and even Tristan is starting to get into it! You can only take so much before you start to feel left out. So I've been working on a duelling deck for the past few months. I think it's getting pretty good."
"A deck?" Yami's eyes lit up as Tea mentioned the word 'deck'. "May I see it?"
"Sure!" Tea handed her deck to Yami, who loved nothing more than to root through Duel Monsters cards. "I've been meaning to ask you guys to go over it with me, but I was kind of waiting to tell you about it." She leaned over to watch Yami rifle through, and Yugi joined her shortly.
The three stood, huddling over the cards for some minutes, pausing every now and then to argue some card's worth.
"Where did you get some of these, Tea?" Yugi asked, staring at the holographic Marie the Fallen One. "Some of these are really rare."
Tea blushed again and scratched the back of her head. "Well, I've been spending a lot of time at Duke Devlin's shop. It was supposed to be a surprise, after all."
Yugi grumbled to himself about how lucky Duke was to get to spend time with her. Yami, still flipping through cards, smiled but Tea misunderstood. "I'm sorry Yugi! I didn't want to hurt your Grandpa's feelings."
Yugi smiled. "Oh no, it's not that. It's just...well, never mind."
Yami interrupted the awkward moment by handing back Tea's deck. "It looks good to me Tea. But you'll never know until you duel with it. Unless of course you've thought of that too?"
Tea's laugh sent shivers of pleasure down the light and dark's spines. They also noticed this. They would definitely have to talk about Tea.
"I was wondering something. Would you guys want to come with me? You know, to the tournament? Pegasus said I could bring a couple friends and all, and you guys are. My friends, I mean. And you like duelling too so you might like to come. Besides, Mai said she was taking Joey, and he'll get lonely if you don't. Come, that is, and-"
Yami put a finger to Tea's lips, cutting off her babbling. He looked at Yugi for a second. "Huddle!"
The two turned and put their heads together, whispering furiously for several seconds while Tea just kind of stared. Then Yugi shouted "Break!" and they turned back, identical smiles on their faces. "We'd love to!" they said in unison.
Tea grinned happily, bringing a warm rush to their chests. "Thanks you guys!" She hugged them both, throwing an arm around each neck.
This was going to be an interesting trip.
***
Tea: So Yami and Yugi like me, but do I like them?
Magicman: You know how much I despise broken hearts.
Joey: Is that a yes?
Magicman: I can not divulge that information.
Tea&Joey: *roll their eyes*
Smokegirl: OOH! OOH! Did you see me? I appeared in this chapter! Did you see me?
Pegasus: I thought you'd be introduced in the next chapter.
Smokegirl: I am, but I was in this chapter for a brief moment.
Magicman: At any rate, this is my newest story. I hope you readers like it. Review, if you please. It takes so little time after all.