Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen Angel ❯ Secrets Unspoken ( Chapter 3 )

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Disclaimer~I in no way shape or form own Yugioh. I don't have that type of creativity. But hey I try.

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Chapter 3

Tea found herself in the wide hallway of the Kaiba mansion. It was late at night, and she wanted nothing more than to be outside. She still couldn't believe how lucky she was. If Mokuba hadn't mastered the puppy dog face, she'd probably be dead. It still amazed her that her best friends were trying to kill her and she had to take refuge in her ex-enemy's house. Her blue eyes studied the mansion she now lived in. She had lived here a month and she still hadn't seen everything. After reaching the kitchen, the sleepiness caught up with her and she settled for a glass of water, seeing how she didn't want to bother anyone by roaming the house at two am.

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At six am, she woke up again and decided that she should get ready for school. There was nothing else better for her to do. luckily, she had a nicer uniform than in Domino. The girls wore the same type of white blouses, but had black short skirts, and no bows or ties.She figured she would leave early, before the Kaiba brothers were ready, so she could hit the dance room before she had to get to homeroom. She hadn't been able to dance for a long time, and she really didn't think Kaiba would appreciate it. Besides, he was just looking for a reason to kick her out. Thank God Mokuba liked her.

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"Morning Kaiba, morning Mokuba," Tea said cheerfully as she walked into the kitchen. Kaiba didn't even act like she was there. Like he was going to answer me anyway.

"Hey Tea," Mokuba said to the girl. "Want some breakfast?" he asked.

"No thanks. I'm going to school early. I want to do something before class starts."

"Oh alright." The little boy said. "I'll see you after school."

"Bye guys." Tea said, walking out of the kitchen, to get her backpack and walked out the door.

"Hey Seto," Mokuba said suddenly, "Why do you hate Tea?"

"I don't hate her. I just dislike her," The eldest Kaiba said plainly.

"Why?"

"Do I have to explain myself constantly?"

"Yes." Of course you do!

"She's one of the geek's friends."

"Oh."How wrong you are big bro.

"Why does it matter so much to you anyway?" Seto asked.

"I just noticed that she's been here for a month and you've barley even talked to her except for the first day she got here." the little boy noted. "And even then you let her have it."

The rest of the morning remained awkwardly quiet. Both boys got ready for school, then Seto drove Mokuba to the elementary school. Mokuba got out and walked over to his older brother's window. He rolled it down.

"Have a good day kiddo." He said, ruffling his brother's hair.

"I will. And please try to be nice to Tea. I know you don't like her, but she's my friend, please Seto." *insert puppy dog face here*

"Alright." Kaiba said finally, giving in to his brother.

"Thanks Seto! You're the best. I love you, big bro."

"I love you too Mokuba. I'll be here at three thirty to pick you up." With that, he sped off to school.

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Tea arrived an hour and a half early. The halls were totally silent. Lucky for her, the janitor let her in. Making her way to the dance studio, Tea looked through her bag for her CD's. She found a mixx CD. That would work. Just as long as no one was already in the room. After walking for about five minutes, she entered the studio through the sound booth. For some reason, she had all this negative energy coursing through her veins. She scanned the CD for a good song to listen to. After finding one, she stepped out onto the dance floor, stripping off her black high heels, leaving her in panty hose.

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Seto Kaiba also entered the hallways early as well. He was intrigued as to Gardner's reason was for entering the school so early. Class didn't begin for an hour. He walked through the quiet halls aimlessly. No one was there. Suddenly, his sensitive ears picked up a vibrating sound. Coming up closer, he realized it was music. The dance room was right there, so he decided that was the only place she could be. No one else was in the school. Not yet anyways.

Tea could've swore she heard someone open the door. However, after hearing nothing, she dismissed the whole concept and returned to her routine. The song she was listening to had ended, she got ready to start the next song. Not many songs on this CD had slow rhythms, especially not the next one, "Faint", sang by Linkin Park. This made her smile. She could vent all the anger in her with this song. She started with a combination of fluid punches and kicks, spinning inbetween. Her moves became jagged and rough the next minute, as she began to work her way into the verse. Drawing her hands out and then back in, spinning throughout the floor, Tea covered the whole room with her routine. This and the punches really helped her let out all the rage she felt against her former friends.

He noticed someone in the dance room out of the corner of his eye. She was moving so fast that he couldn't see her face, not to mention that for the moment, her back was turned. She was good. He could admit that. Suddenly, it looked like she fell. At least until she pushed off her hands on the floor to make her go backwards and then leaned her head back to look him in the eye, then lifted up her legs and used her hands behind her to force herself into an standing position. Feeling some heat rise up into his cheeks, Kaiba decided that maybe he should leave. She already saw him so he might as well get to class. Maybe he could get some work done before every other nitwit shows up. Still, he was fascinatied about her choice of music. Linkin Park, especially this song in particular was one of Seto's favorites. He could relate to it. Don't tell me this is what Gardner meant at the dance club that night. We do not have anything in common. No way in the world. Since when did she feel insecure? That's not her. She's cheerful.

Tea kept going, despite Seto Kaiba's eyes drilling holes in her back. Whether or not he enjoyed watching her, she didn't care. She was mad and she needed to vent. There were only two ways she could do this, and her other method she'd swore she'd never use again.

*Flashback*

A seven year old Tea Gardner slammed her fists into the punching bag. She had no gloves and her knuckles were bleeding. An instructor had been watching her. When a boy tried to stop her, the instructor stepped in, saying something about "letting her get it out of her system".

*End (very short) Flashback*

She had. Since then, she'd vowed never to get physical with anyone. Locking away her former self. Something in her that always fought for freedom. She fought out all the anguish that day, or at least most of it. The pain never goes away though, so she took up dancing to focus her raw energy. She knew she could still fight, it would always be a part of her. She put on the cheerful face to disguise the fighting spirit. Maybe if she broke free she could be both. She continued going through the routine. Even if I became who I was, no one would understand.Ever since my parents died I've secretly stood alone. Sure my former friends were there, but no one knew her secret. Deep down, she was tougher than Joey and Tristan combined. Her saphire eyes focused on Kaiba, who looked at her. For a brief moment, she felt his pain. She knew he could feel hers. For the moment, she was vulnerable to her emotions. She sheer force of the pain that surrounded her was immense. He needs to know how I feel. Maybe then someone will understand. I stand alone in this world. What he's been through is nothing compared to what I've been through. His life seems easy. Sure he's got responsibilities, but at least he's got his little brother. My parents died with my sister. maybe he won't know exactally how I feel, but he'll feel that raw emotion, seeing how the force of it will probably knock me out in a few minutes.

When Tea turned around to face him, their eyes locked. He could feel the hatred, fury, pain, anguish, and numbness that seemed to be resonating from her. These raw emotions were much like the ones Seto had faced, but with a greater force, like a passion. How could she feel this way? She had so much. The geek squad was her friends, as was his brother. She could be anything she wanted. No one told her how to live her life. She had family.... wait. Was there something he wasn't aware of? Could she be like him? Doubtful. but from the looks of it, she came here to NYC alone. He'd have to talk to her later. Mokuba better appreciate this. He was going to talk to Tea...er....Gardner after school. The bell rang suddenly, disturbing his thoughts. Quickly, he grabbed his briefcase and was in the hallway before Tea left the hardwood floor.

"Seems he knows how I feel." Tea said, to herself. I'd better have a talk with him before he thinks that I should go to the looney bin. Although a trip there could do the arrogant over working CEO some good. She added in her head .

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The everlasting school day finally seemed to come to an end. grabbing everthing from her locker, Tea stepped outside into the fresh air. The wind ruffled her hair, and the collar of her blouse, which was undone at the top. She began her way down the steps to find a black cobra svt convertable in front of her. The 'I love Seto Kaiba' fanclub squealed. Tea rolled her eyes, somehow reading the thoughts of the CEO.

"You coming or what Tea?" Seto Kaiba said with a smirk. His fanclub shot nasty glares her way, which she met with the most lethal death glare Kaiba had seen in a long time. Tea nodded, somewhat surprised. Although after this morning, it was almost expected. Placing her bag in the back seat, the girl slid in next to him just as he hammered on the gas and left his fangirls swooning, their boyfriends fuming and shaking threatening fists at the seventeen-year-old CEO.

"Ok Kaiba there's got to be a reason for this." Tea said accousingly. They had stopped sharply at a red light. He snuck a glance at her profile. She was beautiful. Waaaiiit a second Seto. This is the midget's friend you're refering to. He sceamed at himself mentally. "Earth to Kaiba? Kaiba? The light changed." Tea pointed out.

"I know." He growled, putting pressure on the pedal.

"I still don't have an answer. "Tea said. "Or is it because of before?"

"..." Silence followed. He couldn't think of a good reason that would sound like him.

"Well whatever it is, thanks Kaiba." She leaned over in her seat and kissed him on the cheek. That got his mind racing.

I'll do this everyday for that kind of reaction......I did it again!

You're falling for her. A second voice chided.

Great. Now I'm as crazy as porkupine head.

Well you are.

Are not. The argument went on in his head back and forth until the second voice seemingly disappeared. Seto took another look at the girl sitting next to him. Her hair was swaying in the wind. "Alright, we've got about fifteen minutes before we get Mokuba, traffic is surprisingly non-existant, what do you want to do?" Tea looked at him.

"Whatever you want. I've got nothing to do." She said, like she had not a care in the world.

"Hold on then." Looking behind him, he found no one coming, and no one was in front of him. Kaiba slammed his foot down suddenly and did a screeching u-turn at incredibly fast speeds.

"Why don't we go find you something to get catch air on, Bo Duke."(an:LoL)

"I'm not driving a stock car...today." He said mischieviously. Tea laughed a little. This was the real Seto Kaiba. Still a wise cracking badass, but little more sociable wise cracking badass at that. Because of this morning, there was somekind of unspoken respect between the two. He maintained a speed extremely above the speed limit, but who gave a damn. Neither seemed to care. They arrived at a nearby Dairy Queen within minutes. The two exited the car, walking up to the counter. "My treat," Kaiba said suddenly. Tea began to protest but Kaiba had already ordered.

"How'd you know what I want?" She asked suddenly. "You've been spying on me haven't you?"

"No." He said, handing her a French Vanilla Moolatee. (an:Yummy!)Their fingers brushed slightly, giving both a slight jolt. "I just noticed that somone used my capuccino machine before I did since about a week ago." Tea smirked.

"I thought I did a good job of being unnoticed. Too bad." She took a sip of the coffee ice cream mix . "This is good. Thanks Kaiba."

"You're welcome Tea," He said like it was no big deal although he was screaming inside his head, this being the second time he'd called her that in the past hour. It was her name though. He looked at his watch. "We've gotta go get the kid." He jumped in the car, Tea following.

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"Hey big brother!" Mokuba yelled, nearly tackling his brother. He might be arrogant and seem selfish, but to his big brother, he was the hero of the day. Tea couldn't help but smile. Seto is a pretty good brother, and good looking at that. Wait a friggen minute. I just called Seto Kaiba, Seto, AND I just admitted to myself that he was hot. I did it again! I barley talked to this guy, save today, and all of a sudden, NO. Don't go down that road Tea. Not again.Tea barley noticed the two hopping into the car.

"Seto, who's in the car?"

"Tea." He opened the door. Apparently, that snapped her out of whatever stupid conversation she was having with herself. "We had a pretty decent day huh, Tea?"

Mokuba looked at her surprised, with a 'what the heck did you do' look."Yeah Kaiba, I think we did." Both turned to face the boy in the back seat, giving him the classic smirk.

What the heck did they do without me? Wait....that's dairy queen stuff in the cup holders.You mean to tell me that they went to get of all things my favorite...ice cream without me? What the heck? I told Seto to be nice but this is completely out of character for him. What made him change so quick? I'll talk to Tea later while Seto's working.

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