Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen Angel ❯ Secret Beach ( Chapter 13 )

Disclaimer~When I get some money, I'll have to pay back the debts I owe people who lend me dollars. SO how could I own Yugioh? Oh yeah, I couldn't.

Everybody ready? I auctually am writing a story with more than 10 chapters. I feel so proud of myself. I know everyone thinks I'm lame, well let me tell you, I am.

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It was a month later. School ended, and Kaiba went to Kaiba corp everyday. Mokuba did a lacrosse league, despite his brother's harsh lecture about how it wasn't going to help him as the vice president of the company. This meant that both brothers were gone everyday, and the cyclic cycle of bounty hunters after Tea's life had decided to take a break, so Tea could hold dance practices. That was, until Mokuba came home early,on a day in July.

The door clicked open, unnoticed by Tea, who was still teaching her girls a dance routine to Destiny Child's "Lose My Breath." Tea broke the fifteen girls into three groups of five. Mokuba found his way into the living room, expecting to find Tea working out.

He did not expect to find fifteen teenagers between 17 and 18 dancing in short, almost nonexistant shorts.

And also tight white muscle tanks, which revealed their midriffs, and was tight enough to show off each girls abs, a result of the hard work they had been doing.

"Tea, does big brother know about this?" Mokuba asked innocently.

Tea whirled around, her eyes almost falling out of their sockets. "Mokuba, you're early."

"Don't change the subject." God, Mokuba was definetly something like his brother. And Tea didn't like it.

"Umm no." Tea said at last, when all the girls stopped dancing.

"Oh really?" Mokuba smiled. He smirked.

"Dear sweet Jesus, Mokuba, you're acting like Seto." All the girls stared at Tea. No one ever regarded Seto Kaiba as 'Seto.' It was unheard of. "You aren't going to tell him are you?" Tea looked in his eyes for the usual compassion that he displayed.

"And why would I tell him that there are fifteen hot girls dancing in his living room? I might be kind, but I am not sharing. What is this for anyways?" Mokuba looked over the girls.

"This is the dance team for our school. I'm the coach for the senior year." Tea said. "And what was with the last comment?"

"I don't know, I just don't think Seto needs any more distractions. You're enough." All the girls started cracking up.

"Mokuba Kaiba, I am shocked." Tea stared at him incredulously. "I think I'm going to have to tell your brother to look under your bed."(Anyone know why?)

"Oh Tea, I'm just joking."

"Suuurrree you are." Tea looked at him. "Well, since you're here, and I'm guessing lacrosse got rained out, we might as well give you a demonstration."

"Woo hoo!" Mokuba ran into the living room and plunked down on the couch.

"Tea, you definetly have a fun life."

"Just wait until you leave." Tea turned to the girls. "Alright, remember. It's like a competition between our three groups. Lizzy, press play."

Mokuba watched, in awe. They'd broken down everything before the bridge into three sections, so that each group had their own little solo part. Then for the second part, which was the bridge and the chorus breakdown, the girls all acted like rivals, trying to compete with each other, against the other groups. At the end, they all fell insync and even backflipped, no hands involved. The finished on one knee, extending both hands towards the audience...er Mokuba.

"Alright girls, that's enough for today. Practice tomarrow, at the park if it doesn't rain. If it does, I'll call you on my cell. Good work." Tea watched everyone leave. "So Mokuba, Tea said, standing in the doorway, partially out in the rain, "what did you think?"

"That was incredible. It was so good that I couldn't tell big brother. He might stop going to work."

"I'd guess we were good then."

"Definetly. So what are we going to do today?"

"How about lunch?" Tea offered. "My treat. Then ice cream."

"Sweet!"

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Seto came home at about two,earlier than usual. He oened the front door and closed it behind him. It was way too quiet. So, being the fearless Seto Kaiba, he ventured upstairs. There was no one there at all. Then he went into his office. He set down his laptop which appeared a week after he lost it. He still had no idea where it went. There was a note, written in Tea's simpistic cursive.

Dear Seto,

Mokuba and I went to lunch and are hanging out

at the arcade this afternoon. Call me, k? We'll meet you.

xoxo

Tea

Kaiba smiled at the gesture. Tea always left a note. And she always signed them the same way. So he drew out his cell phone. And hit the second number on his memory. It rang once.

"Hello?" Tea said, more as a question.

"It's me." He heard a giggle on the end.

"I know a lot of "me's." Which one are you?" She joked, obviously knowing who was on the phone.

"Me 'me.' " he responded.

"Ohhh," She faked, like it made all the difference. "You're early. Was it too stressful with all the blundering idiots? Or was it that you auctually were satisfied and left in a good mood."

"What do you think?"

"As always, nothing is ever good enough for you." She joked. "Except me."

"As always." He responded.

"So, do you know what day it is?"

"July fourth. Why?"(a/n I know I never said this before, but I am now. Let's just say it was a fact. Things do happen on the fourth of july.)

"Well aren't we going to see fireworks?"

"Uhhh..."

"Well since you can't make up your mind, I will for you. Where do you want to go?"

"Somewhere where it isn't swamped."

"You are so predictable." Tea thought for a moment. "I know! Mokuba just finished playing his last game at the arcade. We're coming home."

"Where are we going?" Seto asked.

"It's a secret. But it's the best view in all of New York. And no one knows about it."

"Are you sure?"

"Do you trust me?" Tea asked.She wasn't sure what she'd get as an answer.

"With all my heart." Seto whispered, almost to himself.

Tea's heart leaped. "Well then, I guess that we'll see you later. Oh and by the way, I owe you for that last statement. That was very sweet."

"Whatever." Kaiba said, slight ice noticible on his tongue.

"Fine be like that, loser. I'll see you later." Tea acted mad.

"Faker." Kaiba retorted.

"Yes I am." She paused. "For God's sake, we're almost home. So I'm going to hang up on you now."

The line went dead.

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"Tea, are you sure about this?" Seto asked. It was about six and they were getting ready to go. They had planned on stopping for pizza. Tea grabbed him by the collar of the trenchcoat.

"You said that you trusted me. Come on. Chill. It'll just be the three of us."

How do you know?, Seto was about to ask, but by then, Tea had gone into her room to change.

Tea put on a blue spagetti strap tank, the color of Seto's eyes. She then decided on a short skirt, red with two white stars, where pockets would be. There was a slit on each side, revealing a small amount of skin. She then put on a pair of red glitter high heeled sandals.

She then exited the room, and knocked on Seto's door.

"Who is it?" Seto asked.

"Me."

"Get in here." He said. Tea did as she was told. She looked at Seto, who was trying to figure out what trenchcoat to wear with the black pants and white tee shirt.

"Seto, it's eighty five degrees outside. You don't need any trenchcoat. You look very handsome." He turned to face her.

"And who are you? Lady Liberty?"

"Close enough. What do you think?" She twirled around.

"You're fine."

"Would it kill you to give a compliment?"

"You never know." He smirked.

"You're a meanie."

"So what?"

"Doesn't that mean something to you?"

"Auctually it's quite fun." Seto picked her up. Surprisingly, she wrapped both arms around his neck. All of a sudden, his mind started wandering. She met his eyes. They were like the ocean. She felt like they could stay like this forever. She closed her eyes, and snuggled into him, almost in a daze. It was crazy, the way they were acting. He simply held her into him, and let his lips brush her forehead. "What did I tell you?"

"I forgot how bad you really were." She said, as he let her down. "We should probably go. Before someone gets antzy."

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After dinner, they were going to head to Tea's secret spot. Kaiba, being the big 'man,' felt the need to drive them in his black cobra. So, Tea had to tell him how to get there from the passenger seat. And from previous chapters, the reader might like to note the use of the last car Tea borrowed from Seto

"Where the heck are we going? We're not even in the city anymore Tea, it's getting dark and I don't want to miss the fireworks." Mokuba complained.

"Seto, turn here."

"There's no parking lot."

"I know that. Park in the field."

"Are you insane?"

"Slightly. But I promise that you won't be disappointed." Kaiba did as he was told, despite thoughts of how crazy the girl was.

Tea exited the car and grabbed the fleece blanket out of the trunk. Both Seto and Mokuba followed her. She then turned to them and said, "Follow me. It's only a three minute walk."

"Whatever." Both brothers said. The followed Tea for a few minutes, through the field, when they noticed that there was a house, with boarded windows, through the darkness. Tea took one look at the house, and kept walking.

"Hey Tea," Mokuba said, how do you know where you're going? And what is the deal with the house?"

Tea stopped and looked at it. "I used to live there. With my parents. It was burned in a fire and they said that the building wasn't stable. That was a little while before I moved to Domino." They kept walking until they reached steps. "These steps will take us to the beach, but I sugguest that you take off your shoes." Tea unstrapped her sandals, setting the blanket down. The water reflected off the iron stairs. She picked up her sandals and the blanket.Both boys did as well, including their socks. Seto put a hand on her shoulder. She turned and smiled. "Come on. I'll show you the best seat in the house." They decended down the iron stairs, one at a time, Seto in the back, Tea first.

"Here we are," Tea said, her blue eyes scanning the area. You could see the coast of the entire city because of a curve in the land. "Everything's the same as when we left it." She turned towards the boys. "When I was little, my parents used to take me down here every fourth of July and to swim. The sand here is the softest on the coast." Tea spread out the blanket.

"Hey Tea, how are we going to see if it's dark when we leave?" Seto asked, out of curiosity.

"Hang on." Tea went towards the rock cliff, where they'd gone down the stairs. She felt around for a rock, which she pulled out. Then she reached in and retrieved two flashlights. "There's four flashlights, but we'll only need two. Plus we have extra batteries."

"You were really prepared, weren't you?" Mokuba asked.

"I was always told to expect the unexpected."

"I wonder why." Seto said.

"Cut out the wise cracks. The fireworks are going to start soon." Mokuba said, totally not getting the whole joke.

Tea gave him a light slap on the arm, and sat down, just as the fireworks began to fill up the sky. You really could see fireworks from everywhere in the city. So many filled the air. The sound however, wasn't that earpoping sound, it was a low rumble, because of the distance. But it made the entirety of the situation more enjoyable. Tea noticed that Mokuba had fallen asleep by nine thirty. She however, was wide awake. As was Seto. He glanced at her.

"Why?" He asked, in a whisper, so he didn't wake his brother.

"Why what?' Tea asked.

"Why here. Why us?"

"Because. My parents always told me to bring anyone special to me here. It's a family tradition."

"You mean that?"

"Yeah. It means a lot to me. You mean a lot to me."

He reached for Tea's hand. "So do you. No one is like you. Trust me, I should know." The spent a few moments in silence. "I have to go to this party, for the 40th anniversary of Kaibacorp, in a few weeks. Do you, that is, I mean--"

"You're cute when you stutter. And yes, I will go with you. So long as I don't have to wear a frilly and poufy dress."

"First of all, no one in their right mind calls me, Seto Kaiba, cute, and second of all, you will tell the deigner what kind of dress and color you'd like. Third of all, if you're going with me, you have to wear this." He drew out a small silver box."It was my mother's engagment ring. She told me to give it to someone special." He took it out, and put it on her right hand ring finger.

"Oh Seto, You have no idea how much this means to me." She hugged him with all her might. "Thank you. Thank you so much."

"No. Thank you. This is truly amazing. And I mean it. Not many people would share this type of thing with anyone."

"You aren't just anyone. This is a family tradition. Our tradition."

This earned her a small kiss on the lips, curtesy of Seto Kaiba.

Like her parents had when they were her age, Tea Gardner received her first real kiss from a guy on the Fourth of July, at a secret beach.

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Rain51 12/19/04