Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Falling From Grace ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

YUGIOH

Falling From Grace

 

 

Chapter 5.

Tea snapped back to reality, muttering, “Joey?” `No! What's he doing here??', she thought in a sudden panic. But she couldn't even react fast enough to try and shove him out of the way, and Kaiba...........

 

When Kaiba looked up, his eyes met Joey. Tea put her hand infront of her mouth in panic. `Oh, no! This doesn't mean what I think it means......does it?', she thought.

 

Joey snapped, “Now listen here, Kaiba! No way am I going to let you pick on my friends, you got that?”

 

Tea was holding her breath, waiting for Kaiba to say something......anything. But Kaiba didn't say a word. He was staring at Joey, but he didn't speak. His mouth opened just slightly. And as usual, Tea couldn't identify what Kaiba was feeling at all. Maybe he didn't think Joey was worthy of acknowledging, either.

 

“Hey, you listening to me, Kaiba? You getting this through that thick skull of yours?”, Joey asked.

 

There was another slight pause of nothing. Then, as if someone had turned a switch on Kaiba's brain, he suddenly got up quite abrupt and packed his things, muttering, “I don't have time for this”, and marched out the door at a rather fast pace.

 

“Yeah, that's right, rich boy......you just keep on walking!”, Joey spat out after him. He then turned to Tea, chuckling, “I sure showed him, didn't I?”

 

“Joey.....what are you doing here?”, Tea asked. “How did you even know the both of us were in here?”

 

“Well actually, I was walking by the door and I can see through the window. It looked like you two were arguing again. I knew how upset he made you the last time, so I came in to stick up for you. After all, that's what friends are for, right??”, Joey asked, flashing her a smile.

 

Tea felt downright disgusted at herself. She was supposed to be the “friendship girl”, keeping them together and showing 'them' what friends were for. Instead, she was here plotting horrendous things towards Kaiba.......hardly a friendly thing to do. It took Joey to jump out of nowhere and defend her, to realize what she had been doing.

 

`Oh, god.....what have I done?', she thought, feeling terribly guilty. Then if the potion worked, this would mean that Kaiba was technically in-love with Joey. Not that she cared about Kaiba's feelings.......she was more worried about how this might affect Joey.

 

`Wait a minute!', she then thought. `He didn't act any different.....he was just as cold as usual. Maybe nothing happened.....maybe it only works for guys and girls.' Tea then smiled, relaxing.....that had to be it. Because it was Joey, it must have canceled out the effects.......and Tea was actually grateful to know that. Nothing happened, no one got hurt.

 

And with that thought in mind, Tea smiled and gave Joey a big hug, saying, “Thanks, Joey.....you really are something!”

 

“Hey, thanks Tea. Besides, I can't take all the credit. You taught me just about everything I know, when it comes to friends.”

 

At that moment, the bell rang. Joey then said, “Come on, let's get out of here.”

 

Tea agreed, and she packed up, ready to go. As they left the room, Joey muttered, “You know, the least moneybags could of have done was take his coffee with him. And I always thought the jerk was a neat-freak. He's just as big a slob as us.”

 

As they left the room, they ran into Tristan going the other way. Joey muttered, “Hey Tristan, where you going? School's over, you know. Aint ya coming with us?”

 

“I'll catch up with you”, Tristan said in a hurry. “I left my homework paper in the room last period and it's probably already been thrown-out. Oh, shit! There's the janitor.....I gotta go. Seeya!” In a quick hurry, he hustled into the room Tea just came from.

 

“Good luck!”, Joey said, continuing down the hall with Tea. “Come on, let's go catch up with Yugi.”

 

“I'm right with you”, Tea smiled, as they headed down the hall.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

Kaiba had left school early that day, heading right into his limo and ordering the driver to take him to work.

 

“But, Mr. Kaiba.....shouldn't we be picking Master Mokuba up first?”, the driver asked.

 

“We're leaving early enough. After you drop me off, you can pick him up, yourself. Tell him......something came up. I'll pick him up tomorrow”, Kaiba told the driver from the comm. link in the limo. He pushed the button again, closing the link, and sat back trying to breath.

 

Kaiba couldn't understand it. What happened back there? What was wrong with him? It felt like one glance at the mutt succeeded in instantly shattering the walls that protected his heart.....forcing him to see something that was forever kept at bay. Even though he quickly rebuilt those walls, once again hiding himself away form the world.....the damage was all ready done, and refused to be ignored.

 

Since that moment, he noticed there was something about Joey......something different, something amazing. And Kaiba wanted it, though he had no idea why.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

It was the next day at school, when Yugi and the others were heading down the hall towards their first period class. As they did, Joey asked, “Hey guys, did anyone see Tristan today, or yesterday after school?”

 

“No, Joey.....why?”, Yugi asked.

 

“Well......normally Tristan comes to hang with us at the game shop. And when he doesn't show, I normally run into him, heading home. But last night, that didn't happen. I was just wondering what's up, is all”, Joey stated.

 

“Well, maybe you should ask him”, Tea said, pointing towards him, as soon as they got in the doorway of their class to see him. Tristan was already sitting in his seat, ready for class. Infact, his elbows were on the table, leaning his chin on his hands, and having the most spaced-out look on his face.

 

Joey observed Tristan, thinking out loud, “You know......he looks kinda sick.”

 

“Maybe that's why we didn't see him, Joey”, Yugi pointed out.

 

They took their seats, as Joey asked, “Hey Tristan......you okay?”

 

“Oh, yeah.....”, Tristan sighed. “I'm wonderful.....never been better in the whole world.”

 

“Huh? Hey, what's wrong with you?”, Joey asked.

 

Tristan looked over at Joey, with this big ass grin on his face. “Yesterday, I ended up meeting the person of my dreams. It's fate, I tell ya. I know it's the one!”

 

“You're kidding!”, Yugi exclaimed, as all three leaned in to Tristan to find out who it was.

 

“The suspense is killing us, Tristan! Who is she?”, Joey asked.

 

“Mr. Gumcruff, the janitor......”, Tristan grinned, dreamily.

 

All three back up, crying out in fear, “Yaaahhh!!”

 

“That aint funny, ya jerk!”, Joey snapped.

 

“Who's joking? I know it's weird.....I mean, he's a guy. But I'm sure it can work out”, Tristan insisted.

 

“He's not just a guy, Tristan. He's an *80* year old guy!”, Joey exclaimed.

 

(to be continued next chapter....)