Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Things Change ❯ The Calm and The Storm ( Chapter 11 )

And now, here's the next installment of A Different Beat. Also, at the end, a summary of the next two stories I'm working on.

Sanura-sama - All of this is just the calm before the storm to what'll happen between Tea and Arisa.

LadySaturnGirl - Yeah, people could do something like that as a last resort. Also as for the twist…let's just say that Kaiba may have something to do with it.

Puffin - I'm not really into Kaiba/Joey, or any other guy/guy paring stories (Typical guy, I know), unless the plot interests me. But I'm happy you like this story.

Now on with the story!

"Arisa, ya got any ideas?" Joey asked.

"No!" Arisa sighed. "Unless one of you guys could live with losing a hand…"

"Like that's going to happen." Tea said as she looked down at her wrist and seeing the handcuffed laced around it.

"Damn it Tea, it's all your fault!" Arisa hissed.

"I SAID I WAS SORRY!" Tea snapped, not able to take this abuse anymore. She already felt remorse for handcuffing her and Joey together, but Arisa didn't have to throw it into her face.

"So now what are we supposed to do?"

"You could skip a session…" Tea suggested. "I mean, you could miss one session. It's not like it would kill you."

Arisa gave a death glare to Tea as Joey sighed.

"Joey, what's so great that you have to go today.

"Two words Tea: 'Ice' and 'Cream.'" Joey explained.

"That's a good reason?" Tea said, rolling her eyes.

"You damn right it's a good reason!" Arisa snapped at the brunette. Ice cream was to Arisa as Donuts were to Joey. She just couldn't get enough of it. Every Monday at the meetings, they would have Ice Cream. Arisa's favorite was Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, with Strawberry Sherbet being second. "If I miss that smooth, cool taste of ice cream I swear to God I'll kill you!"

Tea scoffed, "It's just Ice Cream!"

"Quiet! It's more than just Ice Cream! I mean, what else is going to keep you cool in the summer, when you need that sweet, moist taste, especially when Candy and Cake aren't gonna cut it?"

"Look girls, from the way I see it we only have two options: Take Tea with us or-"

"Don't say it!" Arisa snapped in panic.

"Okay, so it looks like we're!"

"Joey, I would like to change clothes!" Tea reminded.

"Well it looks like you'll be in that uniform longer than you thought, 'cause we are going to that meeting whether you like it or not!" Arisa stated cruelly.

"You're not the boss of me! You can't tell me what to do, or make me do what I don't want to do!"

"You should've thought of that before you decided to handcuff yourself to Joey!"

"OKAY, let's go!" Joey said as he yanked Tea along, with Arisa following. "We're going to the YMCA building and that's final!"

"But Joey, I-" Tea tried to protest, but it was futile.

"AND THAT'S FINAL!" Joey snapped, already having enough of the arguments.

In the limo Kaiba wasn't exactly in the best of moods. All Weekend he was just thinking about Kara, the girl he met at the dance. The girl who he also said was just some girl hired by Debra, her sister, and Ishizu for what? Just so Kaiba can believe in some fairytale that supposedly happened 5000 years ago? Now, Kaiba was on the way to the group, where he was sure that he was going to get an earful from Debra. He was wondering why he was going there, but then remembered: He was doing this for Mokuba's sake. The last thing Kaiba needed was Foster Care taking Mokuba away because they believed that he was living in an unsafe, unfit living environment.

"You really messed that up…" Seto said to Kaiba.

"Mess what up, that false relationship with that fake?" Kaiba roared.

"She had everything you could ever want, but instead your paranoia ruined that."

"You'd be paranoid too if you had 5 of your employees betray you and plot to take everything you ever worked for away from you!" Kaiba snapped at his conscience.

"Knowing you, everyone else would've left you by now. But I'm staying with you!"

"Like you could leave me, YOU'RE MY CONSCIENCE YOU IDIOT!" Kaiba roared.

"Not by choice, unfortunately…At least you're going to today's session."

"Whoop-pe-doo!" Kaiba muttered. "Let's just get this crap over with. I still have to finish the new project!"

Seto sighed, "He just never learns…"

The limo has arrived at the YMCA building as Kaiba stepped out from his limo. As he walked inside, Debra from the front desk gave him a glare.

"Why am I even here…" Kaiba asked himself silently as he ignored Debra and walked into the room. As soon as the door shut, his eyes went wide. "You're kidding me, right?"

Kara began to notice Kaiba. "Seto Kaiba…please take a seat!" She said, a bit coldly to the CEO. But there was something strange about her from what he saw at the dance Friday: Her hair was straighter than usual, and her voice sounded more mature.

Kaiba sneered, "Still trying to convince me to believe in those fairytales, are we?"

Kara ignored them and check to see who was missing. "It appears that only two people are absent…"

"What are you doing here anyway 'Kara?' Where's Corsiack?" Kaiba asked.

"She had a family emergency! And since I have a psychology internship, I was sent here to fill in for her."

"Great…" Kaiba muttered. The bright side through off of this was that Joey and Arisa weren't there today.

Much to his dismay, the door opened as Arisa stormed in, dragging Joey and, consequently, Tea.

"Now where's the ice cream!" Arisa asked, but then noticed Kara. "…Where's Deliah?"

"She had a family emergency, so I'm filling in for her." Kara explained to her friend, then noticed Arisa and Joey's attire. "Why are you guys still in your school uniform?"

"Ask her?" Arisa said coldly as she glared at a certain blue eyed, brown-haired girl, much to Kaiba's shock.

"Gardner?"

"Kaiba!?" Tea noticed the CEO, who groaned in frustration.

"Who else knows I'm here!" He glared at Joey.

"I thought you weren't going to be here Kaiba."

"I have to be here with you geeks if I want to keep-" Kaiba stopped himself. No way was he going to tell anyone about his problems, least of all Wheeler!

"Whatever, let's get started already!" Joey said as he took a seat.

"So Joey, who is she?" Jess pointed towards Tea. "Your girlfriend?" She asked in a teasing tone

Tea blushed at that accusation as Arisa gave Jess a death glare.

"No Jess, she's not. You know I'm with Arisa."

"Damn right, and don't you forget it!" Arisa said to Jess.

"Okay, then why are you two, like, handcuffed to each other?"

"Yeah Tea! Why don't you just tell us why you had to go through such extreme measures?" Arisa asked arms crossed against her chest.

"Maybe if you weren't so much of a leech to Joey and kept him away from his friends so long that he doesn't have time to even talk to us I wouldn't have to go through extreme measures!" Tea snapped at Arisa as Kaiba grew a grin on his face.

"Perhaps today will be amusing after all…" He said to himself.

"Umm…Tea…I'm right here." Joey reminded, but it went in vain as the two girls continued to argue.

"Are you really upset that I was 'so much of a leech to Joey and kept him away from his friends? Or is it because I kept him away from you?" Arisa asked as Joey sighed.

"It's about to hit the fan…" He said to himself.

"Wha-What are you talking about?" Tea asked, a bit nervous.

"It's so obvious Tea! I mean why else would you handcuff yourself to Joey?" Arisa had a smirk on her face. "Ever since Joey and I started our relationship, you've been feeling insecure. Face it Tea, you may be the cheerleader, have straight A's, and be a master at DDR, but the truth is: You're just jealous!"

"…No I'm not…"

"Your actions speak louder than your words and they're saying that you are! Jealous that a 'little girl' like me has the guy you want, and you can't stand it! It's almost pathetic!"

Tea couldn't keep her emotions under control any longer as she then uncontrollably jumped onto Arisa. Unfortunately, since he was bounded to her, Joey fell from his chair, much to Kaiba's amusement.

"You sure know how to pick them, Wheeler!" Kaiba smirked.

"Shut up Kaiba! At least I have a girlfriend!" Joey retorted.

"Like I'd want one…" Kaiba scoffed as the two girls began to fight with hair pulling, with Arisa moving on top of Tea.

"CATFIGHT!" Jackson shouted.

Kara was staring blankly for a minute, but then noticed her friend fighting. "Come on Arisa!" Kara tried to pull Arisa off, but it was no use, as she sunk her nails into Tea's face. Kara's voice was back to normal as her hair curled up a small bit.

"Knock it off, Tea!" Joey said, trying to pull her away from his girlfriend!

"This is better than Jerry Springer!" Jackson exclaimed as he began to chant. "Take it off! Take it off! Take it off!" He then noticed the glares of Jess, Kaiba, Kara, and pretty much everyone else. "Oh right…"

"I'M GONNA KILL HER, I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL HER!" Tea screamed as she managed to pull out a small chunk of Arisa's blonde hair.

"THAT'S ENOUGH TEA!" Joey shouted as he yanked her off of Arisa as he then placed her over his shoulders.

"PUT ME DOWN JOEY!" Tea screamed. "PUT ME DOWN!"

"PUT HER DOWN JOEY, SO I CAN BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THAT FUCKING CHEERLEADER!" Arisa screamed struggling in Kara's grip, as Joey carried Tea out of the room.

It appears that things just became worse for Joey…in a way. His girlfriend and his friend, who happened to have a crush on him, were just in the middle of a fight. To make things worse, Kaiba's there. What will happen now? Will Tea finally tell him, or does Joey have something to tell Tea? Also, a summary of the next two stories I'm working on:

The Joe(y) Schmo Show! Rated R

Joey is a constant of the newest Reality Show, The King's Hand of Luxury. What Joey doesn't know that the entire show is fake! Much less that his "competition" are actually people he knows, but with different identities.

Spira's Tournament Rated PG-13

Summary: Sequel to "A New Path." For the school year, Kaiba's unfortunately stuck with Rikku as his house guest, but will he have a change of heart for the blonde Al Bhed girl? Also, Pegasus is planning on starting a new tournament that'll take place in both Domino and Spira. However, the evil Yamis are back, but so is a certain Maester. But don't worry, help is on the way! Who? You'll have to find out!