Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Things Change ❯ Three Reveals ( Chapter 12 )

And now, here's the next installment of A Different Beat. But first…

Angel-Belle - The catfight between Arisa and Tea was just a matter of time.

LadySaturnGirl - I'm sorry that you feel that way about them, but I'm sure you have your reasons.

Magicman/Smokegirl - I take it that you're a Joey/Tea fan. Anyway, on what happens now, just wait and see.

"JOEY WHEELER, YOU PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" Tea shouted as she hung on top of Joey's shoulder as he took her to the very back of the building.

Joey placed her back on her feet as he then glared at the brunette, "WHAT THE HELL IS YER PROBLEM TEA!?" He snapped!

"ARISA IS MY PROBLEM!" Tea screamed! "SHE'S ALWAYS BUTTING IN WHERE SHE DOESN'T BELONG OR WHERE SHE'S NOT WANTED! AND SHE TOOK…." Tea stopped as she looked down, which Joey took notice. It was true that her face was somewhat bruised and scratched during the fight with Arisa, but they were ignored by the sparkling streams that came from her eyes.

"She took what, Tea?" Joey asked. His attitude slightly calmed down. Honestly, he was becoming sick and tired of Tea and Arisa not getting along, and he did not want to choose sides. After he noticed Tea still being silent, he became even more frustrated. "What did Arisa take from you that made you want to jump her and try to claw her eyes out?"

"YOU! THAT'S WHAT SHE TOOK FROM ME!" Tea screamed, not able to control her emotions. So what if she told him her secret, it would be a blessing in disguise anyway.

Joey blinked. He already knew that Tea had feelings for him, thanks to Tristan, but he didn't want to hear it from her. Not by these circumstances. "What do I hav-"

"That's right! I like you Joey, but not the way you expected! I like you more than that! Wait, I take that back. I love you! I love your messy blonde hair! I love your stupid Brooklyn Accent! I love your brown eyes! I just love you! I love you Joey Wheeler, ever since the first day we got to known each other at Burger World! You don't know how it hurt me to see you express your feelings with Mai! You don't know how it hurts me to see Arisa Mallovic with you, when it should be me there with you! Not Mai! Not sure as hell Arisa! But me!" Tea then dropped down to her knees as she began to cry, not carrying that her tears would stain her blue skirt.

Joey sighed, a large amount of guilt rushing over him. He should've just told her, instead of going off to Arisa, that he already knew about her feelings for him at the dance, instead of letting Tristan drag him over to see Arisa. Speaking of him, Tristan made him promise not to tell Arisa. Of all the times for Joey to be in a choke-tight spot, this was definitely in bad timing…

"Arisa, calm down!" Kara said to her friend, who had a bruise on her cheek and a black eye. "Remember where we are!"

"SO WHAT! THAT BITCH ATTACKED ME FIRST!" Arisa screamed.

"To be fair, you did instigate it!"

Arisa scoffed. "So you're on Tea's side?"

Kara sighed, "Look, two wrongs don't make a right! Yes, Tea shouldn't have attacked you, but you shouldn't have been taunting her!"

"She was part of the reason why Joey and I almost never went out!" Arisa reminded. "I'm sorry, but I can't be around Joey, knowing that that bitch will be there too!"

"I thought that you and Wheeler made an odd couple, but after today, you two deserve each other." Kaiba said coldly. "After all, you both don't know when to shut up, fight like the rabid dogs that you are, and you're both-"

"Cut it out, Kaiba!" Kara hissed. "We already have enough problems without you adding your two cents!"

"Or what are you going to do? Use your little Magic on me? Send me to the 'Shadow Realm' for eternity?" Kaiba mocked. "I don't believe in that hocus pocus-"

"Don't talk to my friend like that!" Arisa snapped at the CEO.

"I can talk to whoever I want any way I please! So what are you going to do about, little girl?" Kaiba smirked.

Arisa seethed. "What did you call me?"

"What's wrong? Is your mind incapable of knowing when you're being put in your place, chibi?"

"That's it! I tired of your 'holier than thou' attitude, Stretch!" Arisa broke from Kara's grip and went for a slap. She already was riled up from Tea, and the last thing she needed was Kaiba's snide remarks.

"Not this time!" Kaiba grabbed her wrist as he began to squeeze it…hard. Much to Arisa's pain, Kaiba then forcibly shoved her down as he then sneered, "Know your place, little girl!" What no one saw was a flash of the necklace Kara was wearing.

"ENOUGH!" She shouted, as she was giving a death glare to Kaiba. "Okay Arisa, you stay here with Jackson and Jess. Kaiba, you're coming with me!"

"Hmph, don't count on it." Kaiba muttered. "I'm not going anywh-"

"NOW!" She screamed. Much to the shock of everyone, especially Arisa, who has never, during the time that she had known her, ever seen Kara Wilson angry, much less this much.

"Whatever…" Kaiba said as he followed her out.

"I can see why Joey always wants to beat the shit out of him every time he sees him…" Arisa muttered as she favored her wrist, glaring at Kaiba.

"So are going to have any ice cream?" Jackson asked which earned a sigh of frustration from Jess.

However, Arisa blinked at Jackson's words. "Ice cream?" She asked. "Did you say Ice Cream?"

Jackson and Jess both sighed. About a few seconds ago she was pissed off, now all of the sudden she's giddy like a school girl over Ice Cream.

"You are something else, Arisa…" Jackson said.

"Yah!" Jess added.

'Is this guy really him?' Kara asked herself as she and Kaiba walked towards the side door that head to the outside. Once again, she didn't appear to be herself as her long blue hair was straightened again which, oddly enough, Kaiba didn't notice.

"Where are we going?" Kaiba asked, his patience wearing thin.

"To my car..." She said. "I need your help getting the first aid and ice cream!"

"Ice cream?" Kaiba scoffed. "You brought me out here for junk?"

"On Mondays we always have Ice Cream." She explained. "Arisa especially enjoys them…"

"Hmph, figures…"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Her and her boyfriend Wheeler both think alike!" Kaiba stated. "Do they ever think about anything important?"

"You might say that the couple's full of surprises. But then again, you could say that about anyone…"

"Hmph, if you're going to say anything about the so-called 'Millennium Items,' I swear to god I'll…"

Kara sighed, "I didn't want to resort to this…" Suddenly, the Eye of Horus appeared on her head as her cross necklace began to flash. Afterwards, Kaiba found himself unable to move as he was glowing.

"Wha-What the hell is this?" Kaiba yelled, slightly in fear of not being able to move.

A gust a wind must've passed by as Kara's hair began to blow upwards as she glared at him. "Now do you believe Seto Kaiba?"

"Whatever cheap stunt you're pulling on me, it won't work!" Kaiba tried to muster enough strength to move, but his mind and body were not in sync with each other. "Damn, release me, fool! I don't believe in that hocus pocus bullshit!"

Kara's glare became more fearful, "Kaiba, you sound like a broken record."

"You can't be Kara…" Kaiba glared, beginning to think that magic was indeed real. "Just who are you?"

"Why Seto, I'm shocked that you don't remember me! But then again, it has been 5000 years, has it been?" "Kara" asked.

"All I know is that you look like that girl who was in my vision during my duel in the Battle City Finals!" Kaiba said as he felt her magical hold weakening. And since Kaiba was still trying to desperately break free, he ended up falling over.

"Kara" went over to help Kaiba back to his feet, but Kaiba held out a hand as if to say "Back off!"

"Just tell me, who are you?" Kaiba asked as he went to brush off his blue trenchcoat.

"Very well…" She said as Kaiba looked at her, waiting for her answer. "I'll explain. I am Kara Wilson, but then again, I'm not."

"You're crazy…" Kaiba sneered.

"Do you know about the golden puzzle that Yugi Moto wears around his neck?" She asked him.

"I know, but your friend Ishizu has also told me about how he's supposedly the Pharaoh!"

"Well, it's true. He holds the spirit of the Pharaoh, while you or at least you did hold the spirit of the Sorcerer."

"Then why don't you tell me your name lady!" Kaiba demanded as they began to walk, only to approach a red Toyota.

"Alright then…" She said as she produced the key from her purse. "It's Kisara!" She said, must to the shock of the CEO.

Joey sighed, "Look Tea…There's something I have to tell ya."

Tea looked up at the blonde her eyes were red from crying. "What is it Joey?"

"I have a confession to make." Joey said. "But first, promise me that you won't get mad."

"W-Why would I get mad?" Tea asked. "It's not like you burned my house down or something."

'You're gonna wish that I did after what I tell you…' Joey sighed. To hell with his promise to Tristan, he had to tell her! After all, she just made herself to be a total maniac! "Okay Tea, the truth is…I already knew…"

"You already knew…" Tea blinked, "About what?"

"How ya feel about me…" Joey said then sighed. 'There, I said it…now the fun begins.' He thought sarcastically.

"You mean…You mean to tell me, that after all the things I said, after what just happened back there…" Tea's sadness gradually turned into anger. "After me screaming, jumping into a fight with Arisa, and pouring my heart out to you… YOU TELL ME THAT YOU ALREADY KNEW HOW I FELT, ABOUT MY FEELIGNS FOR YOU!?"

"Yeah…so does Arisa…" Joey simply said which earned him a hard slap on the face.

"Damn you! Damn you for letting me make a fool of myself in front of everyone, in front of Arisa and Kaiba!" Tea snapped. "How did you even…" Tea stopped as she then scoffed. "I know, Tristan told you, right?"

"Yeah…" Joey admitted. "He made me swore not to tell anyone, especially you!"

"Typical of him…" Tea sighed. "You ask him to do one thing for you and he does the opposite, let alone when it comes to telling the last person I wanted to know!"

"I'm sorry Tea…" Joey apologized.

"Don't be sorry for me. Be sorry for Tristan when I get my hands on him!" Tea hissed, imagining ripping off the spike he called hair and stabbing him with it.

"Whoa Tea, calm down!" Joey advised. "The first thing you need to do is to keep your cool!"

"Joey, this is probably the most humiliating day in my life, and you're telling me to keep my cool?" Tea asked him as if he suggested that she stripped out of her Domino High School uniform, in front of him!

"I mean all that stress isn't that good for ya." Joey explained.

"Joey, you're not exactly on any grounds to talk." Tea reminded. "You did yell at me when you asked me what was my problem!"

"Right…" Joey sighed as he remembered. "Sorry about that. But ya gotta understand Tea! I really like Arisa, and she really likes me! Like it or not!" He said.

"I understand…" Tea said feeling rejected. "But still, I was hoping that your feelings for Arisa would be for me!"

"Tea Tea Tea…" Joey placed a hand on her shoulder. "Just because Arisa's my girlfriend doesn't mean you not one of my pals anymore! And besides, what if Mai and I did go out? Would you pull something like this?"

Tea sighed as she shook her head. "No…because if you two did get together, I would be sure that it wouldn't last. Besides, she was too old for you. You needed someone around your age? You didn't want Mai to get into trouble for an underage relationship, right?"

Joey nodded. "Good point." Then he looked at Tea. "So what's up Tea, are we cool now or what?"

"Not exactly…" Tea admitted. "There's something that I've been keeping from you. You and Arisa exactly aren't going to be happy with me."

"Come on Tea, what could you possibly have done that'd really piss me off?" Joey asked.

'You asked for it…" Tea sighed as she sat down on a bench. "You remember about the key to the handcuffs?"

"I remember that you left it at home…" Joey said.

"Well…" Tea slipped out of her brown loafer on her right foot as she then removed the knee-high sock. Tea picked the sock up from the toe as then, the key dropped down. "There's another key, and I just remembered that I conveniently placed it in my sock." She said, hoping that Joey wouldn't get angry.

"YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT-"

"Remember what you said about all that stress not being good for you?" Tea reminded as Joey then calmed down.

"Yeah…sorry…"

Tea patted her hand on Joey's shoulder. "It's okay…" She slipped back on her recently-removed articles of clothing as Joey took the key and freed himself from the handcuffs.

"You know Arisa's going to be very pissed off at you when she finds me coming back without you, let alone the handcuffs." Joey warned, favoring the now-freed-from-the-cuffs wrist.

"Can you please not tell her?" Tea asked, not wanting to get into another confrontation with Arisa.

Joey sighed. "I dunno…you know that a relationship between a boyfriend and a girlfriend is sacred, and consists strongly about trust."

"I know, but…can you please not tell her?" Tea begged.

"Fine…" Joey grabbed the handcuffs as he proceeded to close them onto his hand, applying as much pressure as possible. He knew that it wasn't smart to hurt himself, but he had to make his excuse look believable.

"Joey, what are you doing?" Tea asked as he then proceeded to intentionally scrape his hand with the cuffs.

Joey winced in pain as small amounts of blood proceeded to fill the scratch marks on his hand. "I'll just tell her that pulled my hand threw them so hard that it got scraped."

"Thanks Joey!" Tea hugged him, but then remembered that he was taken already. "I guess I'll be going now."

"Yeah…" Joey sighed. "Later Tea…"

"Goodbye Joey…" Tea said as she began to walk home.

"Tea?" Joey called out to her.

Tea turned back, "Hmm?"

"Are you sure you really forgot that you had the key in yer sock?" Joey asked accusingly.

"I'm serious! Look, today has been very stressful!" Tea said, in a somewhat frustrated tone.

"Okay, just making sure." Joey said as he then thought, 'After all, if I'm going to defend ya from my girlfriend, you must be honest with me.'

Tea sighed as she resumed her long walk home. "Why did I tell him about the key I had in my sock?" She asked herself sadly.

Well…poor Tea. But like she said, don't feel sorry for her, feel sorry for Tristan the next time she sees him. Also, with Kara…Kisara…whoever she will be in the therapist's role, what will happen? Find out in the next installment.