Tea sat in class as the teacher talked on and on. Today, she sat near the window because another girl had taken her seat, trying to hit on Seto who sat directly behind her. As Tea stared out the window, she saw a group of kids coming closer. Tea's eyes widened. They were her little brothers and sisters. She had five little brothers and three little sisters. Tea was the oldest of course.
"Joey!" Tea whispered to him who sat diagonally across from her. He turned to her. "Distract the teacher" Tea pleaded. Joey raised an eyebrow but nodded. When the teacher looked back at the class, Joey lifted his long leg and kicked Tristan from his seat.
"Dude, what the hell?" Tristan yelled.
"Mr. Wheeler!" The teacher yelled.
"He deserved it" Joey yelled. Joey winked at Tristan and he knew he was doing it for a reason.
"Is this coz I banged your sister?" Tristan asked.
"Mr. Taylor. Both of you, to the office!" The teacher yelled.
"You prick!" Joey yelled and tackled Tristan. The two rolled around, fighting.
"Stop it! Both of you!" The teacher yelled. He grabbed them both by the arm and dragged them out. Joey looked over his shoulder and winked at Tea who smiled gratefully. When the teacher disappeared down the hall, Tea stood up and opened the window. Her sisters and brothers were getting closer. Everyone was looking at her and talking loudly at the same time.
"What are you guys doing!" Tea yelled.
"Onee-chan!" They yelled and started running.
"Stop! What's wrong!" Tea asked.
"Sakura's sick!" They yelled. Sakura was 3 and mute. She had been traumatized a year earlier.
"Shit" Tea cursed. She turned back to the class, Yugi namely. Yugi nodded to her and grabbed his bag. Tea grabbed hers.
"Ryou, cover for us, 'kay?" Tea asked. Ryou was confused but nodded. "Thanks" Tea called before she opened the window further and jumped out it. They watched as Yugi followed but having to climb on a desk first before slipping out.
Seto watched from the back of the classroom, completely ignorant of the girl in front of him and flirting. The teacher walked back in.
"Where did Ms. Gardner and Mr. Motou go?" He asked.
"A lady from the office came to get them. She took them back to the office right after you left" Ryou said convincingly.
"D-Did they ask about why I wasn't in here?" He asked, scared a bit. Ryou nodded.
"It's alright though. Tea and Yugi said that you were taking Joey and Tristan down to the Principals office because no one else could force them apart" Ryou said. The teacher cleared his throat and wiggled his tie.
"Yes well I'm glad they explained it to the teacher" He said. "They're such good students. Anyway, back to Cleopatra..."
The teacher failed to see the two students running towards the group of children.
Seto watched from his seat.
"Quick, we need to get out of view" Tea said as she rushed them back and around a wall.
"What's going on?" Yugi asked.
"Sakura's sick" Akito said as he held up the 3 year old child.
Sakura was 3, Tsuki was 4, Yuki was 5, Akai and Kuroi were 8, Daisuke and Riku were 10, Akito was 12 and then there was Tea who was 16.
"Where's mom?" Tea asked.
"She left a few hours after you" Daisuke said. Tea bit her lip.
Their mother would go out drinking and gambling, sleep around, get pregnant and have children. Tea, Akito, Daisuke, Riku, Akai and Kuroi are all fully related while Yuki, Tsuki and Sakura had fathers' that didn't give a damn about them. The three of them had different dads so they were half sisters to each other as well. Still, Tea cared for them. All of them. Ever since her father was killed when her mom was pregnant with Akai and Kuroi, Tea had to raise them. She raised the girls that came after them. They would see their mother once every two days at least. When the boys caught her working at Burger World, she lied when she said she was saving up for dance school. She was only working to supply food, clothing and education for her siblings. To be honest, the kids see Tea as their mother more than their sister.
Sakura had been traumatized a year earlier when their mother came home. Everyone else was asleep except Sakura who was in the kitchen getting some water. Their mother was so angry and Tea was asleep so she didn't bother with her then took it out on Sakura. Tea was woken to the cry of pain and ran out to see Sakura getting beat. Tea stopped their mother and she continued her rampage on Tea. When she was finished and went to bed, Tea took Sakura to her room and cared for her by bandaging her wounds and whispering to her soothing things but the damage had already been done. Since then, Sakura stayed in Tea's room and would only go to Tea. If she wasn't there, she'd stay with her other siblings.
"Alright, this is what's going to happen. I will skip school for the rest of the week so I can be there for you guys, alright?" Tea asked.
"No, you need to go to school" Akito said.
"No, I need to be with my family" Tea corrected.
"But-"
"No buts! That's the end of discussion" Tea said. "Yugi will take you all back home. Akito, you and the boys go back to school. I'll drop Yuki off at Pre-school and then I'll take Tsuki with me to the doctors" she said. They nodded. She looked at Yugi.
"Thanks a lot" She said. He smiled and nodded.
"How you manage this, I have no idea" He said. Tea nodded.
"Tell me about it" she groaned then hugged my brothers.
"Love you nee-chan" They called as they walked off with Yugi.
"Love you too" Tea called back. She picked up Sakura and sat her on her left hip, she held Tsuki's right hand and Yuki held onto her skirt on her left side. They got to the Pre-school and she knocked. Ms. Taki answered before she smiled at her brightly.
"Hello Anzu, it's good to see you" She said.
Anzu Tea Mazaki was her birth name but when her father died, her mom forced her to change her name to Tea Gardner, her mothers' last name and she switched her middle with her first. She loved to go hard on Tea for no reason. She loved to beat her but Tea never complained because she was afraid that her mother would then attack the other kids so she took it. The boys hated that she did it but they couldn't do anything.
"You too Ms. Taki" Tea replied. "I'm sorry that it's already the middle of the day but something didn't go as planned and Yuki couldn't make it so now, I had to fix things" Tea said. Ms. Taki nodded. She knew what their mother was like and she thought Tea was the best older sister anyone could ever have.
"That's no problem. You know I'm always here if you need me Anzu" Ms. Taki said. Tea smiled.
"Yes and I thank you so much for all you've done for me" Tea replied.
"It's no worries" Ms. Taki said. She looked down at Yuki. "Come along now Yuki" She said. Yuki looked up at Tea.
"Bye kaa-san" She said. Tea bent down and kissed her forehead.
"I love you Yuki-chan" Tea said. Yuki giggled before she walked into the room. "Well I need to go now. Thanks again" Tea said before she continued on to the Clinic with Tsuki and Sakura.
Akito, Daisuke and Riku sat down while Akai and Kuroi played on the jungle gym.
"Hey Akito!" Akito, Daisuke and Riku turned to see Mokuba, Akito's best friend.
"Hey Mokuba" Akito replied dully.
"What's wrong?" Mokuba asked as he sat next to Akito.
"Our mother, that's what" Riku snapped.
"Riku!" Akito and Daisuke snapped.
"What? I'm sick of nee-chan taking everything from that bitch we call a mother" Riku cursed.
"She does what she does to protect us" Akito defended.
"I know..." Riku said sadly.
"Ya know, my brother was the same" Mokuba said. They looked at him. "I'm not allowed to talk about it but you guys sound like you're going through the same thing" Mokuba said.
"What happened?" Akito asked.
"My father died in a car accident when I was 4 and my mother died giving birth to me. When my dad died, Seto and I were sent to an orphanage because our actual relatives didn't want us yet they spent our inheritance. Seto challenged Gozaburo to a chess match when he came in and the stakes were if Seto won, he had to adopt us. Seto won and we were adopted into the Kaiba family but it wasn't what we thought. Once there, Goza would jam Ethics, Business Skills and Foreign Languages down Seto's throat. When Seto wasn't the best, he would get beat. One day, Seto managed to overthrow Gozaburo and he in return threw himself out the window and killed himself. Now here we are. My brothers' the CEO of a major company" Mokuba said.
"At least you have a happy ending" Riku said bitterly. Mokuba looked at Akito confused.
"Alright, I'll tell you everything if you promise not to repeat what I say" Akito said. Mokuba nodded and they pinky promised.
"Well, everything went down hill 8 years ago when Akai and Kuroi were still inside mom. Our father had died to protect nee-chan when a man had a gun pointed at her. Perhaps that's why mom hates nee-chan. She probably blames her. Anyway, when dad died, nee-chan was heartbroken as well as mom. Once mom gave birth to Akai and Kuroi, she left, to get drunk, drugged up and everything. Nee-chan was 8 at the time and had to fill out the birth certificates. Nee-chan always named the babies. She named me, Daisuke and Riku and continued to do so as more wore born. Anyway, nee-chan took me, Daisuke and Riku home that night. We caught a cab and when we got home, nee-chan spent her savings to pay for the ride home. Our mom would just keep going out, getting drunk, gambling and everything while nee-chan stayed home to look after us. Still, mom would get pregnant by some stranger. Nee-chan would name the others and raise us by herself" Akito said.
"Mom would always come home and hurt nee-chan and say bad things to her" Kuroi said.
"Like it was her fault dad was dead" Akai said.
"Or that she wished nee-chan was never born" Riku said.
"Or that nee-chan would grow up to be nothing but a slut" Daisuke said.
"And much more" Akito nodded. "Nee-chan would always take it. She said it was to protect us" Akito said. Mokuba nodded.
"Seto was the same. He took it all to protect me" Mokuba said. Akito nodded. "So how many siblings do you have?" Mokuba asked.
"There's 9 of us. Sakura is three, Tsuki is four, Yuki is five, there's us and then there's nee-chan" Daisuke said.
"What's your nee-chan's name?" Mokuba asked.
"Her birth name is Anzu Mazaki but mother had her name changed to Tea Gardner" Akito said. Mokuba choked on air.
"Tea is your sister!" Mokuba yelled.
"Do you know her?" Akito asked. Mokuba nodded.
"She's like my older sister" Mokuba said. "She's also in my nii-san's class"
"What a small world" Akito murmured. Mokuba nodded.
"Wow. I never knew Tea went through this kind of stuff" Mokuba whispered.
"She's good at hiding it but at night, we would listen to nee-chan cry in her room" Akito said. "The stress is getting to her"
"Did you know she works 3 jobs that don't even pay good? And she has to keep them secret otherwise she could get expelled from school" Daisuke said.
"3 Jobs!" Mokuba almost yelled. They nodded.
"She's given up her dream to look after us. She pays for our food, our clothes, our education, our everything!" Akito yelled. He clenched his fists. "And what does she get? Nothing. What does she get at the end of the day? Nothing. Not a cent left for her" Akito hissed. Tears were welling in his and the other boys eyes.
"It's just so sad because she does so much for us and we can't do anything for her" Kuroi cried. In Mokuba's head, he was working something out.
Okay so this story is like my Naruto story Fighting Family Feuds which is an ItaXsaku story.
Read that too if you haven't already!
RxR!