Hey guys this is NOT an update I had to do a correction in this chapter. Sorry!
I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh.
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It was warm and comfortable under the blankets and Tea didn't want to get up. But a soft brushing on her face woke her up, her cat Mittens was brushing and batting at her face gently. Tea laughed and woke up picking the cat carefully up and setting her on her lap, to which the feline purred loudly.
"You're such a pretty girl Mittens.." She cooed to the cat, to which the cat curled up close to her and purred even more loudly. Tea giggled and began petting her. Tea would not have asked for a more suitable companion for when she was at home by herself. Lately she has been by herself, due to her mother's constant leaving the house to go on 'business trips', for all Tea knew was that she was actually probably trying to get hooked up with another guy so she'd have a boyfriend. Tea didn't want a stepfather, she missed her own father very much. She was a bit more closer to him than her mother. She remembered when her father's best friend also helped her out when he could, he was very close with Tea's father. She was eight years old when she was told that he was killed in a car accident. That broke her apart, she loved him, he was very close into being like her father. The other driver was drunk and was going way to fast, when the driver collided with his car, it was not a pretty sight. It killed him instantly and the drunk driver was sent immediately to the hospital. The driver was completely injured and had to have immediate surgery. Tea felt tears brim her eyes thinking about him whom she had referred to as a father, that she quickly wiped them away. Her attention turned back to the cat whom had settled cozily into her lap. She had to laugh, the cat was adorable. She carefully picked the cat into her arms and got out of bed.
"Gee Mittens... You're getting fatter." She laughed as she set the cat down to get dressed. She changed into some under garments now trying to decide what to wear. Finally she picked out a blue skirt with a white lace around it and white tank top. She grabbed a pair of white socks and put them on after she dressed. Getting some slippers she called for the cat to follow her. As always, Mittens jumped off the bed and followed Tea down the stairs. Tea reached the bottom of the stairs and headed for the kitchen, put on an apron, and prepared to make herself some breakfast. She first gave her cat some tasty breakfast of her own, her favorite cat food. Tea giggled as she held the plate with the food and her cat was brushing against her legs purring very loudly and mewing at her. She set the plate on the floor and had to step over her cat as she began to eat her tasty food. Tea got out a few pieces of bread, putting them in the toaster and then working on a batter for pancakes. She was very lucky that she knew how to cook well. Mixing everything together, she looked out the window wondering what her friends were doing. She knew that they were all going somewhere for the break and she was stuck at home. Really she couldn't leave her cat by herself. Then she sighed and continued mixing up the batch. She sprayed some unstick substance to her frying pan and then she set it over the small flame. She had already set the mixture down and began preparing the frying pan. It took only about two minutes and then she added her pancake mixture. She made enough to make at least three pancakes seeing as that was all the many she would eat. Cooking the first one usually always took the longest, so she prepared her plate by the side. Once the it was golden brown on one side she flipped it over with the spatula and let it cook the other side. Then her toast popped out and she quickly took them out and buttered them both. She set them on her plate and then removed the fully cooked pancake to her plate, and poured the batter for the second one. Time passed and finally she had all three of her pancakes. She turned off the stove and put her frying pan close to the sink so she could clean it later. Taking her breakfast she sat down and started eating putting a little butter and syrup on her pancakes. She finished rather quickly and cleaned her plate in the sink. Then she began scrubbing the frying pan with some soup and got it nice and shiny again. Her cat had already disappeared into the living room. Once Tea finished cleaning up, she put up her apron and joined her cat, whom was laying down on the couch for a cat nap. Tea sat down next to her and then stretched out.
"Man.. It's so nice just to relax now. Maybe I'll take a small cat nap myself Mittens." She said, looking to the cat. Mittens was sleeping soundly, to which Tea giggled at. Then Tea gasped and jumped off the couch, to which the cat didn't wake.
"Oh man! I can't believe this!" She said grabbing her head in a panicked dismay. "I forgot to go shopping for groceries!"
With that she quickly hurried and got her purse with some money and she made sure she grabbed her key. She set them on the table, getting on a jacket that somehow matched her skirt, but it had some very beautiful white lacing designs on it. She opened the window only a little bit and locked it in place. She grabbed her purse and hurried towards the door.
"I'll be back soon Mittens!" She said to the still sleeping cat. She kicked off her slippers and put on a pair of very cute flats. She opened the door and then checked to make sure it was locked before running off again. Once it was locked, she took off running down the street. Brushing her hair on the way, seeing as she had always keep a brush on her at all times. And a toothbrush with a small tube of toothpaste, she was very hygienic. But she had made sure she stopped at a small public restroom to which only held one person. She quickly brushed her teeth seeing as she forgot to at her house. Once her teeth were brushed, she hurried out of the restroom and down the street again. She had to reach the bus stop before the bus got there and then left for the main Domino city. She reached it just in time to see the bus reach the bus stop. She climbed aboard and sat close to the front, where she could hurry and get off to go shopping for groceries. She hated leaving her cat by herself. The bus stopped a few times to pick up people, Tea had a woman in her mid-sixties sit next to her. Tea really didn't mind she was used to this after having to do it since she was about eight years old. Looking out the window she saw a few of her friends from school walking down the streets chatting with each other. She really didn't have time to spend with them seeing as they too were heading somewhere over the break. A few more minutes passed and then Tea's stop came. When the bus stopped she carefully climbed over the woman, to whom she apologized to.
"Oh.. It's no big deal dear." The elderly woman said, smiling a kind smile.
"Okay, I apologize still. And Thank you." With that Tea climbed off the bus and then watched a few others get off and then the bus drove off. She jogged down the streets of the city looking for the store. It seemed to be crowded as usual. But as Tea was running she wasn't paying attention to where she was going. She accidentally ran into someone, to which she squeaked and fell unto her rear.
"Hey watch it!" Snapped the voice.
"I'm really really sorry! Mr..." She looked up and probably regretted it. "K...K-Kaiba!"
"Gardner!" The CEO glared at her. "Just what do you think you're doing!"
"What do you think!" She snapped, getting to her feet and brushing herself off. "I'm here shopping!"
"Oh really? Where's your little geek band?" He asked smugly. She glared at him.
"They're getting ready to go on a trip." She said, as calmly as she could. She looked at him and he was wearing his long dark purple trench coat with the metal cuffs on them and his shirt and pants were pure black. He wore his usual black boots with the belts looped around his lower legs. And he wore his card necklace, to which his younger brother told her, that it held a picture of him when Mokuba was younger. Even though he was taller than her, she was not the least bit intimated.
"Oh so the little cheerleader is stuck behind while they get their male bonding time in." He stated.
"Oh please, do me the favor and be quiet.." She said, brushing past him. 'That no good, cruel, insensitive jerk!'
Tea kept jogging towards the store and entered. She knew she didn't need all that much but she grabbed a basket and went looking around. Looking through all of the meat, chicken and any other cold items first. She found some chicken and some beef, to which wasn't bad. She grabbed a few fruits and vegatables so she could use them to cook herself a good meal for dinner. Getting some deli and some bread was good. Several different times she had to empty her basket because she had to change her mind. For the fifth time, her basket was empty and then there was something that spooked her and a few other people. There was a loud scream and everyone in the store began to panic. Tea got scared rather quickly and knew she had to get out. But then the sounds of gunshots going off really spooked her. She dropped the basket like many other people did as well. She ran around trying to get through a frighten crowd but it seemed hopeless. Sudden several booming voices were heard, ordering everyone to the ground.
"Get on the ground now!" "Get down!" "Get down to the ground or we'll shoot!"
She like everyone else around her, got to the ground. She covered her head with her hands, she was afraid. Laying flat on her stomach, she didn't have a clue what was going on. But she kept peeking around, and saw a few men with ripped vests and jeans with bandannas holding handguns.
'Oh great... I get into myself into the worse of situations. It's a robbery.. Just grand!' Tea thought. Something looked oddly familiar about these men but she wasn't going to dwell on it seeing as she was more scared for her life. She kept her head down and waited until they would leave. Then there was a voice that she found familiar to her, barking out orders.
"You heard me! Look around! Find the money!" He barked. He sounded close. And she looked semi up and nearly gasped, who would have thought that Bandit Keith would behind this? He looked bad, not to mention Tea didn't like the guy because of what he did in Battle Kingdom. He was a cheater. She quickly put her head back down as soon as he glanced in her direction where a few other frightened people lay on the floor helpless and scared. She heard him whistle and the sound of his heavy boots coming in her direction.
'Oh no... Please.. Please..! Tell me he didn't notice me! Please please please pleAse!' She thought quickly, keeping her head down.
"Well well well~ What do we have here?" He said, his voice very close to where she was.
'Oh man! I knew it!' She thought in disbelief.
"You look familiar sweetheart. Come on let's see that pretty little face of yours." He stated, grabbing her shoulder and turning her over to face him. She felt panicked wide eyes with fear in them, staring right at the main boss man with a gun in his hands. His face darkened when he finally recognized her.
"You're Wheeler's little friend! How inconvenient.. Well.. I guess makes it good doesn't it? We'll use you as bait to get Wheeler back for what he did to me in Duelist Kingdom." He stated smugly.
"Y..You cheated though! Pegasus got rid of you because you were a cheating scoundrel!" She snapped out of fear. He sneered and roughly pulled her up to her feet, to which she squeaked out trying to get away. She immediately stopped struggling when he pulled out his pocket knife and held it close to her face.
"You better stop struggling or I might 'accidently' hurt you.." He said into her ear, making her shudder.
"L-Let her go! She's only a child!" Said a frightened man's voice.
"Aw shuddup!" Keith snapped. The man flinched. Then Bandit Keith dragged Tea with him towards the cash register, he had put the knife away and pressed the gun to Tea's back. She was very uncomfortable, his grip on her arm was really hurting and the gun was pressed into her back roughly. Tea knew she was going to have a bruise on her arm from his very rough grip. Now he pointed the gun at the cash register lady whom was shaking very badly.
"Open the register! Or I'll blow her head off!" Keith threatened pressing the gun to Tea's head. She felt like crying, she had never felt so terrified in all of her life. The lady hastily got to work, and Tea knew she was doing it to keep her alive. Then the doors to the store opened and everyone turned and looked. Tea gasped a little shocked. Seto Kaiba stood there and outside the doors behind him were a lot of police cars.
"Seto Kaiba?" Keith stated rather dumbly.
"Really? You're such a lowlife using a hostage to get what you want. Besides I believe it's time you returned to prison with your little buddies." Kaiba stated rather calmly.
"You take one step in and I'll kill everyone here." Keith hissed through his teeth, putting the gun to Tea's head. She looked down and closed her eyes, hopefully Kaiba didn't recognize her.
"Always playing dirty are we? Why not settle this then in a different matter?" Kaiba stated. He was negotitating to get the people free? Tea seemed a bit shocked. Keith didn't seem to move as if he was debating on it.
"Okay.. What do you have in mind, Mr. Moneybags?" Keith asked with a bit of a growl to his question.
"Why not.. a duel?" Kaiba said. Tea felt extremely relieved, luckily no one could beat Kaiba except Yugi. With that Keith suddenly dragged Tea with him in a different direction and then shouted to his little gang members.
"You get what we came here for! I'll deal with this little rich boy!" Keith snapped out. A few of his gang members laughed while others were smirking. Kaiba lead the way to where they could duel. Unlucky for Tea because she had to go with them, but she didn't complain. She really couldn't with a criminal like Keith holding a knife in his other hand. They trudged through the store to the back where there was several pairs of stairs, Tea still didn't say anything but she complained inside her head. They kept walking up the stairs and finally reached the top; the roof. Tea couldn't believe that a regular supermarket store could be so high up. Keith smirked and looked to Kaiba how just stood there.
"So.. When do we start?" Keith asked smugly.
"We'll begin once you release her." Kaiba stated rather calmly. Keith snorted and shoved Tea to the ground hard to his right. She landed with a "oof!", and glared at Keith as he put his knife in his belt. Tea was rather surprised that Keith had a dueling kit, then again she figured he probably stole it. Kaiba was prepared and his was out and ready his deck in his hand.
"Let's Duel!" They both stated putting their decks in. Tea watched from the sidelines, she prayed Kaiba would win. She may not have liked Kaiba all that much to begin with but she didn't want to become a vitcim to Keith's gang. They began their duel and it seemed to go on and on, Kaiba was, of course, in the lead with Keith struggling to win. Tea could easily tell that he was getting frustrated, she didn't know when he was going to go desparate soon. And she had the horrible feeling she was going to be apart of it. Now both Keith's and Kaiba's strongest monsters were on the field, The Slot Machine and the Blue Eyes White Dragon. Tea didn't know when it did, but the duel was won by Kaiba in a instant. Keith was either furious or just shocked.
"You lose Keith! Now release your hostages and leave out of this store..." Kaiba started. Before either Tea or Kaiba could react, Keith quickly grabbed Tea and held her in a very tight head hold. She wanted to struggle but she didn't know what was stopping her.
"You move one step and she will die.." Keith said threateningly. Kaiba was frozen in place. Tea didn't want to die and she didn't want to get taken away. So she did something not even she expected herself to do. She stomped her foot hard on Keith's and he released her quickly. She scrambled away from him and swiped the knife at her, she dodged it or so she thought. She ran her way to Kaiba and somehow into his arms. Keith was about to charge towards them but he stopped short as the helicopters rose above the building. He growled and ran towards the side.
"I'll remember this! I'll be back!" He shouted as he lept from the building's side. Tea didn't move she felt scared at the most part, her arms were wrapped around Kaiba. It was only because she was terrified. He must have known because he didn't shove her away.
"You alright?" She heard him ask. She nodded, she couldn't speak.
"Good... You need to be more careful Gardner." She looked up at him in surprise.
"Wait.. You.. knew it was me?"
"Of course I did you idiot.." He said rather calmly. She took a few steps away from him, how could this cruel jerk be kind to her at the moment? Suddenly she winched, grabbing her side.
"Gardner? Gardner!" Kaiba grabbed her shoulders. She took her hand away from her side, and there her hands had blood on them. She could have sworn she had dodged Keith's knife. The wound was getting worse and it bleed more. She felt her knees give out on her and Kaiba caught her with strong hands. She really hated the sight of blood, especially if it came from her own wounds. She shook, fear struck her greatly. And before she knew it, she passed out.
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Okay here we go.
