Whew...! Okay I have another chapter done! Enjoy!

Yu-Gi-Oh is not owned by me.

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It was nothing but blackness, everything was buzzing. Tea felt like she was floating in a black void, everything seemed numb. What had happened? Why was she like this? She thought she heard murmurs, she had to come out of this void. Slowly she regained consciousness. Everything was blurry when she tried to open her eye. She shut them again, only for the murmur of voices starting to get louder. From what she could tell, there was probably about five people in the room. But the question remained... Where was she? Again she opened her eyes everything starting to clear the moment she kept blinking them. Four people were way on the other side of the room and there was someone peering down at her. She recognized the small boys face and his wild raven black hair. He beamed, turning his head to the side to shout something at the four people.

"Hey! She's awake!"

The chatter stopped, Tea was suddenly surrounded by one doctor and two nurses. They looked at her and were also checking a few reports that they had in their hands.

"My dear. Are you alright? How are you feeling?" Asked the doctor. He had grey hair and a thin moustache with a pair of thin rimmed glasses. His dark green eyes gave him a gentle and grandfatherly look to him. Tea blinked a few times and realized that she was numb feeling. She was wondering why her entire body felt like lead.

"...Um... numb?" She said a bit quietly.

"I see... you must still be out of it. That was some fainting spell you had, it took a real toll on you. Anyways rest, don't try moving around just yet, you may pass out again."

"Okay..." She answered, she knew better than to disobey the doctor's orders. He smiled and then left the room with his two nurses. Tea stared at the ceiling for a minute or two. Then looked to Mokuba Kaiba who was sitting to the side in a chair.

"Hey Mokuba... Can you answer a question of mine?" She asked the younger Kaiba.

"Sure thing!" He answered with a smile on his face.

"Where exactly am I?"

"Ha ha ha! You're at the hospital silly! Wow you must have really bad fainting spell."

"Whoa the hospital? Then... Then how did I get here!" She asked starting to feel a bit more lively.

"My brother brought you after you passed out... He carried you, I was there cause he called me to get a limo to get you here and -"

"WHAT!" Tea shot up into a sitting position wide eyed. And unfortunately Kaiba was sitting in the corner with his arms folded his eyes closed.

"You're too loud Gardner... Try shutting up for once." Kaiba replied in a cool tone.

Tea was dumbstruck, mortally surprised. The cold hearted jerk of Kaiba Corp had brought her to the hospital... more like carried her. That seemed way to unrealistic to her. Mokuba laughed at her surprised reaction.

"Ha ha ha ha! I had your same reaction after Seto was carrying you! Honestly I didn't think he'd carry you in here! It was actually kind of swe-"

"Mokuba don't you dare finish that sentence." Kaiba glared at his younger sibling who just smiled innocently. Tea still couldn't say anything, she was just surprised. While the two Kaiba brothers argued with each other she was in thought.

'Maybe... Maybe Kaiba's not that big of a jerk after all...?' She thought. She kept thinking until she wondered how long she was out for. Then her cat popped into her mind and she froze. Mittens, she had forgotten about her poor cat. She quickly threw off the covers and immediately fell to the floor with a loud "OW!"

"Tea! Are you okay!" Asked Mokuba as her sudden movements scared him.

"Geez Gardner give us some warning before you do that!" Kaiba asked. Clearly her quick movement scared him too. She groaned and sat there for a moment rubbing her head, when she fell her head hit the floor.

"Sorry... It's just I have to go!" She tried to stand only to almost fall back down. This time a strong pair of hands caught her, she looked up to see that they belonged to Kaiba.

"Noo... The doctor's orders were to rest." Kaiba said sternly.

"But... I have to go... I left my poor cat by herself!" Tea protested.

"Tea where do you live? I'll go and take of your kitty." Mokuba perked up. She looked to him then to Kaiba, knowingly Kaiba wasn't going to let her go. She told Mokuba where she lived and how to get into her house. With a quick nod, Mokuba ran out of the room and was now gone. Tea sighed, she really wanted to get out of the hospital. She knew nothing was wrong with her. The with a shift movement Kaiba had picked her up into a bridal style and set her back on the bed. She squeaked and when back on the bed she didn't want to lay down. Kaiba gave her a quick glare watching her to see what she did next. She glared back, there was no way she was going to stay in one spot. Just as she started to move again, a pair of firm hands placed themselves on her shoulders.

"Kaiba... Take your hands off me.." She growled.

"You're not going anywhere Gardner." Kaiba stood firm.

"Oh and you're going to stop me?" She snapped at him.

"Yes I will." He said sounding rather calm and blunt.

"We'll see about that won't we?" She tried hard to push herself up and out of the firm grip Kaiba had on her shoulders. But it was failing miserablely. His hands managed to push her fully down into a laying position before slowly lifting off her. She was going to wait until he had his hands were fully in sight before she tried to make a run for it. When she saw they were at his side, she with a quick movement made to get up. She was out of the bed and wobbling badly on her feet before Kaiba could grab her.

"Gardner... You're pushing your luck." He stated slowly.

"I highly doubt that Kaiba." She again snapped at him. Her balance was way off. She tried to make a run for the door but instead she got caught from behind with two strong arms around her frame. Once again she had failed to get away. A sigh of frustration came from the elder Kaiba and it was fairly close to where her ear was. She nearly shivered.

"Gardner... you need to stay in one spot because you have just had stitches put in..." She heard him say. She froze. She had stitches? From what? This time she let Kaiba carry her back over to the bed and set her down. She then lift her the bottom of her shirt up and of course there a few stitches on her side. Then she remembered why she fainted, because of the blood on her side from the knife swing that was from Bandit Keith. Speaking of him...

"Kaiba... What ever happened to Keith? I mean... He got away but did the cops..?"

"No not yet. They're still looking for him, they caught his gang though." Kaiba shrugged like it wasn't a big deal. Tea looked down to the sheets and puffed out her cheeks in frustration. After all that he still escaped, and she felt both fear and worry that he might still come for her.

"Quit acting childish Gardner." Kaiba stated bluntly.

"You do realize Kaiba that he will come back probably to look for me, right?" She murmured. Then there was an awkward silence between them.

"That won't happen on my watch Gardner." His words took her completely off guard. That was something she didn't expect him to say. "From what I seen... He's actually a scumbag. Heh.. You think that duel was the first time I saw him as a slimebag? There was a few times before he was arrested that I did see him. Someone who holds a grudge against people is just pathetic."

Tea still couldn't help but feel surprised by Kaiba's words, to her it seemed almost very unlike him to protect anyone but his little brother.

"Well~ Then I guess that leaves only one option then." Said the all to familiar voice of Mokuba. Both teens looked to him with surprise.

"Tea and her cat are moving into our place for protection."

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I know this chapter seemed short but I was running low on how to keep it going. But it did turn out well I think. *sweatdrop*

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