I was going to add more to this, but no. This means that the next chapter will be up sooner than expected. Enjoy and review

On the cold, cement ground, Tea Gardner laid fast asleep. The sleeping drug kicked in during the fight. Her friends were surrounding her to check if she was alright.

"Will she wake up?" Mai Valentine stood behind Rebecca, who was using her healing staff to heal Tea back. That throw sounded really bad from afar.

"I would love to answer that, but Tea's necklace is blocking me from knowing that." she pointed at Tea's necklace from the side, it was glowing.

"So it healing her for you?" Joey was on the road with Tristan Taylor and Duke Devlin, making sure that the attacker wasn't coming back.

"Yeah and I brought my stuff for nothing," she was finishing "checking" her friend's back when something came up, "Why didn't Tea use her gun?"

That was a good question. Tea wasn't a type of person to fight with an opponent with just a dagger.

Yugi went to her silver car and found a gun without ammo. "This solves that mystery but why doesn't it have any ammo?"

After hearing that, Tea swore under her breath. Rebecca heard. Everyone came toward her to see if her necklace did anything at all. "To...many... people...around me..."

"Okay everyone, back away. Yugi, please take Tea to her apartment. She needs her rest." At that command, Yugi carried Tea on his back and walked slowly to her place.

The sleepy fighter woke up quietly. She looked around and saw that she was on her friend's back, "Yugi...why are yo-"

Tea was silenced by his glare. "How many times do I have to tell you to be careful around here? You know that you can't bring anyone from the Law Knights, Cerulean Flower and worst of all, one of the Rose Guard. They would know what New Wings is up to. But the one thing that concerns me is why your gun didn't have any ammo."

Tea wondered the same thing. Then again, it took her a while to figure that Lucifer must have got her gun before she left him in Dark City.

"...Some guy took them..." Yugi just shook his head. It really didn't surprised him. That seems to happen to her a lot these days. That includes the acts of stupidity she's been having recently.

They arrived in front of Tea's apartment. Yugi let go of Tea, unsure if she wanted to sleep or talk. "Try to actually sleep. The last thing I want you to do is doing work until dawn."

"Which is like an hour from now." She was right, the skies are turning into a light pink color. The sun seems to be getting up now. Tea didn't like that.

She looked at Yugi and noticed that he seems to be getting taller. It reminded her of Old Izumimiya. She shook her head, the last thing Tea needed was to be reminded of an old vampire who drugged her without noticing. Then again, it was her fault for letting her guard down.

"You okay?" Tea shook her head in response. She wanted to sleep, not to worry her childhood friend.

Yugi opened Tea's apartment door and let her in. Tea couldn't walk straight, she hated feeling weak in front of her friend. She had no choice but to let Yugi help her walk to her bedroom. It was a one room apartment, less room to walk. It was good since she felt weak.

Tea saw some dim light on her chest and saw her necklace. The glow was disappearing, it was as the soul in it was relieved. She smiled and couldn't help but to think of her former lover. He would be mad if he found out what had happened.

Her room was small, but Tea loved it. She tried to walk to her bed and succeeded. Tea took off her jacket and boots, and collapse on her bed. Yugi stood there on her door to see if she made it. He smiled in relief and left her to finally sleep.

Tea was so happy. To finally be in her bed even though it will be morning soon, this was her life. Or was his life. She turned to her desk to see her picture with her former beloved when Old Izumimiya was on her desk looking at a picture frame in his hands.

"Nice looking, too bad he's dead."

It took a second to realize that the old vampire was on her desk, quietly, Tea stood up and got hold of a gun from under her pillow. She always had extra weapons almost everywhere in her apartment. This made Izumimiya look sad. He sighed, "This is no time to kill me. I have information that may interest you. Are you willing to accept it?"

"Why would I trust you?" Tea aimed her gun toward the vampire. She had to be careful, there was no telling what special abilities this guy may have.

"Because," he said quietly, Izumimiya looked at the picture while talking, "you might want to avenge certain people, do you not?"

'Leo...' Her would-be-husband from eight years ago. The former captain of the Orange Crest. The older brother of Lucifer. He made Tea promise not to avenge him since the Council members were the ones that killed him. She tried so hard not to. Could Izumimiya help her?

"But first, you must hear something that might change your opinion on that."

This shocked Tea, "Didn't you just said that you will help me?"

Izumimiya smiled, the smile that made Tea blush at the bar. She quickly shook her head, what nonsense had she gotten herself into? She noticed Izumimiya wanting her to sit down, or was it a command from her mind?

"You ready? At the bar, I told you about the Council of Roses are after your Necklace of the Stars. I forgot to mentioned that they want as soon as possible. That would explain why Lisa ca-"

"What?!" She was used to having Lucifer behind her back, but Lisa? This didn't make any sense. Why would the Captain of the Red Rose do with her necklace. Tea got hold of her necklace and hugged it. She wouldn't let anyone take it from her.

"That necklace is the key to find the last of the ten treasures to summon what the Council wants. This information was never told to the Rose Guard. The Council doesn't want rebel forces to be form from them. All four captains have more power than the Council itself.

So they eliminate captains every year or so. For example Leo...and now they have killed the Captain of the Blue Rose, Lilac."

'Lilac the Peaceful?' Tea felt sad for her family. The Kaiba family were the most respected family in Altomare. Lilac didn't even belong in the Rose Guard. She will have to pray for her later. Tea nodded for Izumimiya to continue.

"They believe that too many people will know what they want. Five thousand years ago, the founder of Council...the White Slayer..." The old vampire took a while to control his anger. Remembering painful memories must have been hard to forget. Tea knew how that felt.

Izumimiya took a breath before talking again, "Back then, he was the White Slayer. He wanted to summon the creator of darkness to control all worlds, Zork Necrophades. Nobody could stop him and the newly created Council. There was one family that almost stopped them. My family, the Izumimiya clan. My father was the leader back then and he knew what he was doing. For us, it seemed like a victory. In the end, it was all a failure. You see Tea, you are not the only one who lost a loved one by the hands of the Council. I have lost my wife and two children."

Tea stared at him and looked up at her sunroof. The Earth's moon, Luna, was out there, but not shining. That was to be expected. Artemis, Earth's other moon, must be on the other side of the globe by now. She couldn't help but to think how Izumimiya has lost his love ones. He seemed to be a stong vampire, not someone who would lose someone that precious.

"What if I am a vampire? I was a human five thousand years ago. Being a vampire was a curse set by the Council for messing up their plans. My entire clan suffered that curse. Except my wife and children. They were killed during a battle in our palace. I was helpless."

He clenched his hand. He wants to go back, to help them, not being helpless. But its too late.

Tea got up and hugged him. She felt it all before, Tea never knew that someone would feel her pain. It was too much for someone to understand. How did he manage to live for all these years?

"I know, it wasn't my fault. But I was so helpless. That is all in my past, I have to move on. Please be a dear...would you let go of me."

Tea blushed and let go of him. She went straight to her bad and sat down. Izumimiya couldn't help but smile. "The famous Law Knight and member of the Cerulean Flower is blushing? That's kind of hard to believe."

"Shut-up and continue." So much for getting some sleep.

Hope you enjoyed the this chapter. Chapter seven will be up soon.