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Luckygirl777
Tea-The Chosen One
Shikon-Princess
Mystical Aquafina
Takashi Kusinagi
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Chapter 9
"Tea, who is it? Who's on the phone?" Atem asked demandingly. Tea turned to him.
"My uncle." she whispered. Atem's eyes widened. The man who ruined Tea's life, broke her trust and killed her family was on the other end of Tea's cell phone.
"It's been a long time my little niece. How are you doing?" he asked in a sick voice. Tea clenched her phone tightly. She couldn't believe after all of these years, he would have the nerve to ask her how she was doing and pretend like nothing happened. So she answered back in a cold voice.
"How did you get this number?" he laughed menacingly.
"I'm surprised by your tone Tea. I thought that you would be happy to hear from me. We have so much to catch up on."
"Answer my question now!" Hiroshi chuckled.
"You are so demanding just like your father." Tea gasped.
"You have no right to say anything about my father. Now I am going to ask you one more time. How the hell did you get this number?" He was silent for a minute when he spoke again.
"It really does pay to have friends in high places, doesn't it? Well, I can't give out all of my secrets now, can I? Wouldn't want to be too careless." he laughed evilly. Tea was starting to shake in fear, but kept a firm voice.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"I just wanted to see how your life turned out." Tea was angry now that he said that.
"You wanted to see how my life turned out?! You have now idea what I went through because of you! You tore my family apart and I will never forgive you! I hate you so much!" she yelled. Suddenly the door opened and Yugi and Solomon came in the room.
"Tea, what's wrong? Who are you screaming at?" asked Yugi. Just then, Hiroshi laughed again.
"So, that must be your new family. Must be very nice that they are so concerned about you, especially that boy I saw you with at the park today." Tea felt as if she was going to faint.
"You were at the park spying on me?" Atem turned to her wondering what she was talking about.
"Well, if you put it that way I guess you can say that I was. It's amazing at how much you've grown. You look just like your mother." he said in a sultry voice. Tea was beyond outraged.
"Shut up and don't you dare say anything about my mother! Now tell me where you are now!" she screamed.
"Fine Tea, if you really want to know where I am, then meet me by the docks at midnight. Oh, and Tea, come alone." Then he hung up. Tea brought the phone down from her ear and ended the call.
"Tea, what did he say? What does he want?" asked Atem. Tea looked at him with a blank stare.
"He wants me to meet him at the docks at midnight." Yugi and Solomon exchanged worried glances at each other and Atem walked closer to her until he was standing in front of her.
"You're not going, are you?" he asked hesitantly. Tea didn't say anything and turned her gaze away from him.
"Yes I am. I have to." she said. Atem grabbed her shoulders and shook her lightly.
"Tea, have you lost your mind? You can't just go to him when you don't know what this man has in his head right now. Don't you see that this is just what he wants you to do? It's too dangerous and you can't do this alone." Tea pulled out of his grip and glared.
"I know it's dangerous and I know what he is capable of, but I have been waiting my whole life to finally face him. I am going to make sure he pays for what he put me through." said Tea. Everyone was quiet after the outburst until Solomon stepped in to say something.
"Now, let's just calm down. Atem is right Tea, we just want you to be safe. Why don't I call Naomi to come over and we can explain the situation to her. I'm sure that's there's something that she can do about this." Tea thought about it and nodded. So Yugi and Solomon left to go call Naomi. Atem was still in her room standing in the same spot watching Tea. She was getting nervous from his gaze until she felt him pull her into a embrace. They were both quiet for a few minutes just holding each other when Atem broke the silence.
"Listen to me Tea, I know that you want to confront your uncle, but you can't let him get to you like this. Let's just wait for Naomi to come and we can plan a way to stop him. So stay here, okay?" Just then, they heard the door bell ring.
"That must be her. C'mon, let's go down and tell her what happened." He walked towards the door to leave the room, but he looked back to see that Tea was still standing there not moving.
"Are you coming?" he asked. She looked up and gave him a little smile.
"Yeah, I'm just going to make sure that Buyo is okay. You go ahead and I'll catch up." Atem was hesitant to leave, but he did anyway. Once he left, Tea went to her nightstand and took out a piece of paper to write a note to Atem. She then went to her balcony to leave, but stopped when she heard a whimpering noise. She turned to see Buyo with a sad puppy dog face begging her not to go. Tea went back and picked him up and cuddled him to her chest.
"I'm sorry boy. I wish there was another way, but I have to do this alone. Now you be good until I get back, okay?" She gave him a little kiss on his head and set him back down. She went to the side of the balcony and saw a vine ladder that would help her get down to the ground safely. Once she saw that the cost was clear, she climbed over the ledge and onto the ladder. Carefully as she could, she climbed down until she was at the bottom. Tea looked up one last time and made a dash out of the garden and towards the docks where her uncle would be. Buyo still sat there and watched as Tea was leaving. The little guy was having bad feelings about the trouble that his master might be in so he ran out of the room to try and warn the other master that was downstairs.
When Atem got downstairs, he saw Naomi along with Joey and Tristan at the door. They all headed for the living room and sat down.
"I got here as soon as I could. Now what's the problem? You said it had something to do with Tea. Is she okay?" Naomi asked worried. Solomon, Yugi and Atem faced her with face fallen looks.
"Tea and I were talking tonight after you guys left. She told me everything about her parents and how they died." Everyone in the room gasped and waited for Atem to continue.
"The person who killed them was her uncle and he somehow called her cell phone a few minutes ago." Naomi had her hand over her mouth.
"It was her uncle who did it and you're saying that he called her?" Atem nodded.
"Now I understand why she never wanted to talk about it, but how did you get her to tell you?" she asked.
"I didn't, she came and told me all on her own." he said. They were all quiet for a while when they heard Buyo coming downstairs barking. He was running and sliding on the floors coming towards Atem.
"Hey, what's with him? Do you think he has to do his business or something?" asked Joey.
"Buyo, what is it boy?" Buyo was pulling Atem's pants leg with his teeth urging him to go upstairs, but he was confused. Why was Buyo down here when he was suppose to be upstairs with Tea? That's when it hit him. He picked up Buyo and passed him to Naomi and ran upstairs to Tea's room.
"Atem, where are you going?" asked Yugi. He ignored him as he ran up the steps. He opened the door and was met with silence.
"No." he whispered. He checked the bathroom and she wasn't there. When he came back out, there was a note on the nightstand addressed to him.
Atem,
If you're reading this, that means that I have gone after my uncle. I know that you told me
to wait, but I just couldn't sit and do nothing. Please understand that I had to do this on my own
and that I had to confront him myself. I don't want you or anyone else hurt by him so if I don't make
it back, I just want you to know that I love you with all of my heart.
Tea
"No, Tea." he punched the wall with his fist feeling moisture coming through his eyes. Yugi, Solomon, Naomi, Joey and Tristan came to see that Tea was nowhere in the room. They all looked to Atem for an explanation.
"She left a note saying that she went after him. I have to follow her." He was about to leave when Solomon stopped him.
"Atem wait, you don't know what this man is capable of doing. Let's just call the police first before we do anything." Atem was getting frustrated.
"You expect me to just sit here and wait while my girlfriend could be walking into certain death? Well, I'm sorry Grandpa, but I can't do that. I have to go after her and make sure that she is okay. I will never forgive myself if anything were to happen to her." Solomon was looking at how serious his grandson was speaking to him and he has never seen so much fire and determination in his eyes before.
"I guess there's nothing I can say to make you change your mind, but Atem, you can't go alone." That's when Yugi, Joey, and Tristan stepped in.
"Don't worry Grandpa, we'll be going with him." said Yugi.
"Yeah, we'll go there and bring Tea back home." said Tristan.
"Maybe we'll even show that uncle of hers a thing or two when he messes with the wrong people." Joey said with his fist in the air. Solomon looked at all of them and sighed.
"Alright, but take your cell phone with you and call us as soon as you found Tea. That way Naomi and I can call the police and we can follow you." he said.
"Where exactly did Tea say she had to meet him?" Naomi asked.
"She said that she had to meet him at the docks at midnight." said Atem. They all turned to the clock to see that it was ten minutes until twelve.
"We have to hurry. The longer we wait the less time we have to find Tea." Atem said. They went downstairs to get ready to leave, but before they touched the knob, Naomi stopped them again.
"Atem, please when you find Tea, make sure to keep her safe. From everything that you told me about Tea's uncle, I think that he plans on hurting her." Atem nodded and then Buyo started to whimper again. He went over and petted his head.
"Don't worry boy, I'll find her and I'll call you the minute I find her Naomi." She smiled at him and nodded. Atem, Yugi, Joey and Tristan were now outside heading for the garage to drive down to the docks. Atem was in the driver seat with Yugi next to him and Joey and Tristan in the back. He pulled out of the driveway and made they're way down to find Tea.
Tea had just arrived at the docks waiting for her uncle to show up. She looked at her watch and saw that it was now midnight. Suddenly, she heard some creaks on the floorboard and turned to see a shadow behind a crate.
"Why don't come out instead of hiding like the coward you are?" she said. Then, the shadow became a figure who stepped into the light. Finally after all of the suffering, the sleepless nights of tormented nightmares, the nights that she cried herself to sleep, she was now confronting the man who made her life miserable. Tea glared at him with hatred in her eyes. Hiroshi saw the look and started to laugh.
"You know when you give me that look, you remind me of your father." he said.
"I told you over the phone that you have no right to say anything about my parents." Tea said coldly to him.
"My you have grown haven't you. Aren't you glad to see me I mean it has been ten years since we last seen each other. Whenever I would come around, you would always greet me with a hug. Don't I get a hug Tea?" he asked in a sick sweetly voice.
"Yeah right, don't make me laugh. I'm not that same naive little five yr. old shrimp. I've changed throughout the years and no, I am not going to hug a man who murdered my parents. Now, you are going to give me some answers and you are going to give them to me now." Hiroshi smirked at her.
"Of course my darling little niece. Ask away." Tea stood just watching him with that stupid smirk on his face as if they were talking like they were at a family reunion.
"Why don't you start by telling me the reason why you killed my parents?" she asked coldly.
"Oh, it was just a usual family squabble, you understand don't you?" he said in a bored voice. Tea stood with a disbelief look on her face. Her parents were dead and the reason he killed them was a squabble? She was shaking with anger now.
"A squabble? A squabble usually happens when you fight over the last Popsicle or a stupid toy. What kind of a "squabble" were you having with my parents that you had to kill them for it?!" she yelled. Hiroshi still had that same smirk on his face.
"Alright Tea, I'll tell you the real reason why I had to kill them. Would you like the long version or the short version?" he asked sarcastically.
"Tell me everything and stop stalling!" she said.
"Long version it is."
(flashback)
Loud music and cheering people could be heard where a wedding reception was being taken place. The bride and groom was none other than Kyo and Tsubame Gardner who were now surrounded by people watching them as they were cutting the wedding cake. They were so happy together and everyone was congratulating them on their wonderful futrure together. All but one person, Kyo's brother Hiroshi. He never wanted his brother to be with Tsubame for one reason and one reason only. He was in love with her. They all went to high school together and he has had feelings for her ever since. He was never able to tell her for the fear of rejection, but just looking at her with his brother on the dance floor in her wedding dress now married to him just made him sick to his stomach. They were sharing their first dance as husband and wife. He wanted to find a way to get her alone and talk to her. That's when he saw her heading to the bathroom and got up to follow her. When she came out, he walked up to her and greeted her.
"Hello Tsubame." she looked up to see him coming towards her.
"Hello Hiroshi, it's so good to see you. I'm so glad that came to the wedding. I know that Kyo and I are going to have a wonderful life together." she sighed dreamily.
"Why don't we talk about something else Tsubame." he said. She looked up in confusion.
"Okay, what do you want to talk about?" she asked.
"Us." Suddenly, Tsubame felt herself being pushed up against the wall with Hiroshi grabbing her forearms.
"Hiroshi, what are you doing?" she asked in a shaky voice.
"I love you Tsubame. I've always loved you ever since high school and I always wanted to tell you. Leave my brother and let's go away together. He will never be able to give you what you deserve." Tsubame was struggling against his grip.
"I'm sorry Hiroshi, but I can't return your feelings. Even if you had told me this in high school, I still wouldn't be able to love you. I love Kyo and my future is with him so let me go back to my husband." she said.
"I'm not going to give up on you even if I have to force you to love me." He grabbed her again and pushed her again more violently.
"Hiroshi, stop please! What are yo-" he cut her off by a rough kiss. She was still struggling against his grip, but he was much stronger than her. She bit his lip hard drawing blood from and he let go of her.
"HELP! SOMEONE HELP ME!!" he smacked her and she fell on the floor with him looming above her. Suddenly, he was tackled on the floor to see his brother.
"Kyo." Tsubame breathed a sigh of relief. Kyo stooped down to her.
"Are you alright honey?" he asked concerned. Tsubame nodded. He turned back to his brother with murderous glare.
"What have you done to my wife?" he asked. Hiroshi got back to his feet.
"Tsubame and I were just getting to know each other on a different level. She's not suppose to be married to you and I was trying to get her to understand that."
"So just because that I won't return your feelings you want to just force yourself on me?" said Tsubame. Kyo eyes widened.
"So that's it, you want Tsubame to leave me and go to you right? My own brother who I thought that I could trust wants to betray me behind my back. Get out of here and don't ever let me see your face around me or my wife again." Kyo said. Hiroshi was seething on the inside and he took on last look at Tsubame who had her head buried in Kyo's chest and left. As the years went by, he waited for the day when Tsubame and Kyo would split apart, but they have never been more happier than they were especially with their first baby on the way. Throughout those years as she grew, he was watching from the shadows at the family thinking that should be him with Tsubame married to her and bearing his child. His brother always told him to stay away from his family, but he would always come around to bring his niece a gift for her. When his brother slammed the door in his face for the last time, he couldn't take it anymore. He went to his house and went through his closet searching for the case that held his sword and took it out to strap it to his waist. Hiroshi went back to Kyo and Tsubame's house and waited until the coast was clear for him to make his move. Tsubame came for something that she left in the house and when she closed the door, he quietly opened the door and followed her upstairs to her room. He looked inside to see that her back was turned to him and he silently walked inside.
"Hello Tsubame." he said. She gasped and dropped what she was holding to turn to look at Hiroshi.
"What are you doing here Hiroshi? Kyo told you to never come around here again." she said. He walked closer to her and she backed away until she hit the wall.
"I'm going to give you one more chance to leave Kyo and come with me. I want you to be with me Tsubame." he raised his hand to cover her face when she slapped it away from her. She stared at him with a glare.
"I told you that I love Kyo and I am not going to abandon my family for your sick fantasy. Now please leave because I have to pick up Tea from pre-school." she tried to move around him when she was pushed back against the wall. He reached out again to touch her face.
"You know even after all these years, you still look so beautiful. I would be able to give you the world if you were with me. We could go anywhere you wanted to go, Paris, Italy, Hawaii. Anywhere as long as we can be together." he said in a lusty voice.
"I would think before I start planning vacations if I were you." Hiroshi turned to see Kyo at the bedroom door.
"Little brother, what a surprise." he said in a fake cheery voice. Kyo stepped into the room and walked over to Tsubame to stand in front of her.
"I thought I told you to stay away from my family. Now I think my wife asked you to leave so we can go pick up our daughter." said Kyo. Hiroshi had a murderous look on his face.
"Fine little brother, I'm tired of this game anyway." Suddenly, he stepped a few feet away from them and he pulled out his sword and pointed it at the both of them. Kyo and Tsubame were now frozen with fear at what Hiroshi planned to do.
"Since you two are so much in love with each other, then you can love each other in the afterlife!" Then he charged at Kyo.
"KYO NOO!!!!" Tsubame then jumped in front of Kyo and saved him from the sword, but it costed her life.
"TSUBAME!!!" Hiroshi pulled the sword from out of her chest and she fell in the pool of her own blood. Kyo looked up to Hiroshi with a vicious look.
"You killed her. You killed my wife! The woman that I love and the mother of my child! Now because of you, Tea doesn't have her mother!" he yelled. Hiroshi wasn't fazed by it.
"And now, she won't have a father." he deathly whispered. With that, he plunged the sword into Kyo chest and he was instantly killed, but it wasn't enough. He plunged the sword repeatedly back into their bodies and slashed them. When he was finished, he looked down at the work he did. Just then, he heard a whimper in the hallway and saw that his niece was watching everything he did. He turned to walk towards her when she ran down the hall and out of the house. He pulled out his cell phone to call someone to book him a flight and leave, but not before taking one last glance at the bodies on the floor.
(end flashback)
"And that's what happened. I got on a plane and left the country for a few years, but then I decided to come back and track down my niece so here I am." he said. Tea was shocked by the story that her uncle told her.
"You killed my parents because you were in love with my mother and because she didn't want to leave her family when you told her to run away with you, you decided to take it upon yourself to just jump up and kill them?" she said. Hiroshi looked down at his side and pulled out the sword he used on Tea's parents.
"I had to do what I had to do. I was in love with your mother, but she didn't care about my feelings. All she cared about was my brother. I would have loved her better than he ever would have. Then they had you. She was suppose to carry my baby and have a family with me, but she chose your father and even in the end she chose him." he said raising his voice to her. Tea was now full of rage.
"My mother loved my father and me. Did you honestly think that she would change her mind when you pulled out a sword to her?! You're sick! I feel ashamed to call you uncle!" she yelled. Hiroshi then pointed his sword at Tea and smirked at her.
"Well this just makes my job a whole lot easier. Since I killed my brother and his wench, I'll just easily kill their spawn too!" He charged at her and almost made a impact when Tea dodged out of the way in time, but not without getting her arm hurt in the process. She quickly backflipped and got out of the way. Hiroshi was surprised by her move and came to charge back at her again. When he reached her, she dodged again and then punched him in the face. He staggered backwards from the impact and then she crouched down and swung her feet to trip him and he fell on his back dropping his sword in the process. She then grabbed his neck to chocked him while staring at him with murderous eyes.
"I am going to make you pay!!!" she hissed at him.
Atem and the others have now arrived at the docks so they got out of the car to look for Tea. So far, all they saw was a bunch of crates and fish nets.
"Where do you think she is?" asked Joey.
"She can't be too far, wait I think I see her. Yugi, call Grandpa and Naomi to tell them to get ready to bring reinforcements. I'm going to go get Tea." said Atem.
"Atem, be careful, okay?" said Tristan. Atem nodded. He then ran off leaving them at the car.
Tea still had Hiroshi by his throat choking him until he was blue. He was surprised at how she was able to have him down so easily.
"I'm impressed Tea. You must have been very busy in the last ten years." he said in a raspy voice. Tea's only response was to squeeze his throat tighter.
"You have no idea what I have been through! The abuse that I have faced from families that I have been forced to go to since you killed my parents! I have been starved, locked in closets until I was able to be let out, I was threaten with butcher knives, slapped in the face, oh and you'll love this, I was even almost raped! Thanks to you, my life has been nothing but misery! Just looking at you makes me sick to my stomach and I am going to make sure you suffer for every blood that you shed from my parents' bodies!" she hissed. She then looked over to her left and saw the sword that he to kill her parents. She reached over to grab it and lifted it so it pointed above his head. Hiroshi saw what she planned to do and started to chuckle evilly to her.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Do it, kill me." he taunted her. Tea's arm was shaking uncontrollably and she was hesitating. Hiroshi saw this and taunted her more.
"This is what you want, right? You have me right where you want me so just do it. Kill me Tea."
"Shut up! I can't think with you talking to me!!" she yelled at him.
"What's there to think about? You said you wanted to make me pay so just do it. Show me just how much you hate me." he said with a smirk. Tea still hasn't made a move and her arm was shaking more. She pulled her arm back and was about to plunge the sword into his skull when she stopped to let out a frustrating cry and brought the sword back down to her side. She closed her eyes thinking she couldn't do it. No matter how much she hated him, no matter how much he made her life miserable, she couldn't kill him. Hiroshi sat up and hit her roughly causing her to roll on her side. He stood up and picked up his sword.
"That might have been your only chance to stop me, but I guess you are just too weak, just like your parents. Say hello to them for me when you see them in the afterlife." He then lifted up his arm to strike her when he was suddenly tackled to the ground knocking his sword out of his hand again. Atem grabbed him by the collar and punched his face repeatedly from all the anger that he has put his girlfirend through.
"If you as so much lay a hand on her, I will personally rearrange that face of yours. You're not going to harm her in any way, got that?" he said viciously. He dropped him on the ground and rushed over to Tea who looked up to see him standing in front of her and saved her from a severe impact. He stooped down to her level.
"Are you okay Tea?" he asked. Tea nodded. Hiroshi stood back up with his sword in his hand again.
"How sweet, the knight in shining armor rescues the damsel in distress. Too bad your happily ever after is going to end in tragedy." He lifted his sword preparing to take another strike.
"FREEZE!!!!" There was eight police cars surrounding Hiroshi with no where to escape. Hiroshi looked at them all with a shocked expression wondering how they found him so easily. The officers had their guns pointed straight at him.
"Alright, drop the sword and take a few steps forward with your hands in the air!!" shouted one of the officers. Hiroshi was trying to find a route to escape, but gave up when he couldn't so he gave in to the demands and surrendered. Naomi, Yugi, Joey, Tristan and Solomon all came over to see Atem helping Tea up to her feet.
"Are you two okay?" asked Yugi.
"Yeah we're fine, just a little shaken up that's all." said Atem. He turned back to Tea who had her eyes hidden by her bangs. Naomi walked over to her and gave her a little hug.
"Tea, the ambulance is here. Why don't we go over and have them take a look at your arm, okay?" said Naomi. Tea still didn't say anything, but she allowed Naomi to lead her over to the ambulance. As she was walking she turned to see Hiroshi in handcuffs being taken away in the police cruiser. After her arm was bandaged up, she was given a blanket to be draped over her shoulders and a cup of water. She was sitting on the on the ambulance when Atem came over and sat next to him. He reached out to grab her hand and she looked up to see his face. Suddenly, her shoulders began to shake and Atem pulled her to his chest which caused her to drop her water on the ground and she cried all of the anger and sadness out.
"Shhh, it's over now Tea. Everything is okay." he whispered in a calm soothing voice.
"I almost killed him." Atem pulled back to look at her.
"What?" he asked. Tea still had tears streaming down her face.
"I was right there and he was on his back. I had the sword in my hand and I could have plunged the sword in his skull, but I couldn't do it. I couldn't kill him. Why couldn't I kill him? He has brought nothing but pain in my life." she sobbed more into Atem's chest and he held her while rubbing her hair.
"You couldn't kill him because you're not a murderer Tea. You could never think of taking a life like your uncle did and I think that what made you stop was the spirits of your parents. I think they were trying to reach out to you to let you know that killing him won't bring justice." Tea was now calming down from her crying. She pulled away from him with her head down.
"I know that you're mad at me for leaving the house, but I had to come. I had to face Hiroshi and I needed him to tell me the reason why he killed my parents." She felt her chin lift up and Atem kissed her fully on her lips. She almost thought that she would never feel his lips again after what happened tonight. He broke the kiss and smiled at her.
"I'm not mad, I was just worried that something would happen to you and I was relieved that I got here in time before it was too late." Tea wrapped her arms around his neck to bring him into another hug.
"I'm glad you came. I was so afraid that I never see you again." she whispered. Atem held her tighter.
"You know nothing could keep me away from you. I love you so much." he said.
"I love you too Atem." After the police took Tea's statement on what happened tonight, they all drove back home to the mansion sighing a breath of relief that this whole nightmare was finally over.
Another chapter done. This story is coming to an end and the next chapter will be the epilogue. Tell me what you think of this chapter. :D
