This chapter just came to me and I just got my head down and wrote it. I'm a happy with how it came out. Hope you enjoy reading it.

Disclaimer - I don't own Yugioh or any of the characters, nor do I make any profit for this.

Conversation with Friends

She groaned. Her eyes were sticky, that was the first thing she realized, the second was her bunged up nose and the third was something warm touching her face. Blinking she raised her head and frowned, the warm thing touching her face was the warm naked body of Valon. "Oh please tell me I didn't please tell me I didn't" she took a hold of the blanket and with a deep breath she lifted the blanket and peered underneath. "Bottoms on… check, t-shirt on… check. So why am I in bed with Valon?" She looked up at his face and smiled softly, she could feel his hands on her back and the urge to close her eyes and snuggle closer to the heat was a tempting idea but she rolled away and closed her eyes. "Yugi" she whispered sadly, she now knew why Valon lay beside her, only a few hours ago she had watched Raphael walk through the door and listened to him as he told her how the Pharaoh had activated the Seal of Orichalcos and lost but somehow had avoided capture and sweet Yugi had been captured. She had been mad, and had said unkind things but she refused to take the words back, "Why should I" she thought "We've done nothing wrong so why should we suffer" she rolled on to her back and stared at the ceiling, it was early morning and the sun had yet to rise but as she laid there she couldn't help but thank the man beside her. She had run out of the room in tears and he had followed her, holding her as she cried and had only said two words; I'm sorry. Smiling softly she pushed herself up and stared down at him. The light from the moon shone through the curtain illuminating his face.

His bright blue eyes were hidden from view and his cheeky smile had disappeared but looking down at him she couldn't help but smile. He looked much younger than his 18 years, beside her, laid a young man who tried to hide his emotions behind a happy grin. The nightmare he was having was plain to see on his face; stroking his brow she watched as his face calmed under her soothing strokes. It was only fair that she comforted him in his time of need. Burrowing his head deeper in the pillow she smiled and removed his arms from around her and climbed carefully out of the bed so not to wake him. She pulled the covers over his body and with a last look she left the room and tiptoed downstairs.

Alister's door and Raphael's door was sealed and she was sure that she had seen a lump in Mai's bed as she left the room. Looking behind for one last time she sprinted towards the phone that was beside the door and dialled waiting to hear a familiar voice.

"'Ello?" grumbled a voice. "Who is it?"

"Tristan it's me Téa wake up,"

"TÉA! You alright? Those sleezeballs haven't hurt you have they? Guy's wake up Téa is on the phone!" She could hear soft voices on the other side of the phone and she sighed it was so good to hear the voices of her friends even though they were so far away. She kept watch on the stairs, she didn't want to be caught on the phone, and they had never said she wasn't allowed to use the phone but yet they never said she could.

"Téa it's Joey you okay?"

"Hey Joey I'm okay how are you guys?"

"Yeah yeah we're good. Where are you? They're not hurting you are they?" his voice was quick and full of sleep but she was so grateful to hear him.

"I'm not sure where I am, Raphael kidnapped me but took me other the sea, I don't even think I'm in America anymore. And don't worry about me they're not hurting me."

"Good because if they were I'd…"

"Joey be quiet and listen I don't have long to talk. Something fishy is going on here the man buying Kaiba's company is called Dartz…"

"What did you say Gardner?" The voice from the phone was one she hadn't been expecting but she was happy to hear it nevertheless.

"Kaiba, listen the man behind you loosing your company is Dartz he runs the company Paradius and from what Valon has told me, Paradius owns a bit of every company going but has completely taken over yours.

"Why that…"

"Kaiba I haven't got time for you to curse. Listen to me… Dartz runs a secret organisation to capture souls to raise the Leviathan a monster that was will destroy the world." She could here Kaiba scoffed but ignored it. "You need to be careful I know what the Pharaoh did and I know Yugi is gone but you guys really need to be careful. It scary how much Alister knows about you Kaiba, the man is after some serious revenge."

"Why is he after you Kaiba?" she could hear Rebecca on the other end and listened as Kaiba informed them of Alister's story.

"This is what I find fishy, Valon and Raphael told me about their lives before they joined Dartz and what struck me was how Dartz just seemed to appear out of no where and took them with him. It's as though he's been watching them…"

"Listen Téa don't let them get too close, they'll try and brainwash you like they've done to Mai."

"Joey, Mai is here and they haven't brainwashed her, she chose this life willingly but I'm beginning to think she's wishing she hadn't."

"Téa be careful. We know about Yugi and we don't want the same to happen to you." Tristan's voice was stern and she noted a slight hint of anger in his tone and she knew it was because of the Pharaoh.

"It's not me they're going for, it's the Pharaoh, Kaiba and Joey. Dartz was going to kidnap either you or me, Tristan, to affect their duels. He was hoping that if one of us was kidnapped then they'd lose there concentration and their souls would be easier to take."

"Don't worry Téa that won't happen, they've got no chance of beating me." She smiled at Joey's words, he was still the same Joey she knew and loved.

"You know Téa I'm beginning to think you're enjoying your time with those boys. But don't go shagging any of them." Téa snorted at Rebecca's words but as she tried to deny it her mind drifted to the man laid asleep in her bed.

"Don't worry Rebecca I won't."

"Téa," the Pharaoh's voice was rough and even though she was angry at him she just couldn't yell at him. "I'm sorry, Yugi told me not to do it but I – I – I didn't listen to him. It should have been me that lost my soul I…"

"Pharaoh, listen to me, don't beat yourself up over it. We'll get him back you have to fight for him now. Don't let his sacrifice be in vain." A noise from upstairs made her freeze, she could hear Joey saying something but her ears were focusing on the noise from upstairs.

"Listen Joey I'm sorry I've got to go. Don't worry about me and be careful!" She placed the phone back on the receiver and hurried into the kitchen and switched on the lights. Turning a full 360 degrees in panic she hurried over to the fridge as she heard the stairs creek. Someone was coming down stairs and her only excuse for being up this early was her thirst.

The door to the kitchen opened and she sighed inwardly when she saw Valon walking in. Her breath caught in her throat when she looked at him, it was the second time he had walked into the kitchen topless, and it was the second time she stared at his perfectly chiselled chest in lust. Rebecca's words from early came back to haunt her 'Don't be shagging any of them.' "Curse you Rebecca Hawkins curse you!"

"Téa what are you doing down here?" his voice soft and full of sleep, his blue eyes were slightly muggy from just waking up.

"My throat was dry so I came down stairs to get a drink." She knew it was a lie but her throat really was a little dry.

"Oh okay,"

"Valon, I want to thank you for earlier, you didn't need to come and see me but … thank you." His cheeks flushed softly and his smile was soft.

"I wanted to make sure you were okay." She was smiling as she walked over to him, standing in front of him, her eyes level to his muscular chest she raised her arms and wrapped them around his body and his arms followed suit and wrapped around her slimmer body. Resting her head on his chest she listened to his heartbeat and closed her eyes. His scent was intoxicating and she knew if she didn't pull away now she never would.

Sighing she pulled away and looked up at his face. Standing on her toes she pressed a soft kiss to his cheek and whispered thank you once more before she pulled apart.

He smiled down at her and nodded. "I take it you're going back to your own bed and I'll be going back to mine?"

"Yes, if I wake up in bed with you Mai will have even more questions to ask." Valon laughed and nodded in agreement.

Together they walked up the stairs and with a soft smile they went in separate directions, Téa towards her room and Valon towards his. Lying back in bed she stared once more up at the ceiling. The conversation with her friends had lifted her spirits but she couldn't shake her feelings on Dartz. "Something just doesn't seem right," and that was her last thought before she drifted off to sleep.

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