YAY! I got three hundred reviews. Omg, I never thought this day would come. I gotta make a speech. (Pulls out VERY long scroll) I'd like to thank all of my wonderful fans for believing in me and encouraging me to keep going. I love you guys so much, I don't know where I'd be without you. And I promised myself I wouldn't cry. Ok, you read the update, I'll go cry out of joy.

I'm really sorry it took me so long to update. I kept running out of ways to word it. Thank Alex, she kept pushing me to update. She inspired a couple of these chapters. Isn't she special? YAY ALEX! OK, I hope you enjoy the update. I tried to make it longer than the other chapters.

Chapter Twenty-One

Busted

"AGH!" Tea yelled in pain as she felt a sharp pain across her lower back. Another whack hit her. She yelped in pain. How did this happen? Her arms and legs trembled and were covered with dark bruises all over her delicate, pale skin.

"What did I tell you about screaming?" the deep voice behind her snarled. She trembled more. For the past three days, this man had blindfolded her, tied her up and tried to rape her. And every time he tried, she would scream and he would beat her mercilessly with a whip until she lay on the ground, curled in a ball, unable to even cry.

Then he would leave her on the floor all night. She was too scared to cry when she did not need to make noise for she feared his whip would find her soft skin once again.

"It's just like my nightmares..." she thought weakly. "Only real...and Seto is not here to save me..."

"Alright, brat. Today screaming won't save you." Horror filled her blood, icing her entire body. She felt his rough hands grab hold of her and pin her to the wall. She shrieked but his rough mouth, disgusting with the taste of alcohol, violently pressed to her lips. She tried so hard not to throw up in the sheer disgust the came to her.

As the offender wrecked painful homage to her delicate lips, his hands started tugging at her thin, cotton blouse, covered with dirt from the past three days she had been thrown to the floor.

Tea had been dragged all over Domino, to bars, abandoned buildings, and alleys. She had watched her offender guzzled numerous alcoholic beverages, try to strip her in the allies, and beat her in the abandoned buildings. And one day ago, that bitch from the Kaiba mansion was at the bar, laughing and flirting and sharing drinks with the rapist.

Then she looked at Tea and kicked her with the nastiest smirk imaginable. And her voice cut through her like a knife.

"Now you won't be in my way with Seto anymore, slut."

Yuri, the rapist, they had teamed up. How else would he know when she was leaving Domino? But did it really matter now?

Tea winced as she felt him rip through the material of her shirt and went for her jeans. No, this was not right. But she could not do anything from here. She was doomed. He would get the one thing she had left. Her innocence. Her virginity.

He would rob it all from her. He already stole her life. Her parents. Her chance at her one love in life. It wasn't fair. It wasn't right.

"God, please help me. Save me, somebody...anybody..."

The predator smirked evilly.

"Keep praying, beautiful. There's no God to help you. There's nobody. You're all alone." She squeezed her eyes shut. Her hopes were fading...fast.

With Seto

He stormed towards the apartment building. This was ridiculous. Why was he doing this? He should not go off a dream, he should actually be searching for her. He entered the building and went to the floor and looked at the room numbers.

"214, 215, 216!" he said. He patted the gun in his coat and then opened the door to the apartment, only to see Tea pinned against the wall with a man pressed roughly against her, his hand over her mouth and his mouth at her neck.

Her eyes widened when she saw him and pleaded for help. He stared coldly at that man.

How dare he touch her. How dare he rip off her shirt. How dare he bruise her soft, delicate skin. Seto pulled out his gun, crept over to the man, and put it to his head.

"Get away from her..." he said in the iciest tone imaginable. "Now." The predator slowly backed away from Tea and she fell to the floor, panting and trembling. Seto followed the rapist, never letting his gun move away from the man's heart, though he doubted there was one to shoot. "You do know you are going to die here, aren't you?" Seto asked coldly.

"Oh really?" Seto slightly tightened the grip on the trigger, to the point where the slightest pressure would set it off.

"I suggest you run. But by God, you are going to burn in Hell and I'll see to it." The murderer glared.

"No you won't." Seto pulled the trigger and the noise filled their ears. The murderer narrowly dodged the shot and ran out of the room. Seto growled in frustration but threw down the gun and walked over to Tea. He had to admit, it was a bit awkward since she was only in a pretty revealing tank top and bra. (The cotton shirt she was wearing before was sorta see-through, so she wore a tank top under it)

He untied the binds around her and she collapsed into his arms.

"Seto." He hugged her, never more grateful to have somebody in his arms.

"God Tea, I should have never let you go."

"This isn't your fault."

"Yes it is."

"Seto, please don't blame yourself." He stroked her soft auburn hair soothingly.

"Alright." A loud shot was heard and Tea felt a sharp pain in his right arm. She grasped it and felt warm blood against her hand.

"Tea!" Seto gasped. They looked to see her predator smirking wickedly at them, aiming Seto's discarded gun at her heart.

"And here is where your useless lives end. Kaiba, you can blame your little whore of a maid, Yuri, for everything. She spilled about Tea's whereabouts and when she was leaving for Tokyo. Of course, you'll never get the chance." Seto glared darkly.

"Yuri...that damn bitch..."

"You're a little late, Kaiba. First I'll kill off your little slut, then you. I guess it will be a happy ending, two lovers die together, just like Romeo and Juliet. Bye now." He pulled the trigger and Seto pushed Tea out of the way and wound of receiving the shot.

"SETO!" Tea yelled. He fell into her arms. She cradled him, tears forming in her eyes. "Seto, Seto I'm begging you, say something," she begged, "please don't be dead. I can't lose you too." He stared at her. Tears formed in her beautiful blue eyes.

"Tea..." he said softly. She bit her lip. His hand found her way to her cheek. "It's ok..." Rage filled tea. She glared up at the murderer, fires of hatred in her eyes.

"YOU!" she snarled, standing, taking care to set Seto down gently. She moved so quickly, the murderer almost couldn't see it coming.

A punch, a kick, and a shattering sound like glass. The murderer fell to the ground, his nose bleeding and three teeth knocked out and his groin racked. Tea glared down at him.

"Damn you."

The sound of sirens was heard outside. The police and the ambulance pulled up. Tea helped Seto out of the room as the police ran in. There was a bloody hole in his chest. She could not tell if it was at a spot deadly or one she could survive. She prayed she would make it.

She rode in the ambulance with him, clutching his hand and cursing herself for everything. He had saved her, but she could not save him. They arrived outside the hospital and pushed Seto into the emergency room. Tea sat down, still as a statue.

She called Mokuba, who was so happy to know she was ok, and told him what was going on and said he should stay home. She promised to call as soon as there was news.

Time passed by, creepingly slow. Tea combed through her soft brown hair anxiously. She prayed three times to God, please let him be ok.

The doctors shook their heads. He had lost a lost of blood. It seemed like he wouldn't make it. Tea looked up when a doctor came out.

"Is he ok?" she asked. The doctor sighed.

"He lost a lot of blood, miss. Right now it seems like it could go either way. We recommend you go home, get some sleep while we keep him here."

"Can't I stay?" she asked.

"You can, but there are no real places to sleep and you cannot be in the same room as him. Come back first thing tomorrow and we'll wait and see." Tea sighed and nodded.

She dialed the number to the Kaiba mansion. After one ring, Mokuba picked up.

"Hello? Tea? What's going on?" the little boy asked anxiously.

"The doctor says it can go either way. He told me to go home and get some sleep."

"I'll send the limo for you, Tea."

"Mokuba, please come with the limo. I found out that slut, Yuri, is the reason I was kidnapped. I don't want you to be near her."

"WHAT?"

"I know. Please, just come."

"OK." They both hung up and Tea waited outside the hospital for Mokuba. Soon, a jet black limo pulled up. Mokuba jumped out of the car and hugged her.

"TEA! I'm so glad you're safe." She hugged him back.

"Yeah. I wish Seto was too." Mokuba nodded sadly.

"What are we going to do about Yuri?" he asked. Tea thought for a moment then smirked.

"Is she at the mansion?"

"Yeah." Tea's smirk grew wider.

Meanwhile...

Yuri was laughing evilly as she laid on Seto's bed, acting like she owned it.

"One day, my dear Seto, you'll be right here with me. And I'll show you a good time. Now that little whore is out of the way."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Yuri sprang up and saw Tea glaring at her.

"YOU?" you yelled.

"That's right. And it's not just me." Two policemen ran into the room and handcuffed her.

"You can't do this to me."

"Actually, I can. See, after your little friend spilled that YOU helped him get me, that was all the proof I needed. While they were dragging him away, he was blaming it all on you." Yuri glared as they pulled her out of the room.

"I'll get you for this." Tea smirked.

"Right. Have fun in jail where you belong, bitch." Mokuba smiled and hugged Tea.

"Yay, she's gone." Tea smiled, but then she looked around Seto's room and her smile faded, as did Mokuba's.

The two were too worried to do anything, so they put on their pajamas, crawled into a bed, and fell asleep hugging one another, kinda like a brother and sister when they're scared from nightmares. And this was how they remained all night.

I'm terrible for these cliffhangers, but at least Seto saved Tea. NO! He is NOT gonna die, ok? So I don't want a million of you screaming at me that I killed him off, because he is not dead and he's not gonna die. Please review me as nicely as you did the last chapter, and there will be an update soon.