Chapter 24 is here! And I'm going to bed!

Hope you like it! (Yawn~)

Atem: I'm not in this story yet, so I get to speak for Grace because her mind is sleeping. I'd like to say that one, Grace is tired. Two, Yu-Gi-Oh! does not belong to Grace (excluding her collection). And three... well, there isn't a three. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 24

Yami and Tea walked peacefully down the hall, enjoying each other's company. Tea was a bit nervous about confessing, but she knew Yami would be able to tell without even looking at her and decided she had to calm down. Yami was focusing on her, knowing her nervousness and her attempt to calm it. He smiled at her, then spoke up, "Was there something you wanted to talk to me about?"

Tea fidgeted for a moment, then glanced at him. 'I can do this,' she thought.

"Yeah, there was. Um…" she trailed off. Yami waited patiently. "It's about… the other day. When you confessed." She blushed a bit. "I… I—" she stopped as Yami's head shot up. He suddenly had a frantic look in his eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked, worried.

After a moment, his vision refocused on her. "It's Ati," he said. Tea's eyes widened, and Yami put a hand on her arm. "I promise I'll bring this up again later, but right now I need to go help her. Something happened."

Tea nodded. "I'm coming with you." Yami looked into her eyes for a second, showing an apology and a thank you, then turned and ran toward where Ati was, Tea following behind. On their way, Yami reached out an arm behind a corner and grabbed something, continuing to run.

"Ow!" the "thing" he grabbed yelled.

"You three shouldn't have been following us. You know better, Yugi," the Pharaoh said.

Yugi frowned, running along with him and a surprised Tea. "They dragged me with them. So, why are we running?"

Yami frowned. "My sister's in trouble. I figured I could ask you to go get yours. She's in our classroom."

Yugi nodded. "Okay, I'll go find her." He ran in a different direction as Yami let go and slowed down. They were nearing the art room where the girls had been working on their posters. Tea, who had been staring at Yami's head in order to keep up, looked around. The art room was just around the corner. She followed Yami until they reached the door, then stopped. He walked in and went immediately to his sister, who was crying.

Yami didn't say anything as he approached his twin. He could feel her sorrow, but her thoughts were too jumbled to decipher. A few random phrases and words reached him: 'So cruel…' '…do that?' '…toy with me…' 'Why?'

Suddenly, he got a picture of Ati and Kaiba kissing, and then of him leaving her in tears. He knew right away that this was Kaiba's fault.

Yami looked over to his sister's face, which was covered by her hands. He didn't need to see her to know how upset and disheveled she was, though. So he took the last step forward and put an arm over her shoulders.

As soon as Ati felt her brother's reassuring half-hug, she ran into his arms and sobbed into his chest. He wrapped his other arm around her, listening to her mumble, "Why…did he…do that…to me?" and continue crying. "So cruel…."

Yami frowned sadly. "I know, Ati. I know."

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Atem: My sister! Kaiba, you're dead.

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