A Change of Heart

By: In Fair Verona/Sibby

Summary: Bakura and Tea have had a serious and steady relationship for 1 year, and suddenly Bakura wants to call it off. How will he end the relationship without hurting her? Maybe his favorite card can help.
Rating: PG-13
Shipper: Bakura x Tea
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters, cards, settings, or basically anything else from Yu-Gi-Oh!
A/N: Sorry for once again making you guys wait two weeks for the next chapter, but this time it's because I went on a 5 day vacation. Anywho, I was in the car and Dashboard Confessional's "Screaming Infidelties" came on the radio. I've heard it a 1,000 times but then I realize that it is the perfect break-up song, and the perfect song for Tea and Ryou's break-up! So I just had to incorporate it into the story! I hope you guys will like this chapter! Starts out kind of odd because I had no idea where to start from. Yeah, it's odd allright.

Reveiwers: Thankyou so much. This is the most reveiws I have ever gotten on any fic, and it means alot that you are interested in this!

youkai the hellhound- I'm glad I got another girl into the picture too. Rikku sort of fills the role that I don't see in Yu-Gi-Oh! A sassy, careless, hyper person to sort of be the balance between Mai and Tea. Plus, Tea's life has to spiral downwards in as many ways as I see fit. Mwah. Okay, now I just feel evil.

red- I took a long time again. Sorry. *Big glossy anime eyes* Are you mad?

Mookie- There goes my rotten vocabulary. Allright then, correction: History is skeptical. That okay? ^-^

R Amythest- True... Ryou doesn't snap. But in this story he's influenced by Bakura (or Yami B) often, so that's my excuse! Lol! :)

Peppermint Angel- Beleive me, I wish I could update fast! Taking time on stories eventually leads to me continously putting it off which is not good.

(No name reveiwer to said "good chapter")- Thankies!

NOOOO!- Thankyou for the "bag of presents". Warning: Uh, you're going to be feeling sorry for Tea again.

Yami Crystal- Sorry if you did not want to be spoiled, (I wasn't sure by your reveiw if you wanted to read them or not) but I did do this- **SPOILERS** just to warn you ahead of time. Next time I do that I'll leave a huge gap afterwards though, so that you can scroll down if you do/don't want to see them, okies? ^-^

Barbie- Wow someone who read my chapter more than once! I feel special! Thankies!

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"Kaiba, how am I supposed to do this project if you won't tell me anything about your ancestory?" Tea whined as she dragged herself along after Seto, who was doing his daily rounds in his enormous mansion.
"Annette, that picture's crooked." Seto said without even looking up as he passed a random guest bedroom.
"Are you going to answer me or walk around here like you own the place all day!?"
"I do own the place." Kaiba said calmly. He walked into the dining room and took a seat at one end of the table. Tea sat down on the other end. The polished oak table was about 50 feet long. "I can't tell you anything, because I don't know anything myself!" Seto said loudly.
"What did you say?!" Tea yelled. "I can't hear you from here!"
"THEN MOVE YOUR CHAIR!"
"Allright!!" Tea picked up her chair and moved down the table, setting it down beside Seto.
"I said I can't tell you anything because I don't know anything myself. I was adopted."
"... So you expect me to fail?"
"I'll talk to the instructor about it. Just let me interveiw you."
"Hey, do it on your own time! I'm supposed to meet Yugi and everyone at the park now! If you want to interveiw me, come to my house!" Tea said hastily, grabbing her bag and then running out of the room. The maids and butlers darted aside for her as she ran down the halls and out the huge front doors. Tea grabbed her dark blue mountain bike which rested against the Kaiba mailbox and hopped on, pedaling down the street. She rode down the street and made a left turn and then pedaling down a new road. She turned and ended up on Harlequin Drive, the street was like a short cut to Domino Park without having to go on any of the main roads. Allright so maybe it wasn't the only reason she came down this lane...

I'm missing your bed, I never sleep...

Tea slowly came to a stop on her bicycle infront of the familiar red brick house with the clean blue jean hued shutters on the windows. Her gaze immediately fell on the big window on the second floor. Like the last time she had come here, the faint lights were flickering in the room and casting a shadow as two figures moved about the room hastily.
"Rikku." Tea said, realizing how pathetic she sounded. Yet wasn't she in the most pathetic situation? Her boyfriend, the only man she could possibly ever love, had dumped her flat on her face. Then he had tried to do something to her and when she declined any type of friendship between them, Rikku just had to come... and now he has her. He didn't need to bother with Tea anymore. He had a new "friend" now.

Avoiding the spots where we'd have to speak, and this bottle of beast is taking me home. I'm cuddling close to blanket and sheets, but you're not alone, and you're not discreet. Make sure I know who's taking you home.

"This is stupid." Tea spat bitterly. "I can't be here. I just can't." She pushed hard on the pedal and took off down the remainder of the streets. The breeze blowing against her carried her tears through the wind and onto the pavement behind her as she rode away.

"What's this?" Rikku asked, picking up a photograph that lay face down on the bed stand next to Ryou's bed. Ryou quickly, and nervously, rushed over and swiped it from her hand.
"It's nothing." He said, shaking his head. "Just an old photograph." He looked down and glanced at the sweet picture of Tea in her cap and "I 3 NY" t-shirt, a smile barely stretching onto his somber face.
"You're smiling! Let me see!" Rikku said estactically, jumping up and down on her toes. Rikku shook his head and crumbled the picture, sliding it into his pocket. His face set back into it's stone depressed expression and Rikku took the quick hint, sitting down on his bed and looking back at her interveiw. The phone on Ryou's desk rang suddenly and both dashed to grasp the phone, their hands brushing against each other softly before they both pulled away and Ryou eventually picked up the phone.

I'm reading your note over again. There's not a word that I comprehend, except when you signed it "I will love you always and forever."
Well as for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs, and sit alone and wonder... How you're making out. But as for me, I wish that I were anywhere with anyone... Making out.
I miss your laugh, how did it break? And when did your eyes begin to look fake? I hope you're as happy as you're pretending.
I am alone in my defeat. I wish I knew you were safely at home.

Tea once again pushed the brake on her bike and it skidded to a stop on the road. She climbed off the bicycle and walked it over to where a tall man in a brown trench coat sat there alone, gazing up at the stars.

I'm missing your bed, I never sleep. Avoiding the spots where we'd have to speak, and this bottle of beast is taking me home.
Your hair, it's everywhere. Screaming infidelities and taking it's wear.

"Tristan... where's Yugi and Joey?" Tea asked, approaching cautiously and sitting down beside him.
"Oh... Hi Tea." Tristan said, forcing a smile as he looked up at her. "Yugi... couldn't make it. He's... meeting Jessica. He's breaking up with her." Tristan sighed, leaning back against the bench. Tea blinked a few times and looked at him questioningly.
"Uh... who's Jessica?"
"Ah!" Tristan put his head in his hands and then looked up at her. "Yugi's girlfriend!"
"Oh right... that's sad."
"Yeah Mai's pretty good friends with her. So Mai thought she'd better go follow to do some damage control afterwards. Amy will probably be there too... so I thought I'd better go."
"... Who's Amy?" Tea said, tilting her head.
"My ex-girlfriend."
"Oh- wait!" Tea exclaimed, looking at him with wide-eyes. "When did you break up with her!?"
"Yesterday." Tristan shrugged. "I think me and Yugi were thinking along the same lines. I just don't... care about her. I wish I did, but I don't. I couldn't care less. Sometimes I even forget I have a girlfriend... I'm never thinking of her anymore." Tristan admitted, sighing with defeat.
"It must've been nasty." Tea said, placing a hand on his shoulder comfortingly. She felt tears brim the edges of her eyes and struggled hard to keep them from falling. So that's why couples break up... they don't care... Ryou didn't care...
"Tea!" Tristan exclaimed, turning to face her and cupping her face in his hands. Her tears flew down her cheeks involuntarily and she tried to stiffle her sobs to no avail. Tristan wiping her tears away with his thumb, creating a slick gloss over her pink cheeks. "Tea, I'm sorry. I... Those were my reasons... How anyone could not care about you, not notice you, or not love you is beyond me." He said sympathetically, pulling her close and wrapping his arms around her. Tea sobbed onto his shoulder, swinging her arms around his neck.
"Tristan... I've never felt so bad in my life. My life... my world... I don't know what to do. He..."
"He what?" Tristan asked patiently, stroking her hair.
"I never told anyone... it was just a few days ago. After you all left my house I went to go see him. I know I shouldn't have... it was so pathetic of me. He told me that... when he told me that he loved me, he said that he had really meant it. Then he kissed me Tristan... Oh gods..." She rubbed her eyes frantically. "And then... he wouldn't stop..."
"What?" Tristan asked in alarm, his eyes growing wide. "What did he do?"
"He just... didn't stop. It was weird... I pushed him off and then I ran. He tried to apologize, he actually expected us to simply be friends again-"
"That bastard." Tristan grumbled, his hands curling into fists. The next time he saw Ryou... he wasn't going to let him get off that easy. The nerve of him! When he got his chance to grind him into the ground Yugi, Joey, or Tea weren't going to stop him either. He was going to kill that jackass once and for all...
"Tristan?" Tea cried, looking up at him. "Please, don't tell anyone. Please? It's hard enough already... with Rikku always with him. I don't want it to get around the whole school..."
"What are you saying?" Tristan asked, scooting away and placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Nothing. Just don't tell anyone okay? You're the only person I told... I just had to get it off my chest..."
"I promise I won't tell anyone Tea." Tristan said, taking both of her hands in his.
"Thanks." Tea smiled weakly.

"Home sweet home." Tea sighed, walking into her house and flicking ont he light switch. She threw off her jacket and proceeded into the kitchen, pushing the 'play' button on her answering machine.

You have...1 new message:

Tea, it's Seto. Since your play date interfered with getting any real work done I've already taken the liberty of contacting our professor and arranging for our group to work on our section of the float tommorow after school. We can do the interveiw another time, I just need time to get my team of highly trained specialists to gather lost information on my background. I've already contacted Ryou & Rikku so just be there tommorow.

"Ah, just like him. Never asking anyone else if they're busy or what they're plans are. Not that I have any plans anyway." Tea mumbled as she grabbed a glass of water and then walked out of the kitchen and towards her bedroom.

"Where's Ryou!?" Rikku whined, hopping ontop of the large wooden float and kicking her legs back and forth. "I want to start on this project already..."
"He's probably just running late." Tea shrugged, fiddling with a paintbrush in her hand. Seto simply shrugged and leaned against the float with his arms crossed. "We can start without him." She looked at both of them, first Rikku, who reminded her of the soccer playing Skipper doll she used to own, then Seto- think the Rat King from The Nutcracker.
"Go ahead." Rikku and Seto said in unision, obviously both opposed to the idea. Neither seemed to like the idea of work unless the conditions were exactly the way that they wanted it. Spoiled brats. They both shot each other a certain hateful look and then turned away.
"Kaiba, just because you paid for the supplies doesn't mean you get away with doing no work." Tea said calmly. "And Rikku... I'm sure you don't need Ryou to supervise everything you do." She prayed that her last comment didn't sound too spiteful.
"Well I'm not working with him, that's for sure." Rikku said, glaring at Seto.
"What did I do this time?" Seto said in an irritated tone, his hands balling into fists as he turned on her. "You're the one who won't shut up and has been continously whining!"
"You really don't have any manners, do you?" Rikku retorted, crossing her arms.
"At least I have class." Kaiba said cooly. He walked away from the float and picked up his briefcase from the ground. "I'm not staying to put up with this. I have more productive things to work on. I'll interview you later Tea." He grabbed his long blue jacket and swung it over his shoulder before walked out.
"Seto!" Tea said pleadingly, "Gah!"
"Don't bother, I'm gone as well! G'day!" Rikku said haughtily, hopping off of the float and grabing her back pack and slinging it over both shoulders. She glared at Seto and pushed past him as she ran out. Kaiba narrowed his eyes at his new adversary (Amazing how someone could get to him more than Yugi Moto could.) and quickly made his way home. Tea sat in the middle of the floor, abandoned, deserted, alone. She got rid of her paintbrush by chucking it through the air in exasperation and then pulling her knees up to her chest and resting her head against them. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down from the building stress that rested on her shoulders like an army breaking through a strong fortress. Stupid Kaiba... he's always so selfish! Does he ever think of anyone else? Ugh, and Rikku! What an over-confident annoying brat! Tea could already see the big fat F her project was going to receive and sighed in dismay.
"I beleive this is yours." Tea felt a hand on her shoulder and spun around coming face to face with Ryou. He extended his hand out to her, he was holding the paintbrush that she had chucked only moments before. "Uh... where is everyone?"
"Um. Kaiba and Rikku grew restless... they got in a fight and just left."
"Oh. That's not good at all." He muttered under his breath, moving his hand from her shoulder and to the stage of the float. Tea felt her heart pang inside. He's upset because Rikku isn't here. She knew something was going on between them, but this much feeling- this soon? Tea stole a glance at Ryou again and her eyes widened in shock. She had never noticed how he had looked before, which could either be a good or a bad thing, but he was literally all scratched up as if he had been rolling around in the dirt or something like that.
"Ryou! What happened to you?" She asked in concern, standing up and placing a hand on his arm. She saw the look of pain in his eyes as he pulled his arm away and held it close against his chest. "You're hurt!"
"It's nothing. I fell."
"Fell? Did you fall down a mountain or something?"
"No, no. Tea I'm fine..."
"You don't look fine." Tea said, frowning as he walked away from her. Ryou bent down and picked up a paint brush, and though he struggled to seem as if he was allright, Tea saw right through him. He was in serious pain and perhaps drastic injury.
"We might as well get what we can done." He said, grabbing a paint can and struggling to pry it open. Tea grabbed a stick and approached him slowly.
"Let me." She propped the stick against the lid and pushed down as the lid popped up revealing a cerulean blue paint color. "Seto said that we just paint the entire stage blue because the teacher said she wanted it to represent the ocean, and then each group would build over that.
"Sounds easy enough." Ryou said,dipping in his paintbrush and then walking over to the far end of the float where he began to paint. Tea watched him carefully. She felt really concerned and worried. He didn't just fall. Something happened. She tried to push her over active imagination out of her head as she dipped her paintbrush into the blue paint and began to work on the float as well. About an hour and a half later...
"We should work on props or something, while that dries." Tea said, placing her paintbrush down.
"Right. So... Rikku and I decided that we could build a miniature Ayers Rock... since she lived in Australia practically her whole life. Then a miniature of the Big Ben clocktower in Britain, because of my partially British heritage."
"Allright. That sounds creative." Tea smiled weakly.
"What about you and Seto?" He asked, picking up some paintbrushes and putting them away.
"Uh... we haven't really gotten much done on our part." Tea said nervously, wringing her hands together. "I have a bit of Latina in me." She chuckled nervously. "Yeah..."
"Well we can just work on some cherry blossoms today..."
"What?"
"Cherry blossoms... for the entire float. I mean, since I'm 50% Japanese and I'm guessing alot of people in our class are partially-"
"Yeah, yeah." Tea said, nodding her head quickly. "Right. We should um, we should do that now."
"Allright. Um, I'll work on branches and you make some leaves?"
"It's a deal." Tea grinned, heading off in one direction while Ryou headed off in the other. She gathered various supplies and paper and sat down on the floor, cutting out different leaves and petals and various shapes. She found herself taking all of the nervous energy inside of her and converting it into a work force. Tea barely noticed as the sun slid down out of the veiw and night sky became relevant out of the windows of the huge storage garage they were inside. Before she knew it, her own eyes were setting and the scissors in her hand dropped to the floor as her eyes closed and she fell into a soft slumber.
"Tea, are you done?" Ryou called. No answer. "Tea?" He waited for a reply, but received none. Curiously, he stood up and walked around the large float to the other side of the room. His face twisted into an amused smile as he found her slumped against the legs of her chair, deep in a slumber. "Tea." He said quietly, bending down and prodding her shoulder. "Tea?" She looked so peaceful sitting there with her quiet and even breathing and stray strands of auburn brown hair that had fallen into her face. Not wanting to disrupt her angelic display, Ryou spotted a couch shoved against the wall on the far right hand side of the garage. "I suppose there's really nothing else to do. I'd hate to wake her up." He said to himself, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and then another under her knees. He was still in weak condition from his "fall" and felt a sudden pain in his side as he picked up her up. He pushed the thoughts of the constant clenching in his stomache away and struggled as he carried her to the couch and attempted to rest her down gently. But due to his weak conditions he felt himself fall as well. Using an elbow to block his fall, he stopped himself only inches away from crushing her. He looked to his left hand and found it still tucked under Tea's neck and in her sleep she turned and snuggled into the crook of his elbow contently. Ryou let out a weak sigh, sinking down onto the little space that was left on the couch next to her. She felt so perfect against his frame, curled up against him... like the way it should be. The way it never could be. "I can't think about that now... I have to think of Tea's safety." Ryou said to himself, using his other arm to stroke her hair gently. "One day... One day maybe things will be different. Then I could come back to you." He whispered, leaning his head forward and kissing her forehead softly. "But don't wait for me." He added before closing his eyes and then drifting off into his own dreams.

"Tea?" Mrs. Gardner opened the door to her bedroom. "Are you asleep baby?" She furrowed her brow seeing her daughter's bed made and empty. Quickly Mrs. Gardner shut the door and walkde back into the living room, finding her husband sitting there anxiously. "She's not in her bedroom..."
"I checked all the other rooms..." Mr. Gardner muttered, crossing his arms.
"Are you sure you did? Sometimes she doesn't hear us... Did you look and see if she left a note? She could've left a note!" Mrs. Gardner said, running into the kitchen. "Tea? Tea! We're home... We have something to tell you!" She shouted, looking around the kitchen.
"Do you think I don't care?" Mr. Gardner asked, walking into the kitchen. "That I didn't even make an effort? There was no note, there are no messages, she's not here!" He said, struggling to keep his voice under control. "Chances are, she's off galavanting with her friends, or with that boy..."
"Ryou." Mrs. Gardner snapped. "Her boyfriend, you might remember his name if you actually did care."
"Dammit!" He grabbed her by the arm. "Stop accusing me of not caring, I care about my daughter and for her well being. You're the one who won't admit defeat. We have to go to the police, I won't let you stall anymore beleiving that she's here because she isn't! By the time you're reading to get help, she'll be lost hope!"
"My daughter is more responsible than this! I raised her right!"
"Yeah. She sure has a good choice of friends... 'Duelists.'"
"You say that I don't think anything anyone does is good enough for me, but can't you see that you're saying that your daughter's decisions which reflec ton who she is- aren't good enough for you!"
"Stop trying to make me sound like a hyprocrit, at least my opinions are sane!"
"Stop turning this all on me! That's all you ever do!"
"Well stop yelling at me so that we can find our daughter, dammit!"
"Allright!" Mrs. Gardner cried, pushing past her husband. She wiped her teary eyes as she got into the car and waited for him to get inside the Driver's seat... She had to find Tea. Who else did she have now?

"Mmm." Tea turned around and felt herself lean against something soft and warm. Smiling with comfort and delight she wrapped her arms around her pillow and buried her face into it's side. The pillow let out a quick curse and Tea felt the pillow's arms moving around her. Wait... "Oh!" Her eyes fluttered open and she found herself face to face once again with none other than Ryou. "Ryou!" She exclaimed breathlessly!
"Tea!" His eyes were wide but closed quickly as he gripped his arm which Tea was clinging onto dearly.
"Oh my gods!" She let go of his arm and sat up, finding herself still inside the storage garage from last night. She looked at him with concern. "Are you allright?"
"I'm fine. Just a bit sore..."
"I... I fell asleep... I remember now." Tea said thoughtfully, looking at the painted float and the pile of pink and white paper cut out leaves on the floor.
"Yeah. I knew your parents weren't home, and I didn't want to wake you up either so I just... I couldn't leave you alone."
"That might've freaked me out more- if possible. I mean, freaked out more than waking up and finding myself lying on a sofa with... yeah." She cleared her throat and pulled her knees under neath her, then looked up at him again. Ryou pushed up his sweater and the shirt underneath, looking at a dark gash on the side of his stomache. "Oh my!"
"It's nothing!" Ryou said quickly, pulling his sweater down.
"No, it's not! It's- Ryou it's horrible to simply look at!" Tea said, pushing his hands away and tugging at his sweater. Realizing that resistance was futile Ryou gulped down some saliva in his throat and watched nervously and she gently pushed his sweater up and ran her hand lightly over the bruise. "Something hit you... something amazingly hard... It's the perfect size to be... Did somebody punch you?!"
"Where the hell did you come up with that!?" Ryou gasped, leaning back against the couch.
"Nurse camp." Tea said simply, crouching forward and examining the wound more. "You need some ice... lots of ice."
"Mmhmm." Ryou nodded. Tea looked up at him, their eyes locking on each other. Ryou placed a hand on her shoulder gently to steady himself. "Tea..."
"Uh... Ryou, listen I can't-" She turned away from him and then was cut off by one of the garade doors being lifted open and the sunlight jetting in large blasts, practically blinding them both.
"Tea!" Mrs. Gardner ran forward and threw her arms around her daughter, hugging her and kissing her forehead mercilessly.
"Mom! You're home early!" Tea exclaimed, prying out of her mother's clutches and looking at her in surprise. Her father followed and soon joined her mother, looking down at the her expectantly. Than both parents turned their gaze to Ryou... and then their daughter... then back to Ryou... and back to Tea. Tea's school skirt was slightly hiked up, his hair was a genuine mess and Ryou's hair wasn't in much better shape either, not to mentioned his sweater being pushed up and all. The situation could lead paranoid parents to suspect the worse...
"Tea, what's going on? Why weren't you at home?" Her mother asked with worry, peering into Tea's eyes.
"Mom we were working-"
"I think we should go home and discuss this." Mr. Gardner said, cutting in. He shot a dark glance at Ryou.
"Mr. Gardner, this is not what it looks like." Ryou said, standing up and adjusting his sweater.
"I didn't ask for your input Ryou." Mr. Gardner said, switching his gaze to Tea. "We have some family business to attend to, so I think I would like my family to discuss this at home... alone."
"Yes sir." Ryou nodded, glancing at Tea. "I'll just be on my way..."
"Wait!" Tea said, pushing past her parents. "Ryou... Thanks for not leaving me."
"It was nothing." He shrugged, sticking his hands into his pockets and then rushing past the policemen stationed outside and making his way back home. In a few hours he would be back at school and he could talk to Tea then...
"Car. Now." Mr. Gardner directed his family out of the garage. They all slipped into the family's car and the ride back to their house was rode in silence. Mr. Gardner seemed stressed out and agitated, Mrs. Gardner too afraid to say anything, and Tea was simply contemplating what to say all together. When they reached home, Tea flew out of the backseat and into the house, sitting down on the couch as her parents came in and shut the door behind them.
"Tea..." Mrs. Gardner began, immediately being cut off by Mr. Gardner.
"This didn 't look good."
"Dad-"
"We come home, and we find you not at home. Not a note. No message. Nothing. We search the entire town for hours, we called your friends and they searched for you too. Finally your mother allows us to go to the police and they take us to the school and what do we find? You- half awake, with him..."
"Daddy, I was working on a project with Ryou last night. I didn't know you were comignh ome earlier, you never called... I fell asleep while working on the project and Ryou didn't feel comfortable leaving me."
"And what happened after that, Tea?" Mr. Gardner asked, sounding enraged.
"I don't know! I was asleep!"
"Exactly. You don't know. Anything could've happened."
"Sweetie," Mrs. Gardner turned to her husband. "I'm sure Ryou is not like that."
"This doesn't have to be about Ryou. This is about our daughter, this is about Tea and her irisponsibility. She didn't tell us where she would be... how do we know she's even telling us the truth at all!"
"Daddy, are you saying you don't trust me?" Tea asked, standing up from the chair.
"It's hard to anymore, Tea! I don't trust you with your boyfriend, I don't think you should see him anymore! If you're going to go running off-"
"Well lucky for you he already broke up with me!" Tea cried, tears splashing out from her eyes and onto her cheeks. "So go ahead, go ground me, think of any other punishment you want because it can't possibly get worse than this!" She yelled, wiping her eyes. Both the Gardners stood there, stunned to silence. Then Mrs. Gardner opened her mouth to speak.
"We're splitting up." She said hoarsely, choking out the words.
"What?" Tea whispered, her eyes growing wide. "What?"
"Your father and I... have decided to get a divorce."

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Okay so here is my opinion of the chapter... the very beginning sort of weird with no purpose besides opening the chapter and making sure we see a bit more of Seto, because his role along with Tristan and Rikku's is going to get bigger throughout the story. Yugi, Joey, and Mai will falter more into the background. Then the song part I am happy with. Get to see some of that Rikku/Ryou being hinted at, and then the Tristan thing was very necessary. I wanted to put more of a Rikku/Seto argument there, but it ended up being shorter than I intended but that's allright. The shorter it is, the sooner we get to the good stuff- the core- the Tea/Ryou moments! Yeah! You know what? This is random but typing "Mr. Gardner" and "Mrs. Gardner" repeatedly is annoying.

*Is Ryou partially British!? Is Tea partially Latina!? Who the hell knows. As for over here int he states, Bakura (Ryou- whatever) has a bit of a British accent. I don't want everyone to be Japanese because the people on Yu-Gi-Oh! are so very diverse... Then I went to some baby names websites and alot of them didn't have Tea (we all know what Anzu would be) but one site did, I think it was www.parenthood.com, or maybe www.babynames.com or something like that, but it said Spanish meaning Princess for Tea's name, thus I simply said she's part Latina. I could not find any meaning or origin for Gardner so there you go. I'm thinking of adding in a bit of Seto's history so if anyone could fill me in, that'd be great... Egyptian is where I'm going. That way Seto has some sort of connection with Bakura (Yami) and that would lead to Tea starting to figure out more and more about Yami Bakura and yeah... you see where I'm going? Okay well enough of my babbling! So sorry for the delay! I have alot of school work and I've just gotten extremely busy lately!

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