Dag, I done lost all my reviewers for this story. I even sent out some e- mails to people telling them that there was an update. Apparently, my story isn't as popular as it used to be. *shrugs* Whatever, I'm still having fun writing it! ^__^

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The gang is gonna be in this chapter! So I have to tell you about Yugi and his whole talking-to-Yami thing. I'm sure you know this already, but if you don't, here it is.

/Yugi talking to Yami/ //Yami talking to Yugi//

Oh, just a little warning, unless you're a 'prep' or a 'girly girl' or whatever, Tea is gonna sound really ... I dunno, I can't say anything without being offensive and I don't wanna offend anyone, lol. Well, read it and you'll see for yourself.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!. THERE!!! I SAID IT!!! ARE YOU HAPPY?!?! *runs away crying*

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BANG!

The motel room door flew in, sending Joey and Tristan flying in with it. The loud bang startled Max and he turned his body fully to see what happened.

"Omigod, he's got a gun!" Tea wailed helplessly as Joey and Tristan struggled to get themselves up off of the motel room floor.

"I'll kill all of you!" Max screamed angrily, pointing the gun at the group of teens at the door.

"Omigod! Yugi!" Tea cried, clinging to Yugi's arm and beginning to cry.

Yugi tried to shake Tea off of him, saying, "Tea, PLEASE! I have to do something!" Seeing that he couldn't get Tea off by himself, he began speaking to the spirit of the millennium puzzle.

/Yami!/ Yugi wailed. /Get her off of me! We have to do something!/

//Fine// was the quick response.

Quickly, Yami took over Yugi's body and hurriedly shook Tea off of him, only for her to continue crying and cling to Joey's arm.

"What da! Tea, get off! We still gotta save Kaiba's ass!"

"You're not saving anyone, you're all gonna die!" Max yelled, his thick Italian accent nearly clouding his words.

As the scene unfolded before him, Kaiba began struggling to get himself up. Since Max's back was now turned to him, he would easily be able to get the gun out of Max's hand. Or so he thought.

"Kaiba, be careful," Kea's voice whispered hoarsely as Kaiba began to stand.

Seeing Kaiba standing, Yami's eyes widened. If Max turned around, Kaiba would be dead for sure. Thinking quickly, Yami asked, "Who are you here for? Why must you kill us all?"

"Why I'm here is none of your business, and I came to kill Seto Kaiba!" Max yelled. Then, sneering, he said, "You all just get in my way."

Then, just as Max went to fire the gun at Yami, Kaiba jumped on his back and knocked him to the floor.

"OMIGOD!!!" Tea screamed, backing up against the wall.

"Kaiba!" Yami said roughly. He rushed over to where Max was desperately trying to get Kaiba off of him. He stepped on Max's hand, causing Max to let out a loud, painful scream, and kicked the gun away from him. Ready to pound Max to death, he noticed Kea. "Oh by Ra," Yami said under his breath. He quickly began helping Kaiba by getting Max into a headlock, then loudly ordered, "Tea! Get out of this room and call an ambulance! Tristan, get Kea out of here before she loses any more blood!"

Tea, still shocked by the entire scene, shaking said, "Omigod ... omigod ... okay." And with that, she turned and ran out of the room, banging on the nearest motel room door and screaming for help and for an ambulance to be called.

It took Tristan a moment to realize who and where Kea was, then he scurried over to her, avoiding the fight in the middle of the floor. He carefully picked her up and began carrying her out of the room. When he reached the doorway, Kea stuck out her arm to stop him.

"Kaiba ... Kaiba, get Kaiba," she said slowly. "He got shot ... He needs help ... Get Kaiba, I need Kaiba ..."

Tristan, unsure of what to do for a moment, ordered Joey to get Kaiba out of the fight so he could go into the ambulance when it got there. Joey nodded and began taking action.

"And that's for my brother!" Kaiba was yelling as Joey got into the fight. Kaiba threw a tough left hook and hit Max hard enough for him to fall over and knock him temporarily unconscious. Then, Kaiba stumbled and grabbed his right shoulder.

"Ahh, dammit," Kaiba said, wincing and groaning at the pain in his shoulder.

Nearly scared to touch Kaiba, Joey said, "Hey, Kaiba. Come on, man, the ambulance is comin'."

"I'm not going to the hospital," Kaiba said through gritted teeth.

"Kaiba!" Yami said. "You have to go to the hospital! You've been shot!"

"A very nice observation, Yugi," Kaiba said, trying to withhold his trademark sarcasm while still in a state of so much pain.

Getting a bit impatient, Joey said, "Come on, Kea was askin' for ya!"

At those words, Kaiba looked up and reluctantly agreed. "Fine," he said, beginning to stand up. "But I want neither of you touching me."

"I wasn't plannin' on it," Joey said quietly as Kaiba walked ahead of him.

When they got downstairs, Kea was being loaded into the ambulance, and the paramedics were questioning the whereabouts of the other wounded person. Upon seeing Kaiba, they rushed him onto a stretcher and began putting him in a second ambulance.

Tea was busy trying to explain everything to the short Indian man at the front desk, but her words became jumbled as she spoke. Yami took over and explained the situation, and also assured him that he would try to have Kaiba pay for the damages to the room.

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Kaiba had been fixed up and was currently in the waiting room with the others, waiting for Mokuba to arrive. It had been a few hours since he had contacted his brother, and he expected him to be there at any moment.

Just as Kea's doctor walked into the waiting room, Mokuba burst through the doors and immediately ran over to Kaiba. "Big brother!" he exclaiemd. "Are you okay? Is Kea okay? Did you guys really did chased by the mafia? Does Kea really work for big scary Italian guys?"

"Mokuba, calm down," Kaiba said, placing his good hand on his brother's shoulder. He drew Mokuba close to him and hugged him, saying, "Are you all right?"

"Yeah," Mokuba said. "Nobody messed with me or the house or the computers or anything!"

Kaiba closed his eyes and thought, *Kea. She must have made sure Mokuba wouldn't get bothered through all of this.* Then he shook his head and said, "Kea's doctor is here, Mokuba."

"He is?" Mokuba said. Jumping away from his brother, Mokuba looked at the doctor and anxiously asked, "Is Kea okay? Is she awake? Can I see her?"

"Well, you can't see her," the doctor said, shaking his head.

Mokuba's face twisted into a confused expression. "Why not?" he asked. "She's my best friend."

"No, I'm sorry," the doctor began, taking a deep breath. "No one can see Miss Shatsana."

Kaiba eyed the doctor carefully. "Why not?" he asked.

The doctor looked down at the chart in front of him and opened it, looking over the files. Slowly, he said, "Well, the gunshot wound to the stomach caused her to lose a lot of blood, I'm sure you know that. Since it took so long for an ambulance to be contacted, there wasn't much we could do for her. Shots like that are more often fatal than not. There have been cases of people living through shots as serious as these, but they are very rare."

Becoming worried, Mokuba found his voice catching in his throat. "But ... Kea ... she's okay ... isn't she?"

The doctor closed the chart and took off his glasses. He sighed heavily and wiped his eyes, somewhat avoiding the question.

"Is she alive?" Kaiba asked suddenly. When the doctor looked up at him, he repeated the question, this time with more force and sharpness. "Is Kea alive?"

The doctor looked at Kaiba, expressionless, and said ...............................................

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*GASP!* So did Kea die or what?!?! I was talking to my friend who read the previous chapter before I posted it, and she said, 'Knowing you, Kea's gonna die'. So ... did Kea did? *shrugs* Maybe. Maybe not. Please review and let me know what you think, okay? THANK YOU SO MUCH! *blows kisses to reviewers*

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EXTRA NOTE: Okay, remember when I said that Tea was trying to explain things to the 'short Indian man at the front desk'? Well, I have a couple things to say about that. First of all, that was NOT supposed to be racist or stereotypical that all Indians work in motel or anything like that. Simply: I was at a motel once and there was a short Indian man at the front desk and he was one of the NICEST people in the world, so I decided to put him in the story, lol. Also, I did mean Indian as in from India, and not Indian as in Native American. Just clearing that up because some people tend to get the two confused. ^_^