Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh! Oh, and I didn't read my reviews yet (I started the same day I started the previous chapter). Technically S is stronger than Tea because she has magic and knows how to fight. But Tea is better fighter, but if Tea had magic trinkets and such (like rings...) she would be stronger if not better than S.

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From outside, the group watched in horror as the energy whizzed toward S. But then it bounced back and hit Jalena.

"Jalena," S cried, running to her side. Jalena coughed up blood as she whispered to S, "I'm sorry.....for everything. When I changed sides I felt so horrible, but what was done was done and there was no turning back." Her face grimaced as more blood trickled from the side of her mouth. "I guess I did fall prey to him.....I was just so jealous.....you had everything....when he offered both Raleth and I that power.....I wanted it so bad."

"Don't talk Jalena, I understand," S said, holding her hand, tears streaming down her cheeks. "But I need to ask you one more question, was it only you two?"

Jalena gave a weak smile, "Fortunately.....yes. Could you----you just do one thing for me......bury me near the sea. That's where we had our happiest memories there."

"Of course," S said. Jalena gave her thumbs up and said softly, "Tell everyone I'm sorry." Her eyes slowly closed and a content smile appeared on her face.

The shield disappeared and Yami slowly approached S. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, but there isn't time for talk. This was a distraction."

Yami was confused. "What do you mean?"

"Raleth knew that I would catch Jalena. He sent her to her death. He must be mounting an attack on this place right now." S stood up, cocking her head. "I sense him and the people on his side around my security spell. I'm callin' backup." A white glow pulsed around S and she said something in a different language.

Suddenly around the group fifty spirits appeared. "They're going to break my spell," she told the spirits. "I want three of you to guard the group, especially Tea, oh, and wake her up with rejuvenating mists," she told to three of the spirits. "The rest of you, fan out."

The bewildered group was suddenly left alone with the three spirits. One of them knelt and touched Tea on the forehand. Blue mist appeared on his hand and Tea breathed in deeply. "Wh-Where am I?" she said, opening her eyes. A slender man with a long blond braid dressed in a jerkin and loose pants. Knives were clasped to his upper arms. "I am Kaith, we are here to protect you guys by order of Shalanelle."

Tea sat up, looking around her. "Where is she?"

"Security will be breached soon. She went off to fight them with others of her kind," he replied.

Tea looked at the body of the purple-haired woman. "S saved me?" she said, more of a statement than a question.

Her friends nodded an affirmative.

The man who said he was Kaith told the group, "We need to move to a safer place."

"Now wait a minute," objected Seto, "what are you guys going to do to my house?"

"We will pay you back tenfold if we win this war," said Kaith, his expression calm. "But for now we must move."

A portal appeared, and he motioned for them to move. "There is an island that appears to be deserted. They will not suspect us there."

"Will they be okay?" Tea asked, worried about S.

"They should be fine, if they are in trouble, they can always call in more backup."

Tea entered the portal, casting on backward glance on Jalena's body. "What about her?"

Kaith looked at Jalena's crumpled form. "By orders of Shalanelle, she is to be buried by the sea, we'll bury her near the island," he said, picking Jalena up.

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Shalanelle could feel her spell being battered by tremendous forces of combined magic. 'Damn!' she thought. 'I should have relocated the group earlier, oh well, Kaith will.'

"It's starting break!" she yelled to the people around her. Suddenly people on S'naugh's side flooded the grounds. S chose her first victim and blasted him with a lightening bolt. "There's too many," she thought frantically. "I need more backup."

But abruptly the spirits on the opposing side left the battle and floated midair. An immense glow of red appeared around them. "They're doing a defense shield around them so we can't attack," said a warrior on the right of her. "But why? They can't attack us either."

"Gelan!" S commanded. "I want you to ask everyone to do an exterior containment spell around them. They're up to something and I don't want to found out what."

The man bowed and yelled the order to the others. A purple glow started to go around the floating people. But just as the sealing was almost complete, a bright beam of red shooted out and slipped through the purple sealing spell. The light hovered in midair as if deciding where to go, suddenly it darted off to one side, speeding southward.

'Uh-oh,' S thought, 'that was no defense spell, that was the forbidden search and destroy spell, it's trying to locate Tea.'

"Gelan! Take over for me! I'm going over! I don't care how you do it but kill them before it's too late!!" she yelled, speeding after the light.

Gelan nodded but yelled a warning to her, "Shalanelle! Be careful! Don't try anything foolish, use one of the warriors!"

'This is bad,' S thought as she flew after the red light. 'We were so unprepared for this! That spell was supposed to be locked away....it killed so many great spirits before. And this stupid spell is too powerful for me to try to stop the light. I'll just get killed if I try.'

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Author's Note: The part where "use one of the warriors" means, let the spell hit one of the warriors protecting Tea. (Because it explodes on contact with the target and automatically gives a fatal wound, and Tea is much more important than any of the other spirits guarding her.....basically it's saying sacrifice one of the warriors.)

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Tea stepped out of the portal into a lush forest. "What island are we on?" she asked Kaith. "I do not know the name," he replied, "but it is owned by a man named Pegasus.

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"If they find us here, hopefully they'll attack Pegasus first," said Joey.

"Either that, or I'll kill Pegasus first," Kaiba snarled. Suddenly Kaith held his hand up. "Wait, S is trying to contact me."

"Kaith," contacted S. "Where are you? There is a destroyer spell coming for Tea."

"I'm on the island owned by Pegasus. Do you want me to move Tea?"

"Wait," replied S. "I'm going to set a portal up so that I'll be there faster than the spell."

Suddenly S appeared besides them. "Tea you need to be moved from here fast, a spell has been sent to kill you. It seems S'nauh has taken matters in to his own hands and decided to kill you as his last resort."

But before they could move, the spell had reached the island. Immediately the three warriors surrounded Tea. "Protect her!" cried S. However two other beams of light reached them. "They released two more!" gasped S. "But only one escaped!..."

'Something must have happened to Gelan and the others,' she thought, trying not to think of what might have happened to them.

The first light dove upward and then flashed downward toward Tea's unprotected head. One of the warriors pushed Tea down and took the blow. Tea, huddled, stiffening as blood splattered her head. As she peered through her hands she saw one of the spirit run head on into the second light. "What are they doing!" she screamed. 'They're purposely killing themselves!' she thought.

The last light hovered, as if deciding how to get past Kaith and hit Tea. It made a beeline for Kaith who was not moving from his standing position. Right before it was about to make contact with his chest, it veered up and around his neck, toward Tea's unprotected body. Watching, Shalanelle knew she only had a few seconds to spare.

'Forgive me,' she thought mentally to Tea. "Retournez!" she called. In a flash, Tea and S switched places just in time. Tea looked at Shalanelle and watched as the light hit S in the cheek. 'Remember me,' said S in Tea's head, before she burst into flames.

"Shalanelle! NO-O-O!!!!" Tea screamed, holding her hand in front of her face, wincing as the flames turned white, almost blinding her.

Then all was quiet. What was Shalanelle was just a pile of ashes that drifted away with the gentle breeze.

Tea felt as if her heart been ripped away and a cold stone was replaced in its stead. "Sha-Shalanelle," she whispered, not noticing the tears dripping down her face. She fell to her knees. "They died for me.....she died for me!" she screamed. She clutched her hair and pulled in fury and pain.

"Tea, no!" said Marik, running toward her. He pulled her into his arms as she started to cry in earnest. "It was because of me," Tea muttered into his shirt. She started to beat her fists against him. "It was because of me," she repeated.

Marik winced as she started to flail at him. "It's alright, Tea, it's alright," he said, not trying to move away from her blows.

Around them, the rest of the group was still staring at the ashes of Shalanelle, and the other two warriors. "Why?" was the only question Yugi could ask, in a shaky voice to Kaith. Kaith was frozen in shock. He slowly turned to look at the group. "Because we need Tea to defeat him. Even at the cost of sacrificing ourselves. But," his voice starting to break, "it was supposed to be me.....not her."

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Okay, that's the end of this one. I know, I liked Shalanelle too....But this will be the incentive that will enable Tea to defeat S'nauh. So plz review! Thank you all.