Author note: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters.

'Here For You'

~ Hi everybody! I'm back with chapter ten. I decided to add two more characters along with Ishizu in the next part of the story. Though I'm not going to tell you who they are. Hope you all continue to enjoy the story. Thanks for reading!

Chapter ten: A promise

"Wow! This is so exciting! We're finally going to get to see Ishizu again. It feels like it's been forever since we last saw her," Serenity said excitedly while she and the rest of gang waited for Ishizu at the Domino Airport.

Joey rolled his eyes. "Sis, it's only been two and half months since we last saw her."

"You seem real excited to see her again, Joey," Mai said dully while looking through a magazine.

"I am excited ta see her, Mai. I'm just not goin' crazy about it," Joey told her.

Tristan quickly got up from his chair that he was sitting in next to Serenity and Duke.

"Oh, so what you're saying that Serenity's going crazy about it, Joey," he snapped at him while shooting a look at him.

Joey stood up too. Ready to fight him any second. "No, I'm not-," Joey was suddenly cut off by another voice.

"That's enough you guys," Tea stood in the middle of them. "We don't need you two fighting before she gets here."

"Tea's right you guys. The last thing we need is to have a fight in the airport," Duke stepped in.

"Yeah, you're right. Sorry for doing that guys," Tristan apologized.

"I'm sorry too."

Tea smiled. "That's better."

Then everyone sat back down. Tea sat down next to Yami.

He held out his hand to her and she gently took it. Then they smiled at each other and Yami gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Tea, is Ishizu's flight coming in soon?" Yugi asked right after Yami kissed her cheek.

He sat on the other side of Tea at the time.

Tea looked over at him. "Yeah, it should be here in just a few minutes."

Joey let out a snort. He sat on the other side of Yami, Yugi, and Tea.

"Good. Because if I have to wait here much longer I'm gonna go crazy," Joey was sitting impatiently next to Serenity and Mai.

"Just try to keep it down, Joey. Some of us do not want to get publicly humiliated while we're here," Duke said calmly.

Serenity started to make silent giggles by what he said.

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"Ishizu! Oh, it's so good to see you again. It feels like we haven't seen you in ages," Tea said as Ishizu walked over to them from the gate.

"I know. It does feel like it's been a while. I am so glad to see you again my friend," Ishizu replied back while giving her a hug.

"Good to see you again, Ishizu," Yugi said while walking up next to Tea.

Ishizu smiled at him. "I agree."

"So did you bring anyone else along with you, Ishizu?" Duke asked.

"As a matter of fact, I did. I hope you all don't mind. But I brought along- ."

"Well, what do you know. It's the pharaoh and his little friends," said a voice from the large crowd getting off the plane.

'What a second. That voice...it sounds so familiar...' Tea thought to herself.

The voice turned out to be-

"Marik!" Tea called out once she recognized him from the large crowd.

"Marik!" everyone else (besides Yami) said.

Yami just kept his eyes focused on him, not saying a single word.

Tea didn't seem to notice because she was still in shock of seeing Marik.

"You brought along your little spoiled brat brother of yours. Why would ya go and do a thing like dat?" Joey said.

Tea lightly hit him with her elbow on his side. Joey then slightly cried out in pain.

"Whatcha hit me for?" he whispered to her.

"Come over here. I want to talk to you," Tea ordered him.

They walked a little away from their friends and Tea began to talk to him again.

"Joey, this isn't the time to be throwing rude comments at Marik."

"Why not? Don't ya remember what he did to both of us back at Battle City?"

Tea closed her eyes and had a quick flashback from when Marik had controlled their minds back in Battle City.

Tea opened her eyes and said to him, "Yes, I do remember, but that's over now. Marik's good again and we just need to forget about what he did to us, okay?"

Joey looked at her. He saw in her eyes that she really did want to put all the bad stuff behind them.

He knew that it would only upset her by mentioning the past events they had with Marik and his yami.

"All right, Tea. Ya win. I won't talk about it anymore. Happy now?"

She smiled at him. "Yes."

He smiled back. "Okay, then. Let's go and get back with the others before they start to wonder what we're doing over here."

"Joey, wait," she stopped him back he left.

"Why?" he asked then looked back at her.

"I just want to say thanks. I'm glad that you understand how I feel about this. It means a lot to me."

"Oh, Tea. Just forget about it. I know ya don't like talkin' about it because it gets ya upset and I respect that."

"Well, thanks anyway."

"You're welcome."

Then he wrapped an arm around her waist, gave her a quick hug, and they walked back over to the others.

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(That night)

"We're very pleased that you could come back to Japan on such short notice, Ishizu. It means a lot to me," Tea admitted to her that night.

Ishizu and Marik were staying over at Tea's house for the time that they were going to be there.

Mai and Serenity decided to go back to Joey's apartment. (A.N. God help them because Joey is probably such a pig in that apartment!)

"Your very welcome, Tea. But please tell me more about why you wanted me to come back. I mostly forgot about what you told me the other night, mainly because Marik was so excited to come."

Tea let out a long sigh. "Okay, you now how the night Yami and I came to the museum and we saw those stone tablets for the first time?"

"I remember."

"And you told us that Yami was the pharaoh of Egypt in the carving."

"Yes, go on."

"Well...this may be hard to believe, but...that's him."

"What do you mean?"

"Yami is gone."

"But how can that be? He was just with us today."

"No, the Yami you saw today wasn't the real one. That's the Yami from the past."

Ishizu looked at Tea pretty confused.

"That's the real Pharaoh Yami. He came to the future and is now the Yami from this time," she explained more.

"Let me see if I get what you're saying, Tea. Are you telling me that that is the pharaoh of Egypt from 5,000 years ago disguised as the Yami from the period of time?"

"Yes, you could say that."

"So what you said to me was in fact true."

"Of course it was. I wouldn't lie to you and make you come here if I wasn't being serious."

Ishizu was about to say again when someone interrupted them.

"Tea, your mother is on the phone for you. Do you want me to tell her to call back later?" Marik asked kindly. (A.N. Let's just say he's acting like the way he was when he pretended to be their friend Namu.)

"No, I'll take the call now. Thanks Marik."

Tea turned to Ishizu and said, "I'll be right back."

Tea got up, walked past Marik and went into the house. She walked into the kitchen and picked up the phone.

"Hello," she said coolly.

"Tea, oh, I'm glad that I finally caught you at home. Where have you been lately? I've been calling home and you haven't been there. Is everything all right at home?" her mother asked, a little concerned.

"Everything's all right, mom. I've just been at Yugi's a lot lately."

"You haven't been sleeping over there since I've been gone, have you?"

Tea rolled her eyes, smiling. "No, mom. I've been here every night since you left."

"All right then. By the way, honey, who was that boy that answered the phone? I don't believe I've met him before. Is he a friend of yours?"

"Yeah, he's a friend of mine and he comes from Egypt. He and his sister are visiting here for a couple of days to see others and me. Just until you return next week, of course," Tea explained.

"They're not staying at the house, are they?" her mother asked.

"No. They're not staying here, mom. They're actually going to be leaving here soon for a hotel soon anyway," she lied convincingly.

"Okay. All right, I get the picture. Well, I guess I'll leave you to your friends then. Remember not to stay up too late."

"I will."

"Oh, and I'll call you in the next couple of days to see how you're doing. Take care now and remember that I love you."

"I love you, too."

"Goodbye, honey."

"Goodbye, mom."

Then Tea hung up the phone.

"You lied to your mom, didn't you, Tea?" Marik asked.

She looked up at him. He had on one of those annoying smiles that you get from one of your younger siblings when they saw you got in trouble.

'Ugh, he must have heard the conversation I had with her. Why won't he just leave me alone?'

"Why were listening in on my conversation with my mom?" she asked, slightly in an angered tone.

"Just curious, that's all. So did you?" still egging her on to tell him the truth.

"Yes! So why do you care?"

"No reason. Just thought I'd ask."

Tea rolled her eyes at him. "I've got to go back and talk with your sister. Why don't you go and watch t.v. or something?"

Then she walked past him again and went outside on the porch where Ishizu was waiting for her.

"How is your mother doing, Tea?" Ishizu asked as soon as Tea got outside.

"Oh, she's doing good. She hasn't been able to get a hold of me for a few days now. She was just a little worried that's all. But everything's taken care of now."

"I'm glad."

"Do you have anymore questions for me while we're out here?"

"Yes, I do. If you don't mind that is."

"No. Not at all."

"Why is it that the Pharaoh Yami wanted to come here? How did know he could come here?"

"Oh, boy. This is going to be a long night."

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"And that's why Yami wanted to come here," Tea ended her story two hours later.

"Wow, Tea. I can't believe that you and the pharaoh went through so much together. You must really love each other."

Tea smiled at her. "Yeah, I guess we do. We've done a lot for each other in the past and I know he really loves, just as I do for him."

Ishizu smiled back at her. "I'm glad my friend."

Tea's smile soon faded.

"Ishizu, I have something else to tell you."

"What is it?"

"I have asked you to come here for your help. For my help and the pharaoh's help."

"What can I do to help you, Tea?"

"See, Yami came here to see me, to visit me for a little while. Or so I thought. But I just found out a few days ago that he actually wants to stay here...in the future."

"But I don't see how I can help with this situation. Remember that I don't have the Millenium Necklace any longer. It now belongs to Yugi."

"Yes, I know, but I still love the Yami from this time and-."

"Your stuck in between the both of them, aren't you?"

"Yes..." she answered disappointingly.

"I don't know what to tell you, Tea. I'm sorry to say this, but I cannot help you in this situation. It is beyond my control," Ishizu sadly said.

"So it's over. There's nothing we can do."

"I'm afraid so..."

Tea sadly put her head down.

'Yami...why can't you be here with me? I miss you so much. Please, I want you back so badly.'

"...but may be someone else that can help you," Ishizu continued to say.

Tea suddenly brought her head back up.

"What? What did you say?"

"Shadi may be able to help you, Tea. I think I have an idea, but he must be here in order to do it."

"Shadi...but he only comes when there's like something wrong in the universe. He'll never come just because we want him to."

"I do not underestimate Shadi, Tea. He is a very mysterious person. Not even I, someone who has known him for years, could say that."

Suddenly a bright, white light was shown in front of Tea's house.

"Who is that?" Tea asked as the light was getting brighter.

"It's Shadi," Ishizu answered her. She could have recognized that bright light from anywhere.

A few seconds later the light had completely died down and Shadi's figure was shown just as Ishizu said.

"You're right, Ishizu."

Shadi opened his eyes and slowly stepped forward. Walking closer and closer to Tea and Ishizu.

"It is good to see you again, Ishizu," was the first thing that came out of his mouth.

"I couldn't agree anymore, Shadi," she replied back, smiling.

"And the same to you also, Tea."

"Thank you," she replied back.

"Have you come seeking to help Tea out?" Ishizu asked him as he finally walked up to them.

"Yes, I have. Now what is it that you need, Tea?"

Tea seemed a bit scared to tell him about her situation at first, but decided to get over it and just tell him anyway.

"I have a problem, Shadi, and I'm really starting to believe that no one can help me with it anymore because it's gotten so out of hand," she explained worriedly.

"What is the problem?"

Tea rolled her eyes. "Here we go again. Okay, this the way it started...."

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Another hour went by (it only took an hour because Shadi didn't ask about anything) and Tea was once again done the story for the second time that night.

"But what can I do to help?" he asked as soon as Tea finished up the situation.

"I was hoping you could answer that."

Ishizu stepped in and said, "I believe I have an idea, Shadi, but I need your help in order to do it."

"What is your idea, Ishizu?" Tea asked with a little bit more hope in her eyes.

"I cannot explain it right now, Tea, but I am sure it will help you immensely."

"Then when can you tell us what it is?"

"Before I can tell it to you both we are going to need to do a few things."

"What?"

"First, we need to get the pharaoh and have him here with us."

"Sure. I can call Yami and tell him to come over. It's not to late out," Tea said.

"What else, Ishizu?" Shadi asked.

"Then we must go back to the museum. Tea, are the stone tablets of the Egyptian Gods still there?"

"Yes they are. Why?"

"That's the other thing we need in order to fulfill my plan."

Suddenly Ishizu started to go back in the house.

"Come, my friends. We have no time to waste. Tea, come inside and call the pharaoh. Tell him to come here as soon as he can. Shadi, we're going to need to use your Millenium Key for the plan later, just so that you know. Now let's get going."

Ishizu left for the house and Shadi followed her inside.

Tea, however, stood outside still.

'What does Ishizu have planned for Yami and I? Is it really going to help me? Am I ever going to see Yami again? There are so many questions I have and I want them answered so badly. I just hope Ishizu will be able to answer some of my questions with what she has in store for us.'

"Tea! Are you coming?" Ishizu yelled out at her.

"Yes, I'll be there in a second," she yelled back.

Tea closed her eyes. 'Yami...I promise I'm going to be with you again. No matter what I know everything is going to be all right in the end. Promise.'

~*~ Chapter ten must end here reviewers. So what do you think now? Still good? Are you wondering what Ishizu's plan is? Well, if you are the question is going to be answered in the next chapter. Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you continue to enjoy. ^_^

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