*Gahhh, got this blasted chapter done at last!! I hope you guys are happy! I know I took about, let me see… a month to update, but school's a bitch and I wanted to update last week but I had no internet until today. Well, anyway, hopefully this will be good enough. And hopefully I improved on my grammar…but I doubt I did. So if you see different tenses here and there, I'm sorry, I'm really not good with that. My English sucks. Anywho, I should tell you all that this is the last chapter on Duelist Kingdom. I zipped right though it because I felt it was taking too long, and hopefully you all won't mind. I really just want to end this story A.S.A.P. So, my guess is that Battle City will only be four chapters, meaning four chapters are left. They will be very long chapters…so it may take time to update. I just hope you people will still be interested by then. Yeah…so anyway, read and enjoy!
Tasha3: Sorry about the confusion. This is the sequel, but what I meant to say was the sequel to the sequel. So the sequel to this story will have that mysterious person. Hope that clears up everything.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! (for good reasons)
Chapter 6~ It's over, but not entirely.
"I can't lose…I just can't. I won't lose!" Seto cried out. Tea didn't like how any of this was going, she wanted Yugi to win, but she also wanted Seto to win. Everything always had to be difficult, nothing was ever simple. Before this battle began between Yugi and Seto, she and the others were about to enter the castle. Joey and Yugi had finally achieved their goal of getting ten star chips and when they were about to go into the castle for the finals, Kaiba appeared and challenged Yugi to a duel. After everything, they still were not in the castle.
Tea gave a small sigh and felt worried. The battle did look too good for Seto and whatever he was thinking Tea had a feeling it would be terrifying for her. She couldn't figure out any way he could win this duel. His Ultimate Blue Eyes can't attack, but when Yugi does, he will have the perfect shot and eliminate the rest of Seto's life points. There couldn't possibly be any way for Seto to win.
"What are you talking about, Kaiba?! There is no way for you to win, this battle is over!" Yugi yelled.
"For you, Yugi, because I'm going to force your hand!" Seto told him, and started to walk backwards. Tea didn't like how this was going at all, what was Seto thinking?
"What do you think you are doing, Kaiba?" Yugi shouted at him, but Seto didn't respond, he just kept on walking backwards.
When Seto stopped, he looked at Yugi, then at Tea. He wanted to tell her that he had to do this, he had to take a risk, and it was the only way to save his brother. He cannot lose this duel. As he looked at her, he could see the confusion in her eyes, but soon she would know what he was thinking of doing. He stared a little longer, and no one seemed to notice except for Yugi.
'Why does he keep looking at her? And why does Tea seem to be worried about him? What in the world is going on?' Yugi thought, feeling a bit of jealousy come over him, for what reason…he didn't know.
Tea stared at Seto and really wondered what it was that Seto was going to do, and soon her question was answered. Seto looked away from her and spoke.
"Yugi, this duel is over! Attack me if you want, but…" Seto took one more step backwards and got on the ledge of the area they were dueling in. Below was nothing but water and rocks, falling would be fatal, but this was the only thing that Seto believed he could do, "I might fall from the impact of the attack. Do as you wish, and if you don't attack, I swear I'll take you down on my turn!"
"This is insane, Kaiba!" Yugi told him. Kaiba just ignored him.
"This is cheating! You stupid bastard, you can't do this," Joey cried out.
"Do you think Yugi will attack?" Bakura asked.
"I hope not," Tea whispered, but Bakura was able to hear her. He looked at her and could see tears beginning to form. She looked scared and worried.
"Well, Yugi! What will it be?" Kaiba asked and smirked to see Yugi struggling to make a decision.
"This is crazy, Kaiba! Stop this, please, don't do this!" Tea shouted at him, this couldn't be happening. He promised he would try and stay safe, but he is risking his life, for good intentions, yes, but it wasn't the right way! "Please, Kaiba!"
Seto didn't even look at her, he was afraid to see her face. He knew that if he looked at her he would see the worry in her eyes, but what could he do? His brother needed to be saved and this is all he could think of. 'I'm sorry, Tea…but it's the only way. I would rather die trying to save my brother than to have someone else do it. I promised Mokuba I would always be there for him, and I'm going to keep that promise! I'm just so sorry,' he thought.
Tea was beyond scared now, what was Yugi going to do? He wouldn't risk Seto's life, he just couldn't! And if he did, she wouldn't know what to do without Seto. She needed him to be there for her because he was the only one she has ever told about her secrets. She needed Seto, loosing him would be terrible. One tear fell from her eye, and she was beginning to shake little, which was noticed by Bakura.
He knew of their little friendship, and he couldn't help but feel a bit unhappy about all this. He hated to see Tea hurt, and if Seto thinks this is going to help someone, he is dead wrong…well, he will be if Yugi attacks. For his sake, he better not, the last thing he wants is Tea being depressed. 'I want Tea to be happy, not upset, so if someone is going to upset her, they better be prepared to face me!' he thought as he stared at Tea then at Yugi.
While the others thought, Yugi was fighting with himself on what to do. It seems that the spirit in the Millennium Puzzle was telling him that he had to attack, but Yugi couldn't. 'I can't, he could die if I do," Yugi told him.
'But this may be the only chance we have to save your grandfather. We must do it' the spirit countered.
'I know, but…we just can't!'
'We must!'
'No!'
'Yes,' the spirit took complete control.
"Kaiba, I have never lost a duel yet, and I'm not about to start now! So I'm going to attack!" when he said that, Tea eyes went wide with fear. He couldn't do it, he wouldn't! 'Yugi wouldn't do such a thing…but then again…this isn't really Yugi. It's another being, the one within Yugi!' Tea thought and without hesitation she turned to face Yugi, shouted and ran.
"No, Yugi! You can't! You can't do this, think about what you are about to do! Yugi, this isn't the way!" the tears flowed freely down her face as she shouted. Her heart raced, she really hoped nothing would happen.
'She's right, I can't do this…'
'Yugi?'
"Stop!!" Yugi cried out, and his Celtic Guardian stopped. Yugi fell to his knees, feeling his tears fall. Tea stopped right in front of him and cried some more.
"Oh, Yugi, I'm so sorry…" Tea said, wishing none of this had to happen.
Behind her, Seto watched and knew that he had won this battle. He commanded his dragon to attack and when it did, Yugi's life points were gone. Tristan, Joey, and Bakura all ran to where Yugi was and tried to comfort him. Tea couldn't move from her spot, and she really wanted to hug him, but she couldn't.
"Come on Yugi, don't worry about this. You can still save your grandfather, you just got to stay confident," Joey told his best friend.
"I almost lost control. I couldn't control him…" Yugi ignored everyone around him, just mumbling to himself about the spirit in the puzzle.
"Come on, Yugi, Seto cheated, you didn't know what to do. He's a jerk, so don't worry about it," Joey tried again.
"Don't bother with him, Joey, Yugi is just a sore loser," Kaiba said, and everyone turned around to see him picking up ten star chips that were in the middle of the battle arena. "If he attacked he would have won, but his good heart wouldn't let him."
Tristan and Joey wanted to hurt him badly, but they managed to restrain themselves. Or rather Bakura was the one who grabbed them. Tea, on the other hand was shocked to hear what he said. 'How could he even say such a thing? How dare he call Yugi a sore loser, how dare he say Yugi should have attacked! He could have died and he dares to say that Yugi should have attacked!' Tea really didn't know what to feel right now, angry or glad. She was glad that Seto was safe, but she was angry that he was being so…so…she couldn't find the word. But she knew what she wanted to do.
She turned around to face Seto, and without warning, she ran up to him and with one swift move, she slapped him across the face. Everyone gasped, even Yugi, who wasn't really paying any attention to anything until now. Seto on the other had felt he deserved it, and didn't even say anything or move. He looked at Tea, with sorrowful eyes. She was crying and shaking uncontrollably, and he wished she wasn't. What was worst, he was the reason for his best friend's tears.
Tea looked at Kaiba for a little longer then looked away; she didn't know what to say to him. She just wished none of this happened. Her friends were looking at this scene with confusion. They had no clue why she wasn't saying anything, especially Seto; he was, after all, slapped by her. But after so long, no one said anything.
The silence was something Seto couldn't stand and seeing Tea still crying was something he especially couldn't stand, so he decided to leave. It was now time for him to face Pegasus, and hopefully save his brother. He looked away form Tea and turned to walk away, but before he did, Tea spoke softly, yet he could hear what she said.
"Be careful," he was a bit shocked to hear it. After everything he has done she is telling him to be careful. Well, he guessed that no matter what happens they would always be friends. But it would take time for Tea to ever forget this. With no more thought, Seto walked away, into the castle, ready to face his next opponent.
'You better be careful, Seto. I couldn't bear to lose you, especially when I'm more confused, now, more than ever. Please, come back safely, my friend,' she thought, hoping Seto will be all right. But, deep down, she knew something was going to happen. Nothing felt right, like something bad will happen to everyone she holds so dear, if not now, then later. But she also felt that questions will soon be answered. Only time will tell.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea sat silently on her bed. Tears were slowly falling as she recalled what happened. Seto was gone, not dead, but gone. Pegasus had won the duel, and Seto had to pay the price for losing. His soul was taken, now he is in what is known as the shadow realm. She didn't know whether she will ever see him again, but she had to have some faith. But how could she when everything seems to be going wrong. She is confused about her dreams, doesn't have a clue why Bakura seems to be a big part of it, and her illness isn't getting any better. She was glad that she still had a lot of her medication.
"This really is horrible. I just hope Yugi will be able to defeat Pegasus, but first he is going to have to face Mai. Hopefully Yugi will be able to duel," she said to herself. After the match that Yugi had with Seto, he didn't act the same. He wouldn't even take the star chips that Mai offered him, so Tea had challenged Mai to a duel for the chips. Tea did manage to get them, but she knew that Mai could have easily won, she was just being nice.
Tea sighed, wiped the tears away and lay down on the bed. She stared at the ceiling and wondered what else was going to happen. 'Nothing good I bet,' she thought. She sighed again, remembering what she and the others had gone through to get here. Some of it wasn't good, but there were times when they had laughs. And also getting scared half to death. Tea chuckled a bit when she remembered how some skeletons scared her and Bakura. They appeared out of nowhere and it was very frightening.
"What was scarier was when that fake boulder chased us," Tea chuckled again, if that fake boulder was real, it would have crushed Bakura, but thankfully it wasn't. The face that Bakura had, though, when he was lying on the ground when the boulder got him, was priceless. Tea really had a hard time holding in her giggles, but she managed.
"I guess not everything was bad…at least we had a little fun while being here," Tea said. She closed her eyes and wanted to sleep, but when she was about to, a knock at the door stopped her. She looked at the door, then after another knock she stood up and walked toward it. When she opened it there stood Bakura.
"Hi, Tea, I hope I didn't disturb you," he said politely.
"No, not at all," she told him, "is something wrong?"
"No, but Tristan wants us to meet him at his room, so I came to get you," he answered.
"I see, okay, let's go," she said and walked out of her room, following Bakura.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Tristan are you sure this is a good idea," Bakura complained, as he looked down from where he was. Tristan had made a plan to check out a tower from Pegasus' castle He believed that Pegasus cheated when facing Seto, and that he was checking Seto's cards from this tower. Right now he, Tea, and Bakura were up high, trying to reach the window of the tower. They couldn't go in from the entrance since there were guards, so their only option was walking on the ledge of the tower.
"No, not really, but it's the only way to get in," Tristan answered his question.
"Tristan, I don't know how you convinced me to do this!" Tea whispered angrily to him.
"I don't know either," Tristan said simply.
Tea sighed and they all continued walking, carefully not missing any step. But unfortunately, Tea slipped. She was about to let out a scram when, Bakura and Tristan quickly grabbed her. Bakura's heart was pounding, but not as bad as Tea's. He would have surly blamed Tristan if Tea had fallen to her doom.
"Are you okay, Tea?" Bakura asked, as he and Tristan lifted her back to safety.
"Yeah, I think so," she responded. Without another word, they continued walking and soon enough, they arrived at the window, but it was really high up. Tristan, however, brought rope, and threw it, making it get caught on something. It was safe to climb the rope.
"Okay, Tea you go on first," he said to her. Tea looked a bit reluctant.
"Why me?" she complained.
"Why not?" Tristan countered.
"In case you haven't noticed, I'm wearing a skirt. There is no way that I am going up first when you can see up my skirt!" she explained. Tristan raised an eyebrow, and Bakura was smirking, but no one saw him.
"We'll close our eyes, and if you happen to fall we can catch you," Tristan said, wishing she would just start climbing.
"Fine, but you better not look!" Tea gave a death glare then began climbing.
"Okay, now you Bakura, and make sure you have your eyes closed," Bakura nodded and began climbing, followed by Tristan.
As the three climbed, Bakura couldn't help but smirk. Original Bakura may agree to have his eyes closed, but when you are a five thousand year old thief, you don't really do as you're told. Bakura didn't have his eyes closed, he actually looked up and what a view! He didn't care really if this was perverted, all he knew was that he had been stuck in total darkness for five thousand years, and it wasn't as if he never saw Tea, or rather Anzu's bum. Besides, he is still a man, how else was he supposed to act?
"Hey, Bakura, I hope you have your eyes closed," teased Tristan.
"Of course I do!" Bakura said, 'and you better not be looking! She is mine and if you even give a simple glare, you will definitely have a one way ticket to the shadow realm!' he thought. Bakura would kill anyone who looked at Tea in the wrong way, only he may look at her.
"We're almost there!" Tea cried out.
"Good, 'cause I'm getting tired," Tristan said cheerfully.
"Yeah, so am I," Bakura agreed.
When Tea finally reached the top, she helped Bakura and he helped Tristan. They carefully opened the window and went inside the tower. It was dark in the room, and hard to see anything. Tristan accidentally stepped on Bakura's foot and Bakura accidentally bump into Tea. The three tried to find a switch to turn on the lights, but they couldn't find one.
"Man, it's so dark in here, can someone turn on the damn lights," Tristan complained. When he said that, the lights mysteriously turned on.
"Odd, who did that?" Bakura wondered. No one answered him, for no one knew. Tea looked at him, then shrugged. She turned around and saw a picture that she recognized.
"Hey guys, isn't this the same woman we saw in the dining room?" she asked, as she looked at it more carefully.
"Yeah it is. I wonder who she is," Tristan wondered.
"She must be really important to Pegasus if he has so many pictures of her," Bakura pointed out.
"Maybe she is his wi…" Tea couldn't finish her sentence since someone cut her off.
"My, my, we have some little trouble makers. Isn't it past your bedtime, children," everyone jumped at the voice. The three turned around to be face to face with Pegasus.
"Pegasus…" Tristan gritted his teeth.
"Why is it that you're here?" Pegasus asked, acting as if he really didn't care.
"The jig is up, Pegasus, we know that you cheated against Seto," Tristan pointed at him, accusing him.
"Hmm, you're trespassing and you are accusing me of doing something wrong," Pegasus chuckled slightly.
"Well…" Tristan didn't know what to say.
"Um, then we'll just go, sorry for all this," Tea told him, but this only made Pegasus chuckled more.
"No, I don't think that will be possible. You've seen too much, so I really have no choice but to punish you all. Farewell, and welcome darkness," as he said that, the floor turned into some dark substance that covered their legs. All of them were freaked out, well…Bakura wasn't really. He just looked at it knowing what was happening. He turned to look at Tea and could see that she was really scared, so he quickly ran to her, grabbed her, and held her tightly as darkness devoured them all.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea could feel something on top of her, it was heavy and she didn't know whether she could move it. She slowly opened her eyes, and realized that she didn't know where she was. She slowly looked down and couldn't believe what she saw, it was Bakura. He was on top of her and she could feel him stir a little. Soon he was awake and looked up at her. She blushed, feeling embarrassed in the position she was in. She didn't even notice the smirk that crawled onto his face.
"Bakura, can you please get off," she said timidly.
"Uh, sure," Bakura said as he quickly got up, and help her up. She looked away as she looked around the place. It looked like a hallway, and nothing but light up torches were illuminating it.
"Where's Tristan?" Tea had noticed her friend wasn't there.
"I don't know," Bakura told her simply.
"Hey guys, over here," Tristan whispered. The two turned to see Tristan who was telling them to follow him. They quickly walked toward him and followed him. When they stopped walking, they found a room filled with so many people, and it appeared that they were…dueling?
"What's going on?" Tea asked, a bit of fear present in her voice.
"It's seems to be some type of duel, those stone monuments looked like duel monsters!" Bakura answered.
The three kept on watching, and the duel soon over. The one who lost disappeared, and this made the three teens gasped.
"What happened?" Tristan said a little too loudly.
The people in the room al turned to face them. Hey had been chatting something while the duel was going on, but now they were silent. Tea, Bakura, and Tristan were still and silent, afraid to move.
"This is how they used to duel a long time ago. The winner would take the soul of the loser, and put it in the shadow. And that is exactly what I am going to do to you," the winner of the duel said, taking off his hood, showing his face, it was Pegasus.
"What are you talking about?" Tea asked shakily.
"I am going to take your souls and as I do, the powers of the Millennium Eye will become stronger. Especially because of you Bakura," Bakura looked puzzled, "with you're Millennium Ring, I will be much stronger."
"You can't do that!" Tristan yelled.
"It's not my fault that you three didn't mind your own business. You only have yourselves to blame," Pegasus moved hi hair and revealed the Millennium Eye. As he was about to do what he said he was going to do, he stopped as he felt a strong force. It was coming from Bakura, actually from his Millennium Item. It was glowing brightly and the power was great. Bakura only smirked, and looked at Pegasus evilly.
"Sorry, but it seems I'm going to have to cancel your little plan. You will never get your hands on my Millennium Item. Now let's all forget about this, shall we? Erase their minds!" there was a huge flash of light and everyone was engulfed in it, it was the last thing thy saw before darkness again took over.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea looked blankly at the wall in her room. She didn't know what to think. She didn't know if everything that just happened was a dream. It felt real, just like the other ones. 'I'll probably never figure it out…but that was definitely weird' she thought. She looked out the window and pondered some more. Whatever it was dream or not, she felt too tired to care…kind of odd, wasn't it. Wasn't she just sleeping?
Meanwhile, in Bakura's room, Bakura was sitting on his bed, smirking. He knew that he would get the Millennium Eye, no matter what it will be his. 'I will have it, Pegasus, so you better watch out, especially you Yugi, because I will have your item as well!' he thought, beginning to chuckle. 'And Tea…I know we'll be together…it's only a matter of time. Those dreams will make sense…maybe mine will be clearer as well, but I'll have to wait.'
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Darkness was all that Tea, Joey and Tristan could see. They could not do anything for their friend Yugi. Right now he was facing Pegasus, and they had no clue if he was winning or not. Whatever this black stuff was, it really made the three friends uneasy. Bakura was unconscious, Tea and Joey really didn't know why, all Tristan told them was that when he was getting Mokuba, Bakura came and something happened. The two didn't pressure for any more details since, really, their concern was on Yugi. But Tea was a bit curious to what happened to Bakura…something just didn't feel right.
She sighed quietly and looked at where Mokuba and Bakura lay. Tristan managed to find Mokuba but he was like his brother, in the shadow realm. Well, there was only one way to bring them both back; Yugi would have to win this duel. She had faith in Yugi; she knows he'll win. But, then why was she getting a bad feeling that something was wrong? 'I hope Yugi is okay…Come on Yugi, you can win, don't give up!' she wished he could hear her, but he was too far to hear.
"Man, this is taking too long! What's happening?" wailed Joey.
"I don't know, but I have a feeling that something is wrong," Tristan responded.
"Don't worry guys, Yugi will win! He just has to," Tea told them. It was hard to believe right now, but she wasn't going to lose hope. As she kept on staring at the nothingness, she had an urge to touch it…something drew her to it. 'I wonder if we can go through it. Could this thing stop us from going to Yugi?' she thought, and slowly moved forward. Joey and Tristan looked at her, wondering what she was thinking. Bakura had woken up a few minutes ago and was now watching her as well.
Tea slowly made her way to the large black dome and lifted her hand. Slowly she touched it and something didn't seem right. She could see a flash of light as her hand touched the blackness. She quickly withdrew, and looked puzzled at what just happened. Tristan and Joey, however, didn't see anything, and just wondered if something was wrong with her. Bakura saw what happened though, and he wondered what that light was.
"Is something wrong, Tea?" Joey asked.
"No…everything's fine," Tea said and raised her hand to touch it again. This time, however, her hand went right through the blackness but her hand appeared beside her. Tristan and Joey just looked on confused and tried putting their hands inside as well. The same thing happened, and they now knew it was impossible to get inside. Their friend Yugi was trapped and there was definitely nothing they could do. 'Oh, Yugi, I hope you're okay…you just have to win, or we will lose you too,' Tea thought as she hoped for the best.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
When you keep your hope, you know that everything will turn out great at the end. That's true in this case, Yugi had managed to beat Pegasus, and everything was restored back to normal. Tea was happy to see that everything was okay, and felt some relief. At least now she didn't have to worry so much about her friends. Speaking of friends she wondered where Seto was. Wasn't he supposed to be back as well? 'I wonder if he's okay…' she thought.
Tea looked at her friends as they all were walking to the exit of the castle. Something happened to Pegasus, he became ill or something like that. So when they went to his room to figure out if everything was back to normal, they found out that the painting of the woman they kept seeing was Pegasus' wife. She died, and all Pegasus was trying to do was bring her back. Tea felt, in a way, sorry for him. But that was no excuse for what he did.
She sighed as she looked behind her. Yugi was walking behind her, and Joey, Tristan, Bakura, and Mokuba were walking in front of her. She smiled as she looked at Yugi. He had won the tournament, restored his grandfather's soul, as well as Mokuba's and hopefully Seto's as well. She couldn't be anymore prouder.
"Where did you say my brother was?" Mokuba asked.
"Don't know and could care less," Joey replied with a growl. He was still angry with Seto for what he did and practically despised him.
"Don't act like that, Joey," Tristan told him, then turned to Mokuba, "don't worry, kid, I'm sure your brother is waiting for you outside."
"I hope so," Mokuba looked worried then smiled.
They all walked for a few more minutes, mostly because they were kind of lost. When they finally reached the exit of the castle Joey, Tristan and Mokuba ran out, like little children would and cheered. They were happy to be out and finally safe. Tea giggled at their actions and smiled at Bakura who was looking at her, why, she didn't want to know. Yugi joined the guys and they all looked at the rising sun. Tea felt like it had so long since she last saw the sun. It was quite beautiful, and as she stared, the gates of the castle opened, and there stood a smiling Kaiba. Tea and Mokuba's face lightened up and Mokuba ran to his brother.
Seto walked toward him and when Mokuba reached him, he embraced him tightly, saying how happy he was to see him. Tea would have done the same, but her friends would surely question her for her actions. So she just smiled brightly when Seto looked at her. He smiled too, but it didn't go unnoticed. Bakura and Yugi looked at the two. Bakura knew why they were smiling, but Yugi was totally clueless, and couldn't help but feel that something was going on between the two.
Tea looked away and looked back at the rising sun. One thing was completed, she supported her friends through this tournament. Now she was to figure out her dream. But she felt she wouldn't be able to…something else was going to happen as well. Something that might endanger her friends once again, and when that happens…she had a feeling that it will lead her to the answers of all her question. Especially the most important one, what does her dream mean?
*Yes, I'm finally done this lousy chapter! Yes! I'm finally done Duelist Kingdom!! Yes!! I'm finally going to start Battle City!!! Yes!!! Malik will finally appear!!!! Yay!!! Well, it looks like Bakura now has Yami's personality…but don't worry he won't do that anymore…or will he? Well, what do expect from a guy who hasn't had any for more than five thousand years. Anywho…I know everything went by quickly, but I had to get through it. It was beginning to annoy me….yeah. Anyway, at least now I can start Battle City and get this damn fic done. I just can't wait, especially for the sequel. It won't be as great as the first one, but…you may like it. Anywho, I got to go, bye!
Tasha3: Sorry about the confusion. This is the sequel, but what I meant to say was the sequel to the sequel. So the sequel to this story will have that mysterious person. Hope that clears up everything.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! (for good reasons)
Chapter 6~ It's over, but not entirely.
"I can't lose…I just can't. I won't lose!" Seto cried out. Tea didn't like how any of this was going, she wanted Yugi to win, but she also wanted Seto to win. Everything always had to be difficult, nothing was ever simple. Before this battle began between Yugi and Seto, she and the others were about to enter the castle. Joey and Yugi had finally achieved their goal of getting ten star chips and when they were about to go into the castle for the finals, Kaiba appeared and challenged Yugi to a duel. After everything, they still were not in the castle.
Tea gave a small sigh and felt worried. The battle did look too good for Seto and whatever he was thinking Tea had a feeling it would be terrifying for her. She couldn't figure out any way he could win this duel. His Ultimate Blue Eyes can't attack, but when Yugi does, he will have the perfect shot and eliminate the rest of Seto's life points. There couldn't possibly be any way for Seto to win.
"What are you talking about, Kaiba?! There is no way for you to win, this battle is over!" Yugi yelled.
"For you, Yugi, because I'm going to force your hand!" Seto told him, and started to walk backwards. Tea didn't like how this was going at all, what was Seto thinking?
"What do you think you are doing, Kaiba?" Yugi shouted at him, but Seto didn't respond, he just kept on walking backwards.
When Seto stopped, he looked at Yugi, then at Tea. He wanted to tell her that he had to do this, he had to take a risk, and it was the only way to save his brother. He cannot lose this duel. As he looked at her, he could see the confusion in her eyes, but soon she would know what he was thinking of doing. He stared a little longer, and no one seemed to notice except for Yugi.
'Why does he keep looking at her? And why does Tea seem to be worried about him? What in the world is going on?' Yugi thought, feeling a bit of jealousy come over him, for what reason…he didn't know.
Tea stared at Seto and really wondered what it was that Seto was going to do, and soon her question was answered. Seto looked away from her and spoke.
"Yugi, this duel is over! Attack me if you want, but…" Seto took one more step backwards and got on the ledge of the area they were dueling in. Below was nothing but water and rocks, falling would be fatal, but this was the only thing that Seto believed he could do, "I might fall from the impact of the attack. Do as you wish, and if you don't attack, I swear I'll take you down on my turn!"
"This is insane, Kaiba!" Yugi told him. Kaiba just ignored him.
"This is cheating! You stupid bastard, you can't do this," Joey cried out.
"Do you think Yugi will attack?" Bakura asked.
"I hope not," Tea whispered, but Bakura was able to hear her. He looked at her and could see tears beginning to form. She looked scared and worried.
"Well, Yugi! What will it be?" Kaiba asked and smirked to see Yugi struggling to make a decision.
"This is crazy, Kaiba! Stop this, please, don't do this!" Tea shouted at him, this couldn't be happening. He promised he would try and stay safe, but he is risking his life, for good intentions, yes, but it wasn't the right way! "Please, Kaiba!"
Seto didn't even look at her, he was afraid to see her face. He knew that if he looked at her he would see the worry in her eyes, but what could he do? His brother needed to be saved and this is all he could think of. 'I'm sorry, Tea…but it's the only way. I would rather die trying to save my brother than to have someone else do it. I promised Mokuba I would always be there for him, and I'm going to keep that promise! I'm just so sorry,' he thought.
Tea was beyond scared now, what was Yugi going to do? He wouldn't risk Seto's life, he just couldn't! And if he did, she wouldn't know what to do without Seto. She needed him to be there for her because he was the only one she has ever told about her secrets. She needed Seto, loosing him would be terrible. One tear fell from her eye, and she was beginning to shake little, which was noticed by Bakura.
He knew of their little friendship, and he couldn't help but feel a bit unhappy about all this. He hated to see Tea hurt, and if Seto thinks this is going to help someone, he is dead wrong…well, he will be if Yugi attacks. For his sake, he better not, the last thing he wants is Tea being depressed. 'I want Tea to be happy, not upset, so if someone is going to upset her, they better be prepared to face me!' he thought as he stared at Tea then at Yugi.
While the others thought, Yugi was fighting with himself on what to do. It seems that the spirit in the Millennium Puzzle was telling him that he had to attack, but Yugi couldn't. 'I can't, he could die if I do," Yugi told him.
'But this may be the only chance we have to save your grandfather. We must do it' the spirit countered.
'I know, but…we just can't!'
'We must!'
'No!'
'Yes,' the spirit took complete control.
"Kaiba, I have never lost a duel yet, and I'm not about to start now! So I'm going to attack!" when he said that, Tea eyes went wide with fear. He couldn't do it, he wouldn't! 'Yugi wouldn't do such a thing…but then again…this isn't really Yugi. It's another being, the one within Yugi!' Tea thought and without hesitation she turned to face Yugi, shouted and ran.
"No, Yugi! You can't! You can't do this, think about what you are about to do! Yugi, this isn't the way!" the tears flowed freely down her face as she shouted. Her heart raced, she really hoped nothing would happen.
'She's right, I can't do this…'
'Yugi?'
"Stop!!" Yugi cried out, and his Celtic Guardian stopped. Yugi fell to his knees, feeling his tears fall. Tea stopped right in front of him and cried some more.
"Oh, Yugi, I'm so sorry…" Tea said, wishing none of this had to happen.
Behind her, Seto watched and knew that he had won this battle. He commanded his dragon to attack and when it did, Yugi's life points were gone. Tristan, Joey, and Bakura all ran to where Yugi was and tried to comfort him. Tea couldn't move from her spot, and she really wanted to hug him, but she couldn't.
"Come on Yugi, don't worry about this. You can still save your grandfather, you just got to stay confident," Joey told his best friend.
"I almost lost control. I couldn't control him…" Yugi ignored everyone around him, just mumbling to himself about the spirit in the puzzle.
"Come on, Yugi, Seto cheated, you didn't know what to do. He's a jerk, so don't worry about it," Joey tried again.
"Don't bother with him, Joey, Yugi is just a sore loser," Kaiba said, and everyone turned around to see him picking up ten star chips that were in the middle of the battle arena. "If he attacked he would have won, but his good heart wouldn't let him."
Tristan and Joey wanted to hurt him badly, but they managed to restrain themselves. Or rather Bakura was the one who grabbed them. Tea, on the other hand was shocked to hear what he said. 'How could he even say such a thing? How dare he call Yugi a sore loser, how dare he say Yugi should have attacked! He could have died and he dares to say that Yugi should have attacked!' Tea really didn't know what to feel right now, angry or glad. She was glad that Seto was safe, but she was angry that he was being so…so…she couldn't find the word. But she knew what she wanted to do.
She turned around to face Seto, and without warning, she ran up to him and with one swift move, she slapped him across the face. Everyone gasped, even Yugi, who wasn't really paying any attention to anything until now. Seto on the other had felt he deserved it, and didn't even say anything or move. He looked at Tea, with sorrowful eyes. She was crying and shaking uncontrollably, and he wished she wasn't. What was worst, he was the reason for his best friend's tears.
Tea looked at Kaiba for a little longer then looked away; she didn't know what to say to him. She just wished none of this happened. Her friends were looking at this scene with confusion. They had no clue why she wasn't saying anything, especially Seto; he was, after all, slapped by her. But after so long, no one said anything.
The silence was something Seto couldn't stand and seeing Tea still crying was something he especially couldn't stand, so he decided to leave. It was now time for him to face Pegasus, and hopefully save his brother. He looked away form Tea and turned to walk away, but before he did, Tea spoke softly, yet he could hear what she said.
"Be careful," he was a bit shocked to hear it. After everything he has done she is telling him to be careful. Well, he guessed that no matter what happens they would always be friends. But it would take time for Tea to ever forget this. With no more thought, Seto walked away, into the castle, ready to face his next opponent.
'You better be careful, Seto. I couldn't bear to lose you, especially when I'm more confused, now, more than ever. Please, come back safely, my friend,' she thought, hoping Seto will be all right. But, deep down, she knew something was going to happen. Nothing felt right, like something bad will happen to everyone she holds so dear, if not now, then later. But she also felt that questions will soon be answered. Only time will tell.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea sat silently on her bed. Tears were slowly falling as she recalled what happened. Seto was gone, not dead, but gone. Pegasus had won the duel, and Seto had to pay the price for losing. His soul was taken, now he is in what is known as the shadow realm. She didn't know whether she will ever see him again, but she had to have some faith. But how could she when everything seems to be going wrong. She is confused about her dreams, doesn't have a clue why Bakura seems to be a big part of it, and her illness isn't getting any better. She was glad that she still had a lot of her medication.
"This really is horrible. I just hope Yugi will be able to defeat Pegasus, but first he is going to have to face Mai. Hopefully Yugi will be able to duel," she said to herself. After the match that Yugi had with Seto, he didn't act the same. He wouldn't even take the star chips that Mai offered him, so Tea had challenged Mai to a duel for the chips. Tea did manage to get them, but she knew that Mai could have easily won, she was just being nice.
Tea sighed, wiped the tears away and lay down on the bed. She stared at the ceiling and wondered what else was going to happen. 'Nothing good I bet,' she thought. She sighed again, remembering what she and the others had gone through to get here. Some of it wasn't good, but there were times when they had laughs. And also getting scared half to death. Tea chuckled a bit when she remembered how some skeletons scared her and Bakura. They appeared out of nowhere and it was very frightening.
"What was scarier was when that fake boulder chased us," Tea chuckled again, if that fake boulder was real, it would have crushed Bakura, but thankfully it wasn't. The face that Bakura had, though, when he was lying on the ground when the boulder got him, was priceless. Tea really had a hard time holding in her giggles, but she managed.
"I guess not everything was bad…at least we had a little fun while being here," Tea said. She closed her eyes and wanted to sleep, but when she was about to, a knock at the door stopped her. She looked at the door, then after another knock she stood up and walked toward it. When she opened it there stood Bakura.
"Hi, Tea, I hope I didn't disturb you," he said politely.
"No, not at all," she told him, "is something wrong?"
"No, but Tristan wants us to meet him at his room, so I came to get you," he answered.
"I see, okay, let's go," she said and walked out of her room, following Bakura.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Tristan are you sure this is a good idea," Bakura complained, as he looked down from where he was. Tristan had made a plan to check out a tower from Pegasus' castle He believed that Pegasus cheated when facing Seto, and that he was checking Seto's cards from this tower. Right now he, Tea, and Bakura were up high, trying to reach the window of the tower. They couldn't go in from the entrance since there were guards, so their only option was walking on the ledge of the tower.
"No, not really, but it's the only way to get in," Tristan answered his question.
"Tristan, I don't know how you convinced me to do this!" Tea whispered angrily to him.
"I don't know either," Tristan said simply.
Tea sighed and they all continued walking, carefully not missing any step. But unfortunately, Tea slipped. She was about to let out a scram when, Bakura and Tristan quickly grabbed her. Bakura's heart was pounding, but not as bad as Tea's. He would have surly blamed Tristan if Tea had fallen to her doom.
"Are you okay, Tea?" Bakura asked, as he and Tristan lifted her back to safety.
"Yeah, I think so," she responded. Without another word, they continued walking and soon enough, they arrived at the window, but it was really high up. Tristan, however, brought rope, and threw it, making it get caught on something. It was safe to climb the rope.
"Okay, Tea you go on first," he said to her. Tea looked a bit reluctant.
"Why me?" she complained.
"Why not?" Tristan countered.
"In case you haven't noticed, I'm wearing a skirt. There is no way that I am going up first when you can see up my skirt!" she explained. Tristan raised an eyebrow, and Bakura was smirking, but no one saw him.
"We'll close our eyes, and if you happen to fall we can catch you," Tristan said, wishing she would just start climbing.
"Fine, but you better not look!" Tea gave a death glare then began climbing.
"Okay, now you Bakura, and make sure you have your eyes closed," Bakura nodded and began climbing, followed by Tristan.
As the three climbed, Bakura couldn't help but smirk. Original Bakura may agree to have his eyes closed, but when you are a five thousand year old thief, you don't really do as you're told. Bakura didn't have his eyes closed, he actually looked up and what a view! He didn't care really if this was perverted, all he knew was that he had been stuck in total darkness for five thousand years, and it wasn't as if he never saw Tea, or rather Anzu's bum. Besides, he is still a man, how else was he supposed to act?
"Hey, Bakura, I hope you have your eyes closed," teased Tristan.
"Of course I do!" Bakura said, 'and you better not be looking! She is mine and if you even give a simple glare, you will definitely have a one way ticket to the shadow realm!' he thought. Bakura would kill anyone who looked at Tea in the wrong way, only he may look at her.
"We're almost there!" Tea cried out.
"Good, 'cause I'm getting tired," Tristan said cheerfully.
"Yeah, so am I," Bakura agreed.
When Tea finally reached the top, she helped Bakura and he helped Tristan. They carefully opened the window and went inside the tower. It was dark in the room, and hard to see anything. Tristan accidentally stepped on Bakura's foot and Bakura accidentally bump into Tea. The three tried to find a switch to turn on the lights, but they couldn't find one.
"Man, it's so dark in here, can someone turn on the damn lights," Tristan complained. When he said that, the lights mysteriously turned on.
"Odd, who did that?" Bakura wondered. No one answered him, for no one knew. Tea looked at him, then shrugged. She turned around and saw a picture that she recognized.
"Hey guys, isn't this the same woman we saw in the dining room?" she asked, as she looked at it more carefully.
"Yeah it is. I wonder who she is," Tristan wondered.
"She must be really important to Pegasus if he has so many pictures of her," Bakura pointed out.
"Maybe she is his wi…" Tea couldn't finish her sentence since someone cut her off.
"My, my, we have some little trouble makers. Isn't it past your bedtime, children," everyone jumped at the voice. The three turned around to be face to face with Pegasus.
"Pegasus…" Tristan gritted his teeth.
"Why is it that you're here?" Pegasus asked, acting as if he really didn't care.
"The jig is up, Pegasus, we know that you cheated against Seto," Tristan pointed at him, accusing him.
"Hmm, you're trespassing and you are accusing me of doing something wrong," Pegasus chuckled slightly.
"Well…" Tristan didn't know what to say.
"Um, then we'll just go, sorry for all this," Tea told him, but this only made Pegasus chuckled more.
"No, I don't think that will be possible. You've seen too much, so I really have no choice but to punish you all. Farewell, and welcome darkness," as he said that, the floor turned into some dark substance that covered their legs. All of them were freaked out, well…Bakura wasn't really. He just looked at it knowing what was happening. He turned to look at Tea and could see that she was really scared, so he quickly ran to her, grabbed her, and held her tightly as darkness devoured them all.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea could feel something on top of her, it was heavy and she didn't know whether she could move it. She slowly opened her eyes, and realized that she didn't know where she was. She slowly looked down and couldn't believe what she saw, it was Bakura. He was on top of her and she could feel him stir a little. Soon he was awake and looked up at her. She blushed, feeling embarrassed in the position she was in. She didn't even notice the smirk that crawled onto his face.
"Bakura, can you please get off," she said timidly.
"Uh, sure," Bakura said as he quickly got up, and help her up. She looked away as she looked around the place. It looked like a hallway, and nothing but light up torches were illuminating it.
"Where's Tristan?" Tea had noticed her friend wasn't there.
"I don't know," Bakura told her simply.
"Hey guys, over here," Tristan whispered. The two turned to see Tristan who was telling them to follow him. They quickly walked toward him and followed him. When they stopped walking, they found a room filled with so many people, and it appeared that they were…dueling?
"What's going on?" Tea asked, a bit of fear present in her voice.
"It's seems to be some type of duel, those stone monuments looked like duel monsters!" Bakura answered.
The three kept on watching, and the duel soon over. The one who lost disappeared, and this made the three teens gasped.
"What happened?" Tristan said a little too loudly.
The people in the room al turned to face them. Hey had been chatting something while the duel was going on, but now they were silent. Tea, Bakura, and Tristan were still and silent, afraid to move.
"This is how they used to duel a long time ago. The winner would take the soul of the loser, and put it in the shadow. And that is exactly what I am going to do to you," the winner of the duel said, taking off his hood, showing his face, it was Pegasus.
"What are you talking about?" Tea asked shakily.
"I am going to take your souls and as I do, the powers of the Millennium Eye will become stronger. Especially because of you Bakura," Bakura looked puzzled, "with you're Millennium Ring, I will be much stronger."
"You can't do that!" Tristan yelled.
"It's not my fault that you three didn't mind your own business. You only have yourselves to blame," Pegasus moved hi hair and revealed the Millennium Eye. As he was about to do what he said he was going to do, he stopped as he felt a strong force. It was coming from Bakura, actually from his Millennium Item. It was glowing brightly and the power was great. Bakura only smirked, and looked at Pegasus evilly.
"Sorry, but it seems I'm going to have to cancel your little plan. You will never get your hands on my Millennium Item. Now let's all forget about this, shall we? Erase their minds!" there was a huge flash of light and everyone was engulfed in it, it was the last thing thy saw before darkness again took over.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea looked blankly at the wall in her room. She didn't know what to think. She didn't know if everything that just happened was a dream. It felt real, just like the other ones. 'I'll probably never figure it out…but that was definitely weird' she thought. She looked out the window and pondered some more. Whatever it was dream or not, she felt too tired to care…kind of odd, wasn't it. Wasn't she just sleeping?
Meanwhile, in Bakura's room, Bakura was sitting on his bed, smirking. He knew that he would get the Millennium Eye, no matter what it will be his. 'I will have it, Pegasus, so you better watch out, especially you Yugi, because I will have your item as well!' he thought, beginning to chuckle. 'And Tea…I know we'll be together…it's only a matter of time. Those dreams will make sense…maybe mine will be clearer as well, but I'll have to wait.'
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Darkness was all that Tea, Joey and Tristan could see. They could not do anything for their friend Yugi. Right now he was facing Pegasus, and they had no clue if he was winning or not. Whatever this black stuff was, it really made the three friends uneasy. Bakura was unconscious, Tea and Joey really didn't know why, all Tristan told them was that when he was getting Mokuba, Bakura came and something happened. The two didn't pressure for any more details since, really, their concern was on Yugi. But Tea was a bit curious to what happened to Bakura…something just didn't feel right.
She sighed quietly and looked at where Mokuba and Bakura lay. Tristan managed to find Mokuba but he was like his brother, in the shadow realm. Well, there was only one way to bring them both back; Yugi would have to win this duel. She had faith in Yugi; she knows he'll win. But, then why was she getting a bad feeling that something was wrong? 'I hope Yugi is okay…Come on Yugi, you can win, don't give up!' she wished he could hear her, but he was too far to hear.
"Man, this is taking too long! What's happening?" wailed Joey.
"I don't know, but I have a feeling that something is wrong," Tristan responded.
"Don't worry guys, Yugi will win! He just has to," Tea told them. It was hard to believe right now, but she wasn't going to lose hope. As she kept on staring at the nothingness, she had an urge to touch it…something drew her to it. 'I wonder if we can go through it. Could this thing stop us from going to Yugi?' she thought, and slowly moved forward. Joey and Tristan looked at her, wondering what she was thinking. Bakura had woken up a few minutes ago and was now watching her as well.
Tea slowly made her way to the large black dome and lifted her hand. Slowly she touched it and something didn't seem right. She could see a flash of light as her hand touched the blackness. She quickly withdrew, and looked puzzled at what just happened. Tristan and Joey, however, didn't see anything, and just wondered if something was wrong with her. Bakura saw what happened though, and he wondered what that light was.
"Is something wrong, Tea?" Joey asked.
"No…everything's fine," Tea said and raised her hand to touch it again. This time, however, her hand went right through the blackness but her hand appeared beside her. Tristan and Joey just looked on confused and tried putting their hands inside as well. The same thing happened, and they now knew it was impossible to get inside. Their friend Yugi was trapped and there was definitely nothing they could do. 'Oh, Yugi, I hope you're okay…you just have to win, or we will lose you too,' Tea thought as she hoped for the best.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
When you keep your hope, you know that everything will turn out great at the end. That's true in this case, Yugi had managed to beat Pegasus, and everything was restored back to normal. Tea was happy to see that everything was okay, and felt some relief. At least now she didn't have to worry so much about her friends. Speaking of friends she wondered where Seto was. Wasn't he supposed to be back as well? 'I wonder if he's okay…' she thought.
Tea looked at her friends as they all were walking to the exit of the castle. Something happened to Pegasus, he became ill or something like that. So when they went to his room to figure out if everything was back to normal, they found out that the painting of the woman they kept seeing was Pegasus' wife. She died, and all Pegasus was trying to do was bring her back. Tea felt, in a way, sorry for him. But that was no excuse for what he did.
She sighed as she looked behind her. Yugi was walking behind her, and Joey, Tristan, Bakura, and Mokuba were walking in front of her. She smiled as she looked at Yugi. He had won the tournament, restored his grandfather's soul, as well as Mokuba's and hopefully Seto's as well. She couldn't be anymore prouder.
"Where did you say my brother was?" Mokuba asked.
"Don't know and could care less," Joey replied with a growl. He was still angry with Seto for what he did and practically despised him.
"Don't act like that, Joey," Tristan told him, then turned to Mokuba, "don't worry, kid, I'm sure your brother is waiting for you outside."
"I hope so," Mokuba looked worried then smiled.
They all walked for a few more minutes, mostly because they were kind of lost. When they finally reached the exit of the castle Joey, Tristan and Mokuba ran out, like little children would and cheered. They were happy to be out and finally safe. Tea giggled at their actions and smiled at Bakura who was looking at her, why, she didn't want to know. Yugi joined the guys and they all looked at the rising sun. Tea felt like it had so long since she last saw the sun. It was quite beautiful, and as she stared, the gates of the castle opened, and there stood a smiling Kaiba. Tea and Mokuba's face lightened up and Mokuba ran to his brother.
Seto walked toward him and when Mokuba reached him, he embraced him tightly, saying how happy he was to see him. Tea would have done the same, but her friends would surely question her for her actions. So she just smiled brightly when Seto looked at her. He smiled too, but it didn't go unnoticed. Bakura and Yugi looked at the two. Bakura knew why they were smiling, but Yugi was totally clueless, and couldn't help but feel that something was going on between the two.
Tea looked away and looked back at the rising sun. One thing was completed, she supported her friends through this tournament. Now she was to figure out her dream. But she felt she wouldn't be able to…something else was going to happen as well. Something that might endanger her friends once again, and when that happens…she had a feeling that it will lead her to the answers of all her question. Especially the most important one, what does her dream mean?
*Yes, I'm finally done this lousy chapter! Yes! I'm finally done Duelist Kingdom!! Yes!! I'm finally going to start Battle City!!! Yes!!! Malik will finally appear!!!! Yay!!! Well, it looks like Bakura now has Yami's personality…but don't worry he won't do that anymore…or will he? Well, what do expect from a guy who hasn't had any for more than five thousand years. Anywho…I know everything went by quickly, but I had to get through it. It was beginning to annoy me….yeah. Anyway, at least now I can start Battle City and get this damn fic done. I just can't wait, especially for the sequel. It won't be as great as the first one, but…you may like it. Anywho, I got to go, bye!
