Hello, my loyal readers! Thank you for all your reviews, I appreciate 'em soooo much! I'm barely finding time to type, as schools getting demanding!! But, I will do my best to continue this fic. Don't worry, it ain't even close to being over yet! Well, now I'll stop taking up space and let you read more!

Tea spent another boring detention with Kaiba. Their teacher had gone off on some more errands, so they we're alone again. She had her head propped up by her hands. Her elbow slipped and her chin came crashing down on the desk. "Owwwww," she muttered, rubbing her chin in pain. She could hear Kaiba's muffled snickering. She checked for the teacher, but they weren't there, probably out on an errand. She turned around and snapped, "What's so, funny?!"

Kaiba wiped a tear from his eye and said, "Guess you have problems keeping your head up." He smirked smugly and leaned back in his chair, propping his feet up on his desk. He overbalanced and crashed into the floor. It was Tea's turn to smirk.

"Smart move genius. Maybe now you banged some sense into your thick skull." She turned around and thought, "Ha! Serves him right!"

The rest of the detention was not a happy time, for Tea. Kaiba kept muttering various profanities under his breathe and Tea seemed to be he was directing them to. She sat there and opened the locket her friends gave her. Seeing them in their comic poses comforted her. Joey and Tristan, arms slung over each others shoulders gave strange peace-symbols. Yugi smiled in his quiet way, while winking. "With them around, I can get through anything," she thought peacefully.

Suddenly the locket was snatched out of her fingers, by none other than Seto Kaiba. He read the message inside and sneered, "How very touching."

"Give it back, Kaiba," Tea said levelly.

"I think I'll keep this. Everything has a price, you want it, you pay it."

"You dirty, cheating, SCUM BAG! No wonder no one likes you! I don't know how Mokuba can even STAND being in the same room as you!" Tea screamed.

Kaiba stood up, blue eyes blazing. He started towards her. "I'll kill you, you bitch! No one EVER insults Mokuba!"

Tea stood her ground. "You just don't get it, do you? I like Mokuba. He's a sweet, caring, little boy. He was worried when you, Mr. Big shot, went and got yourself stuck in that goddamn game! So he asked US! You have NO idea how hard it was for Yugi and Mai and Joey and ESPECIALLY Mokuba! Joey and Mai DIED!! But you didn't care! All you cared about was hating and not working with people lower, in financial status that is! You are the lowest of the low in social status; you don't even have any friends! Yugi and Joey are at the top of that list, hell, MOKUBA will be up there! But no, you're stuck at the bottom, wondering how you got there, and all the time it's been right in front of you but your so blind you can't see it! Yugi has friends, Yugi has us! You have Mokuba and so many electronic friends, that I wonder how you manage to make it through school! I think Mokuba spends more time trying to get your attention than anything else. But you don't care! For you, it's "Gotta finish my precious work! I don't give a damn about anything else, not Mokuba, not NOTHING!! Seto Kaiba, you are a WRECK!!"

For a minute Kaiba stood frozen, the words sinking in. He hurled the locket against the wall, instantly breaking it. Then, he sank to the ground.

Tea froze. When she realized what happened, the tears came fast and hot. "I HATE YOU, SETO KAIBA!!!" she yelled through her tears. "You bastard, that was a gift for my BIRTHDAY!! From people who actually have hearts! Not like you, Seto Kaiba!"

She walked over to him and was about to yell more harsh, but true words, when she heard something. She looked down at the heap of blue material on the floor. She heard it again, a quiet sound. Kaiba's shoulders and back were shaking violently.

"Think it's funny, do you?!" she exploded angrily. "I'll-" Kaiba looked up. He was crying.

Mokuba was worried. Seto should have been home by now. There were two big men in black suits wanting to se him. Despite Mokuba telling them that he was in another important meeting, they wouldn't take no for an answer. He decided to do what usually calmed him down. He ate chocolate, which made it even worse. Hopping around like a maniac, he ran to the phone and called Yugi.

"Turtle Game Shop," came Yugi's voice.

"Yugi?! IneedtotalktoYugi!!"

It took Yugi about two seconds to realize Mokuba's high pitched voice.

"Mokuba? This is Yugi. What happened? A-Are you all right?!" Yugi asked, suddenly concerned. He knew Kaiba didn't like him, or his friends and didn't want Mokuba communicating with them. Mokuba, however, was friendly towards them, and eternally grateful for saving their souls. Even if Seto wasn't.

"I'm worried 'cause Seto didn't come home. There are two men in black suits waiting for him. I'm really scared!" Mokuba was speaking incredibly fast, as to confirm Yugi's doubts.

"Hey! Yugi! Who is it?!" Joey yelled in the background.

"Shut up! It's Mokuba!! I'm on the phone!"

"Mokuba?!" Joey asked, eyebrows, knitting together. He picked up another phone. "What did your brother do now?" he drawled lazily.

"I don't know!" Mokuba shrieked. Joey and Yugi heard a few crashes. Wondering what was going on, Joey and Yugi pressed their phones into their ears. "They're coming!" a hoarse voice whispered, before the phone went dead. Joey slammed down the phone and ran to Yugi, only find him staring at the phone in horror.

Joey drove them to the Kaiba Corp. Headquarters, despite grandpa's protests.

"I'm a safe driver!" he insisted. Turning out of the driveway, he nearly hit two people, then a parked car, mailbox, tree and five more people. Hearing people's angry reactions as Joey swerved all over the road, Yugi groaned and slid into his seat. "I hope no one sees me here," he thought desperately.

Three blocks away from their destination, they saw a kid dash out in front of the car. Joey hit the brakes, causing himself and Yugi to fly forwards. Joey smacked his head on the steering wheel, having no beliefs whatsoever in seat belts. Yugi's seat belt tightened abruptly, cutting into his chest. Joey was swearing viciously, at the kid and his own misfortune. The kid started to take off again, as the initial shock wore off. Yugi suddenly had an idea.

"Mokuba?" he yelled at the kid. He stopped dead. Then turned slowly. When his eyes landed on Yugi's face, he ran towards them, pulling off the bandana that covered his face, similar to the one he wore in the Duellist Kingdom. Yugi opened the door and Mokuba deftly slid into the seat. Joey, still rubbing his head, floored it and they were off again. When they arrived at the game shop, Joey made it clear no one was to say anything about Mokuba's dramatic entrance. And about the drive there. Or back. Hell, the way he was going on, he didn't want anyone to even MENTION the trip. Once safe in Yugi's room, Mokuba explained to Yugi and Joey about how Seto was never late and how his appointments meant more to him than anything, well, except what family he had left.

"Well, was Kaiba there yesterday?" Joey asked.

"I don't know! I was at a friends house!" Mokuba snapped impatiently, raking his fingers through his hair and making it stick up in odd looking clumps.

Something was bothering Yugi. "Mokuba, what did you mean by, "They're coming?"

Mokuba looked around the room, as if someone had camera's or microphones installed in the walls. "They couldn't take waiting anymore, so they tried to grab me and use me to force Seto to come out. I heard them talking though, so I decided to get outta there before they could nab me. It was really scary. I tied a bandana around my head and took off-" he shot a nasty glare at Joey, "when I was almost run over by a idiotic moron. Any idea who that was, Joey?"

Joey managed a sheepish laugh. "How was I supposed to know that was you?" he asked.

"What would you have done if I was hit?" Mokuba prodded.

"Floored the gas and never speak of it again," Joey replied like it was the most sensible thing in the world. Yugi hung his head, exasperated.

"Mokuba, I think I know where your brother is," he told the little boy.

Mokuba stopped telling Joey what his big brother would have done to him if he was hit, and brightened up instantly. "Really?" he asked Yugi, eyes shining with hope. "Where?"

"At the school. In detention. With Tea." Yugi grinned wickedly. He was knocked over as a black hair ball jumped on him. Mokuba was hugging him with all his strength. "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!" he yelled.

Yugi pried Mokuba off him as Joey stood up and yelled, "To the school!" He marched to the door and....... fell flat on his face.

"Riiiggghht......." Mokuba said sarcastically.

It turned out that while Yugi was telling Mokuba Kaiba's location, Joey, having nothing better to do with his short attention span, had called Tristan. When the group headed outside, they were nearly run over as Tristan came dashing wildly through the door. "Gotta.... See....... This......." he panted as Yugi, Mokuba and Joey stared at him like he grew an extra head.

"What? Can't I see Kaiba's reaction when he finds out two hundred men with guns and tear gas and twenty tanks are waiting for him?" When no one blinked he added, "What? Isn't that what happened?" No answer.

"JOEY!! I'm going to kill you!!" he launched himself at Joey, only to be seized by Yugi and Mokuba. When he calmed down, Joey was heading for the drivers seat. He felt a hand on his shoulder. "No way. I'm driving." Tristan said calmly.

"I called it!" Joey snapped back.

"Gimme a break! You almost always hit something and it's ALWAYS immovable objects! How did you even pass your drivers test?!"

"I'm a pro! Passed on my first try," Joey grinned cockily.

Tristan raised an eyebrow. "Fine. I failed three times. Can we go?" Tristan continued to stare at him. "all right! All right! I failed six times! Happy?!"

"Yes," Tristan smirked smugly. So, Tristan drove them to the school. Tea and Kaiba only had ten minutes left in their detention. When Yugi walked near the classroom, he heard some loud crashing noises. What was going on? When he walked in, the source of the noises were revealed.

"I HATE YOU!!" Tea yelled, as she kicked Kaiba. She grabbed a textbook, half-blinded by tears and threw it at the motionless figure on the floor. She was so freaking angry at the cold-hearted jerk. He broke her locket; the one her FRIENDS gave her for her BIRTHDAY!! She failed to notice the fact that Kaiba wasn't moving. Or insulting her.

"What's going on?" A soft, all too familiar voice shook Tea out of her wild rampage. She sank to the ground, shaking and sobbing hysterically. Their irresponsible teacher walked in. "Miss Gardener, Mr Kaiba, you're free to- Is something wrong?" he asked after noticing Tea and Kaiba on the floor.

"No sir!" Tristan replied quickly. They hustled Tea and a lifeless Seto Kaiba out the door. A very confused teacher was left standing in the middle of the room, wondering what the hell happened in there. Why was Tea crying and what the hell happened to Kaiba? He sighed, figured it was none of his business and continue to grade his students work.