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Thank you for your reviews! I loved them. I revised chapter one after Kaiba caught Tea, it's practically the same thing except the dialogue is different. Anywayz here's the next chapter! oh yeah, and I changed Mazaki back to Gardener.
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Tea dozed on and off, the pain always keeping her from fully sleeping. Suddenly his footsteps stopped. "We're here." Tea looked up, they were in front of the hospital. "I'll leave you here, later I'll question you about the men when you feel better," he said, his face set into that conceited air that she had grown to know.
"No," Tea said, with set lips. "Excuse me?" Kaiba said pointedly, "Who just lugged you over here?" He set her down on her feet.
"I'm sorry, but I don't need the hospital's help. Now if you excuse me, I'll just walk....ah....to my house," Tea said, hobbling away.
Kaiba: x__x "Sorry Gardener, as much as I'd like to let you go, I can't risk you getting hurt, I need you to help me identify Mokuba's kidnappers."
"Well when I get home, and feel better, I'll call you," Tea said, walking away. 'I know I need help but I can't risk them seeing the scars...they'll suspect....'
"And if you try to stop me, I won't help you at all," she continued, wincing internally, knowing that she would help him for Mokuba.
Kaiba smirked. Yeah, like she would really do that. "Okay fine," he said shrugging, "have it your way. I'm calling my limo to bring you over, here's my number when you find out that you need my help." He started to walk away.
"Wait," Tea said, "where are you going?"
He raised an eyebrow. "I have some unfinished business I need to attend to......unless you've changed your mind."
'Why that-that insolent...insolent....I don't need his help!' Tea fumed. "No, I haven't," she replied back in the same tone. The limo pulled up. As Tea settled herself in, she rolled down the windows and yelled to Kaiba's back, "I don't need your crummy help!"
Kaiba watched the limo pull away, slightly amused. 'Who would've thought that the girl had so much spirit in her?'
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Tea winced as she cleaned the bruises on her ribs. Her shirt was off, and she was clad in her bra and underwear. The clothes that was put on her were tossed aside on the floor. "When you'll find out you need my help," mimicked Tea. "If I survived this long without my parents, I sure as hell don't need his," she muttered.
Kaiba was walking to Tea's house. At first he was ready to call the doctors over to Tea's place but realized that if she was that adamant of not seeing a doctor, she would refuse his help.
He sighed, raking his hand through his hair. He needed Tea recovered so that they could find Mokuba. He would use Tea as bait to draw out the men who dare to anger him.
Of course she wouldn't know anything about that. A small flash of guilt went through him, but he shoved the feeling aside.
The doorbell rang. Tea froze, was the kidnappers after her? She hurriedly put on a big T-shirt and baggy pants, ignoring the pain. "Who's there?" she called from the top of the stairs.
"It's me," said Kaiba.
Tea slowly went down the stairs and opened the door. "What do you want?" she said rudely. Kaiba ignored her tone and brushed past her to enter the room.
"How hurt are you?" he said brusquely.
"Well let's see," Tea said sarcastically. "My shoulder and head is on fire, I have bruises on my ribs from that guy kicking me, and oh yeah, my throat hurts because of some goon decided to strangle me."
Kaiba narrowed his eyes as he looked at her. "So you most likely can't walk normally without gathering notice." 'She'll have to recover before I can use her as the bait.'
He touched her injured shoulder with a hand. "Uh....what are you doing?" said Tea nervously at his touch. "Seeing how bad it is," he said in an annoyed tone.
"It's not that bad," he said, rotating her arm, "just needs rest and ice."
"Since when were you a doctor?" said Tea in an insulting tone, in an effort to calm the butterflies in her stomach.
His icy eyes met hers, he opened his mouth to reply then closed it. "Let me see your ribs," he said, taking hold of the bottom of her T-shirt.
"No," Tea said flatly, holding her shirt down. 'If he see my ribs, he might see the scars...they're not that visible but still...' "It's not that bad, just bruises."
"If you're worried that I'll see your fat stomach, then cool it. I won't tell anyone."
Tea let go of her shirt in her anger. "I am not fat!" she said, jabbing a finger at him.
Kaiba used her let up to pull back her shirt. Tea stilled. "Looks like the sunrise," he commented, looking at her bruises. He gingerly touched one, "Does that hurt?"
"Yes," Tea said glaring, "now if you'll stop fondling me?" She smiled in satisfaction at the look of disgust on his face. "Please, don't get your hopes high, Gardener." Wait, what was this? He brushed his hand across her stomach, he could feel small laceration marks. Was she......? He slowly met Tea's eyes.
Tea roughly pulled her shirt down. "I think you know where the door is," she said in a cold tone.
Kaiba silently walked to the door, his mind in a whirl. Who would have though that underneath her cheery facade, she was harboring this secret. Not looking at her, he said, "You know, if you're afraid your friends will ridicule you, then you're wrong." The door closed.
Tea slumped down into a chair. Of all the people to find out, it had to be Kaiba. She suddenly wanted to get this all over with. If we find Mokuba soon then I won't have to see him anymore except in school.
She called the number he gave her. "Kaiba," he answered. "It's Tea, I just want to tell you that tomorrow, I should be fine and that I'll help you identify the men."
"Fine," he said, his voice clipped. "After school you're coming with me." Click. The phone was hung up.
Tea sighed, 'What have I gotten myself into?"
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Tea slammed her locker with her good arm. She was in a bad mood, the whole day her body was crying out for her to rest. But she had ignored its plea and went to school instead. Now her body was throbbing and a major headache was coming on.
'Hey Tea," said Yugi, walking up to her. "You should go home, you look really tired. That fall down the stairs must've been bad."
"And you have bags under your eyes," Mai added, joining them with the others.
Yeah, the fall. A convenient lie she made up, just like the other lies she made up to cover up her injuries inflicted by her Dad. They all thought she was a klutz at home. "I'm just tired," she said with an artificial smile. "Sorry I can't go with you guys to the dueling games." They had all planned on watching some duels that were taking place at the park.
"Naw that's alright," said Joey, "just take it easy." Then he caught sight of Kaiba walking down the hall toward them.
"Ugh, here comes Kaiba. Hey Kaiba," Joey shouted, "I've gotten a lot better, dare ya to take me on!"
The group restrained Joey from saying anymore with hisses of, "Well you just let it go?"
Kaiba smirked. "Sorry Wheeler, I don't battle pet dogs."
"Why you---mph, mph!"
Kaiba flicked Tea a look. "Let's go, Gardener, it smells a bit rancid here."
Everyone gave Tea a look.
"Wait," Tristan said, stepping in front of Tea. "Just what do you want with Tea, huh?"
The CEO gave Tea a look that said if-you-don't-get-outta-here-I'm-going-to-tell-them-about-the-scars.
'Damn him!' Tea thought. 'But my friends will need a good excuse....' She looked furiously at Kaiba, as he gave her a satisfied glance. 'Ohhhh.......what will piss him off so bad,' she thought, 'I know!'
"Oh, Kaiba," she said with a cooing voice, "Thank you for reminding me!" She giggled inanely, looking at the gang.
The gang: O___O
Kaiba: O___O
"We're going out!" she said with a ditsy laugh. "I was going to tell you guys but you know it like totally slipped my mind!" Inside she was laughing so hard, the expression on Kaiba's face!! It looked like someone had just shoved cockroaches in his mouth.
"But you know," she said, relentlessly continuing her merciless attack, "he's just soooo handsome, and those muscles!"
"Gardener!" Kaiba spluttered, for once in his life, at loss for words. His face flushed, he choked out, "You--you--"
"Uh-uh," she said waving a finger at him. "Don't you go denying it! You're the one who said I was the only one for you and the only girl that made you feel like a real man!"
If looks could kill, Tea would be six feet under in a flash. He grabbed her wrist and practically yanked her out of the hall.
The gang: O___O
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