I got the next chapter up! Yay! Well please RR as usual people!

Tea closed her eyes and screamed out but then—

The hands holding her down let go. Tea opened her eyes and saw Malik had pulled her Step-Father off of her.

"You fiend! How dare you!" he shouted. He threw him to the side of the path.

"Malik…" Tea sighed. Malik crouched down next to her.

"Are you alright Tea?" he asked, concern in his eyes. Tea nodded, her throat sore from screaming. Malik offered his hand and she took it. He pulled her up, as he did that Yami came running. Yami was surprised at the scene. There was Tea's Step-Father on the ground moaning and there was Tea, holding Malik's hand.

"Tea?" Yami asked, stepping forward. Tea looked at him, biting her lip. "Tea…I'm…sorry for yelling at you…" Yami said, feeling ashamed of himself. Tea shook her head.

"It's alright Yami. I know you didn't mean it. But I did deserve it." Tea said, sighing as she looked down at the wet cement. "I…I have to go…" Tea whispered, letting go of Malik's hand and turning.

"Tea!" Yami called after her as he and Malik watched her run away. Yami went to chase after her but Malik thrust his arm in front of Yami.

"What-? Malik?" Yami said.

"Let her go Yami. There's so many problems she has in her life…let her go solve those problems on her own…" Malik said calmly.

"But-"

"Let her go." Malik repeated. Yami nodded, understanding what Malik was talking about. Yami turned to look at Tea's Step-Father but got a shock when he saw he wasn't there anymore. "What?" Malik asked turning as well. He gasped.

"He is gone…" Yami muttered as the rain pounded down harder.

Tea ran down the driveway and to the house that she once lived in. She approached the door shaking. She was soaked. She put her hand on the handle of the door, as lightning struck in the background. She turned the handle slowly, and quietly opened it. She looked around checking if her mother was home. She wasn't in the lounge room. Tea walked up the staircase carefully. Creak…creak The stairs made strange creaking sounds. Tea reached the top of the stairs and quietly walked down the hall. She reached her bedroom and put her hand on the handle of the door, turning it and opening the door to her room. She poked her head in. Her bedroom was empty. Tea sighed in relief.

"What's the matter Tea?" a voice asked from behind her. Tea jumped in fright. She turned around to face her mother. Her mother's face was cold.

"H-hello mother." Tea gulped. Her mother looked at her.

"Where have you been all these years?" her mother asked.

"In America." Tea replied. Tea noticed that her mother had her hand behind her back. "What is that mother?" Tea asked pointing to the hand that was behind her mother's back. She smirked at Tea. Tea's mother pulled out a gun and pointed it at Tea's face.

"Don't move." She ordered. Tea froze.

"What are you doing?!" Tea cried. Her mother smirked.

"Tea, Tea…I've always wanted to do this…" she said, a sick smile on her face. She aimed the gun at Tea's forehead, then at her stomach, then she stopped where Tea's heart was. "Well Tea, I wish your father was here to see this."

"You're sick!" Tea said in disgust.

"Don't talk to me like that." Tea's mother said getting ready to pull the trigger. Fear grew in Tea's stomach, she was stalling for time. Inside her mind she was hoping that if she stalled…then one of her friends might come…she needed to stall but—

BANG!

Tea's heart hurt as she fell to the ground, she held her heart, her hand becoming covered in blood. She fell to the ground, coughing, fighting for life, breathing in quick breaths, she could hear her mother's insane laughter in the background…Tea breathed out as she closed her eyes…

"My friends…didn't…come…" she whispered.

XD BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Ain't I sad? I always end it as a cliff hanger! . Well, tell me what you think!

Love you lots,

Chibi-Chichan