Official Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. Making no money whatsoever so please put the lawyers away.This fic contains some elements (read: plot elements and etc. Though things are switched in the fic. Also there is a dog in the movie, but the dog I added was because I had just gotten my puppy Max when I got the idea to write this fic.) from a wonderful movie called "Return to Me" which is copyrighted to MGM studios. If I remember correctly. Only the scattered OCs in this fic belong to me. : )

Priestess Kaiba: Hey guys, what's up? Long time no see, right? Oh yeah I changed my name again. : ) Don't get confused on me, it's still SoMS. So anyway enough chatter and on to the chapter. It's a long too, well long by my standards. Enjoy! Thanks for the reviews: Vaz1201 and Demona, Mamono, Nightfall2525, Kaida Black, Azurite, YumeTakato, Mokuba's Official Glomper, Cocoa1331, Ashton, Heart Of The Wizard, PyroKittyKat, borken hearts,crying tears. Many thanks for the reviews, guys. Now please enjoy and don't forget to review. : )

Chapter 4- The Calm before the Storm (Part 2)

Téa stood on the side of the stage, clearly out of the view of the audience, watching her pupils perform. Her eyes shining with unshed tears, but they weren't of sadness they were tears of pride and happiness. She felt someone behind her and before she could turn around, they had snaked their arms around her waist.

"Why are you crying?" They whispered, their lips right by the outer shell of her ear.

She smiled as she knew that voice very well. "Tears of joy," she told him. "Why are you out of your seat?" Her eyes had noticed the empty seat in the front row of the auditoriums seats.

"I had a feeling that you needed me." He told her.

She smiled widely through the silent tears that slid down her face and still in his arms she turned around to face him. "How did you know?" She asked curiously.

He shrugged his shoulders. "I just knew." He replied, holding her closer. He began to slightly move his feet rhythmically with the music.

Téa giggled. "What are you doing?" She asked him looking amusingly into his amethyst eyes.

"Dancing," he told her through a smile. "With the one I love."

Téa raised an inquisitive eyebrow. "You? Dancing? Mr. Two Left Feet?" She said teasingly as he twirled her. He dipped her abruptly and she laughed. "Check out the flashy moves." She added.

"Well I had a great teacher." He told her, bringing her back upright and flashing a smile at her.

"I love you." She told him earnestly.

"I love you, too." He replied, leaning in toward her. He pressed his lips to her soft ones and kissed them gently. The room burst into tumultuous applause, causing Yugi and Téa to break apart in shock. Had they seen them? They couldn't have, right?"

Simultaneously, they both glanced toward the stage and saw that the curtains were closed. Téa's students rushed toward them, bright wide smiles on their flushed faces.

"Mrs. Motou, did you see us?" Ana exclaimed ecstatically.

"Of course!" Téa replied clapping her hands. "You were all fantastic!"

One of the girls, Ana to be precise, noticed Yugi. "Mr. Motou!" She squealed gleefully, running to him with her arms outstretched. Yugi kneeled down as she came toward him, so she could hug him. "Did you see me dance?" She asked him, still in the circle of his arms.

"Of course I did," he told her, big grin on his face. "You danced beautifully, like an angel." All the girls headed over to him, asking him the same question and hugging him. Téa just stood off to the side, watching the scene with a smile on her face.

A few hours later after tying up loose ends at the auditorium, Yugi and Téa headed out of the building to the parking lot. Téa had on Yugi's black tux blazer over her long red gown and Yugi held an umbrella over both their heads. Now that night had fallen, the rain fell steadily upon them as they walked. When they reached the passenger door of the car, Yugi stuck his hand in his slacks pocket, fumbling for something.

"What is it?" Téa asked him. "What are you looking for?"

"I can't find the car keys," he told her, a hint of worry in his voice.

Téa reached into one of the pockets on the blazer. "I have them." She told him with a lopsided grin on her face. She opened the door and grabbed the umbrella. "Go ahead and get in. I'll drive." She told him.

Yugi got into the car and Téa went around to the driver's side. She closed the umbrella and quickly got into the car. She closed the door and placed the umbrella in the back of her seat. She started the car, shifted it into drive and headed out of the parking lot.

The rain hit steadily on the windshield, making the window wipers work furiously to give Téa visibility of the street. They drove along the street toward their home, a comfortable silence in the car with only the continuing sound of the rain hitting the car.

Yugi yawned and leaned back in his seat, the warmth inside the car was making him drowsy.

With her eyes still on the road, she reached over and ran her hand through the golden strands of one of his bangs. "Are you tired?" She asked him, her hand still running through his hair.

"Yeah," he said through another yawn.

"Go to sleep then," she told him. "I'll wake you when we get home."

He reached up, took her hand and guided it to his lips. "Thank you, Téa." He said before he placed a soft kiss on her knuckles and released her hand. His amethyst eyes closed and he drifted off to sleep.

Téa, now both hands on the steering wheel, couldn't help but smile. She had spent most of the day running around and he was the one that was tired. She shook her head in amusement at the irony of the situation.

She hit the brake as she came to an intersection, checked every direction and seeing that it was all clear, she proceeded to turn the car. With the car already in motion she didn't have time to react as it happened so suddenly. There was a loud screeching sound, a flash of light, and the car shook violently as the other car slammed into the passenger side of the car, making a loud crunching sound and the sound of shattering glass. It was followed by a silence that was deafening.

Téa opened her eyes and gingerly lifted her head from the steering wheel; she leaned back in her seat. "Ow." She said softly, placing her hand against her forehead. Something wet her fingers and she brought her fingers down to her line of sight, causing them to widen at what she saw. Blood, there was blood on her fingers. What happened? She asked herself in a mental daze. She couldn't seem to think straight, her thoughts were jumbled. Yet as she caught sight of something golden on her finger, one image came clearly into her mind. She turned to the side and gasped. "Yugi!" She exclaimed.

Yugi didn't move as she called out his name. He was actually very still as she gazed at him in the passenger seat. His eyes were closed, but there were various cuts on his face that were emitting blood. "Yugi!" She reached out for him and he didn't respond. "Yugi!" She called out again. She was more alert now and along with that came extreme panic.

She saw blue and red lights and heard the wailing siren of an ambulance. A few moments later she heard someone approach her and ask her if she was all right. "Help, Yugi!" Was her reply. They moved away from her and headed to the passenger side of the car.

Téa walked hurriedly along the side of the stretcher that carried the man she loved. They were speeding down a white walled, fluorescent lit corridor. This wasn't the jovial Téa from an hour ago though. She was full of worry as she continued down the hallway. Her red gown had brown splotches on it and her arms, forehead, and one cheek were bandaged. The white bandages were marred with red as blood still seeped from her wounds, but she didn't care. Right now her grave, teary eyed expression was more concerned with Yugi.

Every inch of space around her was occupied by the emergency staff of Domino General, their hurried voices sounding like buzzing bees in her ears. They were saying loads of medical terms around her. Most of them sounded like jargon to her, but the ones she did know worried her greatly. She however didn't waver as she stayed by his side, clutching onto his hand, hoping that somehow her strength would be absorbed into him as they raced him to the emergency room. Just as they reached a set of solid white doors a nurse held her back, breaking the hold she had on Yugi's hand. "No!" Téa cried out frantically, tears forming in her eyes.

"I'm sorry Miss, but you can't go in there," the nurse told her apologetically. "The doctors will do their best to save him."

Téa opened her mouth to protest, but almost instantly she closed it. She simply nodded and stepped away from the doors as the nurse vanished behind them.

Mokuba Kaiba, having left his older brother sleeping peacefully in his hospital room, decided to walk around the hospital and stretch his legs. While he walked his stomach gave a loud rumble that made him realize that it has been hours since he had last eaten something. He decided to head out of the ICU floor and down to the ER floor, where he had seen some snack machines before.

As he entered the ER waiting room he saw a girl around his brother's age in a red gown, pacing the length of the ER. She looked extremely anxious and on her face she was covered with blood stained bandages. Mokuba immediately felt sad watching her, she kind of reminded him of his own situation. By looking at her, he knew that she was worried about something that she cared deeply for. Just as he was about to walk toward her and offer her some kind of comfort, a grave looking doctor in surgical scrubs emerged from behind a pair of white doors toward her. Mokuba didn't think it would be polite to overhear what the doctor was going to say, so he decided to head back to his brother's room.

Mokuba took his time to head back to the ICU floor, his thoughts occupied by the girl he had seen in the ER. His thoughts were so consumed by her that he didn't even realize that he hadn't gotten anything to eat. He just felt so sad for her. These thoughts were finally quenched though when he reached the ICU floor and saw an orderly wheeling his big brother out of his room. What the heck? Mokuba thought in a panic as he rushed over to them. Just as he was going to demand what was going on, he saw Dr. Nakano stride toward him.

"Ah, Mr. Kaiba, there you are," Dr. Nakano greeted him. "I have some great news."

Mokuba's eyes widened in surprise. "Good news?" He said slightly perplexed.

"Yes." Dr. Nakano told him.

"What news is that?" Mokuba asked in the same tone as before.

"We found a heart for your brother." Dr. Nakano told him cheerfully.

Mokuba's face brightened. "Really, doctor?" He asked in a disbelieving rush.

"Yes, really," Dr. Nakano repeated with a smile on his face. He placed a hand on Mokuba's shoulder. "Go and talk to your brother. We're taking him to the operating room in a few minutes."

"Thanks doctor." Mokuba said and he walked past him to the gurney, to be by his brother's side. He looked at his brother's pale complexion, heard his labored breathing and took his hand. "Seto, they found you a heart." Mokuba told him, his voice full of joy.

Seto opened his eyes; they were a dull sapphire as they gazed at his brother. "I know." He told him, through a labored breath. "Mokuba, I want you to know that if I don't make it. I've left everything to you. No one will take Kaiba Corp from you."

Mokuba shook his head. Seto had been CEO of Kaiba Corp since their foster father Gozaburo had died four years ago from a heart attack. "Seto, none of that matters because you're going to be okay. Besides all I want is for you to be okay." Seto's lips formed a small smile, his eyes briefly shining with emotion. "You'll pull through Seto, you're strong." Mokuba told him confidently. He bent over and kissed his brother's forehead, just as he had all those years ago when Seto was first diagnosed.

"Thanks Mokuba." Seto told him gratefully. Mokuba was right; if he wanted to make it through he would have to have faith, even if it was miniscule.

"Anytime big brother." Mokuba told him. The orderly pushed the gurney toward the elevator to take Seto down to surgery. As the elevator door closed, obscuring the gurney from Mokuba's eyes, he had no doubts. He knew that Seto would pull through.

Téa in the comforting arms of Joey Wheeler, Yugi's best friend, walked through the front door of her house. Her eyes were bloodshot and very puffy, but she was no longer crying. Mage emerged from the kitchen, his tail wagging, but almost immediately it ceased. He knew something was wrong, something didn't feel right to him.

Téa walked past him and over to the dining room table. There on the table was Yugi's invention, the gold colored 3-D pyramid puzzle. She picked it up and cradled it tightly against her chest. Tears pooled in the corners of her eyes, but she stifled them. A bittersweet smile spread on her lips as memories of him filled her mind's eyes.

She saw him inventing the puzzle and how happy he was when he completed it. She remembered how he playfully teased her when she tried to complete it, but failed miserably. She never had the patience to try and solve it. Yugi on the other hand could assemble the puzzle was ease, incredible ease. The tears that she had stifled before finally found an escape route, silently falling from the corners of her eyes. She immediately wiped them away and tried to stop thinking about him.

Joey placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I should stay," he told her gently. "I don't want ya ta be alone."

Téa shook her head, clutching the puzzle. "No, its okay," She told him, her voice cracking slightly. "Go on home."

Joey hugged her. "Are ya sure?" His own voice cracking slightly.

She cleared her throat. "I'm sure." She told him.

Still hugging her, he spoke again, "Is it okay if I help wit some 'a da arrangements?" He asked her.

"Of course." She told him.

He broke the hug. "If ya wanna talk, just call me." He added.

"I will." She replied.

He headed toward the door and opened it. "Bye." He told her.

"Bye." She told him and he closed the door, leaving Téa alone. Her eyes immediately gazed down to the puzzle in her hands and then she noticed Mage. He sat patiently by the door, waiting. She knew immediately who he was waiting for.

"Mage." She said softly, tears threatening to fall again. Mage made no movement at the sound of his name. Téa knelt down by Mage and he let out a mournful whimper. She placed a hand on his head and he turned to look at her. "Mage, he's not coming." She told him, tears flowing freely again. Mage whimpered again. "Mage, he's not coming home." She repeated, but this time more to herself. The words finally registered in her mind and she collapsed against the door sobbing. Mage whimpered sadly and he lay down beside her. His head on her leg, his brown eyes gazed at her weeping form sadly.

Priestess Kaiba: Whooo finally another chapter complete. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Until the next one, stay safe everyone. Later! : )