I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLES FOR BEING SO KIND AS TO REVIEW MY LITTLE OLE STORY FOR ME.

EVILSMILEAKAGOD

ALEXC

DARKWILDROSE AND FALLENANGEL

RADICAL DREAMER

KAGOMESCHILD

THANK YOU VERY VERY (crying now wipes tear away yea right with a smirk) MUCH FOR REVIEWING HOPE YA'LL LIKE THIS CHAPTER.

(now on a more serious note sorry this chapter is a little short i have had a death in the family, my horse that was due to have a baby in feb aborted a set of twins which is a very rare case in itself today the day after christmas so my apologizes and I should be updating a little later this week)

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Chapter 4

The Party (part 2)

"Seto… big brother are you ready yet?" "We are already late its 6:45pm Tea is going to think that I'm not coming!" He said with a disappointed tone.

Kaiba stepped out of his office and started for the stairs. "Mokuba… this is what you would call being fashionably late and making an appearance. Besides maybe by now they have finished all their kiddy games." Kaiba said snidely.

"Oh Seto, don't worry with me there I know that you will have fun."

Kaiba just rolled his eyes as he patted the young one on the head and shut the door to the car.

For the last half hour Yami and Tea had to endure being the butt of Joey's jokes. He had managed to turn just about everything that was said into something perverted.

Serenity seeing the distress on their faces walked calmly over to Joey who was in the middle of embarrassing the two once more and grabbed the tip of his ear and dragged him out of the kitchen while everyone else busted out laughing. What a sight seeing little Serenity dragging big Joey around like a little kid.

When they emerged back through the door Joey was acting like a scalded pup with his tail between his legs. Tea couldn't help it and popped off, "Joey no wonder Kaiba calls you "mutt," I mean just look at ya!" Yami was standing next to her and nudged her for the comment as if to say just drop it.

Everyone could see that it struck a big nerve with Joey especially Tea. Feeling bad she walked over to him putting her arm around him and said softly, "Joey I am sorry that was uncalled for and I know that you are going to be polite tonight for me and I thank you for it so lets call a truce and say that I owe you one."

"Ok Tea as long as you quite looking at me like that your giving me the creeps. We will call a truce and say you owe me a BIG ONE, deal!" He said with a smirk.

Mai chimed in and said, "Hey Tea it's 7:00pm where is this cousin of yours?"

"You know I was just thinking about that, when I left her she was buying a car and I am sure if you are paying in full it shouldn't take this long. I am starting to get worried."

Just trying to be polite Yami said, "Why don't you call her?"

Only to get in return a frown from Tea saying, "What do you think that I am doing with the phone?"

Tea looked at everyone with the phone to her ear and mouthed, "There's no answer," but as soon as she hung up there was a knock at the door.

"There she is," Tea said sounding relieved as she ran to answer it.

Opening the door she was met with the innocent eyes of Mokuba. "Hey Tea I'm sorry that we are late, and if we have caused any inconvenience." Mokuba said boldly as if he was on a sugar high.

"That's no problem Mokuba… where is your brother?" She asked stepping to the side to give him room to enter the house.

"He is parking and will be here in a sec." No sooner did he finish his sentence did Kaiba brush past her coming through the door.

"Glad that ya'll could make it. Thank you for coming Kaiba and bring Mokuba. Everyone is in the kitchen…" She was saying.

But before she could finish Kaiba's phone rang and he answered it. He took it away for a second and asked if there was a room he could use that he wouldn't be disturbed? She showed him her fathers study and he went in and shut the door behind him.

Mokuba had already ran off yelling FOOD!!!

As Tea was closing the front door she heard the screeching of tires and the whining of a motorcycle engine so she stepped out on the porch and saw someone popping wheelies down the street. She shook her head and turned to go back in when she heard a loud crash.

Everyone but Kaiba ran out side to see what had happened. Running up to the person Tea yelled, "Are you ok, please don't try to move, let us help!"

The person was already set up and pulled off the helmet and as the now blue hair with silver streaks fell Tea knew instantly who it was.

"AKIMA… what the fuck do you think you are doing!?!? What is this? Are you trying to kill yourself or what?!?" Said Tea with fire in her tone.

They all gathered around her and as she look at Tea and yelled, "GET OFF MY FUCKING BACK I JUST HAD AN ACCIDENT AND I DON'T NEED YOU ASS BITCHING AT ME GOT IT!!!!"

Tea stepped back in shock with tears filling her eyes at what Akima had just said.

Dawning on her what had just come out of her mouth, Akima jumped up and stumbled towards her saying, "Oh Tea, I am sorry I didn't mean it I was in shock I am really sorry please forgive me."

With each step Akima took forward Tea stepped back in doing so she asked, "Have you been drinking Akima?"

"No, come on Tea you know me I wouldn't do that I was just showing off hit a bump and lost it that is all. I am ok please don't start."

Fighting back some tears that burned her eyes Tea asked Yami and Joey if they would get the bike out of the road and if Tristan would help her get Akima to the house. Before she could finish Akima jerked her arm away and picked up her helmet and said, "I can walk by myself I don't need any help thanks," and started for the house.

As she walked inside she sat her helmet down on the table leading into the hall and turned not looking where she was going ran into something solid knocking her to the floor. Punching the floor because she thought that her night couldn't get any worse she notice that it was a person that she ran into.

"FUCK, ya been walking long jackass?!" "Shit, next time watch where the fuck you're going jerk!!" She yelled as she stood up dusting herself off for the second time that night. She started to say something else, "Have you ever heard ladies fir…but before she could finish she was looking deep into the crystal blue pools that were Kaiba's eyes. Mesmerized by his eyes she was speechless giving Kaiba time to have his say.

Looking at her with a hard scowl on his face he said, "You show me where the lady is and I will treat her as such but with that mouth you are definitely no lady." "Hopefully your parents would have taught you more manners than that."

Hearing that she was slapped back in to reality and it hit a major nerve. She jumped back at Kaiba with such anger, "Look her you fucking bastard you know nothing about me and FYI my parents are FUCKING DEAD so they have nothing to do with my manners, so why don't you step out of my fucking way asshole!!!" She pushed him as she walked by. It was then he noticed the tears that she was fighting back in her fiery eyes and when he looked back he saw that Tea was standing there, and had seen what had just happened.

Slightly embarrassed Tea said apologetically, "Ka… Kaiba, I am sorry for the way she is acting I don't know what is wrong with her."

Kaiba just stood there speechless hurled back in time to the day he saw his own mother die. Tea walked over to him and gently put her hand on his arm and asked, "Kaiba are you ok, I was saying I was sorry for what she said."

Brought back to the present he shook his head and asked, "Tea, what's is her story?" He felt drawn to her for some odd reason he had to know more about her.

"She lost her parents in a plane crash when she was only 10; she was watching when it happened. She lost all her family at once, she had no brothers, and no sisters just a butler and a nanny that raised her. Her money has been nothing but a burden for her. And here in the last two years she has been in a destructive relationship. That is pretty much it. I will understand if you and Mokuba would like to leave."

"No Tea… I… I would like to tell…tell her that I am sorry, if you don't mind." Said Kaiba with a somber voice.

Taken back by his show of sympathy and compassion Tea told him to wait and she would get her.

She went to the living room where everyone had gathered and said that it would probability be better if they all went home and try this some other night. She said her good-byes to Mai, Serenity, Tristan and Joey and thanked them for their help and apologized for everything that had happened. Yami told her he wasn't leaving until he knew that everything was alright.

From there Tea went out on the back patio where Akima was. So much was going through her head as she was walking out to her. Like was she smoking? And then she thought she will work though this with or without me she is a strong girl.

"Akima, I don't know what happened between the time I left you and now, but I can't help you if you don't talk to me." Tea said softly.

"Tea… I … just leave me alone for now, please!" said Akima as she popped some pills and took a drink from a flask she had in her jacket.

"Look there is someone I want… there is someone that wants to say something to you. May I send him out here?"

"Tea I said I wanted to be"…Akima started.

"I know what you said but just listen to what he has to say. His name is Seto Kaiba, he insists on talking with you although I don't understand why with the way that you are acting." Said Tea as she turned to go inside and get him.

"If it means that ya'll will leave me the hell alone when he is done, fine." She scoffed.

Kaiba was looking at the ground in deep thought. I have seen that look before, the pain in her eyes; it seemed to go on forever. What happened to her? Why do I feel so drawn to her? I can't even get my own shit together so what makes me think I could help her?

"Kaiba…umm…Kaiba." Slightly startling him from his thoughts. "She is out on the patio by the pool. I will again apologize for her behavior she is being stubborn and you will have to go to her if you still want to talk to her."

"Fine." And off he went still thinking how he could help someone in that much pain when he couldn't even help himself.

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Tea walked into the kitchen where Yami and Mokuba were.

"Tea are you ok?" Asked Mokuba seeing that she looked sad.

"Yes, Moky thanks for asking. Your brother is talking to Akima it shouldn't take long. I want to say I am sorry for tonight it's not how I had planed it." She said disappointedly.

Yami comforted her while Mokuba said, "Don't worry Tea they will be good for one another, just give it time she really does want to trust again."

Tea and Yami just looked at the youngster in astonishment at his unknown wisdom as he kept smiling impishly while making himself a sandwich.

"Why do you sat that Mokuba?" Asked a stunned Yami.

While taking his first bite Mokuba said, "Well… when you … live with someone like Seto you learn to read between the "lines" ya know. He has been self destructive before too. Hell he would kill me if he knew that I was saying this he is a kitten compared to your cousin Tea, and I think that Seto is just what she needs to tear down those walls she hides behind."

Kaiba stood in the door way to the patio thinking about just what kind of awe inspiring thing he was going to say to make her feel better. He thought to himself, how beautiful she was with the light from the full moon reflecting off the water and dancing across her face.

Akima thought she heard something and turned towards the house and saw the figure in the door. "Who's there?" she called out.

"Are you that Kaiba guy that Tea said wanted to say something to me?"

Drumming up the courage to say something, "Umm… yes I am," as he walked towards her.

Still unclear as who he was she moved so the light would hit him the closer he got.

"Well I came out here to say that I am sorry for the comment I made just a moment ago." He said carefully.

"Oh, it's you, well you should be sorry. Maybe you should learn to think before you speak." She said as she pulled out a pill bottle and a flask. She poured a couple of the pills in her mouth and washed them down with a shot of vodka. Politely she turned with her hand that was holding the pills and asked, "Want some? I was taught to share at least. Don't worry they are only xanix if you can't tell I need something to calm my nerves."

Concerned that she was drinking and popping pills he chose his words cautiously.

"I don't say this to very many people and I am not real sure why I am telling you but I feel like I should but, I lost my parents too when I was young so if you just need someone to talk… I … just look me up." Shocked at himself he suddenly said as he looked at the ground, "I have to be going now." Then turned and walked inside.

So guys what did ya think like it or what? Please read and review!!!!