Chapter Three: The Unwanted Help Helping in Secret

A/N. Sorry dear reviewers, I had writer's block and I got really stuck, so I put some things together. Hope it's still good. Any ways enjoy. Oh, and thank you all for your wonderful reviews. Arigato. bows

Tea walked down her street thinking about how she could help Mokuba out without Kaiba noticing. She walked up to her door and sat down at her porch steps. The fall breeze moved her chin length hair, shirt, and skirt only a little. All of the sudden someone said her name.

"Tea! Tea! Hey!" a little boy with long raven black hair said loudly while running towards her.

"Hi Mokuba. What's up?" Tea asked the panting boy. He was bending over clutching his sides in pain.

"Seto said that you wanted to help me," Mokuba said trying to catch his breath. Nodding, Tea thought about what Kaiba said to her.

"Is that why you came running towards my house? To tell me that?" Tea asking the raven-haired preteen. All he did was nod as he tried to catch his breath. "Well then you need to tell your older brother where you are so he won't go nuts trying to find you," she said in a calm voice.

Mokuba nodded again and sat next to her.

"Seto thinks that I'm going for a walk. He told me that you wanted to help me so instead of you coming over in secret, I'll come over here, okay?" Mokuba asked with a smile. Tea rolled her eyes and smiled back with a nod.

"I understand completely. Then I guess that we start right away then," Tea said getting up. Mokuba stood up as well and walked into Tea's house.

"Wow! And I thought that our house was impressive. Your house is awesome, I mean, wow!" Mokuba said with a little difficulty. Tea smiled and took off her shoes and walked into her living room.

"So, the movie scared you so much that you became scared of the dark?" Tea asked the little boy. Mokuba nodded and looked at his feet in shame. This was a first because Seto told him to never be ashamed of whom he really is. (A/N: I really like Seto, a lot and I wanted him to be a little nice in this fanfic) Tea looked at the kid and felt sorry for him.

"I was about to lose my last tooth as well. I can't believe that I watched it with just a few days away from losing a tooth," he said looking upset a little. Tea smiled and shook her head.

Turning on the TV, she flipped to the weather station and it said that they were in for another big storm. Yes, this was the chance that she needed. She turned off the TV before Mokuba noticed and hid the remote so he wouldn't get distracted. Above, clouds were covering the sky and threaten to bring rain down on Domino City.

"Um Tea?" Mokuba asked. Tea turned to face him and saw that he was really scared. "Will the storm knock the lights out?"

"Probably, but don't worry. I don't think that it will, but I don't think that I have any candles, I'll go look for some, okay?" Tea said as she got up from the couch.

"No don't. Please don't leave me alone," Mokuba blurted out. Tea nodded and sat back down. If I can get the lights to go out, I'll know what is making Mokuba so scared, she thought as she held the preteen in her arms. She prayed for the lights to go out, and sure enough, they did. She smiled but the smile vanished as Mokuba screamed in her ear.

The lights came back on and she saw him in a corner; in a ball with his hands covering his head. She went over to him and promised that if she lit some candles, he would sit on the couch and not scream or hide again. Mokuba agreed and sat on the couch, squeezing the life out of a pillow until she came back with some candles.

"Mokuba, why are you so scared? There is nothing to be afraid of in the dark," she asked as she lit five candles and set them on her coffee table.

"Because, I was losing a tooth at that time, like I said, but it was also because I've been kidnapped so much and put in the dark during that time," he said softly with an embarrassed blush.

"I see. I'm sorry Mokuba. If I had known that, then I wouldn't have done that," she said with a sorry look.

"Done what?" Mokuba asked as he looked at her with fear in his eyes.

"Wished for the lights to go out," Tea said as she hung her head.

"So how come your not scared of the dark?" Mokuba asked her. He wanted to get rid of this fear as quick as possible.

Tea looked at one of the candles and stared into its flame. "I was scared. A long time ago, I was five and my parents let me see a horror movie that they thought was funny to watch. Naturally, I laughed along with them but when I had to go to bed, it was dark and I thought that the monster would reach out and get me. I felt so alone and scared at that time. I had gone to school before a storm hit and at school the lights went out during PE and I was so scared that I ran to the classroom and hid under my desk. The only thing that I heard was my own heart pounding and someone coming down the hallway. You would have never believed who it was," Tea said with a smile.

"Who? Who was it, Tea? Tell me," Mokuba said with some excitement and wonder.

"It was your brother," Tea said then looked at Mokuba. Mokuba looked totally shocked and he couldn't believe that Seto would be the only one who was there.

"My brother? What did he say?" Mokuba asked as he recovered from his shock.

"He said that the only thing in the dark is what you see in the light. The light came back on and I saw that he was right. He led me back to where our class was and said that I should never be afraid anymore. So now I'm not thanks to him," Tea said with a smile. Mokuba looked into the candle's flame and thought about what Tea had said.

"Wouldn't Yugi and the others try to find you instead of Seto?" Mokuba asked.

Tea shook her head. "We weren't friends back then, more like acquaintances. Your brother wasn't my friend either but he cared about a fellow student to help them out in any situation," she said as she ruffled the little boy's hair.

"Tea, can you walk me home?" Mokuba asked after a while.

"Why? Are you still afraid?" Tea asked as they reached her front door and put their shoes back on.

Mokuba shook his head and smiled. "No, but it's wet and I don't want to trip and hurt myself when no one is around to help me," he said with a smile. Tea just rolled her eyes and grabbed an umbrella and walked out the door with him.