A/N: Hey everyone! Without further delay, I give you the last chapter to "Had Enough." Thanks to everyone who reviewed. You are really the ones that made this story possible. HUGS!!! *_____*

Chapter Eight: Closing Stages

"Kaiba, lets get out of here."

Kaiba looked over to Tea and shook his head. "Not until I know this guy is-"

That's when the sound of police sirens filled the night sky. Tea swallowed hard, knowing that the police were probably looking for the culprit who "broke into" the museum. Kaiba looked over to Tea and asked, "are you alright?"

Tea shook her head nervously. "We have to get out of here."

"Why.....?" Kaiba asked as Tea grabbed him by his shirt sleeve and dragged him into the nearest alley. He pulled away from her and said, "you better have a good explanation for that!"

"I sort of set the alarms off in Ishizu's museum a couple of blocks down.....so there's no doubt in my mind that the police are after either me or Weevil." Tea explained as the sirens grew fainter.

"Tea a criminal? I never thought I would live to see the day." Kaiba said sarcastically.

Tea rolled her eyes and said unexpectedly, "and I never thought that you would save me...again.."

"Shouldn't you be happy that I came to your rescue?" He paused. "But, if you must know why, I feel that I owe it to you. I mean, the fact that you saved Mokuba when you could have rescued yourself....."

"But, you returned the favor by saving me before."

"You don't understand." Kaiba sighed and rubbed his forehead. "That wasn't enough."

Tea was going to ask him what he meant, but for some reason.....what he said answered everything. Mokuba was his whole world. If something ever happened to Mokuba, she didn't want to think about what lengths Kaiba would take to make sure his brother was safe. Tea sighed knowing that by saving his brother, she saved Kaiba too.

"We better go look for Weevil......" Kaiba said, breaking the silence.

Tea was about to nod when she heard, "looking for me?"

"Weee.....vvi....ll..."

Tea held her bleeding side and looked over at Weevil, who was barely seen in the light. Kaiba stood in front of Tea and yelled, "WHAT DO YOU WANT!?"

"Tea...." He said weakly.

The look in Weevil's eyes gave Tea the idea that he was trying to fight Malik's control. She tried to look away, but her eyes betrayed her. He stepped forward, but Kaiba made sure he kept a safe distance from Tea.

"I'm fighting Malik.....but I need you to....help me...."

"I can't." Tea said helplessly as she put a hand on Kaiba's shoulder.

The flashback of Weevil choking her came to mind the last time she tried to help him. She wasn't sure if she could take that risk again. She held back a couple of tears, but her cut started to hurt more and more with every tear she held back.

"Take us to Malik, Weevil." Kaiba demanded. "That's the only way we will be able to help you."

"He's right, Weevil," Tea sighed. "If we stop Malik, he won't be able to control you anymore."

"You can't stop Malik," Weevil said. "He has two millennium items."

"With Yami and Isis on our side-"

"Yami's puzzle will be Malik's soon enough...."

"No, you're wrong!" Tea said weakly.

In Tea's heart, she knew that Yami would prevail. She just had to keep believing in him, but Weevil's accusations made it hard for Tea to keep faith in Yami. "I have to find Yami..."

Kaiba reached in his pocket and handed Tea a small device. "I made this at Kaiba Corps. Just punch in a name, in this case Yami's name, and some physical characteristics and it will show possible locations of that particular person."

Tea followed Kaiba's instructions, but her heart almost stopped at what the device picked up. She backed up against the alley wall and put a hand on her chest. "Yami..."

"Tea?" Kaiba said, trying to keep his eyes on Weevil. "What is it?"

She shook her head frantically and held the device to her chest. Tears of pain fell from her eyes as she looked at the device again. She couldn't believe it. Tea felt like her whole future was crumbling before her eyes. She had to.....

"TEA!"

Kaiba reached forward and grabbed the unconscious Tea before she hit the ground. He sighed sadly and was about to grab his device, that was still in her hand, when he remembered that he was supposed to be keeping a watch on Weevil. He turned around to see an empty alley wall. He growled softly, knowing that letting Weevil escape may have been a bad move. Then again, he could track down Weevil with his device. He was sure that the device would lead him to Malik as well.

"Speaking of my device......"

Kaiba leaned forward and carefully grabbed the device out of Tea's hand. Once doing so, he looked down at it to read, "NO MATCHES FOUND." Kaiba gasped, now knowing what made Tea so freaked out.

"Could Yami be.....dead?"

~Meanwhile: Dance Academy~

"NOOO!"

Yami fell to his knees and glanced up pathetically at Malik, who was projecting an image of Tea being

stabbed by Weevil. He smiled and lowered his rod to take a good look at the fallen Pharaoh. "I told you not to under-estimate the power of my millennium rod. I hope you have learned your lesson."

Malik's words ran right through Yami, like a knife through melted butter. He was too busy thinking about Tea. "No, it wasn't supposed to happen this way. Tea can't be....gone..."

"So...history has repeated itself." Malik said maliciously.

Isis shook her head. "Tea is still alive, Pharaoh."

"How can I trust you anymore, Isis?" Yami said softly, not looking at her. "You told me that she was safe....and now this happens. The millennium rod does not lie. Are you....working with Malik?"

"No! I am one of your trusted guardians....I couldn't-"

"Malik was one of my guardians too...." Yami whispered.

Isis froze. "Pharaoh..."

Yami shook his head sadly. "Don't even...."

"So Isis, what's our next plan of action?" Malik mused.

"You sound smarter with your mouth shut," Isis said, not keeping her eyes off Yami.

"Harsh. Sisterly love, I suppose?" Isis frowned.

Isis didn't answer.

"So Pharaoh, how does it feel?" Malik boomed. "The one you love the most..taken from you....twice."

Yami looked up. "No, Tea isn't dead."

"Denial?" Malik asked impassively.

"No, it's the truth." He stood up. "I'm going to go find her."

"No use looking for someone who is probably wandering the shadow realm by now."

Yami ignored him and headed for the doors. "I will find her..."

That's when Kaiba burst into the Dance Academy with Tea in his arms. He looked over to Yami and said, "I guess there's room for improvement for the Kaiba Corps Locater. At least it was wrong about you being dead."

Yami kept his eyes glued on Tea when he asked, "is she alright?"

"Yeah," Kaiba said as he placed Tea in one of the seats. "She lost a lot of blood though."

"Tea..." Yami whispered as he knelt beside Tea.

He looked at the abrasion on her side. He wished that he could take away the pain she was feeling at the moment, but sadly all he could do now was take out the person who caused her such pain. Malik.

"MALIK!" Yami yelled as he stood up hastily.

Malik pointed to himself mockingly. "Are you addressing me?"

"Playtime is over, Malik!" Yami yelled as he stepped forward.

"Let us dance, Pharaoh..." Malik said as he jumped off the stage.

As soon as Malik's feet touched the ground, the lights went out throughout the whole building. Yami, knowing that this was one of Malik's tricks, braced himself for anything. Luckily, as he positioned himself to fight, Yami's puzzle started to glow. That meant that there was a millennium item nearby. Relying on his sense of hearing, Yami listened silently for anything suspicious.

"Soon your puzzle shall be mine, Pharaoh."

Ignoring what Malik said, Yami tried to catch where his voice was coming from, but the emptiness of the room created an echo that resounded from every corner. "I will find you...."

"Peek-a-boo," Yami heard as the lights flickered on.

Yami turned and gasped. Malik stood before an unconscious Tea, pointing his millennium rod toward her neck. He smiled at the devastated look that was planted on Yami's face and said, "you should be more protective of your property."

"When will you fight your own battles, Malik?" Yami said confidently, even though his heart was aching at the sight of Tea.

"Once I have possession of your puzzle," Malik responded with a smile, "which would be...uhh...now?"

Yami forced a chuckle. "Try never."

"Still the stubborn Pharaoh I once knew." Malik added, "tell me, is she as stubborn as Anzu was?"

Yami didn't answer.

"Speaking of Anzu, this girl looks a lot like her," Malik touched Tea's hair and looked up, "were you trying to replace your dead Egyptian queen? No, wait, she's the reincarnation of Anzu....isn't she?"

"What's it to you, Malik?" Isis said as she stepped forward. "Trying to delay your defeat?"

"I'm actually giving you time to surrender," he smiled, "before I kill the girl of course."

Tea's eyelids started to flicker open at the sound of Malik's voice. Once her eyes were fully opened, she looked around the room to see Yami, Kaiba, and Isis staring at her. She was about to stand up when she felt something poke her skin. She looked up to see Malik holding his rod in front of her neck. She would have screamed, but the pain in her side came back once she opened her mouth.

Malik looked down at Tea. "Decided to join our private party?"

"Not willingly." Tea said weakly as she touched her side.

Malik laughed. "No matter, after all, you are our guest."

He pulled his millennium item away from her neck and took out a rope to tie her hands together. Once done securing Tea to the chair, she said softly, "ouch, I don't feel like a guest."

He smiled and walked toward Yami. "Have you decided to give up your puzzle?"

"What?" Tea's eyes widened as she glanced at Yami.

Yami shook his head. "I'll never give up my puzzle without a fight, Malik."

"If it's a fight you want," Malik took off his cape, "it's a fight you'll get."

"Try not to hide behind anybody though...." Yami smirked as Malik growled angrily.

"DIE!" He yelled as he lunged toward Yami with his rod.

Tea gasped as Yami caught his rod before it hit him across the head. Malik tried to loosen Yami's grip from his rod, but Yami wouldn't budge. That's when he kicked him in the abdomen and pulled away. Yami dropped to the floor, but quickly got up to see Malik charging at him again. Before Yami could act, Malik pushed him into the wall and yelled, "you'll never win!"

Yami weakly got up and whispered, "I escaped death before, I'll easily do it again."

"I will not rest until I have possession of your puzzle!"

"Darn, that means that you are going to be around for a long time, huh?"

Malik raised his rod. "That's not what my rod is telling me."

"Your rod is no match for my puzzle!" Yami yelled.

"Maybe so, but," his rod started to glow, "that's why I have rare hunters."

That's when four hooded rare hunters appeared in the front entrance. Malik smiled and yelled, "attack these intruders!" The rare hunters nodded and carried out their master's orders. The three rare hunters were either going after Kaiba, Yami, or Isis, while the fourth when stood guard near Tea.

As Yami and Kaiba took down two of the rare hunters, they helped Isis with the third one, who was cornering her. Yami turned toward Malik and yelled, "is that all you got?"

Malik walked toward his last standing rare hunter and said, "kill the girl."

The rare hunter nodded and took out a blood-stained dagger. He pointed it toward Tea's neck and looked toward Malik who signaled him to continue. Tea glanced at the dagger and then at Yami, who was running toward her, even though he wouldn't make it in time.

"Last words?" Malik asked as the rare hunter raised the dagger.

Tea breathed in her last breath and looked at Yami. "I love you..."

Yami felt tears stinging his eyes as he watched the rare hunter bring the dagger closer to her heart. "TEA!"

The rare hunter was about to stab Tea when he swiftly turned around and plunged the dagger into Malik's chest. Malik looked down at the dagger and then back at his rare hunter. The rare hunter smiled and took off his hood to reveal.................Weevil.

Malik's eyes widened as he looked at Weevil. "You...."

"Yes, your loyal mind slave." Weevil responded coldly.

Malik dropped to his knees. "W...h...y?"

"If you don't know, ask one of your mind slaves..." Weevil frowned. "I'm sure there is plenty of them where you are going."

Unexpectedly, Malik laughed at this remark.

"What's so funny?" Weevil asked as Malik coughed.

"Nothing....I just....always...have....the last....." He fell to his side. ".....laugh..."

"You always did." Weevil said as Malik closed his eyes slowly and grew motionless.

Isis walked toward the still Malik and said softly, "brother....if you had not been so foolish...."

"I'm sorry, Isis." Weevil said as she looked at him.

"Even though he is my brother, he had to pay for his actions. Unfortunately, this had to be the way." Weevil nodded as Isis bent down and touched her brother tenderly. "Farewell brother...."

Suddenly Isis and her brother disappeared, no doubt to the shadow realm. Weevil sighed and turned around to see Yami, Kaiba, and Tea looking at him. He breathed in deeply and said, "I'm sorry to all of you too, especially you, Tea."

He walked toward Tea and un-tied the rope that Malik had secured her with. Once she was free, she stood up and looked at Weevil. "I'm sorry too, Weevil, I should have believed in you more. My fears got the best of me..."

"You had a right to be scared," Weevil sighed and put a hand on her shoulder. "I'm just glad that you stood by me."

"I had no reason not too," she smiled, "you're a good person, Weevil."

Weevil hugged her and pulled away. "Thank you."

"Just tell me something," she looked at him, ""where will you go now?"

Weevil looked away from Tea, knowing that if he looked at her any longer he would be tempted to tell her how he really felt about her. After all, it was him that told her the first time, but she probably thought that it was under Malik's control. He shook his head mentally, knowing that he wouldn't come in between Yami and Tea. They were destined to be together, as the scriptures in Ishizu's museum said. He would have to accept that, even though there would always be a place in his heart for her.

"Not back to Domino City, that's for sure." He smiled uneasily and turned away from her. "There's new opportunities here in New York. I have a feeling that I will be staying here for a while. Maybe I'll see you again someday...."

With that, he gave a friendly gesture to Yami and Kaiba and set off toward the doors. Yami was thinking of stopping Weevil, but if Tea thought it was a good thing to do...than he would trust her decision. He sighed and looked down to see Malik's millennium rod on the ground. He picked it up and examined it

closely. As he did this, he noticed that Tea was staring at small puddle of blood on the floor. He put the rod in his jacket and silently walked up to her.

"Tea?" He asked as he put a hand on her shoulder.

She jumped and turned around to look at Yami. Her shocked look soon turned into a bright smile as she quickly wrapped her arms around him and said, "oh Yami....I missed you so much."

"Me too," Yami whispered in her ear. "I was so worried that I wouldn't see you again."

Once he whispered those last words, tears started to run down Tea's face.

"Tea?" He asked as she pulled away. "Are you alright?"

She nodded and looked away from him. "I...thought...I would never see you again either.."

"Come here," he said as he embraced her. "Let's leave the past in the past..."

"Yes," she said as he stroked her hair, "it's going to take some time though."

"I'm so sorry..." He said unexpectedly.

She looked up and asked, "for what?"

"I did some stupid things in the past...and now....now you're paying for them." He said angrily.

"Things happen..." Tea said softly.

"Yeah, but-"

"Things happen, Yami." She repeated as she pulled away from him again. "Like you said, leave the past in the past. Think about the future. Our future..."

"I don't know what I would do without you, Tea."

That's when he bent down and kissed her on the lips lightly. He was about to pull away when Tea wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him into an even deeper kiss. As the kiss wore on, so did the intensity. It was like if they were expressing the lust and love they thought they lost when they were apart from one another. Soon, Tea broke away for air and looked at Yami who still had his eyes close. She giggled and patted his cheek to wake him from his chance. He opened his eyes and whispered, "I missed that too."

"You would..." She said sarcastically as he took her hand in his.

"Come on, let's get out of here."

She nodded and looked back at the Dance Academy one more time before heading out the doors with Yami. Once out, they started walking down the street when Tea asked, "can I ask you something, Yami?"

He nodded.

"Am I really the reincarnation of your Egyptian queen?"

Yami blushed and looked away from Tea. "Well...."

She smiled. "Okay, that's all I needed..."

Yami was about to protest when she pecked him on the lips.

"This is why I love you, Yami."

Yami smiled. "So....that's the only thing I'm good for?"

She nudged him slightly and took hold of his hand again.

"Come on," she sighed, "let's see what NY has in store for us!"

Yami yawned. "I hope a nice bed and cable."

"Ooooh...a bike shop!"

"AHH! Why have you forsaken me, New York!?"

Tea laughed, remembering the time she made Yami ride a bike with her throughout Domino City. Even the appearance of Malik or Kaiba could bring his spirit down any lower. She sighed, thinking about Malik. Yami noticed her change of attitude and squeezed her hand gently to bring her out of her trance. She looked at him and smiled. "Sorry, just thinking about..."

"Malik?" He added as she nodded with a guilty look.

"He's just going to be an everlasting memory of what happened today..."

"Malik has that affect on people." Yami said as he came to a stop. "But don't let him bring you down. It's not worth thinking of someone who's not even worth our time. Besides, we got a city to explore!!" Yami laughed and added, "at 11:00 o'clock at night!"

"You're right," Tea said happily. "Let's explore!"

As they walked off, hand in hand, one thing was clear in their minds.

''The past was made, the future was there's to make."

*****END*****

I'm bad! I know it! I'm bad, gonna show it! Hehehehehe. Sorry, I'm just very hyper all of a sudden. Well, hope you liked the ending. I made it extra long because I know you all have been waiting for the ending for awhile. BTW, I made that quote up all by myself!! Hehehehe. Just wanted to bring that to your attention. Well, thanks again for making this story possible. I enjoyed writing this.