NOTE: So we continue on…with the detention, and the real unveiling of the plot! Read on! Oh, and about all the "Ignorant fool" business last chapter. It's something of my dad's philosophy, if you want to call it that. I think it's really funny, and tease him about it, but it's been drilled into my head, and he and I have drilled it into my cousin's heads as well. So, it's pretty much an inside joke, or whatnot. Whatever, read on. Oh, and another family reference is in here. I'll show you at the end of the chapter.

Also, I couldn't believe it! FIFTEEN reviews the first day it came out! I couldn't believe it! And then it moved up to 20 later! I am still so shocked! I think the most reviews I've ever gotten for the first chapter of a story was like…7 or something low like that! You guys must have really liked that 1st chapter! And so, here's the next one!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! (I don't own the song "Escape" by Journey that was originally in this chapter.)

Chapter 2: An Extended Detention

Tea looked at the stairs ahead of her, and sighed. Why was his Literature Class on the second floor? Why didn't the blasted school have elevators? Most high schools had them! So thought Tea, as she began her trek, up the flight. She "jogged" stiffly to Mr. Kamiah's Literature Class, and made it just in the nick of time.

Mr. Kamiah was behind his desk, waiting, and Kaiba was pretty much slouched in a seat, waiting impatiently.

"You're a dang turtle, Gardner," Seto replied, still very moody.

"Well excuse me, Mr. I've-Got-To-Rush-To-School-And-Avoid-All-Forms-Of-Life-On-The-Road."

Seto smirked, "You make me sound Chinese." Tea ignored him, and sat down, on the opposite side of the room. Mr. Kamiah was completely unaware of what that argument had been about; however, he proceeded on with his detention sentence.

"Now, this detention will only last as long as you make it. I want-"

"Good…cause I've got a very important meeting to get to," Seto retorted.

"Excuse me, Mr. Kaiba. Now…you did both inform your families that you would be late, yes?"

"…Yeah," Tea replied. Her cousins were delivering the message…to her aunt at least. She'd deal with her uncle…. Suddenly, her upper arm gave a quick sting. She winced.

"Tch, doesn't matter. I don't show at home, until 5:30 anyway," Seto replied. However, he had called his chauffeur saying that he would call again when he needed to actually be picked up.

"Umm…very well then," Mr. Kamiah responded, "I have until 1:00, then, I must leave. If there's been no success at that point, then we'll continue this detention, Tuesday, when we return to school." Tea sighed. She hoped, for her and somewhat Kaiba's sakes that they could pass today's detention and not need another one.

"Now, it seems as if you two don't get along together, well. So, for the first part of your detention, you will converse back and forth, about anything you wish…except trading insults and such, but you must do so for ten minutes straight without yelling or getting at each other's necks. I will watch you two to make sure. Understood?" He could tell by the looks of pure disgust on their faces that they understood. "Good. Now, the faster you start talking, the faster you get out of here," Mr. Kamiah added.

Tea turned to face Seto, who still sat, facing forward.

"So…how are Mokuba and Noa?" Tea started.

"Fine."

"…Is your company going well?" Tea threw out random questions, just trying to keep up this conversation. Not even a minute had passed yet. This was going to be murder….

"Yes."

"Um…is anything new with you?"

"No."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Positive?"

"Quite." Seto was beginning to get quite ticked off with this meaningless conversation.

Tea looked up at the clock. A minute had gone by. The slowest minute in the world….

"So…um…what would you think about a software program…that…uses the newest form of crystalline technology to record all forms of data, process all sorts of information, and be used as a map to locate certain human beings across the world, based on their DNA?" Tea inquired. Seto was taken aback for a moment. Where in the world did she learn about that kind of stuff? That was the sort of thing he talked about and invented, or tried using. It was the sort of thing he would be talking about at that meeting he had today….

"Impressive," Seto replied.

Tea turned slightly, her cheeks pinking. He may not have known it, but that's what that software she had been working on last night was about. And he had just said it would be "impressive."

"It's…been invented, you know," Tea replied.

"Yes," Seto replied, wondering where this girl got her information. However, Tea was starting to get a little ticked off now….

"Do you answer everything with just one word? Or can you communicate a little more?"

"…Maybe," Seto smirked. This was pure gold…ticking her off…seeing how far she could go before she popped…seeing if she wouldn't wreck their chances at getting out of here early.

Tea was fuming. It bothered her that he was so…incommunicative.

"Well, let's here you talk about something. I've done enough talking this detention," Tea replied. Seto said nothing. And he wasn't going to.

"If neither of you speak in the next minute, I'll have to re-start this time-limit. After all, this is a conversation. And you were doing pretty well, too. Six minutes straight. Mr. Kaiba. Maybe you would start a small conversation?"

Seto sighed. If he kept quiet, Tea certainly would, and they would have to start all over again. Maybe if he just said one small sentence, she'd get off his back. But what to say?

"So, how'd you know about that crystalline technology?" Seto inquired.

"Hmm? Oh…that…I just…know," Tea mumbled. She didn't really feel like telling Seto, or pretty much the teacher, that she was working on that sort of stuff.

"Let me guess…heard it from your father, right?" Seto inquired.

Tea looked up suddenly, at him, "My father?"

"Yes…Kaz Gardner, I believe," Seto took a side-glance at her.

"Kaz? Oh, he's-"

"Time's up!" Mr. Kamiah suddenly interrupted. The two detention prisoners looked up suddenly.

"Yes, now," Mr. Kamiah started speaking, his gaze drifting over to the door. Nurse Sphire was walking by. His eyes widened. "I…have to leave the room for a few minutes," Mr. Kamiah picked up his briefcase, "And when I come back, I'll have expected you to have found some similarity between yourselves, that doesn't involve physical appearance," the teacher rushed out of the room.

The minute he left, Seto spat in disgust, "Similarity? How on Earth does he expect us to find a similarity!"

Tea kept quiet. She knew a similarity. She just wanted to make sure there were no others, before she revealed it.

"Well, have you got any ideas?" Seto sighed. He looked over at her. She wasn't answered. She was twisting a small scrap of paper in her hands, and looking forlornly at it. "Gardner? You there?" Still no answer. "Gardner! Answer me!" She still wouldn't answer. She just kept staring at the piece of paper.

Ten minutes of silence had passed. Neither of them had talked. Seto was starting to get irritated. How were they supposed to find a similarity if she wouldn't cooperate? He sighed. Maybe he'd just have to rack his brains for one.

Let's see…nothing about physical appearance…so he guessed that cancelled out 'pretty attractive…' Wait a minute. What the CRAP? He sat up suddenly. Had he just thought of her as…attractive? Detention was really making him lose it…. No wonder Wheeler was so simple-minded….

Tea finally looked up. Seto turned to look at her. She was staring at the clock.

"He's…not back yet," Tea said, almost sounding confused. "He said a few minutes…it's been fifteen."

"Shut up and start thinking already! We'll just leave if he doesn't come back!"

"Fine," Tea stood up.

"Where are you going?" Seto inquired, leaning forward, "If you haven't noticed…no similarity has been found. And one's not going to be found, obviously."

Tea's eyes were hidden in her bangs, as she smirked and gave a small, "ha" before saying, "I found a similarity fifteen minutes ago."

"WHAT? Why didn't you say anything then? We could have been out of here way back when!"

Tea picked up her backpack, "The similarity: both of us have dead parents."

"Ms. Sphire! Ms. Sphire, may I talk with you for a moment?" Mr. Kamiah called, down the hallway, on the first floor, near the front door.

"Hmm?" Ms. Sphire turned around, "Oh, hello there, Tai," she smiled.

Mr. Kamiah, blushed, and approached her, and brought up his courage, "Um, Rayne…I was wondering…maybe…before I need to go to Tokyo…we could…have a quick lunch somewhere, together?"

Ms. Shpire giggled, "Are you trying to ask me out or something?"

"I…uh…well…in a way…yes," Mr. Kamiah's blush reddened.

Ms. Sphire smiled, "I'd love to," she took his arm. Being as young (as an adult) as Mr. Kamiah was, he still had those male hormones whizzing. What was he, 23? Thus, with an attractive young woman that he had been admiring for some time, on his arm, he completely forgot about the two in detention upstairs.

The two were about to walk out the door, when Mr. Kamiah stopped, "Whoops, I almost forgot!" He ran back inside, and came out a minute later. He let the door shut behind him, and a loud click could be heard from the door.

"Forgot to lock everything up!" Mr. Kamiah smiled. Inside the office, which was conveniently next to the front doors, he had just switch some buttons, and every door immediately locked in their frames. Of course, doors left open just revealed their locks.

Nurse Shpire then took his arm, and Mr. Kamiah raised an umbrella over their heads. The two walked off, as thunder roared around them and lightning flashed. But they didn't care….

"Come again?" Seto suddenly stood up, in shock.

"I said, both of us have dead parents," Tea replied.

"What? But-" Seto stopped. Kaz Gardner…Tea Gardner…. Wasn't that her father? He certainly talked about her… Maybe she was adopted? Yes, that was it…it had to be.

Suddenly, the two both heard loud clicks emanate from inside the school. The two looked at the door. As it had been opened, the saw the lock emitting out from the door handle.

The color in Tea's face drained. Had they just been locked in?

"What…the…crap?" Seto replied, slowly. Tea ran out of the room to the end of the hall, where two maroon, metal doors stood before her and the stairs to the first floor.

She grabbed the handles, and pressed down on them, shaking the "life" out of the doors. They wouldn't open. The locks prevented it.

"No way…" Tea's eyes widened. This was impossible. She knew it was Friday the 13th, but she didn't know that bad luck could become this bad: a 13 on a scale of 1-10.

"Oh my flippen gosh…" Tea's voice reverberated softly. She heard footsteps behind her. Tea turned around to see Seto Kaiba walking quickly towards her.

"Open the door already!" Seto called.

"I…I can't, you idiot! IT'S LOCKED!"

"W-What do you mean, 'it's locked?'" Seto ran over, pulling hard on the door handles. The door didn't budge.

"Crap almighty…" Seto whispered.

"You took the words right out of my mouth," Tea replied.

"…Stand back," Seto said suddenly.

"What?" Tea looked at him incredulously.

"Are you deaf, or what? I SAID TO STAND BACK!"

"I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, MORON! I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO!"

"I'M GONNA BREAK DOWN THE DOOR!"

"YOU'RE-… You're going to break it down? Kaiba, don't! You'll hurt yourself!" Tea suddenly retorted. It only half registered to her that she was caring about his safety…why though?

"I've broken down much heavier stuff than this!" Seto answered, and stepped back. He discarded his briefcase, and gently shoved Tea aside.

"Kaiba, don't!" Tea continued. He couldn't break those that metal door down. Only those strong freaks on "Ripley's Believe It Or Not ®," and certain wrestlers or what not could do that.

He was going to try the shoulder technique first. He backed up down the hallway. Then, he ran.

"KAIBA, STOP!" Tea shrieked. He disregarded her.

He slammed his shoulder into the door. He fell backwards with such force. His eyes were wide with pain. The doors had only shuddered. Nothing more.

Seto was shaking. He slowly brought his hand up to his shoulder and began rubbing it gently. The pain…it wouldn't faze him long. He just needed a minute to recover from the shock. They really were strong doors….

"Kaiba!" Tea bent down as best as she could, and put her hands softly on Seto's shoulder. Why the change of heart, all the sudden, her mind asked her.

"I told you," Tea whispered, rubbing his shoulder.

"Ack, get off, Gardner!" Seto shoved her off, and stood up shakily.

"What in God's name are you doing!" Tea looked up at him.

"What does it look like? I'm gonna try again!"

"Not with your shoulder!" Tea's eyes widened. Okay, why was she caring?

"No, you idiot! With my foot!" Seto replied. Tea's look became one of confusion. Since when did Kaiba joke around?

He approached the door. Tea's eyes widened. He hadn't been joking….

It's now, Kaiba thought, This time, I'll be sure to break down this godforsaken door. I'm out of here!

Kaiba lifted up his foot, and with all the force possible, having learned much from his karate, tai-kwon-do lessons and other self-defense classes in the early years of his life, he brought his foot into contact with the door.

"SETO, NO!" Tea cried out. Seto's foot hit the door. And that's when his bad luck stroke. He stood there for a second, still with his foot against the door, and then he collapsed to the floor.

"KAIBA!" Tea ran over to him, and bent down, again. Tea looked down at his right foot, which he had used to kick the door with. She gently touched it.

"OUCH! CRAP IT, GARDNER!" Seto suddenly sat up, his eyes full of pain. She swore she say tears on the verge of falling.

"I told you to stop! You can't break down metal that thick off it's hinges! What were you thinking? Sometimes I wonder if you even have a brain!" Tea replied.

Seto's eyes were closed, and he was sweating, "Gardner…my foot…painful…but can't feel a thing…."

"Oh, man…this really isn't the greatest day ever," Tea replied, racking her brains for what to do.

"You think?" Seto replied sarcastically.

"I know! I'll call the hospital; see what they can do, and if they can get us out of here!" Tea smiled, and took out her cell phone.

She dialed 911 and held the phone up to her ear. Nothing happened. Nothing but static. She looked at her phone, and groaned. The call had failed, due to the fact that she couldn't get a good receiver, because of the heavy storm outside.

"Aw, crap, I have a bad receiver!" Tea switched off the phone. And this stupid storm was supposed to last all weekend.

"How can your phone have a bad receiver? The storm isn't that bad! The satellite would have been knocked out! And most likely, that would also mean that the city wouldn't have any power. Yet, here, the lights are still on!" Seto protested. The n lights flickered. Suddenly, everything was bathed in darkness.

Seto cursed, "Me and my big mouth."

"Curse your big mouth later. We have to find some way to get you help…and get us out."

"My phone," Seto replied, digging in his briefcase. "A receiver doesn't matter for it." He took it out and flipped it open, smiling. He dialed the numbers, when suddenly the phone went blank, and turned off.

"WHAT THE CRAP?" Seto pressed the "on" button over and over again, shaking the phone. "Crap it! I told Mokuba to get off my godforsaken phone, yesterday! And I left my charger at home? How could I have been so stupid?" Seto yelled, banging his foot on the ground. He was met with even more pain than wanted.

Tea answered him, "Not like a charger would have worked anyway. The power's out." Seto didn't reply. "Kaiba? Is something wrong?" She hadn't seen him bring his foot down hard. "Kaiba?" she inquired, anxiously.

He had passed out, cold.

Tea wondered what to do. Where was she supposed to go? How could she help Seto's foot? How could she transport Seto somewhere?

The first answer came when she thought about the only room open: Mr. Kamiah's. Luckily (the only luck she had had today), he kept a First Aid Kit in there, just to impress Ms. Shpire. Tea was guessing that's where he had run off to during the detention.

That also answered her second question. She'd find something in there to help. Now, her third question. How could she transport him? She didn't want to drag him, but she defiantly couldn't carry him. He would be way too heavy for her. Not that he was fat or anything, heck no, Tea thought, no…he was just quite tall…and built…. She suddenly shook her head. Now wasn't the time for those thoughts. Why they had even entered her head was beyond her.

Maybe she could sling his arm on her shoulder, and she could hoist him up, only partially dragging him along. But that would seriously hurt his foot, even more, Tea reconsidered.

Or…would she be strong enough to support him on her back? Her back could take more than her arms could. Well, it was worth a shot. If she broke her back to try and help him, it was out of kindness, and care.

Tea, finding his shoulders, sat him up, and wrapped his arms around her neck. She held on to his legs, and with all the strength she could muster from her legs, and using the wall as a side support, she brought the two up. The pain seared through her knees. It was almost unbearable. However, she had to help Seto. His foot was more in need and a more serious injury than her knees scrapes were. She turned around, and took a quick step forward, almost tumbling headfirst.

Okay, so he still was a little heavy for her back. She'd have to take it slow, and easy. This was also due to the continually coursing pain in her knees. At least the Literature Classroom wasn't that far away….

She reached the classroom, and felt her way towards the nearest desk. She took out the chair, barely being able to see by the open blinds. With a flash of lightning as her light, she turned around, and set Seto down in the chair. His head fell backwards. She began frantically searching around in Mr. Kamiah's desk drawer that she knew the First Aid Kit was in. After searching, she finally found it.

She brought it over to Seto, and sat on the floor. How on earth was she going to help him if she couldn't see? She opened the kit, and as her second bit of luck today, she found a flashlight. Why it was in there, was beyond her. Weren't they usually in survival kits? Oh well, she wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. That is…if more bad luck didn't come her way, and the batteries ended up being dead, or there were none.

She flicked the switch. Light poured out from the bulb. She smiled happily. So, God had come in for her when she needed help…for someone else.

She looked into the First Aid Kit. There were Popsicle sticks, band-aids, wrappings, and disinfectants. She supposed she could use the wrappings to apply a lot of pressure to his foot, and keep it stiff, until it could receive true medical attention.

It was a good thing she had watched how Nurse Sphire had wrapped her bandages today. Then, her thoughts turned. It was partially Ms. Shpire's fault for getting them locked up in here. If she hadn't walked by, and Mr. Kamiah didn't have that liking for her, the two wouldn't be in this mess.

She looked up, with the flashlight, at Seto's right foot. She'd have to remove his shoe and sock first…. So, she slanted the flashlight into a position where she could see his foot and not hold the light. She carefully slid the shoe off his foot. Seto quivered as a reaction to the pain. She then slowly removed his sock. She gasped. She herself had never had a broken foot/ankle. It was all swollen, and discolored, with bruises.

Tea slowly took the roll of bandages, and started near the top of Seto's ankle. She did the first wrap, by circling the bandages around once, but slanting them downwards, so that she wouldn't completely overlap the first run. This way, she could apply the medical tape, and tape together that first wrap so that it would hold.

She continued to wrap the bandages around his foot and tighten them, so that it would stay stiff, and he wouldn't be able to move it much, so that nothing would happen for the three and a half days that they would be stuck here. The sudden realization hit Tea forcefully in the stomach.

They weren't just stuck together for the night. It was the whole weekend…plus an extra day! It really wasn't Tea's day.

Tea sighed, continuing to wrap the bandages. Why did it have to be Seto Kaiba? It could have been any other guy or girl in school, and she wouldn't have had such a fit. But it had to be him. This just proved that on this day, she was cursed.

She felt him shudder, as she tightened the bandage. When she had started to care about his health, she didn't know, but all she did know was that he needed help, and she was the only one whom could give it to him.

Seto woke up. Everything was dark around him. He winced as something tightened on his broken foot. Who the heck was trying to make his life worse? He looked down, and saw a light shining on his foot, with hands working on wrapping some bandages around it. Of course: Tea Gardner.

Seto groaned, "Gardner, what are you doing?" Tea yelped a little in surprise, and dropped the bandages, due to the sudden speaking of Seto Kaiba.

"I'm trying to help you," Tea sighed, and picked up where she had left off. She tightened the bandages again. Seto winced, yet again.

"Why are you doing that?" Seto spat at her.

"Pipe down. I'm applying pressure so that it might numb your foot, and so that you won't be able to move it until Tuesday," Tea explained. Seto's eyes widened. She really seemed to know what she was doing. Maybe…he had underestimated her smarts. After all, she was the second smartest in the class, next to him, of course.

He bent down, closer to the ground, to examine her work, jostling his foot slightly in the process. Tea moved it back a little too harshly.

She looked up, her brows furrowed, ready to scold him, "Don't move yo-" She stopped. Him having bent down, and her having looked up, resulted in very close counters…. Their mouths were only about two inches away from each other….

Phew! ANOTHER long chapter! Wow! I didn't even think this one would be long! Well, look at where my predictions get me, hehe. So…you think they're gonna…I dunno…get into the act? Or am I pulling your leg? Am I going to pull a "me" and put a stop to it, or maybe I'll pull a "LoveoftheStoriesAnime" and have them miss (snickers). Maybe…just maybe…I'll pull a…kiss? Leaves the offer dangling dangerously in front of the readers, smiling maliciously, and ready to laugh manically. PLEASE REVIEW!

Oh, and about the "You make me sound Chinese" thing. That's another family thing. My grandpa has this weird thing he says: "How long is a China man's name?" Weird? I think it's funny. So, that's the reason I put it in there.

(Oh, did anyone catch the character I used from a different anime show? I spelled the name differently, but it's the same pronunciation and all that. Tell me if you spotted the person!)