NOTE: Hey! Sorry about the extended update…. Vacation, you know? Yeah…. Sorry about keeping you in suspense with the tsunami. I really didn't think it'd have that much of a reaction on you guys! But what am I blabbering for? READ!

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Chapter 19: Waterworks of all Kinds

"A tsunami!" Tea yelped. It had taken him by such surprise that he had stumbled back away from her. "Domino is in danger of being hit!" she walked up to him and grabbed his collar, shaking him, "Kaiba! What are we going to do! We'll never make it in here!"

"Calm down," Seto took her hands off him. "We'll just have to make it to the safe shelter they have five miles inland."

"The shelter? What shelter?"

"Don't you remember the shelter they were talking about five years ago, when the last great tsunami hit? They built it so that all of Domino could go there to be safe! It's just like a huge hotel to house all of the residents. Except…it's not as ritzy since they're trying to save people, not serve them. It just has a bunch of rooms for families and all that are a fair bit above ground, in the very probable chance of flooding."

"Flooding?" Tea whispered. She suddenly ran into the nurse's office and opened the blinds. "Kaiba…it's been raining all weekend. Domino is already flooded."

"Say what?" Seto walked up next to her and looked out. Sure enough, there was a good inch of water on the ground. "Well…we'll just have to hurry."

"Kaiba," Tea turned away from the window to face him, "Think rationally! If we had any hope of escape, we would have found it Friday and not have been in this mess at all! We can't get out! Even if we could, what were we going to do? Run five miles through all this wet? What if we get caught in the actual tsunami? We'd be killed!"

"Well," Seto turned away, looking or something on the bottom of the window, "That's something we'll have to risk, isn't it?"

Tea blinked, "Seto Kaiba…tell me what you are doing….what you are thinking, even, this instant, so help me God-"

"We weren't in danger before, so we tossed the escape idea aside," Seto grunted, finding what he wanted and pushing it. "Now, our lives are in danger. So, we're going to have to take our chances."

"Chances for what! That's what I'm trying to get at! Kaiba, come on! Tell me!"

Seto pushed on the window and it opened. He turned to Tea.

"We're going to jump."

Rika, Kaz, Rae and Kari were all in the safe shelter, in a room given to them.

"Mom?" Rae came up to her mother, "Do you think…Tea knows? Do you think she'll be here?"

"I can only hope so, Rae," her mother stifled the tears.

"It's okay, Ma," Kari came up and put an arm around her shoulder, "I'm positive Tea's here. Tell you what. I'll go check the reception desk and area downstairs. I'll ask if they've had a 'Tea Gardner' come in, and if not, to direct her to our room if she gets here, okay?"

"I should have thought of that," her mother wiped away the tears. "I'm sorry. My mind is just shot lately. First Tea disappears; then this tsunami pops up, and now-"

"Don't worry, Mom," Rae patted her shoulder, "I'm sure Tea had a good pre-warning, like we did. The weathercasters all told the city ahead of time to evacuate, or head to the nearest shelter. Odds are she must have heard it somewhere. Either that or the blaring siren would have gotten her attention. And you know: the news people all said that this was a rather small tsunami-"

"But it's still a tsunami!" their mother cried, "What if she can't get here in time!"

"She will, mom," Kari soothed her, "she will. And Rae's right: it is supposed to be small, so the flooding and all that shouldn't be too bad."

"But-"

"You two keep her company. I'll go check the lobby myself," Kaz Gardner suddenly said from the doorway. He left the room.

He walked down a flight of stairs and to the large reception area. Flocks of people were still waiting to be given rooms. The lobby was on the fifth floor of the building. The first four floors were all blank, with just a staircase and ramp, with walls of reinforced concrete, to keep out flooding, or for the main rooms to stay above flooding. The car garage had a similar structure next door, for any cars that had been brought early. There were ten more floors above the fifth one. But the safe house itself was quite wide and sturdily built, so all could be fit inside snuggly.

The lines here were moving quickly though. Domino wanted all of their residents safe. A family name; checking for proof or residence or tourism; ID and a key to a room were all that was required. Two minute registration tops. Luckily, Domino was a rather small city. Most of it was comprised of commercial buildings. Some people even came from Tokyo by train to work here.

Kaz found a short line and stepped in quickly, waiting his turn. He wanted the city settled, and there was no rush. The news was either positive or negative: time was of no essence here.

Finally, it came to be Kaz's turn. Time for the moment of truth:

"Name?" the receptionist immediately asked.

"I'm already registered," Kaz replied, "I just had a quick question."

"Yes?" the receptionist looked up, rather surprised.

"Has someone by the name of Tea Gardner been registered here?"

The receptionist typed on the keyboard. "There is a Gardner family here-"

"I'm part of that family. My wife and two daughters were registered, no? Is Tea Gardner a separate registration?"

"I'm sorry, sir. There is only one Gardner family registered. Are there any other names you would like me to check?"

"Well, now that you mention it…Muto?"

"One name, two people. A Mister-"

"Wheeler?"

The receptionist looked slightly annoyed at being interrupted, but continued, "Wheeler…two people."

"Taylor?"

"Three people."

"Bakura?"

"One."

Kaz racked his head for anymore of Tea's friends. Come on…you know she has more than that!

The receptionist peered behind him, "Sir…if you have no more names, I need to register those behind you."

Kaz started and looked behind him, where a line was forming rapidly. "Yes…very well then, thank you. But…could you please direct Tea Gardner to the Gardner room if she gets here?"

"I'll be sure to do that sir. I'll inform the other receptionists in a moment."

"Thank you," Kaz nodded and was off, rather sullenly. Tea still wasn't here….

Tea was frozen in shock. She couldn't even move her lips to shout out, "WHAT!" Of course…after she forced it upon herself, she found the strength to do exactly that.

"WHAT!" she shrieked, "JUMP! Kaiba! We'll kill ourselves! We're on the second floor!"

"Be thankful it's not the roof," he retorted, looking out the window at the distance from there to the ground. "It's not that bad of a jump, anyway, so stop being Chicken Little."

"But the sky is still falling, Kaiba!" Tea responded, "If you haven't noticed! We'll get soaked! We'll be lucky if we survive the jump! The flooding is constant! We could break our necks-"

"Will you quit it already?" Seto snapped, "Do you want to at least try to save your life or not?"

He had caught her there. She sighed, "Alright, let's think this out rationally. How the heck are you going to jump? With that busted foot of yours? You'll break it even more!"

"Screw my blasted foot: it'll live. It's nothing serious anyway."

Tea blinked. So he obviously didn't care about his well being…. Okay…. "Well then…. Suppose we did survive the jump without any major injuries. What do we do then, or clever one?"

Seto narrowed his eyes, "We run, duh."

That's when Tea exploded. "Run! Five miles! I don't think so, Kaiba!"

"I run that all the time," he explained.

"Maybe you do, but if you haven't noticed, I'm not the most athletic person! I may dance, but running is way out of my league! Maybe I can run a good two miles before I collapse, but that's where I draw the line!"

"The rain will keep you cooled off, for starters. Just keep your mind off the pain if you start to feel any, or the jelly feeling in your legs. Concentrate on some landmark, or concentrate on something in your mind. It'll work."

"I'm not doing it!" Tea crossed her arms.

"So you just want to risk your life here?" Seto stood straight in front of her.

"At least it's safer here than out there," she rationalized.

Seto had had enough of it. He grabbed her arm and dragged her to the window, picking her up in his arms.

"What are you doing!" she yelled, struggling.

"If you won't come yourself, I'll make you come," he stared hard at her.

"Wha? But my stuff!" she turned her head to look at her backpack.

"You can get it when we come back to school."

"If we come back to school! If there's even a school to come back to! We don't know how forceful this tsunami will be!"

"Like I said, we'll just have to risk it," he replied, stepping on the ledge of the window.

"Kaiba! Put me down!"

"Not on your life," he hissed. And then…he jumped. Tea yelped and held onto him tightly as her life flashed before her eyes. And all in a matter of two seconds, she felt the reaction of Seto's feet splashing the liquefied ground. Seto felt his knees buckle from the weight of her in his arms and the pain from his broken foot. He fell backwards and landed with a great splash; his pants now all soaked through. It was really uncomfortable…. Not that the pelting rain would have done any less. His wetness would have just been delayed some.

Tea sighed and still held onto him, "We made it…."

"You still don't trust me, do you?" he inquired.

"…I do, actually. My feeble mind just has problems registering what goes through yours. I'm sure you had half of that mathematically planned out, didn't you?"

"Uh…sure, yeah," he replied, letting go of her, so that she could get up on her own. No need to tell her that was all based on luck, for once….

Tea just rolled her eyes. Luck…that's all it was. "So…" she said, looking around, "Which way do we run?" She turned back to Seto, who was still trying to get up off the ground. He was soaked through already and his foot wasn't making this any easier. "Oh, hey, let me help you up there," she suddenly sprung over to him and put an arm over her shoulder.

Surprisingly, he didn't resent the help. In fact, he said nothing at all.

"So," she continued again after that was finished, "Which way are we going?"

"Northwest."

"Which would be in which direction?" she inquired.

Seto pointed towards the Kaiba Corp building, "I built inland for a reason."

"Well," she said, "That's a fine landmark until we pass it," she huffed.

"Well, let's get going then!" Seto took off.

"Hey, wait up!" Tea ran after him, "You're faster and taller than I am! Slow down!" she cried out, splashing through the inch thick water. I'm going to kill him, once we're out of harm's way, she growled.

They passed the Kaiba Corp. building about twenty minutes after they had escaped the school. Tea was starting to feel herself tiring out. She was falling further behind Seto, and she noticed the water rising. Where it used to be right below her ankles, it now completely covered them.

Okay, concentrate on a landmark…. Landmark…. Hey! Is that the safe shelter? Wow, it's big…. There! Concentrate on it until I break through those doors!

Seto looked behind him to see Tea about half a block behind him. He slowed down a little, to let her catch up. She was keeping her eyes straight ahead. Seto glanced towards where she was looking. It was the gigantic safe home. He smirked. So she was taking his advice after all.

Of course…with the pain in his foot, he needed the distraction too. But his distraction was different. His distraction…was her.

Seeing how she had taken care of him; how similar they really were; how kind she really was…it made him care for her. Except, he didn't just care. It was more than that.

She eventually caught up to him, panting heavily, but still keeping her eyes ahead of her. They ran together for a few moments before Tea began slowing again. Seto let her fall behind a bit, thinking she couldn't possibly be that slow.

Torrents of rain whipped around them, and the sky was black as night. Lightning rolled across the clouds and thunder cried out.

Tea suddenly felt all the oxygen inside her escape, and she tripped up in her own shoes and fell, crashing into the water below her, and down to the ground below. She kept her head up, but just that. The rest of what could be submerged beneath the water was sunk. She could barely keep her elbows propped up to keep her head above water.

"Kaiba! Wait!" she called out. But thunder chose that moment to ring throughout the city. Tea tried to call again, but ended up coughing. She was too tired to cry out: she needed to take in oxygen, not lose it. The rain continued to fall in buckets, and she could no longer see Seto Kaiba in front of her. In fact, she could barely see a thing.

She could only hear the wind, the rain and the thunder.

And the rushing flood.

Seto checked behind him, to make sure Tea was alright. He stopped. She wasn't there, behind him. Where was she? Had she gotten lost!

"Gardner!" he cried out in desperation, "Gardner!" There was no answer, and he was positive his cries had been muffled by the storm. Oh, just great! She was lost in this blistering storm! How was he supposed to find her now!

"Tea!" he cried, running back the way he had just come. That had included many turns; some of which he could not remembering taking.

"Blast it all, where is she!" he panicked. He couldn't lose her! Not to this storm! They were over halfway to the safe shelter! They could get there before any real danger happened, if he could just find her!

But it had been a good seven minutes since he had last checked on her! She could be blocks away!

Tea felt exhaustion gripping the corners of her body and mind. She staggered upwards and wobbled around a bit; her legs feeling like jelly.

Mmmm…jelly, she licked her lips. It had been a while since she had eaten. Hunger gnawed at her stomach; exhaustion at her legs, lungs and mind, and dampness at her whole body.

Tea suddenly collapsed on her knees. She couldn't stand. She just had to sit for another moment to regain strength. Seto had probably gone ahead…. She could find the place on her own…although since the rain had come pouring down even more, she couldn't really see her destination.

Without warning, she saw darkness creeping at the corners of her eyes. She fell to her side, landing with a splash in the quickly rising water.

Seto ran down the sidewalk next to what used to be the park. "TEA!" he still called out, desperately. "TEA!" He suddenly tripped over something in his way and stumbled forth, cursing because it had been his bad foot that had tripped. He grabbed it and tried to soothe the pain while trying to discern what had caused him to trip.

A familiar uniform looked at him, same as a familiar body….

"Oh my God…TEA!" he jumped, and knelt down beside her to lift her up out of the water. She was out cold, but still breathing, thank goodness.

"She wasn't kidding when she said she couldn't run all this way," he whispered to himself. He carefully stood up, with Tea in his arms, her head against his chest. "Guess I'll have to walk really fast now." The water was steadily rising; slowly, yet noticeably. "Really, really fast…."

He couldn't believe it. There is was, not half a mile away! He had actually made it: with Tea in his arms, and practically running! She wasn't that heavy after all…. He had carried heavier things. He put in an extra burst of speed, ignoring the constant screaming of pain his foot issued (he had ignored it cry for hours; would it kill him for a few more minutes?). The entrance was almost visible.

"Just hold on, Tea," he whispered to both himself and her unconscious form. He looked behind him, just to see if he could see anything.

What he did see, off in the distance, five miles away, was a wave –fifteen meters high.

Seto ran as fast as he could through the thick water, without tripping. He could make it before the wave passed along! He had to!

He almost ran into the door, it blended along perfectly with the rain. It was a pull. He scowled and used his hand under Tea's head (supporting her with his knee instead) to wrench open the door. Luckily, the place had been smart enough to build a trench all around the safe home so that minor flooding would not affect anyone opening the door against the water's current.

With success, he opened it and threw himself inside, taking hold of Tea once more. He let the door close behind him, and he leaned against it, breathing heavily. That had been one of his greatest workouts ever. That was it: he was taking a break for a week. It did not help that there was water everywhere –making it harder to run- nor that he had to double back some, or that he had to carry something extra with him.

Not that he minded the extra weight…. It was kind of nice, in fact…. Having her there, lying against him.

He looked up at the long flight of stairs. It was four stories high, so the papers had said. He sighed. Life just could not be easy for him, could it?

Seto pushed open the door that led him off the stairs and into the lobby, thanking God with all his might. The blasted stairs had finally ended! Taking the nearest seat to the door, he collapsed –into sitting position, of course- onto it, and breathed heavily.

Some of the receptionists, still left –for all lines were now void, as everyone who could evacuate in the city was here- stared at the newcomers in interest.

"Sir?" one of them asked timidly, "Can we help you?"

Seto winced as his foot jerked involuntarily, "Yeah: get me a doctor."

Seto gripped the ended of the counter he was on as the many doctors around him helped to professionally bandage his foot.

"How long has it been broken?" one asked him.

"About four days," Seto hissed out.

Another clicked his tongue, "You should have gotten help sooner."

Seto was about to retort harshly when another spoke up, "However: it is good that it was bandaged so tightly. It helped lessen how the bones moved. But your running obviously had some impact on it."

"I hadn't noticed," Seto ground out, sarcastically, of course. He hated being in this vulnerable position. It was so…embarrassing for someone of his stature to be getting his foot mended.

"Whoever wrapped this for you knew what they were doing," the same doctor looked up and smiled. "Any names?"

Seto stared at him for a moment then turned his head to look at Tea, whom they had rested on a bed, under lots of blankets.

"Ah," he replied, nodding.

"All finished," another doctor said, "It's set in place as much as we can help it right now, but as soon as possible, we'll want you to have some x-ray scans…."

Seto groaned, mentally. So it still wasn't over!

"Thanks," he stated gruffly, looking back at Tea, who was still as motionless as she had been when Seto had picked her up on the sidewalk.

"She was exhausted, poor thing," one of the doctors commented. "And judging by the looks of you two, I'd say you both ran all the way here from wherever you were."

"You'd be right then," Seto replied, giving away as little information as possible.

"Did you not hear the warning?"

"The siren? We heard that-"

"No: the broadcast."

"…No. We were not connected to any working technology at the time."

"I see. And just where were you two?"

"Are you going to call her family or what? I'll bet they want to know she's here," Seto replied, really wondering if he spoke the truth. After all that Tea had told him, he half doubted his own words.

"Right," a doctor nodded, pulling in a receptionist. "What is the last name of the young woman? Family name?"

"Gardner," Seto replied. In an afterthought, he added, "If you would…call down the two Kaiba brothers here as well."

"Very well, Mr. Kaiba," the receptionist bowed and set off for a phone.

Minutes later, a herd of elephants seem to be coming down the hallway. Seto mentally flushed. His brothers could get rather embarrassing at times…. Then again, they were probably just overjoyed to finally see him.

He himself was not disappointed with how he was received.

"SETO!" the two slammed the door open and ran to him. Seto caught the two in his arms.

"You're all wet," was Noa's first comment.

"Thank you, Sherlock," Mokuba rolled his eyes.

"Well you weren't much of a Sherlock yourself this weekend," Noa glared. He turned back to Seto, "Just where were you exactly?"

"I'll explain later," he said, ruffling his brothers' hair. And he wasn't wet! Just…damp. The staff here had gotten him and Tea some towels when they arrived.

Soon after, the door opened again, and the three brothers looked to see who was coming in.

"Hey!" Mokuba whispered, "It's the Gardners! That means…." He looked over to the bed where Tea was lying. "Tea!"

"Oh my God!" Rika cried suddenly rushing over to her niece, "My poor Tea! What happened to her!" she directed the question towards anywho who could answer.

"She collapsed of exhaustion," one of the doctors spoke up quickly.

"Oh, the poor thing," Rika sobbed, holding her unconscious niece close, "My poor Tea!"

Rae sighed happily and Kari put a hand to her heart, "She's alright then," they both said.

Kaz just looked at his niece with a mixture of happiness and remorse.

A few minutes later –with Rika still blubbering over her- Tea's eyes tightened. She gritted her teeth and cracked an eye open, the light blinding her instantly. But she just closed her eyes tightly, not feeling any strength or will to move her arms to cover her eyes.

"Oh, dear! You're awake! Thanks goodness!" Rika hugged her tightly.

"Wha-?" Tea opened her eyes slowly, blinking rapidly, "Aunt Rika? What the? Where am I?"

"Oh, Tea! I'm so glad you're here!" Rika hugged the air out of her niece.

"Aunt-…need to breathe!" Rika relaxed her grip but did not let go. Tea breathed happily. She sighed. Her legs felt like limp rags. She didn't much feel like lifting her arms either, just because her torso still hurt.

But she was also very wet.

But how did she end up here? Last she remembered, she had collapsed on the sidewalk in the middle of the city.

She looked around the room and saw Seto watching her, concerned. She understood then. He had come back for her….

The thought made her warm inside. Her heart swelled with love for him. He really did care then….

She smiled softly at him and he gave the smallest of smiles back to her. They all sat there for a few moments.

"Tea, dear, where on earth have you been!" Rika cried out, sternness taking hold of her voice.

Tea scratched her cheek, "Uh, well…. You see, that's quite an interesting story…. We kinda got stuck in detention-"

"We?" Rika looked confused. Rae and Kari looked at each other, their eyes widening. The two suddenly looked over at Seto. All eyes turned to him.

"Seto?" Mokuba inquired in awe, "You got a detention?"

"Strike me down and kill me now," Noa whispered, "It's unheard of…."

"Well, same for you, missy," Rika wagged a finger, "What on earth did you get a detention for!"

Tea bit her lip and shifted her eyes away from her aunt, "Excessively boisterous…arguing," she muttered.

"Figures," Rika sighed, shaking her head. "I'm sure you've had plenty of practice around the house. I suppose that's Kaz and my fault-"

"It's not your fault!" Tea whipped around and waved her hands, "Nothing's your fault! I'm just an extra burden put on your shoulders-" the doctors found this their cue to leave, "so you've been rather stressed over the years with three kids to take care of. But I promise, once I'm out of high school, I'll leave, and you can get on with the lives you were meant to have-"

"OH MY GOD! TEA!" her aunt suddenly cried, wrapping her arms around her, "IS THAT HONESTLY WHAT YOU THINK! THAT YOU'RE A BURDEN! WHO PUT SUCH AN IDEA IN YOUR HEAD!"

Tea didn't answer. Part of herself had put the idea there. But…it was rather influenced by her uncle…. But was she going to admit that?

Mokuba and Noa looked at each other. "Seto…perhaps we should leave…" they took their almost-dazed brother's hands and led him out of the room. The corner of the hall was right beside the door. Mokuba and Noa started walking around it to go to the staircase, but Seto slipped his hands out from theirs.

"You two go on ahead. I'd like to stay here for a moment," Seto stated.

"Okay…" the two replied.

"We're in room two-o-nine," Noa stated, as they walked off.

Seto made sure they were out of sight and he stayed up against the wall, trying to hear what was going on inside. He had never been one for eavesdropping, but Tea's thoughts and fate concerned him.

He loved her after all: why shouldn't she concern him?

Just wanting to protect her wasn't enough. Care wasn't enough. This whole weekend had shown him what really enough was:

Love.

Protection was just the first step. She had confessed everything to him, and he wanted to protect her from it. Then, she had cared for him, and he in turn doubled back and took care of her, not letting her be lost to the storm.

Love was the final step. Admittance of feelings. It was more than obvious the way he felt about her. There had been more than enough signs over the weekend.

Inside, after the brothers had "left," Rika turned her head towards Kaz and glared. Kaz took the hint. "Tea…could I speak to you for a moment? Outside?"

Tea nodded her head in immediate response. She knew the number one rule of the house: always obey Uncle Kaz. She had learned that lesson enough. Involuntarily, she rubbed her arm.

Kaz opened the door for her (Seto scurried behind the corner) and let her out. He closed the door behind them and looked up and down the hall. No one was three.

So he thought.

Seto barely peeked out from behind the corner, and what Kaz did next almost made him give away his position. But he saw something in his action that Tea hadn't seen.

Kaz grabbed Tea by the arms and "gently" shoved her against the wall, raising his hand to strike her. Tea gasped and bit her lip, turning her head away and closing her eyes. Tears were already falling and nothing had happened.

Kaz witnessed this.

Seto saw it as well. He had been all but ready to jump out for Tea, but he had seen that Kaz wasn't really going to do it.

There was no motive in his eyes. No anger. Nothing…. Nothing except remorse and sorrow.

And all of the sudden, Kaz lowered his arm and took his grip off Tea, "I really have left an impression on you: a mark if you will. And not just physical. …Haven't I, Tea?"

Tea opened here eyes a bit and looked at her uncle. He was looking at her with the sorriest of expressions.

"U-Uncle Kaz?" she asked.

"Yes, my dear?" he asked.

"What are you doing?" she inquired. But she thought she had it all figured out already. She was not slow.

"I just needed to see your reaction: to see how much I really have hurt you." He looked away, at the floor. His eyes suddenly caught something: a bit of black protruding from the corner. He shifted his eyes up and saw Seto Kaiba's face, just looking out from behind the wall. His eyes widened, but stopped when he saw Seto's eyes.

They were staring at him coldly and angrily. His mouth was a thin line and he glared at Kaz as if to say, Yes, I know everything. Now do what you came out here to do.

Kaz swiveled his head back to Tea. "Tea, you can't imagine how sorry I am about doing all that I've done to you. Not only have I abused a beautiful girl like you, but I've pushed you far beyond your limits and I'm sure countless other little things. I think…I just wanted to make you as much like your parents and part of our family as well: perhaps even better. I guess…I wanted to show you off. Show you off because you were not my daughter, but I raised you to be like one." He looked up at Tea and she saw that his eyes were watery, yet full of sadness.

"Tea…can you forgive me? For everything? It will take forever –if even that- to regain your trust, I understand. But I am so sorry for everything. I didn't realize the potential you've always had if you went along at your own pace. Every time you did something I didn't like, and was enraged. I shouldn't have been. You are your own person, and I understand that now." He took her hands and squeezed them. "Can you forgive me? Tea, I love you, I truly do."

Tea bit her lip and smiled as more tears began coming to her eyes, "Of course I-"

Kaz put a hand up, "D-Don't forgive me because you think you must. I am not forcing you to. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you never forgave me for such wrongdoings. I promise to control my temper and not take it out on you anymore." He looked her straight in the eye, "After all…what kind of parent would I be for taking out my rage on my daughter?"

The waterworks in Tea's eyes suddenly turned on full power and she suddenly swept her uncle up into a hug. She hugged him tightly, all the while crying hysterically.

"Uncle Kaz," she whispered, "That's all I ever wanted. I just wanted to be your daughter…."

"And you always have been," he replied, "I was just too blind to see it."

"Thank you," she whispered, resting her head on his shoulder.

"No, Tea. Thank you."

Cries and blows nose Okay, I'm sorry, I had to end it there! I had thoughts about adding in one more paragraph, but that was the place to end! I was literally just about to cry while writing the last part to this! (The touching and soft Japanese music I was listening to didn't help either. Perhaps you know of "Every Heart" and "Dearest" both Inu-Yasha theme songs? Anywho!) I swear: the tears were so close to falling! I hope you enjoyed that. Sorry, no "showdown" between uncle and Seto. I just figured an apology was much more touching! It's what I had planned from the beginning. But see, Seto was in there some! Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW!

And I promise a SPECTACULAR LAST CHAPTER next time! Or so I hope…. Perhaps someone would be interested in "beta-reading" the last chapter for me? I may or may not need the help, all depending on whether I think it is suitable or not. The beta-reading would be more for looking for quality rather than mistakes and all. If it's a good enough last chapter like the one I want to post. Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW! See you for one last chapter next time! Cries again