Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, and I never will.

Prologue

"Yugi, what are you doing!?" Yami yelled at his lighter half. Yugi turned to him, and said, "The right thing." Then, he slowly started to dissolve, disappearing into the darkness. Yami closed his eyes in frustration, even though he did the noble thing, it just wasn't fair!

Tea looked up at the black blob that was the shadow realm, as Yugi had left, the good Marik appeared in a similar way. But she didn't notice, she was just staring at the spot where her closest friend had just stood. Then she looked over to Yami, he was probably the only person who was taking this as hard as her. She had been closer to Yugi that she had been with the others, and she knew that Yami felt the same way she did, as if a part of them had just been ripped out. Then again, Yugi really was part of Yami.

Tea walked over to Yami, and put a hand on his should comfortingly. Yami looked at her with red puffy eyes, and he sobbed into her shoulder, she put her head on his, and a lone tear went down her cheek.

"It's not fair," Yami told her. "We could have found another way to bring him back…it's not fair, he was like the family I don't remember. It's not fair."

"You're right Yami," She whispered hoarsely, "It's not fair."

Tea remembered that day clearly, even though it had been eight months ago. Yami and herself had been heartbroken, but they had mended their hearts- at least- for a few hours. Tea sighed, they hadn't quite taken each other's comfort the right way, and now she was paying for it. She was paying for it by being eight months pregnant and having to avoid her best friends. And she knew, after this she would have to go somewhere else. She certainly couldn't tell Yami about this, and she couldn't tell any of her other friends. She couldn't tell Joey or Tristen, they were blabber-mouthed idiots. She couldn't tell any of the guys for that matter, and she couldn't tell Mai or Serenity, she didn't know them good enough. She couldn't tell anyone, she felt so stupid, she was only sixteen!

She closed her eyes in sadness and frustration, she had to leave Domino, transfer schools, and get a job. She knew that she couldn't really afford much of anything by herself, but she knew that she could make it, her parents were dead, so she could use the insurance money that she had never spent. But she knew that wouldn't last forever. But she put those thoughts aside, she had the rest of the summer vacation to think it over.

Chapter One

"Mommy, mommy!" The four year old shouted, "What's is these?" She pointed to a box of cards in the window. Tea looked to see what her daughter was pointing to. A box of duel monster cards.

"Those are Duel Monsters, Kida, they're a famous card game," She told her daughter softly. Kida's eyes widened, "Can I gets some, mommy, cans I? Cans I?"

"Sure, honey," Tea smiled at her child, she definitely shared her father's love of games… Tea's eyes saddened thinking of him, but she kept on her smile for the little angel in front of her.

Tea led Kida in, holding the little girl's hand so she wouldn't wander off. They walked up to the counter and Tea picked her up. "One starter deck for the little gamer here," Tea told the man at the register. Kida giggled at the nickname, and turned around in her mothers arm so she could see what was going on.

The cash register stared at her, she was quite a sight to see. She had black hair with red and blond highlights, and large crimson eyes that sent shivers down the man's spine. He looked down at his work and got out the cards, he put them in a bag and said, "Four dollars, please." Tea took the money out of her wallet and gave it to the man.

Kida looked at the bag anxiously and Tea laughed, she took out the cards and handed them to Kida. The girl excitedly took them and looked at all of the writing, reading it quite well, considering she was four-year-old. "Creoted by Macimilon Pegusas, it tis time to du-el." Tea chuckled and corrected her daughter, "Good try, but it's: Created by: Maximillion Pegasus, It's Time to Duel!" She said, faking a deep voice that was kind of like Yami's. Once again, at the thought of Yami, her face saddened but brightened up again when her daughter said, "Ohs," cheerfully.

"Hey, Yug, that looks kinda like Tea! But who's dat kid wit'a?" Tea heard. Was that Joey!?

"You're right, that does remind me of her, but then again, we haven't seen her in four years…" The voice sounded disappointed, and just like Tristen!

"Tea?" She heard another deeper voice ask. She was positive now; it was Yami and the gang!

She started walking faster hoping they wouldn't notice her, "Hey, Tea!" Joey called to her, "Tea!" she heard Yami yell… she started walking faster, almost running now. "Mommy?" Kida asked, sounding slightly scared, "What's wrong?" She looked at her daughter softly, slowing down, "Nothing," she told Kida.

She walked slower after that, but still faster than normal, she really didn't want to explain why she had been avoiding them for four- almost five- years.

When she got back to her apartment building, she was sure that the others hadn't followed her, she sighed with relief as she entered. She lowered Kida to the ground, her arms slightly sore after carrying her for such a long time. She watched as Kida opened the package as quickly as she could. "What's this card, mommy?" She asked. Tea walked over to her daughter as she looked at the card. "The Dark Magician Girl." Tea told her. "Dark Magician Girl," Kida repeated, "That's my favorite card." She said cheerily. Tea smiled at her, got up, and headed over to the kitchen to make their supper.

Before she got there she stopped and looked back and the excited little girl, she really was a female version of her father.

Yami stared at the place he had seen her. Why had she been avoiding them for so long? At first they thought that she couldn't stand to be near Yami because he was a constant reminder of Yugi, but after four years, that excuse wasn't really working.

"Where'd she go?" Tristen asked. He and Joey were still looking for her, almost sure they had just lost her in the crowd.

Yami sighed, "She's not here, and you know it," He said grimly, gaining the other's attention, "She been avoiding us for almost five years, you really think she'll change her mind now?" He asked, sadness in his voice and his normally harsh crimson eyes. It surprised Joey to see Yami acting like this, but he knew that he was right, it was hopeless.

"Dinner's ready!" Tea called into the other room. Even though the rooms were small and not far apart she knew she'd need to yell to get her attention, and when just yelling didn't work, "I made your favorite."

That immediately got Kida's attention. She put her cards down and rushed to the kitchen shouting, "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti!" Tea laughed at her excited girl, and picked up the pot of spaghetti. She dumped the water in the sink first, and then headed over to the counter where she had left two plates, one bigger, one smaller. She put about half the spaghetti on the plates, then put the cover back on the spaghetti and left it on the counter, knowing her daughter would want more immediately after she finished her first serving.

She was right, because after five minutes she was repeating the word, "More," over and over until she finally got her mother to go over to the counter and get her what she asked for.

Tea came back over from the counter and sat back down, finishing her own food and then putting it over in the dishwasher. Then she looked over at Kida who was finishing her own pasta. Once she was done, Tea took her plate over to the dishwasher as well.

"Desert?" She heard Kida asked. She smiled and turned to her daughter, "Well… you were pretty good today, I think that you deserve some ice cream." She told her in a playful tone.

Kida smile brightly and waited for the delicious treat to be served. Tea walked over to the mini freezer/fridge and opened it. She soon found the ice cream and got it out. She took out an ice cream scupper and bowl from two different cabinets. She opened the ice cream and took two scoops. She put the ice cream back in the freezer, walked over to Kida and gave it to her. "What do you say?" She asked. "Thank you, mommy," Kida said while stuffing her face with ice cream.

Tea smiled lightly at the girl's bad manners and walked out of the room. She knew that she loved her daughter a lot, and that she was a gift from god, but sometimes she wondered what would've happened if she didn't have her. She would still have her friends, and she would still be dancing… but she was pretty happy with her life, even if she didn't exactly have friends anymore. She had Kida, and Kida herself was as good as a thousand friends. And she still saw Yami, Joey, and Tristen, sometimes even Mai. And she saw Kaiba almost every day on the TV screen.

Though seeing her friends at school wasn't the same as hanging out with them, cheering them on in their duels, getting into trouble with the gang was something she never thought she'd miss, but she did, and it was pretty lonely when she knew her friends still hoped she come back to their group, and sometimes, she almost did.

She sighed, she really missed them, but she knew that she couldn't see them- she could never talk to them again.

A/N: I really hoped that you liked my story, I'll only update if you review me, because I almost never get the reviews I want, so I really hope that you'll review this story. But no flames, please! It's summer, and I don't need the extra warmth. So please review and I'll update, thank you!