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Chapter Four

Kida sat down on a pair of stone steps outside, hands holding up her head lazily, and her eyes drooped, she had been right when she thought that first grade would be easy, actually, it had been beyond easy, she didn't even have to pay attention and she already knew what all of the answers were! It annoyed her, but she knew that she'd just have to find a way to live through it, seeing as there was pretty much nothing for her to do besides that.

But, beside that, something else had gotten her attention. She always felt, well, ditached, from almost everyone she knew. The only people she really felt comfortable around were Rirsi, his brother Ryou, and her mother. She just... didn't really feel like she knew anyone else, like she could trust them. She sighed, she had tried to just go with that she was being over cautious, but when she tried to talk to anyone else... well, she just didn't feel like they were really there, or like she was there.

She sighed again from frustration. Why did she always have to have such complex problems, he mother always said not to worry about anything, she was to young to care. She could see that apply to almost anyone else, but just not to herself. She just couldn't help but care about every little detail in her life, and besides, this wasn't exactly little.

She knew that she was different, but when she wasn't in school, she didn't realize it as much. But now, she noticed that all of the other kids gave her strange looks, like when she answered a question no one else knew, or, especially, when she actually corrected her teacher.

She rubbed her temples, trying to sooth the headache that was quickly developing. She had to stop thinking so hard about everything, she was going to overlode her brain. But she couldn't, she just couldn't stop thinking about how she was so strange, just plain weird! And Rirsi, she felt bad for him, because she was his only friend, he was starting to act more like her, and being labled as a freak, just like she was!

And, though she was the only person who seemed to notice, her classmates were starting to act strange as well, not the same as her or Rirsi, but still strange. What was going on?

Rirsi stopped bouncing the ball he had been playing with and caught it in his hands without looking. He turned his head looked over at his only friends. Her long, tri colored hair glissened in the afternoon, and her crimson eyes were closed, a look of frustration crossed with concentration plain on her face.

His eye brows knitted together in confusion, what could she possibly be thinking about? Shouldn't she be trying to enjoy herself? They only had half an hour of recess, so shouldn't she make the best of it? He frowned, she always did seem a little strange to him, but, he didn't exactly consider himself normal either. He shrugged it off and continued to bounce the ball around the playground until he heard the school bell ring loudly and ran over to the first grade line and headed inside.

Tea walked through the park, Ryou right at her side. She looked around it, she still remembered what it used to be like, hanging out with the rest of the gang, and walking around there. She smiled and the memories, but her smile quickly faded, remembering her friends really hurt.

Ryou looked over at her, and saw the grim look on her face, he knew that it must have hurt a lot to be seperated from everyone, and being here probably wasn't really helping. He decided to try and make conversation, because the silence was getting a little creapy, "So," He started, "What was it like, you know, raising Kida?"

She looked over at Ryou, suprised by the sudden noise, but just smiled and answered, "Well, I guess that it was a little hard, trying to support both of us. But, I'd still say it was one of the best times of my life." Ryou, though Tea didn't realize it, did notice when she said 'one' of the best times, and thought about all of the other things that everyone had gone through. Ryou thoughts were inturupted when Tea asked, "Ryou... how have the others been? I mean, is everyone still together?" Her voice showed curiosity, but also concern.

Ryou grinned, "Actually, even more together than normal!" Tea looked shocked, "How is that possible?" "Well... Tristen, Duke, and Serenity worked together to set up Joey and Mai, who are now finally dating."

Tea smiled, "I always knew that they'd be together." She told him, then she looked down, "Erm... how's Yami?"

Ryou's face grimmed and he looked at her sadly, "He's well... he's kind of depressed," Tea's eyes filled with tears knowing that it was probably her fault, "When Yugi was gone, it was bad enough... but when you left, it seemed that he just finally snapped."

Silent tears streaked down Tea's cheaks. She had always, in her heart, known that she shouldn't have left, but now it was too late. She thought that something like that might have happened, and now Ryou had just confermed it. She wiped her eyes on the sleave of her shirt and said quietly, "Um, sorry, I-I've, got to g-go!" She moved her arm away from her face, and started running away from Ryou, who just looked at her sadly.

"I'm sorry Tea, I just didn't know how to lie to you... now I've ruined everything, you'll never come back. I've failed the Pharaoh and his Unknown Child."

Kida waited boardly as the school day seemed to drag on forever. She didn't really feel like paying attention, and there wasn't anything else to do, so she just sat there, being extremely board, not knowing what to do.

After what seemed liked years to her, the bell finally rang and she got up and headed outside to wait for her mother. She stood by Rirsi, who was waiting for his brother to come, was looking at her strangely when he got there. She looked back at him, a look of confusion plain of her face, and he met her gaze and just shrugged.

Kida shook her head at him and rolled her eyes, a few minutes later, Ryou got there, hugged his brother, and told him to get into the car. He turned to Kida and asked her, "Hey, do you want a ride? I was with your mother earlier, and she wasn't feeling so good." He told her.

She nodded her head, and climbed in after her best friend, who smiled at her. "Hey, I thought you were waiting for your mom?" He asked her. She smiled back and nodded, "I was, but Ryou told me she wasn't feeling well, and I could come with you," She told him. "Okay," He said, nodding his head, understanding.

When Kida got home, she waved good-bye to Rirsi and his brother, and went up to her appartment, unlocking the door with the extra key her mom had given her- just in case. "Hey, mom, I'm home!" She shouted out, when she didn't here a response, she went into the kitchen, not seeing her, she went into the living room, where she saw her mother sprawled out on the couch, obviously fast asleep.

Kida looked at her mother, she looked slightly pale, and her cheeks were red and puffy, almost like she had been crying, Kida shrugged it off and just walked off to her room, hoping that there was a little spare paper for her to draw on.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter, I think it was just a little shorter than the others, but I think that it was still long enough, though I'll work on getting them longer! I hope that you will keep on reviewing, because that's what'll keep me writing, and here's were I thank the people that already reviewed me!