A/N Finally the next chapter is here! I thought I would never get it done. I just hope you guys don't mind such a long chapter, oh and I hope it doesn't bore you. Anyway, one thing to take notice, I raised the rating due to the scene in the beginning of this chapter (death, blood, you'll know what I mean). Hmm...anything else, oh yeah, about the villain of this story . . . it's not who you think, it's actually not a YGO character. I won't say anything else other than that. I don't know if anyone will figure it out, but don't worry, everything will be revealed in time. So for now read and enjoy!

Chapter 2 - A Reunion Never to Forget

It was so dark, so cold, so frightening in this deep silent abyss. Nothingness that goes on forever, the only thing that was there was one soul, one being that could not be heard. She shouted, yet it remained silent. After going through this so many times, one would think that she would know that she couldn't be heard. But she was desperate to be heard, to know why all this was happening. Why now after so many years?

"Why is this happening? Where am I?" she questioned.

'Go to . . .'

"Huh? That voice again?" she whispered, closing her eyes and listening closely to the voice.

'Go to . . .'

"Where? Where should I go? And why?" she was annoyed, she didn't want this. "I don't want to go through this again. Go through dreams . . . dreams that I don't understand! Not again!"

'Go to . . .'

"Stop it! Just tell me where the hell I should go! I don't want to suffer through another dream like this! Please, tell me what the meaning is . . . please." She fell to her knees, her eyes becoming blurry due to her unshed tears. As her tears fell, the dark abyss was so silent once again, the voice remained quiet. There was still no answer to where she must go. But something was different about this dream than all the other ones that she had for the past few nights. Something about this place changed, and she could feel it on her hands.

Slowly, due to fear, she turned her hand to see the palm, and she was shocked to see . . . "Blood?" her voice trembled. It was definitely blood, but whose was it?

'Darkness . . . will take them . . .'

'Oh now you say something else,' she thought. "What are you talking about? Take who . . . " she was more scared than before, she hoped he didn't mean what she thought he meant. So as she rose she waited attentively for a response, but none came. Instead she saw what he meant.

Behind her, a light was shining upon something, or rather, some people and quickly she turned around. She gasped, her eyes opened wide to what she saw, more tears came falling down. She looked at her hands again, did this blood belong to . . . ?

"Seto . . ." she began walking toward them, "Malik . . . Marik . . . Ryou." She sobbed as she came nearer to the four fallen friends. They were covered in the blood, their eyes held no life in them, they were so motionless. 'Why won't they get up? What's wrong with them?' she was thinking, not wanting to believe that they were . . . As she took one more step they faded into the nothingness.

"No!" she yelled, as she ran to where they were, but there was nothing there now. She was back in this void, but then the light came back. She stayed perfectly still, however, she was so afraid to see what was behind her. But she forced herself to turn around, her tears were falling quicker and when she turned, she was just as shocked as before.

"Yugi . . . Yami, Joey, Mai," she whispered, "Tristan, Serenity, Duke . . ." All of them, they were dead. Their blood flowed from their bodies, it was a sickening site. But it was their eyes that she hated the most. They held no life like Seto and others.

"Why is this happening?" she ran toward them, but like the others, they faded away, and this time she fell to her knees. She could feel the crimson blood on her hands again and quickly she stood up. "This can't be happening."

'Darkness . . .'

The voice continued, and once again, a light appeared. This time she knew who it was, there were only two people left, the two people she loved dearly. She didn't want to turn around. She didn't want to see them like how the others were. But they called to her.

"Anzu . . ." she trembled when she heard her name.

"M-mother . . ." she didn't want to turn around, not after hearing how they said all that. Their voices sounded as if they were in pain. It hurt so much to hear them that way. Why was this happening?

"Anzu . . . please . . ." she couldn't stand it anymore, she wanted to help them, she wanted to take their pain away. However, she was so afraid to see them, so afraid to see what has been done to them. But she turned around, she wouldn't leave them like this, so she turned slowly. When she was finally facing them, her heart broke in two.

Bakura was struggling to stay standing, the only wound he had was an arrow that had penetrated through his chest. He was having such a hard time breathing and he was struggling to stay conscious. She took a step forward, wanting to catch him if he fell, but what of her son?

Yasuo was on his knees as he held tightly around his neck. She could see that there was a huge gash there. The site was to hard to look at. Like his father he was struggling to breathe. She took another step forward wanting to comfort them both, but one disappeared like the others. Yasuo held out his hand as if trying to reach her for comfort, but he faded away.

"No, Yasuo!" she ran to him, tried to embrace him, but he was gone before she could even do so.

Her tears kept on falling, wishing that all this would just stop!

She turned to look at the remaining person there, her tears making it so hard to see straight. She feared that if she moved he would vanish too. Silently, yet audible, she said, "Bakura." Bakura faced her and smiled gently at her before he began to fall. As quickly as she could, she ran to catch him, and she managed to embrace him. He was the only one she could touch.

"Anzu . . . I'm sorry," Bakura looked at her, his eyes filling with tears. She wanted to say something, anything! But no words could form and as the first tear fell down Bakura's cheek he began to fade.

"Bakura, Bakura, please don't go!" She cried out. "Please, Bakura!!!!"

She held on tighter to his fading form, but he disappeared, and she was left hugging herself, as she slowly fell to her knees once again, not caring if there was blood.

'Darkness . . . will take them . . . go to . . .'

"Enough!!! Whoever the hell you are, tell me where the hell I'm suppose to go!!! You bastard, tell me and stop all of this! I don't want this!" she howled out. She cradled herself, wishing she could forget the images she saw and wishing the voice would just tell her of where to go. It was so dark, so cold, so frightening in this deep silent abyss, she couldn't take it much longer. She closed her eyes, hoping that it will all end. The silence kept on going, but soon she slowly opened her eyes and listened to the last word before darkness took her over.

'. . . Egypt.'



"Mom? Mom? Mom?!" Tea shook her head as she looked at her son. He looked at her with a concern look, but she brushed it off as she smiled at him.

"I'm sorry, Yasuo, were you saying something?" she asked.

"I was just asking if you are almost done packing the food?" he told her.

"Oh . . ." Tea eyes widened a bit as she realized what she was suppose to be doing, "yeah, I'm almost done, dear. Now go check if your father needs any help. I'll be there as soon as I'm done."

"Ok, I will," Yasuo said as he ran out of the kitchen. Tea watched him until he was out of sight, images of her dream came back to her, but she shook the thoughts away. She didn't want to remember that horrible dream anymore.

These dreams began the night when everyone was gathered for dinner, the same night when Yasuo asked to go on a picnic with everyone. At first, these dreams started only with the voice that kept repeating itself. Over and over it would say "Go to . . ." and it never finished. That is until last night. For more than a week these dreams have been plaguing her, but never did she think it would go so far as to show her family and friends dead. It was just so dreadful to see what she had seen. 'But should I take the dream seriously? Maybe if I talk to Bakura about it . . . but I don't want to worry him. Plus I still have to tell him something from a week ago,' Tea thought as she packed the last snack into the basket. For the past week she had been trying to tell Bakura about her doctor's appointment since he always was concerned for her, but there always seemed to be something distracting her from telling him anything. Sometimes she would completely forget, but hopefully she could tell him when they go to the park today.

The day after Yasuo had asked to go on picnic, Tea had talked with Bakura about it and he agreed that they should do it. So she talked to Seto and the others afterwards and they had liked the idea, agreeing to go as well. Today was their picnic, their day to just relax, and it was such a beautiful day too, it was just perfect.

"I just wish I didn't have a feeling that something will happen today," Tea said to herself.

"What did you say?" Tea jumped as her husband came into the kitchen.

"Oh, nothing . . . just wondering what else to pack," Tea gave a nervous laugh. Bakura looked at the basket and cooler and thought she had packed enough.

"I think that will be enough food," Bakura pointed to the basket, "we don't eat that much."

"Hmm, I don't know about that," Tea teased. Bakura simply smirked and brought her close to him as he kissed her sweetly on the lips.

"Oh get a room," Marik said from behind them. They both jumped a little and frowned at the intruder.

"No one asked you to be here," Bakura snapped at him.

"Whatever," Marik said back, "if you two are ready to go then hurry up. I don't want to wait any longer."

"Yes, we're ready to go. We just need to put the food in the car," Tea told him. So the two males grabbed the basket and cooler and went to put it away, and Tea followed behind them. She was almost out the door, but the phone rang.

"Just let the answering machine get it. I know once you are one that blasted phone you won't stop talking," Bakura said.

"I do not!" Tea said as if she was offended, "but I'll do as you say."

She went out the door, leaving the phone ringing, and as she closed and locked the door, the answering machine picked up the call. The message went like this:

We are unavailable to take you're call, please leave a message. Thank you for calling.

Uh, hello, Tea? It's me, Yugi, calling from the airport. I really hope that it's you I'm calling, but I'm sure you're parents gave me the right phone number. Well, anyway, I know it's been quite a while since we last talked. I was really shocked when I got a letter from you, actually so was everyone else. They're all here too, Yami, Joey, Mai, everyone. Well, better finish this, you're mom was nice enough to give us you're address, so we'll be visiting you. I just hope you are home by then. See you soon!

That was all that he said and the house was then left silent.



"So did she answer, Yug?" Joey asked his friend, who was walking toward them.

"No, I got the answering machine," Yugi answered.

"Well, did you leave a message?" Mai asked him.

"Yeah, and hopefully she'll hear it before we get there," Yugi answered her.

"Ok then, we should leave now, find some hotel were we can leave our stuff and go visit her once we're luggage free." Joey said, everyone nodded their heads in agreement. They decided, when they surprisingly saw each other in the airport, that they would talk about all the things they have done for the past nine years when they met up with Tea. After all she was the one who invited them back to Domino . . .



"Oh, it's so beautiful today," Tea couldn't help but say.

"Yeah, yeah," Marik said, who was on one of the braches of the tree they decided to set their picnic near. The shade that the tree provided was the main reason for having their picnic there.

"You really seem to be in a bad mood," Seto pointed out.

"He's just grouchy because he didn't get enough sleep. For some reason he stayed up until two in the morning, so just ignore his attitude," Malik told them.

"And what the hell would you be doing until two in morning?" Seto asked Marik.

"That's none of you're business," he snapped at him.

"For some reason, I really don't want to know," Bakura said as he grabbed one of the snacks from the basket.

"Neither do I," Ryou said as he too grabbed a snack.

"Don't want to know what?" Yasuo asked who just came from the playground.

"Nothing, dear, just forget it," Tea assured him.

"Okay," Yasuo said and nodded, then turned to his father, "hey dad, let's play catch."

"Sure, let me just finish this brownie," he said and he stuffed the last bit into his mouth.

"May I join?" Ryou asked.

"Yeah, the more the better," Yasuo said cheerfully.

"Then I'll participate too," Seto said as he stood up.

"Count me in," Malik said, standing up as well. They all turned to look at Marik, who they thought would join too, but his snoring gave them a clue that he wasn't going to participate. They all just sighed and decided to just go and play. They decided that they will try to play baseball, even though there were only five of them, but they would try.

Tea watched them, smiling as some got too serious about the game. However, her smile soon faded away when Marik's snoring got louder. 'He can even be annoying when sleeping,' she thought, but chuckled lightly at that. 'Oh well, he's still a good friend.'

The five males played for about an hour, and during that time they laughed and really enjoyed themselves. Once they had enough, however, they went back to where Tea was and relaxed. Bakura cuddled with Tea, as they both lay under the tree. Seto and Ryou played duel monsters. Seto wasn't as serious about the game as he was before, but he was still a good duellist. Malik, Marik, and Yasuo went walking around the park, looking for anything that was good. They had found something good which was the ice cream man, which Marik had purposely freaked out, and managed to get them free ice cream. All was going so well.



"Yugi, are you sure this is the right way?" Tristan asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure. We just have to go this way, and then turn a left, and then a right . . . Just follow me, don't worry we'll get there," Yugi assured.

"I don't understand why we just couldn't keep taking the taxi to her place," Mai commented.

"We would have to pay so much more, Mai. Plus, it's nice to walk around Domino again, it's been so long," Joey remarked.

"I hope we get there soon, I just can't wait to see Tea!" Serenity chirped.

"Don't you worry, sis, we'll see her soon," Joey told her.

"Okay, big brother!" Serenity said cheerfully, and then something caught her eyes, "Hey look, it's the Domino Park! Oh it's been so long since we've been there! Can we please go take a walk in there. Please!"

"Gee, Serenity, I thought you couldn't wait to see Tea," Mai pointed out.

"Yeah, I know, but, it won't take long. Come on, it's been so long!" she countered.

"Hmm, I really want to go see Tea," Yami came into the conversation.

"Ooooh, still like her, don't you, Yami?" Mai teased the former pharaoh. Yami's cheeks tuned a soft pink, but retaliated.

"What are you talking about, I only liked her as a friend."

"Yeah right," Mai kept on teasing.

"Don't worry, Yami, we'll see her soon, but Serenity is right, it's been long since we last been in that park, I say we go in for a small walk," Yugi said, tying to help Yami out. He knew that Yami held feelings for Tea, but Yami doesn't want anyone to know that, even though it was quite obvious. Anyway, Yami could only sigh and agree with everyone.

"As if we haven't walked so much already!" Mai muttered.

"What was that, Mai?" Joey asked.

"Nothing, dear," Mai quickly said.

"Okay then, let's go!" Serenity cheered.



After thirty minutes of cuddling, playing Duel Monsters, and searching, Tea, Seto, and Ryou decided to engage in a conversation about anything that was interesting, while the four remaining males decided to engage in the game of Hide-and-Go-Seek.

Bakura was the seeker, who was counting down from fifty. That gave the other three enough time to hide, and since this was a park, there were many good areas to hide in.

"Ten . . . nine . . . eight," Bakura counted, and when he finally reached the last number he was quickly off searching for any of the three that hid.

He looked high and low, not leaving any spot unsearched, and soon enough he found Marik, who was actually snoozing as he was hiding, and because he snored when he slept, it was easy for Bakura to find him. Marik didn't care if he was found and he didn't feel like running, so he helped Bakura find the other two. With his connection with Malik, Marik cheated and told Bakura where he was hiding. Of course, Malik wasn't too pleased that his counterpart had helped Bakura find him, but there was no point starting an argument for it was just a game, and besides, there was always a way to get him back. So, he just decided to help the other two search for the last person, Yasuo.

"He'll be hard to find, for some reason that kid is really good at sneaking around," Malik said as he and Marik looked at Bakura.

"What? Surely you two don't think that I taught the boy," Bakura defended.

"Well, you used to be a thief and as I recall, you teach the boy how to fight, so why wouldn't you teach him how to sneak and steal?" Marik said.

"Well, I teach him to fight so he can defend himself, Anzu allows that, but do you honestly think that she would let me teach the boy how to sneak around and steal stuff?" Bakura pointed out. The two Egyptian blondes just shook their heads and left it that. Hopefully they would be able to find the boy soon.



Yasuo looked around to make sure his father wasn't around. He was near at one of the playgrounds that was very far from where his mother and the others were. Hopefully, his father wouldn't come here, but if he did, Yasuo knew he would be able to sneak around him in order to hide somewhere else. That was cheating, but it's not like his father doesn't do it too. He peaked once more from his hiding place and saw no sign of his father.

'He's probably looking for the other two, seeing as they are easy to find,' he thought to himself. He crouched down and watched the other children play in the jungle gym. The hiding place he had chosen was behind some bushes. He knew his father wouldn't look around there since Bakura would think that he had hidden in a place no one would ever think of, not a simple place as hiding behind a bush. He smirked, one just like his father's, at the thought of his father getting mad because he could not find him.

As he kept looking at the people having fun in the playground, he noticed that there was one who wasn't, one who was in a secluded area, definitely not good. It was Yani, a girl that was in his class and would most definitely be in next year's, also the girl who he had a crush on. He wasn't too pleased that there were two boys bullying her, and he knew he had to do something, even if it means getting out of his hiding place. He quickly stood up and walked over to the three.

As he walked he could hear the two boys teasing Yani about her hair and the way she dressed. Personally, he didn't think she looked weird and her pigtails were cute, but that's only because he liked the girl. 'If father and the other guys knew about this, I would never hear the end of it, and mother, oh she probably would make things more complicated, luckily they have no clue,' he thought as he finally arrived to where they were.

He saw them push her and he spoke up when they were about to say more hurtful things. "Leave her alone!" They all turned to see who had interfered.

"Yasuo?" Yani said, happy to see him.

"Why don't you mind your own damn business, freak," The leader of the two said.

"Yeah, mind your own business," the other copied.

"If you pick on her, then it's my business," Yasuo said as he stood in front of Yani, who blushed a little at what he said, and quickly stood in a fighting stance. His father taught him how to fight, but his mother never wanted Yasuo to fight unless it was really necessary, and he knew that it was right now. These boys were three years older and because of that they thought they could always pick on the lower grades. Yasuo has always wanted to teach them a lesson, and now was the perfect time.

"Hmm, you think you're so tough? Well, I guess I should teach you a lesson, you little punk," The leader said, as he cracked his knuckles. Yasuo could only smirk.



Yami and the gang were walking and chatting about anything that came to mind. They had realized that the park had changed quite a bit, seeing as there were more jungle gyms, and it looked somewhat better, with flowers almost everywhere and more trees. They wondered what else changed in Domino.

As they laughed at a comment said by Joey, they stopped when the heard and saw a little girl being picked on. The gang wanted to help for they would not tolerate such actions, especially not Yugi, since he knew how that felt, but before they could even to do anything, a young boy came out and was helping the girl. They couldn't see his face, but something looked familiar.

"Leave her alone!" they heard him say. After that, the girl had said what they presumed to be the boys name.

"Do you think that boy would need some help?" Serenity asked.

"Hmm, lets watch for a moment," Joey said as they continued to listen in.

"If you pick on her, then it's my business," Mai couldn't help smile at the boys comment.

"Aww, isn't that sweet! That boy must have a crush on that girl," Mai said as everyone sweat dropped and ignored the comment.

"You know," Yami decided to speak of something else, "the hair of that boy looks familiar, wouldn't you say?"

Everyone looked closer and to their surprise, he was right. Something about the silver and wild hair did seem familiar. "Well, no use thinking about it . . . hey look they're starting to fight!" Duke said, as they watched with the utmost attention. The boy, they now knew as Yasuo, knew what he was doing and to their surprise he was very good for someone his age. They realized Yasuo wouldn't fight back but only dodge, as if trying to wear the bully out. Well whatever he was trying to do, it was working, that bully seemed to be slowing down. Yasuo looked as if he would win this fight, that is, until the bully's goon decided to partake in the fight.

Without warning, the other boy had thrown sand into Yasuo's face. Yasuo winced at the pain in his eyes and because he couldn't see now and was distracted, the big bully took the opportunity to punch poor Yasuo and push him down to the ground. Yasuo quickly stood up, and got back to his fighting stance, eyes closed. It was time, he knew, to fight back, and he would show them he didn't need to see.

"I think he needs help you guys," Yugi said as he thought what the bully's goon did was a cheap trick.

"No, let us see what the boy will do. I don't think he even wants help," Yami said.

They continued to watch and to their surprise, Yasuo was able to fight back. As if sensing the bully coming toward him, Yasuo jumped high, hands on the boys shoulder, as he flipped behind the bully, and with a swift movement, he tripped the boy. The bully fell and at that moment his friend came at Yasuo, but Yasuo was ready fo him this time, so he dodged the attack and punched the other male in the gut. The boy fell to his knees in pain.

"Give up?" Yasuo asked confidently.

"Forget this man, I'm out of here!" the leader had said as he ran off, his friend following.

Yasuo smirked as he tried to get all the sand out of his eyes when he knew it was safe. Yani, who was standing in the same spot with amazement throughout the whole fight, shook out of it and ran to check if he was all right. Yami and the gang were just looking on in amazement. Who was this kid?

"Yasuo, are you all right?" Yani asked, clearly worried about her hero.

"Yeah, I'm fine, what about you? They didn't hurt you, did they?" Yasuo asked, his eyes now sand-free.

"No, they probably would have if you hadn't come. Thank you, Yasuo, you really are brave," she leaned in and gave him a small peck on the cheek. After that, she quickly bowed slightly, smiled, then waved goodbye as she ran off. Yasuo just stood there, he was blushing as he touched the spot where she kissed him. 'Well, this day is going really great!' he thought as he smiled brightly. But he soon felt a sharp pain on his left arm, and grasped it. 'I guess they managed to hurt me after all,' he thought as he looked at scratches he was given.

"Oh no, the little kid's hurt," Serenity said the obvious.

"Let's go see if we can help," Joey said, running toward Yasuo and the rest followed.

"Hey, kid are you all right?" Tristan yelled out as they all neared him. Yasuo, trying to ignore the pain, turned around to face people he didn't know.

When he turned around to face them, Yugi and the others couldn't help but look surprised. This kid looked so familiar. If he didn't have blue eyes and brown hair in the front, he could look like a miniature Bakura, but they shook those thoughts, knowing it wasn't the time.

Yasuo looked at them and began to worry because for all he knew, they were here to hurt him. So not taking any chances he got into a fighting stance, ready to take them on if need be, despite his little injury.

"Whoa there, kid, we're not here looking for a fight. We just wanted to know if you were okay," Joey said, hoping the boy would calm down. Everyone just nodded their heads, agreeing with what Joey said. Yasuo looked at them all a little longer and noticed they looked harmless. So slowly, he put down his hands and stood normally.

"I see, well, thanks for you're concern," he said to them, "anyway, I have to go."

"Are you sure, kid? Maybe we should take you back to you're parents. We can also explain why you're hurt, just in case they worry too much," Duke spoke up.

"No, that's all right. I'll be fine on my own, so . . ." he wasn't able to finish since someone cut in.

"There you are!" Bakura was running toward his son and didn't notice the others.

"Oh no, he found me!" Yasuo said amusingly, but Yami and the others didn't hear the amusement in his voice, they actually believed that Bakura was after him. After all these years, they all recognised the once evil thief.

"Bakura! I should have known you could never change your evil ways! Well, you're not getting you're hands on this boy!" Yami spoke as he went in between Yasuo and Bakura. Bakura just looked at him surprised and finally noticed everyone else. 'They couldn't possibly be . . .' he couldn't finish his thoughts as Yami spoke once again, "Mai, Serenity, take the boy and get away from here!"

'Yup, they are . . . hey wait a minute!' he thought as he heard what the former pharaoh said.

"You're not taking him anywhere, you misunder . . ." he was cut off.

"Silence, you!" Yami said, "go now Mai, Serenity!"

"Right, come on kid," Mai said, grabbing Yasuo, who, for the entire time, was in deep thought, trying hard to figure out what was happening and when he noticed that he was being dragged away from his father, he snapped out of it.

"Wait, this is all just a misunderstanding, he is my . . ." like his father he was cut off as well.

"Don't worry, kid, we won't let the mean person get you," Serenity said, thinking it will calm the struggling boy.

"Hey come back with him!" Bakura yelled out.

"You won't get past us, Bakura!" Joey stood beside Yami preventing Bakura to run after the two females and his son.

"Yeah, we'll make sure you're plan is put to a stop, whatever it may be!" Yugi said.

"I can't believe this," Bakura mumbled and to make things worse, Marik and Malik came to the scene.

"Bakura, there you are! Have you found . . ." Malik didn't finish since he saw Yami and the others, who didn't look all too happy.

"What the hell? I thought these losers were gone," Marik said eyeing them all with disgust.

"So, you, Malik and Marik have joined forces for whatever you have planed," Yami pointed at them.

"What is the mighty porcupine talking about?" Marik asked.

"He thinks that we are planning something and two of them just took Yasuo," he explained,

"Marik go tell Anzu and get to them before they get away with him."

"Anzu?" Yami said aloud, wondering who that could be, but ignored it for now, "no one is getting past us!"

"Whatever," Marik said as he just walked away. Yugi and the others would have stoped him, but Bakura and Malik stood in their way.

"If you want to start something, then start it with us," Malik told them.

The group of people just stood there, not one moving, waiting for one to make the first move, but they just began a staring contest. 'This may take a while . . .' Bakura thought.



Marik ran as quickly as he could to Anzu, and when he got there she was shocked at what she heard. "Yami and the others are back," she whispered, she just couldn't believe it.

"Yeah, but there seemed to have been a misunderstanding. Two of your former friends took you're son," Marik continued.

"What?!" Seto cried out, "then we have to get him back."

"I think if we split up we'll find them easier," Ryou suggested.

"You're right, Ryou. You go with Seto, while Marik comes with me," Tea said, as they nodded and went on their way.



"Mai, where are we going?" Serenity asked as the two females ran, dragging Yasuo along.

"I was sure the exit was this way . . . I can't believe I forgot my way around this place!" Mai ignored Serenity's moan of annoyance.

"Don't tell me we're lost!" she squealed.

"I'm sure we'll find a way out of here," Mai assured.

"Hey, will you please let go. You don't understand! That man was my . . ." Yasuo couldn't believe these people, why wouldn't they let him finish his sentence.

"Don't worry, sweetie, we'll make sure that bad person doesn't find you," Serenity said in a perky way that kind of annoyed Yasuo.

"Why aren't you listening to me!" Yasuo cried out as he kept on struggling to get out of these females grasps. 'How the hell are they so strong. Man, I can't believe this!' he thought, as he gave up struggling, hoping that someone would come and get him. 'I know mother would be able to handle these females. She'll make sure they pay big time, no one messes with her son and gets away with it,' he thought . . . and thinking if his mother, she just appeared as she had turned a corner.



Tea ran, not wanting to stop until her son was found. 'I don't understand why they would just take him without an explanation first! Arg, I can't believe this!' she thought. She hadn't noticed that Marik was way behind, but that really wasn't her concern. She had to find her son!

Turning at a corner, she abruptly stopped running and looked on with wide eyes. What Marik said was true . . . they were back. It was so hard for her to have believed him, but he was right! They looked different, but she knew those two females.

"Mai . . . Serenity," she whispered as they stopped running too and stood a few metres away.

"Who is that?" Tea heard Serenity say. Tea couldn't help but smile, they didn't recognize her, but she didn't blame them, she had, after all, changed.

"I don't know, but maybe she can help," Mai said hopefully. Yasuo wanted to say that she was his mother, but he had a feeling they would just cut him off. "Hey, miss, I was wondering . . ."

"Tea!" the three women turned their heads to see Marik running toward Tea.

"Did he just say Tea?" Serenity asked.

"Oh no! She must be under his control! She's working for them as well!" Mai said grabbing the boy once again and mad dashed out of there, Serenity following behind.

"Wait! No, you misunderstood! Come back with my . . ." it was too late, they were too far to hear her, ". . . son."

Marik just arrived beside her, "My Ra, woman, you run way to fast!" Tea's eye twitched and without warning, she smacked him across that head. "Ow, what the hell was that for!"

"You should have stayed away! Because they saw you they thought I was under you're control! Arg, and they took Yasuo again!" she yelled at him.

"Well if they have him then why are we just standing here! Let's go after them," Marik began to run, as Tea jus sighed.

"This is going to take a while," she mumbled.



After running for what seemed liked forever, Mai, Serenity, and the bored Yasuo stopped to rest at a nearby bench. Yami and the others had found them and they told the girls that Bakura and Malik managed to get away . . . after they were beaten by Bakura and Malik down to the ground. The girls just sweat dropped as they saw the guys with some bruises.

"Well, you don't think they're still after the kid, do you? I mean there are so many children in this park, maybe they went after another one," Duke said.

"I don't know, they seemed to have targeted this one for some reason," Yami said, thinking carefully on it.

"Anyway, if they are we'll make sure to protect him, right?" Mai told them.

"Oh, we almost forgot. You wouldn't believe who we just saw!" Serenity declared. That gang just looked at her, so she continued, "Tea!" They all looked surprised.

"Are you sure, Serenity," Joey asked and she nodded.

"But we think she was under Marik's control," Mai added.

"What?!" Yami said in an angry tone. He couldn't believe he was controlling her again, he'll make him pay! Yugi was about to say something, but Yasuo spoke up. He had grown tired of this, he wanted to get back to his parents and friends.

"Excuse me!" they all turned to look at him, "have you ever thought of listening to an explanation first! I don't need protection! No one is after me. I don't know how you know Bakura and the others, but they are not enemies! Bakura is actually my . . ."

"There they are!" Yasuo's left eye began to twitch. 'Why, why can't I ever finish what I have to say!' Yasuo thought as he was pushed behind Yugi and the others.

"So Seto and Ryou are also involved," Yugi pointed out as they looked at the CEO and the nice Bakura.

"What? We're not involved in anything, we are just here to get Yasuo back!" Seto told them.

"As I told Bakura, Marik, and Malik, you are not getting this boy! We will stop you're evil plan at any cos . . ." Yami was another victim of the cutting of speeches.

"Enough!" Tea shouted, getting everyone's attention. "I've had enough of this! There is no plan, I repeat, no plan of any kind!"

"Who is she?" Joey cut in.

"Shut up!" Tea roared, she was going to finish what she had to say, "I don't want any interruptions! I will tell you now that I am not in Marik's control . . ."

"Is that Tea?" Tristan mistakenly opened his mouth. Tea was fuming with anger, but she took a deep breath and counted to ten. When she was a bit calm, she spoke.

"Yes, I am. Now shut up as I talk, we can catch up later, that is as soon as you give my son back," she said through gritted teeth.

Everyone looked on speechless. Had they heard right? Did she say . . . son? 'She has a . . . a . . . son,' Yami felt a sharp pain pierce his heart. She belonged to someone else, 'but it couldn't be . . .'

Yasuo looked at each person, and thought this was the perfect time to get away from these scary people. So slowly he walked toward his mother, but before he got to her, he turned and looked at them one more time, wondering if they'll stop him.

They just couldn't believe that Tea had a son, but as Yami looked at the boy carefully, he noticed the Yasuo had Tea's eyes, this was definitely her son, and by the hair and features, he probably had a clue who the father was.

Turning around, Yasuo walked again toward his mom, and when he reached her, she hugged him tight, just glad he was with her again. Bakura and the others just let out a sigh, at least there would be no more running involved.

Tea let go of her son and stood to look at her speechless friends, saying to them "I guess I have a lot to tell you guys."

A/N The chapter is now completed. I hope you liked it, but if you didn't that's okay. Hopefully the next chapter won't take long to type, this one sure did. Anyway, next chapter will have past events (wedding, birth....) since most asked for it, hopefully it will be good. Anywho, have a nice day.