The next time she opened her eyes and looked around she saw someone bent down at her side, looking at her concerned. It took a while for Tea to focus on the face in front of her but when she saw who it was through the blur, she gasped and pulled herself away.

"Tea stop, it's me." Yami's voice said in a worried tone. That made Tea pause. She looked at Yami. He certainly had helped her, but was it a trick? She looked into his crimson eyes, looking for something that would tell her it was actually her friends. Wait a moment, she thought, Crimson eyes? She looked into his eyes. Sure enough, they were not the black empty ones she had seen in her other friends. She looked into his face. He looked above all worried. He crept closer to her and put an arm around her allowing her to sit up.

"Shhh, it's okay." He said rocking her gently from side to side. Then Tea realised she had been shaking.

"I didn't get in." She said dejectedly, her voice shaking. "And my father said-"

"Tea it's not real. Remember you are trapped in a virtual world. These are projections, they aren't real. You never had an audition. I have sent your father's avatar to the shadow realm. You won't see him again."

"I...I..." Tea stuttered, realising her mistake. She had actually begun to think that this was all real. Then she remembered something and became suspicious. Drawing away from Yami she looked at him. "So how come you are hear? Where is Yugi?" Yami looked as confused as she was.

"I think," He said after a long pause, "Whatever happened to us separated our souls. He was abducted whereas I was left free to roam the virtual world. I have to say you and Kaiba have been hard to keep up with. I kept trying to find you but everywhere I went I saw things and people and events that I didn't want. I finally found you as you entered the room, but it took me this long to find out where you went afterward. This place plays tricks on you!"

Tea really wanted to believe Yami. After all he was one of her best friends, perhaps she even more. She nodded. "I guess that makes sense..." she said hesitantly. "We need to go find Kaiba then," She stood up, then realising what she had just done she looked down at herself. Blood stained her clothes but then she realised her wounds were healed. She swung round to look at Yami. "You... you healed me?" She asked awestruck.

He shrugged bashfully. "It is one of my other powers."

Tea smiled at him, "Thank you, for everything Yami. You saved my life." She reached over and gave him a hug. As she did so, she felt him stiffen but soon he relaxed and she felt his arms extend around her waist and began to ran over her back tentatively.

"I couldn't forgive myself if anything happened to you Tea." He murmured into her hair. Tea was glad he couldn't see her face she guessed she was red as a beetroot. They hugged for longer than normal, Tea glad for the comfort, before she gently pulled away.

"We should really go and find Kaiba," she said looking down at her watch, remembering what he had said. "I said I would meet him half an hour ago, he will... or he should... or he might... be looking for me." She hesitated before each reiteration. She wasn't even sure whether Kaiba would bother meeting up with her again after all that he said..

Yami looked grim but he gave a small nod before the two left the room. As he did so, he grabbed her hand. Tea blushed and looked over at Yami, he was looking at her assessing her reaction. She gave him a small smile and the two began to leave the room.

"Tea, TEA!" They heard a loud voice call, sounding frantic as they were leaving the room.

The owner of the voice came into view, a shocked expression apparent on his face.

"Yugi?" Kaiba said incredulously.


A/N: And another chapter in the space of two days! Not too shabby (if I do say so myself). This one's a little shorter than usual but you'll find out what happened to Seto in the next chapter. What will happen now Yami has been introduced into the mix? Let me know what you feel about the last 2 chapters. R&R :)