Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, wish I did, but do not. Again, I am just borrowing.

Warnings:

I am going to be using the dub names, mainly because I'm used to calling them by those names, sorry if this is an inconvenience to anyone, sorry again. Bakura (Yami Bakura) has come back because he was given a second chance at a happy life, and Seto Kaiba is not as annoyed by them anymore, since Egypt, you could say he is an acquaintance of theirs'. What else, oh yeah, Ryou and Bakura are in separate bodies. There will be OC's (original Characters) in this fic; I may also forget a few of the people because there are so many remember you have been warned of my forgetfulness. Alright, this is like a little spin off of my first fic, Neveralone, it's set a few days afterward, if you didn't read it, you won't be to lost but reading it could help.

Screaming- screaming

thinking....'-thinking

".speaking..."-speaking

lyrics- Song lyrics/ Flashbacks

Summary: Its been five millennia since the Evil One's destruction, now that she has returned it's up to the gang with old friends and new to stop her. And who's to say that love wont blossom along the way.

The sun shone bright, a variety of people gathered within Domino Park, families enjoying their time together at a picnic, people jogging, couples napping under the park's multiple trees, elders feeding pigeons, and a certain solitary brunet standing next to the park's central fountain. The cool water from its center, lead by the gentle guidance of the wind, splashed against her peach cheek. She looked as if she was expecting someone, the way she was dressed was proof enough. The blue-eyed girl wore a black sleeveless undershirt covered by a light pink long-sleeved shirt, and blue jeans with a black sash around her waste, black boots, and a yellow choker around her neck. Brown locks fell limply over her shoulders, her growing bangs slightly covering her crystalline eyes, shadowing them as she watched the passing people.

'It's been an hour… where is he?' thought Tea in worry, unaware of her boyfriend's present predicament.

"IS THAT THE RIGHT TIME?!" exclaimed Atem gaping at the clock hanging above the door.

"Yeah… why." said Yugi indifferently, still mopping.

"I was supposed to meet Tea an hour ago… that's why!" replied Atem.

"Well… that's not my problem… this wouldn't have happened if you weren't acting so childish and laughed at me in the first place." said Yugi.

"HEY! YOU WERE THE ONE THAT THREW SOMETHING AT ME!" exclaimed Atem, mop clenched in his hands.

"Because you were acting childish…" replied Yugi, not noticing the throbbing vein at the side of the Pharaoh's head.

"I'LL SHOW YOU CHILDISH!" exclaimed Atem, taking a swing at Yugi with the mop like it was a sword, which made Yugi take his mop and attempt to strike Atem… just as most people would do in such a situation… and so began the mop battle…

-sweat drop-

If the two were not holding mops in their hands, one would believe they were in the middle of a classic sword fight, merely inches away from their total demise, good thing they were not. Sigh, though the two were not sure how long this "battle" would last, it did not last long, and who knew that the two young men responsible for saving the world could act like such children.

"I don't hear mopping in there…" said Grandpa Mutou from the next room.

Fearing their grandfather's inevitable punishment, the two teens ceased their childish bickering and regretfully returned to their mopping.

-Sigh- 'I'm sorry Tea…' thought Atem as he continued mopping the sticky mess he and Yugi had created.

'Atem… where are you?' thought Tea, closing her eyes trying to calm her worries.

With her azure eyes still closed, Tea sighed, still trying to calm the anxiety in the depths of her heart, all was silent, all was peaceful, all except the rapid pounding of her own heart. Concern over came her, taking hold, no longer able to control herself she began to shake in discomfort, why was he so late?

"Hey Tea!"

The voice calling to her sounded familiar, it was feminine Tea knew that for sure, though it could not matter less to the fear filled girl, for it meant that it was not her beloved.

"Tea? Did you hear me? Tea?"

She spoke again, this time her happiness replaced with friendly concern, though Tea's mind could not focus on distinguishing the identity of this person, who was she? Tea felt a hand on her shoulder, its touch warming the chill of worry within her, though not as much as if it were Atem touching her, holding her close, how she longed for that touch.

"Tea?"

This person, whoever she was, her incessant talking was becoming annoying, could she not leave her alone, however, Tea being the nice person that she is, had to turn and respond to this person's concerns, though she did not expect out of all people it would be her. Looking at her was a girl with pale blue hair, almost white, and uneasy sapphire eyes, and behind the girl was a tall young man with steel blue eyes, though you could barely see them beneath his auburn bangs.

"Kisara? Kaiba?" responded Tea in a shocked tone.

"Hey Tea… what are you doing here all by yourself? Seto and I were just passing by when we saw you… shouldn't you be spending time with Atem? I mean… it's not everyday we get a day off from school." asked Kisara.

"I was supposed to meet him an hour ago… but… he never showed up… I'm so worried… what if something happened to him?" said Tea.

She felt it again, the worry was coming, how could such an emotion take hold of her, Tea felt so feeble when she was not sure of something, especially when it involved Atem.

'Where is he? Oh Atem… are you hurt? I wish I wasn't so useless... or felt as useless as I feel right now…' thought Tea, her blue eyes closed as an attempt to try to stop the tears woebegone tears to overflow.

"Believe me… he's fine… if something had happened I would have been able to sense it." replied Kaiba interrupting her thoughts with his arms crossed, his usual stern looked on his face, and a glint of light from underneath his heavy trench coat, probably the rod.

"I don't know…" said Tea, eyes falling to the floor, still slightly shaking.

"Don't worry Tea… Atem can take care of himself… I'm sure he probably just got held up at the game shop… he'll be here soon." said Kisara in an attempt to comfort her worried friend.

Kisara's comforting words seemed to have calmed her, for the time being, and Tea felt her hope rise within her, Atem was safe, there was no need to worry, everything was fine, right?

"You ok now?" asked Kisara.

"Yeah… I think so." replied Tea, flashing a small smile to reassure her pale haired friend.

"Good! You had me worried for a minute there." said Kisara, returning the smile.

"Sorry… I'll try not to worry you again." said Tea, in a slight joking sort of way. "So… what are you two doing out in the park?" asked Tea, though she knew the answer, she wished it were she and Atem instead though.

"Seto and I were about to go to the mall to wander around, look at some things, you know… normal teenage things… that is if we were normal teenagers…" said Kisara with a smile.

"Really? But… I thought you hated the mall Kaiba… you always said that there were too many people… and nothing there that interested you." said Tea, eyebrow raised, a teasing smirk on her face.

"Well.. uh… Kisara's never been to the mall here… and… I thought I'd take her." said Kaiba, trying to hide his blush.

"Hehehe… isn't he cute?" teased Kisara latching onto Kaiba's arm, making the teen blush even more.

"Well.. I don't want to keep you… go have fun.. enjoy your day together." said Tea with a smile, though anyone could tell it was false.

Now Kisara had a situation on her hands, leave her best female friend alone in the park, or spend the day with her boyfriend, how could she ever choose between two of the most important people in her life?

'Should I stay with Tea... or go with Seto… ah… I don't know what to do…' thought Kisara.

Kaiba seemed to have sensed her strife, maybe it was their connection, anyway, the two locked eyes, and sapphire met cobalt. The brunet teen could see the conflict within his beloved's eyes, he did the only thing he could do, nod in agreement, there would always be other times.

'He's so considerate… one of the many reasons I love him… but… maybe there's a way I can spend time with Seto… and not leave Tea alone…' thought Kisara with a smile.

"Hey Tea… how would you like to come with Seto and I to the mall?" said Kisara.

"Oh no… I couldn't impose like that." replied Tea, timidly looking away.

"Oh… it's no imposition… Seto and I would love it you'd join us… what kind of friends would we be if we left you alone? And when Atem does come… he'll probably call you and you can tell him where you are…Isn't that right Seto." said Kisara.

"I-I suppose…" stuttered Kaiba, a bit confused.

"Great! Now come on you two… gotta get to the mall before it gets crowded." said Kisara with a smile as she ran ahead of the two.

-blink- -blink-

"How many malls has she been to? They're all crowded…" stated Tea confused.

The two brunets began walking at a sluggish pace, that is until Kisara ran back to them and began dragging them as fast as she could, which surprised not only the teens, but the pedestrians in the park, who could not help but sweat drop at the seen before them.

"Finally it's done…" muttered a tired Atem.

"And it only took us an hour and a half to do…" stated Yugi in annoyance.

"Not bad… the kitchen looks good as new…" said Grandpa Mutou as he walked into the clean room. "You're both free to go."

Not taking the time to put away their mops properly, the two tri-haired young men dropped their mops where they were standing and made a dash for the door.

"But…" said Grandpa, making the pre-teens stop in their tracks. "You should probably take a bath… you may have cleaned the kitchen… but you're both covered in syrup." explained Grandpa Mutou with a grin, making the boys blush in embarrassment.

­-sigh- Sure, why not?! I'm already late… what's another few minutes…" muttered Atem angrily as he stormed up the stairs.

"I'm sure Tea will understand…" Yugi softly responded as the young ruler reached the top of the staircase.

"You're not upset about loosing your time off are you?" asked Grandpa.

"Nah… I was just gonna hang-out with the others at the café." said Yugi as he calmly walked up the stairs. "Besides, being angry wouldn't change anything…"

With the two gone, the elder Mutou picked up the fallen mops.

-sigh- "At least they cleaned the kitchen…" muttered Grandpa.

"Um… EXCUSE ME? IS ANYONE THERE?" called a voice from the other room.

"A CUSTOMER!" exclaimed Grandpa, completely forgetting about the mops, dropping them where they were first dropped, running to the shop counter to help the customer.

The class of pre-teens sat lazily gawking at the blackboard as the teacher continued to lecture.

"The equation is (x/3) + (y/5) is equal to 5, if y is equal to 4, what is x? Anyone?" asked the teacher, only to be greeted by silence. "Has anyone been paying attention?" questioned the teacher followed, sadly, by more silence.

The teacher stood and continued to wait for a response, any response, with the ticking of the wall clock the only sound. With every tick the arms moved closer to their final point, closer to…

-RING-

"FREEDOM!!!" screamed a student as he jumped from his seat and ran out of the room, making the other students and the teacher gawk in surprise.

"You're dismissed I suppose…" said the teacher, trying to look over the odd student as the others filed out.

-sigh- "That was a snore…" commented Mika as she and Kira walked to their next class. "Right?" Silence. "Kira?"

Mika turned to her sister to find out why she had become silent only to find the younger twin's eyes were cloudy once again.

'She's spaced out again… What's with her today?' thought Mika.

"HEY WATCH IT!" someone yelled, grabbing Mika away from her thoughts. Apparently, while Kira was walking in her trance-like state, she ran into quite a few people in the crowded hallway, with the list still growing.

"KIRA!" exclaimed Mika, grabbing her sister by the shoulders and leading her through the crowd.

-sweat drop-

'I hope this spacing out thing won't last too long…' thought Mika, sighing in relief when they finally made it to the right classroom.

Sigh… that took forever… sorry it took so long… I wouldn't be surprised if people just forgot about this fic…. first I had a bad case of writer's block… then I had so much to do to prepare for school… then when I got to school teachers give me lots homework and I just now found the time to type up this next chapter… sorry… thank you for reading and reviewing... and thank you for waiting… again I am sorry….

I have already started work on the next chapter in advance… it is just about done I have been writing between and during free time in class… I should have it posted sooner than the last…..

Again SORRIES!!! tears