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Mysterious Feeling's Chapter 1

"That's weird!" Mokuba stated, looking around.

"Don't tell me your imaginary friend ran off again," Seto smirked.

"Ha ha" replied Mokuba sarcastically, "no actually it was Tea."

Seto frowned.

Gardner's been off on her own a lot more than usual lately…I wonder what could have happened…

Mokuba saw the look on his brothers' face.

"I've been seeing her around the park a lot lately" Mokuba explained. Seto knew Mokuba liked to hang out at the park, and that he had a particular liking for swings. He had ever since the orphanage…Mokuba broke off still looking around.

Seto put a hand on his brothers' shoulder. "Come on"

They began walking back along the beach, in silence once more. It was getting cooler but it was still quite warm. After all, it was the middle of summer.

"Seto?" Mokuba looked up at his brother.

"Hmmm?"

"Why were you out here?"

"I felt like some space," Seto muttered, "I sometimes come out here when I have a lot on my mind, when I want to think"

They carried on walking until they got to the road. Seto Kaiba called his chauffer and his limousine arrived shortly after to pick them up. They got in the car and drove away.

Tea Gardner watched from the shadows with mixed feelings. She couldn't help but smile seeing the two brother's together. But she also felt upset that the bond that she shared with her own brother could soon be lost. She felt tears prickling at the back of her light blue eyes, but refusing to let them fall.

"Mum" Tea whispered, "please help me." She walked silently, not paying attention to where she was going. She was still thinking about her mum when she realised that she had walked to the Cemetery and was standing in front of her mum's grave.

"Hi mum" she kneeled down beside it and started to pull out some of the weeds that had started growing back from her last trip here, even though it was only three days ago.

Tea felt safe when she was with her mum and felt better for being around her.

"I need help, mum!" she whispered, "the doctor's think Zach's got it too. Please help him. Look after him, mum, don't let him leave me too!" The tears dripped onto the grass as she finally stopped trying to hold them back, "Not both of you, no way!" Her brown hair fell forward, hiding her face, as she sat crying.

Tea had no idea how long she stayed there but she said goodbye to her mum when she felt the harsh chill on the breeze had got worse. She got home, ignored her father who called out to her and went straight up to her room. She sat at her desk and pulled out her diary.

Dear Diary,

I went to the park again today, back to the swings. I told you they calmed me down. While I was there I saw Mokuba trying to find his brother, Seto Kaiba. We walked around looking for him. Mokuba told me that Kaiba had been disappearing a lot lately.

We found him on the beach. He was just standing in the shallows. I would never have thought that Kaiba would be one to just disappear to watch the sunset. He seems more serious than that. But people wouldn't think that I would be on my own, but I have been. I haven't even told my friends what's going on.

Tea heard footsteps approaching her room. She quickly hid the dairy from view and pulled a few pieces of paper towards her. They were drawings. She picked up her pencil and started shading in the nearest one.

"Tea?" her dad came in.

"You could have knocked." Tea replied, coldly.

"Sorry" her dad went out of the room and knocked.

Tea rolled her eyes, "Come in," she sighed.

Her dad opened the door once again and walked in.

"Hey, honey." He smiled, but his green eyes did not.

"What do want?" she knew she was being snappy, but she didn't care.

"I just want to talk," he replied, sitting on the edge of her bed, "you seem so distant with everyone since Zach…" he trailed off.

"Dad, I don't want to talk about it." She muttered, getting up.

"Look, I know we have never been very close, but you can't cut yourself off from the world altogether!" he stated.

"I'm not," she said stubbornly, "I'm talking to you now, and I was speaking to Mokuba earlier, and I spoke to mu-" she cut off.

"You were talking to your mum?"

Tea just looked down at her feet, feeling the anger bubble up inside her.

"You went to her grave again didn't you?"

Tea snapped. "You CANNOT tell me i can't visit her! SHE'S MY MUM!"

"Tea, don't shout at me"

"You think i will justFORGET she existed?" she screamed, "Just because YOUhaveforgottenher-" Tea gasped, putting her hand over her mouth.

"…."

"I…I…I'm sorry!" she whispered.

He didn't reply. He just got up and walked out of the room, not even slamming the door behind him.

Tea stood there, not believing what she had just said. She sat back down and pulled out her diary once more.

I haven't even told my friends what's going on.

She looked at the last line she'd written.

I should tell them, she thought, it's not fair that they have no idea why I am acting like this.

She was fiddling with the cuff of her jacket, when her nails caught something.

"Ouch!"

She looked down at her wrist. She had pulled off a bit of the scab off a cut she had. She glanced at her desk and her eyes caught the pair of scissors that had cut her. She knew self-harm was definitely not the answer to anything, but she hadn't even known what she was doing until she felt the pain. Tea assumed she must have been thinking that she could be with her mum if she succeeded. But she snapped back to her senses in time to stop any major bleeding.

"Do any of you guy's no what's up with Tea?" asked Tristan.

"Nah, man she ain't been talking much lately" Joey replied.

"I'm afraid I don't know what's wrong either." Ryou sighed.

Everyone turned to look at Yugi.

"What?"

"Oh, come on Yug' you're her best friend, ain't she told you nothing?" asked Joey.

"No," Yugi shook his head sadly, "she hasn't been talking to me much either."

The phone rang, and Yugi answered.

"Hello, you've reached the Turtle Game Shop, how may I help?"

"Yugi?"

"Tea?"

"Yeah, are the guys there? I need to tell you all something."

"Yeah, everyone's here."

"I'm coming over"

And with that the phone bleeped and line went dead. Yugi put the receiver back on the hook and went back to the guys.

"That was Tea! She's coming over."

Tea put down the phone. She didn't bother telling her dad where she was going. She didn't want to face him right now, not after what she had said……

She shut the door behind her and began walking to Yugi's. After a few minutes she reached the door.

"Closed"

That meant it was locked. She was about to ring the doorbell when a figure appeared and unlocked it.

"Thanks Yugi." Tea smiled.

"No problem, Tea," he smiled back, locking the door and leading her up to his room where the rest of the guy's were waiting, "we saw you coming."

"Hey Tea!"

She was greeted warmly, and considering how she'd been acting the last few days, she didn't expect it. She felt the tears come back but, again, refused to let them fall.

"Hey, Bakura!" greeted Tea, surprised he was there, but glad all the same. That meant she didn't have to repeat herself at school.

"Hello Tea, it's good to see you again!" Ryou laughed. He had been away and come back that very morning, so he hadn't seen anyone for weeks.

"You said you had something you wanted to tell us?" pressed Yugi.

"Yeah, um…well…I think you've all noticed that over the last few days, I've been acting a bit…um…weird." She began, stuttering slightly.

"Yeah"

"Yup"

"Duh"

"Carry on"

"Well, as you are all aware, 6 months ago my mum passed away thanks to that disorder the doctors didn't even no about!" Tea's voice had gotten stronger but she prayed it wouldn't desert her in the next sentence, "Well, they think that my brother may have it too."

"Zach? No way!" Joey burst out.

Joey and Zach had become quite good friends since his mum died. Although they hadn't really got along at first, Joey had tried hard to help him and it had paid off. Zach was also a good duellist and had also tried to teach Tea. Even though she now knew most of the rules and some good strategies, she still left the duelling to the guys.

"Tea I'm sorry." Yugi got up and hugged his best friend tightly.

He knew how much she loved her brother and how close they were. They were like Kaiba and Mokuba. Although it didn't seem that Kaiba could care for anyone at all, he would do anything to help his brother. Including risking his own life as past events had proven.

It was heart-breaking to see Tea like this. Her usual bubbly self had somehow disappeared in a pit of misery and despair. Yugi wanted to help her but didn't know what to say or do. It was usually her that cheered everyone up with her friendship speeches (yawn…lol) and cheering.

"Tea, you know we will always be here." Yugi whispered in his friends' ear.

"Thank you, Yugi." Tea sniffed, smiling weakly.

Tea stayed talking to her friends for another hour. Although the sun had set hours ago it had still been fairly light. She glanced at the window. The light was beginning to fade so she bid everyone goodnight and began to walk home.

"It's good to know that my friends are supporting me." Tea smiled to herself.

She heard footsteps behind her and glanced backwards. She saw something flash past her and spun around to get a better look.

Swoosh.

It ran past again. Tea kept spinning around in different directions, trying to catch up with shadow.

Too late.

She felt something connect with the back of her head and felt pain beyond anything she had ever felt. She fell towards the pavement… down… into the darkness…

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