A/N: Hey guys! What's up? Sorry its been awhile since the last update. Since my aunt left and didn't leave me the pass word to her computer, I haven't been able to update.
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Chapter 4: Revealing the Truth
About a week has passed by since that fight and gratefully, that gang hasn't come back. It was a Saturday morning, 11:00am to be exact and Yugi, Joey and Tristan were walking around the streets of Domino City.
"So what ya guys wan ta do first?" Joey asked his two friends.
"I don't know, what do you want to do Tristan?" the small boy asked the brunt.
"I'm not sure; you guys want to go to the arcade or something?"
"The arcade sounds cool." Yugi agreed.
"Then its settled, arcade it is." The blonde said and began to walk over to the place. But as trio was passing by, a brunette caught Yugi's eye and he smiled; knowing who it was. "Look guys there's Téa!"
The two boys looked back and saw that it was their female friend.
The violet eyed boy placed his hands around his mouth and shouted out, "Hey Té-!" Before he could finish calling out, Joey and Tristan grabbed him and cover his mouth. "Mmm-hm-mum-hum-mum!" He was able to break out of their gasp and exclaimed at them. "What in the world was that for!"
"Sorry Yug but I don't think Téa wans to see ya's now." The blonde explained.
This made the rich boy raise an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Because…this is the day her mum and paps died, eight years ago actually."
His mouth dropped. "What?"
"It's true." Tristan cut in. "Her parents died in this day."
"But-but-but how?"
"She says that they died in a fire but that's all she'll say and if she was part of it, then we don't want her to get back any memories of that."
Violet eyes soften. "I see." He looked back to the direction where the blue eyed girl was walking to. "Téa…"
It has been an hour since his friends had told him that and now he was making his way through the crowd, hoping to find Téa.
'Yugi, where are you going?' His spirit friend asked him.
'I'm going to go find Téa and see if she wants someone to comfort her.' The boy exclaimed simply.
'But are you sure that she wants someone around right? I mean maybe she wants to be alone.'
'Maybe but I'll still go and see if she's alright.'
Yami smiled slightly. 'Whatever you say Yugi, whatever you say.'
It was sometime later when the secret rich boy arrived at the cemetery and he walked in, still searching for his friend. 'I wonder where she is…' Yugi thought and looked around.
'Why not look up at that hill?' Yami asked and Yugi turned his head to see that she was there. Slowly, the teenage made his way up to the girl, wondering what he could say or what she would say to him. As he claimed higher, he saw that tears were coming down Téa's face and that she was kneeling over one grave.
'"She says that they died in a fire but that's all she'll say…" Tristan had told him but if both her parents died at the same time than why was there only one grave? Shouldn't they both be next to each other?
Pushing that thought to the back of his mind, he gathered up the courage to speak. "T-Téa?"
She looked startled as she looked up at him, taking a few sniffs. "Y-Y-Y-Yugi?"
The teen smiled softly at her before asking if he could sit next to her; she nodded.
Once seated, the violet eyed boy looked at the grave. It read:
Elizabeth Gardner
Died: 1963-1996
'Will be missed by her friends, family and daughter. May her spirit rest in peace.'
"Is…this your mother's…grave?" Yugi asked gently.
The brunette took another sniff before answering, "Yeah."
A silence soon arrived as the teens continued to stare at the grave. Yugi looked at his friend from the corner of his eye and felt useless; he couldn't stand seeing her like this. All depressed with tears coming down and knowing that he couldn't cheer her up. Maybe his friends were right, he shouldn't have come. The boy was about to stand up when she spoke, surprising him. "She was my step mother you know."
He blinked. "What?"
"This woman, she…she saved me from the rain; ten long years ago."
Flashback…
A little six year girl was thrown out of the car and into the wet floor of the Domino streets. Confused blue eyes looked up at the vehicle. "Mommy? Daddy?"
The man and woman just looked at her. "No…" the woman started. "You are not my daughter. I could never have such a worthless child as you."
"We are leaving you and you shall never come back to our home." The 'father' stated; no regret in his eyes or tone. With that, the married couple drove from, leaving the girl behind.
Téa just stared at the car, hurt in her eyes. Even though she didn't understand everything they told her, she had a pretty good guess since they left her. "Mommy…daddy…"
As rain dropped harder, the brunette stood up and began to walk on the sidewalk. The water damped her clothes and a cold shiver passed through her, making her wrap her arms around her body. No one seemed to out and the streets were all empty, only her footsteps and the rain splashing down made noise.
While the girl passed by, she saw through a window two kids, a boy and a girl, being hugged by their parents. She looked down and cried slightly. She walked another block before she collapsed onto the ground, too cold to move.
"You poor thing." A lady said out of the blue and Téa looked up at the woman. She had a red coat around her body and hat on her head but some strands of hair were out of place and she saw that the lady had brown hair to; she had a darker shade of blue for her eyes. "You must be dying of coldness." The woman took off her coat and wrapped it around the child before picking her up and carrying her to her home.
"Do you need me to call your parents deary." the woman asked as she saw Téa drinking her hot chocolate slowly. The little shook her head no.
"But why not? I'm sure they're worried about you." She stated though it was hard to image since who would let their child outside in the rain with a skirt and blouse?
"No…" Téa said again only tears started coming out and her voice started to crack. "They don't care. They left me."
"Oh you poor child…" The lady sat down next to the crying child before embracing her in a hug. "Its alright dear, its going to be alright." The girl took a few sniffs before anxious started to claim her and the young brunette closed her eyes before she fell asleep.
Flashback over…
"A month later, she adopted me and made me her daughter. I had never met anyone with such kindness and it never seemed to end amazing me." She finished softly. The boy looked at her. He could have never guessed that her real parents abandoned her; that thought just made him sick. Why would anyone in the world want to abandon this perfect angel?
Before he knew what he was doing, Yugi wrapped his arms around her but to his surprise, she clanged on to him as if asking for comfort and Yugi was more than willing to do that. "And now she's gone." She said. "And it's all my fault."
He stroked her soft brown hair, trying to calm her and assure her that she was safe. "Shhh…it's alright now Téa. It's alright."
"No…no its not! Yugi, my mom died because of me! It was my fault she died in the fire!"
"Téa…"
"It's true Yugi! Maybe if I wasn't so stupid at the time she wouldn't have burned. It all started out six months after she adopted me, when she started dating this guy. I could tell he didn't like me that much but they were madly in love and after a year and a half they decided to get married…"
Flashback…
"Mom…can I go home?" Eight year old Téa asked her mother with sleepy eyes. It was night, after the wedding and there was a party in the park to celebrate their marriage. The park was only a block away from their home so it was easy for the girl to go to the house.
"Alright sweaty but don't fall asleep while walking there okay?" The mother teased.
The little girl yawned. "Nope, I won't. I promise." So the young brunette squeezed her way to the crowd and began to walk home. Once at her house, Téa went upstairs and jumped onto her bed; happy to know that she was finally able to get some sleep.
Outside the house, a car of drunken men was passing by. One of them threw a bottle of wine at the tree in Téa's background and a cigarette after that; causing it to go on fire. The fire made its way up to a branch, one that was right one top of the girl's room and once enough flames were there, it fell!
"Elizabeth, look up there! There's smoke!" A woman called out, pointing up at the sky and the bride looked up. Soon the other people were looking up and started whispering. They could tell it was a block away. "How about if it was Elizabeth's home." Two women started whispering. "And with her daughter inside."
After hearing that, Téa's step mother ran over to the direction of the house.
Something bad started to fill up her nose and the girl woke up. At first she had sleepy eyes but after seeing the flames all around, her eyes turned to fear and confusion. "Wh-what's-what's happening?" She was paralyzed with dread and she began to cough, smoke going through her lungs.
"Téa!" She heard a cry but was unable to recognize the voice.
"Téa!" She heard again but this time clearer.
"Téa!" It was her mother.
"Mom!" she yelled back and saw her mother by the doorway, covering her nose with her arm.
"Quickly Téa! Come on!"
Beginning to feel her legs again, she ran over to her mother and they ran down the hall. The whole house was on fire as the girls ran but a giant piece of wood fell onto the bride's dress. "Ahh!"
Téa turned around and saw what happened. "Mom!" She went back to help but ten more pieces of giant wood fell in front of her mother. "Mom!"
"Listen to me Téa! Get out of here! It's too late for me! Just run and don't look back! Do you hear me!"
"But-"
"No butts! Just do it!" As the woman said this, she had tears in her eyes and so did the little girl. They would be both separated now.
Letting a few more tears roll down her cheeks, Téa ran, never looking back but she could feel her mother's gaze behind her back, full of sorrow and happiness.
End of Flashback…
"The fire department soon arrived but it was too late. She was gone." She finished quietly. Yugi was silence, stunned by the story but knew she wasn't lying; he could it through her eyes. The old pain that laid beneath them, the old haunting memories. It was quiet for a while, as the two teens continued to kneel there in their arms.
"After that I moved to grandma's and stayed there for four years before I moved out."
"But what about your father? Wasn't he supposed to take care of you?" The boy asked.
She shook her head. "Once my step mom died, he moved somewhere else, probably pretending I'm dead now but you know what's strange?" She asked, pulling out of their hug and gazing into his violet eyes.
"No, what?"
"When I left, I promised myself I would never tell anyone about this. Not to let anyone know that she was my step mom and what my parents did to me or that my step dad left me as well. Just say that they were my real parents and they both died. I have been stubborn about that for two years so how come all of a sudden I'm here telling you this? Revealing all to you when I've only met you for about a month. Not even Joey and Tristan know that."
He was the only one that knew this? This angel's (in his point of view) life and how bad it's been for her? That would explain why Joey and Tristan thought her dad was dead too.
"I guess…" Téa said, answering her own question. "I've been silence for too long and it was time to tell. Tell it to someone I could trust ever much."
He blinked. "You…trust me…a lot?" Yugi began to feel his face bright up.
She flushed. "Yeah…very much but please don't tell anyone else. Please, its very private to me and-"
He placed two fingers on her lips, hashing her. "Your secret's safe with me. I won't tell a soul."
She blushed and kissed his cheek. "Thank you."
Yugi was shocked and he gently placed his hand on the cheek she may contact with. The girl giggled slightly at his reaction before sating up and offering him a hand. "Come on, I'm feeling hungry. You want to go get something to eat?"
He snapped out of his thoughts and smiled, accepting her offer. "Thanks and yeah, I'm pretty hungry myself."
So the two teens walked out of the cemetery together.
A/N: Well, that's it with chapter! I hope guys liked it. I don't have a quote for you guys right now because I'm not sure if I skip to something or add another. Hum? Again, thank you to those who reviewed the last chapter and who are going to review.
Til then,
Dark Shining Light