Simple Songwriter: I only have like 2ish votes so far...So I shall freeze everything until chapter 7. Then the fate is decided! (freezes everybody using a magic watch) Hope you like chapter 6!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-Oh.

Chapter 6: Heat

"He he he he he…" Tea's dad laughed. "You thought you could kill me? WRONG! You thought you could run away and never come back? WRONG! And now you and that boyfriend of yours won't have to leave." He drank whole-heartedly of a bottle of expensive vodka. "You aren't escaping again, brat." He drank again. "And you—cough…cough…are my new—cough… cough…source of entertainment." He drank the rest of the liquid in the bottle. Now he was very drunk. Laughing maniacally, he picked up both teens and left the room.

"Mmm…My—head…" Tea groaned waking up. "Huh? I c—can't move!" Tea was again tied to her bed. But this time was different. She was tied next to Bakura. Her wrists were tied to the top left bedpost and her ankles to the bottom left bedpost. She was indeed face-to-face with an unconscious Bakura who was tied up exactly like her, but on the other side.

"(Oh my gosh…What's going on? Why am I tied up in my bed again? And…WHY IS BAKURA IN HIS BOXERS!)" She tried to close her eyes, but it was as if someone else was controlling her. She couldn't take her eyes off of him and his FINE body. "(What the hell is going on? This is too weird…Gasp! Could my dad have…? Oh no…)" She rolled her eyes and slipped back into unconsciousness.

"Oww…" Bakura said as he opened his eyes. "What am I doing here? And—WHOA…" His eyes scanned the body of the girl next to him. "(She's wearing only a bra and underwear. Victoria's Secret if I'm not mistaken…Wow…Not bad, I suppose. But she's still a ditz! Uh…Why am I tied up here anyways? Damn it…I should've never helped the girl. Sheesh…It ALWAYS results in something like this…) Oi! Tea!" he whispered. "Wake up already!"

"Hmm…?" she opened her eyes. "Hey…"

"I'm assuming your dad did this to us…?"

"Yeah…I'm sorry…I only wanted to help you and Ryou out and repay you guys for your kindness to me…"

"Eh…? I've been through worse, so don't worry about it…(I can't believe I just said that…)"

"How do we get outta here?"

"Um…(As if I'm supposed to know? Stupid girl…) I'll see if I can reach Ryou through the mind link."

"Okay."

"/RYOU!/"

"/Ouch! Loud much? What is it Kura?/"

"/Are you alright? Is your back okay?/"

"/Yeah, I'm much better after resting. When are you two gonna be back. You've been gone nearly seven and a half hours./"

"/Whoa…I was out that long/"

"/Huh?/"

"/Wow…/"

"/What the…/"

"/Anyways, we need your help Ryou./"

"/Help with…?/"

"/We're being held hostage by the girl's dad./"

"/Is there any chance that you can just sneak out of the house or something?/"

"/No…We're tied onto her bed./"

"/ACK! I'll be there as soon as I can./"

"/Do you know the way?/"

"/I think so…But if not, the Millennium Ring should point me in the right direction./"

"/Good. Now hurry! This girl's father is quite a pervert…/"

"/Why? What did he do?/"

"/Well, for starters, he undressed your girlfriend so she's only wearing her undergarments…/"

"/Oh my…/" Ryou's face lit up like a Christmas Light at the mere thought of Tea in nearly nothing. "/I'll be over as soon as I can./" He closed the mind link.

"So is he coming Bakura?"

"Yeah. He'll be here in a little bit. Um…Just to let you know…You've got only your undergarments on… I think your dad may have—"

"What?! Again?"

"He's done this before?"

"Yeah…But he's never done that to a guy before…"

"You mean to say…YOUR DAD UNDRESSED ME TOO?!"

"Uh…Yeah. You have some boxers on, so you don't need to worry…"

"YOUR DAD IS A BLOODY FUCKING PERVERT!"

"Bakura! Be quiet! I don't want him coming in here and—"

"Good afternoon, daughter…" Tea's dad walked into her room. "I always knew you'd come back. And look…You even brought a boyfriend with you."

"Untie us right now dad…" she replied with clenched teeth. "Let us go!"

"Nope. Now tell me, my slutty kid…How many times have you slept with him? Can I expect grandkids?"

"I haven't slept with him. And even if I were to bear a child, what makes you think I would give him or her to you? You'd probably abuse it the poor child just like how you abused me!"

"Damn it! I put a roof over your head and this is how you repay me?!" He struck his daughter repeatedly and Bakura was left watching in horror.

"D—Dad! Stop it!" Tea choked.

"I've been good to you all of these years and all you want to do is run me out of your life?!" Without a second thought, Tea spit in her father's eye. "ARGH! You brat! I've had I with you!" He drew a knife from behind him and thrust it within an inch from his daughter's face. She let out a small 'Eeep!' and fainted from fright.

"(Whoa…This guy is b-e-n-t BENT…I don't remember being this evil to anybody. Huh…? Maybe I've forgotten about these things since my tomb robbing days…Oh well…)"

"You there boy!" Bakura looked up. "Not a word from you or you're next." He nodded silently. "Good. I thought you'd agree…" With that, he untied his daughter and carried her out of he room.

"(Damn…I wonder what he's gonna do to her. Hmph…Rather than contact Ryou, I could just rescue her now. After all, he's only gonna tell me to do so anyways…)"

"(Oh boy…)" Ryou thought. "(Is it possible to even be out cold for over six hours? Hmm…Makes me even more worried about what's going on there. I hope Tea and Kura are alright.)" He put on a white hoodie and his sneakers, and then climbed out of his hideout.

Tea's father, for a third time, tied his daughter to a bed. Her silk brown hair fell freely across her pale face.

"He he he he he…You've back-talked me for the last time. I wanted a daughter who is grateful to me. I didn't want a MURDERER!" He undressed himself completely and sinned again.

"D—Dad…? DAD! What are you…No…NO!"

Bakura was still helplessly tied to Tea's bed when he started hearing—noises…Particularly grunts and groans.

"(What's going on in there? Are they doing it or something? Wait…She's been raped by her father before…So that means that—UGH! DISGUSTING! THAT'S DISGUSTING!!!)"

"(Awe man…I hope they're both alright…By the sound of Kura's voice, they're in trouble. Uh…Oh crap…)" Ryou stopped running. "Where does she live?" He started running in a random direction until—"OW!" he yelled as he flew backwards.

"You alright?" came a deep baritone voice.

"Yeah. No biggie. Huh? Yami!"

"Ryou! What are you up to?"

"I'm looking for Tea's house. D'you know where that is?"

"Yeah, why?"

"She and Kura are in trouble!"

"WHAT? C'mon let's go!" Both Ryou and Yami ran as fast as they could towards Tea's house. "What's going on? Can you fill me in?"

"Sure. But how much do you know about her—problems right now?"

"The last time I heard from her, her father was in her room with a baseball bat and that he had beaten her earlier that day. So I drove back here as fast as I could."

"Okay. Yesterday, she ran away from her house and I found her unconscious in the park. So I took her over to my place to rest. When I woke up the next morning, I told her I needed to run some errands. But I was jumped on the way back, so when I got home, I told her about the gambling incident with Kura, and how I needed fifty thousand dollars by tonight. She said that she'd go over to her house. But they've been gone since noon and I got worried. Then he contacted me saying that both of them were being held hostage by her dad."

"Is that all that happened?"

"There's just one thing more, but I don't know if you really want to hear it…"

"I must know everything."

"Sigh…She had been r—r…"

"Go on."

"Her father r—ra…"

"He…Raped her?"

"Yes…"

"Oh Ra…Let's hurry!"

Tea's Dream

"Alright kid…I'm done with you now." Tea's father grunted.

"Why did you do that to me!" Tea said through heavy sobs.

"Because you're trash. What better way to chew you up and spit you out than to have my way with you?"

"You—You monster! Let me go!"

"Nope. You'll lay right here forever. Or at least until I find a way to dispose of your body." He raised his knife.

"N—No…Oh god…HELP!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. But it was of no use. Her father had slid the knife across her stomach and then locked her in the room. "Oww…" she cried in pain. "BAKURA!" Deep, red blood was now oozing from her fresh wound and was dripping onto her father's bed. "Sigh…I'm through…I'm dying…" She closed her eyes.

Just then, the door was kicked open and there stood Ryou, Bakura, and Yami.

"TEA!" Ryou cried. He ran over to her side and untied her right wrist from the bed. "Tea! Can you hear me?" No response. He checked her pulse. "Oh thank Ra…There's still a pulse. But just barely."

"I'll call for help." Yami declared as he walked over to a phone.

"Bakura walked over to his Light. "Is she alright?" Ryou looked up at him. "(What a stupid question to ask. Of course she's not alright! She's covered in blood! Not to mention she's barely alive.)"

"She—I… WHY DID THIS HAPPEN!" he buried his face in Bakura's chest. "She's dying!"

"Uh…?" Bakura quirked an eyebrow. "D—Don't worry Light. She'll be fine." He started rubbing soothing circles in Ryou's back.

"R—Ryou?" came a voice from beside them.

"Tea? You're still alive!" he looked down at her.

"Yeah…" Her voice was weak.

"Help is on the way." Yami said. "You're going to be alright."

"Th—Thank you…"

Ryou ran his fingers gently through Tea's hair. "What happened?"

"My dad… He—He…" A tear rolled down her face. "He did—THAT—again…"

"Oh Ra… Not again." He frowned.

"Gasp…! Y—You guys… Behind you!" she screamed. But it was too late. Before her friends could comprehend what she had said, three gunshots were fired. She watched in horror as Yami, Bakura, and Ryou fell to the ground. Her dad ran away. Their blood spilled on the ground. "No…Oh please God, no…"

Using all the strength she had, Tea ripped her other wrist from the nylon ropes. Then she untied her feet and fell on the floor next to Ryou. She winced in pain and then scooped the boy up into her arms. He was cold and limp.

"Ryou… I—I never wanted this to happen to you. (And for that matter, anyone else.)" She looked at Yam and Bakura. They were already dead. "(Oh no…I don't believe it. This—This is all my fault. I'll never forgive myself…)"

"Tea?" Ryou looked up at her.

"Ryou!" She held him closer to her. Tears welled up in her eyes. "Ryou…I'm so sorry…I never wanted this. I—I…" Now her tears flooded her face.

He put two fingers up to her lips. She instantly went silent. "Shhh…Don't worry. I forgive you…"

"But how? It's because of me Yami and Bakura are dead. It's because of me you're dying…"

He looked at her hands and then at her left wrist. There was a large gash in it. Ryou frowned, and then looked up to Tea. "True, but it's because of you that I get to see you this last time before my life is through. You sacrificed your life to see if we were alright."

"I sacrificed myself? I wanted to see you, but I'm well. I don't know how I have done myself in."

"Y—Your wrist T—Tea. When you freed your left wrist from the bed, you cut it on the nylon rope…"

"I did?" She looked down at her wrist. Warm, red liquid was seeping through a rather large gash. "Oh my…I never noticed that…" Her vision suddenly became blurry. She clasped her head. "(I guess I really am dying now…I always wanted to die happy…knowing I had a good family…knowing I had children who will carry on without me, yet remember how much I loved them. And I want to be by my loving husband… But I guess that that was all just wishful thinking…) I—I love you Ryou…I can't let you die…"

"Tea…Please look at me…" She obeyed. "I love you too…But this is how it must be…It is destiny. I know it is."

"What do you mean? I never wanted to die like this!"

"Neither do I…We weren't meant to be together in life. Together as a couple, I mean. But we can be together forever in Heaven. In death, we'll do more than we ever dreamed possible in life! Those tears you shed…" He wiped one of his own tears away. "And these tears I shed…are the tears of inevitable fate…" His eyes grew large in pain and he yelped. And with his last breath he said, "These are the tears of—Destiny…" Then he breathed his last.

Tea sat in silence for a while, holding Ryou up to her heart. She grew weary and weak. Her wounds had finally taken their toll. "Thank you…" She smiled down at Ryou. "Thanks to you, I can die knowing you'll be there to meet me at Heaven's Gate. Although I shed these tears of destiny, I fear not, and nevermore…succumbing to the death…that I now—endure…" She closed her eyes…

End of Tea's Dream

"Alright…I've gotten my hands free!" Bakura smiled. He untied his ankles and then put his clothes back on. "Now to get that girl out of here…" He leaned down and picked up Tea's clothes. "I think she'll be wanting these…" He then walked into the master bedroom and saw Tea helplessly tied to the bed. "(What is with this brat's father and tying people to beds? Bloody pervert…)"

Tea jolted awake from her nightmare. Cold beads of sweat were dripping from her face. "Oh thank goodness…It was just a nightmare…" She shut her eyes happily as she thought about Ryou and what he had said in her sleep.

Bakura set Tea's clothes on the bed next to her. Then he untied her.

"Hey Tea."

"What? BAKURA!" She jumped out of bed and nearly knocked him off his feet when she hugged him. "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"

"Uh…Y—You're welcome…? (ARGH! Naked hug…)" He just stood there wondering what to do. Then he remembered what Ryou once told him. 'Y'know Kura, it usually works much better if you wrap your arms around the person hugging you too…' So he wrapped his arms around Tea as well.

"I thought I'd be stuck here forever…"

"Nope…I may not like you that much, but I'm not completely heartless. Will you please put your clothes on? I'm sick of having to stare at YOUR breasts."

She blushed let go of him. Then she put her clothes back on. "Okay…Now to find the safe…"

"(Now we're talking…)" Bakura thought.

"It ought to be in here somewhere…" A spider slowly dropped from the ceiling in front of the doorway. "Sigh, you check in here and I'll check in my room." As she walked through the doorway, the spider dropped onto her T-shirt. It crawled up her back and into her hair. "(Uh… Is something c—crawling on me!)" She ran her fingers through her hair and the spider clung to her hand. "EEEEK!"

She shook her hand wildly to get the eight-legged creature off. And in the process of doing so, she knocked a picture off of the wall. "Gasp…! B—Bakura!"

"What is it?"

"The safe!" She pointed to where the picture was. There was an iron safe.

"Any chance of a combination Tea?"

"N—No…Sorry…" she frowned.

"Okay then, do you mind if I—"

"Go ahead."

"Thank you." Using his Shadow Magic, Bakura opened the safe and pulled out a check for exactly fifty thousand dollars. He folded it and put it in his back pocket.

"Let's get outta here now."

From out of nowhere, Tea's dad jumped out in front of them, armed with a gun.

"You…aren't…going…ANYWHERE!" He yelled pointing the gun at the two teens. "You're going to do exactly as I say if you don't wish to die…" They reluctantly agreed. "Go into that room." He pointed to the room next to Tea's room. They walked in. "Now sit next to that pillar." They obeyed.

Next, he tied both teens to the pillar. Neither of them could move. Then Tea's dad reached into his pocket and pulled out a box of matches.

"Now you're through…" He lit the match and threw it in a pile of cloth. Almost instantaneously, the whole pile lit up in flames. "MWAH HA HA HA HA! Don't even try to escape. If you so much as break that pillar, you'll both die. It's the main support to the house!" With that, he ran out of the room and out of the house.

"I hate your dad…" Bakura grumbled.

"So do I…cough…cough…Oh god…THE FIRE'S SPREADING!"

"Not to mention that there's a lot of—cough…cough…smoke…(Please hurry Hikari! I don't know how much longer we can last!)"

"We're almost there Ryou!" Yami said.

"Good. Who knows what kind f danger those two might be in!"

"Yeah…"

"Cough…Cough…"

"What is it?" He put his hand on Ryou's shoulder.

"I—I think it's smoke!"

"You're right…"

"Up ahead!" A large cloud of smoke rose in the air. Yami and Ryou ran towards it. He heard Yami say, 'Oh no…' "What?"

"It's—The fire… It's at… Tea's house is on fire! And they're probably inside!"

Simple Songwriter: (everything is still frozen in time) I still need to know what Bakura's fate will be. And it's your decision! Bakura gets pied, or Bakura fights back. Please read and review