Hello! I've worked very hard on this chapter, since it's very emotional and I wanted it to be that way. I don't own Yugioh and I never will. Enjoy!

"Good morning Tea."

Tea yawned and stretched. She noticed Valon was in the room with a dumb smile on his face. He seemed to be in a good mood this morning, unlike last night. He extended his hand to her. Tea looked at it and Valon still had that silly smile on his face.

"Come on Bird, I don't bite."

Tea blushed. She loved the way he talked to her. She took his hand, still feeling sparks of shoot up into her body. She stared at his hand. It was so large compared to her tiny one. She wanted to entwine her fingers into his. They kept walking until they came to a room with a white door. Valon opened it. Inside was a kitchen. And it was a huge 5 star kitchen. With a quality stove and counters and a breakfast nook, sure Tea had a nice kitchen in the church, but It didn't compare to this. The room had yellow wall paper, which contrasted nicely with the sunlight. Tea was pulled out of her thoughts when she saw the other members of the doom group. Rafael was cooking, Alister was drinking coffee, and Mai was reading the paper. All of them looked up when Tea came in. Mai gave her a smirk.

"Morning Tea."

Squishing down her pride, Tea gave her a smile

"Good morning Mai."

Rafael nodded to her. Tea assumed they were all pretty upset with what happened yesterday. Tea couldn't blame them. She would also hate having to look for someone in a huge house. But even they couldn't blame Tea for trying to escape. If they were in her situation, they probably would to. Tea looked at Alister. He caught her gaze and gave her a glare. She turned away. He got up and left the room without saying anything. Tea watched him go, feeling guilty for what she said yesterday. She knew she had to apologize to him. Mai waved a hand at her, motioning her to sit down.

"Don't mind Alister, he'll come around." She said without looking up.

Tea sat down across from Mai with Valon next to her. To her disappointment, Valon had let go of her hand. Rafael came over and gave her a plate and some orange juice. He had noticed that she was very thin, probably because she had symptoms of anorexia. But maybe she didn't and was just thin, like most people. Apparently Valon was thinking the same thing, and while she took a sip of juice he asked

"Are you anorexic?"

Tea spit her juice and gave Valon a look that said "what the hell?" and wiped juice from her chin. Mai kicked Valon under the table and Rafael hit his head with a wooden spatula. Valon glared and swatted the spatula away from him. Tea sighed and inwardly groaned. She was tired of people thinking that way. Was she really that thin? She decided to set Valon straight.

"Valon, I'm NOT anorexic. I just have a condition where I can eat a lot and not gain anything at all. Some people have that. But I also have stomach ulcers."

"Really?" Valon asked

"Yes."

"Why?" Raphael questioned.

"Well, when my parents didn't regularly feed me, I started developing them. I still have them."

"Whats a stomach ulcer?" Valon asked.

"A stomach ulcer is a small erosion hole in the gastrointestinal tract." a voice said from the door way. All 4 heads turned around to see Alister standing in the doorway with his arms crossed.

"Hey Al, nice of you to join us!" Valon said trying to be cheerful

Alister said nothing and sat down next to Tea. He didn't even look or acknowledge her presence. Tea was glad about that for the moment. Valon turned back to her and asked her even more questions.

"Tea, other than your parents starving you, how did you come to get it?"

"Well, other than poor and irregular diet, psychological stress was a big factor."

"Psychological stress?"

"Yes. Coming home from school everyday or waking up wondering if their mad at me again caused a lot of it."

"That sounds awful."

"It is." she replied

Alister snorted. Everyone looked at him in surprise.

"Something wrong Alister?" Mai asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Yeah." he looked at Tea. "No one is here to throw you a pity party."

"Alister!"

Alister glared at Valon, who was now out of his seat and glaring at him.

"Its true. Boo hoo if you had a bad past, get over it."

Alister got up and left the room. Tea felt tears spring up in her eyes. Alister was right. She was acting like a baby. Valon griped her hand and squeezed it.

"Don't cry Tea, Alister had no right to say that."

Tea wiped her eyes. "But it's true Valon, I'm acting like I need pity."

"No your not!"

"Valon's right Tea." Mai said. "Alister is just having his man period."

Tea gave a small smile. She felt a little happy that Mai and Valon were trying to cheer her up, but right now, Tea wanted to go find Alister and sort things out.

"Guy's, do you know where Alister is?"

Valon looked surprised. The red head had just said something mean to her and now she wanted to go talk to him? The world was getting weirder by the minute. Rafael nodded and answered her question.

"He's probably outside with his bike."

Tea nodded and left the room,searching for Alister. Valon had a bad feeling and went to go follow her, but Mai stopped him.

"Let them have time Valon, if she need's help, she'll let us know."

"Joey, why exactly do I need this?"

Rebecca raised a skeptical eyebrow at the blonde in front of her and looked at the pepper spray in her hand.

"Really Joey? Is Bakura that bad?"
Duke, Tristan, and Joey looked at her as if she had grown a second head. Tristan gripped her shoulders.

"Rebecca, he's tried to trap us in the shadow realm!"

"Oh..."

Duke tugged a strand of his hair. "I haven't known him as long as you and the others have, but he creeps me out."

Joey nodded "You see Rebecca, he's bad news"

Yami walked in, with his hair uncombed and dark circles under his eyes. Joey looked at him, feeling bad for him. He had lost his partner and it was his fault. He needed to accept what he did was wrong and move on to help Yugi.

"Hey Yami."

"Oh, hello everyone."

"So...how long do you think it will be before Bakura gets here?"

"Knowing him, not very long."

Professor Hawkins walked in with granola bars and some fruit. He set it on a table and sat down with the others. He looked at the others with a look on his face that was so positive, it made them want to puke.

"Oh come now, I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt. After all, he is coming to help."

"Only because of his own selfish desires."

Professor Hawkins looked at the pepper spray in Rebecca's hand. He raised an eyebrow at it, but didn't say anything. Instead, he smiled and picked up the morning paper, reading about what was going on in the world. As he was reading, he saw an article about a company that was getting to be even more popular and richer than Kaiba Corp. As he read further on, he found out that the owner was a man called Dartz. Behind him were 3 very familiar men. A blonde burly looking one, a tall slender red head, and a short brunette male. Professor Hawkins recognized them as the ones who had kidnapped him only a few day's ago. He cleared his throat and the others looked up from eating their lunch to see the professor looking at them concerned.

"What is it Grandpa?" Rebecca asked

"Look at this everyone, it's the people who kidnapped me, Yugi, and Tea!"

Everyone looked up and Yami grabbed the paper, angling it for everyone to see.

"It's Rafael, Valon, and Alister!" he exclaimed

"Is Mai there?" Joey asked

Yami shook his head and gave Joey a sad look. Joey sat back down and went quiet. Yami looked at the picture again. The man with aqua hair with green and yellow eyes was smiling and shaking the hands with some big company he just bought. Yami wondered how Kaiba would react if he saw that this man called Dartz was buying a bunch of company's and he wondered if Dartz would try and buy Kaiba corp. If he was, Kaiba was in trouble.

"So Yami, do you think this is who those biker freaks are working for?" Tristan asked

"Maybe."

"Urg I hate sitting around and waiting for something to happen!"

"I know Tristan, but calm down"

"I wish Bakura would get his stupid ass over here!"

"Well, is that any way to talk to a guest?"

Everyone turned their heads to see a male with white hair pointing in every direction and a ring with a pyramid in the middle of it. He gave them a wicked smirk and plopped himself on the couch.

"Don't I get a hello?" he asked.

No one said anything. They looked at him uneasily. He rolled his eyes and decided since no one was going to talk to him, he would talk to Ryou.

'Ryou...Ryou...'

'Ugh...What Bakura?'

'No one will talk to me!'

'Geez now why is that?"

Bakura grabbed Ryou by the throat. Ryou wheezed and struggled and looked at Bakura from the corner of his eyes. He would never say it out loud, but he always' thought Bakura was attractive. It was wrong, but he even had a wet dream about him, which thankfully Bakura never found out about.

'Care to repeat that?'

'Bakura...Let go!'

Bakura let him go and turned away. He didn't like having to hurt his angel, but sometimes it was necessary. Ryou just wouldn't learn to respect him.

'They asked for my help, and now they won't talk to me!'

'Why don't you try being nice to them?'

'Fine. I'll try to be nice.'

And with saying that, Bakura went off to go be nice to the pharaoh and his peanut gallery.

"Alister?"

Tea stood behind the red headed male. He hadn't made any sign that he noticed she was there. Tea was nervous. She feared him and she wanted to set things straight with him. She took a step closer to him. He noticed this and turned around to face her. Irritation was written all over his face.

"What do you want?"

"I...wanted to apologize for what I said yesterday."

"Whatever."

Tea felt her anger flare. Here she was, trying to make things a little better for them. She glared at him.

"Whatever? That's all you have to say?"

"I don't need to say anything to you."

"What is your problem! I'm trying to be nice and understanding!"

Alister grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer to him. His steel gray eyes bored into hers.

"What would you understand about me! You know nothing!"

"Let go of me!"

"Your just a little girl who thinks she's the one who's in pain!"

"That's not true!
"The hell it is!"

He pinned her to the ground. She didn't struggle this time. She had realized something. Alister was hurting! He had no one to comfort him and no one to talk to about his problems. To her, he was a scared lost little boy.

"Alister, what happened to you?"

"That's none of your business!"

"Tell me."

He gripped her very hard. Tea made a small grimace. Alister was hurting her, but she didn't care. He needed help.

"I don't have to tell you anything."

"Please?"

"You haven't lost anyone that meant the world to you!"

"I lost Yugi..."

He slapped her. She cried out. Alister was unfazed. She deserved it. She deserved it! He didn't need anyone giving him pity or sympathy. He didn't need anyone. He didn't need anyone...He felt something that he hadn't felt in a long time...despair. She was bringing out the worst of him. Being emotional did nothing to help people and it made them weak. Weak. God he was so weak. He felt tears well up in his eyes. No! He couldn't be crying! His grip on his arms tightened. She whimpered and tried to get out of his grip, but he was resilient.

"You...don't know true pain..."

Tea gasped. Now she realized Alister was a mess. Just like she used to be. He needed someone to cling to for a while. He needed someone to take care of him, but she didn't think that would happen until he let someone in.

"Alister...tell me...talk to me..."

"I don't need you!"

"Alister..."

"I...don't...need …...anyone..."

Tea felt something wet land on her face. She opened her closed eyes to see Alister trying to hold back tears. Suddenly, he got up and ran away from her. She sat there for a minute, than made up her mind. She followed him. She lost him until she heard something coming from her left. She followed the sound until she found him with his head in his hands and sobbing uncontrollably. She went and sat next to him. Putting her hand on his shoulder. He moved away from her and continued to cry. Still, Tea didn't move and continued to sit by him. She was unprepared when he latched himself onto her and sobbed into her chest. His tears were seeping into her shirt. She smiled and wrapped her arms around him, holding him close. His head was now burred into her breasts. Normally, Tea would be blushing, but this encounter wasn't sexual. She stroked his hair.

"I...can't...be...on...my...own." he sobbed

Tea clutched him to her tighter. She felt her own tears fall down on her face.

"I know. It's scary...being on your own."

She let her tears fall onto his hair. She buried her face in his red locks and just held him. She didn't say anything, because there was nothing to say. She picked her head up and and stroked his head. He never moved his head, but continued to cling to her. Unnoticed to them Rafael and Mai walked out. What they saw shocked them. Alister was crying! Alister crying and Tea holding him like there was no tomorrow. Mai smiled and apparently, so did Rafael.

"I'm glad. He finally let go." she said to Rafael

"Me too." he agreed

A while later, Valon came out and joined them, wondering where everyone was. What he saw gave him shock and relief. Alister was crying and Tea was holding him and sitting there. Mai noticed him and cued him in.

"They've been sitting there for hours." she said.

"I see." he said and continued to watch

Tea stared at the sky and wondered how her friends were. Would they save her? Were they on their way right now? For some reason, at the moment, she didn't care. All she cared about right now was about Alister and why he was this way.

"Alister, what happened?"

"A long time ago, a war was going on in my country. My mother and father were killed, leaving me to care for my brother, Mikey. One day, our house was bombed. I got Mikey and myself out quickly and we went to a safe camp. Only a little while after we got there, the camp was attacked and I lost Mikey. He's dead! He's dead! And it's all my fault! All...My fault! He sobbed again and Tea stroked his hair.

"shhhh it's not your fault."

"Yes it is! It's why I'm now alone!"

"Your not alone. I'm here. I care about you."

And for once in his life, Alister felt something he hadn't felt in a long time. Relief.

Well, I hope that was a somewhat good chapeter. Review!