Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen Angel ❯ No Longer Afraid ( Chapter 10 )

Hey guys! Can you believe it! Chapter 10! Well here we go.

Disclaimer:I've been saying for ten chapters that I don't own Yugioh. I really doubt that it will change.

Chapter 10

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The streets were mostly deserted. Tea knew fully what was about to happen. She approached the CIA office building. It was too quiet. But that was always helpful to her. She took her gun out of its holster at her belt. She switched the safety off the gun. The sleek black object fit perfectly in her hand. She'd learned from her father how to use a gun. She never thought that she'd have to shoot the one who killed them though. After that she never thought she'd have to use it again. Too bad she was wrong. If she lived in the wild west, it would be easy for her to be an outlaw. She knew almost all the tricks of the trade for gunhandling.

Opening the door silently, Tea pointed her gun ahead of her. Whoever was in here was a trained assasin. Definetly. She approached the twentyfirst floor by elevator.her cell phone started vibrating. She quickly grabbed it, knowing Kaiba was calling her. He couldn't give a crap about the waiting to call at one thirty. He'd get a kiss later for caring. And a slap for not obeying her wishes. She didn't answer, and instead turned off her phone. She approached the door. Surprise wouldn't be her alibi here. She placed her hand on the knob and turned it quickly. Hopefully she wouldn't be face to face with a gun when she entered. She'd have her own so it'd be a stalemate. Unless he threatened Leroy.

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Kaiba stared at his phone. It was crazy. She turned it off right while he was trying to call. What the hell was she doing out at midnight, that's what he would like to know. Lucky for Kaiba, he could utilize the signal to track her.And that's exactally what he did.

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Tea looked around the room, gun pointed at the man at the window.He turned around. There was someone in the chair. She turned on the light, as lightning flickered behind them. She gasped. Leroy. He was sitting in the chair, head down. There were no ties on him anywhere. Only blood leaking from his neck and chest. The assasin at the window turned to face her.

"I think the blood is a lovely touch, don't you?" He had a deep voice, curly black hair and a muscular body.

Tea looked the man dead in the eye."Well, now that you have destroyed your reasoning, I think you should be putting your gun on the desk, nice and easy."

"Yeah right. You don't have the guts to use it. You killed someone with a gun, so how do you expect to do it again, when you killed the wrong guy. You didn't kill MalKida so now what are you going to do?"

"I didn't kill him just because I thought I he was MalKida. I killed him because he was obviously after my parents and me. He wanted my family dead. It was self defense and a little bit of cold blood. But what do you want for a ten year old little girl? It's real simple. Those who hurt the ones I love will be hurt themselves. If not by my hands then by Satan."

"Tough words for a little girl."

"Put your weapon on the desk."

"You don't even know if I killed him."

"I can tell by the look on your face that you killed Leroy. So tell me your name."

"Anthony. Anthony Werachty. But you can call me the hunter."

"I think I'll call you the hunted." She raised the gun. "Now for the last time, put the gun and the knife on the desk, along with everything else you've got on you."

"I don't think I will." In one swift movement, He had broken the window, and was now parachuting out of it. Tea walked to the desk, opening the bottom drawer. Leroy kept gadgets in here, and a parachute was one of them. She did a half assed attempt of strapping it to herself, knowing that every second counted and followed Anthony out of the building. Now began the chase.

The city streets were even emptier now. Tea's feet flew at massive speeds. The assasin turned and fired at her, which she avoided by seeking refuge in an alley. She quickly rounded the corner after him, with such speed that she tackled the man to the ground.

"It seems as though the hunter has not become the prey. Wouldn't you agree?"

"I'm wanted for assasinations in nine countries. You won't stop me."

"See, I'm the girl who beats the odds. So you don't have a bloody ghost of a chance." Tea said, pinning him to the ground, arms out like a fan.

"Now if the police saw this they'd have you arrested for rape."

"I'll take my chances." Tea just then realized that both of them were soaking wet. Rain, lightning and thunder were now some of the things speaking. In the instant that she lost focus, Anthony became severely aware that he now had the upper hand. He flipped her over so she was now on her back instead of him. Suddenly, Tea found herself face to face with a knife.

"MalKida said he wanted you. But he never said dead or alive. So now I have my own choice. And I like dead better." The knife made a slash along the width of her upper arm. Next, it began it's decent down her left leg, causing her jeans to rip and Tea to wince. "Now then baby, here's the magical part. I get to slash your neck." He paused to wipe the blood on a spot on her jeans, then looked her in the eye. "You lose."

"Yeah you do." Out of nowhere Seto Kaiba was giving this assasin a piece of his mind. They were everywhere. On the ground, standing, punching kicking, everything was being let out. Tea pulled herself to her feet. She wouldn't breakdown here. Tea quickly grabbed her gun.This operative must have been a newbie. He didn't even strip her of her weapon. Tea surveyed the situation. Kaiba was now on the recieving end of the blows. None of them were serious. The she saw his right hand glimmer.

"Now then Kaiba. We were going to go after you next. But since I have the opertunity, I might as well kill two people with one stone."

He was about to fire as Kaiba prepared himself for the worst. He prepared himself for a mighty impact. But it never came. A gun roared, but it wasn't Anthony's. He was now dead, with two bullets in his back. The gun was Tea's. She placed the gun in her holster as Kaiba got up. She knew what was coming. A bit of blackness. And the blood that was coming from her wasn't helping. Kaiba took off his trenchcoat and ran the ten feet to her. He wrapped it around her and hugged her. The smell of old spice and cologne lulled her into unconsciousness as police arrived at the scene.

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When she woke up that morning, she found herself in Seto Kaiba's lap at a police station on the west side. The first thing she noted was the pain in her leg. However, she didn't wince. She was too strong for that. She looked up at Kaiba, and their eyes met. She slowly sat up,leaning against him the whole time, mind you, and noticed that her arm had been bandaged, as well as her leg. Tea gave him a warm glance, and a kiss on the cheek."I really owe you. You saved me back there."

"Not really. You saved me in the end." He looked at her, concern flashing across his face."I didn't know you knew how to use a gun."

"I have a permit to carry one by the CIA and the United Nations. It usually doesn't come down to me using one though." Tea looked at him. "It's a long story. I'll tell you later. By the way, what time is it?"

"Six am." He answered, still a little bit rattled.

"Well why don't you get some sleep. They won't talk to us until at least nine when the chief gets here." She laid back down on his lap. "Besides. You're warm." She closed her eyes and was asleep almost instantaniously(spell check anyone?). Kaiba smilied a rare yet genuine smile and relaxed as much as possible, finding himself playing with her hair. Eventually he too fell asleep.

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Tea awoke this time to Kaiba's gentle prodding. She opened her eyes and allowed herself to be handed a cup of cappucino, from Tim Hortons. She asked the lady at the reception desk who brought it in for her, and she said that Kaiba went out and got it.

They were walking to a private interrogation room when Tea said, " Once again Kaiba, I find myself in your debt. What the hell is it with you and the brownie points?"

"I don't know. I always liked brownies." Kaiba said, a scarce hint of humor in his voice.

"Me too." Tea said. They were both led to sit on one side of the table, while the police chief sat on the other.

"Now then. From what I was told by Officer Layne, you two were involved in a murder. I need all the details. Let's start with you Miss Gardner." The Cheif said. He looked like a grandfather, and talked like one as well.

"Alright Chief Mahoney, I recieved a phone call last night around ten pm. I answered it, knowing that it said, from my cell, that it came from Agent Leroy Clark's office. When I answered the phone, I didn't know that it was Anthony Werachty but he said that he had Leroy with him and that I should come alone to Leroy's office at midnight. When I came there I found Anthony at the window and Leroy dead in his chair."

"What was your relationship with Agent Leroy?" The chief asked.

"He was just about the only family I had since my parentes were murdered when I was ten, and he had been my father's friend since junior high." Kaiba heard this and nearly choked on his cappucino. Tea never made any comments about this kind of thing, so what else did she have hidden? "I also went with him to New Jersey a few weeks ago." That was answering more and more. Kaiba was really starting to wonder what she was totally involved with.

"Now let me ask you this."The chief said, "Before we continue, were you the little girl who defended herself in the Gardner Assasination seven years ago?"

Tea swallowed, looking at Kaiba. He knew the just of what happened those years ago. "Yes. I was the one who killed the man who killed my parents." Tea's hands were both on her lap. suddenly, one hand was held and squeezed by Kaiba's. Tea knew he understood, and flashed him a small smile. "Shall I continue about what happened last night, Chief?"

"Yes. Please do."

"Alright. I always have a gun on me, so I held it up, incase this guy was going to pull any funny stuff. Then, we had a conversation about how I wouldn't shoot him, who he was, and how he did kill Leroy.Next thing I know, the guy had a parachute on him and jumped out the window. I grabbed one from Leroy's bottom drawer and followed him. I guess my father's training helped me somewhere along the way. But anyways, we started on a high speed chase of 'let's see who an run faster' and then we got into a fight and he pinned me down and used the knife to give me the marks on my arm and leg.And then," Tea said, squeezing Kaiba's hand, "Kaiba here saved my life. He got the guy off me and then got into a fist fight. Werachty pulled a gun, but I shot him before he got a chance to use it."

"And you agree with this, Mr. Kaiba?"

"Yes. Yes I do."

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<Now most authoresses would stop here....but I guess I'm not like them>

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That day both returned to the mansion at approximately noon. Mokuba had gone over to his friend's house and wasn't expected back until dinner.Tea walked slowly, with Kaiba next to her. She felt like her knees were going to buckle. She knew they wouldn't, but took the percaution anyways. Once they made their way upstairs, Both went to their bedrooms. Kaiba was going to bed. It was not very unusual for him to pull an all nighter, but an all-nighter with action was different. Tea however couldn't sleep. She peeled her clothes right off of her and ran a tub. She sprinkled jasmine into the water and eased her way into it. Living in the Kaiba mansion did have it's advantages(hello who would like to live with Kaiba~just about every fan girl in the history of the world, duh),like the jets that gently massaged her everywhere. Almost about one hour later, she got out and grabbed the white robe that hid her silver nightgown. Clad in bare feet, she made herself a cup of tea. She was tired, yet she probably wouldn't sleep for at least five or six hours. Leroy's death was starting to seem real. And that was a big deal to Tea. He was the only thing she had left of her parents. So now there was a lot to deal with.

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There was nothing for her to do. So she sat in the kitchen for a few hours and watched tv.

"Hey Tea! Where's Seto?" Mokuba ran into the kitchen. Tea gave him a tired smile. "Upstairs," She said, calmly, surprising herself. She was getting used to lying about things.

"Auctually I'm right here." Kaiba said, walking into the kitchen. "Hey kid, why don't you go upstairs. We're eating a late dinner tonight, so bring a snack with you."

"Alright." He grabbed a bag of chips and ran up the stairs to play his video games."See you later."

"What's up?" Tea asked, trying to cover up her yawn.

"You look exhausted, that's what."

"I am not."

"Don't argue with me. Get your ass to bed."

"No."

"I warned you."

"Since when did you give a damn about me?"

"Since I felt like it."

"Well I'm fine."

"You could fall asleep at any second. Now go upstairs."

"I just don't want to."

"You have no choice." Kaiba came from behind where she was sitting at a stool, and scooped her up into his arms.

"What are you doing?"

"The same thing I did last night."

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