Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ New Host ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Well I wish to update now so ha. Hope you like this new chapter. Reviews are welcome. This is a sad but crucial chapter so please bear with me.

Disclaimer: I sadly do not own the show. Or the song. But I do own this story.

Chapter: Two

Tea walked down the wet sidewalk towards her home. People all over where running to their homes, few seemed to take their time and enjoy the rain. She stopped and stared at the park across the street, the birds where still chirping and fling around from tree to tree. Cars zooming by splashing water all over, including on her clothing. Tea didn't really care though. She could change her cloths later. She adjusted backpack on her back to a less painful place.

Bakura had recently gone to sleep in the soul room so she could think whatever she wanted. `What is this going to do to my life? Bakura was willing to let Ryou go to school but that was probably because he wanted to keep an eye on Yugi.' She let out a long sigh. She turned her head to see the burger restaurant she used to work at. She pushed the old memory aside and continued walking down the sidewalk then taking a turn at the light.

A bus of kids from after school programs went by with small kids sticking their heads out the window and getting shouted at by the driver. `Should I still ask Kaiba for the job?' she asked herself. She might get fired with all that Bakura would make her do. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her keys to unlock her door. Her mom and dad wouldn't get back from work until seven and currently it was…

Tea looked down at her watch.

Six-twenty! Tea started to panic. She had to cook dinner, clean the house and so on. Oh the pain of being an only child. Tea prayed to whoever was listening that Bakura wouldn't interfere in her life for a while. A long while. Tea ran the last half block to her home, the blue home with a large garden and a white fence going around it. Tea swiftly opened the gate and ran to the front door, slamming the gate behind her. She put in the key and unlocked the door she opened it up, pulled the door closed behind her, dropped her bag on the floor by the door and ran to the kitchen.

"What to cook, what to cook?" She chanted as she opened all cabinets and the fridge and pulled out all kinds of food, fish, rice, eggs, noodles, bread and broccoli. She put water to boil on the stove and put the eggs in. She put the oven on high and put some bread in to cook. She left the fish to defrost, and left the noodles out for a while until the eggs where done. She quickly left to go upstairs and change. She got into her room and started pulling out some pants and a small sweatshirt. Right as she started to pull her shirt over her head she stopped.

`Bakura you better not be watching!' she yelled in her head. She heard a chuckle in her mind. `Bakura!' she shouted.

"What do you think of me Tea? What was it called… a pervert?"

`Yes I would if you dare watch me as I change Bakura. Don't watch me!'

She heard him continue laughing as he shut the link. Tea blushed brightly as she waited a moment, hesitant to change clothing. She looked at herself in the mirror. `Why would he want to see me anyway?' she asked herself. She pulled her uniform shirt and skirt off and threw them into the dirty hamper by her door to take downstairs later. She avoided looking in the mirror afraid of what she might see, or what Bakura would see. She was not attracted to him but there was no way that she would let him see her in only her underwear.

She snatched the top and put it on over her head. She was about to put on the pants she smelled something burning. She gasped and dashed out of the room and down the stairs to the kitchen. "The bread!" she gasped, getting a potholder and pulled them out on the counter. She turned the over lower and put the fish in. She sighed and felt a chill in the room. She looked down and noticed her lack of pants. She blushed and turned the eggs down and then rushed back up the stairs to her room.

Tea grabbed the pants and started to pull them on when she felt her head involuntarily turn to the mirror. "Bakura." She said warningly. He simply laughed and turned her head all the way. Tea felt herself gasp, but it wasn't her who gasped but it was Bakura's. Tea turned bright red and pulled the pants all the way up, zipped and buttoned them and stared at herself in the mirror. Bakura made a snorting noise and turned away from the image. Tea for some reason felt disappointed but brushed it off as she left the room.

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Tea's mom and dad arrived twenty minutes late that night, both looking extremely unhappy about something. Tea was worried but she was busy serving the food and keeping Bakura under control to really say anything to them. As she put the bread down and joined them for the meal they broke the news to her, and Bakura, even though they didn't know it.

Tea's mother spoke first. "Tea, darling, me and your father have something we need to tell you." She grabbed her husbands hand and squeezed it for support.

Her father then spoke. "We have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?" Tea looked at them suspiciously before answering.

"The good." She decided.

"Me and you mother have a just received a huge promotion." Tea smiled happily at her mother and father. `They disserved that.'

"Wait until you here the bad news." Bakura grunted in her mind.

"The bad news is that we have to travel a lot now. We leave for America in a week." Tea's face turned down cast. "We really are sorry Tea, but you will be going to college soon so we wouldn't be seeing each other that much anyway." Tea felt tears in her eyes.

"Tea darling we promise to keep in touch all the time." Her mother said, she also was crying. "I am going to miss you Tea." Her mother cried as she got up and went to hug her daughter. Her father just stared down at his food. Tea hugged her mother back. `This is the time when I needed them most.' Tea thought. She put her head on her mother's chest and cried.

"At least you will be here for a week." Tea said between sobs. Her father looked at her with true pain in his eyes.

"We are leaving tomorrow to my mothers for the rest of the week." Tea sobbed even louder now.

"W-why?!" she yelled.

"We want to say good bye to everyone in our family before we leave." Tea put her head in her arms on the table. She wouldn't be able to go. They never let her go visit them. They always said they would come and visit her, unlike her parents had to go visit them. She rose slowly and looked at her father who had yet to go comfort her.

"I hope you're happy!" she shouted running up the stairs and slammed her door shut and locked it. She jumped on her bed putting her head in the pillow screaming into it. Why was this happening to her?

"Because it is easy to cause you pain." Bakura told her appearing on her bed staring at her. Tea glared at him.

`I am in terrible pain and all you can do is make me feel even worse than I already am!' she shouted at him through the link. Bakura let out a low growl of frustration. Tea turned her head and continued to cry into her hands.

`Does she think I am good at comforting people?!' He thought as he looked at her shaking shoulders. His head shot up at the door when he heard a knock.

"Tea, dear, will you please come out and speak with us." Tea's mother said through the door. Tea glared at the door before getting up and walking to the door, but she didn't open it. Bakura could tell she was acting irrationally and was being a brat but he was having more fun watching her fit. She lifted the nearest lamp and threw it at the door making it shatter into many pieces and scatter on the floor. Tea cried out by now.

"How could you agree to that?!" she yelled walking into the bathroom that was connected to her room. She locked the door in there that led out into the hall as well and threw her shoe at the large mirror shattering it and having glass fly everywhere including all over her and causing cuts all over and blood beginning to fall. Bakura stood soon. He couldn't let her get hurt or her friends would think he was abusing her like he did to Ryou. He would save that for later. He somehow pulled her away from the shattered glass and lamp. Tea continued to cry as he sat her on the bed. Tea leaned back on him and he tensed. He didn't do this kind of thing for people. He panicked and returned to the ring that now hung around her neck.

`The one time I need comfort you chicken out and run!' she yelled at him through the link.

"…."

Tea let out a louder sob and put her head in the pillow again.

"Tea?!" she heard her father and mother yell outside her door. Tea ignored them and continued to cry until she fell asleep a few minutes later after her mother and father gave up on talking to their daughter.

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Bakura sat in his soul room in silent. He didn't want to go soft, but he was a coward not to help her. He was confused now. And that was quiet rare for him to be confused. Should he be brave and help her or be cold and leave her alone. He sighed. This woman was more trouble than Ryou was. And far more confusing. He frowned and sat down on the bed he had in the soul room. He looked around at the darkened room. He should be plotting the downfall of the pharaoh and the other millennium item holders. He had the Eye sitting on a shelf he had in the corner. Tea's soul room was different than Ryou's, hers had more room, and since she was a free spirit she had more room.

There he went again thinking of her. He grabbed his head and groaned. This was depressing. He was supposed to be cold and unemotional. Could this be what the trait that she gave to him? He shook his head and left the thought be. He looked out at her surroundings and watched and listened. Her mother and father must have gone to bed by now. He looked over at her clock and read the time.

It was two-forty. Her parents would leave soon, and she wouldn't say goodbye. He frowned. Just like he did with his mother and father. He left them without saying goodbye, and when he returned, they where dead, along with everyone else in the village.

He felt himself see a mirror appear. Tea was dreaming now. He could see her dreams, just like he did with Ryou. He sighed. "Why not see what she dreams about. Hopefully not about Yami." He shuddered at the sick thought. He looked into the mirror and saw Tea sitting on a small stool. She was younger and her hair was longer as well. She had it up in braids and was swinging her legs back and forth. She was watching something on a stage and she looked very happy.

It was a ballet, he realized as he saw the people dance around. Tea jumped of the chair and started jumping around trying to imitate the dancers. As she moved she started to get older up until she was as old as she was now. Eighteen. Her hair was shorter and was down. She wore a purple outfit with all sorts of things attached. Slowly everything faded into darkness. Bakura pulled away from the mirror and sat down. Her dreams where more like memories really. He looked outside through her eyes and looked at the clock.

It was already four. He noticed her hand twitch and her body stretch. He felt her huge headache and sick stomach. Crying yourself to sleep was not healthy when you wake up. He let her move her body around before settling in a seat and watching her wake up and do whatever she does in the morning.

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Tea felt awful. Not the hangover kind of awful but a `just-cryed-youreslf-to-sleep-for-hours' kind of sick feeling. She looked over at the clock and gasped.

Four!

Her mom and dad might have already left, she never said goodbye. She rushed to the window to see if they where still there. She quickly ran to the door and ran down the stairs to the front door. She could hear the engine start up and it shift in gear. `No! I have to say goodbye to them before they leave. It may be a long time before I see them again.'

She threw open the door and stepped outside. The car was already on the road and driving away. Tea started to run after them, to get them to see her and say goodbye.

But the car was to fast for her to keep up with. The car took a turn left and they drove off. Tea fell to her knees in the middle of the road and held her face, crying. Bakura appeared next to her with his hands in his pockets looking as the car drove away. His gaze eventually moved on to Tea. Her shoulders where shaking and she looked like she hadn't done anything for herself for days. He let out a heavy sigh and got on his knees next to her. He hesitated for a moment telling himself he was truly getting soft, before he put them on her shoulders. Tea put her head on his shoulder and cried.

"They left after all I did. I didn't get to tell them I loved them. I didn't get to say goodbye." She whispered. Bakura sighed as he pulled her up on her feet. She leaned into him as they walked back to her home. Tea wiped her face and sniffed. "You think I'm weak don't you?" she asked him.

Bakura smirked. "I always have." He said. Tea smiled slightly at his dry sarcasm and his odd comment. As they walked through the door Tea bent down and picked up her backpack and slung it over her shoulder. Tea looked over at the clock on the wall as Bakura walked around the room.

Four-fifteen.

"Why don't you go in the living room Bakura?" She asked him out loud wiping her face with her sleeve.

"I always have to be in the same room with my host, or the ring. My choose." He said with a shrug. Tea blushed. Bakura let one of his eyebrows rise. Tea looked away.

"What about bathing?" She tensely asked. Bakura smirked.

"Well, we will have to find out later, you will have to bath eventuly." Tea looked angrily.

"I'll just leave the ring in another room then." She said stubbornly.

"I get to choose where I go though. With you or the ring. And at the moment I think I'll stick with you." He said as his smirk widened. Tea blushed and let out a frustrated sigh. She walked trough the doorway and into the living room where Bakura appeared.

He plopped down on her couch and grabbed the remote and turned on the channels. He started to press the channel button trying to find a good channel. Tea let out a chuckle at this, it reminded her of the pregnancy test commercial, men 9% clear. Bakura let his eyebrow rise again at her before he returned to channel surfing. Tea put her back pack in the closet before taking everything out and putting the things on the top shelf.

She looked at the pictures she had on her locker from earlier. Most of them were of her and all her friends. Ryou wasn't in many of them. Maybe now that he wasn't Bakura's host he would be around people more. She took all the pictures over to the coffee table in front of the TV. Bakura let out a growl because she got in the way of him and the TV. Tea quickly grabbed the picture album and moved over to a place on the floor not far away.

She opened it up and looked at the pictures. Most of when she and Yugi were younger and they were playing. Then there was a few of her parents wedding. Her mother's blond hair was very long, longer than it was now, and her face was less wrinkly. Her father's brunette hair had less white hairs and he smiled more. Tea turned the pages looking at things like first days of school, first dance, first performance, best friends, and so on.

She finally came to the last page with the last pictures in the book, a picture of her graduation day that they had to have early was on it. She stood in between Yugi and Joey as they all made funny faces at the camera. She smiled at the picture. Tristan was standing next to Serenity who had joined them even though she still had a year left before she graduated. Duke had his dice as always and was throwing them at Tristan. Ryou was behind Tea and was smiling softly at everyone. Mai had stopped by that day to congratulate them, or more like Joey. Seto Kaiba had agreed to be in the picture as well, and for once he was smiling happily at everyone. He had actually laughed with them that day. Malik was also in the picture. Isis had mode them move back to Domino because of the museum and later made them move back to Egypt again in a few days. Tea got lost in putting the pictures she had into the album.

Bakura had noticed what she was engrossed in something at the moment and felt the need to interrupt her. He got up and put the remote down leaving the channel on something called a soap opera. He walked up behind her and looked at the picture. It was their graduation day photo. "I remember that day." He said, making Tea jump at his sudden appearance. "Ryou was really excited about it. He said that he didn't have to go to school anymore."

"Yeah. We can go on to college or University or something of the sort if we want."

Bakura gave her a confused look. "College?"

"It is like school only they centered on certain things that you want to do for a job." Tea told him. Bakura nodded his head and rose. Tea finished putting the pictures of her friends in there before closing the album and putting back under the coffee table on the small stand. "Ok, well I need to bath and I do not want you to watch me so how do we do this?" she asked him. Bakura smirked.

"No matter what you do I will have to be in the same room as you."

"You better not watch me Bakura and you have to stay out of the ring so I can see what you are doing!" she said stressed. Bakura smirk grew as he fallowed her out of the room and up the stairs. Tea opened up the bathroom door and walked in. Right now she felt extremely self-conscious. "Um…"

"Look," he said irritated, "I'll just sit on the counter with my back to you." He told her. Tea nodded and watched as he hopped up onto the counter and turned away from her. Tea hesitated for a moment before she bent down and turned the water on. She was tired, in pain, and emotionally drained. She let the water get really warm before pulling the stopper up to let the tub fill. She pulled off her socks first, and then turned to make sure he wasn't watching. He hadn't moved from his spot on the counter. Tea let out a sigh and started to pull off the sweatshirt. She threw the sweater over by the door to get on her way out. She pulled the rind off and put it next to Bakura. She unbuttoned and unzipped her pants and kicked them off in the direction of the door. She sighed as she looked at her underwear. She cast s look at Bakura before she slipped out of her panties. She threw them at the door. She noticed Bakura shift on the counter. She went over and stopped the water that had now filled the tub. She reached around to her back and grabbed the clasp to her bra. She really didn't want to do this in the same room as Bakura but she didn't have much choice. She pushed the clasp together then slipped it apart and off her body. She threw that over at the door. Bakura shifted again.

Tea put her foot in the water and them pulled it back out. `To hot.' She thought.

"You're talking about the water right?" Bakura asked. Tea blushed.

`Of course I am.' She thought back. Tea put her foot back in and let it adjust. Next she moved her body over the water and let her other foot dangle in the air. She slowly let it ease into the water. Next she slowly bent down and let the rest of her body in the water. She jumped up a little at the heat. She saw Bakura shift again. `What is wrong with you Bakura?' she asked as she slipped into the rest of the water.

"Nothing." Was his reply.

Tea shrugged and eased in the water. She grabbed the shampoo and put some in her hand and rubbed it into her hair. She dunked her head in the water and rinsed the shampoo out. She rose up and noticed Bakura seemed uncomfortable again. She sighed and added some conditioner into her hair and let it sit for a while. She grabbed the sponge and got it wet, then she rubbed soap on it till it was all soapy. She rubbed her arms and armpits then went to her legs, being extra careful around the cuts on her arms and legs. She lowered them back in the water and let the soap wash off. Next she moved to her chest. She washed under her breast first then went on to them. Once again she saw Bakura move uncomfortable. "What's wrong Bakura?" she asked out loud.

Bakura let the silence come between them a moment. "Nothing. Are you done yet?" he asked in a voice more raspy than usual. Tea looked at him curiously.

"Almost. Just have to clean off the soap." She said letting herself go completely underwater and put her hands in her hair and rubbed it out. She rose out of the now dirty water and leaned forward and pulled the stopper out of the drain and put it in the corner. She let the water all drain out of the tub before she rose and grabbed a towel from the top of the toilet. She swiftly wrapped it around herself. "Ok, I am done Bakura." She said. Bakura hopped of the counter but didn't turn to face her. She could see his face was slightly red but she didn't know why, or why he wouldn't look at her.

Tea shrugged as she went by the door and bent down grabbing the pile of clothing. Bakura let out a gasp but covered it up with a cough. Tea didn't much notice. She opened the door and walked out into the hall. Leaving the spirit and the ring in the bathroom. Bakura couldn't believe what he had just done. He had watched her through the mirror the whole time. He looked down at his pants. He was hard. He groaned. He returned into the ring so that he could now take care of his problem. He couldn't believe that she, Tea Gardner, was the reason he was the way he was now.

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Tea put the clothing in the hamper by her door before turning around looking for Bakura. She smiled. Alone. He was probably in the ring in the bathroom. Then she frowned. `He could have been in another room!' She let herself calm down before she did anything else. She looked at her clock and read the time.

Six-thirty.

She walked over to her closet and pulled out a tank top and some shorts. She turned on her radio to listen for any good songs. She smiled when she came up to one she had heard from Linkin Park, Braking the Habit.

Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again

Tea loved this song it seemed to calm her. Even though it didn't sound like it should. Tea went to her bed and dropped the towel.

You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again

Tea pulled the underwear up her legs and put her bra on. She felt another presence in the room but ignored it. She grabbed the shirt as she let her hips sway to the music.

I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose

She pulled the tight top over her head. `Why did Bakura chose me. Why not Tristan. And why does he give me so much time to myself. He hasn't even taken over me yet.

'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

Tea pulled the shorts off her bed and slipped them up her legs. She pulled the zipper up and buttoned them together. She let herself get carried away with the song now.

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean

Tea put her hands in the air and moved her hips and arms together to the beat.

I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight

Tea closed her eyes and spun around all over the room. Her hand went everywhere and danced around.

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again

She began to get covered with sweat and out of breath as she danced. She didn't feel alone at the moment and she liked that.

I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again

She again thought of why Bakura here. He had been so mean to Ryou. Why hadn't he hurt her more than he already had?

I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

Tea fell on her bed and stared at the ceiling as the song droned on. The clock read seven. Wow time passed by quickly.

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight

She closed her eyes, and sang alone with the rest of the song.

I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
to show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight

Tea turned the clock/radio off and sat up. She sighed as she got off the bed and rubbed her feet on the pink carpet. She turned to the door and her eyes got large. "B-Bakura?!" He looked at her with the ring in his hand. "How long have you been there?!" she shouted.

"A while." He said tossing the ring on her bed and stared at her. Tea blushed bright red as she picked up the ring and put it around her neck.

Bakura couldn't look at her. Images rushed to his head. Usually this wouldn't bother him but she was different. He scolded at himself. Again she made him think differently on things, and he had only been around her for a day. He went into the ring.

Tea looked at him confused as he went into the ring. She grabbed it and put it around her neck. This time though it didn't go into her body. She went out of her room and downstairs to the kitchen. "Hungry." She said as she looked in the cabinets. Tears appeared in her mind as she remembered the last time she was getting food. "That's it." She said slamming her fist on the table making the cuts on her fist to scream in pain. She grabbed her hands and put them to her mouth sucking on them as a reflex. She hissed as she let them drop.

For some reason she had an urge for steak, really red steak, undercooked steak. Tea went to the freezer and pulled out a huge steak. She licked her lips as she pulled it out of the zip lock. She put it in the microwave to defrost and set the oven temperature as she waited impatiently.

RIIIIINNNNNGGGGG

Tea jumped as she heard the phone ring next to her head. She grabbed it and put it to her ear. "Hello?"

"Hey Tea." Tea smiled. Her best friend never left her alone.

"Hi, Yugi." She replied.

"What are you doing today?"

"Nothing really. Right now I am making myself a steak. What about you?"

"Well me and the guys are going to go looking for the person with the ring now. When Ryou woke up he didn't have the ring and told us he didn't remember anything for the past couple weeks. So Bakura must have given the ring, or forced it to someone, recently, like when he disappeared the other night." Tea froze in fear not saying anything. Yugi was going to point the finger at her she knew it. To her surprise he didn't. "He wouldn't have chosen you since Yami is always keeping an eye on you…" `Good job Yami.' She thought sarcastically. "anyway Tea, can we meet up in a few hours at Kaiba land?"

"Sure, see you then, bye."

"Bye."

Click

Tea hung up the phone. "Surprising how they wouldn't suspect me when I am the person who actually has the item." She thought.

"Hence another reason I chose you." Bakura said. Tea nodded and turned to the microwave that just dinged.

She pulled it out and was about to drain the blood when she heard Bakura: "Don't, the blood gives it good flavor." Tea nodded as she poured the steak and blood on a tray and put it in the oven. Bakura appeared nearby and smirked. "It is good to have someone around who can cook." He said.

"Why Bakura, I do believe that was a compliment." She said with a smirk of her own that surprisingly resembled Bakura's.

"Take it as you wish." He said leaning on the wall. Tea rolled her eyes as she sat on the chair nearest the oven.

"How long does it take to cook the steak like the way we want it, or more like you want it?" she asked with sarcasm.

"Until the edges are brown." He said. Tea sighed and began playing with the ring around her neck. She slipped it off her head and took it with her to the living room where the news was on from when he left the TV on hours ago. Tea put the ring on the coffee table and sat on the couch. She grabbed the remote and started looking for a good movie. She stopped when she came to Lord of the Rings.

"You will like this Bakura." She said as she got up and went to keep an eye on the steak in the oven. Bakura plopped down on the couch and stared at the screen. Little people running around with hairy feet. A tall man with a pointed hat and white robes. Interesting.

Tea in the other room stared into the small window in the oven door at the steak. She smiled as she noticed the edges getting darker. She turned off the oven and got a pot holder to pull it out. She put it on the top of the stove and grabbed a plate. `Does Bakura eat?' she wondered.

"No, what you eat I eat also." Tea shrugged and got a fork and knife. She cut a big piece and bit it, the juices running all over her face. She licked it all off once she swallowed the hunk of steak. Tea smiled and gave up on the knife and just bit the rest of the steak and chewed. Tea licked the rest of the juice and got up to put the dish up. She turned the water on and got some soap and cleaned it up. Tea put it on the drainer and left to join Bakura in the watching of the movie.

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"That was a long movie." Bakura told her as he got up and stretched after three hours. Tea smiled.

"Wait until you see the other two." Bakura smirked as he looked at the clock.

"Shouldn't you be going to meet your boyfriend by now?" Tea turned red, not from embarrassment but from anger.

"He is not my boyfriend and……. Oh no is it already that late?" she said panicking and getting up. She grabbed the ring and slipped it on. It already was a routine of where she went it goes. "Come on we have to go!" she shouted grabbing her purse from the hook on the wall.

"Glad you care." He said. Tea turned the TV off and ran to the door Bakura close behind. Tea started running on the sidewalk since Kaiba Land wasn't that far away from her home. Bakura returned into the ring and let it merge into her chest. Tea ran up to the entrance to see Tristan, Joey and Yugi already there. Tea, for some unknown reason, glared at the puzzle hanging around Joey's neck.

Tea shoved the thoughts out of her head and walked up to the gang and smiled at them as they welcomed each other. Tea wished she had a rubber band to put her newly long hair up in a ponytail. It was too hot outside today.

"Tea, glad you could join us." Tea knew that voice.

"Y-Yami?" she asked. `Can he tell that you are near, Bakura?'

`Probably, but he wont know it is you, yet.' Tea sighed. True eventually they would find out, just like they did with Ryou. Tea didn't want to be alone all the time like Ryou was. She had to keep it a secret as long as possible.

"Hey, Tea." He said. It was strange hearing this coming from Joey. His hair was darker and eyes wider. Yes, this was Yami. Tea tried to smile but it fell. Bakura wasn't happy, and his mood was rubbing off on her. "Let's go searching, shall we?" Yami knew something. Tea and the others nodded and followed his in the building. "I know he is here somewhere I know it." Tea paled, but her skin was already pale which made her look sickly.

"Are you ok Tea? You look kind of sick today, you feeling well." Yugi asked concerned for his friend.

"Yea Yugi just kind of off today." `Because my parents left me. I could try to call them but, what will I say?' Tea felt tears in her eyes again and quickly turned away. "I need… um… a phone!!" she shouted running to the back of the room where a phone was. She didn't want her friends to know her parents left. They wouldn't leave her alone then. She got in a bathroom by the phones and pulled out her cell phone.

"Call them." Bakura told her. Tea nodded as she dialed the number. Then she waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Tea got the answering machine. She hung up the phone and put her head to the wall. This was not the place for her to have a breakdown. Tea wiped her now visibly red face. They would tell she was crying and upset. Tea put her phone up in her purse.

`Bakura?' she asked.

"What?" He asked. Tea jumped a bit.

`I-I just wanted to see if you wanted to take over for a while.' Bakura gave her a confused look from the soul room. `I need to be alone.'

"Yami will be able to tell it is me."

`Please.'

"Fun." He thought as he let himself and Tea switch places. "Well lets see how this goes." He said looking at himself in the mirror. He let out a low whistle. He liked the look. It was strange being in her body when he was a male.

Tea on the other hand was wiping away her tears in the soul room. She looked at the large room inside her body that she never knew existed. Tea felt herself heat up but she thought nothing of it at that moment. She walked around the small room and frowned as the pit of her stomach felt all bubbly. Tea couldn't ignore the feeling anymore. Tea needed to know what was wrong with herself. Tea looked out to see if Bakura was doing anything to make her feel this way. As she looked in the mirror she gasped.

"Bakura!" She yelled.

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To Be Continued

What could he be doing? Hope you like this chapter. Too much? Hope not. Oh well review if you want to.

Maslerne