Well, all I can really say is this story is long overdue. I planned on writing it forever ago, but then never found the time. So I deleted the story I was working on, since it wasn't as popular as I would have liked, and decided to post this one up. Seeing as its prequel did quite well with the fans, I figured it'd be a good idea. So here it is.
The Stress Filled Life Of Seto Kaiba's Wife.
Chapter One: A Not So Happy Anniversary.
Pictures were spread out all over the soft, white carpet. They spread around the entire room, which was rather large in size. And save for the bed, closet, and bathroom, there were pictures on the ground. Making it near impossible to actually step inside and walk around to get to the bed or anything else for that matter. In the middle of the room was a scrapbook, and several supplies to make it look appealing.
Next to the book sat a frazzled looking girl, hunched over, and frowning. She sighed a bit and then reached over for one of the pictures by her. It was of a blond haired boy holding a blond haired woman. The man was kissing the girl, and the girl was blushing. The girl sitting in the middle of the room rolled her eyes and a smile touched her lips. "That boy of mine." She said to herself in her usual matter of fact tone. She ran her hand through her hair as she placed a bit of glue on the back of the picture.
She placed it in the scrapbook and stretched a little. "Well I'm already bored, I don't get how Serenity can spend so much of her time doing it." She said and rolled her eyes a little. She looked around the room for a phone and spotted it on the other side of a trail of pictures. She hopped over to it, scrunching a few and smudging others. She finished hopping and placed her hand on the phone quickly. She skillfully dialed in numbers that she had memorized and placed the receiver over her ear.
It rang a few times before a voice was heard on the other side. The blond haired beauty cocked one of her hips to the side as she waited to be acknowledged. There was muttering before she was spoken to. But the voice wasn't familiar. "This is the Kaiba Residence, who is it you wish to speak with?" The male voice asked professionally. Mai looked a little more confused but didn't act upon it.
She shook her head a little and then stuttered slightly. "I need to talk to Serenity." She said quickly, placing her thumb and forefinger on the bridge of her nose. She then frowned when she got another answer. The man had responded quickly and to the point.
"I'm sorry but she and Mr. Kaiba are out to dinner tonight." He answered and then continued after a short pause. "Call back later." He said and then quickly hung up. Mai looked a little angry, not liking being handled so rudely. They obviously had a new employee, and he didn't know just who she was. I'll have to remember to tell them about him later…ignorant little bastard…She thought and hung up the phone. She turned back to the pictures and spotted one of the couple she was trying to reach. She smiled a little and walked over to it.
It was of Kaiba and Serenity on their wedding day. She bent and picked it up, realizing it was by a cluster all on the same occasion. She looked down at them all and gently picked them up. She started flipping through the bunch. Most of them were of Serenity and Kaiba. And she was surprised at how much the later was smiling. She had been around the two often when Kaiba was doing just that, but in a picture, it made it look so different.
"She looked so beautiful." Mai mentioned to herself, as she looked at a lone picture of Serenity in her wedding dress. The dress was of course white, and had no sleeves. The front of it wrapped around her chest in a sort of heart shape around her beasts. It had no design, just a sort of silky cream look of it in the light. Kaiba was wearing a typical black tuxedo. But the tie he had was blue. He was holding Serenity, and looking at her, while the girl smiled for the camera. The picture had been an accident, but it was adorable nonetheless.
Slowly she continued flipping through the pictures. Smiling at each one. She paused as she reached a picture of the entire group. It wasn't well put together, yet the cheerfulness that was obvious in every one made the picture priceless. She laughed as her eyes rested on Tristan and Duke. They were happy for Serenity, but they were still glaring daggers at Kaiba for getting her to marry him. Joey looked surprisingly glad in the picture as well. She knew he approved of them dating, but when he found out they were to married, he was a little upset.
Mai walked over to the bed, not caring much for the pictures she stepped on along the way. She finished flipping through Serenity's wedding pictures and then sighed contently. "That was such a wonderful day…" She said to herself softly. She heard the front door open and sat up quickly. "Joey…" She said to herself and then looked at the mess on the floor. She chuckled a little nervous to herself and then quickly started to clean it up.
She heard the man's steps coming into the room and paused as the door opened. The look of surprise on his face was priceless. His eyes grew wide and he actually slipped on a few of the slippery cover's of the pictures. He fell back and hit the ground with a ground and a slight yell. "Mai!" He shouted standing back up and brushing himself off. The yell was by no means out of anger, more surprise.
Mai laughed loudly and walked over to him. "You're such a klutz Joseph." She said giving him a soft hug. The wedding photos were still in her hand, and as she took a step away from him Joey reached out to see what they were. He held them up then rolled his eyes a little. He then looked around at the floor and rose one of her eyebrows to his wife.
"What were you doing?" He asked her handing her back the pictures and tossing his stuff on the bed. He took off his shirt. He tossed it into the bathroom and then shook his head a little as he bent to help Mai pick up the remainder of the pictures. He looked over to her waiting for her answer as well.
Mai bit her bottom lip and chuckled a littler nervously. "Well…I was trying to do some scrap booking. You know…Like Serenity does all the time." She said blushing a little; she didn't know why she was so embarrassed. Slowly she finished picking up everything. She took the others from Joey and looked up at him. "I didn't make any dinner either…" She admitted chuckling slightly.
Joey waved his hand dismissively and shook his head. "Naw, its fine Mai. I'm not that hungry anyways." He said as he gave her a soft kiss. He then leaned back against their bedpost and looked over at his wife. "So today was Serenity's and Kaiba's anniversary…they've been married for a full year now." He said thoughtfully. Mai looked at him a bit lost.
"What is your point dear?" H asked him softly as she laid back on the bed with a sigh. She looked over at him, and didn't wait for him to answer. "I wonder what their doing tonight." She said mostly to herself, and not really caring about the answer.
"I'm not taking any calls." Was the simple statement of the only female residing the large Manor. She looked frazzled and a little on the angry side. Her hands were on her hips and she was pacing in the living room of the Kaiba Mansion. Her hair was tied back in a messy bun and she was wearing pajamas. Something that was odd for the hour of the day. The man holding the phone looked at Serenity and covered the speaking end.
"But…It's Mai." He said nearly pleading with her. He was a bit frightened though, even though serenity never had much of a temper, when she did get angry, she wasn't pleasant to be around. Master Kaiba has been getting to her I think. He thought to himself and looked back at the phone. "It sounds like she really needs to talk to you."
Serenity paused and looked over at the phone. She relaxed a little then sighed. She gave her head a gentle shake and then walked out of the room. She crossed her arms in front of her and her frown was back on her lips. She walked up the stairs to the top floor of her home. She walked to a room and looked at the security card slot that prevented people from coming inside. She pulled a card out and slipped it in. There were a few beeps and the door unlocked for her.
She opened the door and looked over across the room, to the desk at the other end of the room. There was the familiar silhouette of a man sitting in a chair and typing away at the computer. He looked up though when he heard her come in. He gave a little frown when he saw the look on her face. And he knew exactly why she was upset. He sighed and looked back at the computer in front of him and continued typing away. "We've been over this." He said to her lightly and stood up straight. He cracked his back a little and looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
Serenity shook her head a little and placed her hands on her hips. "But Seto." She started and walked up to the edge of the desk. She placed her hands on the hard wood and leaned over it towards him. "It's our anniversary. And you're working!" She yelled at him, she didn't like being put after his work, even with how little often he did it. But the fact that he was doing it on the day of their wedding on year ago angered her.
Kaiba stopped typing and raised his hands to his face. He rubbed his temples a little and closed his eyes. "It's not that I don't want to be with you Serenity, you know that I'd much rather be relaxing and celebrating this day than sitting here working." His words were truth, but there was an incident at KaibaCorp, and he needed to fix it as soon as possible, or he could lose millions.
Serenity frowned; she knew his words were sincere, yet she still didn't like them. "So I'm just supposed to sit back and waste away while you work on your stupid company." She said angrily and scrunched her face together to show that further. Yes, she knew it was important that he fixed whatever happened, but she didn't want much time, just enough for a glass of wine and maybe some cake.
Kaiba softly shook his hair and let his bangs fall over his eyes. "I'll make it up to you." He promised to her. He looked her in the eyes and tried to show to her how serious he was about showing to her he wanted to be with her, just couldn't at the time being. I'll think of something to blow her mind away once I fix this. He thought to himself, already thinking of something his wife would love.
Serenity looked at him for a moment, then huffed a little and walked out of the room, slamming the door along the way. She frowned and scoffed a little as she walked down the hall. She sighed a bit and looked down at the ground. Which caused her to accidentally bump into Roland. "Oh, sorry." She said gently and then scooted out of the way and continued down the hall. She let her hands swing by her side and she walked into the room she shared with Kaiba.
"I love you too Seto." She said sarcastically as she opened the door. She slipped inside and then walked to the closet. "If he isn't going to spend tonight with me, I'm going to find someone who will." She muttered and slipped into a nice outfit. She fixed up her hair and then left the room and went to the entry hall. She went to the right and got into the garage where she took her husbands keys and stepped into his Viper. She buckled up, and with the press of the button, drove out of the grounds of the manor.
Just as she left Kaiba looked up and rubbed his eyes. "Ok…I can take a break now…Serenity!" He called out as he stood up from his chair. He walked out of the office and down the stairs. He looked around a bit confused and buzzed for Roland. "Hey, where did Serenity go?" He ordered, and after he was told, he gave a little sigh. He walked back up to his office and sat down behind his desk again. "I'm sorry Serenity…" He said to the air around him.
Serenity had intended to go find Joey or Mai, but she wanted to calm down a little before driving over to their apartment. So she went to her favorite coffee shop. It was small, and family owned, but it had the best tea. So she drove her husband's car there, and parked along the side of the road. She slipped out of the car and locked it with a press of the automatic button.
She casually walked inside and heard the familiar ding of the bell above her head. She walked inside and up at the counter. She ordered her tea and then turned around looking around the mediums sized room. It was like any other normal coffee shop, nice table, books and magazines, and a few computers as well. But what stuck out to Serenity was her spiky haired friend. "Yugi?" She asked softly.
The man made a soft grunt of curiosity and lifted his head up from the book he was reading. Serenity immediately recognized the more mature features. "Oh…Yami." Serenity corrected herself with a slight chuckle. Yami smiled at her and leaned forward a little as he closed the book and placed it on the table in front of him. He motioned for her to come sit across from him and Serenity did so as she received, and paid for her tea.
She slipped into the seat across from him and smiled a little. "Why hello Serenity. Doing well I hope." He said to her as he picked up his mug of straight black coffee and took a sip from it. Serenity was silent and looked down at her tea. A small sigh of sadness left her lips, and Yami immediately knew something was wrong. "What is it?" He asked her raising one of his eyebrows.
Serenity looked up at him quickly and then gave a small smile, as she gently scratched the back of her neck. Yami then gasped a little and looked at her. "Wait a minute…isn't today your anniversary with Kaiba?" He asked her, remembering their special date. Serenity's face frowned again and she gave a small nod. She gazed at the tabletop and gently held onto the cup of tea with both of her hands. "Then why aren't you with him?" Yami continued slowly.
Serenity sighed and leaned back against the chair. "Work…" Was all she muttered before she took another sip of the tea. She finished it off, surprisingly quickly, and then placed the cup on the table again. Yami frowned a little at her answer and then sighed.
"Well...We all know Kaiba. His work is important to him. But so are you. I'm sure he'll make it up to you." Yami said trying to be supportive, his deep voice was calm, and there was a soft smile on his face. While his eyes resonated kindness. He leaned back against the chair and placed one of his legs over the other. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and suddenly felt a shudder go through his body.
Yami lurched forward with a gasp, and he hit the table a bit roughly. His coffee spilled over and flowed all over the book he had been ready. Serenity looked at him suddenly, with her eyes a bit wide. "Pharaoh…?" She asked softly, concerned that something was wrong.
Yami looked up at her quickly and shook his head slowly. He then sighed a little knowing she didn't buy it. "I just have the feeling something dark is coming our way…" He spoke softly. "Though I don't know what it is…I fear it will threaten not only us…but also the world." He said, his voice deep. He lifted his head and looked over at her. Though his glance was confident, and he gave her a little nod of surety. That she didn't need to worry. Even though he was.
