A Bloody Path

S. Hawk: Hey everyone! This is my first non-G-rated fanfic. I hope everyone enjoys this. Please read and review!

Seto: What is this about a fanfic?

S. Hawk: Hey Seto! Well, this fanfic is about you! mutters under breath and Serenity.

Seto: Well, I can't think of a better subject now.

S. Hawk: Glad you agree. (glad Seto didn't hear the last part)

S. Hawk as Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. I do own the plot of this story however!

Seto: (mocking) Aren't you proud of yourself?

S. Hawk: (sadly) Why do you have to be so mean?

Seto: (smirk) Why not?

(note: italic words are what a person is thinking)

Chapter 1 The beginning

Kaiba Corp

It has been months since the 18-year-old Seto Kaiba was humiliated at his Battle City Tournament and he is still fuming about it. He lost to Yami once again. Kaiba's only consolation was that he did win Marik's millennium rod. He didn't believe in that stupid warning Yami gave him about the darkness that the item contains. Why would someone nowadays actually believe in some mumbo-jumbo about magic. It's just ignorance thought Kaiba, I will beat that damn Yugi yet.

While Kaiba was thinking about this, his secretary buzzed on the intercom. Kaiba cursed the interruption and whoever did that was going to pay dearly. "What!" Kaiba shouted at the intercom. His secretary knew that he wasn't in a good mood at this time. She reluctantly stutter,

"M-M-Mister Kaiba, t-t-t-t-the board is ready to meet with you."

"I see. What's your name? You know what? I don't care! You're fired for wasting my time with that stuttering!" Kaiba shouted. He felt good doing that but it still didn't cheer him up. He decided to go for a walk after work and see if he can find the geek group with his oh-so favorite mutt, Joey Wheeler.

Domino High School Grounds

Yugi and the geek group, as Kaiba calls them, were currently hanging around the school. The "geek group" consisted of Yugi Moto, Yami, Tea Gardner, Tristan Taylor, Joey Wheeler, Ryou Bakura, Yami Bakura, Mai Valentine, and Serenity Wheeler. Yugi was the current 18-year-old Duel Monsters champion. Yugi has the millennium puzzle and, within it, Yami the ancient pharaoh. Tea is the 18-year-old "friendship girl" of the group considering the endless amount of friendship speeches she gives. Joey is the 18-year-old Duel Monsters duelist who made it to the finals. He has many unique qualities that may or may not be good for a person to have. Ryou is 18 years-old British boy that is quite feminine and he has the millennium ring. Inside the ring is Bakura, an ancient tomb robber. Mai is the 20 year-old (that is what she will admit to at least) duelist who has a certain "puppy" that drools over her constantly. Most importantly, there is Serenity. This 16-year-old may be the sister of Joey but she is nothing like him. She has a tendency to think and not jump into situations that only a true idiot would jump into. Tristan is 18 years-old. I wish I can say more but he has no real purpose in the group. (A/N S. Hawk: I don't mean to put down Tristan but he's not very important to this story so please Tristan fans, don't hurt me! cowers in fear)

They were talking about pointless things like the weather. "Man, da weather jus ta hot today, right Yug?" cried Joey Wheeler in his New Yorker accent. "Ah'm sweatin' like a pig ova here!"

Tea looked over at him. You look like a pig, not to mention smell like one thought Tea. However, she said, "It is getting a bit warmer around here. I'm just going to get rid of this jacket if you don't mind." She flashed him a fake smile. With that said, she removes her pink jacket to reveal a white blouse underneath. The blouse was clinging to her since it was so hot. No one really notice this except for Yami in the spirit room inside the millennium puzzle. Let us just say that he was having thoughts that a guy would have that has been trapped in a puzzle for 5,000 years.

Yugi all of a sudden starts crying. What is the matter with Yugi thought Yami. Oh well, I could use a shot of whiskey since it is hot in this puzzle. "Guys, Yami could use a shot of whiskey. He thinks that it's hot in the puzzle." WTF! Yugi can read my thoughts! That's why he was crying.

"Oh, by the way, I have something for you, Yami. Isis showed me how to make it!" exclaimed Yugi. Yugi whips out a doll that was suppose to look like Yami. It looked like a demented version of Yugi. What the hell is that! Dolls are a bit girly, you know. Is there something Yugi is trying to tell me. He is sitting really close to Ryou there....

"Yami! It's a soul doll! It should give you back a body-" Yugi was starting to say but Yami interrupted by jumping into the doll. All of a sudden, Yami appeared with his own body! That got the gang's attention real quick. Especially the girls since Yugi didn't happen to give clothes to the doll and that meant Yami was kinda not wearing anything. Of course, Yami was too thrilled to realize this fact. "I have a body! I have a body! Hooray!" Yami shouted as her ran down the block. Okay, I don't know about where most of you live but in Domino, running down the street naked will get you arrested. As this fact arose upon Yugi's mind, he witness as two police officer tackle and handcuff Yami. I was going to mention that I didn't put clothes on the doll yet. Oh well, when the two hour time limit on the doll runs out, the doll is return back to normal and Yami will be pulled back into the puzzle. I wonder if I should have told Yami that? Well, its too late now.

The girls recovered from their new experience at seeing Yami in his birthday suit. Mai asked while blushing, "Aren't any of you going to save Yami? He looks so... upset being dragged away by the cops." Everyone else was still in shock so no one answered her.

Eventually, Tea started to say, "You guys, we need to help Yami! Friendship is more than-" but Tea was accidentally knocked unconscious by Mai's purse. When everyone looked over at Mai, Mai started laughing innocently and said, "Oops! My purse accidentally hit Tea! My bad! Hehehe." Silence. "Hey, I was tired of hearing that stupid friendship speech of hers. Anyone disagree?" No one disagreed. "That's what I thought."

Tea all of a sudden sat upright after hearing Mai's comment. "You're so mean," Tea exclaimed with fake tears.

Mai rolled her eyes and said, "Give it up, hun! No one cares."

Tea began to grow red with that last comment. She wanted to shut up Mai once and for all. "You know what, Mai? You are nothing but a cheap, badly dressed hussy!" This outburst got Mai upset now. Tea realized that that was a stupid thing to do. Way to go friendship girl. You just pissed of one of the best female duelist in the country. And she's at least a head taller than you. You better get ready for a butt-whooping.

Instead of a butt-whooping, Mai challenged Tea to a duel. Tea was not pleased by this predicament. She didn't want to duel Mai. Only a fool with no sense of fear would challenge Mai! That's what Joey for. Now you done it girl. You had to open your big mouth. Maybe she'll go easy on you. Mai shot everyone a death glare and stormed over to Tea. Mai started dragging Tea by the scruff of her neck like she was a common mongrel. Let's just say Tea didn't have a choice in this matter. I'm going to die! I'm going to die a very horrifying death! At least I hope that I bleed on Mai's shoes. That'll teach her! What am I saying! I am DOOMED!

Kaiba Dueling Station

It took the gang about an hour to get to the dueling station from the school ground. Well, it took Mai that much time because friendship girl was clinging to anything that she could reach to avoid the inevitable fate that awaits her. Mai just kept going and eventually they reached the dueling station.

The inevitable is happening. Mai versus Tea. They went to the front desk and Mai told the receptionist that they wanted a dueling arena. The receptionist looked over the schedule and told them that all the dueling arenas were full. Mai let out a few choice words and Yugi started crying. Yugi had this habit of crying when something impure happens around him. They were going to leave the building when fate stepped in.

"What the hell are you people doing here!" Kaiba exclaimed. "This is my building and the sign over there says 'No Dogs Allowed'!" This comment got a certain blonde dolt by the name of Joey Wheeler pissed. Joey marched straight up to Kaiba and said, "Who ya callin' a dog, rich boy?"

Kaiba just ignored the red face dolt and looked at the geek group. Just the typical geek group. Wait! Who's that girl? And why is she hanging out with the geek group? Kaiba was staring at our young auburn-hair beauty known by many as Serenity Wheeler. As clueless as Joey is at times, he did notice who Kaiba was looking at. This made Joey even more upset.

"Get ya filthy eyes off my sista, Kaiba!" This information really stunned Kaiba. Of course, Kaiba didn't act surprised. He kept his usual unemotional features the same. How can the dolt have a sister like that? I guess genetics gave her the looks and the brains in that family. That would explain a lot about dog-boy here. Kaiba just smirked and asked what they were doing at his company again.

"I have to kick this nitwit's butt because of what she called me!" Mai shouted pointing at Tea. "Now, I want a dueling arena and I want it now!" Kaiba did not like the fact that this woman is giving him orders but Kaiba could use this situation to his advantage.

"I have a new dueling disk that I want to test out. Want to test it out for me? It has some new features-"

"Yes! That will do!" Mai glared at the quivering brunette. Normally, Tea's brunette hair was shoulder-length that hung plainly down. Her hair at this point is almost sticking straight out in every direction out of sheer terror.

"After that duel, how about the mutt and I test our dueling skills with the disks? What do you say mutt? Up for the challenge?" Kaiba sneered at Joey.

"Ya bet Kaiba! I'll kick ya butt ev'ry which way!"

"Sounds a little cocky there mutt. How about we make a wager? When I win the duel, your sister will work for me. And by some off chance you actually do the impossible, I'll give you something you want, mutt." This made Joey a little nervous but he agreed anyways. Joey did have his eyes set on Kaiba's new car. How can I possibly lose to Kaiba? Its easy as pie.

First Duel: Mai vs Tea

The new duel disks were similar to a extremely big wristwatch. It actually was a miniature hologram projector that could create a solid platform for the cards to be played upon. The projector also shot off two other levitating projectors for the monsters on the field. It was quite impressive.

Now, its time for the first duel. Each duelist drew five cards. Mai smiled and said, "Loser's first! Go Tea!" Tea growled at this but she drew a card and went first anyways.

"I play 'Petit Angel'(600/900) in attack mode!" Tea summoned the monster and watched as a small fairy flies around the field. The amazing technology of the duel disk makes the creature look like it can actually be touched. That is what Tea thought before she tried to touch fairy. Of course, my hand will pass right through it. However, Tea actually smacked the fairy and it hit the ground and started crying. WTF! I actually touched it!

Kaiba started to shake his head at Tea. "Tea, if you were paying attention to my explanation, I said that these holograms are solid. So stop beating up your monsters!"

Mai was impressed by this new technology and she couldn't wait to see what her monsters will look like solidified. "My turn kiddo." Mai drew a card. "I play 'Harpie Lady' (1300/1400). Attack my harpy!" A swirled appeared before Mai as something flew past her, straight through the petit angel, and hit Tea in the chest. The creature then flew up and gracefully landed in front of Mai. The angel was destroyed and six slash marks were left on Tea's blouse. The only thing that indicated that the petit angel was actually on the field was the blood puddle and angel feathers on the floor.

"Eww! Kaiba! How can you make the game so disgusting!" Tea appeared nauseous from what just happened. Kaiba just shrugged and murmured something about it being more "fun" this way. Mai had no problem with this considering she is leading.

The life points read: Mai 4000, Tea 3300. Mai played on a card faced down and ended her turn. Tea drew a card. "I play 'Mudora' (1500/1800)." Tea smirked then added, "By the way Mai, Mudora gains 200 attack points for every fairy in the graveyard so its attack power is now 1700. Which would make it stronger than your monster even if you had electro-whip or cyber shield faced down!" As Tea's monster flew towards Mai's harpy, Mai flipped over her faced down card. It was Elegant Egotist. Mai laughed. "Tea! Why did you think I had electro-whip or cyber shield faced down? Now you have to deal with 'Harpie Lady Sisters' (1950/2100)." As Tea's Mudora approached the Harpies Lady Sisters, the harpies flew in three direction and circled back. The three harpies hit Mudora on three sides and ripped the monster into thirds. Let's just say the nice clean floor they were dueling on weren't so clean now.

Yugi looked at Kaiba and asked, "How are you going to clean the floors after the duel?" When Kaiba turned to look at Yugi, Seto noted the pale look on the tri-color haired teen. "Simple Yugi, its only a hologram. When the duel is over, so is the result of the battlefield."

Now the life points read: Mai 4000, Tea 3050. Tea was in major trouble. She placed two cards faced down. Mai drew a card and her eyes lit up. "Say bye-bye to those faced down cards." Mai played 'Harpie Feather Duster'. Now Tea is all defenseless! "I play 'Amazon Archer' (1400/1000) in attack mode. Now Harpie Lady Sisters and Amazon Archer, attack!" The three harpies flew right at Tea. Tea could feel the claws scratch her as the harpies past by. Tea was more or less uninjured but the harpies did do some major damage to her life points...and her blouse.

At this time, Yugi hear an endless rant made up of curse words coming from his puzzle. It appears the two hours are up. Yugi! Why didn't you tell me about the time limit! Why didn't you tell me the doll was naked! Why didn't you help me against those men carrying those sticks! He then noticed the duel between Tea and Mai. Why is Tea wearing those ripped clothes? Yugi started to cry again. Anyone want to guess why?

While Yami was ranting, the archer shot an arrow at Tea. Luckily for Tea, the arrow only hit her shoulder. Even though the shoulder is now bleeding, Tea is still alive. With that last attack, Mai wins the duel.

Kaiba was right when he said that the battlefield would be returned to normal. However, he did not realize that any damage done to the duelist remains. So, Tea is now bleeding and shirtless. Good thing she was wearing an undershirt and a bra. Otherwise, the situation might have been awkward for the group.

Kaiba, being the nice guy we know him as, said, "Valentine! Gardner! Move! It's time for me to get a new employee." As the gang went administer first aid to Tea, Joey went to duel Kaiba. Serenity decided to voice her opinion about this duel. "Joey! Don't do this! You will get hurt and I will end up working for Mr. Personality over there!"

"Don't worry, sis. I'll mop the floor wit his rich butt!"

"Fine, how about I go first then, mutt?" Kaiba drew a card. "I play a card face down in defense mode. That ends my turn." Joey then drew a card. "Pay dirt! I play 'Alligator's Sword' (1500/1200) in attack mode. Attack his card!" The monster ran up and slashed the card in two pieces. The face down card was 'Cyber Jar'. Kaiba smirked, "Thanks puppy. My Cyber Jar's special ability destroys all monster on the field and makes up draw five cards, then summon all level 4 or lower monsters onto the field." Both duelist drew five cards. Joey then summoned 'Gearfried the Iron Knight' (1800/1600) in attack mode, 'Swordsman of Landstar' (500/1200) in defense, 'Axe Raider' (1700/1150) in attack, and 'Baby Dragon' (1200/700) in defense. Seto summoned 'Lord of D.' (1200/1100) in attack mode, and two monster card face down in defense. "My turn now, dog-boy!" Seto drew a card. "I play 'Flute of Summoning Dragons'. That means I get to summon two dragons onto the field. Guess what my dragons are, mutt." Everyone knew what dragons Kaiba was referring to: his Blue Eyes White Dragons. "Of course, I sacrifice both face down monsters for my third Blue Eyes. With the magic of polymerization, I now have my 'Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon' (4500/3800)! Now my dragon, blow Wheeler away! Attack the Axe Raider!" Each Blue Eyes head created a huge stream of white lightning that headed towards the Axe Raider and Joey. When the blast hit, Axe Raider was gone and so was Joey. The only remembrance of the Axe Raider was the pile of ash. The only remembrance of Joey is the hole in the wall beyond where Joey was standing.

"Joey!" The gang was stunned by what just happened. Joey was... gone. Actually, he was okay. He just flew through three walls, a staircase, and a broom closet by the force of the blast. Good thing Joey had a thick skull. It took Joey some time to get back to the room where the duel was taking place.

While this is happening, Serenity looked over at the man who injured her brother. She noticed that Kaiba has a big, muscular body. His chestnut hair was perfectly combed. His blue eyes were like frozen lakes. Cold and forbidden yet underneath a sense of warmth and life.

Serenity! What are you doing girl? She scolded herself. This guy is your brother's enemy! You do not want to think of him as anything else. Even though he is cute... NO! Bad, Serenity, bad!

She scolded herself.

Of course, as she was doing this, Kaiba was watching her intensely. He has not been physically attracted to anybody before. If they were intellectually advance, he would have been attract for a while. But this sensation he gets from the mutt's sister was very different. He didn't like the way he was feeling towards her.

"I'm back! Prepare to lose, Kaiba!" Joey was limping into the room. Everyone knew that it was hopeless but no one wanted to burst Joey's bubble. Okay, almost no one. "Joey, you lost! Just forfeit before you get hurt again!" Mai screamed.

Joey ignored Mai's comment and continued to duel. The life points read: Kaiba 4000, Mutt 1200. Joey has Gearfried, Swordsman of Landstar, and Baby Dragon on the field. Kaiba has his ultimate dragon. The card that could change this duel is Joey's 'Time Wizard'. Can he draw it? Joey drew a card and...it was 'Scapegoat'. Damn, need to hold out for Time wizard.

"Okay, I place Gearfried in defense mode. I play two cards face down."

Seto then drew a card. "I play the magic card 'Heavy Storm'" Kaiba watched as Joey's trap cards flew away. "I place one card face down. Now Blue Eyes, attack Gearfried!" With a huge blast, Gearfried was no more. "Your move, mutt."

Joey drew a card and...it was 'Grave Robber'. NO! He placed the card face down anyways along with scapegoat. "Your turn, Kaiba."

"I activate my trap card 'Royal Decree'. Now, all trap cards are deactivated." Kaiba then drew a card. "I play 'Battle Ox' (1800/1000) in attack mode. Now my creatures attack the mutt's monsters!"

Joey activated his scapegoat. That protected his monsters for the time being. It was Joey's turn and he drew... 'Time Wizard' (500/400)! He has a chance now. "Okay, Kaiba! Feel the power of my Time Wizard!" Everyone watched as the time spinner spun around and around. It started to slow down and landed on... a skull! This just proves that depending on luck is not the best strategy. Well, the time wizard destroys all of Joey's monsters. Not only that, it also took half of his monsters attack points and subtracted it from Joey's life points.

The life points read: Kaiba 4000, Mutt 350. Kaiba has a big, evil grin on his face as he drew his card. "Now mutt, say goodbye to your sister. Blue Eyes! Destroy the mutt!" The Blue Eyes took aim and let its three head fire at poor Joey. Mai couldn't stand to watch as Joey was going to be hurt. So, Mai threw Tea in front of Joey to protect him. Tea did protect Joey a bit. He only suffered a few cracked ribs, a fractured skull, and some internal bleeding. Tea, on the other hand, was not so fortunate. She suffered a lot of internal bleeding and it appeared as if she was in a coma.

Security ran in the room and called for an ambulance. Joey was still conscious and looking at his sister. Joey saw as Kaiba took steps closer to Serenity. He wondered what could be going through her mind at this instance.

Oh no! Joey, please be alright! GASP! Kaiba is coming towards me! What am I going to do? Okay, I'll just act cool and collected. That's it. Yeah, cool and collected.

What Kaiba did next surprised everyone... including Kaiba. He walked right to Serenity, lifted her chin with two fingers, and looked her straight in the eye. That not what surprised everyone. What surprised everyone was that Kaiba all of a sudden kissed her! We are not talking about a small peck on the cheek here. This was a full-on, passionate kiss. When Joey started screaming was when they separated.

Wow, that was some kiss! I feel woozy. Kaiba is a good kisser. Wait a minute! He kissed me! He violated my space and kissed me! That jerk!

With that thought in mind, Serenity grabbed the nearest thing to her and smacked Kaiba with it. It turns out the nearest thing was his briefcase. His titanium briefcase.Good thing that the ambulance was here.

A/N

S. Hawk: That brings an end to chapter one. I hope you all enjoyed it.

Cabbit Girl: I enjoyed the part where Tea went into a coma.

Y. Hawk: Not a Tea fan, I take it.

S. Hawk: That reminds me. I'm so sorry to anyone that thinks I'm being mean to any of the characters. Please, reviews.

Y. Hawk: If you want to flame us, it's okay. It can't be worse than what Kaiba says.