Chapter 1 Smiles and Blushing, things Kaiba doesn't do often.
"Serenity are you sure you want to go to Santa Monica?" asked a blonde haired teen.
"Of course I want to go silly!" said Serenity "I've always wanted to go back to America especially California! Don't worry Joey Mai will be with me too!"
"When do you leave?" asked Joey
"Next week! I can't wait!" said Serenity
Joey's jaw dropped but he said no more as he left his sister in her room. Serenity sprawled out on top of her bed and sighed. It was going to be nice to go on vacation. She started to daydream about America and the new profession that she'd be taking on. She just hoped that if Joey found out he wouldn't be mad because if she told him what her new job was she knew he wouldn't let her go. The other thing was that she wasn't going to Santa Monica, she was going to Malibu. She hated keeping secrets from Joey but Mai convinced her to just this once. Serenity jumped when he phone rang she quickly picked it up and answered,
"Hello?"
"Hi Serenity?" asked a voice.
"Yes?"
"It's me Mokuba!"
"Oh hi Mokuba!" exclaimed Serenity
"I heard that you are going to America."
"You heard right Mokuba." stated Serenity
"Well I'm going to miss you!" exclaimed Mokuba "Will you spend some time with me tomorrow?"
"Yeah of course I will." said Serenity "Do you want to go out for ice cream?"
"Yeah! Then we can go back to my house and go horseback riding and swimming!" exclaimed Mokuba
"Yeah that sounds great. How about we go after lunch?"
"Ok I'll pick you up at 12:30 ok?"
"Alright Mokuba! Bye!"
"Buh-Bye!"
Mokuba hung up the phone and Serenity gently rested the phone on the receiver. She had become friends with Mokuba after the Battle City Tournament but that was two years ago. She was seventeen now and Mokuba was fourteen. And now that the tournament was over Kaiba was as busy as ever so Serenity spent time with Mokuba so he wouldn't be lonely.
Mokuba smiled to himself as he walked down the hallway. He had a feeling Seto would be happy to see Serenity. He had read Seto's journal again and he found an interesting entry about Serenity. It was about how pretty she was, but it was dated two years ago so he wasn't completely sure if Seto still liked her. So he was hoping that Serenity would help soften his brother who was so bitter.
THE NEXT DAY
Mokuba hurried out to the limo to make sure he was there before his brother. He went up to the driver and spoke,
"Kaye can you pick up my friend before you drop off my brother?"
"Yes I can young master Kaiba."
"Oh thank you!" cried Mokuba
Mokuba handed Kay a piece of paper with an address on it.
"Uhh. Young Master Kaiba can you make sure your brother won't fire me for doing this?"
"Yes I will Kaye because you are doing a favor for Me." said Mokuba
Kaye opened the limo door for Mokuba and Mokuba climbed in. He looked up to see the older Kaiba brother hurrying to the limo.
"Good afterno-"
"Shut up Kaye. Let's get going. NOW!" snapped Kaiba coldly
"Yes sir!" said Kaye curtly
Mokuba smiled at his brother when he got into the limo,
"I'm going out with a friend today!" he exclaimed
"Oh. well have fun then." said Kaiba half smiling
Kaiba looked out the window and saw that they were headed in the wrong direction. They were actually headed the opposite way from his work.
"Kaye where are we go-"
Before Kaiba could finish asking Mokuba cut him off,
"We are picking up my friend."
"Oh well your friend better hurry then." said Kaiba coldly
The limo slowed in a neighborhood that Kaiba recognized. They pulled into the parking lot of an apartment building and Kaye beeped the horn. It was where Joey lived.
"Don't tell me Wheeler is getting into my limo." said Kaiba turning to Mokuba. But Mokuba kept silent his midnight blue eyes shining with amusement.
"I don't want that flea bitten mutt to get into me limo you are better off with a monke-"
Kaiba stopped speaking as Kaye opened the door to reveal a beautiful girl with long golden brown hair and foggy emerald green eyes. He knew those eyes so well.
"Hi Serenity!" exclaimed Mokuba
Serenity cautiously climbed into the limo. She saw Kaiba staring and she blushed scarlet.
"Hello Kaiba." she said blushing darker
Seto blushed a bit and flashed a small amused smile.
~wow she had grown up. But she is still as beautiful she was the day we met. Thought Kaiba.~
"Hi Mokuba!" said Serenity turning to the younger Kaiba brother.
"Hi" he answered "Are you ready for some ice cream?"
"Yeah of course!" said Serenity
Serenity turned back to Kaiba her eyes burning with happiness and excitement,
"Are you coming too." she asked leaning into Kaiba's face.
"Not for the ice cream but maybe I'll join you for horseback riding and a swim."
"That's great to hear Seto- I mean Kaiba." said Serenity blushing darkly again
"Oh please call me Seto." said Seto smiling amusedly again.
Serenity nodded and the limo stopped in front of Kaiba Corp. The CEO calmly stepped out of the limo and hurried inside. But he couldn't help but watch the limo disappear down the street.
Serenity watched Seto look back at the limo but thought nothing of it. "Seto Kaiba was a conceited heartless jerk." But that was what her brother would say. The Seto she knew was capable of kindness even though he never showed it out in public. He could smile warmly and when he looked at her his eyes weren't like chips of blue ice. They were like the sea after a storm calm yet restless. They had both warmth and something else. It was an unreadable emotion. But whenever Kaiba looked at her she was lost in a world of bliss, a sea of unknown feelings. Serenity recalled a time Seto was hospitable to her. She looked out the window remembering the experience... *~~~*~~~*
"Serenity are you sure you want to go to Santa Monica?" asked a blonde haired teen.
"Of course I want to go silly!" said Serenity "I've always wanted to go back to America especially California! Don't worry Joey Mai will be with me too!"
"When do you leave?" asked Joey
"Next week! I can't wait!" said Serenity
Joey's jaw dropped but he said no more as he left his sister in her room. Serenity sprawled out on top of her bed and sighed. It was going to be nice to go on vacation. She started to daydream about America and the new profession that she'd be taking on. She just hoped that if Joey found out he wouldn't be mad because if she told him what her new job was she knew he wouldn't let her go. The other thing was that she wasn't going to Santa Monica, she was going to Malibu. She hated keeping secrets from Joey but Mai convinced her to just this once. Serenity jumped when he phone rang she quickly picked it up and answered,
"Hello?"
"Hi Serenity?" asked a voice.
"Yes?"
"It's me Mokuba!"
"Oh hi Mokuba!" exclaimed Serenity
"I heard that you are going to America."
"You heard right Mokuba." stated Serenity
"Well I'm going to miss you!" exclaimed Mokuba "Will you spend some time with me tomorrow?"
"Yeah of course I will." said Serenity "Do you want to go out for ice cream?"
"Yeah! Then we can go back to my house and go horseback riding and swimming!" exclaimed Mokuba
"Yeah that sounds great. How about we go after lunch?"
"Ok I'll pick you up at 12:30 ok?"
"Alright Mokuba! Bye!"
"Buh-Bye!"
Mokuba hung up the phone and Serenity gently rested the phone on the receiver. She had become friends with Mokuba after the Battle City Tournament but that was two years ago. She was seventeen now and Mokuba was fourteen. And now that the tournament was over Kaiba was as busy as ever so Serenity spent time with Mokuba so he wouldn't be lonely.
Mokuba smiled to himself as he walked down the hallway. He had a feeling Seto would be happy to see Serenity. He had read Seto's journal again and he found an interesting entry about Serenity. It was about how pretty she was, but it was dated two years ago so he wasn't completely sure if Seto still liked her. So he was hoping that Serenity would help soften his brother who was so bitter.
THE NEXT DAY
Mokuba hurried out to the limo to make sure he was there before his brother. He went up to the driver and spoke,
"Kaye can you pick up my friend before you drop off my brother?"
"Yes I can young master Kaiba."
"Oh thank you!" cried Mokuba
Mokuba handed Kay a piece of paper with an address on it.
"Uhh. Young Master Kaiba can you make sure your brother won't fire me for doing this?"
"Yes I will Kaye because you are doing a favor for Me." said Mokuba
Kaye opened the limo door for Mokuba and Mokuba climbed in. He looked up to see the older Kaiba brother hurrying to the limo.
"Good afterno-"
"Shut up Kaye. Let's get going. NOW!" snapped Kaiba coldly
"Yes sir!" said Kaye curtly
Mokuba smiled at his brother when he got into the limo,
"I'm going out with a friend today!" he exclaimed
"Oh. well have fun then." said Kaiba half smiling
Kaiba looked out the window and saw that they were headed in the wrong direction. They were actually headed the opposite way from his work.
"Kaye where are we go-"
Before Kaiba could finish asking Mokuba cut him off,
"We are picking up my friend."
"Oh well your friend better hurry then." said Kaiba coldly
The limo slowed in a neighborhood that Kaiba recognized. They pulled into the parking lot of an apartment building and Kaye beeped the horn. It was where Joey lived.
"Don't tell me Wheeler is getting into my limo." said Kaiba turning to Mokuba. But Mokuba kept silent his midnight blue eyes shining with amusement.
"I don't want that flea bitten mutt to get into me limo you are better off with a monke-"
Kaiba stopped speaking as Kaye opened the door to reveal a beautiful girl with long golden brown hair and foggy emerald green eyes. He knew those eyes so well.
"Hi Serenity!" exclaimed Mokuba
Serenity cautiously climbed into the limo. She saw Kaiba staring and she blushed scarlet.
"Hello Kaiba." she said blushing darker
Seto blushed a bit and flashed a small amused smile.
~wow she had grown up. But she is still as beautiful she was the day we met. Thought Kaiba.~
"Hi Mokuba!" said Serenity turning to the younger Kaiba brother.
"Hi" he answered "Are you ready for some ice cream?"
"Yeah of course!" said Serenity
Serenity turned back to Kaiba her eyes burning with happiness and excitement,
"Are you coming too." she asked leaning into Kaiba's face.
"Not for the ice cream but maybe I'll join you for horseback riding and a swim."
"That's great to hear Seto- I mean Kaiba." said Serenity blushing darkly again
"Oh please call me Seto." said Seto smiling amusedly again.
Serenity nodded and the limo stopped in front of Kaiba Corp. The CEO calmly stepped out of the limo and hurried inside. But he couldn't help but watch the limo disappear down the street.
Serenity watched Seto look back at the limo but thought nothing of it. "Seto Kaiba was a conceited heartless jerk." But that was what her brother would say. The Seto she knew was capable of kindness even though he never showed it out in public. He could smile warmly and when he looked at her his eyes weren't like chips of blue ice. They were like the sea after a storm calm yet restless. They had both warmth and something else. It was an unreadable emotion. But whenever Kaiba looked at her she was lost in a world of bliss, a sea of unknown feelings. Serenity recalled a time Seto was hospitable to her. She looked out the window remembering the experience... *~~~*~~~*