First of all, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Second, I want to thank everyone who reviewed positively. Third, I know everyone thinks that it is rushed but that is because I won't be able to work at all over the summer so I want to finish it before then. Thanks!
A Dance with a Dragon- Ch. 4
"What's on your mind?"
Seto looked down and twiddled his thumbs as if he was trying to hide something from Serenity. She placed a hand over his and looked deep into his cobalt eyes with an expression easily read as 'you can tell me'. Seto sighed and gave in under her loving gaze.
"Serenity..."
"Yes, Seto?"
"I don't know if this is good idea," he admitted, looking around to make sure no one was looking in their direction.
"Yes, I agree. Sitting in an ant hill is definitely not a good idea," she couldn't control herself as sprang upwards and began jumping up and down trying to smack off the trail of ants that crawled around on his black pants. Serenity just held her stomach and continued laughing uncontrollably, making no notion of helping him rid himself of ants.
After he had gotten the last ant off him he laughed under his breath and jokingly hollered, "You are so dead!" Serenity gave out a girlie play scream as he began chasing her around the tree. As soon as he would get close, she would turn around and sprint the other way until Seto outsmarted her by staying in one place while she assumed he was running right behind her. Just as she ran to the other side of the tree she felt herself being pulled into a big bear hug, "Gotcha!" Serenity shrieked lightheartedly and looked up at her 'captor'. His eyes shone happily as he smiled down at her. She lifted one delicate hand and placed it on his smooth cheek. The two felt an almost magnetic force pull each to the other. Their lips were only a few centimeters apart when a voice rang out with such anger and ferocity that Serenity was so surprised that she stepped backward and tripped over a root causing her to fall on her bum. "Ooof!"
"WHAT IS GOING ON!?" Joey screamed at the top of his lungs. Serenity couldn't seem to find words to explain, so she just stayed on the ground with a face rapidly approaching the color of a tomato. Even Seto, who always had something to say to Joey, could do nothing but stand back and watch.
"I SAID, WHAT IS GOING ON?!" Joey continued to scream.
Finally Seto's brain kicked into gear, " Don't you yell at me, mutt."
"What did you call me, moneybags?" Joey threatened, sticking a clenched fist in Seto's face as if trying to evoke a fight from him.
Seto just pushed his fist away and turned to Serenity, "I'll see you later," then he motioned to Joey, "and don't make me call the pound on you , Wheeler." He calmly walked away, leaving Serenity who was still blushing madly and her very angry brother staring down Seto as he walked away. .
"Joey, are you alright?" asked Serenity, seeing her elder brother's state. He was standing up with fists by his sides that were clenched so hard that they had begun to turn white and had a vein was bulging out of the side of his neck.
Joey attempted to try and calm himself down but his voice grew angrier and louder as the sentence continued, "Now Serenity, I wanted you to calmly explain what the heck you were DOING WITH KAIBA!" A few birds flew out of the tree above them, one leaving a present on Joey's shoulder. Serenity fought back a laugh, but Joey however, was in no laughing mood. He just clenched his teeth and waited for Serenity's answer.
What do I do? Serenity wondered as she stared into the face of anger itself. Should I lie to Joey or should I tell him that I'm going to the dance with Seto?
"I'm waiting!"
She decided that he would know sooner or later and it might as well be sooner, "Joey, please don't overreact, but I'm kind of-"
"What Serenity? Your kind a what?" he interrupted rudely.
"I'm kind of, um, seeing someone."
"WHO?! It betta be Tristan! Or even Duke!" Joey seemed to be pleading with Serenity.
"Not exactly brother. I'm going to the dance with Seto Kaiba," she braced herself for his reaction.
"NOOOOOOOOO! Sis, anyone but dat!" He yelled. Luckily for Serenity, the lunch bell rang.
Serenity sighed- relieved.. She clasped her hands together as if praying and mouthed to the sky 'thank you'. Joey just stood with his mouth hanging open as Serenity hurried back into the school building, anger and confusion bubbled around inside of him. How could Serenity like Kaiba? Serenity knew that she hadn't seen the end of it. She would have a whole other thing coming when she got home.
Seto's next class was math- with Serenity. Instead of taking his usual seat in the back of the class, he chose the seat next to Serenity. He needed to know how his brother took it. He smirked to himself as he thought about how that third-rate duelist overreacts to everything. The bell rang and the teacher immediately started the lesson for today. As soon as the teacher turned around to write something on the board Seto slipped a note on to Serenity's desk. She unfolded it carefully and began to read what it said. It read: How did it go? She took out a pink pen and scribbled back- How do you think.
Not good
Ya think!
Your pretty cute when your angry, did you know that?
Serenity backhanded his upper arm. And it continued like this for most of the class period. Well, except for once when the teacher caught them passing notes and scolded them in front of the entire class. Towards the end of class, the announcements reminded everyone that the dance was tomorrow. We still on for dance? He wrote. Serenity wrote back: I have to talk to Joey and tried (and failed) to catch up on the notes. The bell signified that it was time to head to the last class of the day. Serenity began to walk to her locker but was stopped by Seto.
"Hey, I have to get to a meeting right after school, but here is my phone number," he dug around in his pockets until he pulled out a business card and handed to her, "let me know if everything goes okay with your mu-I mean brother."
"I sure will, moneyba- I mean Seto," she smiled at him and he smiled back. Anybody else would have seen these two as complete idiots- just staring and smiling, smiling and staring. The bell had already rung, but neither noticed. Eventually a teacher who was carrying a rather large file in one hand and a cup of gas station coffee in the other told them to get to class. They quickly ran off to class and Serenity received her first tardy for the year. The classes seemed to drag on forever to them. Being away from each other seemed to be torture. It was simple, they were obsessed with each other's presence. Just being near the other made them happy. How Serenity wished Joey would understand. The end of the day finally rolled around and Serenity boarded the bus like everyday. Except that she always sat with her brother, and her brother was no where to be seen.
"Hey, Yami. Can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Do you know where Joey is?"
"Um I think he asked Mai for a ride home, why?"
"Oh, nothing." So her brother was definitely mad at her. She ALWAYS sat by her brother on the way home. He even sat by me when I accidently spilt soup on his dueling deck. He must be more mad at me then I thought. Unlike her class, the bus ride seemed to end before it really began. She silently walked up the stairs and when she came to the door she wasn't entirely sure if she could handle her brother's reaction. Serenity inhaled deeply and opened the door to the apartment. She was expecting Joey to come up to her right away and yell at her, but instead she found Joey and Mai sitting quietly on the couch drinking coffee. It was obvious that Mai had been talking to Joey, because instead of an explosion he just calmly asked her if she wanted some coffee. She politely declined and began to head to her room. "Hey Serenity, can ya come here for a second?" Joey asked in a quiet voice, a voice Serenity rarely heard.
Serenity sat on a chair facing the couch and tried to speak in her most innocent voice, "what is it big brother?"
"You know that I don't like Kaiba."
"Yes I know, but if you would just give him a chance, he is really a nice guy."
Joey hung his head, "You know that I never will approve of you and Kaiba." Serenity was sure that this was the part where he would forbid her to ever see Seto again, but his next words surprised her, "but I don't think that its my place to tell you whether you can see him or not." The whole time he was saying this his face bore an expression that looked as if he was in pain.
"You mean it?" Serenity's grim face began to brighten. Joey nodded solemnly. She threw her arms around her brother's neck shrieking joyfully, "Thank you, Joey! You're the best brother ever!"
Joey began to smile as he realized how happy his sister was, "I am! Ain't I?" Serenity promised to make his favorite for dinner- pizza, in return for allowing her to see Seto. As Serenity bounded off into the kitchen to start making a pizza for her brother, Mai set down her coffee on a side table and leaned over and kissed Joey on the cheek, "You did the right thing, so why do you look so sad?"
"I don't know, I mean, it's Kaiba! Why did it have ta be him?"
"Why did it have to be you?"
Joey looked puzzled so Mai clarified for him, "Think about it, Joseph. Why are we together? We're polar opposites yet, in my opinion, we go great together."
"We do?"
"Yeah, stupid, we do." Joey replied with his signature 'Hey!' but Mai just ignored him and kissed him on his cheek again.
"Aww Mai, ya missed." It was Mai's turn to be confused. Joey took Mai's face in his hands and guided her lips to his. "Bull's-eye," he whispered. She smiled and tousled his blond mop, "Remind me why I love you so much." Instead of letting him answer, she wrapped her arms around his neck and placed her mouth over his. He responded positively and leaned back so Mai was slightly on top of him. They kissed lovingly and passionately until Serenity came in.
"Dinner is-" she stopped as she saw her brother laying on the couch with Mai on top on him. Its actually really sweet she thought. Her brother and Mai loved each other a lot and she thought it was nice that they weren't afraid to show it. Joey suddenly looked up and saw Serenity staring at them with a slightly amused expression on her face. He got up quickly and Mai fell off the couch and onto the floor. Joey blushed bright red and Serenity giggled at the whole scene- a blushing Joey and Mai face down on the floor. "Joey! Help me up!"
"Oh!" Joey bent down and stuck out his hand for her, "Sorry bout dat." Mai got up and slapped Joey on the back of his head.
"What was dat for?" Joey replied, rubbing the back of his head.
"Dinner is ready," Serenity said still laughing, "Would you like to stay for dinner, Mai?"
"Thanks, hun, but I have to get going," she replied.
"Okay, bye then!" Serenity and Joey called out in unison. Mai collected her purple jacket and her purse and left the two Wheelers eating a homemade pizza filled with every topping imaginable. Before Serenity had even eaten half of her first piece, Joey had downed three and started on his third. She smiled inwardly, even if it was just her and her brother, they still loved each other very much. I guess our family is a little bit like Seto's to herself. We have more in common than I thought. And that's when it hit her. The dance was tomorrow! What was she going to wear!?
"Joey! I have to go!" Serenity got up quickly and grabbed her jacket and wallet.
"What's wrong sis?" Joey asked through a mouthful of pizza.
"SHOPPING!" Serenity yelled as she sprinted out the front door. Joey shook his head and laughed silently.
Serenity whipped out her phone and called Tea. The phone rang a few times and Tea answered her phone, "Hello?"
"Tea! It's me Serenity."
"Serenity what do you need? Im kind of," Tea broke into a fit of giggles, "Busy. Yami, stop that!"
"Never better. Haha, Yami, stop!" Tea kept laughing and shouting to Yami in the background.
"TEA!"
"Geez, Serenity. What is it?"
"Meet me at the mall in 10 minutes."
"I, hahaha-" Serenity slammed her phone shut and began heading towards the mall at a brisk pace.
She waited by the door of the mall for about 15 minutes before Tea pulled in her Toyota Highlander with Yami in shotgun. I should of known she'd bring him she thought as she rolled her eyes.
"So what was the crisis?" Tea asked as Yami stood behind her and placed his hands on her hips.
"I haven't got anything to wear for the dance!"
"Who are you going with, anyway?"
"Uh, that's irrelevant. Let's go." Serenity seemed nervous.
"Im not going to help you unless you tell me who it is," Tea pried.
Serenity whispered something in audible.
"What was that?"
She raised her voice, but it was still indecipherable.
"Who?"
"SETO KAIBA! There, you happy?"
"Aww, that's so cute."
"You mean, you actually think it's a good idea?"
"Of course I do, everyone could tell that you liked him."
"Oh, thanks Tea."
"You can thank me later, right now we need to shop. Its about 7:45 now and the mall closes at nine so we only have a little over an hour to find you a dress, shoes, makeup and accessories."
"Right! Let's move out!" Serenity said as if she were directing a rescue mission instead of shopping for the school dance. They decided that they should get the dress first and then base the rest of the outfit on the dress. Yami told them that he would meet up with them later and disappeared to do who knows what. They went into the only dress store in Domino. The selection was small, but all of the dresses were exceptionally beautiful. The first dress Serenity tried on was a black strapless dress that went all the way to the ground. This was immediately ruled out by Tea who said she needed a dress that would show off her shoes. The second was an orange chiffon dress that had sequins on the hem and reached a length above Serenity's knees. This dress was ruled out by Serenity who didn't want anything above the knee. She went back into the changing room to get out of the skimpy dress.
Just as Serenity was hanging the dress back on the clothing rack an employee came over to the two girls and asked if they would like any help. Serenity obliged and described what type of dress she would want- knee length, with straps, and preferably not having any pattern. The man thought about it for a second and then told the girls to wait a second and he disappeared into a back room. When he reappeared he was holding the most beautiful dress Serenity had ever seen.
"We have had this one dress back in storage. We weren't sure why, but the designer only made one. So we kept it until we felt that we should sell it to the right person. And I believe that we found the right person," he explained.
"You absolutely have to get it!" Tea encouraged giddily.
"I don't even know if it is my size! I'll at least try it on." She replied. Serenity took the dress from the employee and ducked into the fitting room. She expected the dress to be either too tight or too loose, it would be crazy to think that this dress would magically be her size, but sure enough the dress slipped on easily. She looked into the mirror and was stunned. It was like the dress was made for her! The green color matched her eyes perfectly and she absolutely loved the way fabric floated around by her knees. There was a black bow/sash that fit perfectly under the bust. The straps were fit snugly, but not tightly on her shoulders. It was perfect!
There was a knock on the door and Serenity heard Tea's voice, "Serenity, come out and show us the dress."
"Be right there."
As soon as Serenity stepped out the door, Tea started gushing over the dress, "Oh my god! It's adorable! You have to get it! You are getting right? Oh my god!"
"Calm down, Tea. It's just a dress."
"No, it's THE dress!" Serenity couldn't argue with that and went back into the changing room to get back in her jeans and light pink T-shirt. They promptly paid for the dress and spent the rest of the time searching for shoes and accessories. They then found Yami browsing through the video store headed for Tea's car. Serenity had gotten a her dress, a pair of silver shoes, and a silver necklace that matched her shoes. Tea had gotten a yellow hair bow with a diamond set in the center that would match her yellow dress that she had gotten a few days earlier. Yami had a bag of something, but he never said what he got. Sometimes Yami could be a mystery and that was what Tea loved him for.
"Bye Tea! I'll see you tomorrow!" Serenity yelled as Tea dropped her off at her apartment complex and sped away. She unlocked the door and deposited her purse by the closet. Apparently, Mai had come back because she and her brother were asleep on the couch, a movie playing in front of them. Joey was laying on the couch sideways and Mai was pressed against him with her head rested against his chest. They are always so happy together Serenity thought as she brought her purchases to her room, a bit like me and Seto. And with that, Serenity laid down on her bed, not bothering to change her clothes, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
That's the most I've written to date! I hope you liked it and PLEASE tell me what you want to see in the next chapter. Nobody has done that yet, even though I have asked. Review this story or I will be forced to think that you don't care and will stop writing it. So listen to me-R-E-V-I-E-W! Its not hard, people. Thank you.