ShizukaxSeto, you weren't rushing me. ^^ I just wanted to let you know that I was sorry for shirking my promise. . Don't feel bad or anything. I love your reviews. Hehehe they tell me how much you like my writing. Even if I am a slow updater. XD
With a sigh, Yugi didn't follow. He slowly turned and started down the stairs, and got half way out of the door when he turned and glanced back inside the house. "Leave this family alone…" He muttered, concerned, then turned, walked out, and shut the door behind him.
"What do you mean you want to go talk things through?" A rather annoyed female voice, belonging to the lustrous blond yelled, placing her hands on her hips, which were cocked to one side. She was about the same height as Serenity, so couldn't really peer over her, but she was giving her an intense look of disapproval. Joey was standing nearby, but was keeping his mouth shut for the moment. But his arms were crossed over his chest, and his face portrayed that he was siding with Mai.
Serenity just gave a light shrug, and looked down at the ground, though it was hard to do, seeing as her belly was so round it blocked her from seeing her feet. "I…miss him…" She whispered, like she was afraid to stand up to the two, and say how she felt. That was because half of her agreed with them, and the other half desperately wanted to see her still husband. "He…he doesn't even know I'm do in a month…" She continued, trying to convey to them that it was at least a bit unfair that Kaiba was still unaware of him impending Father-Dom.
Mai just shook her head quickly, and wagged her finger in front of Serenity's face. "That selfish bastard doesn't deserve to know. Don't forget what he did to you Serenity. Not only once! But for a long, if not undetermined amount of time." She said as she let her arm fall to her side again. "You can't possibly miss him." She said as if she didn't believe what Serenity was saying. Joey stepped forward, a bit closer to the two, and placed his hand on Mai's shoulder to try and relax her.
"Serenity…you know we love you…" He started, and glanced at Mai, who quickly began nodding her head. "But…" He slowly continued. "I can't approve of you going to seek him out and talking about what happened between you two…What he did just proved more that he isn't worthy of human life…or being your husband." He said looking deep into her eyes. He then stepped between her and Mai, and placed his hands on her shoulders, and lightly kissed her forehead. "You don't need him…We'll always be here for you. And I hear Tristan still has a crush on you. Now him you can trust!" He said with a bright smile.
Serenity was silent for a moment, and her gaze just remained on his chest. She was feeling her heart slowly rip out one piece at a time, not because of what they were saying, but because he wouldn't support her in her decision. It was still her life. But still overcome with gratitude for everything they've done for her, she quickly put on a smile, and looked up into his eyes. "Tristan…" She said softly, as if thinking about the idea. "Sounds great." She said, though even if she didn't want to go see Kaiba, she still know it'd only been about 8 months since she left him…it was still very soon.
She nodded a few times, and then gave him a light hug, though it was hard because of her practically bursting belly. But he returned it, and after a moment of the embrace Serenity let go to embrace Mai as well. "I'm going to lie down." She said to the two of them, who gave a nod, and then Serenity walked back to her room, and carefully laid herself on her back. She closed her eyes softly and thought a bit. A wonder what a baby will do to you…I could never sleep on my back before…now I don't have much of a choice. She finished lightly with an amused smile on her lips, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
In his room, Mokuba sat at the window. It was night, and in his hand was a lightly shinning object. He was drawing something against it, causing the sound of metal scraping against metal to ring through out the room. His eyes were glazed over, and he simply gazed up at the moon as he continued playing with his toy. After a while, he looked down at it, and gently touched it against his fore finger of his left hand. With the simplest prick his finger began bleeding.
He gave a light chuckle and slowly licked the blood from his finger. He then slipped the knife onto his belt and slowly stood up. He brushed himself off, and then ran his hands through his raven black hair. His body was built, and he was much taller, almost as tall as Kaiba now. He looked at his bed, several trays of uneaten food sat upon it. That was just from today too. He hadn't been hungry for the past week now. And hasn't left his room either. He just had one thought in mind. And tonight was the night he was going to make his idea a reality.
He stepped out of his room, and then started for the stairs that would lead him upstairs.
Much like his younger brother Kaiba had been staying in his room for days. It'd been months since Yugi came to his house and warn him. And lately he's been feeling more and more threatened…So he stayed in his room hoping that nothing would be able to reach him there.
While residing in his room he let his emotions fester…Every day he could feel himself. Hate becoming stronger and stronger. He kept having dark, disturbing thoughts. About going to find Kiara…and kill her. Though the still sane part of his mind told him it wasn't really her fault, and he was the one stupid enough to let it progress to what it had. Slowly the CEO slapped his laptop shut, so hard that it nearly jumped off of his cherry oak desk.
He stood up from his leather chair and then stripped out of most of his clothes, not bothering to properly put them away, like he probably would have in the past. He just left them on the floor and then got into his bed in his boxers. He lay on his back, and looked up at the ceiling and gave a light sigh.
Slowly, he turned his head to his right, where months ago Serenity had laid. Where they had made love. He slowly turned on his side and ran his hand along her side of the bed. He still had the habit of not moving over to it…in his mind she was still there. And so that wasn't an option. With a sudden snap of his fingers a bedside table lamp burst into action, and illuminated a little picture. His auburn haired beauty was sitting on the beach. Head tilted back to let the sun bake her skin, and feet slightly in the water. Her eyes were closed, but Kaiba didn't need that to close his eyes and imagine them. Her bright hazel eyes were imbedded in his mind.
He gave another snap of his fingers and the light turned off, and he lay on his back. He closed his eyes again, and held that image of Serenity in his mind. And soon, he drifted into a turmoil filled sleep.
Mokuba stood outside a large wooden door, with a dragon etched on it. He slowly pulled the knife out of his belt, and held it up once more, the moonlight making it glint a bit. He gave a low chuckle, and then carefully opened the door. He moved so slowly and silently not a sound was made. He moved along the bedroom floor towards the bed, and went along the right side. Where he saw his brother's sleeping form. His glazed over eyes watched him for a moment, and then he raised the knife, and brought it down towards Kaiba's chest.
Kaiba reached out his arm suddenly, grabbing Mokuba's, and holding back he knife. He gave a light grunt, of surprise, and strain, and pushed his brother back. He got out of the bed quickly and stood, squarely facing Mokuba. The younger recovered himself and then charged Kaiba again, tackling him to the ground. Kaiba held both of Mokuba's arms back, with everything he had, but the younger brother came up with a new plan.
With surprisingly precise aim, Mokuba dropped the dagger on top of Kaiba's chest. The sharp tip of the knife fell into Kaiba's chest, not deep, but enough to make him give a scream in pain, and immediately let go ok Mokuba, who took advantage of the situation. He pulled the knife out of Kaiba's chest, and then dug it deep into him, near his hip. Kaiba gave out another, much louder, scream of agony, and struggled to fight back. Though after a moment he managed to throw a punch at Mokuba hard enough to knock him back.
He pulled the knife out of his body, ignoring the massive amounts of pain he felt whenever he moved and the stinging that was constantly on his side. He tossed the knife away from the two, and then wrapped his hands around Mokuba's neck, and began strangling him. He had to close his eyes to do so…It was still his little brother…but he had to protect himself…
Kaiba didn't get to finish off the younger of the two though. Suddenly, his vision started getting blurry, and he felt himself getting weaker. And as he continued losing blood, he lost consciousness as well. And slowly his hands fell to his side, and his body hit the ground with a light thud…The last thing he remembered seeing was Mokuba's body hitting the ground beside him.
A soft click, and a low hum, and blue light illuminated the dark living room of the wheeler home. Serenity, not in the best of her moods, sat on the couch, and tried crossing her legs. But her overly plump belly prevented her from doing so. She just leaned back against the couch, and grabbed the remote off the coffee tale in front of her. She shook her head slowly and muttered to herself. "Maybe this will get me some sleep…" She whispered, and then started flipping through the channels.
She leaned her head back against it and then suddenly jerked forward with a gasp as she saw a new station, broadcasting words at the bottom of the screen as the told another story. 'CEO of Kaiba Corp Hospitalized after brutal attack…' It went on, but Serenity had already stood, and hurried towards the door, where she slipped on a pair of shoes, and threw her jacket over her shoulders. She then ran out the door, into the night, and to her car.
It didn't take her long to get to the hospital. She slowly slipped into a parking spot, and the got out, and locked her car. She could see reporters outside the front door of the hospital, and she frowned a little, and gave a little sigh. She ran her hand through her hair, and then slowly started walking towards the door, hoping she wouldn't be recognized, especially with her plump belly.
But as she started making her way to the door reporters turned around and started badgering her and asking her all these questions, but everyone was talking so fast, and loud, that she didn't understand any of them. She held her hand over her face, and still kept pushing her way through, trying to reach the door. She finally broke through the crowd, and made her way into the hospital, and as she stepped through the doors she gave a relaxed sigh, and leaned back against it closing her eyes and relaxing for a moment.
Her eyes then snapped open as she remembered what she had gone there for. She nearly kicked herself off the front door, and walked towards the front desk. She gently placed her hands on the desk and sighed a bit. "Where is Seto Kaiba's room?" She asked softly, but the receptionist didn't look up at her and just shook her head.
"Sorry ma'am. Kaiba's room is off limits to strangers." She said, still not bothering to look up at Serenity. "Too many wanted in to see him." She finished and continued her work, as if Kaiba's condition wasn't an issue at all.
Serenity just frowned, heavily, and glared at her a bit. "Excuse me…" She said, her voice quivering a little bit with anger. "I am his wife." She emphasized, though she was still furious with Kaiba and didn't really want the title at the moment, but it was far too handy in the current situation to let it up.
And as soon she had said that the lady looked up, a bit frightened. She quickly nodded her head and motioned to a door on the left. "314." She said and bowed her head a little. "Mrs. Kaiba I'm sorry I didn't-" She said, but Serenity had already started walking away, and through the door.
She was lead to a hallway with no elevator, but stairs at the end. She frowned a bit more. I hate stairs… She thought to herself, but slowly started walking up them, holding onto the railing with one hand, and covering her belly with the other. Her face was down most of the climb up, carefully looking at the steps she was ascending. She got to the second landing and then glanced up to see how much farther she had to go, when she saw a familiar face, but not enough to know who it belonged to. "Who are you…?" She asked, a bad feeling burning in her, warning her.
The girl she was looking at had glazed over eyes, and slowly approached her, causing Serenity to take a step back. "Hello Serenity…" She said darkly, her voice full of malice, and she continued going down the few stairs that separated Serenity from her. But the auburn haired girl turned and started to go back down the stairs, trying to get away.
But with a gasp she felt two strong hands push her back forward, and she stumbled down the rest of the stairs, covering her belly as best she could, but as she had no real control of her body, everything got hit.
When she landed on the floor she sprawled out a little, unconscious, bleeding from a few places, and bruised all over. She breathed shallowly, and groaned a bit, causing a bit of attention to be brought to her. Kiara just stood at the top of the landing, smirking a bit, the dark glaze still over her eyes. She triumphantly crossed her arms over her chest and then turned, and with the flip of her hair, started back up the stairs towards Kaiba's room. "To easy…" She muttered to herself.
Again, another short chapter, but a lot happened. . Sorry about the length, but hey! My updates are getting faster. So is the trade off worth it? Why don't you decide.