Chapter 11
Previously on (a different version of) Yu-Gi-Oh!
Kaiba wins a dancing contest and Serenity hugs him in front of millions! While chasing her, they roll down the hill and have an unintentional make out session and it's on T.V.!
Joey had just woken up again and he saw Mai beside him, reading a fashion magazine. He looked back at the T.V. and as soon as he did, he regretted what he saw. Kaiba and HIS sister were making out! Mai had just noticed that he had woken up and was about to say something when he fainted .Again! Mai frowned at this behavior. She turned off the T.V. this time so that he wouldn't faint again and started thinking about how to get Serenity and Kaiba together. Officially.
Meanwhile
Serenity and Kaiba had just come out of their exaggerating trance and tried to think of a quick way out of this mess. Kaiba didn't want the news crew to think that he was going to ditch her so he did the first think that came to his mind.
He put his arm around her and hugged her close to him. "Yes. Serenity is my girlfriend. Now what's the big deal? Why can't I have a social life? huh? I am capable of loving just as much as anyone in this world. Why is it a big deal if I go out with Serenity?" He asked with an annoyed accent.
None of the news crew responded. They weren't brave enough to go to his face and say "It's because Mr. Kaiba, you're a cold hearted jerk!" They just stood there, taking in what the CEO had said.
"Exactly. There's no reason why you have to make a big fuss out of this. Just because I'm rich, famous, smart etc., doesn't mean you have to question me whenever a small thing happens. Now get out of my sight." He growled. The news crew and the fan girls glared at Serenity and Serenity whimpered and clung onto Kaiba's shirt. Kaiba pretended to put a protecting arm around her to make it seem like he was comforting her. Or was it pretending?
Serenity's POV
Why in the world is he hugging me close to him? Has the world ended already? Hey, that warmth feels so comforting. GREAT. Telling Joey that I'm dating Kaiba is like wearing a bright red dress in front of an enraged bull. The only warmth I've ever felt is from Joey. This doesn't feel like Joey's embrace at all though. Wait a minute...Do I love him? Let me look back into my thoughts..No..no..no..I'm pretty sure I don't love him.Oh well. Maybe this has something to do with that dream..I have to talk to Yugi one day about it... Why are those people staring at me like that?
In Serenity's eyes, the fan girls and the reporters had changed to those villagers that she had remembered from her dream. The image kept on flickering back and forth, from reality to dream. She suddenly felt that presence in her again. That presence with so much love. So much care for Kaiba. It just made her feel more doubtful. Was this presence in her...what was this presence in her? She understood that her soul was combined with all her love and affection she gave to anyone. All her close ones to her were within her soul. In dire situations, like death, her soul, from all the affection it has for her close ones would want, would need to help her close ones. Once you find your true love, you have found your closest one. Your soul would do anything to protect him/her. When you meet your true love, your heart would flutter from the great affection your sending to your soul. This affection would be so great that your soul would do anything, even give itself up to protect their loved one. Serenity had learned this from Yami a while ago when they were talking one night. She felt that her soul was reacting to Kaiba. But she didn't feel any reaction to Kaiba at all. She hadn't sent any sign of affection towards Kaiba. Was it possible that your soul could already have affection for someone without you having any for the person? She didn't know. But when Kaiba had touched her, her heart had fluttered so much. She could feel the great affection running through her blood around her whole body.(A/N: This stuff isn't true. Just a weird way of explaining Kisara's love for Seto.) She clung onto him when she saw the villagers/fan girls and reporters.
Kaiba's POV
Phew. That was close. Those reporters..those fan girls...their changing into those villagers in my dream? Am I dreaming again? Oh my god! Why am I putting an arm around Serenity still? I just have this feeling..that I need to protect her. That she's the only one in this world that I need to protect. When I look at her, my heart, my body just shudders with delight...I have no feelings towards her...why would i WANT to have feelings towards her?but why do I feel like crying my heart out to her to thank her for all the things she has given me and done for me when she has done nothing? I feel that other presence in me again. Is it..the girl and my so called "past form" me and Serenity? I remember...from "The memory world" that I got dragged into...I remember how much she had loved him to give up her life. I also remember how "the past me" cried in public which scarred me for life by the way, when she died. Could it be that we're actually the reincarnations? 99 not.Wait a minute. I don't even believe in this crap. So why bother? Why am I feeling all hot inside again? She JUST touched me! What's my problem today? I've really got to take a vacation...
Normal POV
Kaiba put one hand on his head from exasperation. Serenity looked like she was in her own world while half paying attention to the glaring people in front of her. Soon, all the people left and Kaiba and Serenity were left alone. Serenity was the first to react. With a bit of force, she gently lifted Kaiba's arm off of her and placed it on his side. She gently smiled up at him with a sparkle in her eyes, and Kaiba, who was still recovering from what happened and who just realized that the warmth was gone, looked down at her with no expression on his face except with his eyes, there was a bit of care. Without realizing, a small smile placed itself perfectly on his face. Before they knew it, they were close to kissing. Behind laid the sun, which was now setting all the buildings were dimly lit with no light coming from any window. They were all alone, in the middle of a dim street with their eyes closed, waiting to feel the other's lips.. The perfect scene.(A/N: Not really but..you get it right?) Just as their lips were about to meet, Serenity's eyes snapped open and tears started streaming down her cheeks. She pulled away from Kaiba and ran down the street, towards an unknown destination. Kaiba stared at where she ran towards for moments, and then realized what happened and placed the cold mask on him again. He bent down and picked up his briefcase and quickly paced towards his car.
With Serenity
She ran down a street and leaned against a brick wall. Her back scraped on the wall as she slid down into a sitting position. She just thought of how Joey would look at her now. She couldn't take it. Her brother meant her life. She knew that her soul might feel for Kaiba, but she didn't. She just sat there, with blank eyes, about how she betrayed the most important person in her life.
She didn't notice the shadow that crept up beside her..
"Serenity?" The voice asked. Serenity looked up and she saw...
With Kaiba
Kaiba had gone back to Bakura's house and had gotten into his car. Through the ride, he had been thinking about all the things that had happened that day. When he arrived at the mansion, he got out and paced quickly into the house, hoping to just go to his office and drown his confusion in his work.
Before he could move anywhere from his spot in the house, he got tackled down by a very hyper Mokuba.
"Hey Seto! Heard you have a new girlfriend! I can't believe that Serenity's your girlfriend! If you get married, me and Joey will be related and Serenity will be a great sister!" Mokuba screamed while just getting off of his brother.
"Mokuba! Serenity's not my girlfriend! He probably saw that video tape of me hugging Serenity. Shit. I'll just make up something. W..We broke up." He said.
"Oh...Why? Just when you get a girlfriend! That sucks! I thought you actually loved her the way you looked on T.V. with that protectiveness in your eyes." Mokuba pouted as he walked away towards his room.
The last comment by Mokuba had made Kaiba even more confused. Did he actually love her? He walked back to his car and decided to clear his mind and think out what he thought about Serenity.
With Serenity
"Serenity?" A voice asked.
Serenity looked up to see Tristan in his bike gear. She wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and smiled up at him.
"Hi Tristan. What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I should be asking YOU that Serenity." Tristan replied.
"Oh. Well I was just thinking that's all." She said and replied to the question that she knew he would ask. "And I was crying because I was starting to remember Battle City." She cringed from having to lie to one of her best friends.
"Oh..ok. Want a ride home?" He asked.
"Could you drive me to the hospital? I want to visit Joey." She asked.
"You could stay at my place tonight if you want and you could visit Joey tomorrow at the hospital." He offered.
Serenity nodded, not thinking what he could do to her.
When they got to his house, Serenity sat down on the couch while Tristan went to change into normal clothes. She walked over to the window and looked out as the breeze blew her hair back and forth, making it hit her shoulders. She let some more fresh tears fall and thoughts of Kaiba reappeared in her head. She thought about all her times she had spent with Kaiba lately. It had seemed that at the end, they always ended up in a romantic accident. Why did SHE? The sister of Joey Wheeler have to just be confused about liking her brother's arch enemy or not? She felt a tap on her shoulder as she turned around to find Tristan in his usual clothes.
She smiled up at him once again and he wiped away her tears. She walked back to the couch and he sat beside her. He put an arm around her and at first, she felt uncomfortable, but let it pass since she thought it was just to be friendly. After a while, he started moving closer to her and she smiled uneasily at him and decided to get away from him while pretending to go to the bathroom. Tristan took that the wrong way, and followed her. She didn't notice him following her to the corner and didn't notice until she had turned around and leaned against the wall. Tristan placed both hands beside Serenity on the wall. He leaned forward to kiss her when she noticed what was happening. She tried to get out of the grip but Tristan didn't let her.
If I let her go now, she'll tell her brother and me and Joey won't be friends any more and I'll never have a chance with Serenity. No. I can't let her go. Tristan thought. He pinned her to the wall and bent down to kiss her. Serenity did the first thing that came to her mind. She let out a sharp scream.
With Kaiba
Kaiba's car had run out of gas a few blocks ago and decided he'd rather walk towards nowhere than call his driver to pick him up and go back to his work. He had his hands in his pockets and had his head down, in deep thought. He still hadn't put on another trench coat, but didn't feel cold at all. Instead, he felt hot whenever he thought of Serenity. He heard a sharp scream from a building and his head snapped up towards the building. He thought he imagined Serenity's voice but when he heard it again, he confirmed and ran towards the building. He ran up all the stairs in leaps and when he reached the door where the screams were coming from, he kicked down the door and ran in. In one corner, he saw Tristan holding Serenity down and kissing her while she struggled to get out of his grasp. Kaiba ran towards Tristan in anger of what he saw and tackled him. Tristan pushed him off of him and ran off to somewhere. Kaiba went to Serenity and said nothing as he inspected her to see if she was alright. When he was sure that she was alright, he pulled her towards the exit. Just as he was about to leave, Tristan's voice greeted him.
"Kaiba. Where do you think your going?" He said anger from pure want of Serenity.
"I'm leaving." Kaiba stated cooly.
"Why are you taking Serenity?" He asked.
"I'm not that evil to leave an innocent girl with a crazy lunatic like you." Kaiba said.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Tristan said as a dagger appeared from behind his back. He threw the dagger at Kaiba and everything went in slow motion as Serenity went in front of Kaiba and took the dagger instead.
For a minute, Serenity had turned into Kisara and you could see the care in her eyes. (A/N: I'm not going to make Serenity die. Don't worry.) Before Tristan could react to what happened, Kaiba had carefully taken the dagger out of Serenity and plunged it into Tristan. Kaiba picked up Serenity and left the apartment with Tristan there like that.
Serenity's POV (right before the accident)
Oh no! I can't let Kaiba die! He has much more to live for than me. I'm in this world for nothing. I can't let him die...no...
her mind raced as she ran in front of Kaiba and the dagger plunged into her stomach. As she fell into Kaiba's arms, her last thoughts were about him.
Seto Sama... she whispered before she fell into unconsciousness.
Normal POV
Kaiba had called his limo and now was in the hospital. He paced back and forth in deep thought. She was being operated right now and he kept on thinking about how she had gone in front of him. After that, what did he think of her? Mainly, what did she think of him? IF she survived. She just has to survive. Kaiba thought. He ran a hand through his hair as he sat down on a chair. A passing nurse had spotted him and she came up to him.
"Mr. Kaiba. You can see her now." The nurse said.
Kaiba looked at his watch and he found out that he had already been there five hours. He didn't care. She had placed her life at stake to save him and he owed her his life. He walked into her room and found her peacefully asleep.
Kaiba looked at Serenity and sweat streamed down his face from his forehead as he thought of the possibility of her death.
(HA! I hate this song now...the reason..by hoobastank? but i made an AMV of kisara and seto w/ it so i used it...)
I'm not a perfect person
As many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
Kaiba looked back at her before leaving the room to go back to the mansion. He probably had piles of work and Mokuba would get worried if he wasn't back.
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
Kaiba walked down the street towards his limo with his head down. He felt that it was all his fault. He kicked a stray stone on the floor and looked back at the hospital. He could almost see Serenity's pale emotionless face through the walls. He turned back towards his limo and slowly entered.
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
And the reason is you
Kaiba buried his hands in his head and stayed there in depression, confusion and anger.
I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
He just wanted to tell her so badly how sorry he was. Only if she could know. How sorry he felt and how painful it was to see it this way.
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you
He was in debt of her and he knew it. She had saved his life and he couldn't deny it. She had showed him she cared but he still didn't know what he wanted. There is one way he could pay her. Love. But could he give it to her? He didn't know. All he knew was that he owed her. BIG.
AHAHAHAHAHA! I HATE this chapter! I understand if you do too...It was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cheesy...I hate cheesy stuff... I'm gonna make it less cheesy from now on.