Deadly Love
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DISCLAMER: I do not own Yu-gi-oh or any of the characters! And if this story does relate to another story or situation, it is purely coincidental! I am writing as I go along. All this stuff is just poppin into my head. Thank you!
Things to look for (All the chapters follow this guide):
Flashbacks
'Thoughts'
"Dialogue"
(NOTE from me)
Last chapter
He sat there, in the darkness. A dagger in his hands. He thought over everything she had said to him. 'She told her.' He thought. It seemed that way. That girl couldn't hide her fear from him… and she couldn't even lie to him. He could see it on her face… she had told the Wheeler girl.
'Well my dear Tea, I did warn you before… but you decided to disobey me. Now your little friend shall pay the price.' He thought to himself. He began chuckling. Laughter bouncing off the walls of the dark room. And without warning, he suddenly threw the dagger he held in his fingers towards the wall.
"Goodbye… Serenity."
Chapter 11
DRINGGGG!
'Shut up' she thought in her head as she turned away from the ringing by her bedside.
DRINGGGGGGGGGGGG!
Her eyes shot open as she looked towards the phone that was ringing. She felt like throwing it out the window! For the first time in a long time, she was actually able to have a good night sleep.
She sat up in her bed and yawned. When the phone rang the fifth time, she answered it. "Hello." She said lazily.
"Hey Tea! Good morning! Did I wake you?" came Serenity's reply.
'Well, yes you did!' she thought. "Hey Serenity, good morning to you too. Yeh, I just woke up… so what's up?" she asked. Tea knew today was the day they would get the tape to Seto. She also knew, Serenity would go. But there was this constant nagging, fear, that kept bothering her at the pit of her stomach. She had a bad feeling, that something would go wrong.
"Well, it is 10:30 Tea. And we are all supposed to meet near Kaiba Corp at 11. Well, anyway… Tea, Ryou is with me okay? We're going to go to Kaiba Corp and leave the tape in Kaiba's office. When all that is over, we'll call you on your cellphone okay? Just get here soon! Anyway, I'll catch you later, it's time to put the plan into action." Serenity squealed in delight on the other end.
Tea smiled at the young girl. "Thank you Serenity. And tell Ryou the same. I'll be there soon enough. And good luck!" Tea said at last.
After exchanging their good-byes, Tea hung up and began to get ready.
Still, something felt weird to her. She was still afraid for some reason. 'Serenity will be fine, she has Ryou with her.' She kept telling herself. She thought of how her life would finally change, when her boyfriend would re-enter. She smiled to herself again and approached her window. The sky was beautiful. Clear with a smudge of white here and there. Birds were singing gracefully. ' It's a good sign' she thought.
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"Okay then, you know the plan Serenity. Get in there, and get out. I'll be waiting right here okay? Try not to be seen by Kaiba… we don't know what he'll do if he sees you with the tape." Ryou said as he held a newspaper in one hand.
The plan was simply. Serenity had to get into Kaiba's office and leave the tape at his desk. Then she would come out. Ryou would be waiting for her across the street. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
"Alright then Ryou! I think its time for me to get in there!" she said.
He wished her good luck and she crossed the street, towards Kaiba Corp.
'This is it.' Ryou thought, as he took a seat at a bench near where he was standing.
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'Okay, so all I have to do is find a way to get this tape to him. Maybe I can give it to his secretary, and she could give it to him? But we need Kaiba to see this tape right away.' She thought to herself as she crossed the street. She looked back at Ryou when she was in front of the building. He gave her a thumbs-up and she smiled back. She took a deep breath and entered the building.
Her eyes widened. This place was huge! She couldn't remember the last time she had seen such a beautiful working environment. She walked in the lobby area and scanned her surroundings. 'Which way is his office?' She thought as she walked towards the café. 'Oh shoot!' she thought.
"Serenity?" came a small boyish voice behind her.
She turned around and stared into the eyes of the person who had called her. "Oh! Hey Mokuba! I knew I'd find you here!" she said. 'I've got it!' she thought as she smiled happily at Mokuba.
"Hey. What are you doing here?" he asked her… this was weird.
"I could ask you the same thing." She said back.
"Uh… this is my brother's company." He said back looking at her as if she had gone mad.
'Good going Serenity.' She thought as she replied with a "Oh yeah."
"Actually, I wanted to ask you something. You see, Tea wanted to talk to Kaiba, but he wouldn't return her calls. So she sent him this tape here. She asked me to get it to Kaiba… and I thought you could do it better then I could. I mean, Tea said it was urgent and only Kaiba was allowed to see it. I don't know what's going on but that's how it is. So do you think you could get him to see it right away?" Serenity said, trying to keep the main issue out of the way. She didn't want Mokuba to be involved in this either.
He still stared at her as if she was insane. "Uh… sure. By the way, why would Tea want to give this to my brother?" he asked her.
Serenity was confused. Then she realized what he meant. 'Shit, Shit! Serenity you idiot! Your not supposed to know about their relationship!' "Uhh… I have no idea Mokuba. I think she said it has something to do with a business proposal or something. And since Kaiba never really liked her, he wouldn't be as mean to me as he might have been with her." She replied. 'safe!'
"You have no idea." He mumbled. "Okay! Sure thing." He said as he took the tape out of Serenity's hands.
"Thanks Mokuba" She said.
She entered the Café and thought of buying 3 sweet donuts. 'A treat for the success' she thought as she paid for them. She smiled and sat down, waiting for Mokuba to come back.
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"That was werid." He said aloud as he walked up towards Seto's cabin. 'What could Tea want to show his brother? And why was Seto ignoring her?' He thought as he reached the new secretary who was sitting there.
"Hey, is Seto in?" he asked her.
"Yes he is, let me just tell him you're here." She told him as she picked up the receiver.
Mokuba waited for her to put the receiver down again. When she did, she told him that he could go in. Mokuba smiled at the small woman and walked into his brother's cabin.
"Hey Seto! How are you?"
"Fine Mokuba. Now what do you need kiddo?" he said back.
'Big brother seems very tired… and stressed.' Mokuba thought. "Well, someone left this tape for you. They said it was urgent and that they wanted you to see it as soon as possible." He told his brother as he sat down on a chair and placed the tape on Seto's desk.
Seto Kaiba glared at the tape as if it would jump up and bite him. "Who sent it?" he asked.
"No idea." Mokuba lied. If there was one thing Mokuba knew about Seto, it was the fact that he was a very curious person. Plus, if he had been ignoring Tea, he might not watch it since it was from her. "Anyway, I better get going for now Seto! See you later!" he said as he hopped off his chair and went for the door.
He closed the door behind him and went back towards the café, where Serenity had been waiting to hear from him.
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He picked up the tape from his desk and approached a T.V. to his left. He put in the film and rewound the tape. 'What was all this about? Who sent this tape?' he wondered as he sat down in a chair and hit the play button.
His eyes widened when he saw a female figure with chocolate coloured hair, settled on the sofa with a blanket covering her. 'What the hell is this?' He thought.
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"Thank you so much Mokuba! I'll let Tea know you gave it to him. Anyway, I should get going then okay? Bye Mokuba!" she said to him as she left the building. As the warm sun hit her face she felt relieved. The hard part was over. Now, it all depended on what the Seto Kaiba would do.
She looked across the street to see Ryou sitting there reading the newspaper. 'I'll surprise him.' She thought as she approached the cross walk. She looked to her left, and her right and then centre. She froze. She looked back towards her right. There it was, a figure she recognized. It was him! Marik! 'What is he doing here!' she thought as she saw him walking down the street, his back to her.
She looked back at Ryou and saw that he was still reading the newspaper. 'Should I go after him?' She wondered. Before she could make up her mind, her feet had begun moving down the sidewalk. She was going to follow him, she was going to see where Marik was going. She slowly crept behind him, about 10 meters away from him. Her heart was pounding in her chest; she was risking her life here! She saw him slow down to a halt, in front of a small path. He began walking through it. It seemed like a park, but wasn't. he walked on, and she followed, keeping her distance and trying her best to stay hidden. Trees were scattered all around the path, and bushes were put along it. She saw him stop again and so she stopped.
Her eyes widened! Someone else was there! She couldn't hear what they were saying, nor could she see the figure well, so she decided to get a little closer.
"—so then what is you plan now?", came a voice that sounded familiar, yet she couldn't pin-point who it was.
"My plan." Marik said with a grin, "is simply. We finish this off for good. You get the girl, and I get what I want. The only way you can get the girl is by killing off her ex-lover." He said again as he leaned against a tree trunk.
"Look Marik, I don't care what you have to do, just make sure you don't hurt Tea. Do you understand that?" the man said again.
"Relax lover-boy. She won't be killed here. She will live and you can protect her all you want. For now, we have another problem. That girl, Serenity. She knows about this. She knows that I am out to kill Kaiba. What do you suggest we do about that?" He asked, a smirk on his face.
"You do nothing. However, if she becomes an obstacle for our success, then you do what ever that is needed to remove any obstacles in our path." The man said as he began to chuckle silently.
His hood fell of at that moment.
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Serenity gasped in shock! 'Oh my god!' She thought out. She quickly covered her mouth from the small noise she had just made. She was hoping neither of them heard her.
"We have a visitor." Said Marik as he looked towards the bush Serenity was behind.
'Oh my god!' Serenity thought again as she got up and ran as fast as her legs would go.
She ran and ran as fast as she could and never looked back once. She ran through the crowds on the busy street, towards the domino park. He was still chasing her she knew it. She ran deeper and deeper into the park and risked a chance to look back. He wasn't there. She had lost him.
She slowed down to a halt and began panting. She was tired from the running. She looked around to see if she could figure out where she was. There was a water fountain, and a phone booth. 'I'll call Tea!' She said as she walked towards it, cautiously. It was very quiet here. She picked up the receiver and punched in the numbers.
"Shit! Tea! Pick up!" Serenity began to panic when no one answered on the other end.
"Hi, this is Tea Gardner. I am not able to take your call right now so please just leave your name and number and I'll get back to you a.s.a.p."
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"What do you mean she hasn't come out?" Tea said into her cellphone as she neared Kaiba Corp.
"I've been waiting for her for a long time now. I haven't seen her come out. She should have been out 15 minutes ago!" Ryou said, obviously starting to panic.
"Ryou, are you sure she's not there? Maybe she got into some trouble in there." Tea said. She quickened her pace towards the building. She was also beginning to panic.
"Tea! I told you she's not there!" he said again. "Alright, I'll wait another 10 minutes before I go inside looking for her okay?"
"Alright, call me if you hear anything." She told him.
Tea hit the red button and ended the call. She then noticed that she had a new message. Tea stopped walking and began staring at her phone. 'Maybe it was Yugi.' She entered her cell number and waited for the female greeting. Then she hit in her password.
"You have one new message… beep."
"Hello! Tea? Tea it's me… Serenity. I'm at the Domino Park. I… Marik was following me! Tea I'm sorry I shouldn't have gone after him all on my own! Tea I'm near a water fountain, a dolphin one, and there's a phone booth here. And Tea… Marik isn't behind it all! You're the main target Tea! They want you Tea! Marik is working for…. AHHHH"
Tea froze in shock. Serenity was in trouble! She was frozen in her spot with the phone glued to her ear. After exactly 10 seconds, did it register that this message was left just 3 minutes ago. Tea quickly spun around and without looking up, ran as fast as she could. She took a sudden turn along the street and crashed into a strong body. She quickly got up and began to run again. She didn't stop to see whom she had crashed into, nor did she realize that she dropped her phone in the process.
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He felt terrible. He had thought tea betrayed him. He really thought she only wanted to hurt him. He didn't know how he could apoligize to her. He wanted her back. The past couple of weeks were completely a painful time. He never had gotten over her, nor had he stopped loving her.
He walked down the street towards his company. He had taken a walk from the back of the building to think things over. When he was about to turn someone ran into him with such a force, that both of them were knocked over.
"What the hell!" he said aloud only to see a female with chocolate hair running away. "Tea?" he said aloud as he stared at her shrinking figure. She was obviously stressed. She looked as if she was running for her life. He decided to follow her. When he got up, he noticed a small object near his foot. It was her cellphone. She had been listening to a message since a female voice kept giving the options of what to do with the message. He hit '1' to listen to the message and see, what had it been that made Tea run with so much fear?
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"Serenity!" She screamed into the opening around her. She had made it to the park and to the location Serenity had told her about. "SERENITY!" she screamed out again, her heart in her throat, tears threatening to fall. Tea searched desperately all around her. She ran towards the telephone booth and stared into it, only to see that the glass had a crack in it, and the phone receiver had been hung. "Oh my God! Serenity! Where are you?" She yelled into the air again. She searched around the fountain and behind some trees. She couldn't see the girl anywhere. She approached another tree. As she was about to look behind it, an arm grabbed onto her wrist and pulled her towards a strong body. She was then pushed up against the tree, being crushed by the body. She cried out in pain as she felt the hands around her wrist tighten.
"I had warned you Tea. I told you that if you told anyone, they would die. Now because of you, your friend Serenity…" he didn't finish his statement but she understood. Tears began rolling out of her eyes. She screamed.
"No! Where is she! What did you do to her! Marik! Tell me where is she?" She said going ballistic.
The next thing she knew, she was on the ground with pain stinging on herleft cheek. She tasted metallic liquid in her mouth. She was crying, she was breaking. "Please… whe… where's Se.. Serenity…" She said to him without looking towards his face.
"She's here my dear. Behind that tree in fact. No worries, she'll be dead soon enough. I mean, I did stab her so… you might be lucky if she's even still alive." He said as he pulled her up and pushed her up against the tree again.
"NO!" Tea yelled as she brang up her leg in between his legs. She thought she had hit him, but he had moved out of the way. She felt free again, no force was holding onto her. When she was about to move again, she was slammed against the tree again, and thrown around it. She hit the ground and cried out in pain again. Her ankle was injured. Her body was bruised. She was looking down at the ground and crying hysterically.
"Look up my dear. Don't be shy." She said behind her.
She did as she was told but soon regretted doing that. Tea screamed out once again. The loudest she could ever scream. It was a shrilling cry in the air and it would be a miracle if no one in the streets heard it. Tea stared in shock at what she was looking at. "SERENITY!" Tea yelled again as she stared at the girl.
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And that's the end of that chapter:P haha I'm so very sorry for the cliff hanger. Wow, I think this is the longest chapter I've written compared to the other chapters. Anywayz, I hope you all enjoyed reading it just as much as I loved writing it! Please leave a review and let me know what you thought:D Next chapter should be up by next week… however I won't make any promise. You never know what will happen. Anywayz… I better get going now! Bye ya all! Tcc luv ya! And thanx to everyone that reviewed:D
