Chapter 12
It had been two weeks already and Kaiba came to visit everyday. Joey was STILL unconscious from the shock of his sister and his arch enemy making out. Tristan was now in the emergency room and wasn't doing any better than Serenity. Kaiba had made Serenity's case private so the rest of the gang never found out.
It was almost the end of the second week when Kaiba was just about to leave her room since his hour was up to watch her, Serenity started to stir. As he turned the doorknob, Serenity started murmuring something. In a flash, he was by her side and crouching beside her so he could hear what she was saying.
"Mm...Seto..don't go! Please don't leave me! You're the only person left!" she whispered as tears fell out of her eyes.
Kaiba decided to stay longer in case she woke up so he called Mokuba and told him to deliver his laptop to him since he was the only one he could trust. He wiped Serenity's tears, grimacing at the memory of two weeks ago. He HATED owing people. Especially this big.
" I never meant any of this. I didn't wish this to happen...I don't want you near me..Yet, you always come...why?" Kaiba heard a door close softly and he turned around to see his brother holding his laptop in one arm and his other arm down. He looked pretty sad as he slowly walked towards Kaiba and placed the laptop in front of him.
"I believed in you Seto..I believed you could fall in love and treat a girl the way you do to me. But I just didn't understand why you never let a girl open your heart...Is what you said true...?" Mokuba asked softly and slowly.
Kaiba just stared at him intensely.
"Seto...Do you know why Serenity did that for you? Do you? It was because she cared. She might not love you but she cares. Do you?" He asked before he left the room.
Kaiba lowered his eyes and out of the corner of his eye, he watched Serenity's peaceful form.
He thought about Mokuba's words before he turned on his laptop and went to work.
LATER
Kaiba typed away on his laptop as the clock ticked two. All the visitors had gone by now and all the nurses and doctors were in another area of the hospital. Kaiba finished up his work and saved it on his computer and shut it down. He put it aside and was just about to sleep when Serenity started to murmur something again.
SETO! No...Please...no...You were the only one left...You left me...I have no one to care for anymore...you! You will pay for killing every one I care about!" She said as she furrowed her eyebrows. She started swiveling into the air and her hair flew above her as a blue glow surrounded. As Kaiba watched in awe, a blue light shot out of her body and the Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared above her. It crashed through the wall and stared down at Serenity and Kaiba. Serenity gently was replaced on the bed and the Blue Eyes smiled at Kaiba before disappearing in a flash.
Kaiba stared at the ceiling in wonder for a few moments then back at Serenity. When he looked back up, the ceiling was fixed and there was no trace of the Blue Eyes ever being there.
Serenity whispered something before she shot up from her bed. Kaiba slowly walked towards her and sat on the edge of her bed. He had remembered that girl...Kisara..from the memory world...she had the Blue Eyes and she had also used it in a similar way.
Serenity opened her eyes and stared blankly at Kaiba.
"Seto...You're still alive..." She said as she smiled. She placed her hand on his cheek and tried to move but her wound on her stomach made her stay. She glanced down at her stomach and started to cry. Kaiba wiped away her tears and gave her a comforting and reassuring hug. She returned it and again smiled.
"Seto. I had a horrible dream." She started.
Kaiba smiled. He was good at this. Mokuba always had bad dreams. "Tell me." He said as he tilted her chin to face him.
"I..it was horrible. First I was walking down an alley and..and then I saw you, Joey and the whole gang chatting happily. I wanted to go join you but when I came near all of them and you, they started vanishing one by one. First..Joey..then the rest of the gang and then...I reached out for you since you were the only one left and you reached for me too. But just as I was about to reach you, you vanished. I heard an evil laugh and I looked around and above me. Out of the sky appeared an evil man covered in a mask with the millennium eye. I backed away..and then he told me that he killed all the people I care about. I got really mad and then my hair flew up and your Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared above me. It started glowing at the man and as it did, the man started to crumble. It smiled down at me and then vanished. And then all my friends, you and my brother appeared in front of my eyes. I tried to reach them again but they were all transparent. And then I woke up." She said slowly.
Kaiba stared down at her. So the Blue Eyes was actually here he thought. "It's ok. Your alright. It was just a dream. He hugged her and she crawled into his lap as she leaned on him for support since she was really weak.
"Thank You. I feel much better. Is my brother here?" She asked.
"He's in the other hospital bedroom." He said.
"What! What happened?" She asked, very concerned now.
"Nothing. He just fainted from seeing us...us..you know.." He said as he winced at the thought of them making out.
"Oh...Can you take me to him?" She asked as she tried to move again. He tried to move her to a standing position so that she could lean on him but it seemed impossible. She sighed and plopped down on her bed again. She laid down. "Now how am I supposed to see my brother?" She asked aloud to no one in particular.
Kaiba looked at her, and then picked her up quickly, held her from the back and thighs, adjusted and walked out the door.
"Wow, wow, wow. What are you doing?" She asked.
"Bringing you to your brother." He said.
"Um..ok.." she said hesitantly. She clung onto him and he held onto her.
Kaiba thought about Mokuba's words. He decided to try it out. Try to actually be friends with her. But Mokuba had said love...Kaiba refused at that.
Serenity wondered what had happened during her sleep and why Kaiba was being so nice to her. She winced at the thought of loving him...or him loving her...
Kaiba blankly stared ahead of him and Serenity blankly stared at him. All the passerby's would have thought that they were a couple if it weren't for the blank stares. There was no love in their eyes at all. It took them a while to get to Joey's room since it was in the opposite end of the hospital.
When they reached his room, Serenity knocked on the door and a sleepy Mai opened the door.
"Serenity? What happened to you?" She asked suddenly very awake and concerned.
"Oh I got into an accident a few weeks ago and Seto brought me to the hospital." She said.
Mai eyed Kaiba suspiciously.
Kaiba replied to her unasked question. "The pencil headed friend of yours was taking advantage of her and if I hadn't gone there, he would've gone to the worst. But he got angry at me for taking Serenity away from him and he wanted to kill me but Serenity stepped in and she took the knife instead."he said, all in one breath.
"Tristan? He did this to you? How could he? Anyways, come in." She offered, still shocked.
Kaiba came in and sat down on a chair with Serenity on his lap. She put her arms around his neck and swung her legs on the side of the chair.
"Is Joey awake yet?" She asked.
Just as she said that, Joey started to stir.
"Serenity?" Joey asked.
"Joey." she replied.
"Are you alright? Did Tristan to do anything to you?" He asked.
Serenity was surprised at this question. How did he know what happened?
"No Joey. He didn't do anything. Seto saved me." She said.
"Thank you..Kaiba." He said while still sleeping.
"Your welcome...wheeler." He decided not to make this worse by saying "mutt."
Joey smiled and slowly his eyes fluttered open.
"Serenity? What happened?" He asked.
Serenity and Kaiba explained what happened by the end, Joey was steaming.
"TRISTAN? Him? That bastard. He better go to hell for that!" He screamed.
"Joey calm down. I'm alright. Seto saved me and.." she started.
"And you saved me." He said.
"Huh?"Serenity looked up at him, suddenly uncomfortable on his lap. She stared at him like he was crazy and he just looked at her. That's until Joey interrupted.
"Ahum." He cleared his throat. They looked up at him.
"When will Serenity get out?" He asked. Serenity smiled, happy that he didn't start a fight.
"In about two weeks." Kaiba answered.
