The Diamond Star
Chapter 18: Misunderstandings
Disclaimer: no characters I don't make up are mine. No things I don't make up are mine. Are we clear on that??? okay, good. now, have a day.
Four months had passed since the Ksho incident and now Seto and Seraphim were gearing up for the gang's get together the following Friday. Seraphim had successfully moved into Seto's mansion without much information leaking to the press. Seto had made up the story that Seraphim was Yuugi's cousin, visiting for the gang's reunion. Seraphim, in private, had commented that she hardly resembled Yuugi and Seto had replied the excuse was made up on-the-spot.
"What else could I have done?" he asked.
Seraphim just laughed, "I don't know. But maybe you could have said I was Honda's cousin or something, we look more alike."
Seto replied with a "Hmph" and plopped into an easy chair. "How do you feel about meeting all my friends?" he asked, changing the subject.
"Um, I'm not sure. They might not approve of me as your...girlfriend," Seraphim replied, sighing.
"Who could resist you?" Seto grinned, pulling Seraphim close to him as she walked by and kissing her on the nose.
"Many people can resist my elfin charm, believe it or not. You not being one of them, obviously," Seraphim giggled, curling up in Seto's lap like a contented cat.
Seto smiled, he couldn't really argue with that one. Instead, he opted to draw his arms around his angel and sigh with satisfaction. Nope, life couldn't get any better than this.
That Friday, Seto and Seraphim were getting ready to meet Yuugi, Anzu, Honda, Jou, Ryou, Mokuba, Shizuka, Mai, and two girls Ryou and Honda had met in their travels. Isis and Marik were unable to attend. It turned out that Isis really WAS a secret agent and had dragged her brother into the deadly game of espionage. They had written one letter explaining everything. Isis had said they were having the times of their lives as the agency's top spies. Everyone had been extremely happy for them.
"Ready?" asked Seraphim, waltzing down the stairs. She was dressed in long dark blue jeans that were sparkled sparsely with glitter and a dark blue backless top held in place by silver silk cords criss-crossing over her back and tied in place. On the front of her top were silver Japanese kanji characters. She grabbed her black purse and slid down the rest of the banister.
Seto shook his head mildly at her, she was so childish sometimes. "Yeah, I'm ready, let's go," he replied, grabbing his car keys and walking out the door. Seto was, surprisingly, dressed in something that did not involve dress shirts and the colors turquoise and purple. Instead, he wore a black shirt with no sleeves and long black pants. A silver chain belt and a BLACK (not...what is it...purple?) trench coat completed his ensemble. He looked every bit your typical modern day gangster with a rich twist.
"Wow, you look nice," Seraphim commented on Seto's choice of clothing. "Just need one of those hat things and you could be in a gangster movie."
"Hm, you don't look half bad either," Seto winked at Seraphim devilishly as she got in the black Lexus IS300.
The open air mall was pretty deserted when the couple pulled into the parking lot. A few people wandered the halls here and there, but they mostly had the place to themselves. The gang had arranged to meet in the food court.
Seraphim tugged on Seto's shirt. "I'm kinda hungry, I think I'm going to go look for something to eat okay?" Seraphim asked.
Seto nodded. Seeing Jou and Mai sitting over on some benches, he said, "Meet me over there. Where those two blondes are." Seto pointed to the couple.
"Okay, see you in a few," Seraphim smiled and walked away.
Seto walked in the opposite direction, over to Jou and Mai. "Hey guys, what's up?" he asked upon reaching his friends.
"Hey Seto. Not much, you?" Jou replied.
Seto smirked. He wanted to surprise his friends with his new girlfriend. They all thought of him as the 'Lonely bachelor' type. "Not much."
"Hey Mai, your boyfriend not giving you any trouble?" Seto nodded towards the girl.
"Nope. He's being good," Mai smiled.
Soon, Yuugi and Anzu showed up. Warm greetings were exchanged as the group settled down to wait for the rest of the gang.
They were not to be disappointed. Soon Ryou and Honda appeared. Then Shizuka and Mokuba. Each of the younger ones ran to their big brother and hugged them tightly.
"So Seto, did you have fun camping with the g-" Seto cut Mokuba off by covering his mouth with his hand.
"You went camping?" asked Yuugi.
"Yeah."
"With who?" Anzu stared intently at the CEO. He was hiding something...definitely hiding something.
"No one," Seto replied innocently.
Just then, two young women walked up. "Hey guys," they said, turning to Honda and Ryou.
"Hey," replied the boys.
'These must be the girls they met,' Seto thought, correctly.
"Guys, this is Lillian," Ryou gestured towards one of the girls. She had blue eyes and long silvery-blonde hair tied in a braid.
"And this is Mary-Anne," Honda took the other girl's hand. She also had blue eyes and shoulder-length light golden-blonde hair.
"We're sisters," explained Lillian, the older of the two.
Murmurs of understanding rushed through the clueless part of the group. The girls were very attractive and indeed looked like sisters if not for the difference in hair color.
"Who else are we waiting for?" asked Jou.
"Is the g-" Seto's hand covered Mokuba's mouth once more. He was about to say "Is the girl going to come?"
Seto did not answer for the strange looks passed his way.
Then, Jou changed the subject. "Check out that girl! Is she hot or what?!" He pointed, as luck would have it, straight at Seraphim.
Seto could've, would've creamed him on the spot, hadn't Mai gone and slapped him, instead. "What did I tell you about checking out other women and saying it out loud?" she exclaimed, standing up.
"Um...don't do it ever again...?" Jou replied sheepishly.
"That's right! And how many times have you done it?" Mai yelled sharply.
Jou counted on his fingers. "Um...seven, but look Mai! I'm really sorry!" Jou looked up at the towering image of his girlfriend and cringed.
"I don't care. You know what? I'm...I'm going to break up with you," the blonde turned on her heels and sat down next to Seto. "I'm with Seto now," she turned her nose up and Jou.
Seto, of course, knew that Mai was only doing that to upset Jou and didn't say anything. She really loved him too much to truly break up with him. But scaring him half to death...that worked.
Taking the charade one step further, Mai wrapped her arms around Seto's neck and kissed him. Jou was positively heartbroken. He just stared at the "couple", devastated. Everyone else was shocked. They had never expected this.
A cookie fell to the floor with a dull "thud" in the background. Obviously Seraphim hadn't expected this either.
Turning on her heels, she ran. She had to get away. Seeing Seto with another girl...that was the worst thing that could have happened to her. Blinded by tears, she ran on, not caring about anything anymore.
Seto whirled around, he saw a figure running through the walkway away from them. He put two and two together and gasped. "Seraphim." Pushing Mai away from him, he got up and started after her. "Seraphim wait!"
"Hey!" Jou grabbed Seto by the collar of his coat. "Don't you dare go pushing Mai around like that!" he exclaimed hotly.
Seto glared at him. "Shut up," he replied and tried to start off again.
"Wait," Yuugi intervened, "Who was that girl?"
"Hmph, she's...well, she WAS my girlfriend," he replied, shooting daggers at Mai as Jou helped her up. "But now...I gotta go find her." He turned away again.
This time Mai grabbed his arm. "I'm sorry, this was my fault. Let me help," she said. "What does she look like?"
In a few minutes, the whole gang had descriptions of Seraphim and set out in different direction in the mall. As Seto searched, he said a silent prayer, 'Seraphim...please forgive me.'
there...I kinda liked that chapter a lot. Made me feel good. I got my inspiration back. :)
Chapter 18: Misunderstandings
Disclaimer: no characters I don't make up are mine. No things I don't make up are mine. Are we clear on that??? okay, good. now, have a day.
Four months had passed since the Ksho incident and now Seto and Seraphim were gearing up for the gang's get together the following Friday. Seraphim had successfully moved into Seto's mansion without much information leaking to the press. Seto had made up the story that Seraphim was Yuugi's cousin, visiting for the gang's reunion. Seraphim, in private, had commented that she hardly resembled Yuugi and Seto had replied the excuse was made up on-the-spot.
"What else could I have done?" he asked.
Seraphim just laughed, "I don't know. But maybe you could have said I was Honda's cousin or something, we look more alike."
Seto replied with a "Hmph" and plopped into an easy chair. "How do you feel about meeting all my friends?" he asked, changing the subject.
"Um, I'm not sure. They might not approve of me as your...girlfriend," Seraphim replied, sighing.
"Who could resist you?" Seto grinned, pulling Seraphim close to him as she walked by and kissing her on the nose.
"Many people can resist my elfin charm, believe it or not. You not being one of them, obviously," Seraphim giggled, curling up in Seto's lap like a contented cat.
Seto smiled, he couldn't really argue with that one. Instead, he opted to draw his arms around his angel and sigh with satisfaction. Nope, life couldn't get any better than this.
That Friday, Seto and Seraphim were getting ready to meet Yuugi, Anzu, Honda, Jou, Ryou, Mokuba, Shizuka, Mai, and two girls Ryou and Honda had met in their travels. Isis and Marik were unable to attend. It turned out that Isis really WAS a secret agent and had dragged her brother into the deadly game of espionage. They had written one letter explaining everything. Isis had said they were having the times of their lives as the agency's top spies. Everyone had been extremely happy for them.
"Ready?" asked Seraphim, waltzing down the stairs. She was dressed in long dark blue jeans that were sparkled sparsely with glitter and a dark blue backless top held in place by silver silk cords criss-crossing over her back and tied in place. On the front of her top were silver Japanese kanji characters. She grabbed her black purse and slid down the rest of the banister.
Seto shook his head mildly at her, she was so childish sometimes. "Yeah, I'm ready, let's go," he replied, grabbing his car keys and walking out the door. Seto was, surprisingly, dressed in something that did not involve dress shirts and the colors turquoise and purple. Instead, he wore a black shirt with no sleeves and long black pants. A silver chain belt and a BLACK (not...what is it...purple?) trench coat completed his ensemble. He looked every bit your typical modern day gangster with a rich twist.
"Wow, you look nice," Seraphim commented on Seto's choice of clothing. "Just need one of those hat things and you could be in a gangster movie."
"Hm, you don't look half bad either," Seto winked at Seraphim devilishly as she got in the black Lexus IS300.
The open air mall was pretty deserted when the couple pulled into the parking lot. A few people wandered the halls here and there, but they mostly had the place to themselves. The gang had arranged to meet in the food court.
Seraphim tugged on Seto's shirt. "I'm kinda hungry, I think I'm going to go look for something to eat okay?" Seraphim asked.
Seto nodded. Seeing Jou and Mai sitting over on some benches, he said, "Meet me over there. Where those two blondes are." Seto pointed to the couple.
"Okay, see you in a few," Seraphim smiled and walked away.
Seto walked in the opposite direction, over to Jou and Mai. "Hey guys, what's up?" he asked upon reaching his friends.
"Hey Seto. Not much, you?" Jou replied.
Seto smirked. He wanted to surprise his friends with his new girlfriend. They all thought of him as the 'Lonely bachelor' type. "Not much."
"Hey Mai, your boyfriend not giving you any trouble?" Seto nodded towards the girl.
"Nope. He's being good," Mai smiled.
Soon, Yuugi and Anzu showed up. Warm greetings were exchanged as the group settled down to wait for the rest of the gang.
They were not to be disappointed. Soon Ryou and Honda appeared. Then Shizuka and Mokuba. Each of the younger ones ran to their big brother and hugged them tightly.
"So Seto, did you have fun camping with the g-" Seto cut Mokuba off by covering his mouth with his hand.
"You went camping?" asked Yuugi.
"Yeah."
"With who?" Anzu stared intently at the CEO. He was hiding something...definitely hiding something.
"No one," Seto replied innocently.
Just then, two young women walked up. "Hey guys," they said, turning to Honda and Ryou.
"Hey," replied the boys.
'These must be the girls they met,' Seto thought, correctly.
"Guys, this is Lillian," Ryou gestured towards one of the girls. She had blue eyes and long silvery-blonde hair tied in a braid.
"And this is Mary-Anne," Honda took the other girl's hand. She also had blue eyes and shoulder-length light golden-blonde hair.
"We're sisters," explained Lillian, the older of the two.
Murmurs of understanding rushed through the clueless part of the group. The girls were very attractive and indeed looked like sisters if not for the difference in hair color.
"Who else are we waiting for?" asked Jou.
"Is the g-" Seto's hand covered Mokuba's mouth once more. He was about to say "Is the girl going to come?"
Seto did not answer for the strange looks passed his way.
Then, Jou changed the subject. "Check out that girl! Is she hot or what?!" He pointed, as luck would have it, straight at Seraphim.
Seto could've, would've creamed him on the spot, hadn't Mai gone and slapped him, instead. "What did I tell you about checking out other women and saying it out loud?" she exclaimed, standing up.
"Um...don't do it ever again...?" Jou replied sheepishly.
"That's right! And how many times have you done it?" Mai yelled sharply.
Jou counted on his fingers. "Um...seven, but look Mai! I'm really sorry!" Jou looked up at the towering image of his girlfriend and cringed.
"I don't care. You know what? I'm...I'm going to break up with you," the blonde turned on her heels and sat down next to Seto. "I'm with Seto now," she turned her nose up and Jou.
Seto, of course, knew that Mai was only doing that to upset Jou and didn't say anything. She really loved him too much to truly break up with him. But scaring him half to death...that worked.
Taking the charade one step further, Mai wrapped her arms around Seto's neck and kissed him. Jou was positively heartbroken. He just stared at the "couple", devastated. Everyone else was shocked. They had never expected this.
A cookie fell to the floor with a dull "thud" in the background. Obviously Seraphim hadn't expected this either.
Turning on her heels, she ran. She had to get away. Seeing Seto with another girl...that was the worst thing that could have happened to her. Blinded by tears, she ran on, not caring about anything anymore.
Seto whirled around, he saw a figure running through the walkway away from them. He put two and two together and gasped. "Seraphim." Pushing Mai away from him, he got up and started after her. "Seraphim wait!"
"Hey!" Jou grabbed Seto by the collar of his coat. "Don't you dare go pushing Mai around like that!" he exclaimed hotly.
Seto glared at him. "Shut up," he replied and tried to start off again.
"Wait," Yuugi intervened, "Who was that girl?"
"Hmph, she's...well, she WAS my girlfriend," he replied, shooting daggers at Mai as Jou helped her up. "But now...I gotta go find her." He turned away again.
This time Mai grabbed his arm. "I'm sorry, this was my fault. Let me help," she said. "What does she look like?"
In a few minutes, the whole gang had descriptions of Seraphim and set out in different direction in the mall. As Seto searched, he said a silent prayer, 'Seraphim...please forgive me.'
there...I kinda liked that chapter a lot. Made me feel good. I got my inspiration back. :)