*Enigma of Love: Chapter 2*

Hello there! Happy Thanksgiving! I'm going to be so stuffed after dinner that I'll end up looking like a balloon. Scary.. Chapter 2 is finally here! I'm probably gonna finish typing this tomorrow though... Just published the 1st one yesterday but... oh well! Listening to melody from Noir (one of the few songs that I listen to that my mom likes). I was just watching Fushigi Yuugi. I don't get it. Can some one please explain it to me? oooooo! Blasa! Love this song! So purtifo! Hehe, I always get off track, well, lets see... yes, I had to stop it in the middle cuz the nudity parts were coming up and my mom was right there. If she knew I watched that kind of stuff, she would freak. Then, TV and anime goes bye- bye for a month. The reason why I'm typing up this story up so fast is because (yeah, I'm bored) I don't have homework for once, it's Thanksgiving break, and I'm inspired. Hey! I'm on a roll here! I need to get my ideas down before I forget them (forgot to do that with my other ideas so I don't want to screw up this time). Now listening to Hikari by Utada Hikaru. I highly recommend this song. This is the song from those Kingdom Hearts commercials. We (my sister and I) have four versions of this song and 101 mp3s on winamp. We went on a downloading spree! Now the moment you've all been waiting for... CHAPTER 2 OF ENIGMA OF LOVE!!!

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"SETO! SETO KAIBA! CAN YOU HEAR ME?" yelled Shizuka panicking.

By now, Seto's blood was all over her hands. Both of them were soaked as it began to rain even harder. So there they were, in the middle of the rain, with no one to help them.

"Oh god! Why did it have to be me? Why do I have to stuck in the rain with this jerk? Why do I have to help him?" asked Shizuka.

Shizuka gathered up her strength, slung Seto's arm around her neck and began to drag him home.

"Man this guy's heavy! Such long legs too!" said Shizuka panting as they neared her house.

The two finally arrived on the porch of Shizuka's house. Shizuka dragged Seto up the steps to the front door which at that time seemed to be sanctuary. The door was opened and was immediately greeted by her mother.

"Shizuka! Are you okay? And---" asked her mother as she stumbled in.

"I'm fine. Quick! Get him a towel! We need to clean him up right now!" interrupted Shizuka as she threw Seto onto their living room couch.

"What? Okay. Alright, go get your bother to help", instructed her mother as she hurried to the closet for some dry towels.

"Katsuya! Open the door! We need your help!" called Shizuka.

"Alright? What's up? What do you need?" asked Katsuya.

"That Seto Kaiba guy is hurt and he passed out so we need---" began Shizuka.

"Oh no! Not him! He can go help himself 'cause I'm not!" yelled Katsuya as he began to close his bedroom door.

"Hold it right there! He really needs help! Even if you don't want to, you have to! Mom's orders!" said Shizuka trying to keep the door open.

"Fine..." mumbled Katsuyawith a sigh.

"Good, now get out some of your dry clothes and go downstairs while I go change and dry myself off", said Shizuka heading to her own room.

Katsuya groaned and got a T-shirt and some sweat pants the went down stairs where he was further instructed to get some hot towels and first aid items to clean up Seto's wound.

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Seto opened his eyes very slowly. They felt as if they were glued together. His vision was still blurred, but he began to see clearly again. His lips were very dry and his head hurt tremendously. Shizuka's mother was putting the blanket that he kicked off while he was sleeping back on him.

"So this is what it's like to have a mother..." he thought happily.

All of the sudden, he snapped out of his happiness and remembered what happened.

"Where the hell am I?" yelled Seto sitting straight up.

"Your at Shizuka and Katsuya's house dear", said their mother calmly.

"Yeah and watch your mouth", said Shizuka sitting on a chair across the room from the while reading.

"Shizuka! Don't be rude! Go get this boy some hot tea!" said their mother.

"Fine..." said Shizuka crossly.

Turning to Seto, she said, "Shizuka brought you to our house. Your head was bleeding and you collapsed from exhaustion. Please tell me why. I won't tell my children, but if you don't want to, I understand."

"Good, because it's none of your business", replied Seto coldly.

"Don't talk to my mom like that! I have hot tea here!" yelled Shizuka as she headed to the couch ready to dump the boiling hot tea on Seto.

"Calm down Shizuka! I don't mind. He can do whatever he wants", said Shizuka's mother trying to keep the oiling hot water away from their unexpected guest.

All three of them sipped their tea quietly side by side. It was oddly silent.

Breaking the uncomfortable silence, Shizuka's mother instructed while handing Seto the clean clothes, "Dear, after you've finished your tea, change out of your wet clothes into these. After that I'll drive you home, but if you want, you can spend the night here."

"Thank you very much Ms...." said Seto.

"Ms. Jounouchi", said Shizuka's mother.

"Thank you for all the help Ms. Jounouchi. You know, I never really got to know my mother..." said Seto sadly.

"Huh?" said Shizuka with a surprised expression on her face.

"Why not? You know it's okay to tell me", said Ms. Jounouchi.

"My mother died giving birth to my little brother, Mokuba, and my father died in a car accident. My current father adopted us", said Seto blankly.

"Oh, I see. Well, if you ever need help, we're always here for you," said Ms. jounouchi.

"No we're not..." mumbled Shizuka.

"Don't be silly Shizuka! Of course we are! Now, I better take you home before your father gets worried," said Ms. Jounouchi getting her keys and coat.

"Whatever, I'll go change right now," said Seto heading to the nearest bathroom.

"Well be waiting for you in the car!" called Ms. Jounouchi.

"Wait, mom, what do you mean we?" asked Shizuka.

"You are the one who dragged him home right? So you have to come with me to drop him off!" said her mother.

Shizuka moaned as she walked to her mother's car. It wasn't raining now. As her mother started up the car, she thought of why Seto felt comfortable telling her mother about the things he would never tell anyone else.

"He probably really misses his parents..." whispered Shizuka.

Seto stepped out of the house in the clothes he was given and carried his own clothes underneath his arm.

"Oh my gosh! If only I had a camera now..." said Shizuka giggling.

Seto made a face at her. Then turning to Shizuka's mother, he said, "Thank you again Ms. Jounouchi for taking care of me and giving me dry clothes."

"It was no problem... oh, I'm sorry! After all this time, I don't even know your name!" said Ms. Jounouchi embarrassed.

"It's Seto ma'am," said Seto politely.

"I'm sorry Seto! I'll remember that next time! Well, hop in! You need to tell me where your house is," said Shizuka's mother.

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"That's your house!" yelled Shizuka and her mother at the same time.

"Yep, I know it's not much, but that's my house," said Seto getting out of the car.

"ARE YOU KIDDING!!! IT'S HUGE!!!!!!!!!" hollered Shizuka.

"Shizuka! Calm down! Let the boy go home!" said Ms. Jounouchi trying to calm her daughter down.

"I'll give these clothes back to you tomorrow," said Seto remembering that he wasn't wearing his own clothes.

"Oh that's alright! I'm sure Katsuya won't mind!" said Ms. Jounouchi smiling.

"These... belong to... to... Katsuya?" asked Seto with slight disgust in his voice.

"Yes, go ahead and keep them!" said Ms. Jounouchi still smiling.

Shizuka on the other hand was bursting with laughter in the back seat.

"Well, I suppose I could get these burned later..." thought Seto.

"Now I really wish I had a camera here!" thought Shizuka.

"Well good-bye Seto! I hope to see you again!" said Ms. Jounouchi waving.

"In that outfit!" said Shizuka still laughing.

"Shizuka!" said her mother.

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"Shizuka? Are you and Seto going out?" asked her mother as they drove home.

"Eww! Mom! No way! I'd never go out with a guy like him!" yelled Shizuka disgusted.

"Oh, why not? He seems like a pretty nice boy," asked her mother.

"He is not nice! I hate him!" said Shizuka still disgusted.

"You seemed pretty concerned about him when you brought him home..." said Ms. Jounouchi not understanding why her daughter disliked the boy she just saved.

"I was not concerned about him! He's evil! You know what? I don't even want to talk about him!" said Shizuka with disbelief that her mother thought that Seto was nice.

"What ever you say dear..." said Ms. JOunouchi smiling.

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Isn't this is such a boring and stupid chapter? Sorry! I finished this later than I thought I would! I'm lowered down to one hour of computer a day. Poor me. I'll be sure to include more romance and angst in the next chapter. Well, maybe just some romance. Can't start with angst yet! The time isn't ripe... Tomorrow is my piano examination and I get to skip school because of that! Yay! Wish me luck! ^.~ Thank you to the two people who have read my story other than my friends! Now I know that my story is being read by people I don't know! Arigatougozaimasu! *bows* I'll be sure to make my story the best it can be! Thank you! ^^ I'm sorry but if my story isn't updated until winter break, I probably have a lot of homework! Just a warning. Thx for reading my story! ^^

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