Chapter 3: Healing Wounds
Countless days passed as Serenity and Joey watched over their mom. Soon they had to go home and continue with their lives.
"We'll still be able to visit her. Don't worry" Joey said reassuringly to his younger sister. Life would go back to it's normal routine and she knew she's eventually heal.
It was the second month of summer when she decided to return to her job at Kaiba Corp. She picked up the phone and dialed the number.
"Hello, Kaiba Corp" an annoyed but familiar voice answered the phone.
"Seto?"
"Oh, hi Serenity. How are you?"
"Ready to get back to work, if that's okay" There was a short pause.
"That's good to hear, see you at 7?"
"Yup, definitely!" Serenity changed into a long light blue sun dress and walked out of her room.
"Hey Joey, I'm heading over to Kaiba Corp!" She hollered as she left.
"Ah...alright Serenity"
Serenity got on the bus to go downtown. She had 1 hour and 45 minutes till she had to meet at Kaiba Corp so why not do a little shopping before hand?
After about an hour and a half of browsing she walked towards Kaiba Corporation.
"Hey Serenity!" she was hugged by a very energetic Mokuba as she walked through the door.
"Woah, hey Mokuba!"
"Hello Serenity" came another voice. Standing in the middle of the room was Seto Kaiba.
"Um...hello" For some reason she had a hard time talking to him.
"I was able to leave a meeting early and I was wondering if you would like to join Mokuba and myself at a movie?"
"Sounds great" She smiled.
Walking out the door and down the street Mokuba stood in the middle of Seto and Serenity swinging on their arms. Serenity laughed and smiled at Kaiba. She also couldn't help but notice a slight blush on his cheeks.
'That's something I'd never thought I'd see' She said to herself.
Once in the theater Serenity sat between the two Kaiba brothers. The movie was a little more than she expected though. It turned out that it was a horror movie and a gruesome one at that. It took all her strength not to scream right then and there. A hand laid over hers on the arm rest only to pull away quickly. Serenity rotated her vision only a little to see a embarrassed Kaiba. She smiled and knew the movie was only half as scary with him there.
"So did you like the movie?" Mokuba asked as the trio walked out of the crowded theater.
"Um, yeah it was great" she lied slightly, not wanting to hurt the younger Kaiba's feelings.
"Are you hungry?" Seto asked. She nodded so they headed over to a local fast food joint.
"Oh great..." mumbled Tea as Seto walked through the door. Tea sat with Yugi, Bakura, Joey, Tristan and Miho. She blinked as Serenity followed Seto through the doors. Poking Yugi she directed his, as well as the others attention to the newcomers.
Joey caught his sister's eye and waved her over.
"Hi Serenity, what's up?" Yugi politely asked.
"Not much..." She answered, looking a little nervous.
"What's up with the date?" Joey asked while pointing to Seto.
"He's not my date!" She replied, a little too loudly.
"Okay, okay, sheesh I was only joking. Can't a brother ever check up on his little sis?"
"Sorry Joey" She looked down. Seto walked over to her and handed her a soda. All 3 squeezed into the circular booth with the others.
"So Seto...still dueling?" Yugi asked, trying to break the awkward silence that had arisen.
Seto shook his head, "Not as much as I used to I have to regret. Things have been really hectic"
"Oh...I see" Another prolonged silence.
"Well Serenity, we better go. Mokuba needs to get to bed soon" Seto said apologetically. She nodded.
"Alright, I'll see you...Monday?"
"Yeah"
"Goodnight you too" She hugged Mokuba and watched as they both left. Once they were gone conversations started up again, like usual.
"Why were you all so quiet?!" She asked, already knowing the answer.
"Well...we..." Tea began.
"Oh never mind" Serenity stood and left, leaving the others slightly confuse and hurt. She unlocked the door to their apartment door and went to her room. As soon as she hit her bed a sudden wave to tiredness hit her.
'Why don't they understand? Why can't they see...he's changed so much' She asked herself as she buried her head in her pillow.
'He hurts so much inside, I can tell. If he would only let people get closer to him it might help...I could help...' She fell into an uneasy sleep that night.
"Serenity, help! There's something wrong with my big brother!" Mokuba raced to her side and dragged her off.
"Serenity, help me!" She saw Yugi's limp body on the side of the road but kept going. She continued to pass injured bodies of her friends and still...she passed them over.
"Serenity..." two voices called her name, her brother's and Seto's.
"I...I can't choose. I can't choose over my own brother and Seto..."
Serenity awoke very hot and drenched in sweat.
"It...it was only a dream?" She gasped, "but what if that really did happen, I couldn't deal with making that choice..." Serenity didn't notice as a figure appeared at her side.
"Dear, don't cry" Serenity looked up to see a carbon copy of herself. "I can help you Serenity Wheeler"
"Who...who are you?"
"I am you. If you want a way to end your pain and be able to decide your tough choices easier, take this" She held out in her hand a small bracelet with etchings of some sort on it. Like the item Yugi and the others had but it was silver not gold.
"No! I can deal with my own life and I don't need your help...who ever you are!" Serenity pulled away from the reflection holding the piece of jewelry.
"Fine...but if you ever change your mind...I'll be here" and with that she disappeared.
Nuriko Metallium: K, I got another one done ^-^ I really hope you all are enjoying this so far. I keep wondering if I should've used their Japanese names...they sound so much better ^^;; Anyways please review and no flames!
Oh yeah...Yami Yugi, Bakura and Malik? What do you guys think of a fic featuring you three?
Yami Bakura: What does it imply us to do?
Nuriko: Nothing much...sing...dance...maybe some other stuff?
Yami Malik and Yami Bakura: HELL NO!!!
Nuriko: aww...
Yami Yugi: What do you have in mind?
Nuriko: Song fic to "Walk Like An Egyptian" It seems so fitting of you three ^_^
Yamis: o.o; umm...no.
Nuriko: Be that way! I'll just have to think of another Yu-Gi-Oh story once I've finished this one.
Countless days passed as Serenity and Joey watched over their mom. Soon they had to go home and continue with their lives.
"We'll still be able to visit her. Don't worry" Joey said reassuringly to his younger sister. Life would go back to it's normal routine and she knew she's eventually heal.
It was the second month of summer when she decided to return to her job at Kaiba Corp. She picked up the phone and dialed the number.
"Hello, Kaiba Corp" an annoyed but familiar voice answered the phone.
"Seto?"
"Oh, hi Serenity. How are you?"
"Ready to get back to work, if that's okay" There was a short pause.
"That's good to hear, see you at 7?"
"Yup, definitely!" Serenity changed into a long light blue sun dress and walked out of her room.
"Hey Joey, I'm heading over to Kaiba Corp!" She hollered as she left.
"Ah...alright Serenity"
Serenity got on the bus to go downtown. She had 1 hour and 45 minutes till she had to meet at Kaiba Corp so why not do a little shopping before hand?
After about an hour and a half of browsing she walked towards Kaiba Corporation.
"Hey Serenity!" she was hugged by a very energetic Mokuba as she walked through the door.
"Woah, hey Mokuba!"
"Hello Serenity" came another voice. Standing in the middle of the room was Seto Kaiba.
"Um...hello" For some reason she had a hard time talking to him.
"I was able to leave a meeting early and I was wondering if you would like to join Mokuba and myself at a movie?"
"Sounds great" She smiled.
Walking out the door and down the street Mokuba stood in the middle of Seto and Serenity swinging on their arms. Serenity laughed and smiled at Kaiba. She also couldn't help but notice a slight blush on his cheeks.
'That's something I'd never thought I'd see' She said to herself.
Once in the theater Serenity sat between the two Kaiba brothers. The movie was a little more than she expected though. It turned out that it was a horror movie and a gruesome one at that. It took all her strength not to scream right then and there. A hand laid over hers on the arm rest only to pull away quickly. Serenity rotated her vision only a little to see a embarrassed Kaiba. She smiled and knew the movie was only half as scary with him there.
"So did you like the movie?" Mokuba asked as the trio walked out of the crowded theater.
"Um, yeah it was great" she lied slightly, not wanting to hurt the younger Kaiba's feelings.
"Are you hungry?" Seto asked. She nodded so they headed over to a local fast food joint.
"Oh great..." mumbled Tea as Seto walked through the door. Tea sat with Yugi, Bakura, Joey, Tristan and Miho. She blinked as Serenity followed Seto through the doors. Poking Yugi she directed his, as well as the others attention to the newcomers.
Joey caught his sister's eye and waved her over.
"Hi Serenity, what's up?" Yugi politely asked.
"Not much..." She answered, looking a little nervous.
"What's up with the date?" Joey asked while pointing to Seto.
"He's not my date!" She replied, a little too loudly.
"Okay, okay, sheesh I was only joking. Can't a brother ever check up on his little sis?"
"Sorry Joey" She looked down. Seto walked over to her and handed her a soda. All 3 squeezed into the circular booth with the others.
"So Seto...still dueling?" Yugi asked, trying to break the awkward silence that had arisen.
Seto shook his head, "Not as much as I used to I have to regret. Things have been really hectic"
"Oh...I see" Another prolonged silence.
"Well Serenity, we better go. Mokuba needs to get to bed soon" Seto said apologetically. She nodded.
"Alright, I'll see you...Monday?"
"Yeah"
"Goodnight you too" She hugged Mokuba and watched as they both left. Once they were gone conversations started up again, like usual.
"Why were you all so quiet?!" She asked, already knowing the answer.
"Well...we..." Tea began.
"Oh never mind" Serenity stood and left, leaving the others slightly confuse and hurt. She unlocked the door to their apartment door and went to her room. As soon as she hit her bed a sudden wave to tiredness hit her.
'Why don't they understand? Why can't they see...he's changed so much' She asked herself as she buried her head in her pillow.
'He hurts so much inside, I can tell. If he would only let people get closer to him it might help...I could help...' She fell into an uneasy sleep that night.
"Serenity, help! There's something wrong with my big brother!" Mokuba raced to her side and dragged her off.
"Serenity, help me!" She saw Yugi's limp body on the side of the road but kept going. She continued to pass injured bodies of her friends and still...she passed them over.
"Serenity..." two voices called her name, her brother's and Seto's.
"I...I can't choose. I can't choose over my own brother and Seto..."
Serenity awoke very hot and drenched in sweat.
"It...it was only a dream?" She gasped, "but what if that really did happen, I couldn't deal with making that choice..." Serenity didn't notice as a figure appeared at her side.
"Dear, don't cry" Serenity looked up to see a carbon copy of herself. "I can help you Serenity Wheeler"
"Who...who are you?"
"I am you. If you want a way to end your pain and be able to decide your tough choices easier, take this" She held out in her hand a small bracelet with etchings of some sort on it. Like the item Yugi and the others had but it was silver not gold.
"No! I can deal with my own life and I don't need your help...who ever you are!" Serenity pulled away from the reflection holding the piece of jewelry.
"Fine...but if you ever change your mind...I'll be here" and with that she disappeared.
Nuriko Metallium: K, I got another one done ^-^ I really hope you all are enjoying this so far. I keep wondering if I should've used their Japanese names...they sound so much better ^^;; Anyways please review and no flames!
Oh yeah...Yami Yugi, Bakura and Malik? What do you guys think of a fic featuring you three?
Yami Bakura: What does it imply us to do?
Nuriko: Nothing much...sing...dance...maybe some other stuff?
Yami Malik and Yami Bakura: HELL NO!!!
Nuriko: aww...
Yami Yugi: What do you have in mind?
Nuriko: Song fic to "Walk Like An Egyptian" It seems so fitting of you three ^_^
Yamis: o.o; umm...no.
Nuriko: Be that way! I'll just have to think of another Yu-Gi-Oh story once I've finished this one.