Chapter 4: The Truth
"What...what was that?" Serenity sat up straight in her bed. She looked around her room but found no trace of her "other" self.
"Hey Serenity, what's up? Who were ya talking to?" Joey walked in.
"Oh...um...nobody. Why are you still awake?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Yugi and Tristan are over here watchin a movie"
"Oh, can I join you. For some reason I'm not very sleepy anymore"
"Sure" Serenity stepped out of bed and followed her brother to the living room.
"Hey Serenity!" Yugi waved from his seat on the sofa. Yami Yugi nodded to her from his seat and Tristan waved hello. Serenity felt a little out of place sitting with all these guys but then again Tea must have felt like this at times too.
After several hours of movie watching the guys crashed in the living room for the night and Serenity went back to sleep.
'Maybe tomorrow I'll talk to Ryou about what happened, or maybe even Malik? They both have millennium items and have dealt with...weird things like what just happened so maybe they can give me an answer'
Serenity awoke early on Sunday morning and called Ryou and Malik. She wanted them both to meet her at a local coffee shop to talk about this mysterious bracelet left on her dresser. She carefully picked the bracelet up before exiting the room and slipped it gently into her purse.
On the way out of her house she left a note from her brother whom was at the time, still sleeping in the living room with his friends, telling him where she was and about when she'd be back.
"What a beautiful day" She said as she walked down the street in which the coffee shop was located. As she approached she could see Malik, Ryou and their Yamis, Yami Bakura and Yami Malik conversing at a booth inside the restaurant.
When she entered the fresh aroma of French blend coffee hit her. She quickly ordered and cup and joined the others.
"So what did you want to see us for Serenity?" Ryou asked politely.
"Well it's kinda hard to explain" she began. "It has to do...with what I think could be...a new millennium item. Or at last something that looks like it"
The group fell silent in either shock or disbelief.
"You can't be serious" Yami Bakura said with a frown on his face.
"He's right" added Malik, "There are only 7 millennium items"
"We don't know that. There could possibly be more, ones that we don't know of. Also, other artifacts that could be just as powerful" Said Yami Malik.
"I have it with you, if you want to see..." Serenity commented. She pulled the bracelet from her purse and laid it flat on the table.
"That's...no it can't be..." Yami Malik started.
"What? Please tell me, I want to know what I'm dealing with!" Serenity begged.
"Alright...I'm not very sure on this but...I think this artifact belonged to the Pharaoh's past wife to be" Ryou blinked.
"No way, Yami Yugi's past girl friend?" He asked.
Yami Malik nodded. "I don't know much information on her. Only that they never were married. I think it was because of the power she possessed or something she did that they killed her. I had heard that she did posses a millennium item at one time. I wonder if this is what it is"
"Then, you should probably ask Yami Yugi, right?" Ryou asked.
Serenity shook her head. "I don't want to get the rest of my friends and brother involved in this. As long as I don't put it on, I'll be fine, right?"
"I don't know..." Said Yami Malik.
"I'd be happy to take it off your hands if you don't want it" Grinned Yami Bakura.
"Oh no you don't!" Yami Malik and Malik both yelled. Ryou sighed. His Yami's urge to obtain more of the millennium items was irritating.
Serenity laughed and stood up. "Well...thank you all for helping me out and I'm sorry I had to call you all out here this early"
"It's no problem" Malik said with a warm smile.
Yami Bakura and Yami Malik rolled their eyes. "Stop flirting" They said as they dragged Malik from the coffee shop with Ryou trailing behind them.
"They have sure changed since when I first met them" Serenity thought about when she first met Yami Bakura and Yami Malik. To say the least they weren't the most pleasurable people to be around and they just plain out scared her when she first saw them.
Serenity walked out of the coffee shop and wondered what to do next. She didn't have to work today but it wouldn't be bad if she visited Seto, right?
The next bus took her across town to Kaiba Corp. Upon walking through the door she was seated in the waiting room.
"Mr. Kaiba sir? There is a...what's your name hun?" The receptionist asked her quietly.
"Serenity Wheeler"
"There's a Serenity Wheeler here to see you" A pause.
"Send her to my office"
"Yes sir, right away" Serenity was sent with an escort up to Seto's main office.
"Hello Serenity, what are you doing here today?" Seto asked as she walked in the door.
"Nothing really...I'm kinda bored and wondered if there's any work you want me to do?"
"Not that I can think of. Unless you want to do something with Mokuba?"
"Sure, that sounds great!" She said happily.
Kaiba seemed a little surprised at her answer. "Never met anyone before who enjoyed babysitting as much as you" He said with a smile.
Serenity felt the heat rising to her cheeks.
'Why am I so embarrassed to be around Seto these days? It's like I don't know my own feelings anymore'
"Serenity?" Her head shot up.
"huh?"
"You seemed a little out of it for a second"
"Sorry Seto" She apologized.
"Come on, I'll take you to where Mokuba is" He led her down a few floors and into a large room filled with video games.
"Serenity!" Mokuba hugged her tightly. Seto waved and left her there with the younger Kaiba brother.
"What are you playing?" She asked as she walked over to a machine he had been standing on a few minutes earlier.
"Dance Dance Revolution, you want to try?" He asked.
"umm...how do you play?" She felt kind of stupid asking.
"Here I'll show you. He pulled her up onto the dancing pad, as he called it, and made her look straight onto the screen. You can choose a song and you have to dance to it according to where the arrows do on the screen" Said Mokuba as he chose a song called "Boom Boom Dollar".
A few hours later Seto returned to find Serenity and Mokuba dancing in sync with the music on the machine and getting perfect scores on the game.
"Having fun?" He asked with a slightly amused tune to his voice.
"Hai!" They both called from the machine.
When the song ended Seto walked Serenity to the lobby while Mokuba went on to play other games in the room.
"I'll have one of our company limos take you home" He said as he walked with her through the doors of the office building.
"Alright, thank you Seto" She said.
"Serenity...I was wondering...do you...umm...have a boyfriend?" He asked.
That was the last thing she'd been expecting to be asked.
"No..."
"Do you have anyone in mind?"
"Um...maybe" She admitted.
"Would you ever go out with me" He asked, his voice barely a whisper.
"...Yes" She had finally admitted it.
"Then...would you be my girl friend, Serenity Wheeler?"
"Yes" She hugged him tight.
The rest of the night she was floating on air.
'I'm actually going out with Seto Kaiba' was the last thought as she drifted into sleep that night.
Nuriko: Okay, another chapter done. Please review and no flaming! Oh and hushpuppy24, I won't add any more of those author notes as chapters anymore :)
Ryou: Just as long as people don't flame you, right?
Nuriko: Yup
Ryou: I could get my Yami to get them to stop.
Nuriko: Ah Ryou, I'm sure your ideas are very wholehearted but...I really don't want to be sued by anyone now ^^ Knowing your Yami, he'd put them in the ER.
Yami Bakura: I RESENT THAT!
Nuriko: I'm joking, you know I luv ya *hugs Yami Bakura*
Yami Bakura: o.o;; *turns 4 different shades of red but pretend not to care*
Malik: Aww why does he get a hug?
Nuriko: Ah gomen Malik *kisses him on the cheek and hugs him* I just hope your fangirls don't kill me now.
Malik: *grin*
Nuriko: Oh and for you people who like disclaimers...
~-~^^~-~^^~-~ I DO NOT OWN YU-GI-OH ~-~^^~-~^^~-~
"What...what was that?" Serenity sat up straight in her bed. She looked around her room but found no trace of her "other" self.
"Hey Serenity, what's up? Who were ya talking to?" Joey walked in.
"Oh...um...nobody. Why are you still awake?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Yugi and Tristan are over here watchin a movie"
"Oh, can I join you. For some reason I'm not very sleepy anymore"
"Sure" Serenity stepped out of bed and followed her brother to the living room.
"Hey Serenity!" Yugi waved from his seat on the sofa. Yami Yugi nodded to her from his seat and Tristan waved hello. Serenity felt a little out of place sitting with all these guys but then again Tea must have felt like this at times too.
After several hours of movie watching the guys crashed in the living room for the night and Serenity went back to sleep.
'Maybe tomorrow I'll talk to Ryou about what happened, or maybe even Malik? They both have millennium items and have dealt with...weird things like what just happened so maybe they can give me an answer'
Serenity awoke early on Sunday morning and called Ryou and Malik. She wanted them both to meet her at a local coffee shop to talk about this mysterious bracelet left on her dresser. She carefully picked the bracelet up before exiting the room and slipped it gently into her purse.
On the way out of her house she left a note from her brother whom was at the time, still sleeping in the living room with his friends, telling him where she was and about when she'd be back.
"What a beautiful day" She said as she walked down the street in which the coffee shop was located. As she approached she could see Malik, Ryou and their Yamis, Yami Bakura and Yami Malik conversing at a booth inside the restaurant.
When she entered the fresh aroma of French blend coffee hit her. She quickly ordered and cup and joined the others.
"So what did you want to see us for Serenity?" Ryou asked politely.
"Well it's kinda hard to explain" she began. "It has to do...with what I think could be...a new millennium item. Or at last something that looks like it"
The group fell silent in either shock or disbelief.
"You can't be serious" Yami Bakura said with a frown on his face.
"He's right" added Malik, "There are only 7 millennium items"
"We don't know that. There could possibly be more, ones that we don't know of. Also, other artifacts that could be just as powerful" Said Yami Malik.
"I have it with you, if you want to see..." Serenity commented. She pulled the bracelet from her purse and laid it flat on the table.
"That's...no it can't be..." Yami Malik started.
"What? Please tell me, I want to know what I'm dealing with!" Serenity begged.
"Alright...I'm not very sure on this but...I think this artifact belonged to the Pharaoh's past wife to be" Ryou blinked.
"No way, Yami Yugi's past girl friend?" He asked.
Yami Malik nodded. "I don't know much information on her. Only that they never were married. I think it was because of the power she possessed or something she did that they killed her. I had heard that she did posses a millennium item at one time. I wonder if this is what it is"
"Then, you should probably ask Yami Yugi, right?" Ryou asked.
Serenity shook her head. "I don't want to get the rest of my friends and brother involved in this. As long as I don't put it on, I'll be fine, right?"
"I don't know..." Said Yami Malik.
"I'd be happy to take it off your hands if you don't want it" Grinned Yami Bakura.
"Oh no you don't!" Yami Malik and Malik both yelled. Ryou sighed. His Yami's urge to obtain more of the millennium items was irritating.
Serenity laughed and stood up. "Well...thank you all for helping me out and I'm sorry I had to call you all out here this early"
"It's no problem" Malik said with a warm smile.
Yami Bakura and Yami Malik rolled their eyes. "Stop flirting" They said as they dragged Malik from the coffee shop with Ryou trailing behind them.
"They have sure changed since when I first met them" Serenity thought about when she first met Yami Bakura and Yami Malik. To say the least they weren't the most pleasurable people to be around and they just plain out scared her when she first saw them.
Serenity walked out of the coffee shop and wondered what to do next. She didn't have to work today but it wouldn't be bad if she visited Seto, right?
The next bus took her across town to Kaiba Corp. Upon walking through the door she was seated in the waiting room.
"Mr. Kaiba sir? There is a...what's your name hun?" The receptionist asked her quietly.
"Serenity Wheeler"
"There's a Serenity Wheeler here to see you" A pause.
"Send her to my office"
"Yes sir, right away" Serenity was sent with an escort up to Seto's main office.
"Hello Serenity, what are you doing here today?" Seto asked as she walked in the door.
"Nothing really...I'm kinda bored and wondered if there's any work you want me to do?"
"Not that I can think of. Unless you want to do something with Mokuba?"
"Sure, that sounds great!" She said happily.
Kaiba seemed a little surprised at her answer. "Never met anyone before who enjoyed babysitting as much as you" He said with a smile.
Serenity felt the heat rising to her cheeks.
'Why am I so embarrassed to be around Seto these days? It's like I don't know my own feelings anymore'
"Serenity?" Her head shot up.
"huh?"
"You seemed a little out of it for a second"
"Sorry Seto" She apologized.
"Come on, I'll take you to where Mokuba is" He led her down a few floors and into a large room filled with video games.
"Serenity!" Mokuba hugged her tightly. Seto waved and left her there with the younger Kaiba brother.
"What are you playing?" She asked as she walked over to a machine he had been standing on a few minutes earlier.
"Dance Dance Revolution, you want to try?" He asked.
"umm...how do you play?" She felt kind of stupid asking.
"Here I'll show you. He pulled her up onto the dancing pad, as he called it, and made her look straight onto the screen. You can choose a song and you have to dance to it according to where the arrows do on the screen" Said Mokuba as he chose a song called "Boom Boom Dollar".
A few hours later Seto returned to find Serenity and Mokuba dancing in sync with the music on the machine and getting perfect scores on the game.
"Having fun?" He asked with a slightly amused tune to his voice.
"Hai!" They both called from the machine.
When the song ended Seto walked Serenity to the lobby while Mokuba went on to play other games in the room.
"I'll have one of our company limos take you home" He said as he walked with her through the doors of the office building.
"Alright, thank you Seto" She said.
"Serenity...I was wondering...do you...umm...have a boyfriend?" He asked.
That was the last thing she'd been expecting to be asked.
"No..."
"Do you have anyone in mind?"
"Um...maybe" She admitted.
"Would you ever go out with me" He asked, his voice barely a whisper.
"...Yes" She had finally admitted it.
"Then...would you be my girl friend, Serenity Wheeler?"
"Yes" She hugged him tight.
The rest of the night she was floating on air.
'I'm actually going out with Seto Kaiba' was the last thought as she drifted into sleep that night.
Nuriko: Okay, another chapter done. Please review and no flaming! Oh and hushpuppy24, I won't add any more of those author notes as chapters anymore :)
Ryou: Just as long as people don't flame you, right?
Nuriko: Yup
Ryou: I could get my Yami to get them to stop.
Nuriko: Ah Ryou, I'm sure your ideas are very wholehearted but...I really don't want to be sued by anyone now ^^ Knowing your Yami, he'd put them in the ER.
Yami Bakura: I RESENT THAT!
Nuriko: I'm joking, you know I luv ya *hugs Yami Bakura*
Yami Bakura: o.o;; *turns 4 different shades of red but pretend not to care*
Malik: Aww why does he get a hug?
Nuriko: Ah gomen Malik *kisses him on the cheek and hugs him* I just hope your fangirls don't kill me now.
Malik: *grin*
Nuriko: Oh and for you people who like disclaimers...
~-~^^~-~^^~-~ I DO NOT OWN YU-GI-OH ~-~^^~-~^^~-~