_Every Dragon Has a Heart_ by ilukaiba (who doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh!)
"Let's do it tomorrow..."
"Do what, Tristan?"
"Tomorrow, Joey... in school, during lunch... we'll ask Serenity about today... when Kaiba's nearby... he'll be so embarrassed!"
"But Tristan... I need to get her today!"
"Look... why not wait until tomorrow so we can ruin that bastard's fucking reputation for being a lousy, cold-hearted moron."
"Uh... I guess... but wouldn't that make Serenity feel..."
"Nah- Serenity is YOUR sister... she isn't gonna say anything... you have every reason to yell at that god damn CEO!"
"But Tristan..."
"Joey... think of all the lame dog jokes... don't you want to get him back for those? This is the PERFECT solution!"
"I guess your right..."
~ ~ ~
Meanwhile, at the Kaiba mansion, Seto was once again alone with the teenage beauty that had melted his cold heart. Mokuba had gone to bed after a long argument with his brother.
"Now it's my chance to tell her..." muttered the lovesick CEO, gazing at her as she worked on her homework on his office floor.
"What was that Seto?" she asked innocently, while stacking her neatly written writing composition and getting out her history textbook.
"Uh," Seto stopped typing his company earnings report. It wasn't as important as what he wanted to tell her. He gazed into her chocolate eyes lovingly, praying that she wouldn't reject him. He stared at her for a brief moment, making her shift uncomfortably on the floor. He got out of his soft leather executive chair and knelt down on the blue carpet beside her, never breaking their locked gaze.
"What is it, Seto?" she repeated, wondering why he was so close to her.
"Serenity..." he murmured longingly.
"Seto?" she asked, her eyes filled with questions waiting to be asked.
"Serenity..." He couldn't control his yearning for her. He wanted her... now. Before Serenity could protest, he leaned towards her, pressing his lips against hers. He could feel her trying to speak, but he didn't want to let her. Suddenly, the two were lying on the ground, Serenity on the bottom. Seto moved his hands up her thin body, pausing at her chest. Serenity moaned as he lay on top of her, trying to push him away even though she didn't want to.
He moved his lips to her neck, kissing her intensely while calling out her name with pleasure.
"Seto." she moaned.
He paid no attention to her helpless protests. He knew what she was going to say, but he didn't want to hear it. Serenity closed her eyes, wishing she could be with the boy she loved... but she couldn't... she wouldn't.
"Seto!" she called out one last time, attempting to push him off of her.
Seto ran his hand over her chest once more, wishing he could just pull her shirt off and feel her. He lifted his head again, about to kiss her red lips once more, but stopped when he saw the tears.
"Serenity?" He held her close to him, hoping he hadn't hurt her.
"Seto... I can't!" she sobbed in his arms.
"What?"
"I... I can't." A pang of guilt came over her as she thought about the promise she had made with her brother. She felt dirty and unloyal.
Seto's heart pounded as he heard her hurtful words. 'I can't!' The words repeated in his mind. He felt horrible and cruel. How could he have done this to her? More importantly, how could she have done this to him? He remembered the cold-hearted man he used to be, self-centered and unwilling to accept friendship or love. And here he was, being rejected.
"Seto... I am so sorry..." The tears soaked his shirt, making him feel even worse. Yet he also felt angry.
His old self was coming back... the feelings of rejection and hatred that had been in him for six long years were back once more. He had lost his heart to a girl that didn't love him. His life was over... he was over... there was no more love in his heart.
'Damn you Gozaburo!' he thought, feeling the presence of his abusive step-father inside of him. He had sexually abused this poor girl, as his Gozaburo had done to him. 'Serenity must hate me now... I have hurt her so much... I am not worthy of living. I am just like my step-father!'
He felt tears in his eyes as he remembered the many years of abuse from Gozaburo. He was forced to give in to the man, and was raped repeatedly. When he dared to disobey, he was whipped. Gozaburo often brought drunk friends, who laughed and raped him even more.
'I am turning into that bastard... there's no way out of it... if I continue to live.'
"Serenity... I am sorry... I don't know what came over me... but I assure you, it's gone now."
She looked up at him through her tears, seeing his cold eyes and hearing his emotionless words. 'What have I done to him?' she thought as she looked at the new person that stood before her. This was the Seto Kaiba as her brother knew him... cruel and unforgiving. She realized it suddenly, feeling torn between emotions. 'I have stolen his heart.'
"Get up... go to bed or something... we have school tomorrow." He pointed to the doorway, looking at her with his icy stare.
She got up from the floor weeping, and as she left the room, she dared not to turn back, for she knew that the person she would see didn't want to see her. She ran to her guest room, reaching for the doorknob blindly. She found it and stepped inside, closing the door behind her and sobbing into it.
~ ~ ~
'Where is the damn thing?!' Seto thought as he searched through his messy desk. He opened the tenth drawer and reached behind the papers, feeling the sharp edge of a knife. He pulled the weapon out and looked at it, eagerly waiting to take his life with it. He went to the area where he had Serenity pinned down on the floor minutes before. He prepared to plunge it into his unloving heart, until he heard his brother's cry.
~ ~ ~
"Mokuba?" Seto looked at his little brother, who was standing at the doorway with teary eyes and a terrified expression.
"Big brother!" sobbed the boy, "Please don't go... don't leave me Seto... you can't!"
The elder Kaiba looked down at the knife that was threateningly close to his chest.
"Mokuba... I... I am... I" Seto stuttered, suddenly realizing the pain he was causing his brother.
"Seto... why? Why do you want to die?"
"I... I..." Seto broke down on the ground crying. Mokuba looked at his brother with concern. Seto never cried... since the day their parents had died.
"Seto... why?"
"I... I hurt her..."
"Who?"
"Wheeler's sister... Serenity..." He dried his tears, feeling extremely guilty.
"What? Big brother... what did you do to her?"
"I... I kissed her..."
Mokuba looked at Seto, feeling confused. "And that's why you wanted to kill yourself?" The tears slid down his cheeks. His brother almost died... because of a silly kiss? 'Does he love her more than he loves ME?' thought the poor boy.
Serenity listened outside of the door. She had come out or her room after hearing Mokuba going to Seto's room. She wiped away her tears. "I love you, Seto." she whispered to the closed door, knowing that he didn't hear her. "If only you knew..." She tiptoed back to her room, closing the door softly behind her.
"Let's do it tomorrow..."
"Do what, Tristan?"
"Tomorrow, Joey... in school, during lunch... we'll ask Serenity about today... when Kaiba's nearby... he'll be so embarrassed!"
"But Tristan... I need to get her today!"
"Look... why not wait until tomorrow so we can ruin that bastard's fucking reputation for being a lousy, cold-hearted moron."
"Uh... I guess... but wouldn't that make Serenity feel..."
"Nah- Serenity is YOUR sister... she isn't gonna say anything... you have every reason to yell at that god damn CEO!"
"But Tristan..."
"Joey... think of all the lame dog jokes... don't you want to get him back for those? This is the PERFECT solution!"
"I guess your right..."
~ ~ ~
Meanwhile, at the Kaiba mansion, Seto was once again alone with the teenage beauty that had melted his cold heart. Mokuba had gone to bed after a long argument with his brother.
"Now it's my chance to tell her..." muttered the lovesick CEO, gazing at her as she worked on her homework on his office floor.
"What was that Seto?" she asked innocently, while stacking her neatly written writing composition and getting out her history textbook.
"Uh," Seto stopped typing his company earnings report. It wasn't as important as what he wanted to tell her. He gazed into her chocolate eyes lovingly, praying that she wouldn't reject him. He stared at her for a brief moment, making her shift uncomfortably on the floor. He got out of his soft leather executive chair and knelt down on the blue carpet beside her, never breaking their locked gaze.
"What is it, Seto?" she repeated, wondering why he was so close to her.
"Serenity..." he murmured longingly.
"Seto?" she asked, her eyes filled with questions waiting to be asked.
"Serenity..." He couldn't control his yearning for her. He wanted her... now. Before Serenity could protest, he leaned towards her, pressing his lips against hers. He could feel her trying to speak, but he didn't want to let her. Suddenly, the two were lying on the ground, Serenity on the bottom. Seto moved his hands up her thin body, pausing at her chest. Serenity moaned as he lay on top of her, trying to push him away even though she didn't want to.
He moved his lips to her neck, kissing her intensely while calling out her name with pleasure.
"Seto." she moaned.
He paid no attention to her helpless protests. He knew what she was going to say, but he didn't want to hear it. Serenity closed her eyes, wishing she could be with the boy she loved... but she couldn't... she wouldn't.
"Seto!" she called out one last time, attempting to push him off of her.
Seto ran his hand over her chest once more, wishing he could just pull her shirt off and feel her. He lifted his head again, about to kiss her red lips once more, but stopped when he saw the tears.
"Serenity?" He held her close to him, hoping he hadn't hurt her.
"Seto... I can't!" she sobbed in his arms.
"What?"
"I... I can't." A pang of guilt came over her as she thought about the promise she had made with her brother. She felt dirty and unloyal.
Seto's heart pounded as he heard her hurtful words. 'I can't!' The words repeated in his mind. He felt horrible and cruel. How could he have done this to her? More importantly, how could she have done this to him? He remembered the cold-hearted man he used to be, self-centered and unwilling to accept friendship or love. And here he was, being rejected.
"Seto... I am so sorry..." The tears soaked his shirt, making him feel even worse. Yet he also felt angry.
His old self was coming back... the feelings of rejection and hatred that had been in him for six long years were back once more. He had lost his heart to a girl that didn't love him. His life was over... he was over... there was no more love in his heart.
'Damn you Gozaburo!' he thought, feeling the presence of his abusive step-father inside of him. He had sexually abused this poor girl, as his Gozaburo had done to him. 'Serenity must hate me now... I have hurt her so much... I am not worthy of living. I am just like my step-father!'
He felt tears in his eyes as he remembered the many years of abuse from Gozaburo. He was forced to give in to the man, and was raped repeatedly. When he dared to disobey, he was whipped. Gozaburo often brought drunk friends, who laughed and raped him even more.
'I am turning into that bastard... there's no way out of it... if I continue to live.'
"Serenity... I am sorry... I don't know what came over me... but I assure you, it's gone now."
She looked up at him through her tears, seeing his cold eyes and hearing his emotionless words. 'What have I done to him?' she thought as she looked at the new person that stood before her. This was the Seto Kaiba as her brother knew him... cruel and unforgiving. She realized it suddenly, feeling torn between emotions. 'I have stolen his heart.'
"Get up... go to bed or something... we have school tomorrow." He pointed to the doorway, looking at her with his icy stare.
She got up from the floor weeping, and as she left the room, she dared not to turn back, for she knew that the person she would see didn't want to see her. She ran to her guest room, reaching for the doorknob blindly. She found it and stepped inside, closing the door behind her and sobbing into it.
~ ~ ~
'Where is the damn thing?!' Seto thought as he searched through his messy desk. He opened the tenth drawer and reached behind the papers, feeling the sharp edge of a knife. He pulled the weapon out and looked at it, eagerly waiting to take his life with it. He went to the area where he had Serenity pinned down on the floor minutes before. He prepared to plunge it into his unloving heart, until he heard his brother's cry.
~ ~ ~
"Mokuba?" Seto looked at his little brother, who was standing at the doorway with teary eyes and a terrified expression.
"Big brother!" sobbed the boy, "Please don't go... don't leave me Seto... you can't!"
The elder Kaiba looked down at the knife that was threateningly close to his chest.
"Mokuba... I... I am... I" Seto stuttered, suddenly realizing the pain he was causing his brother.
"Seto... why? Why do you want to die?"
"I... I..." Seto broke down on the ground crying. Mokuba looked at his brother with concern. Seto never cried... since the day their parents had died.
"Seto... why?"
"I... I hurt her..."
"Who?"
"Wheeler's sister... Serenity..." He dried his tears, feeling extremely guilty.
"What? Big brother... what did you do to her?"
"I... I kissed her..."
Mokuba looked at Seto, feeling confused. "And that's why you wanted to kill yourself?" The tears slid down his cheeks. His brother almost died... because of a silly kiss? 'Does he love her more than he loves ME?' thought the poor boy.
Serenity listened outside of the door. She had come out or her room after hearing Mokuba going to Seto's room. She wiped away her tears. "I love you, Seto." she whispered to the closed door, knowing that he didn't hear her. "If only you knew..." She tiptoed back to her room, closing the door softly behind her.