Elan Vitale:
Chapter 3: Finding Serenity
A/N: [Disclaimers] I do not own them, blah, blah, blah, so don't you DARE sue me! ;_;
I enjoyed writing the last parts of the previous chapter. It was mildly funny for me. Anyway, this chapter will be a tad more serious. Aww…no more nakey Kai! ^.^ Erm…so read, review, and enjoy!
P.S.
Oh yeah! For Serena, just think the sister of Haru in Rave. She kinda looks like that except with tinges of blue on the hair. I drew a pic of her so if you wanna see what I mean, just contact me, ok?
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Kai tossed and turned. He couldn't bring himself to sleep for some reason. Finally, after a few more minutes of turning over and of pillows falling from every corner of his bed, he let out a string of curses and got up. He slipped on a pair of slippers and exited his room.
He looked out into the dark hallway. It would be best if no one saw him. He made his was down as quietly and quickly as possible and soon enough he reached a small room near the kitchens. He straightened up and with his fit clenched, knocked three times.
He looked down and waited but no one answered. His patience wearing thin, he reluctantly turned the doorknob. Lucky the room was unlocked. He invited himself in and made his way to the bed. She was asleep. He sat beside her sleeping form and stared at her. Even in the dark, her features were unmistakable. His hand unconsciously brushed her long, dark hair.
She's…pretty…He gave his head a shake and stopped his hand while he was at it… I don't even know her name… He punched himself this time. What the hell have I been thinking??? He cleared his throat importantly and gave her a slight shake.
"W-What? Time to get up already?" She said groggily. She looked up and held her breath as she saw Kai staring into her face. "Yaaahhh! Master Kai!"
"You…" He started menacingly, still keeping his steady stare. She braced herself for the worst. Was he so mad that he had to come see her in private? In the middle of the night too…
"I want to thank…you." Kai said, finally looking away. She could tell through the darkness that he was blushing like hell.
"For what?" She replied curiously. Was this so important that he couldn't wait till morning?
"For the whole backpack thing and…for the soup thing." He said back.
"Master Kai, you could have just called me on the intercom…but I appreciate it." She smiled. He stood to leave, that went pretty well…except for the thinking part.
"Yeah…what's your name anyway?" Kai managed to add before he got to the door. She stared at him unbelievingly.
"You…want my name?" She said suspiciously.
"Yeah. Not that it means anything." He replied tonelessly. "I want to know what to call you if I ever get the urge to on the intercom."
"Oh…I'm Serena." She said before lying back down and turning so her back faced him. "Good night, Master Kai. Hope you sleep well now."
He hid a smile as he returned to his quarters. You can bet on it…
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"Hey guys, are you sure this is Kai's house?" Tyson gaped disbelievingly at the magnificent structure in front of him. "It's super huge!"
"Yeah." Max replied looking into Kenny's laptop and into the map. "This is it."
"Whoa. Even bigger than Enrique's pad." Tyson continued gaping.
"Should we try the doorbell? Or maybe intercom or something?" Kenny said, looking up at Tyson and Max.
"Y-Yeah." Tyson said, tearing his eyes of the estate. He prodded around for the doorbell and found it. He lifted a quivering finger and rang it once. They waited patiently for someone to answer it. No one came.
"Maybe no one's home…" Max sighed. Tyson gave one last look at the mansion as they prepared to leave.
"And I really wanted a tour too…" Tyson said dejectedly as they were leaving.
"Excuse me…" A voice sounded from behind them. They turned to find a girl with auburn hair and a scatter of freckles standing by the gate, looking around.
"Ah!" Tyson rushed over to her. "We wanna see Kai!"
Max and Kenny followed suit.
"Err…ok. Are you his friends?" The girl said cautiously.
"Yeah!" Tyson said instantly as he un inside the premises. "So where's my good 'ol pal Kai?"
"Tyson…" Kenny said grabbing the over excited boy by the scruff of his neon colored shirt. "It's not polite to get into a house without their consent."
"Nah. It's alright as long as you're friends." The girl interrupted the Kenny lecture. "But I'm not sure where he is now. Haven't been seeing him around lately. He isn't even in his room…"
"Really?" Max said cheerfully. "So he does do something more than stay in his room all the time!"
"Can ya give us a tour???" Tyson said, grinning from ear to ear. "We can look for him at the same time!"
"Sure!" The girl said almost as hyper as Tyson suggested it.
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Kai stared around again for any sign of Voltaire. When he found no trace of his grandfather, he continued shuffling through all the different employment notes on their servants. Something compelled him to find out more about that girl. Up until now though, he couldn't remember her being around when he was young and living in this house. He only had some scattered memories about her. The weirdest thing was he only had memories of her being beaten by Voltaire.
He shuffled through another bunch of files and still nothing. He was so absorbed into what he was doing that he didn't notice someone come in Voltaire's study.
"What are you doing in here?" He froze as he heard a voice speak gently from across the room. He looked up, a bead of sweat running down his face in his nervousness. He sighed as his eyes met cool amber ones once more accompanied by that long dark braid swishing behind her.
"Oh, it's just you…" He said, wiping the sweat from his brow.
"Those are Master Voltaire's files…" Serena replied disapprovingly at him.
"Yeah, I know. Now what's your last name again?" Kai said, turning his attention back to what he had been doing for the last two hours.
"Umm…you shouldn't be here…" She said reluctantly. Kai looked up and flashed her a glare.
"Last name?" Kai tried again but this time, there was a bit of an edge in his voice. She looked away, but didn't answer his question. Kai sighed. "Never mind."
As Kai continued his search, Serena just stood there staring at him. After quite a while of silence in the study, she spoke up in a small voice.
"What are you looking for anyway?" She said, approaching him and the two piles of paper beside him. He glanced up to her and smirked.
"Files on you." Came the reply.
"Why?" She said, staring down at all the folders.
"Well, I'm not entitled to tell you, am I?" He replied, still smiling.
She grinned at him. "No. Of course not."
She walked away from him and opened the door to leave.
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"This place is even bigger on the inside!" Tyson gawped impressively. "One room is like, bigger than my whole first floor!"
"Yeah, pretty neat!" Max agreed, looking up at the high ceiling.
"Where are we headed next?" Kenny asked their 'tour guide' who had been leading the way through the many halls. She glanced back at them.
"Since you're looking for Mr.Gro—I mean, the young master, we should go ask my friend where he might be." The girl said. She then winked at them and added in a whisper. "I saw Master Kai looming over her last night."
"WHAT?!" Tyson exclaimed, his voice echoing around five times.
"No way!" Max laughed.
"T-That's scientifically impossible!" Kenny choked in his fits of laughter.
"That's what I saw!" The brown haired girl said excitedly. "I also saw him touch her!"
"Now I KNOW that's a lie!" Tyson said, laughing harder than ever along with max and Kenny.
"Where???" Max and Kenny said at once.
"I think he touched her hair…or maybe face…couldn't tell. It was, like, really dark! It was round midnight ya know!" The girl said, snickering like crazy. "But don't tell him I said so…"
"You bet! This is priceless!" Tyson gasped in between his laughs. "We really gotta find Kai now so we can rub it in!"
"Yeah! Wish we had a photo!" Max added and the four of them burst into hysterical tears of laughter.
"What is all this noise?" A voice sounded suddenly.
The four of them, who were all on the floor, laughing their heads off, looked up to see another young girl with a long, dark braid and a pretty face.
"O-Oh! Hi Serena!" The brown haired girl said with a gulp.
"Serena?" Tyson, Max, and Kenny echoed.
"She's the 'friend' I was talking about." The brown-haired girl said in a whisper. The four of them fought to keep a straight face. Serena, on the other hand, had her hands on her hips looking displeased.
"Mia-chan! You should be out watering the orchids today." Serena started.
"Sorry. Kai's got some visitors!" Mia said enthusiastically.
"Really?" Serena said, staring at the three bladders. Her expression quickly changed from displeased to happy. "Oh sorry! I'm Serena! Welcome!"
"Hi! I'm Tyson!" Tyson replied.
"I'm Max!" Max added right after Tyson spoke.
"And I'm Kenny, you can all me chief if you like." Kenny ended.
"They're looking for the young master." Mia said gallantly.
"Oh, right." Serena said cheerfully. "He's in Master Voltaire's study."
Mia, Tyson, Max, and Kenny looked at each other and began snickering again.
"What?" Serena said curiously. "What's so funny?"
"N-Nothing!" Mia said. "I'll take them to the study or will you do it for me?"
"You haven't finished a single chore for the day. I'll take them." Serena said, smiling.
"Aww shucks!" Mia faked a sad sigh and snapped her fingers. "Say 'hi' to Master Kai for me will ya, Serena."
Tyson, Max, and Kenny winked at her before following Serena through a separate hallway to the study.
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A/N: Hi again! Hope this chapter wasn't a bore or something. ^_^v Stand by for chapter four! Please drop a review too! I'll highly treasure it! As for the untactful/unhelpful flames…let's just say you'd be wasting your time in the review panel cause I'll just throw it in the trash after reading the first sentence.
