Chapter 4: Shadow of the Past

Authoress: AND I'm back!!! O, if you want to read a reaaaaaalllly good fanfic, go read Natha Daged Dhaer: They Are All Going To Die! By legolaslover2003. Its so touching...i nearly cried...poor legolas..... Pirates of the Caribbean Rules!!! (Only 2nd to LotR) *drools at pics of Orlando Bloom (as Will Turner) and Johnny Depp (as Captain John Sparrow)* Quote from "friend" bout my infatuation with Johnny Depp: "he's old enough to be your dad" (isn't she nice?) I was having an argument w/ my evil hacker punk bunny friend: Is Serenity's hair Red??? (Me: It's golden-brown dammit!)(evil hacker punk bunny: No it's not! Can't you see the red tint?) so will all readers please IM me at Darkfariegrl and share your opinion of the matter. Status: I'm sick and delirious. So sry if this chapter sucks ass wow, sorry to LotR fans for stealing this title. Wait.I am an LotR fan! I don't feel like fixing the capitilazation errors and.I think this AN is turning out to be longer than the actual fanfic

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It was clear evening when Serenity next met Joey. He was 15 and she was 13. She had come to Battle city to see her brother after her eye operation, but got there just in time to see Joey, try to take, then save, the life of a short muti-haired boy. Then, without hesitating, Serenity jumped into the water and saved her brother from drowning.

After she unlocked the chain holding Joey captive, the two siblings floated up and broke free of the water's hold sputtering.

A conversation then followed, and Serenity noticed that the only person who remained silent was a boy, about the same age as Joey, who stood apart from the group with a younger boy. He turned, and the first thing that Serenity noticed was his eyes, those cold, intense, brilliant sapphiere eyes. There was only one person in the world who had them.

"Seto?"

The boy turned to face her. "What do you want?"

"don't you remember me?"

"no I don't remember you"

now, she was sure that this teen was her long forgotten friend. He was the only person who was this arrogant. "I'm serenity, we went to the same orphanage"

At these words, Seto's eyes flickered in recognition. "Serenity?" his words were filled with wonder.

Now, Joey interrpted "wait a minute, Serenity, are ya saying that you know Kaiba?"

"yes, he was my best friend!"

At those words, Tristan turned and looked at Kaiba jealously and he said, "Now, we've all had a long day, let's go home and rest" The others agreed and that was as far as the conversation went until Seto Kaiba surprisingly offered Serenity and Joey a ride on his helicopter. But Joey turned it down and they parted and went on their separate directions to where they called home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At the Wheeler Household~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tears were breaking out in the Wheeler home. The family was finally reunited again for the first time in a period of 10 years. It was decided that Serenity could spend the rest of the Battle-City Competition time span with Joey. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

While Serenity was going through all of this, Seto Kaiba sat in his helicopter, contemplating on what to do. Serenity had been a friend, probably his only one.he could just pretend that he had never met her and.and it would be over with. Yet she had been one of his few friends.companions and it would be quite awkward to rely on pretense to end their friendship. How would he act the next time he saw her? A deeper recognition of Serenity awakened inside him.before the orphanage.before.in a time he should not remember. "Ahh," he scowled, "What has Ishizu done to me?"