Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! is the original work of Kazuki Takahashi. The name Hisoka Kazutaka was inspired from Yami no Matsuei of Matsushita Yohko. Only this fan fiction is mine.

Chapter 3 MEETING KAIBA

The orphanage was just a few blocks away from Domino High. Serenity has come here after her classes were over to start on her volunteer work. The nursing home was nestled at a very good place. Quite convenient for her at least, since it is on her way home from school.

Ever since she could remember, she has always wanted to help little kids, especially little orphaned kids. She loved to play with them, study with them, or just visit them and make them smile. Even if she didn't live in a nursing home she knows how hard it was to be an orphan. At least this orphanage looked clean and well kept, she thought. She has visited many orphanages in the past but unfortunately, not all of them are well maintained like this one.

A young woman greeted Serenity as soon as she entered the orphanage. She is almost as tall as her brother Joey and quite pretty with short honey-blond hair and emerald green eyes.

'Good afternoon. You must be Serenity Wheeler. I am Hisoka Kazutaka, one of the administrators here.'

'Yes, I am Serenity. It's so nice to meet you. I look forward to working here for a long time.'

Serenity could see some of the students from her new school as well as some younger boys and girls who was probably from the nearby Junior High School. It looks like she is not the only one who wanted to do volunteer work in this orphanage, she thought as she was led to a table where three boys are sitting.

'Boys, I want you to meet Serenity Wheeler. She will be joining us from now on. Serenity, you can start working with Kenta here.'

Kenta is a bubbly ten-year old boy with light brown hair and hazel eyes. Before Serenity reached their table, Kenta and another boy was in the charge of the oldest boy who is probably just a year or two younger than her.

'Hello there Serenity, my name is Mokuba Kaiba and the little one beside me is Noa.'

'I told you not to call me little one. You are just a few years older than I am!'

Mokuba has long black hair and lively amethyst eyes. He is quite a friendly boy with enough patience to handle the two boys in his care before Serenity was introduced. Serenity recalled Mokuba's response. Did she just hear him say that his name is Kaiba?

Now the other boy, Noa, is quite different than Kenta. While Kenta is an active and bubbly boy, Noa seems serious and quiet, although everyone can see that the boy is quite close with Mokuba. He is a cute little boy with bright green hair and somber blue eyes. He seems a bit shy but is not at all adverse to the liveliness of the other boy, Kenta.

The two boys left Serenity and Mokuba to get some of the snacks being passed around. Mokuba turned to her and started briefing her on some information regarding Kenta. Listening to him, she thought that he is different from the Kaiba she saw in school earlier. Very different.

'Excuse me, are you possibly related to a Seto Kaiba? I saw him in school today.'

'Oh, you have seen onii-sama in school? He is my older brother, though you couldn't tell just by looking at us, eh? I'm sorry if I talk funny today, my throat is a bit achy this morning.'

Just as I thought, they are brothers. But this one is definitely different than the older Kaiba. That one is cold and unfriendly, being part of the most popular group in school. Mokuba is really friendly and quite helpful, still coming here and tutoring the boys even if he has some difficulty talking right now.

'Anyway, you won't have any problems with Kenta as he is quite a lively little kid,' Mokuba continued on with his briefing. 'He hasn't been that here for long and I heard that there already is a couple that wanted to adopt him. Not like Noa, he has been here for a long time, being orphaned when he was just three years old. And there were also some trouble in the past with those who adopted him, which is why he is very aloof with people. But he is a good kid once you get to know him better.'

The time that Serenity spent that day in the orphanage has been satisfactory. She had a lot of fun tutoring Kenta and interacting with the three boys. Even the other boy Noa has been persuaded to smile a bit and enjoy that afternoon. Serenity gladly took over the care of Noa when Mokuba excused himself to leave a little early because of the worsening condition of his throat. He let out a soft and garbled goodbye before letting himself out of the orphanage.

Confirming to have the driver pick him up at a nearby drugstore, Mokuba started to walk there. His voice is almost gone now and talking is quite impossible. He needed to get some medicine fast and going to buy some is the only solution he could think of at the moment. He wasn't paying much attention around him and was surprised when someone suddenly accosted him from behind.

-continue chapter 4-

Author's Notes: Booya! It seemed such a long time since I have updated this multi-chaptered ficcie of mine. But it warms my heart to know that many are still reading it and liked what they have read so far. Forgive me if this chapter seemed a little dull, I will do better next time. Didn't thought that Serenity would be meeting Mokuba first at the orphanage, did ya? Well, the next chapter will be some kind of a side story of the main pairing and once again, I do hope that this pairing won't raise a collective brow from you my readers.

Once again, I would like to thank those who have read this story, especially to those who gave their reviews for the last chapter, namely: kikoken, Solo_girl, Seto's girl-942, Danzing in Doubtz and Seren147. Ahh, what patience in checking out my slower-than-slow chapters. I really appreciate it, you guys!