(Lilo: exams made my mind blank and this is the result! -_- I am extremely sorry for such a wait but I kept on having these angsty thoughts whenever I thought about this fiction and I thought that I better hold the update instead of making a happy(sort of) fiction into a complete suicide/angst! X_X even this chapter is so … dark!!! I hate it! I don't know why! *suffocates herself * and here I go with angst again! *faints*
Marikue: 0_o? don't mind her, she is stressing over nothing as usual. Well, we don't own Yu-Gi-Oh nor do we own Elimidate. Those two are copyrighted by their owners and not us, alright?!)
~Chapter 7
~Midnight Wanderings~
Kaiba sat outside of the small cottage that they were to stay in for the night. After a long and deathly quite ride here, most of his group went to bed. It was ironic, really, how all of them needed to sleep only to wake up, eat and go to sleep again … why? Why was their life so simple? Why couldn't his be like that? Why was he the one to suffer…?
"I am being pathetic" Kaiba told himself quietly as his stared at his reflection in the lake. He began pitying himself again and that never ended nicely. With a sigh and a shake of head, Kaiba continued to stare at his reflection, mind blank and oblivious to everything around him. It would've been so simple. To simply suffocate himself, cut his throat with a knife … anything! But he, the CEO of Kaiba Corp. didn't have the wits to do it. So many tries, so many failed attempts and he still wanted to end it all. To forget, forget and disappear, without problems or human contact. A wish that seemed so simple yet was so complicated. Impossible and possible at the same time. May he should just….?
"Kaiba?" a confident yet quiet and gentle voice brought him out of his angst thoughts. Looking up, he saw Isis looking up at him worriedly, searching for something on his face. Her eyes were sad, as if she knew what he was thinking about, planning to do. Could it be that he was not her 'first' one? Could it be that Marik was … 'Did I just compare Marik and me???' Kaiba practically screamed inside of his head but his shell remained calm. The shell that everybody saw was impassive and unstoppable while on the inside, the soul was crying.
"What do you want?" his harsh words didn't even affect her. Could it be that she knew that he didn't mean it so sound so dull and hallow? So … cruel and cold…
"I was up in Serenity's room when we noticed you sitting out here and…" she trailed off, not being sure how to continue. Kaiba raised his eyes to look at the building and surely, Serenity was starring out of the window on the second floor. Damn, can't a guy have peace without doctors swarming around?
"So?" Kaiba asked impassively, his gaze back on Isis.
"Its cold, why don't you go inside?" she suggested gently, trying to take Kaiba as far away from the water as possible. Who knew what he would do if he was to stay here any longer!?
"And what is it to you? Whether I freeze to death or decided to keep my life for a little longer?" Kaiba mused, his face emotionless. Should he go with her or should he not?
"I don't find it funny nor do I find it amusing!" Isis huffed and crossed her arms over her chest in annoyance.
"Go away" Kaiba told her absent-mindedly as he returned his gaze to the water. It was so … inviting …
"I am not going anywhere mister! Not until you will be coming with me!" Isis insisted. She didn't want to put her last weapon into play because it was only a back-up plan…
"Go away" Kaiba repeated once again, trying to block out all the sounds around him and ignore the presence of a very irritated girl.
"You asked for it!" Isis glared at the back of his head as she took out her water bottle and poured the contents of it onto CEO's head. That definitely and effectively caught his attention.
"What the hell was that for, woman?" Kaiba demanded as he felt the water slide down his back. Nope, trying to drown was definitely not on his favorite list anymore! He felt cold and damp and his clothes clanged to his skin…
"For being a bastard!" Isis scolded him. How can one be so stupid and blind to everything that goes on around them?
"I resent that!" Kaiba retorted as he glared at the offensive water bottle. No, definitely not water when trying to end a life…
"Say what you will but that will not change your present actions" Isis crossed her arms over her chest and huffed. Such ignorance!
"Go away" Kaiba repeated and once again turned to stare at the water. However, this time it did not look warm and inviting… pills were definitely the next best thing…
"Kaiba, we went over this already" Isis said in a pleading tone. She was losing his interest! Damn it all…
"Even if I go inside, what good will it do?" Kaiba was searching for an excuse and dug himself a deeper hole by doing so.
"Kaiba!" Isis suddenly exclaimed and grabbed the sleeve of his shirt, trying to pull him away from the water.
"Why so desperate?" Kaiba mocked her as he watched her struggles with faint amusement.
"Move your ass right now!" Isis growled through gritted teeth. Acting like this was out of her character but at the moment she didn't care. Her suspicions about Kaiba not being mentally stable were always there, but right now, she knew for sure: he needed a doctor.
"Leave me alone woman!" Kaiba growled and glared and didn't budge.
"It's warm inside and you can tell us what the hell is going on between you and Pegasus!" Isis continued to pull even though it wasn't working.
"Not your business" Kaiba glared at Isis when suddenly, there was a loud gasp behind her and both turned to face Serenity who was standing with her hand over her mouth.
"I am so sorry! I didn't know that …" she trailed off and Kaiba and Isis realized what position they were in. Both red and embarrassed, they sprang apart as if they were shocked. The only difference was that Isis was acting while Kaiba played it real.
"There is nothi-" Kaiba didn't manage to finish his sentence as Isis ran up from behind and since he was already standing (instead of sitting) she could apply more pressure in pushing him away from the water.
"Then … I knew it! You are gay!" Serenity exclaimed with her eyes wide open and Kaiba's jaw hit the ground.
"Now wait just a minute!" Kaiba yelled as Serenity's eyes grew even bigger and she looked him up and down.
"I just gotta tell Mai and Tea!" and with that, Serenity Wheeler turned and made a mad dash towards the open door, Kaiba hot on her heels. Isis sweatdropped.
"If it was all that it took to move Kaiba, why did I even try?" Isis muttered darkly as she followed the trail of dust into the house.
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"Oh no you DON'T!" Kaiba caught up with her before she could fulfill her promise of telling Mai and Tea. Actually, Kaiba didn't know why he reacted as such but all of the 'fan' websites claimed that he was gay and it was getting on his nerves. Besides, that wasn't all that there was on the web… Kaiba shuddered as he thought of all the things that people thought of him.
"Why not?" she ran into her room and Kaiba blocked any possible means of escape as his large frame fit 'perfectly' into the door frame. With a sigh, she sat down onto the floor to catch her breath.
"It's all over the net, I don't need the entire little gang of ours think that I am one as well" it seemed as if his words were forced as Kaiba made his tightly clenched jaw move. It was hard, but wasn't everything in his life that way?
"Kaiba! Why do you …?" she trailed off as she stared at him straight in the eyes. She saw longing, hatred, and something else …
"You are blocking the doorway Kaiba" Isis voice came from somewhere outside and snapped Serenity out of her trance.
"So you got me inside, now what:?" Kaiba asked as he moved into the room and sat down onto a chair. He figured them out.
"Too smart" Isis shook her head as she closed the door behind herself and sat down onto her bed.
"Jealous?" Kaiba mocked her.
"Nope, just amused" Isis shook her head. " You owe me one, Kaiba"
"Since when?" Kaiba raised his left eyebrow questionably.
"Since the reporter-attack" Serenity cut in, a smile on her face.
"Oh, that …" Kaiba said as he slapped his forehead. Now he knew why they wanted to get him inside. "I am not gay"
"No, this isn't what we wanted to ask" Serenity told him sternly but since she was sitting cross-legged on the floor and Kaiba was seating in a chair, she failed to look superior.
"What we wanted to know is what the hell is going on between you and Pegasus" Isis asked the question that was nagging her for some time now and even though she was guessing the answer, she still wanted to hear it from the person himself.
"On two conditions" Kaiba said as he crossed his arms over his chest, his glare in place.
"What conditions?" Serenity beat Isis to the question.
"First of all, you are not to tell an outside whatever you hear in this room"
"Done" Isis replied and waited for Kaiba to continue.
"Two: Serenity goes into my room after I am through with the story" to Kaiba, words didn't sound right and he realized that he voiced it not the way he wanted to.
"Pervert!" Serenity screamed, got off the floor at the speed of light and slapped the CEO.
"Kaiba!" Isis's eyes were bigger than saucepans.
"It sounded so much better in my head" Kaiba muttered as he massaged his abused jaw.
"Oh really?" Serenity was beet red.
"What I meant is I need you to enter my room for a sec, while I just stay here …" Kaiba tried to explain.
"What's the catch?" Serenity asked as she regarded him with a suspicious glare. Why did he want her to do so?
"You get to be jumped by a naked Pegasus?" Kaiba thought of the worse.
"WHAT?" both Isis and Serenity exclaimed at the same time.
"No way!" Serenity stared at Kaiba, wide eyed.
"Yes or no?" Kaiba smirked.
"Fine, but you tell us about naked Pegasus in your room as well!" Serenity still couldn't get over a shock and hoped that maybe, just maybe, Kaiba wasn't being serious. What she didn't know was that Kaiba was always serious.
"All right" Kaiba smiled to himself and leaned into the chair. "Get this picture: Pegasus wants Kaiba Corp., doesn't have a millennium item thanks to Bakura, and comes up with a plan. What he does? Tries to make that plan become reality. What is his plan, you ask me?" Kaiba asked before Isis or Serenity could.
"Simple, spread the word over the internet that he has a relationship with me, thus comes his 'cross-dressing' role. Then somehow get to me and try to take a picture with me and him kissing or hugging or whatever" Kaiba continued in monotone. "Mokuba, after reading so much crap about me on the internet, decides to sign me up for this, thinking that only females will come and that it would prove that I am not what they think I am. Everything goes according to Pegasus's plan and he gets into the same show that we are all in at the moment. Now, since he failed to take the picture during the day, he bribes the 'ElimiDate' staff to allow us to spend a night at a cottage and to install hidden cameras into my room. Of course the show can never turn down the money and the news story so they agree. Then, according to Pegasus's plan, he takes the picture, publishes it, the companies break contracts with Kaiba Corp. and the company is bankrupt. Pegasus takes over it and is happy. Simple?" CEO finished in a bored tone.
"Now that is cowardly" Isis was referring to Pegasus. She knew him for some time but she never thought that one could sink this low to get a mere 'chance' of getting Kaiba Corp.
"I think so too!" Serenity put in as her face turned stormy.
"Do I have to explain why Pegasus is probably naked in my room right now?" Kaiba raised his eyebrow to emphasis his question. Both girl looked and each other.
"No"
"Good." At least they weren't stupid and that was a plus.
"Um, but how did you figure Pegasus out?" Serenity suddenly asked.
"I was the best duelist around the world and I am good with strategies. The only reason I am second is because Yami is the pharaoh who got to be stuck in the dark for 5000 years and had a plenty of time to think up many attacks, defenses and other strategies." Kaiba shrugged. It was partially true.
"I think it's called 'bragging'" Isis shook her head with a small smile, her view and opinion of Pegasus doing 180 turn.
"I don't" Kaiba retorted.
"Who cares" Serenity shrugged as she stood up, actually willing to go into Kaiba's room. Poor thing, he really was … that and he was also very cute when he relaxed … whoa, she was getting off track.
"My room is all yours" Kaiba smirked as Serenity sent a glare towards him.
"I really, really hope that he is wearing something!" Serenity blushed at the thought of a naked man trying to hug her…
"Cross your fingers" Isis suggested as she felt sorry for her friend.
"And don't worry, I don' think he will publish the material" Kaiba added, seeing her distress. " I mean, he could use it for blackmailing me but you…"
"Me what?" Serenity glared at Kaiba.
"Well, you are not that important" Kaiba smirked but his smirk faded as Serenity towered over him and he remembered how hard this girl could hit.
"Really?" she was thinking about not going there anymore.
"Um" Kaiba was at loss of words.
"Say please" it just hit Serenity and for some reason, she wanted to hear Kaiba say the word. He never did before…
"No way!" he was a man, not a dog!
"I won't go and I will tell the rest of the world about your little secret!" Kaiba blinked at her words. She was threatening him! He should've known better than to trust a female! And at the moment, she seemed pretty serious about going and telling the others…
"Please?" Kaiba spoke in a barely audible voice and was shocked when she hugged him.
"See, all you have to do is ask nicely" Serenity stopped hugging him and walked out of the room, crossing her fingers and wishing that Pegasus was at least wearing pants.
(Lilo: hmm, the ending isn't as bad … not as dark as the beginning … sorry for holding this up for so long! I scratched this chapter out three times! X_X gah! Well, anyways, hope that you aren't mad and that you enjoyed it! ^_____^
Marikue: Don't forget to leave a nice review … nice please? *puppy dog eyes*)