Chapter 5
A/N: Yaaiee! Boo yah, people!!! Nothing, I just wanted to update... this fic's almost completed. There's probably only one chapter left... and after that it's hello to the sequel! Thanks to all the reviewers!!! Luv ya all!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-Oh! I must sound like a broken record here.
(Okay, I'm not going to put an annoying part here anymore... it will spoil the drama of this chapter...)
Kaiba shuffled his paperwork nervously. He didn't know what he was nervous about.
'This is insane. I can't just stand here being nervous. This isn't who I am, for damned sake.' He thought angrily, throwing the remnants of his paperwork in the recycle bin.
'I can't believe Serenity is getting to me again... Why the hell can't I stop thinking about her? It's like I'm damn stuck to her.' He thought. He cursed himself for still thinking about someone who obviously doesn't need him. He had to move on... he had to do this for his future.
He promised himself that he would never get hooked on another girl again. It was bad enough that he fell in love with the mutt's sister-what more damage could he receive from another woman? All of them were the same. First the relationship is good then after that it's the pits.
He should know better.
On the other hand, he had no use for America. Even if he did want to build his amusement park all over the world, it could wait, right? 'This is so damn confusing. Maybe I should just call that bastard uncle of mine and tell him that I'm staying here. I definitely do NOT need him mussing around my damned life.' He thought.
It only took one phone call.
"Hello?"
"Serenity!"
"Hey, Duke. What's up with you today?"
"Hmmm... Not that much but I'm fine, don't worry. Well, I'd like to thank you for going out with me the other day."
"Gee, um... you're welcome. Anytime."
"Sure, uh... so can you come with me tonight? On a real date?"
"Um... sure, that's okay."
"That won't leave you behind on your homework, right?"
Serenity laughed. "Who told you that?"
"Once, I asked Yugi and his friends. Hahaha. They said you were kind of touchy about getting your homework done." He laughed.
"Well, they're wrong sometimes." She said and chuckled.
"Okay. So I'll pick you up at seven?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, that's all. Bye."
"Bye." She said softly and hung up the phone.
It was refreshing to talk to Duke. After all, he'd been nothing but friendly to her after she broke up with Seto.
But she only wanted to stay as friends with him because she didn't feel that it was the right time to have a boyfriend yet. After all, she just had her heart broken.
'I think I'll just see Seto for one last time before he moves away. To talk to him, for one last time.' She thought.
She glanced at the calendar on her bedroom wall.
She sighed. It was February 11, and she had only 3 days left to find a date to the stupid dance.
'There she is. She's coming out of the building. It is time.' The assassin (Yeah, you remember him right?) thought indifferently. He wasn't there to kill... yet. He had a mission to accomplish.
'I am lucky that I will accomplish this mission smoothly; master will be so proud. And there are no people on the street.'
It was time to move.
FLASHBACK.
'The best way to attack a person is through the heart. The pain is unbearable when one is attacked in that form. As for Seto Kaiba... you know what to do. He has a girlfriend.' Said the master.
END OF FLASHBACK
He smiled to himself. Soon he would have something in which to please his master.
'It's too bad Joey can't come with me today... I can understand, he has a job in that gasoline station.' Serenity thought. She was on her way to meet Tea so they could go to the grocery to buy food.
She sighed. She knew that her brother needed to earn the money for both of them. He worked as a cashier in a gasoline station outside of Domino. The pay was good, much to the Wheeler siblings' relief. Today was a big day for him because it was his payday.
The sun was not shining much today, reflecting on her mood.
Suddenly, someone whispered roughly in her ear.
"Don't move, and don't scream. If you do, your life will be taken away with the tip of my gun." Said a man's voice said gruffly.
She stood as stiff as steel. She couldn't do anything but follow the man because she was unarmed. She looked at the man's face; only it didn't reveal much because he was wearing a black ski mask.
'God... I'm being kidnapped! Anyone... help me...' she thought helplessly as her captor led her into the back of a van. The man bound her with tight ropes and gagged her with a cloth.
"You will stay here until the boss comes." The man said briskly and shut the van doors, locking it behind him.
'It's so dark in here...' she thought, squirming. She was in there along with some dirty sacks and boxes.
Serenity thought she would never see a dark dimension again, now that she had her eyes back; only to find out, she was very wrong indeed.
"What do you mean I can't get a cab? Why did the cabs have to go on a strike today???" Kaiba exclaimed, his eyes cropped up in a tense manner.
"It's true, Mr. Kaiba. The taxi cabs have gone on strike today."
"Of all the luck." He said furiously. Mokuba had to borrow the limousine so that he could go to a friend's house after school, and his chauffeur was driving Mokuba there. No one could pick up the other limo from the Kaiba Mansion.
It was just unlucky that he was in a hurry today; he had to go home right away so that he could work on an important set of paperwork.
"I can get your private plane for you sir-"
"My private plane? Forget it! I'm walking home." Kaiba retorted and stormed out of Kaiba Corp.
He reached a street where there were less passers-by.
'Hey wait... this is where that dog and Serenity live.' He thought, suddenly realizing his surroundings. The only car he saw for now was a big van at the end of the corner.
'What's it doing there? This place is nearly deserted and that van is still there.' Kaiba thought suspiciously.
It wouldn't be a sin to take a peek.
He brought his suitcase over there and examined the van's doors.
'There is a man at the front, so I have to do this quietly.'
He saw the padlock. 'That looks pretty easy to safe crack.'
He reached for his trusty safe opener. (Resourceful guy, isn't he?)
In about a few minutes, he was able to open it without making any noise. 'I bet the guy in front is taking a little doze.'
It was dusty from the many boxes and sacks inside the van. But there was something-or someone-behind the boxes.
He knelt down to see what or who it was. Serenity crouched in the dark, a gag around her mouth and her hands tied behind her back.
Mokuba grabbed his cap from his personal hat stand in the Kaiba Mansion. He was going to his friend's house so that they could study for their difficult history test next week.
"See ya." He called to the empty household before going out of the door. 'No one's ever home anyway. Seto is still working in the corp. and the maids are done with their afternoon chores.' He thought.
"Yo... can you take me to Adam Fader's house?" he told the chauffeur quietly, slamming the door of the limo behind him.
The limo swung around the block and nearly hit the sidewalk.
"Whoah! Hold on... you're not Riley!" Mokuba exclaimed, taking a good look at the person in the driver's seat.
"What happened to Riley? I don't remember Seto hiring another guy." Mokuba demanded.
"Shut up or you'll get it." Said the guy in a raspy voice. He stopped the limo and pointed a gun at Mokuba. 'Great. Now I'm getting kidnapped!' Mokuba thought nervously.
Where was Seto when Mokuba needed him most?
Serenity watched in anticipation as she expected the person outside to open the door. At first she thought it was the person who kidnapped her, but then the figure that opened it was tall. She couldn't see his face.
'Come to think of it, this guy's as tall as Seto! Maybe he's an accomplice.' She thought.
The tall guy took out something from his pocket and there was a blinding flash of light.
"Serenity! What the hell are you doing here?" the guy whispered in a familiar voice.
She realized that it was Seto! Had he come to save her?
She couldn't talk because of the gag, but then the tall CEO removed it from her lips. She felt a strong urge to kiss him, but she held herself back. Her thoughts were conflicting. Part of her wanted to hug her ex-boyfriend and say that she was sorry, but part of her wanted to stay away from him.
"Darn girl won't keep quiet!"
Oh man... Kaiba was in big trouble unless he thinks of something...
The assassin cursed. 'The boss should have given me a real assignment; I'm an assassin, not a kidnapper. There is a BIG difference.'
He was surprised to see that the doors were not padlocked. He opened them and saw only the girl inside.
"Huh? How did you break the padlock outside?" he asked her in suspicion and disbelief.
She shook her head and stared insolently at her captor.
"Stop pretending! You were the only one who could have done that."
"Well, then how did I get in?" a cold voice answered.
Kaiba jumped down from his post, a death glare on his face.
The assassin grinned cruelly. "So it's you and me, eh, Seto Kaiba?" he taunted. "Or are you too good for me?"
He pulled off his ski mask to reveal his true identity.
Kaiba watched as his former employee revealed himself. "So it's you. Higume Imamura, one of my former workers." He said shortly.
"Yes, that's right. And I am going to get you for firing me. I needed that job! And then a man came to me one day and offered me a job that was worth a million each time I accomplished something for him. And he taught me to become a deadly assassin. The murders I committed were on the headlines each day on the newspaper. And now-it's your turn."
He took a gun from his sleeve and aimed it at Kaiba. "Say your prayers, Kaiba. It's show time."
Just then, a couple of sirens wailed. Imamura put the gun down. Kaiba smirked. "It's the police. The game's over." Kaiba said.
Imamura did the strangest thing-he laughed like it was some kind of comedy! "Foolish boy. That may be a police siren, but it sure ain't the police."
"Have you got him?" came an oddly familiar voice.
"Yes, master." Answered Imamura.
"Good. Perfect. I must reward you greatly for your excellence."
The man whom Imamura was talking to stepped in the van.
"Uncle Sam!" Kaiba exclaimed. "So it's you all along." The angry CEO shouted.
"That's right Seto. And I would have gone through the plans smoothly if you hadn't interrupted. Your little girlfriend got in the way and reminded you of your promise to her, and I knew you would stay. So I had to deal with her and now, if you hadn't interrupted, I could have gotten the better of you." His uncle said.
Seto frowned. "You think you can get all the money from me huh?" he said, realizing that Sam was after his money.
"If Gozaburo had not died and made me his heir instead of you, all this wouldn't have happened."
"I should have known that you were a fraud. And what else was part of your plan?" Seto demanded.
"We also have your brother. We should have kidnapped you too and forced you to make me the heir to all the fortune. Then we would have killed you." Sam murmured, his mouth emitting an evil cackle.
"And now, say hello to dreamland, Seto." He shouted, stunning the CEO with a gadget. Kaiba muttered an "ARGH" and his body slumped to the floor in a heap.
"Don't worry, you are not dead yet... We don't want you dead unless you have made me the heir in your will..."
"Never..." Seto murmured before his eyes faded into darkness.
Seto Kaiba opened his eyes groggily and looked around. He immediately recognized the place he was in-it was his office. 'What the hell am I doing in Kaiba Corp.?' He thought. He tried to get up, but his hands were tied to the wall.
He saw his secretary's stunned body on the floor near her desk. No employees were bustling around. The office was deserted-or so he thought.
"At last you're awake, Seto. At the right timing, too." Said his uncle evilly. He got up from Seto's personal desk and he was holding a document.
"I have finished the draft of your will. It will be put into action when you die. All you need to do is sign it." His uncle said.
"I told you that I'll never participate in your stupid plans." Seto said through gritted teeth.
"Oh really. Let' see if you can help it..." Sam threatened.
"So? You can't kill me unless I sign that document." Kaiba spat.
His uncle ignored him. Instead he ordered his men, "get the prisoners in here now."
Kaiba was shocked when he saw Mokuba and Serenity, the two people he cared most about, dragged into the room, heavily gagged and tied up with ropes. They were trying to scream and untangle themselves.
Uncle Sam took a gun from his pocket and walked up to them. "Now who do you want to die first? Your brother? Or your girlfriend?" he said cruelly, pacing from one to the other.
"You bastard! I swear I'll mangle that body of yours! You shall pay." Kaiba shouted. He struggled to break the cords that bound him to the wall.
"Choose now or they'll both die." His uncle cackled. He pulled the trigger.
Kaiba hesitated. He didn't want any of the two to die. He loved his brother and he still felt love for his ex-girlfriend. He couldn't decide.
'Almost free...' he thought impatiently.
"I'm giving you ten seconds, starting now. If you don't sign the will, say goodbye to the both of them."
This statement only made Kaiba wriggle his hands even more from the tight cords. Soon enough he was free. He pounced on his uncle, knocking him out and grabbing the gun from his hands and he held it up at the four accomplices guarding the door.
"Freeze!" shouted one of the guards.
Kaiba smirked. "Yeah right. Are you sure that the guns my uncle gave to you have bullets?" he said slyly. The accomplices moved to check their guns. Seto took his chance, shooting each of them on the leg. "Tsk, tsk. Very gullible." Seto remarked. He ran to his brother and Serenity to untie them.
"I'm glad you weren't harmed that much." Seto told the two of them, removing the gags and the ropes.
When he removed Serenity's gag, she cried, "Seto! Look out, behind you!"
Kaiba was too late to see what was happening. Before he knew it, a gunshot was heard and he fell to the floor.
Meanwhile, Joey, Duke, Tristan and Yugi were walking together towards the Wheelers'. "I wonder how Serenity is doing. She's supposed to be home by now. She said she was going to the grocery." Joey remarked.
"Don't worry, she's doing fine." Yugi assured him.
"Okay, I'll take your word for it, Yugi. I don't know, but I always ask that whenever I feel something's happening to her. And I'm usually right." Joey said worriedly.
"Let's check out your house, dude." Duke said as they stepped into the elevator.
Once they were inside the apartment, Joey called, "Serenity! Are you home?"
There was no answer. "Huh? The grocery shouldn't take that long! And besides, I told Tea that she should be home 30 minutes ago!" Joey exclaimed.
"Why don't you call Tea? Ask her why Serenity isn't home yet." Tristan suggested.
"Good idea." Joey said, grabbing his cell phone. He dialed Tea's number. "'Lo? Tea? Is Serenity with you?" he asked urgently.
"No. She didn't even show up a while ago. We were supposed to go to the grocery, but somehow she wasn't there!" Tea answered. "I thought that she was with you."
"Well, she isn't! She isn't even at home. Oh God. Tell me that Serenity is safe..." he said.
"Maybe she's with Kaiba. Check it out with him." Tea suggested.
"Okay, thanks Tee." Joey said and hung up.
"She said that Seren wasn't with her. I'll go check with Kaiba..." Joey said hurriedly to his friends.
He dialed the number of Kaiba Corp. It kept ringing. "Darn, Kaiba! Pick it up!" he shouted.
The ringing stopped because someone DID pick up the phone. 'At last.' Joey thought.
"Hello?" It was a man's voice that answered.
"Hello? I'm looking for Kaiba." Joey said.
"I'm sorry. Kaiba is busy at the moment."
There was something strange going on. For one, Kaiba usually had his female secretary to answer the phone. Joey never remembered anything about a male secretary. And the background was unusually... quiet. Usually it was filled with ringing telephones and typewriters clicking... but not one sound was heard. Not one.
"Are you sure?" Joey said suspiciously.
Then he heard someone scream over the phone. He recognized it as Serenity's voice.
'Serenity! What the hell has happened to her?' Joey thought frantically.
Then there was the dial tone.
Joey dropped the phone. He grabbed his jacket from the couch and his friends stood up. "What's the matter, Joey?" they asked.
"I think Serenity is at Kaiba Corp. I heard someone scream over the phone and it sounded so much like Seren. Come on!" Joey said and they headed out the door.
Serenity held Mokuba's hand helplessly. Kaiba was shot and his blood was already dripping on the floor. The man who introduced himself as Imamura was standing not too far from her, holding a gun.
He was smiling as if he found pleasure in killing a person.
"Now it's your turn, Miss Wheeler."
Serenity backed against the wall, fear settling in her heart. "Any dying wishes?"
"Don't harm Mokuba. He didn't do anything to deserve this." She said softly.
She looked at the limp body of Seto. If he was taken to the hospital now, he still had a chance. 'Oh God, please don't let him die.' She thought pleadingly.
A/N: Okay, that's all for Chapter 5! Long, huh? I can't help it... there are so many scenes. I'm sorry I left you hanging there, but it will be continued in Chapter 6. Now for the last part, to lighten you up!
Kaiba: Have you seen that kid anywhere, mutt?
Joey: I AM NOT A MUTT! You mean that Underworld Ruler kid?
Kaiba: YES! IF YOU DON'T LIKE MUTT, WHATEVER, BUFFOON THEN!
Joey: MR. MONEYBAGS!
Kaiba: MUTT!
Joey: MONEYBAGS!
Kaiba: MUTT!
Joey: MONEYBAGS!
Kaiba: YOU SHALL AND FOREVER WILL BE A MUTT!
Joey: AND YOU SHALL AND FOREVER WILL BE A MONEYBAGS!
C.A.: You know, the more they argue, the easier I can get away from Kaiba... geez! Thanks Joey! Hehehe... I'll be back next time for Chapter 6! Adios!