YUGIOH

Amnesia

Chapter 8.

The next day at school, Kaiba was walking to his class and ran into another incident. Two kids jumped in Kaiba's way, saying, "Hey Kaiba.......remember us?"

"No."

"No? Maybe the ones you hang out with didn't tell ya." One said.

"We're your friends, too." The other one smiled.

Kaiba got bad vibes from them, his instincts screaming they're up to no good. He paused, looking them over, and said, evenly, "I don't believe you."

"Well, then maybe you're not as dumb as you look." One laughed, pushing Kaiba down onto the ground.

As Kaiba was recovering, he heard their laughter and Joey jumping in out of nowhere, spouting out, "Hey, lay off my friend, you jerks!"

"What's the matter, Joey.......can't your sissy friend fight for himself?" One of them asked.

"Heh........yeah, is he too brain dead and 'scared'." The other taunted, both trying to take advantage of Kaiba's memory lapse.

"That's it! I'm gonna......." Wheeler began, ready to start a fight with them both, as crowds of people were coming to see what was happening.

But the fight between Joey and the bullies instantly stopped, as Kaiba's voice, snapped, "Back off, Wheeler!" Then hissed coldly, "They're mine......."

Joey may have argued, but the frightening familiarity in his cold voice as how he used to sound, and the cold glare in his eyes was enough for Joey to listen, and he backed off. The guy's laughed, one of them saying, "What are you gonna do prissy boy.......call your bodyguards??"

The other laughed, "Bodyguards.........hahahaha!"

But their voices gurgled to silence, as Kaiba stood back up, saying, "So.......are you gonna back it up and fight me today, or do you plan on boring me death?"

One whispered, "Uh......maybe he does remember more than he's letting on. Should we take the chance?"

But they had a crowd of people, calling, "Fight, fight, fight, fight!" The last kid came over, saying, "I aint scared of you, brainless. Come on......bring it!"

Kaiba did not get in a fighting stance, though........he instead crossed his arms, waiting for the guy. That seemed to terrify the kid too much, who was hoping he could get the advantage, by him not remembering anything. 'He must remember.......look at him! That's exactly how he normally acts.......he's gonna cream us!!' The guy approached an inch, looked over at his friend, then the both of them bolted down the hall like cowards, as the school kids 'booed' them.

Kaiba's stance loosened up, as he watched them run, surprise forming on his face. 'What's with them? Why'd they run? I couldn't have looked 'that' terrifying.......' Kaiba didn't honestly even remember how to fight. He was planning on ducking and watching how they fought, then attempt to copy them. But it worked out for the better. He looked and noticed, along with the crowd, Joey had also turned and began to sulk away. He called out, "Joey, wait up!"

Joey turned, surprised to hear Kaiba call him Joey again. After the way Kaiba acted that moment, even Joey was convinced Kaiba had perhaps regained his memory or something. "Kaiba?"

"Don't you mean Seto?" He asked, then smiled. "Listen.......I'm sorry for snapping at you. But I didn't want you fighting my battle. I didn't want to look like a coward. You know........I gotta save face", he smiled.

Joey grinned, saying, "Yeah, I understand. I just thought........well, never mind. It don't matter. Let's get ta class, before the bell rings."

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School was over, and Kaiba was leaving back home. Kaiba had told the others he couldn't make it, because he wanted to spend more time with his brother today. But on his way out of school, while Kaiba was looking for his limo, he instead noticed the most beautiful sight. A girl was heading towards the school, who had the most gorgeous long flowing orange-red hair. She seemed so innocent and pure. For a moment, it was like everything stopped around him. But he then noticed this girl was looking around for something, and didn't notice the car coming right towards her.

"Look out!" Kaiba cried, as he ran as quick as he could, and launched himself at her, throwing her and him away from the car that would have hit her, if he didn't react in time. They landed on the grass, with him on top of her, both having the wind knocked out of them. As she was catching her breath, he pulled himself up, saying, "Are you all right?"

"K-Kaiba??" She asked, stunned. She looked out at the street, then back at him in shock, saying, "You......you saved my life."

"Don't worry about it." He smiled, catching her more off-guard. Is this the same Kaiba she'd seen in the past? She then remembered what her brother said to him. "Oh, that's right......you have amnesia, don't you?"

He nodded, saying, "Well, I guess you know me, then. Unfortunately, I don't know you. What's your name?"

"My name's Serenity." She answered him.

"Serenity........that's a nice name." He said.......both seemed to have slightly blushed from his comment. He nervously, added, "Um.......you know that was probably quite a shock for you. You want to go over to the diner next door and get a chance to relax.......maybe get a drink?"

"Well.......I planned to surprise my brother, but......I could really use a moment to relax after that." She agreed.

Kaiba quickly peeled himself off of her, feeling rather embarrassed being on top of her like that, then offered her his hand. He gracefully led her into the diner, just missing Joey coming out with the others from school, and leaving to Yugi's place.