Shadu: Okay, I'm insterting another character of mine that's in another story, that isn't a fan fic. This guy is really cool, that's why I'm writing it. I got some inspiration from Blue Eyes. Thanks! Now enjoy the story.
Hokage: Tell them the other thing.
Shadu: The other thing?
Ish: Yeah,whatchatalkingaboutHokage?
Hokage: You know Shadu, the other thing.
Shadu: Oh, that thing! Alrighty, readers, the pairings start out Kaiba X Serenity, which is pretty much onesided, but goes to Serenity X OC. Now, ENJOY!
Ch. 1
He comes
I'm not sure what happened that day. I've pondered it again, and again, and again, but still, I have yet to determine what happened. All I know is what I saw, heard, felt, and even what happened as a result. But I'm not sure if I will ever truly know, or even if it were real, or whether it was just a dream. Maybe I should start from the beginning yet again. Maybe if I did that one more time, maybe I'll have my answer.
It was a normal day at school. I was really happy to finally be in the high school. The start of the semster had been a couple of months ago, and so we had gotten our routines down. It was pretty fun, and taking higher level classes, I was in a lot of sophmore classes, which means I was in some classes with my brother and his friends. I actually only had one class with my brother (which he was happy about), but I had at least three other classes with each of his friends. That tickled me every time I thought about it.
We were all sitting in sixth hour. The history teacher, Mr. Renner, was talking about something, I'm not sure exactly what. But, as usual, the back half of the room was talking and being loud, causing Mr. Renner to have to continually stop and scold them.
I looked around to locate my friends. Tristan and Duke were sitting near the middle of the class, talking to each other and only stopping when Mr. Renner got mad. Kaiba sat near the back, and he kind of looked like he was paying attention, from a distance. But I knew better.
Kaiba sat near the back for one reason, and one reason only. And I knew it. See, he snoozes in most of his classes, just to catch up on the sleep he lost. He knows how to make it look like he's paying attention, but sometimes he slips up and makes it kind of obivous, and that's pretty funny. I can't believe everyone thinks he's so bad. I mean, I kind of like him. Not that he returns my affection, but he might in time.
Anyways, back to my other friends. Yugi was sitting in front of me, the row captin, as Mr. Renner called him, being at the very front like he was. If you don't know why he would sit there, think of who we're talking about. He sits close like that just to get a good view. Though, something I found interesting was that even Yugi found himself nodding off today, and no matter how boring the class, that was unusual. However, I shrugged it off without another thought. I then looked at the seat that my brother usually inhabited. However, he wasn't there. Had he been here eariler? And if so, what happened to him? Was he okay?
"Yugi," I whispered, poking Yugi's shoulder.
I waited for a reply. Yugi, from behind, looked awake, just with his head resting in his arms, which is something he likes to do. I should've known better, though. I mean, if he's been dozing all day, why would he be awake now? Come on Serenity, did you leave your brain at home today?
"Yugi," I tried again, this time while shaking him gently.
Do you know what a really weird feeling is? It's the feeling of skin rolling over their ribs. On some people, this is easier to feel than others. But due to my inability to really push Yugi forward, I gave him more of a forceful rubbing than anything. And on account of his thin body barely having any fat on it, I could easily feel his skin roll over his ribs. In truth, trying to wake little Yugi in this manner REALLY creeps me out. I was sucessful though. Yugi gave a little snort as he woke up with a jolt. He snapped his head up quickly, as though he had been biten on the back of the neck.
"Yugi," I repeated one last time.
"What the? Oh, uh, Serenity, what's up?" Yugi asked as he looked back at me.
"Have you seen Joey as school today?" I asked, glad that I was finally getting somewhere.
"Uh, no, I haven't," Yugi told me.
And then, as I looked closer and longer at Yugi, I saw just how tired he was. His eyes had dark patches around them. His eyelids drooped and he fought to keep them open, I could tell. Even his voice was horse and tired. Concern for him grew quickly in me, and I had to ask my next question.
"Yugi, are you okay?" I asked softly, trying not to cause him any more stress than he had already had.
"I just had a long night last night," Yugi mumbled.
"Doing what? We didn't have any long homework assignments last night," I stated, raising an eyebrow.
"No, one of Joey's neighbors called me last night asking me to come over quickly," Yugi replied.
"Why?" I pressed.
I wanted to know what happened before, but now I definitely wanted to know because it involved my brother. Anything that involved Joey deserved my attention.
"He had become pretty sick very fast," Yugi explained with a tired yawn. "She didn't know what to do, but knew how he didn't have any insurance, so she couldn't take him to the hospital. And of course, his dad left. I think she actually said he went out of town for a while. So, anyway, Grandpa and I went over there to see if we could help. I stayed up the whole night watching over him."
"You didn't sleep at all?" I gaped in astonishment.
No wonder he was so sleepy today. But then terror struck me. Yugi said that he had become pretty sick very fast. So that means that it had happened over a short period of time, and that means it's serious.
"What's wrong with him Yugi?" I asked frantically.
"I don't know," Yugi replied, sounding just a little irritated. "Listen, I'm going home right after school, I'm going to take a nap. If you want to go to Joey's house, go on."
"Why are you going to sleep at a time like this? Don't you care about what happens to Joey?" I inquired, a little shocked.
"Serenity, calm down, I care for Joey, but I can't go getting sick myself either," Yugi shrugged. "I'll go back over there with Grandpa as soon as I've gotten some sleep."
"But Yugi," I protested.
"Serenity, if you're so concerned go to him, he wants to see you more than he wants to see me anyway, I guanerntee you," Yugi fought back.
I fell silent. Yugi was right, I know it. I can feel it in my heart, in my gut. I know Joey really wants me there by his side. That's Joey's way. He wants those he loves by his side, and while Yugi's his best friend, literally an unrelated brother, he really wanted me, his sister by his side, maybe even Mai. I knew this, and yet, I didn't really want to see my brother weak and vunerable. I had to go, and I would after school. That's what I resolved in the end.
Poor Yugi had just fallen asleep again when the end-of-school bell rang throughtout the classroom, releasing us from the prision more commonly known as school. Yugi, you could tell, was very relieved, and Kaiba looked relieved. I guessed that they both, without even knowing it, were on the same wavelink. They both were probably going home to take a nap. Well, they both were also probably happy because it was a weekend coming up. I could just see Yami making a thank-goodness-it's-Friday-and-so-Yugi-can-rest-and-get-out-of-his-grumpy-mood look. I snickered at the thought of that.
I bid the guys a farewell and went on my way to Joey's. Apparently the others didn't know about Joey's condition yet, and so I didn't tell them. I figured that if Yugi had wanted them to know, he would've told them. Besides, as much as Joey likes his friends, too many visitors at once could just make things worse. So I went alone.
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the west side of town? Well, if I haven't, I'm going to now. I REALLY hate the west side of town. It gives me the creeps. There's goons and gangs around every corner and there's always a dark alley down every street. It gives me the willies, the creeps, the cold-chill-down-the-spine feeling. I wish that Joey could move out of here. I know that he couldn't until he got out on his own, but I wish he could move sooner. I'm always afraid I'm going to be jumped, or assulted, or something like that. Sure, there must be some nice people down here, like Joey, but I have never met them.
Well, I was walking along when I saw someone approaching me. I turned to get away, but there was another. I turned yet again to see yet another thug. I turned all ways only to find I was surrounded. How did this happen? I was being so catious. I didn't even see them. I'm sure there were at least ten or fifteen of them. They encricled me. Their leader, a punk with a blue mohawk, stepped up to me.
"Well, well, well, what's a pretty little dame like you doing so far away from home like this," he asked, walking around me slowly. "I've never seen you around here before. You are dressed to nicely to be one of us. Well, tell you what, you give us money, and we'll let you go. If you don't got any, then we will beat the snot out of you."
He was such a lovely sort, wasn't he. In any case, I had no money. All the money I had that morning had gone towards my lunch. I had maybe a handful of change, and with just that, I knew I wouldn't be able to get away. Then, I saw a break in their ranks were the leader had stepped away. I made a mad dash for it, but they all closed in on me before there was even a chace. They held my arms tightly so I could struggle, but I couldn't fight my way free.
"So, you're one of those, eh?" the leader drawled as he reached in and pulled something out of his pocket in his coat. "Well, we have ways of dealing with that."
The next thing I knew, I was looking into the steelly barrell of a gun. Its evil mouth opened wide, waiting to be allowed to fire it's deadly weapon at me. The leader gave an evil smile as he looked at the pure terror in my eyes.
"Not so brave now are you?" he taunted.
The next part seemed to move in slow motion. I remember watching him pull the trigger and waiting for the bullet. But it never hit. Instead, I remember seeing a flash of black.
A flash of black, not like the blackness of unconciousness, or death, but a flash of black unlike anything I've ever seen.
Shadu: You like? And if you've read Blue Eyes you'll know what part I got my inspiration from. THANK YOU!
Hokage: ::sigh::
Shadu: If you're wondering why it's taking me so long to do anything, it's because I'm back in school. But everyone rejoice with me, I get my braces off the 24th of August, which is next Tuesday. YAY!
Ish: PleaseReview.
