Lass: Hey! I updated! Mainly thanks to the (only) review I received for my
last part. Thank you for that one, MistressMoonDemon!!!!
Mokuba: Hey. Is anyone ever reading this part? Where we talk, I mean.
Lass: I don't know, and I don't know if I want to know either.
Serenity: Yeah, you're right. Should we do a disclaimer in that case?
Lass: Yes, yes, we should! You don't know if anyone is looking for reasons to sue me, and I don't want that to happen!
Mokuba: Can anyone else do it this time? It's not that hard, but I'm just so sick of it...
Serenity: I haven't done it for quite a while. I guess I could do it...
Lass: Ok, but don't overdo it.
Serenity: Lass does not own Yu-Gi-Oh, if she did, it would be disastrous, but she does own the plot of the story and the good old laptop she uses to get it here on FanFiction.net.
Mokuba: Ok, enough! I want the story, so just get on with it!
Lass: Ok, not so touchy, Mokuba. I'll write on now...
She quickly put the square under her bed again, and then walked, still a little unstable, over to the front door. She took a quick glance at her watch. It was after school time, but not much, and her friends wouldn't have been able to get here this fast, not even running.
When she opened the door, it was a surprise for her to see who it was.
There stood her brother, the whole gang behind him. Just when she was about to ask how they got here this quick, she looked behind them and saw the reason.
In the back of the group, she saw Mokuba smiling brightly at her, while Kaiba seemed very bored and annoyed. Behind them, she just saw a limousine pull off.
"Er, come in," she said confused. They all got in, without speaking a word. They refused a drink, but they sat down when she asked.
"Serenity, tell us; what exactly is going on?" Joey asked straight forward.
"I don't think that I understand what you mean," Serenity spoke.
The rest of them were just listening to the conversation between the two siblings. "I think you do. You've been acting strange lately. More distant, less talkative, and so on. Then, you've got that fainting-incident, and then today. Sakura told me you looked like a ghost or something. I want an acceptable explanation for this."
Serenity looked down at the floor, and then pulled her head up again. "Ok, I'll tell you. I've been a little ill lately, and that's probably what you mean. But a little sleep always makes it better. I slept a little today, and I'm really feeling a lot better now!" she explained in the 'cheery- mode' she had been using since they entered.
"But why were you so shocked at seeing Sakura brought you to our class? I mean, that's not so terrifying, is it?"
Serenity sighed softly. "Well," the lie easily rolled off her tongue. "I was afraid you'd find me pathetic if I told you, especially because you don't really notice it on the outside, and I thought that maybe you'd think I was faking it."
"Me? Thinking you was pathetic? You have to be kidding me! I'd never think you are pathetic, little sister!" He pulled her into a huge bear hug, making a soft cry of pain escape her lips.
"What's up, Seren? Did I hurt you?" her brother asked worried.
"No, it's just my skin. It's a little sensitive," she told him comfortingly.
Before anyone could say anything about this, because some of them just knew she was lying against Joey, they heard the door open.
"Ah, that has to be dad. I'll go and greet him," Serenity said.
They all heard her walking into the hall, and then they heard the two whisper. They looked at each other questioning, but before they could say anything, Serenity and her father entered.
"Hey, Joey! I haven't seen you for a long time!" the older man said, as he hugged Joey.
'And you'd wish you hadn't seen him now either,' Serenity thought bitterly, smiling at everyone.
A bright flash of white light told them Yugi changed into his darker self, the old pharaoh Yami. Everyone looked at him, their eyes all asking the same question; 'why?'
Only Joey and Serenity's father hadn't noticed. He had no idea about the whole 'Old Egyptian' things, and Serenity was not planning on telling him soon. Neither was Joey, so he just asked what was going on.
"Nothing," they all answered. "It was nothing. We just thought he said something," Joey finished.
Everyone nodded to tell him Joey's words were true, but that made it even more suspicious. The guy knew Joey was lying, and the fact everyone was lying with him, trying to trick him into believing him made him very angry. But, seemingly calm, he said it was ok. "But tell me, why are you all here?" he asked kindly.
"Well, Serenity has been acting weird lately, and today she seemed very ill and she got home. We came here to check on her. She told us she was a little ill."
"Oh? She didn't tell me anything about it." The guy was playing a very nice game. He noticed, when Joey told him, a few of them were looking like they knew it was a lie. If he had said he knew it, they would know he was lying too, and would probably think he had something to do with it.
He made a mental note to himself to beware of the tri-coloured stranger Joey once told him that was Yugi (A/N: Unbeknownst to him, it was Yami) and the tall, cold looking brunette, whose name he didn't know. Those two knew Serenity wasn't really ill, and would maybe try to find out what was really happening. The most horrible plans already shot through his head as he said them goodbye.
When Serenity came back inside, she saw the look on her fathers face. She knew he was planning something, and she could already guess what it was about...
"Father, leave them alone," she demanded. She shivered inside when she saw him looking at her with rage.
"What did you say?" His voice was shaking with rage.
"You heard me, father. I said, leave them alone." This was the first time she really stood up against her father, for the sake of her friends. "If what you said last night was true, they aren't even going to try to find out what's happening. They would just think; 'good riddance' and leave it. Unless, of course, you were lying to me last night about them not caring about me. What's the truth? Why are you so worried?"
Her voice was soft and steady. She wasn't afraid at the moment. She just knew she had to protect her friends, no matter what the consequences were.
Her father's eyes narrowed at her, wishing for her to be shivering with fear. All he got was a calm face, and her usually warm brown eyes now seemed to be ice cold, looking back at him with just as much force.
The fact she seemed to be totally in control of his game now made him very mad. On the other side, he was almost shivering in fear now. She didn't seem to be scared of him now. Not at all. It almost looked as if she was laughing in his face.
But then, a mistake was made. He stepped closer to her, and for one second, fear appeared in her eyes. He was winning again.
"So, you love your friends this much. You would even challenge me for them. But, my dear Serenity, I bet they don't give a shit how much you would do for them!"
Serenity had already regained composure again, and asked him coldly: "Then why are you planning on killing them already? I know that look on your face very well, father. It never ends well. Where we first lived, you killed one of my friends, leaving me alone. I saw that same look on your face before you killed our mother..."
That did it. He lunged at her, but this time, she wouldn't give it up this soon. She ducked sideward just in time to avoid being hit. He father stopped just in time, so he didn't hit the wall, as she had thought he would've done.
That was why she wasn't out of his way on time a moment later. He grabbed her throat, pushing her against a wall.
"Don't... you... ever... dare... say... that... again!" he told her, saying every word very clearly. "I didn't kill your mother. It was your pathetic little self. You went to her to talk about all this, and she died to help you. You made her arguing with me, and by doing that, you murdered her!"
Serenity was struggling to get free from his grasp, for she couldn't breathe. But her struggles became weaker and weaker as he tightened his grip on her throat.
Then they stopped...
Her father threw her down, kicking her limp body a few times very hard. He snorted out of disgust for this pathetic weak creature. He marched to the door after that, slamming it closed behind him.
The house was sickening quiet. The silence was broken by a terrified sound...
When Serenity walked to the door to open it, she had completely forgotten to get the cards out of the machine.
DarkMG and Kuri had seen everything and now came out of their hiding places. {{Oh no!}} Kuri cried inside his mind. DarkMG noticed he was to shocked to do anything useful, so she told him {Go and stand at the door, and warn me when someone's coming. I'll tell you what's happening here, don't worry,} she assured him.
{{It's not good, is it?}} Kuri asked sadly.
{Nope, not at all. But I'll get her over it as soon as possible.}
DarkMG cleaned every wound on Serenity's body, which took quite a while. She put her in some loose clothing and laid the still unconscious girl in her bed. Then, she received a warning from Kuri.
{{DarkMG, someone's coming!}}
{Who is it?} she asked immediately.
{{Some guy. He was here this afternoon, with her brother and the rest. It's that tall, cold boy!}} His answer came immediately.
DarkMG ran into the living room, and saw the reason of his visit. His briefcase was on the table!
{{Oh no, he's coming up the stairs! Do something, quick!}}
The poor Magician was thinking very quickly, when she got an idea. She raised her staff and a letter appeared on the briefcase. A moment later, the thing stood outside of the apartment.
Kaiba walked up the stairs, annoyed. Why did he have to forget his briefcase? Now he had to go all the way back to this stinky building Mokuba had dragged him to earlier this day.
Outside of the school, he had been waiting for his little brother when he had seen him coming, and with the worst company he could imagine. The mutt and the gang! Mokuba had begged him to give them a ride in his limousine, because they wanted to visit the mutt's sister. Mokuba had dragged him with them. He had to admit, it was pretty interesting. The mutt's sister was hiding something, and, if he had seen it right, her father did too. He knew Yami had noticed it too. Very interesting indeed!
But why would he care for the mutt's sister. Serenity, he thought, was her name. 'Tsk. She's just another stupid Wheeler who can't do anything right!' (A/N: He would be surprised indeed if he saw Serenity's 'Monster Square', as she had named it!) As he arrived at the door, he saw his briefcase, with a note on it.
'Hi Kaiba, I noticed you left your briefcase at our home. I'm away with my father at the moment, so I'm leaving this for you to take. Have a nice evening, Serenity.'
He was confused when he felt a wave of disappointment hit him. 'Why was that?' he wondered. He shrugged it off and left the building, in a hurry to get away from the smell and his confusing feelings. "Kaiba Mansion," he ordered the driver in a stern voice. "Yes sir." They drove off...
Inside the house, DarkMG and Kuri wiped the sweat from their foreheads.
{That was a close one,} DarkMG sighed.
{{Yes. That was a brilliant plan, DarkMG!}} he complemented his friend.
[Guys?] They immediately went back to Serenity's room. What they saw, shocked them both...
Serenity: What happened?
Lass: I stopped writing.
Mokuba: I think she means; what happened to me?
Serenity: Yeah, that's right. I'd like to know, you know?
Lass: I know you know I know you'd like to know what happened to you now, but you'll have to wait for the next chapter. And...
Mokuba: To get her to update sooner...
Serenity: She'd like to get a lot of...
Lass, Mokuba and Serenity: Reviews!!!!!
Mokuba: Hey. Is anyone ever reading this part? Where we talk, I mean.
Lass: I don't know, and I don't know if I want to know either.
Serenity: Yeah, you're right. Should we do a disclaimer in that case?
Lass: Yes, yes, we should! You don't know if anyone is looking for reasons to sue me, and I don't want that to happen!
Mokuba: Can anyone else do it this time? It's not that hard, but I'm just so sick of it...
Serenity: I haven't done it for quite a while. I guess I could do it...
Lass: Ok, but don't overdo it.
Serenity: Lass does not own Yu-Gi-Oh, if she did, it would be disastrous, but she does own the plot of the story and the good old laptop she uses to get it here on FanFiction.net.
Mokuba: Ok, enough! I want the story, so just get on with it!
Lass: Ok, not so touchy, Mokuba. I'll write on now...
She quickly put the square under her bed again, and then walked, still a little unstable, over to the front door. She took a quick glance at her watch. It was after school time, but not much, and her friends wouldn't have been able to get here this fast, not even running.
When she opened the door, it was a surprise for her to see who it was.
There stood her brother, the whole gang behind him. Just when she was about to ask how they got here this quick, she looked behind them and saw the reason.
In the back of the group, she saw Mokuba smiling brightly at her, while Kaiba seemed very bored and annoyed. Behind them, she just saw a limousine pull off.
"Er, come in," she said confused. They all got in, without speaking a word. They refused a drink, but they sat down when she asked.
"Serenity, tell us; what exactly is going on?" Joey asked straight forward.
"I don't think that I understand what you mean," Serenity spoke.
The rest of them were just listening to the conversation between the two siblings. "I think you do. You've been acting strange lately. More distant, less talkative, and so on. Then, you've got that fainting-incident, and then today. Sakura told me you looked like a ghost or something. I want an acceptable explanation for this."
Serenity looked down at the floor, and then pulled her head up again. "Ok, I'll tell you. I've been a little ill lately, and that's probably what you mean. But a little sleep always makes it better. I slept a little today, and I'm really feeling a lot better now!" she explained in the 'cheery- mode' she had been using since they entered.
"But why were you so shocked at seeing Sakura brought you to our class? I mean, that's not so terrifying, is it?"
Serenity sighed softly. "Well," the lie easily rolled off her tongue. "I was afraid you'd find me pathetic if I told you, especially because you don't really notice it on the outside, and I thought that maybe you'd think I was faking it."
"Me? Thinking you was pathetic? You have to be kidding me! I'd never think you are pathetic, little sister!" He pulled her into a huge bear hug, making a soft cry of pain escape her lips.
"What's up, Seren? Did I hurt you?" her brother asked worried.
"No, it's just my skin. It's a little sensitive," she told him comfortingly.
Before anyone could say anything about this, because some of them just knew she was lying against Joey, they heard the door open.
"Ah, that has to be dad. I'll go and greet him," Serenity said.
They all heard her walking into the hall, and then they heard the two whisper. They looked at each other questioning, but before they could say anything, Serenity and her father entered.
"Hey, Joey! I haven't seen you for a long time!" the older man said, as he hugged Joey.
'And you'd wish you hadn't seen him now either,' Serenity thought bitterly, smiling at everyone.
A bright flash of white light told them Yugi changed into his darker self, the old pharaoh Yami. Everyone looked at him, their eyes all asking the same question; 'why?'
Only Joey and Serenity's father hadn't noticed. He had no idea about the whole 'Old Egyptian' things, and Serenity was not planning on telling him soon. Neither was Joey, so he just asked what was going on.
"Nothing," they all answered. "It was nothing. We just thought he said something," Joey finished.
Everyone nodded to tell him Joey's words were true, but that made it even more suspicious. The guy knew Joey was lying, and the fact everyone was lying with him, trying to trick him into believing him made him very angry. But, seemingly calm, he said it was ok. "But tell me, why are you all here?" he asked kindly.
"Well, Serenity has been acting weird lately, and today she seemed very ill and she got home. We came here to check on her. She told us she was a little ill."
"Oh? She didn't tell me anything about it." The guy was playing a very nice game. He noticed, when Joey told him, a few of them were looking like they knew it was a lie. If he had said he knew it, they would know he was lying too, and would probably think he had something to do with it.
He made a mental note to himself to beware of the tri-coloured stranger Joey once told him that was Yugi (A/N: Unbeknownst to him, it was Yami) and the tall, cold looking brunette, whose name he didn't know. Those two knew Serenity wasn't really ill, and would maybe try to find out what was really happening. The most horrible plans already shot through his head as he said them goodbye.
When Serenity came back inside, she saw the look on her fathers face. She knew he was planning something, and she could already guess what it was about...
"Father, leave them alone," she demanded. She shivered inside when she saw him looking at her with rage.
"What did you say?" His voice was shaking with rage.
"You heard me, father. I said, leave them alone." This was the first time she really stood up against her father, for the sake of her friends. "If what you said last night was true, they aren't even going to try to find out what's happening. They would just think; 'good riddance' and leave it. Unless, of course, you were lying to me last night about them not caring about me. What's the truth? Why are you so worried?"
Her voice was soft and steady. She wasn't afraid at the moment. She just knew she had to protect her friends, no matter what the consequences were.
Her father's eyes narrowed at her, wishing for her to be shivering with fear. All he got was a calm face, and her usually warm brown eyes now seemed to be ice cold, looking back at him with just as much force.
The fact she seemed to be totally in control of his game now made him very mad. On the other side, he was almost shivering in fear now. She didn't seem to be scared of him now. Not at all. It almost looked as if she was laughing in his face.
But then, a mistake was made. He stepped closer to her, and for one second, fear appeared in her eyes. He was winning again.
"So, you love your friends this much. You would even challenge me for them. But, my dear Serenity, I bet they don't give a shit how much you would do for them!"
Serenity had already regained composure again, and asked him coldly: "Then why are you planning on killing them already? I know that look on your face very well, father. It never ends well. Where we first lived, you killed one of my friends, leaving me alone. I saw that same look on your face before you killed our mother..."
That did it. He lunged at her, but this time, she wouldn't give it up this soon. She ducked sideward just in time to avoid being hit. He father stopped just in time, so he didn't hit the wall, as she had thought he would've done.
That was why she wasn't out of his way on time a moment later. He grabbed her throat, pushing her against a wall.
"Don't... you... ever... dare... say... that... again!" he told her, saying every word very clearly. "I didn't kill your mother. It was your pathetic little self. You went to her to talk about all this, and she died to help you. You made her arguing with me, and by doing that, you murdered her!"
Serenity was struggling to get free from his grasp, for she couldn't breathe. But her struggles became weaker and weaker as he tightened his grip on her throat.
Then they stopped...
Her father threw her down, kicking her limp body a few times very hard. He snorted out of disgust for this pathetic weak creature. He marched to the door after that, slamming it closed behind him.
The house was sickening quiet. The silence was broken by a terrified sound...
When Serenity walked to the door to open it, she had completely forgotten to get the cards out of the machine.
DarkMG and Kuri had seen everything and now came out of their hiding places. {{Oh no!}} Kuri cried inside his mind. DarkMG noticed he was to shocked to do anything useful, so she told him {Go and stand at the door, and warn me when someone's coming. I'll tell you what's happening here, don't worry,} she assured him.
{{It's not good, is it?}} Kuri asked sadly.
{Nope, not at all. But I'll get her over it as soon as possible.}
DarkMG cleaned every wound on Serenity's body, which took quite a while. She put her in some loose clothing and laid the still unconscious girl in her bed. Then, she received a warning from Kuri.
{{DarkMG, someone's coming!}}
{Who is it?} she asked immediately.
{{Some guy. He was here this afternoon, with her brother and the rest. It's that tall, cold boy!}} His answer came immediately.
DarkMG ran into the living room, and saw the reason of his visit. His briefcase was on the table!
{{Oh no, he's coming up the stairs! Do something, quick!}}
The poor Magician was thinking very quickly, when she got an idea. She raised her staff and a letter appeared on the briefcase. A moment later, the thing stood outside of the apartment.
Kaiba walked up the stairs, annoyed. Why did he have to forget his briefcase? Now he had to go all the way back to this stinky building Mokuba had dragged him to earlier this day.
Outside of the school, he had been waiting for his little brother when he had seen him coming, and with the worst company he could imagine. The mutt and the gang! Mokuba had begged him to give them a ride in his limousine, because they wanted to visit the mutt's sister. Mokuba had dragged him with them. He had to admit, it was pretty interesting. The mutt's sister was hiding something, and, if he had seen it right, her father did too. He knew Yami had noticed it too. Very interesting indeed!
But why would he care for the mutt's sister. Serenity, he thought, was her name. 'Tsk. She's just another stupid Wheeler who can't do anything right!' (A/N: He would be surprised indeed if he saw Serenity's 'Monster Square', as she had named it!) As he arrived at the door, he saw his briefcase, with a note on it.
'Hi Kaiba, I noticed you left your briefcase at our home. I'm away with my father at the moment, so I'm leaving this for you to take. Have a nice evening, Serenity.'
He was confused when he felt a wave of disappointment hit him. 'Why was that?' he wondered. He shrugged it off and left the building, in a hurry to get away from the smell and his confusing feelings. "Kaiba Mansion," he ordered the driver in a stern voice. "Yes sir." They drove off...
Inside the house, DarkMG and Kuri wiped the sweat from their foreheads.
{That was a close one,} DarkMG sighed.
{{Yes. That was a brilliant plan, DarkMG!}} he complemented his friend.
[Guys?] They immediately went back to Serenity's room. What they saw, shocked them both...
Serenity: What happened?
Lass: I stopped writing.
Mokuba: I think she means; what happened to me?
Serenity: Yeah, that's right. I'd like to know, you know?
Lass: I know you know I know you'd like to know what happened to you now, but you'll have to wait for the next chapter. And...
Mokuba: To get her to update sooner...
Serenity: She'd like to get a lot of...
Lass, Mokuba and Serenity: Reviews!!!!!