Lass: I'm so glad! I got so many reviews! I feel like I can run around my
chamber doing a victory dance!
Mokuba: Don't do it. It's a waste of time, running around when you can write a new chapter.
Lass: You're right. The people I want to thank for reviewing are Daisy- chanMistress of Evil (Yes, I love Dark Magician Girl, she's my favourite Duel monster!) and ChaosMistress; thank you so much! I needed that!
Serenity: Ok, so Lass does not own Yu-Gi-Oh (Duh. Can you imagine a fourteen year old take care of all Yu-Gi-Oh stuff without getting crazy?) She does own the plot of this story and the computer which she can write her stories on.
Mokuba: Yeah, now on with the story! I want to know what happened to Serenity!
DarkMG and Kuri ran into the room. {Serenity, what have you done?!} she screeched inside her mind. Serenity was lying on the floor. Seemingly, she had tried to get up and walk.
[I've got homework to do.] Even Serenity's mind voice was hoarse.
{Homework?} DarkMG asked, confused. Meanwhile, she and Kuri were getting her into bed again.
[Homework, for tomorrow at school.]
{You can't go to school like this, Serenity!}
[But I have to. Else, my father will beat me up even more, because I don't get good enough grades.]
{{I will get your homework, but please stay down,}} Kuri agreed.
{At least let me help you then,} DarkMG pleaded.
[Look, guys,] Serenity began. [I can't let you do all of this for me. You've already done so much...]
{If we didn't want to, we wouldn't have done it anyway. We could've just flown away from you. We could've token the Monster Square and never returned again. But we want to stay with you, and help you, so we do. Would you please understand that, Serenity? We know it is hard for you to accept help, but you really need it. At least let us help you. Please, Serenity?}
Kuri had returned with her homework. [All right. Thank you, guys. You really help me, even by just being here.] A small tear escaped her eye. She hadn't cried since a very long time.
They started making homework, all three of them together. They were soon finished, and they decided to talk a little. Then, they heard the front door open. Serenity already had the Monster Square on her lap. When she had said a quick goodbye, she got the Monster cards out, and put them under her bed.
She heard her father walk to her room, and she acted as if she was sleeping.
Luckily, her father did not seem to be planning on bothering her tonight. She heard him walk to his own room for once. It was a long time ago since he had really slept there. Serenity was unsure what to think of it, but, as his snoring started to sound, she thought; 'Maybe he didn't get drunk tonight or something like that...'
An hour later, Serenity was still unable to sleep. She got up, and managed to get to her desk. She sat behind it, and grabbed something which had been hidden besides it. It was a pretty much finished Monster Square, but Serenity was still working at it.
Very early in the morning, she put the sides on it. She was finally finished. She was planning on giving it to DarkMG and Kuri, to get some friends themselves, besides her. But now she had finished it, she wasn't so sure if it was a good idea. If she sent them away with this, maybe they would put some evil monster in it, which would be able to get the cards of DarkMG and Kuri out of their own Square, even if she kept it herself. She probably wouldn't be much of a challenge for any monster.
She decided to talk about it to them now. She put them in their own Square, and they appeared in front of her.
{What are you doing? You should be in bed, sleeping at the moment!} DarkMG was very concerned. Serenity was not looking very well.
[I couldn't sleep, but don't worry. I wanted to talk to the both of you about something.] When she took the second Square from her desk, the Duel Monsters gasped in shock.
{{A second one?}} Kuri asked, shocked.
[Yes. I was first planning on giving it to you, but now I'm not so sure about that anymore.]
{You'd better not be sure about that, no. I'm sorry to say this, Seren, but it isn't such a good idea.}
[I figured that out. I just didn't want to make you upset by not trusting you with it.]
{Not at all! We know perfectly well it isn't a good idea! Don't worry about that, Seren.} DarkMG assured her.
Serenity yawned loudly, causing DarkMG and Kuri to grin. {You should really go to bed, you know?}
As she pulled the cards out of the Square, she wished them a good night, and then she got into her bed. Strangely enough the sleep didn't come immediately. Instead, she thought about her friends, indirectly the reason of her beating.
They had all came. Joey, her big brother, Yugi, whose Yami had known exactly she was lying, Ryou, a good friend, Mai, Joey's soon-to-be girlfriend if Serenity and Tea's plans worked out right, Tea, nicknamed Friendship girl, but very nice, Tristan and Duke, two boys of who she knew they liked her, but always acting clueless, Mokuba, the little boy who was with the group more often these days and his brother, the great Seto Kaiba.
Serenity smiled when she thought of his face again. He didn't want to be there at all, she knew. Mokuba probably dragged him with them, much against his brother's dismay. 'But then again', Serenity thought as her smile turned into a frown, 'he noticed I was lying too, and father knows. So he'll be extra observant when they're around. I should look out for that.'
She almost burst out in laughter at that. 'Me, Serenity Wheeler, unimportant little girl, living in the poor districts of Domino, protecting the King of Games and a former pharaoh, and the CEO of Kaiba corp. and also the richest man in Japan from my father?! Ridiculous!'
She was deeply disappointed at herself. She couldn't do something against her father for her own good. How could she possibly do it for her friends then?
She was thinking about the afternoon, and what happened after her friends had been there. She had almost won. She knew the flash of fear made her lose the battle. But she was able to keep him straight, for her friends' sake.
At that thought, she entered a deep, dreamless sleep.
The next morning, the beeping of the alarm woke Serenity again, as usual. Her sleep had been deep and healthy, and she was kind of feeling fine, today. Of course, there were still the bruises and the cuts, and she remembered them very well when she got up, but still...
The sun was shining, she heard some birds outside singing their songs and she had a very nice sleep.
If it wasn't for her wounds and the fear of waking her father up, Serenity had been dancing and singing around the house.
The dancing didn't work, but she sang happily as she walked over to Yugi's Game shop. She heard a voice behind her. "You seem very happy, Seren! Good to see you today."
When she turned around, she was face to face with Mai. "Morning, Mai!" she said happily. They walked the rest of the road together.
They seemed to be the first ones there, as there was nobody standing in front of the building. After a little while of chit-chat about stuff, where Serenity tried to steer the conversation topic to her brother, Tea and Duke came walking their way. A little while later they saw Tristan coming to them, with Ryou following him close behind. When Yugi exited the shop at the same time, they were just waiting for Joey.
"Here I am already!" They all laughed when they saw a tired, red-headed Joey running over to them. "Thousand apologies, I'm sorry for being this late!"
Everyone laughed out loud when Joey managed to trip over some rock on the ground. "We'd better hurry to school, or we'll be very late," Tristan said, helping Joey up.
Some gasped in shock as they were reminded of the fact, and they all ran off to school. Serenity was trying very hard not to show the running was torturing her, and seemingly doing a very good job at it. No one noticed, but she got further and further behind.
Yugi, because he was shorter than the rest, was getting a little behind too, so nobody noticed him changing into Yami, except for Serenity. He waited for her, and when she arrived at his side, he helped her walking a little harder to catch up with the others, not asking questions about anything the whole time.
When they got to school, he turned into Yugi before any of the others saw him. "I have to speak to you at lunchtime," he told her, and then Yugi was back. The others looked back almost at the same time, noticing Yugi and Serenity coming.
"Watch it, Joey!" Mai called, just in time to make the boy notice the big black limo and jump out of its way. "Kaiba," he growled.
That morning, Kaiba woke up in a strangely good mood. After eating breakfast with his brother, he called for the limousine to get him to school. Inside the car, he pulled out his laptop and began typing away on it. He took a loo at his work, began checking his e-mail and the stocks of Kaiba corp.
'Nice work, the new Duel Disc is almost ready. Some mail from business affiliates, and... Stupid fan girls! How come they always manage to get a hold of my address? I love you... You're my greatest hero... I think you're hot... Geez, how hackneyed can they be? The stocks are better than yesterday. Good, just perfect. It's a wonderful day today.'
He was stopped thinking by Mokuba. "Look Seto, it's Yugi and his friends!"
And indeed, as Kaiba looked out of the window, he saw them running towards school, Yugi running a little behind him. He was surprised at the sight of Serenity walking even farther behind. She should be able to walk harder than Yugi.
He saw Yugi glow and change into Yami. He waited for Serenity, then grabbed her arm and pulled her with him to the rest. At the school gates, he saw Yami say something to Serenity before turning back into Yugi. The others turned around to the two, Joey standing half on the road.
Kaiba smirked as the chauffer almost drove against Joey, and when he got out of the car, he met with a very angered Wheeler. "Good morning, mutt," he greeted him.
"Kaiba," Joey greeted back, his face still angry. But before any of them could say a thing, or start anything, they heard someone asking them something.
"If we don't hurry, we'll be late at school," Serenity remarked. "I think we'd better get in."
"Yes," Mokuba followed quickly. "Let's go, I don't want to make my teacher mad."
With one last glare at each other, Joey and Kaiba got in, leaving the others sighing in relief, and then getting in, starting another day of school...
Mokuba: We saved the day, didn't we, Serenity?
Serenity: We sure did! Why are our brothers always fighting, while we can get along fine? Truly beats me...
Lass: Well, anyway review if you want to know what's going to happen next!
Mokuba: And why would they review? You like this story enough to update, even if there are no reviews!
Lass: Every reviewer may think of how I can thank you and put that in her/his review, and I will do it then.
Serenity: We all hope you'll review! See you next chapter!
Mokuba: Don't do it. It's a waste of time, running around when you can write a new chapter.
Lass: You're right. The people I want to thank for reviewing are Daisy- chanMistress of Evil (Yes, I love Dark Magician Girl, she's my favourite Duel monster!) and ChaosMistress; thank you so much! I needed that!
Serenity: Ok, so Lass does not own Yu-Gi-Oh (Duh. Can you imagine a fourteen year old take care of all Yu-Gi-Oh stuff without getting crazy?) She does own the plot of this story and the computer which she can write her stories on.
Mokuba: Yeah, now on with the story! I want to know what happened to Serenity!
DarkMG and Kuri ran into the room. {Serenity, what have you done?!} she screeched inside her mind. Serenity was lying on the floor. Seemingly, she had tried to get up and walk.
[I've got homework to do.] Even Serenity's mind voice was hoarse.
{Homework?} DarkMG asked, confused. Meanwhile, she and Kuri were getting her into bed again.
[Homework, for tomorrow at school.]
{You can't go to school like this, Serenity!}
[But I have to. Else, my father will beat me up even more, because I don't get good enough grades.]
{{I will get your homework, but please stay down,}} Kuri agreed.
{At least let me help you then,} DarkMG pleaded.
[Look, guys,] Serenity began. [I can't let you do all of this for me. You've already done so much...]
{If we didn't want to, we wouldn't have done it anyway. We could've just flown away from you. We could've token the Monster Square and never returned again. But we want to stay with you, and help you, so we do. Would you please understand that, Serenity? We know it is hard for you to accept help, but you really need it. At least let us help you. Please, Serenity?}
Kuri had returned with her homework. [All right. Thank you, guys. You really help me, even by just being here.] A small tear escaped her eye. She hadn't cried since a very long time.
They started making homework, all three of them together. They were soon finished, and they decided to talk a little. Then, they heard the front door open. Serenity already had the Monster Square on her lap. When she had said a quick goodbye, she got the Monster cards out, and put them under her bed.
She heard her father walk to her room, and she acted as if she was sleeping.
Luckily, her father did not seem to be planning on bothering her tonight. She heard him walk to his own room for once. It was a long time ago since he had really slept there. Serenity was unsure what to think of it, but, as his snoring started to sound, she thought; 'Maybe he didn't get drunk tonight or something like that...'
An hour later, Serenity was still unable to sleep. She got up, and managed to get to her desk. She sat behind it, and grabbed something which had been hidden besides it. It was a pretty much finished Monster Square, but Serenity was still working at it.
Very early in the morning, she put the sides on it. She was finally finished. She was planning on giving it to DarkMG and Kuri, to get some friends themselves, besides her. But now she had finished it, she wasn't so sure if it was a good idea. If she sent them away with this, maybe they would put some evil monster in it, which would be able to get the cards of DarkMG and Kuri out of their own Square, even if she kept it herself. She probably wouldn't be much of a challenge for any monster.
She decided to talk about it to them now. She put them in their own Square, and they appeared in front of her.
{What are you doing? You should be in bed, sleeping at the moment!} DarkMG was very concerned. Serenity was not looking very well.
[I couldn't sleep, but don't worry. I wanted to talk to the both of you about something.] When she took the second Square from her desk, the Duel Monsters gasped in shock.
{{A second one?}} Kuri asked, shocked.
[Yes. I was first planning on giving it to you, but now I'm not so sure about that anymore.]
{You'd better not be sure about that, no. I'm sorry to say this, Seren, but it isn't such a good idea.}
[I figured that out. I just didn't want to make you upset by not trusting you with it.]
{Not at all! We know perfectly well it isn't a good idea! Don't worry about that, Seren.} DarkMG assured her.
Serenity yawned loudly, causing DarkMG and Kuri to grin. {You should really go to bed, you know?}
As she pulled the cards out of the Square, she wished them a good night, and then she got into her bed. Strangely enough the sleep didn't come immediately. Instead, she thought about her friends, indirectly the reason of her beating.
They had all came. Joey, her big brother, Yugi, whose Yami had known exactly she was lying, Ryou, a good friend, Mai, Joey's soon-to-be girlfriend if Serenity and Tea's plans worked out right, Tea, nicknamed Friendship girl, but very nice, Tristan and Duke, two boys of who she knew they liked her, but always acting clueless, Mokuba, the little boy who was with the group more often these days and his brother, the great Seto Kaiba.
Serenity smiled when she thought of his face again. He didn't want to be there at all, she knew. Mokuba probably dragged him with them, much against his brother's dismay. 'But then again', Serenity thought as her smile turned into a frown, 'he noticed I was lying too, and father knows. So he'll be extra observant when they're around. I should look out for that.'
She almost burst out in laughter at that. 'Me, Serenity Wheeler, unimportant little girl, living in the poor districts of Domino, protecting the King of Games and a former pharaoh, and the CEO of Kaiba corp. and also the richest man in Japan from my father?! Ridiculous!'
She was deeply disappointed at herself. She couldn't do something against her father for her own good. How could she possibly do it for her friends then?
She was thinking about the afternoon, and what happened after her friends had been there. She had almost won. She knew the flash of fear made her lose the battle. But she was able to keep him straight, for her friends' sake.
At that thought, she entered a deep, dreamless sleep.
The next morning, the beeping of the alarm woke Serenity again, as usual. Her sleep had been deep and healthy, and she was kind of feeling fine, today. Of course, there were still the bruises and the cuts, and she remembered them very well when she got up, but still...
The sun was shining, she heard some birds outside singing their songs and she had a very nice sleep.
If it wasn't for her wounds and the fear of waking her father up, Serenity had been dancing and singing around the house.
The dancing didn't work, but she sang happily as she walked over to Yugi's Game shop. She heard a voice behind her. "You seem very happy, Seren! Good to see you today."
When she turned around, she was face to face with Mai. "Morning, Mai!" she said happily. They walked the rest of the road together.
They seemed to be the first ones there, as there was nobody standing in front of the building. After a little while of chit-chat about stuff, where Serenity tried to steer the conversation topic to her brother, Tea and Duke came walking their way. A little while later they saw Tristan coming to them, with Ryou following him close behind. When Yugi exited the shop at the same time, they were just waiting for Joey.
"Here I am already!" They all laughed when they saw a tired, red-headed Joey running over to them. "Thousand apologies, I'm sorry for being this late!"
Everyone laughed out loud when Joey managed to trip over some rock on the ground. "We'd better hurry to school, or we'll be very late," Tristan said, helping Joey up.
Some gasped in shock as they were reminded of the fact, and they all ran off to school. Serenity was trying very hard not to show the running was torturing her, and seemingly doing a very good job at it. No one noticed, but she got further and further behind.
Yugi, because he was shorter than the rest, was getting a little behind too, so nobody noticed him changing into Yami, except for Serenity. He waited for her, and when she arrived at his side, he helped her walking a little harder to catch up with the others, not asking questions about anything the whole time.
When they got to school, he turned into Yugi before any of the others saw him. "I have to speak to you at lunchtime," he told her, and then Yugi was back. The others looked back almost at the same time, noticing Yugi and Serenity coming.
"Watch it, Joey!" Mai called, just in time to make the boy notice the big black limo and jump out of its way. "Kaiba," he growled.
That morning, Kaiba woke up in a strangely good mood. After eating breakfast with his brother, he called for the limousine to get him to school. Inside the car, he pulled out his laptop and began typing away on it. He took a loo at his work, began checking his e-mail and the stocks of Kaiba corp.
'Nice work, the new Duel Disc is almost ready. Some mail from business affiliates, and... Stupid fan girls! How come they always manage to get a hold of my address? I love you... You're my greatest hero... I think you're hot... Geez, how hackneyed can they be? The stocks are better than yesterday. Good, just perfect. It's a wonderful day today.'
He was stopped thinking by Mokuba. "Look Seto, it's Yugi and his friends!"
And indeed, as Kaiba looked out of the window, he saw them running towards school, Yugi running a little behind him. He was surprised at the sight of Serenity walking even farther behind. She should be able to walk harder than Yugi.
He saw Yugi glow and change into Yami. He waited for Serenity, then grabbed her arm and pulled her with him to the rest. At the school gates, he saw Yami say something to Serenity before turning back into Yugi. The others turned around to the two, Joey standing half on the road.
Kaiba smirked as the chauffer almost drove against Joey, and when he got out of the car, he met with a very angered Wheeler. "Good morning, mutt," he greeted him.
"Kaiba," Joey greeted back, his face still angry. But before any of them could say a thing, or start anything, they heard someone asking them something.
"If we don't hurry, we'll be late at school," Serenity remarked. "I think we'd better get in."
"Yes," Mokuba followed quickly. "Let's go, I don't want to make my teacher mad."
With one last glare at each other, Joey and Kaiba got in, leaving the others sighing in relief, and then getting in, starting another day of school...
Mokuba: We saved the day, didn't we, Serenity?
Serenity: We sure did! Why are our brothers always fighting, while we can get along fine? Truly beats me...
Lass: Well, anyway review if you want to know what's going to happen next!
Mokuba: And why would they review? You like this story enough to update, even if there are no reviews!
Lass: Every reviewer may think of how I can thank you and put that in her/his review, and I will do it then.
Serenity: We all hope you'll review! See you next chapter!