Hey! I'm BAAAACK!!!!!!!
Seto: lovely. Fantastic. Peachy. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE!!!!
BlackLightning: SHUT UP!!!!!!
Seto: ::has gag in mouth:: ::is tied to back of car::
BlackLightning: Anywayz, congrats to Sorceress Vanessa for correctly guessing what the pie was about!!! ::gives V-chan a Seto plushie:: ...not QUITE sure if I bought the voodoo doll or the plushie...
Seto: ::looks alarmed::
Sorceress Vanessa: ::grins insanely::
BlackLightning: ::shoots off gun::
Car: ::starts w/ Seto on top of it::
Seto: O.O eeeeeee!!!!
Car: ::going 150 mph::
BlackLightning: n.n!!! YAY!
Sorceress Vanessa: ::squeezing Seto plushie to death::
Seto: ::being choked::
BlackLightniing: Maybe it WAS a voodoo doll. ...
Anywayz, ...Disclaimer: Black-Lightniing does not own Yugioh or anything else because she's a pathetic little person that doesn't even know how to write properly and she always –
BlackLightning: EEEEEE!!
Disclaimer: ::being choked::
BlackLightning: Can ANYONE do this without insulting me?!?'
Seto: muffle...no...muffle
BlackLightning: ::pulls out her own Seto plushie:: ::pulls out sewing pins::
Seto: OO .... muffle...crap...muffle
ON WITH THE STORY!!! (Seto: AAAA -muffle- AHHH!!! ::running away from V-chan and B.L.)
Silent Attraction
Chapter 3 - Revealing Talks
Seto wiped off the creamy substance with a towel as he glared at Mokuba. They were in the kitchen, cleaning off the pie that had gotten – everywhere. In his hair, his mouth, his ears, his shirt, down his shirt, all over his face ... basically, Mokuba was going to pay dearly for this. Of course, Mokuba was going to make money as well...one way or another. For after recovering from the shock of seeing Seto doused in a confectionary instead of the babysitter, he had quickly grabbed the camera he used for such events and ...click, click, click, instant blackmail. Of course, Seto was quite preoccupied at the time and most likely hadn't noticed the presence of the camera – Serenity, however, had. She wondered how much they would cost...Joey's birthday was coming up soon... But I digress.
Seto, giving Mokuba one last look, turned to Serenity and spoke. "If you breathe one word of this to your little nerd pack, you will pay. Remember that." Turning again to Mokuba, he said, "I'm going to get cleaned up," Mokuba swallowed hard. "So just start your homework or something." Back to Serenity. "You, follow him, keep him out of trouble, and make sure he does his homework." With a creak of the chair, he stood up and walked out, presumably headed towards his rooms.
Mokuba let out a sigh of relief. "Whew. That was close."
"Why did you have that pie there in the first place?" Serenity asked, already half-knowing what the answer would be.
"Well...um....I didn't really want a babysitter...so...um...." He trailed off. Serenity smiled knowingly. "Well, I'm glad to see that it backfired. Now, lead on to the homework!" Mokuba rolled his eyes...he had hoped she had forgotten that part. With a resigned sigh, he strode out, took a left, walked for a half-mile, turned right, climbed some stairs, took a right, walked down some stairs, and ended up in a large room with a desk, computer, and what looked like two odd silvery modules laying across the room. Serenity, struck by a hunch, poked her head out the other door.
"Hey! We were about five feet from this place! Why did you have to drag me halfway across the mansion?!" Serenity angrily asked.
Mokuba turned red. "To see if I could lose you along the way." was the reply. Serenity had a flash of inspiration.
"Hey, Mokuba. Instead of picking on me, why don't you aim your lovely little tricks at Kaiba?" she said, grinning.
"...You mean my brother? But he already knows all of my pranks..." He countered.
"So, we'll just have to invent new ones! You caught him with the pie today...!"
"I suppose...of course you realize he has cameras in here, right?"
"So? Go erase the tapes later!" Serenity said, grinning from ear to ear, "It can't be that hard!"
"Deal?"
"Deal." They shook hands and finally, Serenity had to ask the question. "Now where is your homework?"
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Seto emerged from the shower, dripping warm, steamy water over the floor. Quickly, he grabbed a towel and wiped off the remaining moisture from his body; he then wrapped the towel around his waist and proceeded into his suite. As he hunted out new attire, he silently cursed the fact that his meeting had been cancelled due to 'unexpected delays' in the other attendees' schedules. Hmph. If he had just gone to the meeting as planned, he wouldn't have had to suffer a ride with the girl in his limo, would have shunned any cream pies whatsoever, avoided severe humiliation, and most likely have gained a new company to add on to Kaiba Corp. He finished dressing and walked into the other room where he keyed the video monitors, just to make sure Mokuba was actually doing his homework and not trying to avoid his new babysitter. He found both Mokuba and Serenity in Mokuba's game room, conversing as his brother typed out something on the computer. Keying the sound, he listened for a time, startled when the topic of the conversation turned to him.
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Joey flopped on the couch, narrowly avoiding the pizza boxes that had piled up over time. The only reason this couch had escaped Serenity's keen gaze was the fact that it was located in his room, where even she feared to tread, dirty as it was. Some day, Joey expected to come home and see his room completely bare, Serenity finally tiring of trying to get him to clean it. Oh well. He would deal with that issue when it came. For now... Joey fished the remote out of the depths of the couch, finally finding it along with a magazine, a couple of coins, a piece of long-forgotten moldy pizza, and Mai's bracelet she had lost while sitting on the couch a couple weeks ago. He pressed the remote, coming to a news/gossip channel where, seeing the topic, immediately stopped, turned up the sound, and watched, amazed.
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Serenity looked over the title of Mokuba's paper for language arts. "My Role-Model" it was called. She quickly glanced down to see the subject of such praise – it was hardly a surprise to see it was the elder Kaiba. What Mokuba saw in that man confused her. Perhaps Kaiba was different around Mokuba, but that didn't change the way he treated anyone else unfortunate enough to run across his path. 'Like me.' She thought, ruing the day she accepted this job. It had turned out, to be perfectly honest, not like she had expected. She shifted her focus back to Mokuba's paper. She nimbly snatched the paper from in front of Mokuba, quickly scanning the guidelines. Serenity then replaced the sheet, briefly looking over what he had written so far. Some phrases jumped out at her as she skimmed: "...may not be the nicest to everyone else, but he takes care of me..."; "..always protected me from people that made fun of me and hurt me, even when we were just kids..."; "...but I try to help him like more people his age...A couple I think he actually does like a little bit..." ... Serenity read that and stifled a gasp. 'Are you kidding me? Jeez, I didn't even think he noticed the rest of us at school...Mokuba's just being overly optimistic.'
"Mokuba...you like your brother, right?" she asked carefully, already knowing the answer.
"Of course! Nii-san always takes care of me!" he replied cheerily.
"Yes...but he treats the rest of us like dirt! Every time he sees Joey, he insults him and calls him 'mutt' and 'mongrel'... the rest of us are luckier – we get ignored!" she retorted, trying to talk some sense into him.
"Well...that doesn't mean he hates all of you. I think he just has sort of a rivalry with Joey...but as for the rest of you... I think he doesn't see a point in talking. In his own words, '...They just babble on about the same stupid things, day after day...there's no point in talking to someone when you already know what they're going to say..' I think if he finds someone with original ideas and unpredictability, he'd talk to them more. I just think he's kinda lonely too.." he finished.
"Perhaps." A voice spoke, cold and annoyed.
Serenity gulped.
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Joey, alarmed, called up Mai as he watched the TV screen. The phone rang a couple of times before she picked up.
"Mai? It's Joey. Are ya near a TV set?" he asked.
"Yes..." she said, wary of what was coming next.
"Good. Go to Channel 14 and tell me if that's who I think it is."
Mai turned on the TV, found the remote, and typed in 1 – 4. As the picture came into focus, she gasped.
"I take it ya agree?" Joey asked.
"...What the heck?!?" Mai exclaimed, "What on earth is going on here? When was this shot?"
"This afternoon...recognize the background?" Joey said.
"...the school..." Mai mumbled. "But how could this happen?"
"Have you heard about her new job?" Joey queried. "Well, it's her former job once I see her today."
"...right." She agreed.
"Can you do a little investigation for me?" he asked.
"I think so..." she said, "But I'll need a little help."
..........and we're done for now!!!! (and I'm going to take this time to say I still think it was short...)
Ok. Um...every chapter, if you can guess what's coming next, you get a lovely little prize! Like a Super Spiffy Seto Plushie/Voodoo Doll, which is what Sorceress Vanessa got today! FUN! ... kay!
Here we go!
Jade Wyvern: oh, good, its the other half reviewing this time. I like variety. ..Thanx? I guess... seeing as you complimented me and sorta threatened me at the same time... anywayz, toodles!
BobGod: Thanx! I was sorta hoping to get past that 'i'm serenity and i'm so weak' mentality displayed in the anime ... nice to know i'm succeeding! Thank you for your review!
pinkdreamer122: Thank you! I enjoyed that line as well when I went back and re-read the chapter. Thanx again!
Kiko: all is revealed in this chapter... and thanks for the review!
Alley Cat: ::hands A.C. a tissue:: right. um... thanx? I'll try to put you in the opening scene next chappie.
InnoscenTorn: Thank you for reinforcing my courage there! I wasn't sure if my update speed and short chappies were annoying anyone. Thanx again!
C.A.M.E.O. : ::blushes:: I'm flattered.Thank you so much! I'm glad to know you enjoyed it.
Sorceress Vanessa: BINGO! you guessed it! don't you just love evil Mokuba?
nkitty29, Princess Seren, Tinyflyer02 - thank you all for your kind reviews!
Anywayz, school isn't being so evil for the next half-week or so. I just had a bunch of tests so fortunately the teachers didn't feel like putting hmwk on top of that. Yay! I'm kinda typing this on my dads laptop b/c he thought it'd be fun to have a little float trip down 10 miles of river. In canoes. In the middle of the day. Funfun! NOT. So i convinced him to bring his laptop.
(Seto: I ..muffle... have twenty laptops ..muffle.. and a bunch of ..muffle.. random computers so ...muffle... ha!)
(BlackLightniing: ::glares::)
(Seto: ::is suddenly being chased by lions through the Amazon:: )
..hehe. anywayz, switchfoot rox. I love their cd. Sorry. I'm using this for random thought time... its all good. ...I'm rambling so I'll just end this now. BYES!!!
BlackLightniing