A/n: Hello. I've decided to go on with chapter two. I think chapter one was too short; I wasn't sure if this idea had already been done. I always did like stories of survival in wilderness, so bear with me. ) Anyway, this one will be longer. So enjoy and tell me afterwards what you think of it. )

Day Two: Stupid girl, Smart girl

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"I am so sorry," Serenity said, apologizing for the millionth time. "I shouldn't have er, um…..cursed in front of you after you did scare the wits out of me!" Oops, now it sounds like I'm blaming him for my mistake! Even though he's so mean to my brother,so I've been told,no one deserves to have an 'obscenity' shouted in their face! Serenity nervously bit her lip, studying his reaction.

"I didn't expect anything less than from a Wheeler," Seto commented with a sneer in his tone. But Serenity didn't appear to hear, she seemed too busy berating herself. Over and over. Weird girl . . . seems a lot different from her brother. Then again, people are all the same. Crude and untutored, unlike me. And plus this girl . . . she seems really wimpy. How is she supposed live in wild escapes me. Worse than her boneheaded brother. But at least, she is decent enough to know when she did wrong. I'll give her some credit for that, because I'm a nice guy. He got up and went away, leaving her there by the sea, still reprimanding herself.

Serenity, true to her name, stared at the lapping waves serenely, though in her mind, she was trying to figure things out alone. Like, where she was. Not how stupid her blunder had been. Like Joey always said, "Look on the bright side of things, sis!"

Joey….where are you? Could you have left me? Here, by myself?

"Maybe he's hurt," she thought aloud. "Lying in some ditch somewhere……the others! Where are my friends? Maybe they're on the island!"

"I doubt it. They're gone forever," Seto declared from the where he was, not far away. He had combed the island over earlier, and had found only her body. But Serenity didn't seem to hear, and she got up.

Does she have a problem with her hearing? He thought murderously, not liking to be ignored for any reason. Especially when he made a fool of himself by talking to a Wheeler. He snorted and picked a piece of reed and put it between his teeth.

Sis, sis…..can you hear me? Serenity followed her brother's imaginary voice, going into the deeper part of the island, where the woods and thickets were. "Joey!" she called, breaking into a run as the ground got unsteadier and branches lashed at her bare legs. He's here somewhere….I know it!

Seto watched her go. Man, does that girl run, he thought. She even has some grace . . . surprisingly! He watched her agilely leaping over fallen logs and bushes, trying to think. Wait…..doesn't that place lead to the deep pool of water I saw earlier? "Hey stop!" he said, getting up with a huff and reluctantly following her, going at a lazy pace. "Watch where you're going, you imbecile!"

Serenity let her heart lead the way, and came to a brilliant waterfall, glistening from a twenty-three foot-high drop, maybe about fifty feet. Wow, it's so beautiful, she thought, momentarily dazzled by the sheerness of it. The trees were even higher, their shade turned the pool a soft black. It looked bottomless.

"He just has to be here!" she thought, stepping forwardly gingerly, so not to fall. Suddenly, a hand grabbed her shirt and yanked her back, roughly. "Eh?" she yelped in confusion.

"Are you crazy?! One more step and you'll fall, you idiot!" Seto shouted at her, confusing her for a moment. She'd forgotten he was there. All the mattered was her brother. Abruptly, he let go. "Never mind, what am I saying? Go ahead, and you'll see."

"I-I will?" Serenity mumbled absently, peering down. It did seem too high to jump. "I was….just looking for my brother and the others, you see." She tried to explain for her behavior, forgetting her manners.

"Weren't you paying attention? I already checked this idea over!"

"I-island?" Her forest green eyes rounded into plates. "Not . . . mainland?" We're stranded? Wha?

"Yes." He sighed, then he turned and left before she could find out more. Som Serenity got up and followed him, thinking first. Even though she had just met this guy, it was obviously from his clipped tone he didn't like to talk to her.

But now, we have to work together, or we will never get off this island and get back home! She thought hard as he led her to the ruins of the once magnificent sailboat. Serenity felt her mouth dry up and she clapped a hand over it in horror at the sight . . .It was really awful; the stern was hanging in a right angle, and the whole front was torn off. Splinters of wood stuck up every which way in the air, and it was waterlogged through the big hole on the side. "It's . . . never going to float again," she murmured to herself. The worst part is, it's so empty like only a memory.

"Yes it will," he said through clenched teeth, mostly to himself, going over and hauling the boat further into shore. "After I fix it." he added, with such a determined look, that she almost believed him. Almost.

How is he supposed to fix this humongous thing? She didn't want to ask, it might insult his intelligence instinctively. Speaking of which, he is supposed to be very smart, so maybe he can! Doesn't he fix computers? Well, fixing a boat is sort of like it, I guess . . .

They spent the rest of the afternoon hauling waterlogged items out of it. Serenity felt her eyes prickle at the sight of her brother's torn-emerald green jacket, limp and lifeless. She clutched the freezing, wet material against her chest, hugging it protectively, as if it were Joey himself. "Well, at least it isn't him," she murmured aloud to herself. "Then again, am I happy or sad? Yes, I am happy because it's better than finding his . . .limp body in there . . . " She folded the jacket up carefully. "But I miss him so . . . and I'm worried to death….."

Seto was half listening to her mumbles as he picked through his items. Weird girl . . . always talks to herself. Then again, so do I . . . what, am I comparing myself to a Wheeler, now?! Angry for thinking this thought, he snapped, "Quit whining about the others! They're dead, they're gone, so just get over it, already!"

Serenity stood stock still for a moment, looking and feeling stricken. Then, she turned swiftly, got up, and ran away, sand kicking up behind her angrily.

Humph, whatever, he thought, continuing to look over the items for necessary tools to be used for survival. That girl is sure as disillusioned as her brother. Besides which, it's not like she isthe only one worrying. I have a brother, too . . . but you don't see me whining and complaining! Worrying only makes things worse!

Let's see, I know there was a survival kit on the boat and it's waterproof, he rifled around, but it's not here! Stupid girl, he thought while continuing his search. She seemed smarter than Joey the Loser, but let's just see if see makes it out there by herself! Especially the way she was dressed: in a top and short and no shoes. She'll be begging to return to me! To my campsite, I mean. Wait a minute.

Wasn't she carrying a small….plastic box when she ran off? He closed his eyes, thinking back on a mental picture. The survival kit!!

She'd had it under her arm. Great, now I have to find her…… He glanced up, but she was already out of sight. And the island wasn't tiny. Smart girl, he admitted. I bet she knew what she was taking…… knowing full well that I can't survive without the matches she took in the kit. Smarter than me, though? He wiped his hands free of grain, taking stock. I don't think so.

He got up and put on an old zippered front jacket, then lazily following her footprints, soft mounds on the sand, confident he would find her in the darkness.

To Be Continued . . .

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a/n: Right now, it all just background, and the setting of personalities. Serenity as a sweet, but a naive daydreamer who just loves to fantasize. And Seto's just his usual, grumpy self. Anyway, write and review if you want some more of this fic!

-AllDay