%Day Six: Surviving Hurricane Kaiba %
Joey Wheeler was very upset. His sister had been missing for five days now, and his mom was to be home soon from visiting relatives, any MINUTE! He had gotten sick from looking for all night, as well as in trouble for stealing a boat to search. I haveta keep da faith and believe she's all right, he thought. Though I wish there were SOME sign……
Clunk. A bottle hit against the dock of the pier he was on. A strange greenish bottle…… That 'clunk' didn't sound hollow….dere's somethin' inside! Intrigued, he picked it up.
A note! He mouthed the words aloud, brown eyes scanning back and forth. "Dear Joey…..I'm all right..' "
Then:
"SHE'S WHERE?! WITH WHO?"
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Serenity Wheeler was very afraid. Again. This time…..from another 'tornado'….Hurricane Kaiba……
Nervously, she sank into the cool pond water until only her eyes showed, and removed her clothes. The water was warm and wonderful, just the right temperature. Still, she couldn't even enjoy it.....because of the argument from previously that morning......
%Flashback%
"What are you so mad about?"
"You were SPYING ON ME!"
"I wasn't! I DIDN'T! It was just a dream, I tell you!" Serenity squeaked. He looked so angry, she was indeed afraid for her life. Again.
"IT WASN'T, you idiot! THINK ABOUT IT!"
"It WAS!"
"IT WASN'T!!!"
"WAS!"
"WASN'T!!
"Look, " she said, trying to quell her growing fear and be calm again, "Can't it be REMOTELY POSSIBLE that I had a dream AND you were actually taking the bath at THE SAME TIME?! Can't it be the least littlest bit POSSIBLE?!" YOU THINK!!
"The least littlest bit?" Seto donned a mock thinking face, silent for a minute. "Hmm……let me think……NO!!!" With that, he stormed away, moving quite fast on his injured foot.
Serenity couldn't help letting a sigh of relief, but then he was back again, glaring at her with an intensity that would've made an iceberg feel cold. He rubbed one hand over his face, as if trying to decide exactly how to cook her alive. "It …..was…..a dream," she whispered, finally, her green eyes huge on her pale heart shaped face. In her little fantasies, again, he thought.
A twinge or irritation hummed through him. "Okay……" he said, voice dangerously calm. "How. Much. Did. You…..SEE?!" he muttered at her.
She blinked. "What?"
"How." He said, pronouncing each word carefully, going up and octave with each one. "Much. Did. YOU. SEE?!"
"Uh….. I---" she stuttered, thinking he looked positively insane: his eyes were blazing with anger, and he clenched his fists as if he were going to sock her. "Didn't--"
He glared.
"--See--"
Still glaring.
"--Anything! At all!"
Silence. He looked very offended.
"Uh, w-wait, heh, t-that d-didn't come out right," Serenity said hastily, then let out an "Eep!" when he suddenly thrust his face right in front of hers, hands planted against the doorway of the cave. Okay….he looks very VERY angry….very very angry…...
A short silence, where nobody moved, except for a sea bird fluttering by, hastily. "What…..are you so angry about…?" she said in a tiny voice, eyes fixed on his. That's what she really wanted to know!
Even if it WASN'T a dream…..
……s-so? Maybe I should tell him he had a very nice---uh, butt...... I mean, body! Body! Yeah, that'll cheer him up…..
Human survival instincts told her not to, though, and keep her mouth shut. If I want to live to see another day…..Distracted by the way a muscle twitching in his jaw, she nearly didn't hear his next order: "Take off your clothes."
Serenity nearly fell over. "What?!"
"See how you like to be humiliated. Plus, that'll answer your question," he said in a perfectly calm voice, standing up again and crossing his arms. In contrast, there was a crazy glint in his sea blue eyes. "Well? I'm waiting."
"You're…..mad!" she exclaimed, scuttling away and hugging her chest protectively.
"You'll have to, soon….." He let the threat hand ominously in the air, like a guillotine's blade, as he turned and walked away.
%end flashback %
Maybe he IS just like all the other boys, Serenity thought, lower lip trembling in anger and fear. Since then, they weren't speaking, and it was nearly the end of the day. Fine! He can have one half of the island, and I can have the other half....... if it comes to that! Perv…..!That's what he is!
It's not like I SAW anything.....that I wasn't SUPPOSED to, I mean. He WAS underwater! She stopped and listened for a while, not hearing anything except the usual sounds of birds chirping and fluttering of wings and leaves. It really is beautiful here…..but no time for that!
She took the soap out. No underwear….I'll have to wash out my own and reuse them, she thought. It'll feel so good to feel clean once again!
Serenity listened again, then decided to take no chances. She hid the dry clothing, since having an image of Seto running off with them..... Giggling at the thought, she sobered when she realized she couldn't use the soap from underwater...
Now to soap up….hm, I'll have to get out to do this……Gulping, Serenity glanced this way and that, all senses alert.
It was quiet. Too quiet.
Hurry up! Hastily hiding behind a large palm frond, she soaped up quickly, trying not to think of the fact that HE had used the same soap (soap is self-washable, soap is self-washable) and dunked herself in again. There was no shampoo, so she had use the soap for her long locks.
Uh oh. I forgot a towel…..
Great. Now what am I to do?
She couldn't use the wet clothes, nor the dry clothes….and air drying was out of the question…..Serenity felt so on edge and so nervous, she actually let out a sob. I guess I'll have to put on my dry clothes….
Chiding herself, she tried to finger comb her hair, sitting on the edge of the pond. In the span of a week, it had become a tangled bird's nest, all matted and stringy on her head. "I guess it'll have to be cut…." It was really badly tangled. "Can't risk it being it caught on something, anyway!" she tried to be cheery about it.
A comb plopped beside her in the cave. Looking up, she saw he had crept into the cave, silently. "You're looking a lot better," he muttered, bringing in the catch of the day: a long fish. There had been a fire started in the cave when she'd gotten there, and she was thankful for it. Catching a cold were the last thing she needed….."Thanks…" she murmured, not looking up at him.
Serenity heard him shuffle off, and breathed a sigh of relief. We were almost friends before he found out about my dream, so maybe it's possible again! Yawning, her mind kept drifting away, sleepily returning to the dream…..
Meanwhile on the beach, Seto Kaiba smirked as he walked. He'd gotten his compensation.
To be Continued Next chapter….
A/n: Aw, he peeked…..(chuckle) that's Kaiba's idea of foreplay, all right…."Take of your clothes"….(shakes head) Anyway, Review.
