A/N: Hello! I haven't updated for a really long time!!! Hopefully I could update my other stories soon. I'm just not sure when. But here goes, chapter 5!
Disclaimers: I don't own Yu-gi-Oh.
"Where are you taking me?"
Kaiba sighed. This girl was never going to stop asking questions. She reminded him of a bratty little kid who kept asking stupid questions. Yet so naïve, so gullible, falling for his trap…
He smirked to himself. It was a good talent of his to manipulate people into doing whatever he wanted them to do. It had always been one of his reliable sources. "Somewhere." He replied, in answer to Serenity's question. She frowned and said, "You should at least tell me where we are going. I agreed to come with you, after all."
"If you must know, it's a vacation spot." He said, volunteering no more information.
They were finally on the airplane, on the way to his vacation spot, one that he rarely used, in Ginashima Town. It was quite far from Domino.
"A vacation spot???" she questioned, giving him a bewildered, confused look. She thought that he was going to take her someplace with a prison cell or something like that. "I thought you were going to take me somewhere like-" she stopped herself just in time from saying "prison" or "jail". She knew if she said that she was going to get into trouble again.
"Take you somewhere like?" Kaiba persisted, the look in his eyes telling her to finish her sentence.
"Nothing…" she said. "Never mind." She added.
"Tell me." The look in his eyes was now hungry, as if it was so important to him.
"Mr. Kaiba," she said, "If you don't mind, I'd rather like it if you didn't give me that kind of… look." She said, flinching slightly.
Kaiba looked away, not replying, and they didn't talk for the whole trip. Serenity didn't dare complain or ask any question anymore.
"We're here, sir." The pilot of the airplane told Kaiba. He nodded curtly in reply. She's lucky this time, he thought. He led her to this big mansion he owned in the town, with a big garden stretch up front.
Serenity marveled at the sight. "It's beautiful," she gasped under her breath so that Kaiba wouldn't hear her. Unfortunately Kaiba had really sharp ears so he heard what she had said. "Of course it is," he replied gruffly. "It cost me millions of yen just to build this." He said, standing beside her.
Serenity was speechless. "Oh yes, I forgot…" Kaiba began to say. Serenity turned to look at him. "Serenity… would you like to go out with me for dinner?"
Ellie Hiragamo paced around her room. She needed to go to the hospital, but for some reason she couldn't get in her car. Instead she ended up locked in her room, pacing and thinking.
'Is he really avoiding me or is this another way of telling me that he doesn't love me anymore?' she thought. You must have guessed by now that she was thinking about the cynical, unpredictable CEO.
She couldn't help thinking about that. After all, he was her fiancé and she had the right to be concerned about him. But there was the question of their feelings for each other, too. What if they were married and one day Kaiba had committed adultery, and Ellie didn't even know it? She would be playing the role of the innocent, unsuspecting wife. And she couldn't allow that to happen between them.
There was a resonant knock at the door. Ellie opened the door to see who it was. It was her mother.
"What's bothering you, my daughter? The maids tell me that you haven't come down to drive to the hospital like you were supposed to. What's the matter?" her mother said gently.
"…" Ellie was speechless. She couldn't find the right words to explain her dilemma. "I…"
"Tell me, Ellie. You're my daughter. I know you. There's something troubling you deeply. It will help you if you tell me," her mother advised.
"I… I'm starting to doubt Seto." She said, regretting the words as they came out of her mouth. After all, Seto was her fiancé and she should trust him completely. He wouldn't be the right man for her if he betrayed her trust.
Her mother sat down on her bed, and beckoned her to sit down too. "Don't worry about it, Ellie. It's natural for us women to doubt their men." She sighed deeply. "It's a part of life. But I feel that Seto is just insecure. You are just young people. People say that we mature with old age." She sighed again.
Ellie felt even more dumbfounded with this kind of explanation. Did Seto really feel insecure about their relationship? Was this what it was about? Did he cancel the lunch date because of that reason? Then if that was the reason, then maybe he wasn't ready for a relationship yet.
'I can't keep trying to find out the puzzle like this. I need to know the facts before jumping to conclusions.' Ellie thought wisely. "Thanks for your advice, mom. I think I'd better get going now." Ellie got up and smoothed out her clothes.
"That's my girl," said her mother, and watched her daughter head out of the room, saying a quiet goodbye.
Ellie made her way to her trusty car and picked up her cellphone to dial the Kaiba residence.
"Hello. Kaiba residence."
"Mokuba, it's Ellie again. I'm sorry to disturb you, but do you know where Seto is?"
"Sorry, Ellie, but the last time I saw my brother was at his airport. I don't know where he is now. I think he's on some sort of business trip. I don't know." Mokuba's voice sounded dismal and monotone.
"Oh, I see. I was just wondering. Thanks anyway, Mokuba." Ellie hung up and sat in the driver's seat of her car.
Joey Wheeler paced the room, his friends watching him. "Stop it, Joey. You're making us all nervous." Tristan said.
"I'm trying to think." Joey said.
Mai sighed. "Joey, don't worry. Serenity could just be somewhere and she's going to come back later. Did she tell you where she was going?"
"No, she didn't tell me." Joey said quietly. There was a moment of silence then Joey howled, "I'M THE WORST BROTHER EVER!!! I CAN'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF MY SISTER!!!" Then he slumped down.
"Joey!" Mai ran to Joey and put an arm around him. "Joey, don't lose hope. We're going to help you find her. Don't worry."
"Yeah, Joey. That's what friends are for." Yugi agreed, standing up.
"We're here to support you, Joey." Tea said.
"Anything for Serenity," Tristan and Duke muttered at the same time.
"You helped me a lot of times, Joey. Now it's my time to help you." Mai added.
Joey smiled. He had the best friends in the whole world.
Serenity couldn't believe what Kaiba had just said. He had just invited her out-out for dinner! Wasn't it true that he had a fiancée? What was he doing with her, then? And he had just called her by her first name! He usually called her Wheeler, or the 'mutt's sister'. Was this a trap? Should she accept?
Kaiba was looking down at her with an anxious look on his face, like any guy if they asked a girl, waiting for the girl to accept.
'If he's acting, well, he must be a pretty good actor.' She thought. 'Why don't you just accept? You know you want it.' Whispered a voice in her head.
'He's nothing to me but my ex-employer. I don't like him in that way.'
'But come to think of it, I don't think he's acting. Come on, you've got nothing to lose.'
'But it's wrong! He has a fiancée! He would be cheating on her and it's going to be all my fault.'
'Do you think he's still on with his wedding? Looks like he broke up with that fiancée of his, otherwise, why would he ask you out? Come on, just accept!'
And with that, the voice left her brain. 'What should I do, what should I do, what should I do??' she thought frantically.
"Should I take that as a no?" Kaiba asked.
Serenity came back from her thoughts and answered, "Okay. Why not?"
Mokuba Kaiba was worrying. 'Where's Seto??? He's late for lunch…' he thought. He instantly felt guilty about yelling at his older brother a while ago. 'I shouldn't have yelled at him! What if he-' Mokuba couldn't bear to think of the consequences that might have befallen his brother.
People have said that Seto Kaiba, the rich and handsome CEO, was cold to everyone-his secretaries, employees, people working at Kaiba Corp, his maids and everyone else-except Mokuba. Mokuba heard this so many times, while he was passing by or people who knew his brother by reputation. Many people would also comment, "There goes the brother of that rich guy."
Mokuba felt guilty at yelling at his only brother, thinking that maybe he wasn't coming home again, and the last thing Mokuba said to him was that he was too busy to hang out with Mokuba. And he knew well enough that Seto was only busy because he needed to work-for the good of his brother.
'And this is how I pay him back, for working so hard? I'm the worst brother ever,' Mokuba thought. And he wished, wished with all his might-that Seto would come home again, very soon so that he could give him a heartfelt apology.
Joey Wheeler called up the police station. "Um, hello. I'm looking for a missing person."
"Why don't you try the missing persons department… here's the number." And the police officer gave Joey the number, telling him to call again.
"Now this is what I hate about police stations," Tristan said. "When you call them up, they keep giving you to other departments."
"Hello, I'm looking for a missing person." Joey said to the phone.
"Name please."
"I'm Joey Wheeler. I'm looking for my sister, Serenity Wheeler."
"Are you sure you checked every possible place she could be, Mr. Wheeler?""Um, not really."
"Well, I advise you to check again."
"Listen, I-" But there was a click and the police officer hung up. "DAMN IT!" Joey said and hung up the phone. "Serenity, where are you???" Joey howled.
"Come on, let's go ask people if they've seen her." Mai said, and pulled Joey by the arm.
"Have you seen Serenity Wheeler, ma'am?" Yugi asked the librarian.
"I'm sorry Yugi, but I haven't seen Serenity all morning." Answered Mrs. Yamamoto.
"But I thought she comes here everyday." Duke said.
"Yes, she does, but I'm afraid I haven't seen her at all today."
"Okay. Thanks, Mrs. Yamamoto." Yugi said. The group left the library.
"That's it, we've gone into every single possible place she could have been in," Joey said, slumping hopelessly onto a bench nearby.
"Don't give up hope. Now, tell me… who could be angry enough at Serenity to possibly kidnap her?" Mai asked.
"No one. Serenity's really nice, and she's one of the kindest people around." Duke remarked.
"Well, then, what about you Joey? Maybe someone took Serenity to get back at you." Mai inquired.
Joey paused for a moment and thought. "KAIBA!!" he finally grunted.
"Seto Kaiba? But he's too busy to do anything of that sort. Besides, he's too dignified and he wouldn't stoop down to kidnap Serenity… but Joey has a point…" Tea said slowly. "What if he did kidnap Serenity?"
"Oh my gosh! I didn't tell Joey where I was going! He must be worrying about me right now." Serenity realized.
She and Kaiba were having dinner in a fancy restaurant.
Kaiba managed to stop her from panicking. "Don't worry, I think he's probably waiting for you to come home. I think he knows that you're out."
"Obviously he does, but he doesn't know where I am!"
"He doesn't have anything to worry about because you're safe." Kaiba said.
Serenity didn't have anything more to retort. "Now enjoy your meal." Kaiba said gruffly. The table was silent once more. She felt weird and conscious that she was sitting across from Kaiba, and all the people were staring at her and whispering. She knew how they felt. It must be pretty weird to see the serious, cold Seto Kaiba with a common girl like her.
"So…" she attempted to start a conversation. Kaiba didn't look up from his food. She noticed that he ate well manneredly and neatly. "Um… I guess you're the first guy I've seen eating so… neatly." She commented, turning a light shade of pink. Kaiba looked up.
"I was brought up this way," he said. "Gozaburo made sure of that." He went back to his food.
Serenity leaned against her chair uncomfortably. It was so hard to talk to a man of few words. "You are so quiet," she said.
"I am, as people say-that type of guy." He smirked. "Many say that I'm cold and cruel."
"You're not," she found herself denying what he said. "You're the most well brought up guy I've ever been with." She said, meaning it as a compliment.
"Now that's something I haven't heard in years." He laughed. She started to get uncomfortable again. It was weird to see him laugh. 'Stop it, Serenity. You're discriminating him like he's some sort of alien.' She chided herself.
"So… enough about me," he said. "What about you? All I know about you is that you're Joey Wheeler's sister. And that you were once one of my employees."
"Um," she managed, giving a forced smile, "I'm… the type of girl who would appreciate small things." She said nervously. "I'm the type of person to help another person in need… I don't know why, I just like helping people…" she said uncomfortably. "And of course I love my brother, Joey."
"Okay…" Kaiba said. "What about… your interests?"
"Well… I love nature…" she said, feeling like it was some sort of interview.
"Hmmm… interesting." He said. "So you like flowers, trees and all those kind of stuff?"
Serenity was feeling so awkward by now. Her knees were trembling. Why on earth did Seto Kaiba want to know her better?
"Y-yes," she stammered. 'Where are you, Joey???' she thought.
A/N: So here's a little interview by Seto Kaiba… whoo… scary… anyways, next chapter coming up! Stay tuned… please review!!! Any comments, suggestions, violent reactions or flames… any kind of review welcome. See ya! Belated merry Christmas and a happy new year!! :)