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Chapter 11

last time
After they all had dinner Aura excused herself. She's noticed Duke's eyes on her all evening and was feeling uncomftable, so she decided to get some fresh air. As soon as she turned the corner a hand from behind and was put over her mouth to silence her scream.

Presently
The person dragged her farther into the drak alleyway. Finally he removed his hand from her mouth. By now Aura had gone frantic. She could hear the blood rushing to her head. She felt like her heart would leap out of her chest. The figure didn't wait for her to calm down, but instead he assulted her mouth.

At the arcade
Kaiba felt like a lightning bold had just passed through his body. He instently knew something was wrong with Aura. He didn't know why or how he knew, but he just knew. Without a word he jumped up and ran out the door. He frantically searched every where his eyes could see for any sign of Aura. As he was passing by an alleyway he felt it again and instantly turned.

Aura was struggling against the figure which had started to pull her shirt up. She felt tears gather in her eyes. She squeezed them shut and hoped that something would stop him. As the figure started to let his hands roam over her body a strong force knocked him back. Aura immidietly opened her eyes to find that Kaiba had punched him.

Someone had turned on a light in the building on the side of the alleyway so now they could see just who this person was. Aura gasped and saw it was Duke. "Stay the hell away from her you got that?" Kaiba yelled. "She's mine." he added protectively and wrapped his arms around her. Duke looked around like a wild animal and ran away as fast as he could.

"Are you okay?" Kaiba whispered. "Yes. Yes I am." she whispered back. She didn't even care that Kaiba called her his. Right now she was just toutched that he had protected her. She let him wrap his coat around her and walk her back to the car with one arm still wrapped around her shoulder.

Mokuba was already in the car sleeping. Aura sat down next to Mokuba and soon sleep overcame her too. She woke up when she felt someone pick her up. She saw that Kaiba had picked her up bridal style and was moving towards the house. She let him carry her to her room, because she knew if he let her down she wouldn't be able to walk. Her knees would go weak whenever they were very close.

He gently laid her down on her bed and kissed her forehead. As he took a step from hed bed he feld a handtake hold of his own and looked down. "Kaiba.... will you sleep here with me tonight.... please?" Aura whispered hesitently. Kaiba though for a second. "Allright." he whispered back.

"Thanks." Aura said smiling. Kaiba blushed and mumbled something about pajamas and left the room.

He came back a minute later wearing dark blue silk pajamas. Aura had also changed into pajamas. She had on kitty printed ones. She usually wore a night gown, but it was rather short and she didn't want to give Kaiba any ideas.

They stood in an awkward silence. "I don't feel sleepy anymore want to watch a movie before we go to sleep?" Aura finally blurted out trying to break the silence. 'I'd rather read a book instead." Kaiba replied. "Sure! Thats even better!" Aura exclaimed and handed Kaiba a couple of books from her shelf. "This way we don't have to talk and one of us will go to sleep before the other so there will be absolutely NO awkwardness." she thought to herself as she picked a out new book.

Both of them layed down on her bed and started to read. Unluckily for her the book was deathly boring AND on top of that it didn't make her sleepy. Sighing she put the book down and turned off the lamp on her side. A while later she saw Kaiba do the same. at minutes passed by she still couldn't go to sleep especially due to the fact there was Kaiba lying down right beside her. She sighed. When she had asked him to stay with her she only wanted to feel protected. Being with him somehow always made her feel that was and she also though she'd be tired and would fall asleep as soon as she hit the bed due to her night.

"You're still awake?" Kaiba asked hearing her sigh. "Yes" she replied. "Thanks..... for saving me and staying with me tonight." she added after a while. "It's fine. I always knew that Duke was trouble. I wanted to show him a thing or two back in high school as well." he replied.

The room was soundless yet again and Kaiba took this time to wonder why he was being so gentle and kind to her. These were emotions he's never felt and acts he'd never done before for anyone except Mokuba. He wondered if this had something to do with that feeling he got in his stomach whever she was around him. He'd felt this way when she first came over too and that is why he forced himself on her that time in the bathroom. He had thought it was only lust back then.

"I still can't sleep." Aura whispered to him and giggled slightly. Kaiba turned so that now he was facing her. "Lets go for a walk then shall we?" he asked her whispering. "That sounds nice." she replied and got up from the bed. Kaiba took her throught winding hallways and long staircases until they finally they reached the roof.

"Wow you can see a lot of stars tonight." Aura said excitedly. She looked at the night sky in amazement. "Yes, but it's much more beautiful if you look at the night sky with a telescope." Kaiba told her as he sat down next a very high tech looking telescope. "Cool! I didn't know you had one!" she exclaimed and ran over to sit next to him. "Take a look at Mars. It seems closer than before tonight." Kaiba told her as he moved over to let her see.

Mars looked like a glittering ruby even without the telescope . When Aura looked at it she was amazed not only at how beautiful it was, but how clearly it showed. She's never been able to see it this close in her entire life. "The news said that tonight is going to be the night that Mars gets this close to the Earth. It hasn't happened in 73,000 years" Kaiba told her.

"They changed it to 60,000 years actually." she informed him. "I can't beleive I forgot about it! I'm usually very up to date on things like this" she added looking upset. "Well you wouldn't have missed anything tonight, because it's going to be like that for about a month." he replied trying to calm her.

"Yes, but it's the first day!" she excalimed. A little while later after she calmed down and saw a blanket spread on the floor. "Hey! Lets go sit on that blaket. My but hurts from sitting on the concrete for that long" she exclaimed and ran over to the blanket. Kaiba wondered how she could change her mood that fast as he walked over and sat down on the blanket as well.

"Thanks Kaiba. You saved me AND didn't let me miss this. I don't know how I'll ever repay you" she told him as she looked over and gave him a warm smile. "You don't have to. I just don't want anything to happen to you." he replied smiling back. He didn't know what had made him say that, but he pushed all thought aside as Aura smiled at him.

She leaned over and kissed his cheek. Before she moved her face away he kissed her full on her lips. She kissed back and wrapped her arms around him as he leaned back and laid down on the blanket. Now they were both laying down on their sides. After the kiss was over he hugged her close and they both went to sleep after a while.

An: Woohhoooo! I finished another chap! Sorry Duke fans! I love him too. I'l make up for it later! PROMISE!! Thanks to lordofthebloodyhand for telling me the dancing thing was actually called DDR. I put the correction in chapter 10. Oh and by the way the thing about Mars is actually true. It happened on 2003. I did some research . Ok I know I'm a nerd, but I can't help it lol. KK stay tuned for Chapter 12 which might take a while because I start school on MONDAY (dun dun dun TT).

Quote of the week

Digimon the movie.
Tai talking about the virus at it's first stage

Tai: That thing looks like a cross between a contact lense and a jellyfish.