Chapter 3 Sweet Revenge

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

A/N: Okay, before I go on, I would like to say that this is kind of an alternate universe. The whole battle city thing never happened, just like in my other story, although I don't think I mentioned it there. Actually, I think my other story was kind of based before battle city...hmm... Anyway, Seto wouldn't have recognized her because in this story, he never met her. Sorry if I confused anybody. And with that said, on with the story!

Serenity later wished she had done something to stop Joey. She should've tried to explain it to him, throw his arms around her waist to keep him from attacking, anything than just standing there in the rain, shivering and feeling like a complete idiot. But then again, what could she do? Once Joey had made up his mind about something, there was no stopping him, and right now he had just one goal in life: Make Kaiba pay. Not just pay for what he had done to Serenity, but for all the things he'd ever done to piss him off. It was finally time to take sweet revenge.

She should've never dragged Kaiba into this. Because of her, he was about to get the beating of a lifetime from her brother, when he did absolutely nothing wrong. What had he done to deserve this? He had been kind enough to take her home when he could have just left, her, and how did she repay him? Seek her older brother on him? What kind of inconsiderate person was she?! Truly, she didn't want to stare, but she just couldn't look away.

Seto locked the door and sneered at Joey through the tinted window, but this was no problem, because Joey already had his keys out. He grinned at Kaiba and raked them across the door, writing a vulgar four letter word starting with F (I think you know the one) in the white paint. Kaiba opened the door with such force that if Joey hadn't stepped back to admire his work, he would've been knocked to the ground.

He took one look at the door and grabbed Joey by the collar of his shirt. "Wheeler!" he said, pulling Joey up to his height. (Which wasn't that much, considering they're almost exactly the same height) "You're going to pay for that!"

"I'd like to see you try to make me." Joey said, breaking free from his grip. "I was just getting you back for what you did to my sister!"

"I didn't touch your sister. I could have any woman in the city! Why would I waste my time toying with a lousy Wheeler?" This comment hurt Serenity. What had happened to the kind man back in the limo? He continued. "I was just bringing her home after her date left her in the rain."

"Liar!" Joey shouted, balling his fists. He swung at his face, but Kaiba caught his hand a second before it would've struck and bent it backwards, causing his wrist to crack.

"Do you really want me to degrade you in front of your younger sister?" He asked, releasing his fist. Joey shook the pain off and went for another blow, but this time missed Kaiba all together and ended up getting socked in the stomach. He moaned and fell to his knees, arms wrapped around the part of his abdomen where Kaiba had punched him.

"Joey!" Serenity rushed to her brother's side. "Are you okay?" She asked as she put her hand on his shoulder. He nodded slightly and looked at her, his face chalk white.

"Yeah...I'm...fine...Who needs to breath?" He asked, gasping for air.

"I warned you, Wheeler." Kaiba said, starting to walk towards his limo. "You don't want to mess with me. You should probably stop now and save what little amount of dignity you have left."

Completely ignoring this comment, Joey staggered to his feet and tried to tackle Seto's retreating figure, only to get thrown half way across the lawn over Kaiba's shoulder. Serenity gasped and ran to her brother, who lay on his back, his eyes closed and his face contorted in a grimace, not so much as from pain as from the disgust and shame he felt in himself at that particular moment.

"Will you never learn?" Kaiba asked, shaking his head as he got in his limo. "We've been through this, Wheeler. You shouldn't try to fight someone that you know you can't beat. Remember that next time you're thinking of taking me on."

As the limo pulled away, Joey's writing still on the door, Serenity helped her brother into the house and let him rest on the couch while she took a shower and changed into clean clothes. When she came out, Joey was staring up at the ceiling, a scowl on his face.

"How could you let Kaiba drive you home? You know how much I hate him. I've told you a thousand times. " He muttered, still looking up. Serenity sighed and sat down at the end of the couch.

"I didn't know it was him until after I got in the limo."

"So you got in a car with a complete stranger?" (You know, now that I think about it, that was a pretty stupid thing for Serenity to do to begin with. Lol)

"Yeah..." She said, looking down.

"What if he had been a psycho murderer...wait...let me rephrase that.. What if he had done something to you?"

"I know, I know, it was a stupid thing to do. But I was tired, and I guess for a while there my judgement was impaired. He was so nice to me. And unlike Duke, when he talked to me...he looked me in the eyes." She said, smiling. Joey cast a scowl in her direction, and the smile quickly vanished. "What are you going to do to Duke?" She asked, hoping to steer the conversation away from Kaiba.

"Oh...I shouldn't talk about such grisly things in front of you. But let's just say he won't be taking anyone out for a long...long time." He said, trying to smile. "I want you to tell me exactly what happened."

"Well..." She said, thinking back. What was she supposed to do? It was embarrassing enough as it was, but talking about it with Joey was humiliating, even though she usually felt like she could tell him anything. She had felt comfortable telling Kaiba about it because she didn't know him, and she had figured that she would never see him again anyway, but Joey was her brother, and she knew that if she told him he would hunt Duke down. But then again, she couldn't lie to her brother... "He...just wouldn't quit..." She said, hoping he got the point. "He just didn't understand the word 'Stop'"

"Oh..." Joey nodded. "I understand. He didn't...you know...touch you or anything, did he?"

"No...he stopped at second base..." She muttered.

"He frenched you?! I'll kill him! I'll kill him!" He stood up, ignoring the pain. Serenity gasped and grabbed his arm.

"No!" She said, coaxing him back down onto the couch. "You don't need to get in any more fights today. And I'm fine, really." She said as she sat down next to him. He closed his eyes.

"Are you sure? Because he's a shrimp. You know I could just-"

"No! Please, Joey, don't do anything. I slapped him, he got what he deserved. Just let it go."

"Aw, Serenity, but I'm your older brother. I'm supposed to take care of you, and if I can't protect you from people like him, what am I here for?"

"You're here to comfort me when things like this happen." She said. He took her hand.

"I'm sorry this happened. I shouldn't have let you go. I knew he was a creep, I just didn't know he was a pervert." He sighed. "Some brother I turned out to be, right?"

"Hey, don't blame yourself, he had both of us fooled." She smiled. "It's not your fault. It's mine. You tried to warn me about him, I should've listened...I learned a lesson today: Don't trust everyone you meet." No matter how considerate they may seem....She thought to herself.

"Okay, well...I won't go out of my way to beat him up, but if we cross paths, oh, how he's going to regret ever even asking you out in the first place.." He cracked his knuckles. Serenity smiled and embraced him. He meant well, even if he didn't quite know how to show it. He put his arms around her. "I love you, sis." He said, closing his eyes. "I'll do whatever I can to keep this from happening to you again. I promise."

"I know, Joey. I trust you. And next time you tell me to stay away from someone, I'll listen." (Uh hu. Suuuure)

"Okay..." he whispered. "Then don't go anywhere near Kaiba. That man is absolutely nuts."

"So I've heard." She said quietly.