A/N: Don't own Yu-gi-oh... I wish I did, but alas I don't. I do own my story plot...If there are any spelling errors or grammer errors please forgive me. I didn't proof this 100x like normal, I'm not feeling great and I wanted to post this before I passed out...

Chapter 5

Kaiba took off like a shot from a gun. He weaved in and out through the light Sunday traffic while Serenity tried to scan for a shadowing vehicle out the fractured rear window. She looked over at Kaiba, noting how good he was at the maneuvers he was putting his car through, almost as if he did this sort of thing on a daily basis. She didn't and was scared half to death. The only thing that kept her tears from falling was the fact that she'd never let him see them. If she became a sobbing hysterical girl she would lose his respect post haste.

"What the hell did you do back there?" He growled at the girl who was twisted around in the seat next to him.

"What do you mean what did I do?!" She glared at him, then returned to her surveillance of the following traffic.

"Did you steal something of value? I mean, I know your family is hard off and all, but to resort to thievery is quite desperate."

"I didn't steal anything," she said through clenched teeth, "Besides that, my family's situation is none of your concern Seto Kaiba. How dare you make assumptions!"

"How dare I make assumptions?! You're being shot at, I'm saving your ass and...how dare I make assumptions?!" He would have shaken her if he didn't have to drive at a break-neck speed. His eyes narrowed on the road ahead, a girl was not worth this. Even if it did infuriate the mutt, it wasn't worth being killed over.

She held her tongue, she was afraid of what would come out of her mouth next. He was driving, after all, and getting killed because she was being a distraction wasn't her idea of fun.

"Are we being followed?" Kaiba asked after a few minutes silence.

"Not that I can tell, but I'm new to this world of guns and car chases so I can't be totally sure." She answered sarcastically.

"I'm not an expert at this either, if that's what you're implying."

"Oh! You admit to not being an expert in all fields of knowledge?! I thought you knew everything, sometimes even before it happens." She snickered, then muttered in a mocking Seto Kaiba voice, "I knew he would play that card, it was obvious, I am Seto Kaiba omniscient duelist." She laughed at her own joke. He hardly found it funny.

"I am the best duelist I know." She continued, "Even though I can't beat Yugi, I have something he'll never achieve...my ego is way beyond his comprehension..."

"Are you through yet?" He asked, dimly aware that he was passing the city limits sign.

"Actually no," she snickered, "but I'll retain my further comments for future reference." She looked around the changing landscape, they were heading into a more rural area.

"Where are we headed, by the way?" She asked.

"I'm afraid my major ego might make my head explode if I answer anymore of your questions."

"Fine," she whispered, "I'll start guessing..."

She began an infuriating game of '20 questions Kaiba won't respond to', and eventually he told her they were headed to a place two counties over where he had a summer home. He was sure it would be safer there than in Domino. He needed to sort out the mess she had gotten him in. She sunk in the seat, folded her arms across her chest and decided to ignore him from that point forward. He could drive, alone with his ego.

She watched houses get further and further apart, then change into farmlands, eventually changing to trees. They were on the road almost an hour when Kaiba pulled to the side.

"What's wrong?" She asked, wondering if he would now abandon her in the middle of nowhere.

"I think the car is about to overheat." He looked down at the temperature gauge. "Damn! Of all the ludicrous things I could get myself into, on the run with a...a..."

Her eyes narrowed on him. She was wondering what the next word out of his mouth would be, she wanted to be ready to pounce on him with a nasty retort if he dared say something that was less than polite. She knew it would be less than polite, it was Kaiba, when was he polite?!

"Yes," she prompted him.

He focused his eyes ahead, not wanting to see the taunt he was sure shone in her eyes.

"Whatever," he growled as he popped the hood of the car. He got out and lifted the hood. He knew everything in the world about duel monsters, computers and gaming disks but he had no clue about cars. A plume of smoke rose with the hood and he began fanning them to clear the air. He had too much to do, he had no time for this girl and the problems she had presented him with.

She exited the car and came around the front to join him. She did know a thing or two about cars, she had picked things up, thanks to her big brother.

She looked at the anti-freeze chamber and realized it was empty.

"You know you have no coolant in there? That would cause a car to overheat."

"I find it hard to believe that you can tell there is a problem when my top-notch mechanics maintain my cars at the highest performance level."

"Listen Kaiba," she began, he turned to face her. "I know you don't want to take a female's advice, but listen, there is no coolant and no water around here. We have to wait for you to call help before we can continue on this journey."

He tried pressing his com-link, but then realized it was out of range. He opened the car door to look for his cell phone, but it was gone...probably lying on the floor next to where she had knocked him down.

"Great, just perfect," he muttered, he pressed his thumb and forefinger on either side of the bridge of his nose.

"Now what?" She asked, knowing that they were basically stuck there.

"Get back in the car," he ordered.

"Kaiba, you can't think of driving that car." She chased him around to his door. She collided with his chest when he stopped short and turned on her.

"I can and I will, with or without you in it."

"You'll blow the engine and then what will happen to us? At least right now all we need is water to fill up the radiator."

He looked at her face, "Are you injured?"

"What?"

"Are you hurt?" He asked with annoyance. He grabbed her chin and turned her face from left to right. She slapped his hand away, blushing madly.

"What are you talking about? I'm fine."

"You have blood on you." He folded his arms across his chest, a snide smile played about his lips. He knew she was blushing because he had touched her.

She quickly slid behind the wheel and looked in the rear view mirror, it was then she saw the fine speckling of blood on her right cheek and up the side of her face, disappearing into her hairline.

"It's not mine. I'm fine...I'm just wearing some dead guy's blood!"

Kaiba watched as she slid back out of the car and raced around the back, stumbling a little as she went. He was about to follow when he heard her retching. Girls were weak, he thought to himself.

"Are you almost done yet?" He called.

She stood and came around the side of the car. "Do you have and tissues or anything that I can wipe this off with?"

"Dried blood is hard to get off, nothing short of warm water, soap and scrubbing will help you at this point." He observed her, hoping his kind words would help make her stop being sick.

"Seeing as cleaning up is hopeless at this point, what do you suggest we do?"

"Drive the car as far as it will go."

"You can't drive the car, you'll destroy it if you do." She reminded him as if he were a child.

"I have others. Are you getting in or do I leave you here?"

She reluctantly agreed and they took off. When the car finally seized and died they began walking. Naturally his strides were longer and she had to basically race to keep up with his progress.

"So have you driven this way often?" She called ahead to him. "Hello?"

She frowned. "Have you ever been down this road before? Do you know if there is someplace ahead that has a phone?" No answer...

"Are you ignoring me?" She raced to catch up with him, determined to tell him how stupid he was being.

"You are ignoring me!" She laughed, it sounded maniacal to her ears. "Yes I am," she answered herself, using the Kaiba voice she had established earlier in the car.

"So have you been this way before?" She asked using her voice, sweetly and dripping with sugar.

"Yes, many times, mostly when I go to take over more companies and create new games to further my fortune." She giggled at her own imitation.

Her conversation went on for a few more minutes until a loud clap of thunder sounded over them. She raced to catch up with him, noting that they were the tallest objects on a road surrounded by fields and trees.

"Hey!" She cried out to him. "This isn't funny anymore!"

"No?!" He asked, sarcastically, "I thought you were just hitting your stride."

The heavens opened up and started drenching them. He didn't think his day could get any worse.

"Slow down!" She cried out. Her shoes weren't made for doing this much walking, let alone in the rain.

He was relentless. She fell. She scrambled to her knees, then sat back.

"What are you doing?" He stopped and turned when he failed to hear her follow. He was clearly more annoyed with her than ever.

"Leave me here, I think I'd be better off on my own anyway." She was now close to tears. He noted she held up better than he had expected, even ridiculing him openly without fearing a reprisal.

He turned away from her and started to walk, but then stopped. He could be a real stubborn jerk at times, but he couldn't leave a helpless girl stranded in the rain on the side of the road. He walked back and gathered her up in his arms. She clung to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. For a second their eyes met. He then started walking again, now that it was getting darker he could see a light in the distance up ahead.

A/N: I hope you all liked this. Remember Serenity doesn't know the two men were talking about Kaiba and he knows nothing about what happened in the warehouse. He knows there was gunplay and obviously she had blood on her from someone, a dead someone, but he's interested in the task at hand-finding shelter. Any questions? Just ask me.