Mokuba walked into his room, and shut the door. He looked at the card again. What were those smudges from? Were they anything imporant at all? Something inside Mokuba told him that he should keep looking for answers. He stared at the card longer. Wait, what if those smudges aren't black? He grabbed a tissue, and dabbed it in a glass of water next to his bed. He rubbed some of the smudges off, and looked at the tissue. Sure enough, the tissue was red. "I gotta tell Seto about this," Mokuba thought. and he went into the other room. Seto's door was closed. Mokuba knocked.
"What do you need, Mokuba?"
"I need to show you something."
"In a minute." There were loud noises as Seto moved something, and was shoving it in his closet. He opened the door. "Come in."
Seto's room had so many devices in it, no wonder he was cramming stuff in his closet for more room. Mokuba walked carefully around them, and stood by Seto. He was sitting at his desk, typing on his computer. A shredder, a printer, and a wastebasket were in the left corner, next to the computer. "So, what do you want to show me?" Mokuba held up the card.
"This card has blood stains on it." Seto took it from Mokuba, and looked at it.
"Where did you get this?" Seto asked. Mokuba looked at him seriously.
"I found it on the ground. By an alley. At night." Seto was about to ask himhow and whyhe had snuck out to so late, but decided that this was not the best time to argue.
"Mokuba, this has fingerprints on it. It might be evidence. I'll send it to the police tomorrow, ok?"
"But, Seto, Don't you have a device that reads fingerprints?"
"Just let the police do their own job, ok Mokuba? That means no more sneaking out too." Mokuba sighed.
"Ok Seto, I won't." But as Mokuba left the room, he was already thinking about how he was going to get out of the house again.
When Mokuba left the room, Seto closed his door, and locked it. He stared at the card, then he held it above the shredder, and dropped it in. "Oops," he said, and he threw the shredded pieces away.
Yami and Serenity went over to the card shop. They decided that they wouldn't discuss what had happened. Yugi, Tea, Tristen, and Duke were in Yugi's room. When Yami and Serenity came in, only Yugi and Tea looked up. "Hey, you guys," said Yugi. "How are you? How was the sleepover?"
"We're ok, and it went fine." said Serenity. Yami noticed that she was trying really hard not to grin.
"And, what did you do at the sleepover?" asked Duke in a low voice. Yami was about to answer him, but Serenity spoke again. "She's defending me,"he thought.
"We watched a few movies, and talked."
"What did you talk about?" asked Tristen. Yami noticed that Serenity was getting annoyed. This time, Yami spoke.
"We were talking about next school year mostly. Well, she did all of the talking."
"Seeing as a five-thousand year old pharaoh doesn't need to go to high school," said Duke. Everybody stared at Duke. Yami was going to add that he only had the body of a late teen, and he noticed that he had grown a few inches taller, but he didn't think that would help. Without saying anything, he walked into his room, and slammed the door. Duke looked at everybody staring at him, and got up. "Well, I guess nobody wants me here," he said, and he began to walk out of the room. Tea grabbed him. "Hold on, Duke! Why are you being such a jerk about this? It's no big deal!" Serenity walked out of Yugi's room, and out of the card shop, into the night. Duke broke free of Tea's grasp, and walked down, following her. She was walking faster now. He grabbed her, and yelled in her face. "What did he do to you? I know that you were lying back there! TELL THE TRUTH!"
"HE LOVED ME LIKE YOU NEVER COULD, YOU DUMBASS!" Serenity yelled, and she slapped Duke hard on the cheek. They stared at each other for a long time, then Serenity began to cry. She ran away, leaving Duke standing there, tears falling down his own face. He didn't wipe them away.
