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Note: It has been a long time since I last updated this fan-fic, perhaps a little less than about 3 months? Sigh… But I've been really busy… A new life in college, that will need some time of getting used to. Plus all those readings and papers, I barely have any time and any energy to type.

So, thanks for the reviews! I really appreciate them! ;D

And finally, Kaiba and Serenity will be landing safely in Domino, Japan, in this chapter! Now, presenting the new chappie…

The Pain of Letting Go

Chapter 7

Arrived in Domino Airport

Rebecca had been staring at the small screen in front of her for the past thirty minutes. They were supposed to arrive in Domino airport fifteen minutes ago! It was fifteen minutes past four o'clock already! She was craving to see Yugi for what felt like an eternity already! Why did the airplane have to make her wait fifteen minutes or more before she could rush to see her Yugi? Damn public airplanes!

Please put on your seatbelt for your own safety. We will be landing in Domino Airport in five minutes. Once again, thanks for choosing Domino Airline. Have a nice trip here in Japan.

The announcement suddenly came on and the light for seatbelt was turned on. Rebecca was over-thrilled. Finally! She thought the airplane would never arrive at Domino! She put on her seatbelt, and Claire, who had just awoken, did the same. Rebecca looked out the window excitedly. She saw that they were descending through the white clouds, and the skyscrapers in Domino City became clear.

"Claire! We're here! We're in Domino City! Oh, I'm so excited!" Rebecca exclaimed, while still staring out the window eagerly, as if she couldn't wait to jump out of the plane and land directly at Yugi's place. In fact, she really can't wait to get out of the airport and rush into Yugi's warm and welcoming arms! "I'm going to see my Yugi really soon! Oh, I can't wait!"

"Calm down, Rebecca." Claire said while eyeing the other passengers around them. All other passengers were looking at them, especially at Rebecca, strangely. "Don't be too excited and too loud, everyone is staring at us."

"I can't wait… Oh, I'm going to see my Yugi!" Rebecca didn't hear Claire, but continue to stare out the window dreamily. All Claire could do was shook her head. Rebecca was lost in her day-dreams about seeing her crush Yugi. There's no way her words would get to Rebecca right now...

Four forty-five in the afternoon, a black limo pulled up in front of the entrance of the Domino Airport. The door of the limo opened, and a young man got out. Many people stopped on their ways to or from the airport and stared at this elegant young man with long, spiky raven hair. Mokuba Kaiba, wearing a business suit and a pair of black sun-glasses, closed the limo door and walked into the airport. He was no longer the young child he used to be, but an adult of eighteen years of age. He had become as successful as his older brother, Seto Kaiba, with the intelligence and ability to manage Kaiba Corporation on his own while Kaiba was away in California spying on Serenity Wheeler.

Walking over to the big screen with flights schedules, Mokuba took off his cool-looking sun-glasses and put it into his pocket. His violet eyes scanned the screen keenly, focusing on flights that took off from America.

"Hmm… There's only one flight from America today… It took off from New York, should be arriving at the airport forty-five minutes ago, but it's delayed and had just landed twenty-five minutes ago… Tsk, that's what I hate about public airlines. The planes are almost always delayed on their arrival times, never early." Mokuba mumbled to himself, while making sure there were no other airplanes from America. Then, a thought struck him. He smacked his forehead with his palm. "Damn. How can I forget? Seto has his own personal flight, so of course he's not going to be on public airlines. No wonder I can't find an airplane taking off from California."

Mokuba glanced around the airport, noting that there were lots of people there, and found an entrance for people taking private airplanes. He started walking over to the waiting area for private airplane users. Seto should come out of that entrance in half an hour approximately. On his way, he saw a young lady with long white hair and a pair of very special eyes, left eye blue and right eye green, standing in the corner with luggage. The young lady caught his attention. He had never seen such a beautiful and unforgettable girl, with an air of purity around her. She seemed to be waiting for someone.

However, even though this white-hair beauty had left a stunned impression on Mokuba, he turned his eyes away from her and moved on.. He was here to welcome his big brother, not to look at some girls. He also had some other important things on his mind, such as the issue of Serenity. He wondered, would Seto really show up with Serenity in half an hour? Well, all he could hope for was that Seto won't go too far with his 'revenge' game. He wanted Seto and Serenity to be happy.

While Mokuba was deep in thought, he didn't notice the white-hair beauty walking slowly towards his direction. That white-hair girl was Claire, who had just landed in Domino Airport ten minutes ago with Rebecca. She was waiting for Rebecca, who went to give a phone call to Yugi. But it had been ten minutes already, Rebecca still hasn't come back. She was worried, and decided to go find Rebecca.

Mokuba was deep in thought about the problems between Seto and Serenity, while Claire was looking around not paying attention to where she was walking. Both of them weren't paying even one bit of attention while they were walking, so unfortunately, wham, they bumped into each other. Mokuba stumbled backward a little and Claire dropped all her luggage on the floor.

"I'm sorry. I should have paid attention of where I'm going. I'm really sorry." Claire apologized while bending down to pick up the luggage. She didn't look up at the person she bumped into.

Mokuba was shocked that someone bumped into him, but he quickly came to his senses and bent down too to help the girl. "No, I'm sorry too. I wasn't paying attention also." He, too, apologized. Unlike his big brother Seto, who probably would never apologize if he bumped into someone, Mokuba did apologize and even willing to help the girl. The only reason being Mokuba was never a big ice-cube with arrogant attitudes like Seto Kaiba was.

Violet eyes met the rare blue-and-green eyes when they both raised their head after picking up the luggage. Mokuba found her eyes to be quite charming. "You have special eye colors." He said to her. Claire only smiled at the statement, for she had heard tens of thousands of such similar statements.

"Thanks. Oh, and thank you for helping me pick up the luggage. It's actually my first time here in Domino." Claire said.

"Oh really? I've lived here my whole life." Mokuba responded. At the moment, he had forgotten about welcoming his brother back in Domino. After all, he was a normal young man who's also interested in young women, totally opposite of his ice-cube brother. "My name's Mokuba Kaiba, may I ask for your name?" He asked in a gentlemanly manner and held out his hand for a handshake.

"My name's Claire." She introduced herself, shaking his hand. "Your last name is… Kaiba? You are the famous Seto Kaiba's little brother?" She exclaimed.

Mokuba frowned. 'What did she mean by the famous Seto Kaiba's little brother? Right now, I should be as famous as my big brother. After all, I am operating the whole Kaiba Corp for a while now since Seto went to California. He totally abandoned his work and went spying on Serenity!' Mokuba thought a little unhappily to himself. This girl Claire sounded like he was still just a kid, and Mokuba hated to be treated like a kid. Before he could say anything else, a blonde hair girl butted in.

"What are you doing to Claire? You pervert!" Rebecca exclaimed. She mistook the friendly handshake between Mokuba and Claire as Mokuba insulting Claire, but of course she did not recognize Mokuba just yet. People started mumbling and staring at him suspiciously. Mokuba felt his veins popping in his forehead.

"Who are you calling pervert?" Mokuba let go of Claire's hand and retorted at the familiar looking blonde girl. He wondered, had he seen her somewhere before? She looked awfully familiar…

"Let's go, Claire!" Rebecca didn't even spare Mokuba a look. She grabbed Claire's hand and some luggage and pulled Claire towards the exit. Mokuba was totally being ignored.

Claire managed to turn around and waved to Mokuba. "Nice meeting you!" She said to him. Then, Rebecca and Claire disappeared into the crowds of people with their luggage.

"Damn that blonde girl. What is wrong with her calling me a pervert? No one insults the Kaiba and gets away with it." Mokuba cursed under his breathe, sounding awfully like his brother Seto Kaiba. He clasped his hand into a fist out of anger of being humiliated in public.

Ring Mokuba's cellphone rang, interrupted his thought of anger. He picked out the phone from his pocket and flipped it open.

"Mokuba Kaiba here." He answered the phone in a business-like manner.

"Mokuba, it's me. We will be landing in five minutes. Are you at the airport yet?" The cold voice of his big brother said on the other end of the phone.

"Hi Seto. Yes, I'm already here. Welcome back!" Excited, Mokuba soon forgot about the blonde hair girl and the white hair girl. He turned around and headed towards the waiting room once again.

"Good. I'll see you soon then." Kaiba said and hanged up.

Sighing, Mokuba put his cellphone away. His brother had been pretty cold to everyone ever since Serenity unexpectedly left a few days before the wedding. He had no idea what happened between them, but hopefully things will turn out fine…

The private plane landed on the ground. The vibration when the wheels reached the ground had awoken Serenity from her sleep. She was confused by the vibration and held onto Sapphirina tightly. Was that an earthquake? Since Kaiba had never told her where she was, she could never have guessed that they were on an airplane.

Feeling that wherever she was seemed to be moving and coming to a stop, she realized that she might have been on an airplane! Serenity panicked slightly. Where had Kaiba taken them to? Don't tell her they had just landed in Domino, Japan! If that's the case, there was a huge chance of bumping into Joey or her old friends! Then, they might find out that her eye-sight went bad! She didn't want to burden them… any of them…

Little Sapphirina stirred. She opened her eyes, revealing beautiful azure eyes, just like Seto Kaiba's blue eyes. Sapphirina smiled at the sight of her mother. "Mommy!" She yelled and hugged Serenity.

"Oh, Sapphirina! I'm glad you're safe with me!" Serenity hugged her daughter too. She just realized that Sapphirina was with her. Perhaps Kaiba allowed his employees to bring her daughter back to her, she thought, and was grateful for what he did. At least she could now be sure that her daughter was safe, in her arms.

Little Sapphirina nudged her face into Serenity's soft hair when the door suddenly opened. Serenity flinched a little hearing the sound. She could predict that either Kaiba's coming in, or one of his employees's coming in. Sensing her mother's fear, little Sapphirina hide her face in Serenity's silky auburn hair, afraid to look at the doorway.

Kaiba walked in emotionlessly. His silver trench coat billowing when he walked in. He stared coldly at Serenity, who still had her eyes cast downward, and the little girl holding onto her mother. He couldn't see little Sapphie's face, but he'd rather not look, for it would only make him furious. Kaiba stopped in front of Serenity.

Serenity could only rely on her hearing, since she couldn't see anything after her eyesight had deteriorated once again. There was a long silence in the room. It became harder and harder for her to breathe. What exactly would Kaiba do next?

"… Are we… in Domino City?" Serenity found her voice and asked meekly. She had to know where she was.

"So I see you had figured it out." Kaiba's cold voice answered. "Clever than your mutt brother." It was just an insult, since he already knew Serenity is smarter than Joey.

"… I don't… want to… come back…" Serenity mumbled.

"Too bad. You have already arrived here." Kaiba announced. Looking at Serenity and the little girl, his temper began to rise again. His heart yelled, 'Why won't she look at me? Am I truly that despicable?' He glared at them and suddenly tore Sapphirina's little body away from Serenity.

"Ahh Mommy! I want my Mommy!" Little Sapphirina cried, but was stuffed into the arms of one of the employees behind Kaiba. "Bad! Bad!" Sapphirina accused Kaiba of being a bad man.

"What are you doing?" Serenity yelled, angry at what Kaiba had just done. She stood up and wanted to follow the voice, but Kaiba grabbed her wrist forcefully. "Let me go! Let go! Where are you taking Sapphi-"

"Take her off the plane first. I don't want to hear her annoying cries." Kaiba cut off Serenity and commanded his employee. He had managed to shake off all his mixed up emotions, and appeared to be as heartless as ever.

"Mommy" Little Sapphirina held out her hand, trying to reach for Serenity. But she was soon carried out of the private plane into the airport. Since Kaiba stepped into the room, he didn't pay attention to Sapphirina, so of course he did not notice her special eye color that should reveal her identity.

Serenity managed to shook off Kaiba's grip on her wrist. She could hear Sapphirina's cries echoed in the plane and slowly drifting away from them. Serenity used the wall as a guide and fumbled forward, trying to follow the voices. Kaiba only found her behavior strange and annoying.

"You will see your precious daughter soon. No need to worry." Kaiba announced coldly, observing her behaviors. He started to get a little suspicious too from how Serenity had been acted since he saw her. She didn't raise her eyes to see him, she fumbled for a couple of times already instead of looking with her eyes. All these are suspicious behaviors, Kaiba couldn't help but suspect that something wasn't right with Serenity.

Serenity tried to walk forward, but was afraid to make Kaiba become suspicious if she kept on using the wall as a guide. She stopped moving. Rather, she would wait for Kaiba to say something first. That should be a little bit safer, she decided. There was no point in going through all these years' troubles and sufferings of letting go of Kaiba only to let him find out her deepest secret – that her eyes had gone bad again, and she would be a burden to him. One thing she hated the most was to be a burden to someone, especially the ones she loved deeply, such as Kaiba, Joey, and her good friends.

Instead of continue to follow the voices, Serenity slid down the wall, sitting on the floor. Kaiba's keen eyes observing every movement of hers. He shook his head, deciding that perhaps he was just too paranoid. There's probably nothing wrong with Serenity. Besides, he didn't care for her anymore, so whatever might be wrong with her, he should not care.

"Let's go." Kaiba commanded her. He walked out the door first without even looking at her.

Serenity did not move. She couldn't move. She couldn't see, so how could she move without being clumsy? She didn't want to be weird and bump into things because she couldn't see. She didn't want anyone to find out that she was blind, especially Seto Kaiba. But, who could help her in such circumstances? Pegasus was most likely still in California worrying about her disappearance. No one knew she was 'kidnapped' by Seto Kaiba. She was totally helpless in this situation.

Footsteps trotted back into the room. A furious Kaiba was glaring daggers at Serenity. How dare she disobeyed his order and still continue to sit on the floor? Did she try to waste his time? Kaiba gritted his teeth out of rage.

"Did I not tell you to follow me? Are you trying to waste my time?" Kaiba said through gritted teeth. "I don't have time to play games with you, Wheeler!"

"… No… I don't feel well… I can't stand, I'm really dizzy…" Serenity said weakly with trembling voice. The truth was, she was lying. That was the only way she could think of that perhaps Kaiba would find an employee to support her while walking, then she could use that person as a guide to avoid tripping and falling.

Silence filled the room once again. Kaiba observed Serenity with his sharp blue eyes, judging if she was lying. From his memories, Serenity was very innocent, and would never lie. But who knows if she had changed or not over these years?

Kaiba saw that her head remained low, her auburn locks concealing her pale face. She seemed so fragile, so weak, so easy broken. He tried not to feel anything towards her, but couldn't help it. He still couldn't make her walk on her own seeing she didn't feel well. He turned to his employee, about to give him an order of helping Serenity stand up, but stopped before an order came out of his mouth.

Jealousy. The one thing that was caused by Kaiba's possessive nature.

He realized that his employee was also a man. He would never allow another man to touch his Serenity. Only he, the great Seto Kaiba, can touch her. She belonged to him in the past (disregarding the three years she spent with Pegasus), she belonged to him now, and she will still belong to him in the future. But… Kaiba mentally kicked himself. What the hell was he thinking? Why would he want Serenity to be his and his alone? She's not worth it, not at all! She had betrayed him, made him suffer, had a daughter with his arch enemy, refused to look at him… She was guilty! He didn't want her. He didn't need her!

But then again, he still could tolerate seeing another man's hand on Serenity's body, no matter where. Struggling internally, the jealousy and possessive side won. Kaiba bent down, scooped Serenity up abruptly, not gentle at all, but held onto her tightly. Serenity gasped, holding tightly onto Kaiba's neck. Once sure that she wouldn't fall, Kaiba strode out of his private plane into the airport to where Mokuba was waiting.

Serenity held tightly onto Kaiba. She rested her head on his shoulder, and felt he stiffened a bit, then relaxed. She could still smell Kaiba's unique scent, which she loved. She felt so warm and protected in his arms. She hadn't felt this way ever since she left him. Pegasus couldn't give her the same feelings that only Kaiba could. Serenity decided to let herself enjoy this moment. This might be the only and last time Kaiba would hold onto her like this. A faint smile appeared on her face. Just for a little while, let her refresh her long repressed memories of Kaiba. She nudged her head on his chest, a tear slid down her cheek. Just let her be greedy for once, for a few minutes.

Kaiba tried to ignore Serenity's reactions, yet still felt a little joy deep down in his heart. Her actions were just like her actions in the past. She used to love being held by him. She said she felt protected and safe in his arms… But everything was different now. However, just let him selfishly hold her for a few seconds. Spare him a few more minutes to enjoy her warmth.

Both of them secretly hoped that things would return to the past. Both wanted this moment to last an eternity. But, the past was the past. There was nothing one can do to change the past…

Mokuba was waiting patiently in the waiting room. An employee appeared from the entrance, holding onto a little girl. Mokuba's eyes widened. That person was their company's employee! And who could that child be?

The employee walked up to Mokuba. "Mr. Mokuba Kaiba, Mr. Seto Kaiba will be here in a second." He said politely. The little girl was still crying. Her up-to-the-shoulder auburn hair looked just like…

"Mommy" Sapphirina sobbed. She brought her hand up to her face and whipped the tears away from her eyes. She hiccupped because of crying too long.

Mokuba was totally bewildered and shocked. This little crybaby looked like… she looked like… a small copy of… Serenity? And the girl was crying about 'mommy'? Very suspicious. Could it be… could it really be that this little girl was possibly Serenity's… daughter…?

"Mr. Mokuba Kaiba? Is something the matter?" The employee in black suit asked.

"S-ss-sh-she is?" Mokuba stuttered, which almost never happened before.

"Mr. Seto Kaiba never tells us. But…" The employee looked back at the entrance, checking to see if Kaiba had arrived yet. Seeing that his boss wasn't here yet, he continued his speech. "But from what we've seen so far… this little girl seemed like that woman… Ms. Wheeler's… daughter! If you see them together, you would agree with me! This girl is just like a small copy of Ms. Wheeler!"

Uh-oh… Mokuba's guess was correct. That could not be a good thing. If this little girl was indeed Serenity's daughter, but not Kaiba's daughter, then that means… she slept with someone else! That would definitely not be a good thing! Knowing his own brother, Mokuba was sure Kaiba's possessive attitude towards Serenity would make him hurt Serenity!

The thought that Sapphirina might be Kaiba's daughter never once went through any of their minds for some reasons. Perhaps they never knew that even before the wedding, Kaiba had already claimed Serenity as his own… in bed.

Once again snapped out of his thought, Mokuba went up and took the girl into his hands. He wanted to at least calm her down first, otherwise Kaiba would only get annoyed by her cries. He knew his brother all too well.

"Don't cry, little girl. Your mommy will be here soon. Don't cry, be a good girl for mommy, okay?" Mokuba said with a slightly higher tone to the girl, trying to soothe her fear.

Miraculously, the little girl's cries turned into sobs. Her eyes were still closed, so Mokuba couldn't see her eye color also. She continued to hiccup, trying to stop crying.

The moment Sapphirina stopped crying, Kaiba appeared in the entrance, with Serenity in his arms, and following them were three more employees. Mokuba gasped once again. His big brother, despite how much he said he hated Serenity for betraying him, was holding onto her like she was his treasure!

Sensing Mokuba's puzzled stares, Kaiba only walked calmly towards them. Serenity couldn't see, so she didn't know if they had arrived inside the airport or not.

"Se-Seto?" Mokuba questioned Kaiba about his action with a strange puzzled look.

"Hello, Mokuba. Long time no see." Kaiba greeted his little brother, not so warmly though. He wasn't in a good mood right now. He felt all jumbled up. Was it a mistake to take Serenity with him back to Domino City?

Serenity stirred. They were in front of Mokuba? With Seto holding onto her like this? A faint blush tinted her cheeks, but she made no movements.

"Mommy!" Sapphirina yelled, holding her hands in front of her, trying to reach her mother.

Every pair of eyes turned towards the cute little girl. Once Serenity heard Sapphirina's voice, she immediately struggle to get onto the floor. However, Kaiba refused to let go of her. He tightened his grip on her and turned towards the private exit. "Let's go back to Kaiba mansion." Kaiba said to Mokuba and his employees. "And don't any of you dare say anything about this." He warned his employees not to chatter about what they saw today. "Unless you want to be fired, and never to find a job again in Japan." He added a threat. The four employees shivered, nodding their heads.

Sapphirina still wanted to get to Serenity, but Mokuba held onto her gently, telling her to be a good girl. Sapphirina complied and stayed still. They all exited through the private exit leading directly into the limo already waiting for them.

Kaiba wouldn't want to go out from the public exit and be on the headlines tomorrow morning. If he goes out the public exits, reporters would sure see him. And then he could imagine tomorrow's headline news: great CEO holding onto his ex-fiancé coming out of the airport.

When they got to the limo, Kaiba climbed into the lime with Serenity still in his arms. Mokuba sat in the front seat with Sapphirina. The other employees were allowed to go home for the day. The limo drove away from the airport, heading towards Kaiba mansion…

A spiky brown hair man, wearing the pilot uniform, was heading towards the private parking area. That area was for pilots and some wealthy people who use their own private airplanes. It was built so that the wealthy or famous billionaires could have some privacy instead of always being bothered by reporters waiting outside of the airport for news. He was none other than Tristan Taylor.

Tristan had given up on Serenity when she mysteriously disappeared. He already knew that she only liked him as a friend, but he was just trying to be ignorant of that fact in the past. Ever since her disappearance, he had been concentrating in becoming an airplane pilot to make a living. Having gone through those tough trainings, he had become a successful pilot in merely three years.

Tristan walked casually towards his parked motorcycle in the private area. It was good to be back in Domino. He had been quite busy lately, flying all over the world. While he was away, he had tried to find out where Serenity might have been, but of course to no avail. How could one person, as powerless as he, find a girl that could be hiding anywhere on this earth? He had no connections to any types of government or powerful people.

Just when Tristan was about to reach his motorcycle, he noticed a familiar figure sitting into a luxurious limo parked a few feet away. He recognized that person! It was the infamous Seto Kaiba! Well, not so infamous, at least not to him, since he knew Kaiba ever since Duelist Kingdom. Before the limo door close, Tristan managed to see another familiar figure in Kaiba's arms! It was Serenity!

The limo door closed. Tristan was too shocked to react. Was it just an illusion? Was Serenity really in that limo with Kaiba? He really shouldn't be too stunned, since Serenity did almost marry Seto Kaiba. Almost became Mrs. Kaiba. But only almost. Then she suddenly disappeared. Rumors had it that she ran away with another mysterious wealthy man for some unknown reason. But, he didn't believe Serenity would do such a thing. Then, why would she be back now? And with Seto Kaiba?

Lots of questions lurked in his minds. After returning to reality, Tristan quickly jumped onto his motorcycle, put on his helmet, and speeded off to Joey's apartment. He hadn't seen Joey in a while, but he had to tell Joey that his little sister might be back! Joey would definitely cheer up more, since Joey had been quite depressed lately with no one beside him.

"Whatever happened to Serenity, I'm determined to find out!" Tristan told himself. Kaiba took her from him three years ago, but then she disappeared. Now that she's back, there's no way he would let anyone harm her again, doesn't matter if Serenity still only looked at him as a friend…

Note: That's it for this chapter. It was quite long, no? Okay, the long airplane ride had finally ended! At last! Now Kaiba and Serenity, and let's not forget our little Sapphirina, are heading towards Kaiba mansion! So exciting! And our bitter sweet Kaiba/Serenity moment :). Yea, and Tristan made his appearance too.

Well, another thing, Mokuba had an encounter with Claire and Rebecca. Who should I pair Mokuba up with? This has been a hard decision for me… I mean, if I want to pair Atem with Tea, then I have to find someone else to pair up with Yugi, and the best choice would be Rebecca. But Rebecca can also be paired up with Mokuba. However, if I make a Mokuba/Rebecca pairing, then poor Yugi will be left alone… So, any suggestions here? Please do review and tell me your opinions.