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Here's chapter 4. I wonder, how come I can't write the story to be very long like some people? Um… I don't know the answer to that…
The Spirit of the Sword
Chapter 5
Time to Escape
The duel in Yami's room continued. Both Yami and Seto were down to their last chunk of life-points: Yami had 200 left and Seto had 300 left. The duel was very intense so far. Yugi and Rebecca heard of the news that Kaiba came and challenged Yami, so they came down here to watch the duel. Yugi was very timid right now that Yami might lose. Yami, you have to win! You are the best, big brother!
Seto drew the third blue eyes white dragon card. He already had both of his blue eyes on the field, and his polymerization card was facing down right now. He smirked. Yami had nothing on the field that can stop my blue-eyes-ultimate dragon! He had no trap cards or monsters strong enough to withstand my attack! Ha ha ha ha… I'll win… Then, I'll be able obtain the information I needed to make the sword.
Seto put his blue eyes onto the field. "Observe Yami, you are about to lose!" Seto said arrogantly. "I activate my polymerization card, fusing my three blue-eyes into the blue-eyes-ultimate dragon!"
"Oh no!" Yami exclaimed. He's going to win! I can't let that happen. Serenity can't go with him! But… but I have nothing on the field to stop him…
"Oh yes! Blue-eyes-ultimate dragon! Attack Yami and bring me victory!" Seto shouted.
I'm sorry Serenity. Sorry Joey. I let you guys down… Yami looked down at the floor as Kaiba's blue-eyes-ultimate dragon blew away the remaining of his life points. He failed to protect his friends…
"Now. About the wedding, it will take place tomorrow afternoon in my castle. All of you will be welcome. Hmph, of course the mutt can come too if he wants. I will send Bakura to pick Serenity up tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. Serenity better be at my castle tomorrow, otherwise you know what the consequences will be" with the warning, Seto turned and left Yami's room. He walked out with his head high and proud that he won, like he always will, except that one battle with Yami that he lost in the past.
"Yami, are you all right?" Yugi asked, with unease. He knew that it meant trouble if Kaiba wins.
Yami was still staring blankly at the ground. "I… I let Seren down…" Yami said with disappointment.
"Come on Yami, you did your best! Serenity will understand. Besides, there will always be another way out of this" Yugi tried to cheer Yami up.
"Yugi's right! If Serenity needs, she can come to my mansions for a while" Rebecca suggested. She was about the height of Yugi, with long, golden, beautiful hair, and big beautiful eyes. She looked really cute, although at times her temper might be annoying.
"No… you don't understand. Kaiba warned me before, that if he couldn't get Serenity, he would risk war with us!" Yami was really upset right now.
"Oh no… then that means…" Yugi saw how the escape wouldn't work in this case.
"I don't know… how I'm going to handle this…" Yami mumbled. "Tae… she might be able to give me some suggestions…" Yami mumbled with a very low voice so Yugi and Rebecca can't hear.
Tae finally found Mai in the hot spring. She had told Mai about everything that happened after Serenity went out and came back. She told Mai about the evil Kaiba and the duel, but she didn't know how the duel turned out yet. They were both really worried now that Kaiba might win. Mai immediately agreed to help out by letting Serenity stay at her mansion near the beach for a while.
Tae also got into the hot spring with Mai. She was really tired now from the scary news she heard today and running around the castle trying to find Joey, Serenity, and then Mai.
"Why would Kaiba do something like this?" Mai wondered.
"I don't think that anyone knows. Didn't you hear about the rumor that he has weird behaviors?" Tae asked. "Like the rumor says that he killed his own little brother a long time ago. Also, that he's always alone and extremely cold" Tae was now chatting about Seto's mysterious live.
"Yes. I've heard about some cruel things that he did. But that's not the point here. If we can figure out his intentions at marrying Serenity, then we might be able to save Serenity" Mai said.
"Wait Mai, you might be right… Oh! I almost forgot! We should go find out about the result of the duel!" Tae shouted suddenly. She quickly stood up and dressed herself. She was desperate to know who wins the duel.
"Tae, wait for me!" Mai also grabbed the towel next to the hot spring and dressed herself. She hoped that Serenity will be fine, and Joey wouldn't need to worry then.
They rushed out of the hot spring and into the hallway, towards the direction of Yami's room.
Perhaps they didn't want to hear the bad news, but they were still hoping that it would be a good news…
Serenity was at her room now. After Joey brought her back to her room, he left urgently to find out about who's the victor of the duel.
The room was really quiet, and a bit lonely. Serenity sat on her bed. The bed was really big, with pink coverings, pink blankets, and pink pillow. The wall was painted with the color of light pink. Joey said that pink suits her, because it seemed so gentle and soft, just like her personality.
There was a big mirror next to the bed, and sofas directly across the bed. The bathroom was to the left of the bed, and the door to the hallway was to the right of the bed. The carpet on the floor was white, which fitted her room color.
Serenity sat on her bed, eyes stared at a fixed point somewhere, but nothing reflected in her eyes. She was staring blankly into the space, pondering what would become of her if the evil and cruel king wins the duel.
He can't win! Tears began to swell up into her eyes again. The mere thought of being abused by the cruel king she heard about from the rumors frightened her greatly.
She fumbled for her necklace. The jade dragon necklace had been through a lot of hardships with her. When she was lonely and missed Joey, she would hold onto the jade tightly. She believed that the jade would give her strength to make it to another day. Then, she would be closer to seeing Joey again. She did make it through the lonely days with her mother, who didn't really care about her at all.
"Dragon, dragon… Help me this time. What should I do?" Serenity whispered, but she knew there would be no answers from the lifeless jade.
Serenity stood up, went into the bathroom, and decided that a nice hot bath could soothe her fears. Then, if she goes to bed, perhaps she would wake up tomorrow and find this to be only a nightmare.
But then again, what if Kaiba wins? I can't afford to sleep and waste my time to escape… Argh! So complicated! I hope I'll figure it out after the nice hot bath…
Serenity went into the bathroom, closed the door, and tried to forget everything that happened today. She would worry about the problems after the bath…
Tae, Mai, and Joey rushed into Yami's room. They saw a disappointed Yami and both worried Yugi and Rebecca.
Oh no! Looks like Yami lost… and… Kaiba won! Joey, Mai, and Tae were all thwarted at the situation. Everyone could see that Yami lost and he looked like he's blaming himself.
"Yuge, Yami… lost?" Joey whispered to Yugi. He didn't want to upset Yami any more.
"Yea…" Yugi whispered back.
"Joey… I'm really sorry… I… let you down…" Yami said softly. He noticed that Joey came into the room.
There was a long paused of silence. No one spoke up. They were all lamenting on the fact that Kaiba might take Serenity away, that they didn't notice a shadow was trembling in fear behind the door in the hallway…
"Yami, it's… okay" Joey looked really worried, but he didn't blame Yami because he knew that Yami did his best. "We'll just… figure something out… right?"
"No Joey, Kaiba would risk war with us if Serenity didn't go to the wedding tomorrow…" Yami closed his eyes. He didn't want Joey to be heart broken, but that's the truth.
"… Wha…" Joey was too shocked to respond.
"Come on, Yami. Don't you have any other ideas? Must Serenity go with Kaiba?" Tae asked. She didn't want to see Kaiba takes Serenity away from them.
"If… if I risk a war with Kaiba… that wouldn't be that… bad, right?" Yami tried to think about the aftermath of the war. But all he saw was his people suffering, some from the lost of children, some from the lost of loved ones, and some from the physical damages. "No! I can't be that selfish… it's not like I don't want to save Serenity… but the war… it would destroy many more families…" Yami was very uncertain right now…
"Yami… whatever your decision might be… we'll always support you" said Joey. He understood the calamities of wars. He couldn't risk the lives of thousands or millions just for his sister. He would have to come up with something better…
"That's right, Yami. We all know the decision is hard to make" comforted Yugi.
"Besides, Serenity would understand…" Tae also tried to comfort Yami.
"Thanks guys…" Yami felt bad.
Serenity was standing behind the door. She finished taking her hot bath and felt a little better, so she decided to check on Joey and the others to see what's going on. When she got to Yami's room, and was about to knock on the door to go in, she saw that the door wasn't closed entirely and she could peek in. She heard the voice of Yami, "Joey… I'm really sorry… I… let you down…"
Oh no! Yami lost… No… She began to tremble in fear. She couldn't listen anymore. She began to run back into the room. She didn't know what to do. She paced back and forth in her own room for five minutes. Then, an idea struck her!
I run away! I'll hide in some small village! Kaiba could never find me!
She looked at the time. It was already three in the morning. It would take her a while to pack her clothes.
Sorry guys, you guys stay up because of me… If I leave in the morning at six o'clock, then probably no one would notice. They would all be in bed for staying up all night by then.
She packed some clothes and some money, and wrote a letter to her brother. Then, by the time she finished everything, it was already six o'clock in the morning. The sun was beginning to rise. She walked slowly out of the castle, trying not to wake others up. She didn't want anyone to know that she left, so that they won't be blamed for by Kaiba. But she didn't hear the rest of the conversation.
She didn't know that Kaiba would be furious to find that she's missing. She didn't know Kaiba might even begin a war with Yami Kingdom. She didn't know that Kaiba would fume at everyone even more because they didn't know where she was and he couldn't find her.
She held onto her bag pack with the right hand, and held on to the jade dragon with the left hand. She needed a lot of courage to be out in the world alone. She had always been with her mother; although she felt very lonely, at least her mother could still protect her. Or, she had been with Joey, who was sometimes over-protective. Being out there alone was somewhat scary. She knew that there may be a lot of bad people out there. I'll just have to be more careful then. Kaiba's evil hand would never catch me now… she hoped.
She knew that there were some small villages near the beach where Mai had a mansion. The direction would be to the west, the direction opposite of Domino Kingdom. Perfect! I'll be farther from Kaiba now. She started to walk towards the West, her back facing the rising sun.
A shadow was hiding behind the trees and bushes. She didn't notice that shadow was following her...
The shadow, of course, was ordered to keep an eye on Serenity. He was the priest of Domino Kingdom, also very good at spying and collecting crucial information for Seto Kaiba. He was the white hair Bakura, following Serenity to where she tried to hide…
Hmph… you can't escape. Kaiba would find you soon. You'll then suffer for your own decision to run away… ha ha ha ha ha…
Okay, I finished Chapter 5. How was it? Will Serenity be caught next chapter? Or will she be able to hide for a while? Find out next chapter!