Chapter 3

A/N: Sorry that I kept this chapter too long... I had stinking school and I wasn't able to type this up... PLUS I had a stupid writer's block... Damn... but I gave this story a lot of thought, and I'm still considering what will happen next. Expect something complicated. So here you go... chapter 3 of Memory.

Disclaimers: I don't own Yu-gi-Oh.

Answers to REVIEWS...

Cute Peridot 816: Hey there! :) Thanks for the review!!!! I really appreciate it!!! :)

Subaru the Jaguar/The Dark Angel Reborn: Hehe! Cute review!! Loved it when you stepped on Seto's foot... bwahaha! He SO deserves it...

Kaiba: Hey, that hurt ya know!!!

Underworld Ruler: Yeah, I know! And here's another one steps on his foot

Kaiba: OW! S!!!

U.R: Oh well... sigh... thanks for the review by the way!!! Bye!

Court 12: You bet Seto will give her a hell of a time... poor Seren! Thanks for the review!

Sorceress Vanessa: Thanks for the review! Glad you think it doesn't suck... :) Kaiba and Serenity will probably meet in the next chapters... I'm still kind of thinking about it 'cause I really get writer's blocks all the time... sigh...

Lass: Glad you liked it. :) Yeah, they did meet at the last day of classes... in the second chapter it was after the last day of classes... probably the next school year or something... anyways, thanks for the review!!!

firefly of hell: Yeah, he is a jerk... Yep, it has a trophy room... at least in my imaginary Domino school... joke! Perhaps Kaiba and Serenity "moments" will come in the later chapters... sorry to let you wait... I want to make this a long fic... Nope, he's not mean to her just because she's Joey's sister... he's mean because... you know, teachers act that way sometimes... you feel like they're ganging up on you but they're not (Unless the teacher REALLY, REALLY hates you.) thanks for the review!

To other reviewers: Thanks so much for reviewing! Luv ya all!!! :)

Chapter 3-Unexpected Meeting

Serenity came home, depressed. She didn't know why... just a while ago she had been so happy, knowing that her detention was light, if not that hard.

She was depressed for no reason. No, maybe it's because of her mystery guy, who of course we all know is Kaiba...

"Serenity... are you okay?" Someone approached her and put his hand on her shoulder.

"Yeah, I am." Serenity answered flatly. She just wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone. She finally turned to face the person who was talking to her-Duke Devlin. She knew that he had some sort of crush on her and wasn't that ashamed to show many signs of affection to her each and every day.

"I don't think you are... I've been following you a while ago for quite some time 'cause I stopped by the grocery on my way home, and I thought that you were... you know... feeling sort of depressed..." he said, looking at her face nervously.

She wanted so badly to roll her eyes. 'Alright, I am kind of depressed, but what's that to you?' she thought sarcastically. Why couldn't people just mind their own business???

"Um... I'm not, okay? So can you please leave me alone?" she said impatiently, trying not to sound rude.

"Okay... If that's what you want, I'm not stopping you." He said flatly, flashing her one last look of concern before turning to the other side and walking away.

She sighed in relief. This was so much better. She enjoyed the peace and serenity she felt everytime she was alone.

She forced herself to sit down on the bench on the sidewalk. She was dead tired... nothing to do. Nowhere to go... all by herself...

Then her eyelids felt heavy. She knew she shouldn't fall asleep in such a strange place to her, but she couldn't help it. Joey was so going to kill her. Then she closed her eyes, falling into the arms of a mysterious person.

DOMINO HOSPITAL...

Serenity Wheeler woke up in the complete solace of Domino's Hospital. She had no idea what happened and she had no idea what she was doing in there. All she remembered was blacking out and falling into the arms of a person... A mere shadow... something part of her memory...

Then her bedside phone rang. It rang two times before she picked it up, saying a simple "hello."

"SERENITY!!!!!!!! IS THAT YOU?????"

"J-Joey?" she answered, joyful tears coming to her face. Her brother was always there to look out for her.

"SERENITY!!! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU? YOUR NURSE SAID-"

"Um, Joey, not so loud," she told him.

"Okay. The nurse in charge of you said that you were still sleeping. And someone saved you anonymously!" Joey screeched into the phone.

"Not so-"

"Anyways Serenity, I hope you're fine. The nurse says you're alright, after all... you can sleep overnight at the hospital."

Serenity was about to ask Joey questions but he had already hung up before she could get a word out. She hung up with a sigh and flopped back down on her pillow. A night at the hospital was so NOT the night she was looking forward to. She guessed that she would just have to get all her answers in the morning.

MORNING. 7 AM.

He walked to the shadowy figure to his east; the beautiful woman sitting on the bench in a billowing white gown. He sucked in his breath. This was it... the moment he was waiting for. The moment when he could confess his love to this girl.

She had long, chestnut brown hair and eyes the color of mahogany, and the fairest of faces he had ever seen in his whole life. He would give anything in the world just to look in to those warm brown eyes.

Finally she averted her gaze to him. Her eyes locked with his... He whispered, "Serenity..."

The alarm beeped and Duke Devlin yawned, shutting off the alarm. He would have rolled off the bed if it weren't for the alarm clock. 'Stupid thing,' he thought, yawning. It disturbed his wonderful dream... a fantasy between him and Serenity Wheeler. "Damn, damn, damn!" he cursed. After a quick shower and change of clothes, he was eager to go to school. After all, his fantasy would be reality... sort of... He had no courage to tell Serenity about his feelings for her.

He grabbed a single piece of bread from the table and headed out onto the streets.

"Duke... hey, Duke!"

"Dude... what's up?" Duke faked a smile as he turned to face Tristan Taylor.

"Nothing, I was just wondering if you've seen Serenity today... The Wheelers weren't home when I called them yesterday." Tristan said casually, running a hand through his hair. Duke rolled his eyes inwardly. Tristan was so dense. So far, Tristan was Duke's only rival to getting what he really wanted.

"Serenity... Nope, I haven't seen her." Duke said quietly.

"Okay. See you at school." Tristan said and dashed off.

Duke twirled a strand of charcoal black hair around his finger, walking casually to school. He stuffed his hands in his pockets afterwards. He had every single intention of asking Serenity to be his girlfriend... He was just going to have to figure out how to get rid of Tristan, and pierce an arrow straight into Serenity's heart...

DOMINO HOSPITAL. 7:30 A.M.

"Okay, I'm coming to school today. Yeah I'm sure!" Serenity exclaimed to the phone.

"Are you sure Seren? 'Cause you still might need rest you know," Joey said doubtfully.

"Don't worry about me, Joey. I'm coming to school today, whether you like it or not."

"Suit yourself. But make sure you take care of yourself."

The phone call ended with a soft click. She dropped the phone in exasperation, tying up her hair in a ponytail. She didn't care... she was coming to school today, even if it was a drag. She would be missing a lot and she wasn't even sick in the first place... Suddenly her eye vision blurred. This wasn't supposed to happen... She couldn't see anything clearly.

Then her vision came back, perfect as ever. 'That was weird,' she thought. 'Ever since Joey paid to have my eye operation, I'd come back from that realm of darkness... but then, why did my vision blur so suddenly?' she stopped pondering for a moment and zipped up her blouse.

A few minutes later, she was able to arrive at school safe and sound. 'See, Joey. I can do things by myself.' She was sort of mad at Joey for not letting her become independent. She was not, after all, a baby. But Joey was treating her like one, and she didn't like it.

GARDNER RESIDENCE. 7:45 A.M.

"Just make sure she's alright ok!"

"Yeah, yeah, I got you, Joey," Tea said exasperatedly. She had been repeating this to Joey for over an hour. And she was getting fairly tired. He had called an hour ago on her cellphone when she just woke up. Boy, her friend could be so stubborn.

"Listen, I have to get to school, you know, I'm about to be late, bye." she said hurriedly, and without waiting for a 'bye', she hung up.

She ran to school as fast as she could, and reached it in record time. Serenity was waiting for her by her locker when she came rushing in.

"Hey, Tea."

"Hey, Serenity. I heard you ended up in the hospital today... how are you?"

"I'm okay." She said flatly. Tea could see that she was in no mood for conversation. They walked silently around the corridors until Duke Devlin approached them. Tea rolled her eyes as she saw Duke blush. She had known ever since that Duke had met Serenity that he had a humongous crush on her. Now she didn't even know what level Duke's liking for Serenity had reached.

"Hey," he said in a casual voice. "Glad to bump into you gals. I had no one to talk to..." he said quietly. He blushed again.

"Come on, Duke. What is it that you really want from us?" Tea said, wanting him to cut all the crap and get straight to the point. But before he could reply, a tall man shadowed over them.

"So I see that Yugi's gang is still incomplete. Where are the mutt and the others?"

Serenity looked up into the eyes of the fierce teenager who said a rude thing just like that, only to find out that it was the guy from her memories. She bit back a gasp and let Tea do the talking.

"Kaiba," Tea said through gritted teeth, "We're not doing anything to bug you. And will you please stop calling Joey that? You know he is not a mutt."

"Oh, but he is. You should see his doggish ways. He seriously needs a counselor to tell him to stop acting like a mutt and more like a human..." Kaiba said unsympathetically. He turned in Serenity's direction. "And you must be the mutt's sister. Pleasure to meet the sister of the pathetic mutt." He said maliciously, extending a hand to her.

Serenity was speechless for a moment but it hit her that she should defend her brother. She slapped his hand away in blunt rudeness. But she couldn't help it. (A/N: I mean, you have to stand up for your own siblings no matter how much annoyance they cause you, right?)

"MY BROTHER IS NOT A MUTT!" She yelled. Instead of retorting back at her, this Kaiba guy was actually giving her a cruel smile. "I'm merely wasting time trying to convince you. But you shall see his ways. As his sister, I advice that you give him the counsel he most rightfully needs." And with that final air of displeasure, he walked away.

"Don't mind him, Serenity, he is a jerk," Tea said. Serenity shook her head sadly. 'And to think that he was actually my friend before... he's changed so much...' she thought.

"If I were you Serenity, I would get the attentions of a guy who is much more... well, deserving." Duke muttered. He was blushing wildly now.

She made no answer to this strange comment, but she committed it to thought. She didn't need a guy who was so rude and a complete jerk to her. So in a way Duke was right. Even if Kaiba was indeed part of her memory... Memories can easily fade away. All she needed to do was forget about him.

END OF CHAPTER 3...

A/N: Chapter 4 soon to come! Please read and review... I'd appreciate any opinion of any kind. I also accept flames. By the way, there might be a bit of Duke and Serenity here, even if I'm not a fan of this pairing. Maybe even other pairings... tell me which pairings you want me to consider for the next chapters. Okay, that's all I'd like to say... thanks! :)