Chapter 4

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

A/N: Hey guys, thanks so much for reviewing the last chapter. I was pretty much cheered up after I read the reviews, and they simply brightened up my day! :) Thanks so much! :) Here's chapter 4 of Memory, enjoy.

ANSWERS TO REVIEWS...

The Dark Angel Reborn: Hey, thanks for the great ideas! Yup, sure there'll be lots of Kaiba/Serenity... :) hehe! Thanks for the review!

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mE: haha... I don't like DukeXSerenity, but if it makes the story interesting, why not? Hehe... just a thought! Thanks for the review!!

Black-Lightniing: don't like DukeXSerenity either... I LOVE KaibaXSerenity!! Hehehe! :) Yep, if I match them up it'll only be temporary... haha!

KatrinaKaiba: Maybe I'll include Mokuba in this too... after all he is Seto's brother... and yeah, I like him too! He's really sweet to Seto... Oh, ok thanks for the information!

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Chapter 4-Bad Mood

Duke Devlin sighed as he heard the bell. He was relieved. Now he could get out of this stupid classroom and meet his friends. He was so eager to meet up with Serenity that he found out his legs were moving really fast.

"Devlin!"

Duke spun around impatiently. "Yeah. Hey dude." He said quickly once he saw who walked up to him. His teacher in English was marching towards him in a brisk manner. He looked impatient.

"Devlin, remember, you have only tomorrow to hand that paper in!"

"Yeah, yeah. I'll remember." Duke said casually, twirling a long lock of his hair around his finger. His teacher gave him a short glare and marched away.

"What was that about?" a soft, sweet voice broke through his thoughts.

"Serenity!" he breathed quietly. "Nothing... just a paper that was due tomorrow." He said quickly, hoping not to give her the wrong impression that he was a slacker.

"Oh, I see," she said eagerly. She was carrying 2 heavy books in her arms. She let out a groan. "Man, I have like, 2 chemistry periods after lunch." She complained. "This is why I hate school."

Duke grinned and patted her on the back. "Don't worry, Seren," he said. "We all have days like that. You can do it," he encouraged her kindly.

"Thanks," she said brightly. "So... what are you doing this lunch period?" she asked.

"Eat." He replied.

"Aside from eating."

"I don't know... why?"

"I was hoping you can accompany me to the library... you know, to do that assignment Ms. Itchimura gave us this morning." She said.

"Oh. Sure," he said quickly.

"Great," she said. "Oh, there they are! Come on!" she said, pulling him to Yugi's table.

But his mind was hopelessly looking forward to researching the assignment later at the library... with Serenity... possibly alone...

IN AN EMPTY CLASSROOM...

"WHAT!!!"

"I just told you, Mr. Kaiba. You're going to be working with Mr. Joseph Wheeler on a project."

"Bullshit." He swore under his breath. Him, ever-famous CEO, paired up with a pathetic loser mutt? Where was the justice in that???

"Pardon, Mr. Kaiba? Did I just hear you swear?"

"No." he lied. He forgot that he was in school, and he usually swore especially when he was in a big dilemma. "Whatever." He said under his breath. The teacher raised her eyebrows at him and said, "Okay, that's all Mr. Kaiba. And if you're really the genius that everyone says you are, you will arrange a meeting with Mr. Wheeler as soon as possible." She said coolly.

Man, Kaiba hated teachers like that. Especially the ones who were demanding because he wasn't used to being pushed around.

But he would do anything just to pass school so that he can work immediately. School was just another obstacle in the way to good business. So he had to control his temper, or he would be kicked out.

'I should really buy this damn school.' He thought angrily. Without another word, he walked out of the room, carrying his laptop with him.

He hated Joey Wheeler, and everything about him. He was certain that Joey hated him too, which made them even. Joseph Wheeler was a dog menace to society. That blond dog shouldn't be strutting about the school, thinking that he was a really strong duelist, qualifying for the Duelist Kingdom before. Kaiba fumed at the very memory. Joey Wheeler shouldn't even have made it into the castle in the first place!

By the time he swung open the front door and sat on the front steps of the school, he was in a raging bad mood. 'Fucking Wheeler... He had to complicate things up... and existing in this school, getting in the way of my education... damn him!' Kaiba thought, his nerves heating up and in his fury, he kicked a small pebble he spotted on the stairs. He opened up his laptop and began working and typing up the latest report for Kaiba Corp.

"But Yug, come on! He's my partner in this stupid project, for goodness' sake! Can anyone ask for a better coincidence?" a voice rang out that immediately irritated Kaiba. As expected, it was Joey Wheeler, talking to his friend Yugi Mutou.

Kaiba knew immediately that Joey had been talking about the project. So seeing that it was his business too, he found a reason to butt in.

He walked up to them and said, "So if you find it so irritating that I'm your partner, Wheeler, well you got no choice. I tried changing her mind, but she refused." He said cruelly.

"Kaiba! You heard what I said?!" Joey glared.

"Anyone could hear you, mutt. Don't act stupid. Oh, wait... you are supposed to act stupidly because if I remember right, dogs have no brains. That includes you, mutt." Kaiba glared back.

Joey's face turned beet red and Yugi told him to calm down. Kaiba was lighting up with pleasure. It felt so good to annoy the mutt.

"Well, see you around, mutt, Yugi." He announced and walked away.

"Argh! Yugi, that creep is driving me crazy!" Joey shouted once Kaiba was out of earshot. "He totally drives me nuts!"

"Don't worry, Joey, he's always like that. By the way, where are the others?" Yugi asked, changing the subject.

"I have no idea. I haven't seen them all morning." Joey remarked. Just then, the bell rang, signaling the end of their break. And still, the others were nowhere to be found.

IN ONE OF DOMINO'S STORAGE PLACES...

"Tristan, what did you drag me here for?" Tea whispered. She pinched her nose, trying to avoid the smell from coming up her nose.

"Ssh... quiet, Tea! I brought you here so that we can spy on Serenity and Duke. You know that I don't want to see Serenity hurt." Tristan hissed.

"But what's the point of hanging around here? It stinks!" Tea complained, pinching her nose even more.

"I know, but I care a lot for Serenity. Joey told me to take care of her if he wasn't there, so that's what I'm doing." Tristan protested, squinting through a small peephole to see if anyone was coming.

"Okay, whatever." Tea sighed. She knew that Tristan was hopelessly falling for Serenity, and was too overprotective of Serenity. She could have sworn that he was Serenity's brother if not for the fact that Joey was Serenity's brother.

"Great. Here they come!" Tristan said, and watched as their two friends came into view.

They were talking like they were really close friends, and Tristan was jealous. He wanted to be close to Serenity, but just couldn't find the courage to ask her to walk with him. 'Someday I'll ask her,' Tristan swore to himself.

He could hear a few snatches of their conversation, like "Thanks for coming with me," and "I can't wait for lunch,"

He got more desperate. He couldn't help having a crush on Serenity. After all, she was the prettiest girl that he had ever seen.

"Are you done? Can we come out now?" Tea hissed.

Whoops. He had almost forgotten that Tea was there. "Yeah. Wait for a sec, they're going the opposite direction now."

"Good. It's almost bell, anyways." Tea remarked.

Tristan sighed. "Okay, let's come out now." He said, and opened the door.

"At last," Tea breathed in the fresh air. "Tristan, don't do that again. That was totally disgusting."

Tristan made a mental note not to ask Tea to come with him anymore on these kinds of events, but who could he come with if not for her? He couldn't ask Joey because he was Serenity's brother, and he couldn't ask Yugi because he was too busy... so he had no choice. "Okay, let's just pick a better place next time," Tristan said, and shrugged.

Tea rolled her eyes. The bell rang. "Ok, catch you later." She told Tristan and they went in opposite directions.

A/N: So what do you think? Hope you like it... please review ok? Thanks so much!