Well, sorry for the long wait. I know it was too long, and I hope nobody forgot about this story. Umm…I had "trouble" with my Hamtaro stories. But I'm not going there anymore. I'll try to focus all my fic writing with Yu-Gi-Oh! Now, and hopefully, somebody will be happy to hear that news.
Black Mistress-Yeah…I didn't update for a while, and I apologize for that! Mai and Anzu are quite annoying, but at least they're getting payback by living in the human world which they despise so much. Thanks for reviewing!
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Newblue2-Seto's not in the story much, true, but the story does kind of lean towards Serenity and Shizuka more than him. I mean, he wasn't turned into a human by accident and is now forced to live like one with no remembrance of his magical life, right? Thanks for the review.
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Well, now, this was difficult for Serenity to comprehend. Isis had told her that she would be giving Serenity a gift, but not something like this. Serenity thought she had seen the last of the Egyptian magic stuff that Yugi was always talking about when Tea had seen her off at the train station, but was she wrong…
"Isis," Serenity explained softly as she walked closer to the azure-eyed woman, "I don't think that I am the right person to have such a thing, if you're even being serious."
"I assure you serenity…" Isis leaned over to take the item out of its protective glass box. "that I am being serious, and with that said, you should take it and trust me."
Serenity stared at the item that Isis was holding delicately in her hands. She took in a deep breath and asked,
"Why me?"
"Excuse me?"
"Why are you giving that to me? Shouldn't it be with you or Marik? And even if you'd want to give it away, doesn't it go to Yugi or someone?" The item gleamed heavily in the bright museum lights, but it particularly shined in Serenity's eyes, like it was introducing itself formally to her.
Isis walked closer to Serenity, so that the two girls were standing face to face with just a few inches between them. "Do you believe in destiny?"
At the asking of this question, Serenity felt like Seto Kaiba. No, she did not feel extremely tall, extremely handsome, and extremely rich, but she felt as though Isis thought she didn't have faith in anything supernatural. Sometimes she heard her brother mutter with Yugi about how stubborn Kaiba was in believing them, especially Isis. Whenever she heard about this stubbornness, Serenity would have to agree that Kaiba was being narrow-minded, but when she was here, being asked this question, Serenity honestly thought that this whole thing was silly.
"Sure." That was all Serenity managed to sputter. She could feel Isis's eyes question her reply as they burned into Serenity's skin. Serenity quickly looked down, hoping not to meet her eyes with the ones of the Egyptian standing so close to her.
"Well, then," Isis had a voice that was not so reassured, "you will have to trust me when I say I think that you being given this is part of your destiny." Nonetheless, she had to get Serenity to accept what was coming to her.
"Did you tell my brother about this?" She sharply looked up. Joey had warned her to stay away from this magic…
"No, and I would appreciate it if you didn't tell him either. Perhaps 'gift' was the wrong word to use. In all honesty, I am asking you a favor: I need you to hold onto this."
"Why?" Serenity had to look directly at Isis as her tone of voice got terribly skeptical.
"It needs safe keeping, and I think that you are eligible for the job."
"Will it be safe for me to hold onto this thing? Honestly, Isis, you saw how freaky your brother got—"
Isis held out the item. "Serenity, I chose you for a reason. I needed someone I could trust; someone that wouldn't laugh the moment I even showed them the item."
Again, Serenity had a picture of Kaiba flash in her mind. But it wasn't really a bad picture. It was a really good one, actually, with him looking extremely powerful with his defiant stare and booming voice and his—
"Serenity?" Isis broke Serenity out of her reverie, much to Serenity's disappointment. As a reply, Serenity nodded subtly, letting Isis know that she could continue explaining. "This item is truly extraordinary, but you already are aware of some of its powers. Because I chose you, in a way, this item has accepted you. It knows that if you are to be its caretaker, then nothing must happen to you. More than anything, this will serve as a guardian to you, not the other way around. Now do you understand what I'm trying to say?"
Serenity, wishing she had paid closer attention to Isis, lied as she nodded her head.
"Your kindhearted spirit is what helped me to choose you," Isis said one more time. Still holding up the item, she asked, "Will you accept it?"
Obviously, it was an understatement to say that our little fairy-turned-human-by-accident-and-has-no-remembrance-of-it was worried/skeptical/freaked out/curious about Isis's state of well-being. Yet, against all odds, she nodded -again- curtly and took the relic from Isis's hands. As she took it, Isis smiled for the Eye of this relic seemed to have glowed, but not because of the museum lights (which is what Serenity thought).
Normally, Serenity would have supposed that something like this would have been rather cold, since it was probably made out of many gold alloys. But as she took it, she felt warmth succumb her slender fingers. This sensation felt so good, that Serenity started to smile a little.
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Isis had walked Serenity out to her bike, saying that their business was done here. Serenity got onto her bike, and looked to the side of her.
"Isis?!" She asked when she saw no one there. Neither Isis nor the bodyguard that was watching over the bike was found by Serenity as she searched the next few minutes for them, walking to the entrance of the museum and poking her head inside. Eventually, Serenity gave up. She had an after school job to get to, and she feared that she would be getting quite late right about now.
As she took off with her bike away from the museum, a pair of azure eyes watched her from the roof of the museum's main building.
Wasn't it amazing how even without the aid of her Millennium Eye, Isis could still see the flashbacks of so many millennia ago and of the years yet to come? And isn't it amazing how these flashbacks/premonitions helped lead her to Serenity?
Isis sighed as she watched Serenity go, fearing what would become of her soon. What if she rejected the honor that would come upon her? Isis shook her head, trying to be optimistic as the item glowed in Serenity's backpack.
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She tried to get her homework done, but the winds were picking up and she could've sworn that drops of rain had fallen onto her notebook.
At the moment, Serenity was sitting in the park that was across her after school job, which happened to be an animal caretaker at the Terashima Pet Store. She had just come off from her shift, and she was hopelessly trying to get her Analysis Homework done, but being as aesthete as she was, she decided to watch the cherry blossom leaves flutter with the wind as birds called to one another, warning other birds of the coming storm.
She packed up her textbooks and slung her backpack across one shoulder.
"I am not gonna ride my bike home in this storm!" Serenity complained as she felt raindrops hit her head rather hard. She sighed, knowing that she had no other choice. It wasn't as if someone was just gonna come out of nowhere and offer her a ride…
Unless of course someone as sweet as Mokuba Wheeler just happens to walk out of the pet shop and just happens to see Serenity about to take off in the impending hurricane.
Yes, our little fairy-turned-human-by-accident-and-has-no-remembrance-of-it was quite lucky when she heard a familiar voice call her from in front of the pet store.
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Serenity looked at the back window of the limo, but when she saw her bike being drenched like that as it hung to the limo's trunk, she got worried.
'Well, it could've used a good washing anyway…'
She smiled as she felt the brown and white ball of fur snuggle around in her arms. "I can't believe you bought Peewee." She looked across at Mokuba who was studying her curiously.
"Peewee?" That was not the name Mokuba had intended on giving the puppy.
"That's the name he goes by. I should know; I took care of him ever since he was a baby and first arrived at the pet store." She brought the puppy to her nose and nuzzled her nose with the nose of the puppy.
"All that Shizuka can conjure up is a stupid little puppy. It's the only thing that her useless wand can do. The ONLY thing. And you should see this puppy, it's hideous! It's like this big, and it's mostly white with these disgusting brown splotches covering random spots on it. It really is ugly. You'll get a good laugh when you see it."
Serenity placed the puppy down and felt her head to make sure that she didn't have a high temperature. She closed her eyes for a second, and she opened them to see Mokuba going on about how Seto wanted him to become more masculine so he had to buy a strong dog and train it until it got really big and powerful.
"But Peewee won't get any bigger!" Serenity explained, trying to get her mind off of the headache.
o.O "He won't?"
"Nope. He's meant to be a little pup the rest of his life. He's actually supposed to be a companion for little girls."
"So what should I do with him?"
"Give him to a special girl when you really want to show her how much you care."
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Mokuba refused to let Serenity go home without showing her a private tour of his home, so even though Serenity objected quite a lot at first, she finally gave in to Mokuba's pleading and his dangerously cute, saddened eyes.
Serenity felt rather intimidated as she walked into the main entrance and saw the beautifully ornate foyer and all the lovely paintings that were trimmed with bronze frames. She especially loved the coral-patterned marble that the floor was lined with which made this soft clicking sound as she stepped across it.
But what caught her eye the most was a door at the very top of the stairs. She looked behind her and saw Mokuba telling one of the maids what he wanted for dinner. So, being totally OOC, she without permission went to the top of the staircase and tried to get a closer look at this door.
This double door truly was stunning. It was made out of a mahogany that was bleached so much that it looked white. The design included an engraved Blue Eyes White Dragon that looked so beautiful with its wings drawn to prepare for taking flight. Its mouth was opened, revealing its teeth, so that its beauty was elegantly contradicted with its ferocity. But its eyes….
The eyes were constructed out of a type of diamond that shined blue in the light of the lobby's chandelier. The jewels looked like a river and felt as smooth as one as Serenity traced her fingers across the BEWD etching. Of course, as her slender fingers ran across the etching, she didn't notice the item's golden glowing coming from within her backpack. She was also oblivious of the fact that as she touched the BEWD engraving, the door of the room opened it's lock without making a single sound.
"Pretty, isn't it?"
"Yes, it really and truly is. Is this your brother's room?" She asked, not even looking back at the younger Kaiba.
"Yes." Mokuba thought for a second. "He's never let me in there, though."
Serenity turned around to look at Mokuba, but as she did so, her backpack hit the door slightly, causing the unlocked door to open. Mokuba looked at the opened door in astonishment.
"It's open," Mokuba gasped. "But Seto never leaves his room open…Did he come home?"
"I should go," Serenity squeaked as she tried to make her way down the stairs. But that was a futile effort, for Mokuba quickly grabbed Serenity's wrist, still staring at the door.
"This is a chance of a lifetime," he explained. "How many people do you know that have actually been in there? I haven't even been in there!"
"I-I—I should go."
"No! Please don't!" Mokuba stared at the electronic keypad next to the bedroom door. 'I can't believe he didn't set the alarm.'
Serenity stopped arguing and climbed the few steps to get to Mokuba's side. "If he catches me in there, I'm gonna die." She saw a bit of the room from the slightly opened door, and as far as she could tell, the room was painted blue.
"Phooey," Mokuba blurted out. "He doesn't get home 'til 3 in the morning, and other times he doesn't come home at all. You'll be out of here hours before he'll ever come home." Mokuba said this all with a voice that was less excited than the one he had when the door first opened. Nevertheless, he looked quite excited, and he gave Serenity that awful, dangerously cute, too adorable to resist look, and Serenity had no choice but to give in helplessly.
"Fine," she sighed.
"So what are you waiting for?"
"Huh?"
"Go in."
"No. You go in first."
"No you go in first."
"This was your idea!"
"Go in!"
"No way!"
"Do it."
"Ok, fine!" She agreed as she went to the door. She heard Mokuba shuffling after her as she entered the room.
She was right, the room was blue. Very blue. The room had light blue walls, and any furniture was made out of glass with heavy, steel rimming. The foot of the king sized bed, which had several pillows arranged nicely on it, had a Blue Eyes White Dragon etching on it, as well. The drapes and bedding all had light blue fabric with darker blue accents. She felt her shoes dig in deeply to the royal blue carpet, and she resisted all urges to jump into the bed with its many, many pillows. She wouldn't mind living here.
"Why does he have so many pillows?" Mokuba asked with a bit of jealousy. "I don't have that many pillows."
Serenity was about to ask why there weren't any pictures on the walls or the nightstands, but her voice was lost when she heard the maid greet a 'Mr. Kaiba.'
"Good evening, Mr. Kaiba."
"Whatever."
"May I ask why you returned home so early today?"
Something about school was the only answer Serenity could make out; Kaiba had grumbled the answer.
"Did Mokuba come home with a dog?"
"The chauffeur brought it in for him…" Serenity didn't pay attention to the rest of the conversation. That was Kaiba's voice alright. He was home. Not a good thing on Serenity's part.
"He's home?!" She hissed at Mokuba. She quickly turned around and saw that Mokuba had closed the door, thankfully. Mokuba, however, had a complexion that rivaled one of a ghost. He was shaking slightly, and millions of thoughts were racing in his mind.
"Closet."
"Wha?"
"Get into the closet!" Mokuba ordered.
But Serenity had no time to reply. Mokuba had instantly taken her hand and had lead her to these massive white doors that were at the corner of the room Serenity had her back to.
Mokuba quickly swung open the doors, and luckily, it was a walk-in closet with many compartments. "Hide in here. I'll tell you when it's safe to come out." And he closed the doors, leaving Serenity in the darkness of the room.
Serenity looked around. The wooden panels of the closet doors allowed light to peek in gently, so Serenity saw where it was possible for her to hide. She thought about the clothing racks, but the racks were mechanic and revolved around the closet, or so Serenity figured from the motor behind the rack the clothing was on. Since the clothing revolved, it was possible for Kaiba to come in and revolve his clothing, and if he did so, a gap in the clothing could've revealed Serenity.
But she hadn't looked at the compartments yet…
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Mokuba had shoved Serenity into the closet not a second too soon, for Kaiba came banging in as soon as the closet doors were closed.
"Mokuba," oh the shivers poor lil' Mokuba Kaiba felt when his brother spoke to him in that icy voice, "why is my door unlocked and how did you get in?"
Seto Kaiba had this talent, and this talent was within Mokuba as well. This talent proved useful in the world, and both the Kaibas could use this talent without anyone ever knowing. This talent was the art of lying, and the two Kaiba brothers could lie to each other, and the other would never, ever know. Of course, Mokuba never had a reason to lie to his older brother, until now.
He had gotten himself and Serenity into this mess, and he would get himself and Serenity out of it.
"Your door was unlocked when I got to school," he said casually as he looked up from the closet doors to his older brother. "I know that you never leave your door unlocked, so I had to make sure that everything was alright. The maids told me that the door was open since morning, and they knew better than to enter your room without your consent." He didn't quite know if he was lying, because he saw the door open when he got home, and as far as he knew, that door could have been unlocked since morning.
Kaiba, believing that his brother would never, ever lie to him, had no reason not to believe Mokuba. He brushed it off, and walked to his closet. He accepted that he, the great Seto Kaiba, left his door unlocked.
"Why were you closing my closet doors?"
"Obviously I was making sure that no one was hiding in your closet," Mokuba lied once again without showing any signs of it. He was good. "I like your room, Seto," he explained in that optimistic/cheery voice of his.
From inside the closet, huddles within an empty cabinet, Serenity heard Kaiba tell Mokuba to leave his room. This cabinet she was in was right next to the closet door, so that when the door opened, the cabinet would've have been covered by the door. This was the perfect hiding place for her. She was quite lucky that none of Kaiba's cabinets had any real clothes in them since all his clothes (trench coats, suits, etc.) were hanging on those revolving racks, and that all of his shoes were put into separate show cubicles at the other side of the closet.
The closet door creaked open, and Serenity held her breath. Never in her life had she felt so scared, so full of fear. She shut her eyes tightly, making sure that even the most inaudible of sounds would escape her. The cabinet had no door, but it was in the very shadows of the closet. Thankfully, the door opened fully, and Serenity was hidden from view.
She heard Kaiba's heavy footsteps walk in. A sliver of light provided her with just a minimal view of only a fraction of the closet. But that was enough. She saw Kaiba pull out a long, crimson bathrobe, and she looked away incase he decided to "change" in the closet.
No, I will not write about Kaiba changing into this bathrobe. This is not that type of a fic.
He didn't change in the closet, for within seconds, he had grabbed his bathrobe and had walked out of the closet, closing the doors behind him.
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Serenity had been in her position for at least twenty minutes. She wondered if she was ever gonna get out. She figured that the bedroom door was locked again, making it impossible for Mokuba to come to her.
"Err…." She mumbled as she felt something itchy on her shoulder. She scratched her shoulder and adjusted the straps of her backpack. Despite all this, the itching was getting to an extreme level. If only she had a light or something so that she could see what was going on with her shoulder.
She poked her head out of the cabinet and saw one of those "tap" lights that light up instantly as soon as someone presses them down. It was hanging right next to the cabinet, being barely noticed for it was hanging in the darkest part of the room.
"Well, that's convenient," Serenity mumbled as she pressed the light above her head. Light instantly filled that small corner.
As she looked down to see what was crawling on her shoulder, it was absolutely unbelievable to know how hard Serenity fought not to scream...
This bug—no, beetle—was on top of her shoulder. It was huge, at least six inches, and it was this dark, bloody, crimson color. Its eyes were large and black, and its antennae were twiddling with a strand of Serenity's hair. She whimpered. If she screamed she would be heard, and that was not an option.
She felt like crying, but that would make too much noise.
She started shaking. This bug on her shoulder was killing her.
Now, Serenity was a brave girl, and she could've stayed in her hiding spot a lot longer with that bug on her shoulder, but a few moments later that bug decided to take a tour of her neck.
As soon as she felt its little legs feeling around her neck, she couldn't take it anymore. She knew that her life could've been risked if she left her spot, but this bug on her neck was the last straw.
Her whimpers became louder as she stumbled her way out of the closet and grabbed the closet doors' handles. She jiggled them catatonically until the doors finally opened.
And then she fell.
Her excitement caused her to trip, and she did so the moment she opened the closet doors.
When she fell out of the closet, a strong scent of expensive cologne hit her nose.
"No," she gasped. How could she have been so stupid?
She looked up with only one eye, and saw her greatest fear come to life. A bathrobe covered him. A wet towel was around his neck and his hair was matted across his fore head.
She was dead. She didn't feel like getting up now.
"No," she breathed, putting her face down again, her eyes warm with tears.
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That beetle was originally from "Really And Truly".
Sorry if you didn't like the chapter.
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She took the item and shoved it under her bed. She had no use for it. For all she cared someone could've run off with it to Southern Africa; as long as she wouldn't see it again.
But little did she know that that was not the plan the item had in mind…
-Celestial Night