A Story Without A Title
Chapter 6: Familiar Events
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh.
I hate to do this to you guys but I am going to quit working on this story after this "chapter". I ran out of inspiration for it so I just packed my last 4 chapters into one. I usually pre write a hole bunch of chapters before I post them and then reread and edit them until I like them so all of these are original drafts of the chapters. I decided that since I don't plan to work on it anymore that I would just give them all to you. Sorry to all who like this fic but the inspiration for it is gone. Please be sure to review with any thoughts. In the mean time I will be working on something new.
Serenity went straight to her room when she got home. Her room was her safe zone. It was where she felt safest; it was also decorated the way she liked. She had done the rest of her house in light colors and a Victorian style. Her room, however, was quite different.
Serenity's room had dark blood red walls and a black-blue ceiling. All the window frames, door frames and doors in here room were painted black. She had blackout curtains made of velvet. All of her furniture was dark mocha stained wood. Her four post bed was in the corner of her room next to her door and the dresser at the foot of the bed. Her desk sat away from the wall under her window and her chair was between the desk and the wall. She had shelves on the wall next to her closet that were the same color as her furniture and were hung on the wall with decorative black iron L-brackets. Her carpet was black shag and her ceiling was covered with glow in the dark stars.
There were only thee sources of light in Serenity's bedroom. The first was the dim glow from her laptop computer screen. The second was the light fixture in the ceiling witch contained three black light bulbs. The last and brightest was her lava lamp. The lava lamp had a black stand and cap, the liquid was red and the bubbles inside were purple.
Her bed was the most elegant thing in her room. It had an over-sized black duvet on it and a tone of pillows in black, blue, purple, and red. The carving on the posts made it look as though ivy was growing up the posts. It was Serenity's favorite piece of furniture in her entire house.
Serenity sat down at her computer and began to work on her story. She worked the whole night her inspiration just would not rest. Her mined was running wild with ideas. She didn't stop writing until her alarm clock went off at 6:30.
Serenity got up from her desk turned off the alarm clock and went back to writing. She just couldn't stop it was like she had to get these ideas typed out right away or she would never remember them.
She finally finished her story at seven. She sat around trying to think of a good title but she just couldn't.
If it weren't for Serenity's inability to think of a title to this story she would have been able to had in her rough copy today. She had managed to follow every guideline that the teacher had set. She avoided using quotes and using the names of people she knew. The only thing she was not sure about was the fact that her story ended up being nearly 300 pages typed on eight and a half by eleven paper. When it was printed on the half-size sheets usually used for novels it would be nearly twice as long.
She looked at her clock and realized that it was now twenty after seven and she would have to rush like a mad woman to get to school on time.
Seara quickly saved her story to a floppy disk and threw it in the front pocket of her bag. She then threw her binders and pensile case in her backpack. She didn't bother with making a lunch she just grabbed ten bucks off her dresser and shoved it in her purse.
After getting everything in her backpack Serenity changed into a long black-blue skirt and a purple corset underneath which she wore a black shirt with slit sleeves. She hurriedly put on some black eyeliner and eye shadow as well as her deep red lipstick.
She grabbed a cereal bar on her way out the front door.
Serenity's day started of terribly. She had barley made it to first period on time. Her first assignment for that class was to draw a picture that showed birth and death. Not to mention she had to write a one page explanation for the picture she had to draw. If it weren't for the explanation she would have had no problem with the assignment.
By the time Serenity got to creative writing she was on the verge of killing someone. She had taken verbal abuse from the tree popular girls that sat at her table in Traditional Art 1. To make matters worse she had been tripped tree times on her way to class and got yelled at by a teacher for "throwing her book at the student who tripped her" she couldn't help it if that was the direction her book had flown.
She slumped down in her chair and hoped that no one would notice her.
The bell rang and everyone had arrived including Seto Kaiba.
The teacher began to lecture the class on ancient myths, more specifically Egyptian myths. Serenity wrote down what the teacher had said word for word as he lectured. She would be able to remember exactly what he had said but thought it would be wise to write it down just incase.
That class did not lessen her stress ether. After listening to seventy five minutes of lecturing about Egyptian myths the teacher asked the class to write an Egyptian myth of their own.
This would be an easy assignment for Serenity it was just that she had other homework to put her mined to.
She left creative writing 1 and went to the caff to get some lunch. She bought herself some fries and gravy and then went outside to sit in the courtyard. As she ate she worked on her Egyptian myth about minor gods and goddesses putting their spirits into stone tablets that had their image engraved on them. These stone tablets could be used by the pharos and priests as weapons to fight with.
It was a simple half true myth but it did the trick. After finishing her myth she continued on to her traditional art homework. She had drawn a picture of the Grim Reaper holding a baby. She now had to write an explanation. She thought for a moment before starting.
She finished the explanation for her picture just as the bell for class rang. She quickly gathered up all of her things and ran to Cyber Arts. She was late and missed the first bit of explanation of what they were doing and had to try and figure it out as she went along. This didn't help to lower her stress level any even though by the end of the class she did know what she was doing.
Finally she was sitting in Manga concepts and basics. The lesson for today was short funny comics. It seemed as though forth period dragged out for hours on end. Right before the bell rang the teacher told the class that they were to complete a one page funny manga strip for tomorrow.
When Serenity approached her car she noticed that there was a woman standing next to in. She was tall and thin but well built. She had long dark maroon purple hair and chocolate brown eyes. She was wearing a pair of tight pleather pants and a crop top.
"Who are you?" Serenity asked annoyance and inpatients in her tone.
"My name is Chayose and I am here to make you an offer." The woman said smoothly.
"What's the offer because if it doesn't involve my homework being completed I don't want to hear it." Serenity snapped at the woman and began to put her things in the car.
"You are a well trained Burgundy fighter and you have the abilities of a master spy, not to mention a sight that only furthers your abilities. The people trained at Burgundy are the best of the best, even if they don't know it." Chayose explained calmly without letting Serenity's rudeness get to her.
"Look I thought you said you had a deal for me so spit it out or I am leaving." Serenity said slipping into the driver seat of the car.
Serenity was a trained fighter. She had taken Karate, Kickboxing, and weapons classes when she lived with her mother in America. She took all of the lessons in one place called Burgundy.
"I am here to offer you five million dollars cash if you will agree to assassinate a very powerful vampire. He is the ruler of the oldest and most powerful vampire clan in the world. If you agree you will receive two million upfront and the other three million when the job is complete. So do you feel up to it?" Chayose asked.
"Just one question, why ask me? I am sure there are a million trained assassins out there that would be a hundred times better that me." Serenity said trying to understand why this woman would ask her.
"He knows each and every trained listed assassin in the business. You have the same basic training and a calculating mined that will allow you to make choices easily that even the most seasoned killers would have a hard time making." Chayose did not tire of answering Serenity's questions.
"If I agree I at least want to know who this 'all-powerful' vampire is." Serenity said in a mocking tone.
"Seto Kaiba." Chayose answered plainly.
"You're kidding me? I sit next to him in my creative writing class and i met him in Battle City. He knows me." Serenity exclaimed.
"That is exactly why he won't suspect you." Was Chayose's answer.
Serenity thought to herself that this situation was somehow familiar, like she had dealt with this before. That is when it hit her, she had written this exact same situation in her novel. The lead Female, Seara, was a schoolgirl not unlike herself who was approached by a strange lady to assassinate someone. The only difference was that the girl in the story was a trained assassin not some girl who had taken some fighting lessons and had never caused any permanent harm to anyone in her life.
Chapter 7: The Nelson CorporationSerenity couldn't believe the bazaar turn of events. She was sitting in a car with a woman who had just offered her five million dollars to assassinate someone who she once had a crush on, she was over him now. She only had until they reached the Nelson Corporation building to decide weather she was going to accept the job.
After a twenty-minute car ride Chayose pulled up to what looked like an old apartment building. She turned off the can and leaned back in her seat.
"Ok, it is time to make your decision. Are you going to accept the job or let a murderous monster continue to prowling the streets at night?" Chayose put it in a way that made it seem almost wrong to say no.
After a moment of indecision Serenity agreed to take on the job. Before she knew it she was ordered out of her car. The two women headed for the apartment building.
Upon entering Chayose and Serenity were greeted by two men. One had waist length brown hair and blue eyes, the other had shoulder length black hair and hazel eyes.
Chayose nodded to the two men and said, "Serenity, Lestat" she held out a hand in the brown-haired man's direction, "and Vallen." She shifted her hand to point at the black-haired man, "Lestat and Vallen, Serenity. She is your new trainee. Explain to her the basic going's on and giver her a tour. Oh also run her though some of the basic drills and figure out her skill level. When she goes home report back to me and let me know how things went." After her little speech she vanished down a set of stairs.
"Ok, this is the lobby. It looks just like an apartment building lobby just incase an unwanted visitor stumbles in on us. This hole floor is basically storage for things we don't use anymore." Lestat explained just to get it out of the way.
"We should start our tour downstairs and work our way up. Nothing ever happens on this floor anyway." Vallen said and walked towards a set of stairs.
Serenity and Lestat followed close behind. When they reached the basement it looked more like the facility Serenity had expected. Everything seemed to be made of stainless steel or glass. There were see-though screens and images projected in the air. There were also people working on computers at desks.
"This," Lestat waved his hand though the air to signify that he was talking about the hole space, "is the information center. We everything that goes in or comes out of this building is checked by Amethyst here." He put his hands on the shoulder of the girl in front of him.
Serenity was paying no attention at all to what Lestat was saying she was more interested in the 3-D map that was being projected in the center of the large room.
"We also track and gather data on vampires. This map tells us all sorts of things." Vallen said picking up on her interest in the map.
"So red men are vamps you have managed to tag and blue men are your agents. The yellow star is headquarters, or here, blood drops are blood banks, squares are party centers and hangouts, triangles are known vamp safe houses, and the green stars are agent safe houses?" Serenity stated more than asked.
"Yeah. How'd you know?" Lestat answered.
"Good guess." Was Serenity's only answer.
"What you see here is all that is on this floor so lets go up to the second floor." Vallen suggested.
After a quick elevator ride the trio were standing in a hall. It was painted white and all the doors were white.
"This floor is weapons storage. Any thing you need as far as weapons go you will find on this floor." Lestat explained as the three walked to the other end of the hall.
"The next floor has to be the most interesting net to the basement." Vallen said as they walked up yet another flight of stairs. "It's our training floor."
"Everything you need to know about fighting is learned on this floor. It is a hard place to learn but it is also the best place to learn." Lestat filled in.
After a short tour of some of the different rooms on the third flour they moved on to the fifth floor.
"This is where we have set up a shooting range. Being able to use a gun is a huge part of being a hunter. Their the most efficient weapons, not the quietest though." Vallen explained with a plain hat in his voice.
"Vallen has a thing for Katanas. He says their honorable although how you can make cold hearted killing honorable I will never know." Lestat said obviously under the impression that Vallen was insane.
"Everything else from the sixth floor to the twelfth floor are just rooms for people who live here so there isn't much point in showing you that." Vallen said, "Let's go see what kind of fighting skills you've got." He finished and headed for the stairs.
After an hour of drills Serenity was finally allowed out of the building. She had kicked Lestat and Vallen's buts three out of the four times she spared against them. In her mined they had terrible hand to hand fighting skills for trained hunters.
Chapter 8: Chance EncounterIt was six o'clock when she returned to her apartment. She was starved and went straight to the kitchen dropping her backpack and the duff bag she was given at Nelson on the floor as she looked though the fridge for some food. All she had left was a jar of strawberry jam and some Celery. With the events of the past few days she had forgotten to do her grocery shopping.
Serenity had too much homework to bother with shopping tonight so instead she grabbed her backpack off the floor and walked over to the local coffee shop. She ordered a caramel cappuccino and a deli sandwich and got to work on her manga strip. She drew out the boxes in a straight line across the page.
There were four boxes just like the teacher had asked but Serenity couldn't figure out what to put in them.
'What do people fined funny?' she asked herself trying to come up with something.
"I fined fools how stair into blank space with their mouths hanging open funny." The cold voice of a man broke into Serenity's world.
Serenity looked up to see Seto Kaiba standing over her, "Gee Kaiba thanks, I'll just draw four frames of a person with their mouths hanging open. I am sure Mr. Yokamuri will just find that hysterical." Serenity replied acidly annoyed with his presents.
"Normally I would stay away from you Wheelers but this is the only seat left in the place. Kaiba said pulling out the chair across from Serenity and sitting down.
"Sure Kaiba you can sit with me I don't mined." Serenity said sarcastically as her desire to ring Seto's neck rose.
"I don't recall asking asking if I could sit here or if you cared." Still in his icy tone but there was something in his eyes that made him look happy, content even?
Serenity rolled her eyes and then began drawing something that just popped into her head. It was a tad bit sadistic but funny none the less. It even made Seto smile slightly.
"You're an amazing artist," Seto said simply, "then again if my memory serves me right you always have been."
Serenity looked at Seto shocked that he remembered that she drew or that he ever cared. A smile crept across her face and a blush rose in her cheeks.
"Thanks," She said shyly, "I'm surprised you remember."
"Yeah, me to." Kaiba said not really paying attention to what he was saying.
Seto was lost in memories of a ten year old Serenity who wanted nothing more that to make the world beautiful and to help people. He remembered on day when he was sitting in his room alone he swore that one day he would have Serenity as his bride. Immediately he forced the thought from his mined.
'Never. Relationships only get in the way and make you soft.' He commanded himself to forget he had ever sworn to marry Serenity but it was harder than he thought.
Serenity was thinking similar thoughts. She had recalled the last day she had ever seen child Seto. She had sworn before going to bed that night that she would love no one else but him. Immediately she cursed herself for remembering it because with that memory brought all kinds of forgotten emotions that were attached to it.
'No, he is a monster. You can not love a monster.' She told herself at least five times before the silence between the two was broken by Kaiba's chair scraping across the floor.
"I have to go." He said and swept out of the coffee shop without another word.
'He is so perfect. More beautiful and graceful than any vampire I could create… and so mysterious.' Serenity thought dreamily.
'Now you stop that!' Her rational side demanded, 'You can't kill something you are practically in love with. Get over him, he doesn't care about you so you shouldn't care about him. He is a blood thirsty monster that would drain you dry if he had the chance.'
Serenity couldn't stand listening to herself in her mined so she began to pack up her things. She threw her unopened sandwich in her bag after everything else had been but in and grabbed her coffee. When she reached for it, it had been moved.
'I must have moved it when Kaiba sat down.' She told herself. She picked up the cup and headed for home.
Chapter 9:Where serenity got home from the coffee shop she took her stuff to her room and dumped it on her bed. The first thing she did was start eating her sandwich since she had not gotten to it when she was at the shop.
As she was eating her sandwich she emptied the Nelson bag onto her floor. It contained a black leather cat suit, a set of throwing blades a dagger and sheath, and a gun. Immediately after emptying the bag she started to put things away. The cat suit went in her closet, the throwing blades on a shelf above her bed, and the gun in her side table drawer.
"There," Serenity said satisfied with where she had put everything, "Now where did I leave my coffee?"
Serenity got up and walked to the kitchen just in time to hear her doorbell ring. She quickly changed her cores to the front door and opened it. When she did she found Seto standing on the other side. He looked from her face to her hand then back again.
"Do you plan to murder a Vampire in the near future?" Seto asked smoothly.
"What?" Serenity asked confused and then looked down to see that she was still holding the dagger.
"No I was just cleaning my room and found this. I got it from one of my armed combat teachers. He said 'A beautiful girl deserves a beautiful blade.' Sounds idiotic I know." The lie was smooth and simple, who wouldn't believe it.
"It's Regulation Nelson organization." Seto pointed out as if to call her bluff.
"That is where I trained. Of cores it is." Serenity said and then changed the subject, "Why are you here?"
Seto didn't bother to further confront her and just simply said, "I grabbed the wrong coffee on my way out."
He held out her coffee cup.
"Oh, uh come in, I must have yours then." She said looking around the front hall, "Just let me go grab it."
She darted into the kitchen and looked around. The coffee cup seemed to have just disappeared. She ran to her room hoping to find it there. She returned to the front hall with a coffee cup instead of a dagger.
"I am glad I didn't drink any of it. Here you go." She handed Seto his and took her own.
Seto stood there for a moment holding his coffee as if he was going to ask something but decided not to. He quickly turned and left without saying goodbye.
"Good bye." Serenity said with annoyance to the door that had just been slammed in her face.
As soon as Seto had closed the door he turned his back to it and leaned against it. The look on his face was one of shock and panic.
'I can't believe I almost killed her. Why would she be a hunter? I bet she couldn't hurt a fly,' Seto thought to himself, 'but she has the dagger and she looked like she might have been lying. If she was with Nelson I would know, I know every agent of theirs.'
'God damn it Seto this is ridiculous,' A more rational side of him said as it kicked in. 'she is just another woman. If she comes to kill you do what you do to the rest of them, murder her on sight or seduce her, sleep with her, and then have breakfast.'
With that thought Seto was reassured with his ability to dispose of any problems that might come up with Serenity. He stood up straight and walked down the hall as if he owned the place.
Ok, this where this story ends. I mean this is no where near the end I imagined but I just don't have the inspiration to write anymore to this story right now. I might come back to it at some point but for now here is where I stop work on this one and move on to something new for a wile.
