Chapter Eight: White Lie
Prepare for an extremely long chapter.
I'm evil, you wanna know why? Check out where this chapter begins-yes, that's right, I didn't continue from Chapter Seven's cliffhanger....aren't I evil?
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Another thing: this is a long, long, long, did I say LONG, chapter. That's why the update took a short while.
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"You are fearing for your life, am I correct?"
The dark figure nodded. "Can't you help me? You have such a strong authority."
"We live in different times now; I can only do to you what my host does with his body."
"I see, but may I ask permission for another question?"
"Permission granted,"
"We live in different times now, as you say, so am I still in danger?"
"There might be a number of people out there that want the incredible power that you come with. It's an outstanding strength that many will go to extreme lengths to get."
"I understand, but there's still one worry left on my mind..."
"Which is?"
"I am worried about my host....I'm worried about her safety......"
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"JOEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" were the screams coming from Serenity's room that very early morning.
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"Joey..." Serenity said as she tugged on her brother's sleeve, "This time it wasn't a dream, I know it wasn't! The voices in my head were too real to be dreams, you've gotta believe me!"
Serenity's clutch on her brother increased.
"Sheesh, Serenity, I believe ya, honest I do!" Joey looked down at his scared-to-death sister, "But, Serenity..."
Serenity took her face out of her brother's shirt, "Joey," she said as her eyes began to tear, "don't you believe me?"
Joey looked down at his extremely frightened sister. "Serenity, I do believe ya, but are ya sure you heard
voices up in your room?"
"I'm positive I did," she said in a whisper. "I-I can't explain it, but there were voices in my room, two of them. I know it sounds crazy, but I know what I heard, and I heard voices."
Joey looked down skeptically at his sister, "Ok, Serenity, did any of the voices sound just a little familiar?"
Serenity opened her mouth to answer, but....
Suddenly there was a knocking at the door.
"Who is it?" Joey yelled, while his fixed stare fell to the door.
"It's me, Yugi," Yugi said from behind the door.
Serenity let out a small gasp at Yugi's name.
Joey looked once again skeptically at his sister.
Joey left Serenity's side for a moment to answer the door.
Joey opened the door to find a Yugi with an "Are you gonna let me in, or am I gonna have to freeze out here?" expression on.
Joey mouthed the word, "Serenity," he let Yugi in, and went straight back to the aid of Serenity.
"What's the emergency, Joey?" Yugi curiously asked as he saw Serenity wrap her arms around her brother.
"Serenity thinks tha' there was summon in her room last nigh'." Joey explained, "She got really scared an' came ta me with a white face this morning."
Yugi looked straight at Serenity with a puzzled look on his face.
"She was just abou' ta answer ma question befoa' ya came." Joey explained.
Yugi's stare went once again to Serenity, and was a bit shocked with what he saw.
"It was him," Serenity at long last answered, pointing to Yugi all the while.
Poor Yugi....
Joey wanted to know why Yugi was in his little sister's room, at night, while she was very frightened.
Joey was nearly ready to pummel Yugi to death on the account of he started to pick Yugi up from off the floor, and started cursing him with such language that I cannot use because I am trying to keep this fic child safe.
"YOU SICK MONSTER!!! MY OWN SISTA'?!!!!! I SHOULD HAVE YOU ARRESTED YA' PERVERT-"
Serenity phased back into reality for a second. "No, Joey, it wasn't Yugi," she said as she watched Joey frantically shake Yugi. "It was...him," she said with a single point to the Millennium Puzzle.
"Yami?" Both Yugi and Joey asked.
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"That's impossible, Serenity. Yami couldn't have visited you last night. I would've known." Yugi explained as he stroked the puzzle.
"I'm trying to tell you, Serenity, it was a dream." Joey reminded.
"I know what I heard, and it was a girl and him having a conversation." Serenity explained, a finger yet again pointed at the puzzle.
"Are you sure, Yugi?" Joey asked, "You're sure you don't sleepwalk, right?"
"No, I don't sleepwalk. Serenity must've been having a bad dream, that's all."
"UGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! I WASN'T DREAMING!!!! I HEARD TWO VOICES LAST NIGHT. WHY WON'T ANYBODY BELIEVE ME? AM I GOING CRAZY OR SOMETHING?" Serenity asked as she fell to the floor with her head in her hands. Tears welled up in her eyes.
"No of course not, Serenity," Joey soothed, "you just had a very real dream, and it got you scared, that's all. It happens to all of us. You're not going crazy." he calmed as he put his arms around his sister.
"Your brother's right. Our minds can play tricks on us, and we all get fooled once in a while." Yugi explained.
"But...who was the girl?" Serenity's small voice asked as it came out of her brother's protective arms.
Joey and Yugi exchanged glances.
"Maybe...Serenity, like I said before, our mind plays tricks with us. Maybe the girl you 'heard' was a figment of your imagination. A reflection of something. Why that girl was having a conversation with...Yami, is beyond me." Yugi explained.
"In my imagination?" Serenity asked as she looked up at Yugi.
"Uh-huh. It was all just a bad dream." Joey once again said.
Serenity looked down at her weakened, bent knees. "But...."
"But?" Yugi and Joey asked as they both looked down at her.
"It all seemed so real..." she mumbled to herself.
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"Don't pick it up," Yugi said with a fixed stare on the telephone, "it could be from Tea."
"I agree," Joey said as he stared at the phone.
Serenity released herself from the grasp of her brother. She Crawled out from his arms and ignored the vehement shaking heads from both Yugi and Joey. Despite the fact that Tea could've been on the other line, Serenity rolled her eyes, and she went to the phone.
*Hello? Umm yes, this is she. Yes, yes, sorry about that. I'll be in work later today, yes, yes. Family emergency, really. I promise it won't happen-*
Ok, so somebody else holds the phone now...
*'K, listen, Serenity ain't comin' t'work today, and ya can tell Moneybags notta be surprised if she ain't show up fo' work *eva again*. Got that? Good!* and with that, Joey hung up the phone.
"Joey!" Serenity cried.
"Ya wa' just on the floor, scared half to death, cryin' about summin' you heard in your room last nigh'." Joey reminded, "So, therefo', you shouldn't go t'work *eva again*."
"But you two said it was all just a dream: Nothing to be scared of," Serenity objected.
"She's got you there," Yugi pointed out.
"We need the money." Serenity said, "My job gives me enough to pay every month of college's tuition fees in about a week of work."
"I don't like you getting money from Kaiba!" Joey yelled as he turned his back to Serenity, the phone still in his hand.
"Is that it, Joey? You don't like me working for Kaiba because I get money from him?"
"That, and about a million other reasons that Joey has written in his 'I hate Kaiba' book." Yugi explained.
"I've got to go to work, Joey." Serenity said as she went for the steps that led to the hallway that led to her room.
"No, you don't!" Joey yelled as he went after her.
Serenity turned around so she was now facing her brother on one of the steps, "Joey, you know the chicken I cooked for you the other night?"
Joey slowly nodded, not liking where she was going with this...
"I bought that chicken, and the ingredients for the marinade with the money I got from work."
*.* "I-I ate f-food from K-KAIBA'S money..." Joey asked as a shiver of silence befell him.
"Mmmm-Hmmm," Serenity replied as if this was something casual to say. "If my memory is correct, you really enjoyed that chicken..." she reminded as she finished crossing the steps and entered the hallway to her room.
"Serenity, WE NEED TO TALK!" Joey yelled as he followed his sister once again.
Now, Yugi was left alone in the living room, simply listening to Joey knocking on Serenity's door, and Serenity ignoring him all the while.
//So, Yami?// Yugi called.
//Yugi?// Yami answered.
//I never got a chance to ask you, how was your little rendezvous with Kisara?//
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"Joey, it was really sweet of you to drive me to work, and I'm glad you're starting to accept my job." Serenity said as she unbuckled herself.
"Serenity, we're not through talking." Joey seriously replied as he maintained a fixed stare on the road in front of him.
Serenity scowled, "Joey, we'll talk when I get home from work, ok?" She asked as she tried to unlock the door.
Joey kept silent.
"Hey... ugh...Joey," Serenity called as she pushed a great deal against the car door. "My-ugh- door is stuck." She said as her force got harder.
Joey remained silent.
It was rather odd that the car door was stuck because Joey's car was a very old (and I mean very old) Toyota model. Its hinges were loose, the once cherry red paint was now brown rust remains, and most people would bet that the condition of the car would cause it to fall apart when the wind blew. Now, Serenity had no idea that it was Joey's intentions to drive Serenity to work that day: He had made some adjustments....
"Joey, this stupid car has-ugh-had its last drive. The-ugh-stupid door won't open-ugh!" Serenity very agitatedly groaned.
Joey, yet again, kept still.
Joey's still silence was now pissing Serenity off.
"Joey, move over. I'll go out through your door." Serenity ordered as she went for the only other door in Joey's vehicle.
"Sorry, sis," Joey said as his barricade of an arm blocked Serenity's way, "We really need to talk."
"Joey, I don't have time for this." Serenity restlessly pointed out. "Please let me out so I can go to work. We'll talk later, I promise. I know you don't like my job, but please, I need the money for college, and you know about mom."
Joey's ears perked up when he heard 'mom', "There are.. other ways of getting money," He slowly explained.
"Please, Joey," Serenity said, "This job is our ticket to the money we desperately need."
Joey did not move a muscle.
"Fine, Joey," Serenity sighed, "Be like that." and then she started pushing to get out of the door. "Screw this door-ugh!" she moaned.
//You want to leave the car, no?// what Serenity thought was her conscience asked.
"Yes!" Serenity answered as her anger for her brother started building up.
Joey just watched Serenity struggle. All the while listening to her talk to herself.
//Why do you want to leave the car?//
"Because I need the money!" Serenity said to herself. Once again, she was trying to open the auto-locked door.
//You need the money for yourself, am I correct, for your education?//
"No, I have better reasons now!" Serenity complained as she cursed the stupid door, and her brother for being such a pompous jerk.
//What kind of reasons?//
"I don't know ¾my mom needs the money. She's very sick!" Serenity explained.
"I know, Serenity, but wut does mom have to do with this?" Joey asked as his attention perked again to the word "mom".
//What does leaving the vehicle have to do with getting money?// the supposed conscience asked.
"Because I need to go to work, to get the money." Serenity explained as she gave up trying to open the door. "I need to earn the money." she panted to herself as she dejectedly pressed against the ripped-leather passenger seat.
"I didn't know it meant that much to ya." Joey said as he stared at his defeated sister.
//How will you get money from your job?//
"I don't know." Serenity heavily breathed, "My boss will pay me."
//Your boss?//
"Yes, my boss," Serenity replied.
"Serenity, are ya okay?" Joey skeptically asked. "Do ya need ta see the docta' or somethin'?"
//Who's your boss?//
"Kaiba, Seto Kaiba." Serenity answered.
"Serenity?" Joey very worriedly asked his sister.
//Are you saying that you need your boss?//
"No! Of course not!" Serenity way too quickly responded.
//But you need to leave the vehicle so you can go to work to earn your money from your boss to help your mother. That money can only come from Seto Kaiba, according to you, because he is your boss.//
"But that doesn't mean I need him," Serenity responded, "It means that the paycheck I receive, from him is necessary to me."
//But you need his money, am I correct?//
"I thought we went over this," Serenity said, "Yes, I do need his money."
"Serenity, are ya sure tha' you're 'kay?" Joey once again asked to the speaking-to-herself girl.
//If you need his money, then you need him.//
"That's a stupid thing to say," Serenity replied, "The money I get from work doesn't matter from whose wallet it came from. For all I care, my boss could be Duke Devlin. It just so happens that my boss is my brother's worst enemy, and Yugi's arch rival. Once again, I'm saying that I don't care that Kaiba is my boss, I just need the money."
//You need his money.//
"NO! I NEED THE MONEY FROM MY BOSS! JUST BECAUSE MY BOSS IS SETO KAIBA DOES NOT MEAN THAT I NEED HIM! GOT THAT?"
"Serenity, I think ya betta' get sum rest." Joey said as he tried to reach his hand out to his little sister.
//Fine, Serenity, you say you need him financially.//
"No I don't-I mean no I didn't! I said that I need the money I get from work, and Kaiba is the-"
//Supplier of that money.// the supposed conscience answered, //Seto Kaiba is the financial supplier of the "necessary" money.//
"You're right about that." Serenity hesitantly replied, "But that doesn't mean I need him."
Joey was terribly worried over his little sister's situation: She was having a conversation with herself, and about Kaiba of all people!
//In a way, you do need him. You have to admit that.//
'Shut-up, stupid conscience! Leave me alone!' Serenity angrily thought to herself unknown to the fact that her eyes were giving in to a heavy sleep.
//Hey, I heard that!//
Serenity squinted her eyes, trying to get rid of the innocent preaching voice within her.
And her eyelids got heavier and heavier....
//You can't get rid of me that easily.//
'Wanna bet?'
//Just admit that you need Seto Kaiba in one way or another, then I'll leave (for the while).//
'What is your fascination with Kaiba anyway?!'
//Because you think of me as your "conscience", then I suppose it's your fascination that you're complaining about.//
'Shut-up! Consciences can be ridden of!'
//Consciences can be ridden of?//
'Yes, and that's what you are. You're a persistent voice in my head that won't go away.'
//Just admit that you need Seto Kaiba.//
'Fine! I need Kaiba because of his money, meaning that I need him financially.'
Silence.
'I got rid of you, didn't I?' Serenity victoriously asked.
//That's not what I asked you to do.//
'Yes it is.'
//No, it's not. I asked you to admit that you need Seto Kaiba.//
'And that's what I did.'
//You made what I asked you to say too long.//
'You want me to actually say that I need him?'
//They're three simple words.//
'Will you go away if I do?'
//For the while, of course.//
'What do you mean "for the while"?'
//That's not important.//
'Why should I say that I need him?'
Silence.
'Stupid conscience,' Serenity mumbled in her dreams.
//Consider this: A whole day of a "Conscience" that will keep persisting you to say that you need Seto Kaiba. With a mind that continually thinks that, you never know what might slip out, and in front of whom, might I add....//
'You wouldn't, 'cause you're a figment of my imagination. I can get rid of you easily if I put my focus on it.'
//"Figment of your imagination," Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is what Yugi classified that girl in your dreams last night as, am I correct?//
'You know about the girl? Was she really a figment of-'
//All answers in good time, but first, there's a task that I asked you to do...//
"Serenity, Serenity please wake up!" Joey demanded as he tried to wake his now dreaming sister.
"I need him...happy now?" Serenity mumbled in her sleep.
Joey's worry immediately became a blending, red wave of jealousy and anger at this last phrase....
"You need who?" Joey angrily asked.
//That's all I wanted to hear.//
Let's phase back into reality now, shall we?
*Bam!* And Serenity's eyes starting slightly opening, a bit at first, but within ten seconds, she was tiredly fluttering her eyelids.
She looked around for a second, expecting a girl about her age in her company, but, instead, she found a mad, jealous, pretty much steamed Joey, and she wasn't in a purply/dreamy aura land that she was in a moment ago.
Have you forgotten, Serenity? You're still stuck in Joey's car, right in front of KaibaCorp...
"Huh? Oh, Joey, why did you want me to say that I need-" Serenity asked, still in a dream, until she heard her wake-up call.
*Swish*, and the passenger car door opened with a creaky swing, all by itself.
Cool! This is starting to be Serenity's luck day.
"Thanks, Joey," Serenity thanked, thinking that Joey opened the door for her.
Run, run, run, Serenity! Knowing Joey, that door won't stay open for long!
"What the-" Joey was left saying as Serenity took the opening to her advantage. "Where do ya think you're goin'?" he asked as one foot of Serenity's left the car.
"To work, silly! You should get that door fixed, it locks, then automatically opens." Serenity explained completely oblivious to the fact that Joey had auto-locked both doors of the vehicle. They were supposed to remain shut.
Serenity, you must be confused for you just thanked Joey for opening the door, but according to your explanation, the car door "automatically opens"?
Serenity, you need to get your minds-I mean mind in order.
Serenity left the car, and Joey watched as she jogged slightly to the front doors of KaibaCorp.
"Wait!" Joey cried as he tried to get out from his door, but to his surprise, it was locked.
How did Serenity get out, when both doors were supposed to be locked?
Joey was left dumbfounded.
Before he could unlock the door and catch up to Serenity, Serenity was already off and into the KaibaCorp headquarters.
*Swish* And the passenger side door swung itself shut.
Joey stared at the door, still firm in his place, Serenity off his mind for a while.
"I need to talk to Tristan," Joey muttered to himself as he thought about the guy who was "supposed" to make the auto-lock adjustments.
AN: My hands hurt, and that's only the first part of the chapter. :(
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A nearly-silent buzz was what Serenity heard as the security system scanned the lines of her retina.
Like the door of Joey's trodden car, the sketched Blue Eyes White Dragon doors automatically opened, but with a bit more class.
Normally, Serenity would expect to find files awaiting her on her desk and the sounds of Mokuba beating his video games with no mercy from his playroom down the hall, but when she walked in today.....
Something didn't feel right.
Perhaps it was because she was late....Yeah, that's probably it.
Today, she didn't find Mokuba wearing down his video games, she found him practically glued to the black couch. He looked a bit anxious, well, that was Serenity's opinion.
"Good morning, Mokuba," she greeted with a nod.
Oddly, Mokuba did not respond. He kept his vision straight at the black onyx bookcase. Usually Mokuba would always enthusiastically greet (exchange gossip with) Serenity when he first saw her....Yeah it's probably because she was late that the whole day seemed a bit disheveled.
"Good morning, Mokuba," Serenity tried again as she waited for the young boy's attention to snap back into reality.
"Did you know that Bolidaman Inc. has a meeting with Seto today?" Mokuba asked, vision still on the bookcase.
"No, it doesn't," Serenity started to explain, "Your brother has no meetings scheduled today, and I would've especially remembered if there was one with that incorporation." Serenity enlightened as she crossed her arms, "Is that why you were so dazed out today?"
"I wasn't 'dazed out'." Mokuba clarified with a martyred look of innocence upon his face. "Anyway, we got the phone call from Calista's secretary this morning, while you were supposed to be at work. What kind of family emergency was it?" he asked as one eyebrow rose skeptically.
"Mokuba," Serenity said as she lowered herself down to Mokuba's level on the couch, "Can you keep a secret?" she asked as she considered herself who she was asking this question to.
"Yes," Mokuba made clear, arousing Serenity's suspicion, "What's the secret?" he asked as intrigue filled his large black eyes.
Serenity looked unsurely at the boy whose hobby was eavesdropping...
Awwww, be nice, Serenity. How can you resist Mokuba?
Besides, which secret do you have that you can't possible share with the readers?
Oh yeah, that one......
"Well, it's about this girl who I think I saw-anyway, her name's Kisara-" Serenity tried to explain, but was immeadiately cut off by Mokuba.
"Bolidaman Inc.'s gonna come soon. I think Calista herself might come as a representative, again." Mokuba quickly supplied.
"Uhh...yeah, Mokuba," Serenity hesitantly responded. It almost seemed as if Mokuba was avoiding this topic. But that's impossible, because Mokuba knew nothing of Kisara, right?
'I don't need to hear more about this topic,' Mokuba thought to himself.
Although Serenity found no way that Mokuba could possibly use the expected prompt arrival of Bolidaman Inc. as an excuse to avoid the conversation, she got the clue and went to her desk.
Serenity started checking her computer, the substitute secretary had probably filled the time slot that said that Calista Bolidaman's arrival was to be expected in about fifteen minutes....
She should be getting files ready; KaibaCorp and Bolidaman Inc. had a strong affiliation, meaning a lot of files. Of course, as a secretary, Serenity's job was to get files, coffee for her boss, his dry cleaning...
But this was the real anime world.
Serenity found the need to get files so soon futile, 'Like anybody really shows up for a meeting on time.' She relaxed for a minute, and expected Calista to come in about an hour.
My how you always expect the unexpected, yet still you're surprised when the expected turns exactly into what you least expected...
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"Hey," Mokuba called from his watching post at the window, "She's here," he said as he pressed his nose against the large window.
Serenity rolled her eyes, "That's impossible, Mokuba," according to the clock, Calista had another 42 minutes until her late entrance.
"No, it's not," Mokuba said pointing out the massive window, "She's here, Serenity."
Serenity once again rolled her eyes and decided to humor Mokuba. So she went out of her comfy leather chair to the grand window.
"Mokuba...." Serenity started as she turned her head to look out the park-faced window.
And sure enough, a pure white limo with a silver lining had just finished slithering into the KaibaCorp driveway.
"Told you so," Mokuba rubbed in.
Serenity rolled her eyes as the clock struck twelve.
"Don't insult Calista until I get back with Kaiba's coffee." She told Mokuba from over her shoulder as she went off to the cafeteria.
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Mokuba was once again pressed against the black couch, awaiting the great Calista Bolidaman to enter.
And of course, he heard the annoying click-clack of her shoes from down the cerulean-tiled hall. Mokuba rolled his eyes, it seemed to be contagious. He heard the soft buzz of the biometric machine scanning Bolidaman's retina.
He started laughing when he thought about the possibility of the biometric machine going haywire, and lasers burning Calista's eyes.
The sketched Blue Eyes White Dragon doors elegantly opened, giving way to Calista. Much to Mokuba's disappointment, Calista's perfect sapphire eyes were still in place-no burns at all.
Calista, looking flawless as usual, looked around the onyx ornamented room. Her shoes made the subtle click-clack even as she walked on the soft black rug. She noticed the mouse called Mokuba quietly minding his own business, the remains of a smile on his face.
Calista kept walking, with no attention towards Mokuba, to Serenity's desk.
"You did receive my phone call, right?" she asked as she started fingering Serenity's desk.
"I don't know. Do I look like the secretary to you?"
Calista pushed a cup of coffee on Serenity's desk more towards the edge of the desk. Therefore, the coffee was more likely to spill, and Serenity was the only candidate to get the blame for being so irresponsible.
"Please, even I wouldn't put you to her level. But you did schedule the appointment, right?"
Mokuba rolled his eyes for the hundredth time in two minutes, "Yeah, but tell me, Bolidaman: Why did you call a meeting, and on such short notice too?"
Calista started snickering to herself, "The giga chips arrived early. I just thought that I should be the one to tell your brother." she explained as she finally turned around to face Mokuba, who was still sitting on the couch.
"It's called a telephone," Mokuba mumbled.
"I wanted to tell him, in person." Bolidaman explained, "You know how much this means to our companies."
You see, the giga-chips were a crucial part of a new, top-secret project that Bolidaman Inc. and KaibaCorp, ok actually only KaibaCorp was working on, but Bolidaman Inc. specialized in the complex technology that it took to establish this top-secret project. The truth is, Kaiba had been working on this project for the past couple of years, and now that the technology was finally created and here....
"You didn't have to come over, really." Mokuba said as he started scanning the Bolidaman up and down.
Calista felt Mokuba's scanning stare.
Calista scowled as Mokuba, still perched on the couch, started to inspect her. "May I help you?" she asked, very irritated.
"Have you ever been to, or are you considering a trip to Egypt?" Mokuba finally asked.
Calista gave Mokuba the same stare that people usually associated with Tea and Tristan: You're an idiot. "And this is coming from where, I might ask?"
"Nowhere," Mokuba said casually as he got up from the couch and started walking towards Bolidaman. "My brother's in there, and Serenity's serving his coffee right now. He's expecting you."
"Good," Bolidaman whispered, "Then everyone's in their rightful rank." She derided as she went off towards the direction of the office.
"You're not allowed to go in there until the secretary checks that you're on time and are expected." Mokuba explained, forgetting who he was talking to, as he tried to keep Bolidaman away from Kaiba's office.
"Yes well, your brother is no doubt expecting me, and your secretary is a-Anyway, Mokuba, do let me go in and do worry about your own matters," she practically ordered as her body kept promenading towards the office doors.
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Serenity stood behind Kaiba's desk, awaiting his orders, as Kaiba murmured to himself of how he could've avoided an affiliation with Bolidaman Inc. if he had kept Nezbit.
"Stupid, dim-witted reject-couldn't work a girl so he decided to work computers instead...." he said to himself as he continued to curse Big Four.
Kaiba didn't necessarily have to form an affiliation with Bolidaman Inc., in fact, he really didn't want to. But at the time, there were only two companies that had the technology (or had the capability) of creating a new technology that would revolutionize the way people saw the virtual image of a Duel Monsters' hologram. Unfortunately, Kaiba had been rejected by the other company for an unimportant reason. Anyway, Bolidaman Inc. was the rebound company: It was fairly new, and it had the money needed for such a technology. KaibaCorp specialized in designing new technology. Creating the parts needed to make such technology was a whole new question..... Kaiba was quite frustrated at the moment, if only he had someway of bringing back Nezbit, surely he could somewhat help with the technology! Anything as long as Kaiba could end his affiliation with Bolidaman Inc.
Serenity started giggling. Obviously, she hated Nezbit: He captured Tristan's body! But she tried to cease her laughter immediately, for it was wrong to laugh at others, even nerdy Nezbit. Kaiba knew she was laughing, and he enjoyed making her laugh, especially when it came to insulting others.
"Mokuba, let me into the office! Your screwy secretary isn't here to approve me!" Bolidaman's scratchy voice shrieked as she tried to push Mokuba out of the way of the office doors.
"Rules, are rules!" Mokuba objected as he held onto Bolidaman's jacket to keep her inches away from the handle of the office doors.
Kaiba rolled his eyes as he tried to relieve an aching headache, "Wheeler," he barked as he massaged his temples, "Did you get the files?"
"Well...ummm.....the thing is..." she started explaining from behind as she rubbed her neck nervously, "The funny thing is I was going..." she started explaining once again, but was cut off by the loud bang of the office doors opening.
*Bang* "Seto...ugh...the new ugh...tech-WILL YOU GET THE HELL OFF OF ME?" Bolidaman crossly screamed at Mokuba as she tried to enter the office. Mokuba's grip on her pin-striped jacket had not yet wavered.
"I was supposed to let her in," Serenity said to herself as she thought of Bolidaman's nerve to ignore Kaiba's rule.
"Mokuba," Kaiba simply said as he rose from his desk. Narrowed blue eyes giving Mokuba a severe glare.
Mokuba returned the look with an expression that read, "Seto, we can still call security and have her removed from the premises!"
Kaiba simply turned to Serenity and ordered, "Get the files, Wheeler, and escort Mokuba to his playroom."
"Awwww, come on!" Mokuba whined.
"Yes, Mr. Kaiba," Serenity replied with an additional nod. "Let's go, Mokuba," Serenity said as she went past her boss's desk and on towards Mokuba....
But not before she brushed Bolidaman's shoulder.
Serenity stopped midway in her journey to Mokuba at Calista.
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"They want to hurt me, it is because of my skin, my hair, my eyes...."
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"Owww...." Serenity moaned as she grabbed the sides of her head right next to Calista. Calista, who was not approving of being so close to a Wheeler, stepped a few inches back and watched Serenity's odd behavior.
"Freak," Calista snickered.
"Wheeler," Kaiba said one more time, "I said get the......"
"Serenity," Mokuba called, making sure that she was in her right mind.
Serenity started drowning out everybody's else's words. Her head was really hurting, like her "dream" last night. She wanted to fall on the floor, for this pain would not cease. Serenity started to feel motion leave her, but she kept herself still.
Serenity did not fall on the floor, instead, she opened her flamboyant blue eyes and stared around the room, that is until her eyes fell on Bolidaman...
Serenity's blue eyes opened widely at the sight of Calista. She started speaking, but a whisper at first, until her voice got louder, and she accompanied actions with her words.
"You-you must go! They'll hurt you as well, you're like me!" she ordered Calista as she tried budging Calista out the office doors. "Please, it's for your own good!" she yelled once again. This time, coming closer to Calista, but Calista started moving farther and farther away from Serenity.
"Get...away...from...me," Calista hesitantly said, "Seto, get this thing away from me!" she whimpered.
"Wheeler, you idiot, didn't you hear a word that I said?" Kaiba heatedly asked as he started coming closer to Serenity, wondering as well as Mokuba if Serenity was in her right mind...
"In her right mind," these four people have no idea how literal that term is...
"They will hurt you," Serenity's mouth said, coming subtlety closer to Bolidaman, and this time, finally getting a hold of her arm, "You must leave, NOW!" she swayed as she started to once again move Calista.
"Serenity, please," Mokuba said trying to come up to the oddly acting teenager.
Finally, Serenity's grasp on Calista got tighter, and Bolidaman sniveled in pain as she tried to release herself without breaking a nail.
"Please, leave," Serenity once again ordered, this time, pushing Calista away from the others, and more towards her office.
"GET OFF OF ME, YOU RETART!" Calista shrieked yet again, as she tried to get the Wheeler as much away from her as humanly possible.
"I'm doing this for your own good!" Serenity explained as tears welled up within her eyes, "Please listen to me!"
Calista and Serenity were now standing directly between Serenity's office and the end of Kaiba's office.
Calista stared in thunder-struck horror at Serenity: Calista had always valued and thought of her sparkling sapphire eyes much prettier than Serenity's muddy hazel ones.
"Did you...did you change your eye color?" Calista asked in sheer shock.
"What the hell do they thing they're doing?" Kaiba angrily asked as he tried to make his way over to the two girls. He was not amused by this one of the Wheeler's antics.
"Wait," Mokuba said grabbing onto one of the sides of his brother's trench coat, "Remember what Isis told you before?"
Kaiba swiped his brother's hands off of his clothing, "I don't believe in that crap." he declared as he told his body to move, yet still he stayed firm in place, not moving although he desperately wanted to smack some sense into Serenity. He could've moved, but it's almost like he chose not to.
Now all Kaiba could do was listen to Calista and Serenity's conversation...
"Leave!" Serenity yelled as she pushed Calista out of the office doors and into her own office.
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Now Bolidaman was on the edge of Serenity's desk. She tried backing away from Serenity, but Serenity moved swiftly, as if she wasn't walking but floating.
Calista was now grasping the edge of Serenity's desk, and Serenity was now standing directly in front of the frightened girl, right in front of the desk.
"I-I'm w-warning you: Stay b-back." She frightfully whimpered as her hands searched in back for an object on Serenity's desk to use against Serenity. Unfortunately, Bolidaman's search ended quickly.
Calista felt something warm around her butt, warm...like coffee. She jumped around, now pointing her back to Serenity, she saw the spilled cup of coffee that was irresponsibly left too close to the edge of the desk.
Poor Calista, that was a new suit too....
Calista started ignoring Serenity for the while, and felt the rich brown liquid around the bottom part of her skirt.
Mokuba came out of the office, leaving his petrified brother, only to find Serenity standing quietly behind Bolidaman, as Calista started examining a brown stain on her skirt.
"Did Calista have an accident?" Mokuba teased in a baby voice.
"This was a GUCCI dress!" she screamed in pure horror. She felt Serenity's grasp once again around her arms.
She turned around only to find Serenity solemnly staring at her, "Please go," Serenity a little bit more than mouthed.
Calista this time started backing away from Serenity towards the main entrance.
"You must go, now!" Serenity yelled, aggressively pushing Bolidaman right at the main Blue Eyes White Dragon door.
"What the-" Mokuba started. Mokuba started cautiously approaching Serenity, but immediately backed away as soon as he saw Bolidaman coming closer and closer to Serenity, and she didn't look too happy....
"FREAK! DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH ME!" Bolidaman screamed, coming forward and pushing Serenity back even more forcefully onto the black couch, that all of a sudden didn't feel so comfortable when Serenity banged against it.
"Serenity!" Mokuba screamed, coming to the aid of the fallen girl.
Serenity was knocked unconscious as soon as her hit head one of the couch's hard arm rests. She fell and sprawled out with her hand on one of the couch's arm rests. Her legs were disheveled, and her face was tilted sideways.
Eyes, of course, locked tight....
Calista stared at Serenity for a second, then came up to the knocked-out girl. "I hate you, I really and truly hope you know that." she hissed. She was about to leave, but knowing Bolidaman, she came up even closer to Serenity.
"I bet the feeling's mutual." Mokuba. who was now at Serenity's side, muttered.
Now Serenity's unconscious face was inches away from Calista's descended expression of hatred. Calista viciously stabbed one of her heels onto Serenity's sleeping legs. Calista saw Serenity's legs jolt up a little, "Savage," Bolidaman muttered.
"Get away from her!" Mokuba hissed back as he tried to trip Calista with one of his sneakers, but to no success.
Calista stepped more towards the sketched doors. She stared at the magisterial Blue Eyes White Dragon for a moment. "Ugly monster, reminds me of the sleeping savage."
She turned herself around, not to be facing the doors of Kaiba's office. "SETO! THE AFFILIATION IS OFF! MY COMPANY HAS THE TECHNOLOGY YOU NEED, AND GUESS WHAT: I AM NOT WILLING TO SHARE IT WITH THIS COMPANY! SO GOOD-BYE, SETO KAIBA!" she declared with a glare at Serenity. "I hope you die," she cursed.
The Blue Eyes White Dragon doors magically parted, as if the Blue Dragon itself was shooing Calista away.
"Stupid company," Bolidaman mumbled as she left the collapsed Serenity, Mokuba, Kaiba, the affiliation and KaibaCorp forever.
And she walked through those sketched doors with not a mere trace of a second thought.
And that was the last that Bolidaman showed her face around there again....Well, at least for the time being.
As feeling returned to Kaiba....well... Let's just hope that since he didn't see the complete conversation that he also didn't hear the conversation as well. He hated his affiliation with Bolidaman Inc., but they did have the technology that he needed, and they were so close to creating this new technology....
And if Kaiba did hear correctly and Bolidaman Inc. really did end the affiliation...
Poor Serenity, she was in trouble...
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"Serenity," Mokuba called yet again to wake the sleeping girl, "Please wake-up," he hoped as he slightly pushed the girl to wake her up.
"Where's Bolidaman?" a cold voice asked from the back of the room. Mokuba, who was afraid to answer this question, tried to ignore it.
"Mokuba?" Kaiba asked.
Mokuba still pretended to be deaf and still continued to wake Serenity.
"What's wrong with her?" Kaiba asked, changing the subject of the conversation, to Mokuba's relief.
"Well, Bolidaman knocked her against the couch really forcefully, and I think Serenity hit her hard on the couch's armrest." Mokuba explained as he pushed Serenity again. "And Bolidaman also jabbed her shoe into Serenity's knee! You could sue for abuse because of that." He said, turning around to face his brother who was coming closer to the two bent on the floor.
"Where did Bolidaman go?" the older Kaiba asked, not caring about the fainted girl on the floor.
Mokuba gave his brother a vicious scowl, "Well, she went marching off, right after she ended the affiliation. I knew that she couldn't be trusted."
Kaiba looked in Serenity's direction, "She really and ended the deal?"
Now, Mokuba was confused on whom Kaiba was talking about when he said "she". "Either way," Mokuba started, "the deal is really and truly off." Mokuba started scanning Serenity up-and-down. "Why do you think she tried to get Bolidaman to leave?" he asked in what was almost a whisper.
"Because she knew that the villagers would abuse the blonde-haired girl because she was different. She was only trying to save Bolidaman." Kaiba answered in a monotone voice.
Mokuba gave a sharp look to his brother, "What did you just say?"
Kaiba started massaging his temples once again. "I said the effect of Isis's fairytales on me. Stupid mental-Anyway," he quickly explained with another look in Serenity's direction, "We need to get her onto the couch."
"You lift her, I'm too weak." Mokuba quickly supplied using any excuse to see his brother, if only for a split-second, hold Serenity.
"Get a guard to do it," the older Kaiba responded, "Mokuba, call Kluge and ask him to put Miss Wheeler onto the couch, and after that's done," he gave both Mokuba and the unconscious one on the floor a look, "I don't want any interruptions. I'll be in my office, and when she wakes up, tell her that."
"Meanie," Mokuba said to himself. "You know, Seto, you really shouldn't fire Serenity. In case that was what you were thinking. I think it's all Bolidaman's fault. You should real-"
"Mokuba, I don't want to hear it."
And Kaiba marched off into his office-he really and truly had a lot of thinking to do, and a very important call to make...
Mokuba was left staring in a puff of anger and a feeling of "How can you not care about her when she's on the floor and I want you two to get married, but you obviously don't give a damn for her?!" look on his face.
Mokuba lifted himself up while mumbling something about the meanness and uncaring nature his brother had towards people who are unconsciousness, specifically, his secretary, specifically, Serenity.
Mokuba left Serenity's side for a second, only to go to the intercom by the door of the office. As he ambled himself up to the little machine, he was thinking about something....
Something that happened earlier this morning...
Was it almost destiny that Serenity was absent the very morning that a certain Egyptian woman paid them a visit?
Nah.....
After Kaiba was safely in his office, Mokuba looked at the fallen girl, "I don't know who got rid of Bolidaman, but thank you."
Now to call Kluge.....
Mokuba watched angrily as the bodyguard called Kluge marched himself into Serenity's office.
Mokuba went to Serenity's side, and made it obvious what Kluge had to do by kneeling to Serenity's side, and looking up at Kluge with a "There's a fallen girl on the floor that I couldn't possibly lift! What do you think I called you here for?!" look on.
"What do you want?" the guard, forgetting who was the boss here, snapped at little Mokuba.
Mokuba raised an eyebrow angrily at the guard.
"I mean, what do you want, Mr. Mokuba?" the guard rephrased as he came closer to Mokuba and the fallen one.
Mokuba lifted himself up again, "Lift her onto the couch, and be gentle with her: I think she'll be very important in the near future *Mostly, to my brother*." He ordered as he thought the last part, all thw while pointing to Serenity.
"Whatever," the guard responded as he started to kneel and reach out his hands to pick up the knocked-out girl.
Mokuba never trusted Kluge, and the rough look and devilish smile on his face when he saw Serenity vulnerable on the floor made Mokuba's suspicion lessen no more.
"I said gentle, Kluge!" Mokuba reminded as he put his hand under Serenity's head to support her evenly, and he made sure that on the journey from on the floor to the soft black couch, not a single auburn hair on Serenity's head would be bent.
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AN: Owww, more hand cramps. Anyway, there's still more of the chapter to go.
Mokuba paced back and forth in front of the onyx couch. He had made himself the self-acclaimed bodyguard of the diligently placed sleeping beauty.
Serenity was laying on the couch, with not an ounce of feeling within her. Her hand swayed from the couch's side, and her legs were yet again sprawled.
It had been a good hour since Serenity had fainted, and Mokuba was just about ready to call a) the paramedics for Serenity b) Joey, he should really know if his sister had been knocked out and for so long too, and c) the best god-damn lawyers that money could buy to put a major lawsuit against Bolidaman.
It was rather odd, though, that Serenity still hadn't woken up. How long could one's mind actually be halted, especially after a strong but little encounter with the armrest of a sofa-it's not like Bolidaman put hypnotics inside of Serenity...
But then again, I never said that we were dealing with only one's mind, now did I?
//Ok, Serenity, it's time to go back now....//
Let's re-enter reality again, shall we?
Serenity started squirming her nose, and her legs started rising.
Mokuba's eyes immediately darted to the now waking girl.
Mokuba stopped his continuous pacing, and released a breath of relief.
Serenity's eyes fluttered excitedly, and finally opened to reveal her hazel windows. Her arms started swaying, and her fingers started twiddling themselves to get the blood running in them again.
"*Moan* Mokuba..." she called as she tried raising herself.
Mokuba immediately dashed over to Serenity.
"Serenity! Thank goodness you're okay. You scared me-"
"I'm 'okay'? Was I not 'okay' to begin with?"
"You don't remember...anything?" he asked with appalled eyes.
Serenity squinted her eyes in Mokuba's direction, "What happened to Bolidaman? I was supposed to take you to your playroom and get the files for Kaiba...." Serenity began, expecting Mokuba to finish.
"Uhh...Serenity," Mokuba began, not knowing how to explain this....
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Kaiba paced through his office, a habit that he had acquired from his brother.
Now, what was poor Kaiba to do? He had lost the deal of the century...but wait.... What about that other company that had rejected Kaiba a couple of years ago? Nah, not that company. Honestly, the owner of that company had rejected KaibaCorp's deal because of one thing: Family. An imbecilic reason, to Kaiba, but the owner of that company stressed good family and social skills.
But we know our Kaiba, and he is definitely not the most social fish in his pond. He's more like the opposite: He kind of intimidates people away.
But that's not the point. The point is, KaibaCorp could lose this new technology that it was creating...but Bolidaman Inc. wasn't the only company creating such a technology.
NO! NO! NO! We're getting off topic here. In order for Kaiba to strike a deal with this company, he'd have to have a family, and we all know that that's something that Kaiba does not do!
But still....maybe the owner of this mysterious company would accept KaibaCorp now. It was worth a try....
So now, Kaiba has a very important phone call to make....
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AN: There are 7028 words so far in this document...Owww!
"I'm sorry, Mokuba, I just can't believe it." Serenity declared as she denied Mokuba's synopsis of what had recently taken place.
"But it's true! You grabbed your head, started ordering Bolidaman to leave, and pushed her against that door!" Mokuba insisted, pointing to the sketched gateways. "And after you pushed her, she pushed you, you fainted, and Bolidaman screamed to my brother that she was canceling the affiliation."
"Mokuba, please," Serenity said, "I don't think I would've done something like that."
"You have the bruise to prove it," Mokuba pointed out, pointing a rude finger at the black-and-blue spot on Serenity's right leg.
"She did this?" Serenity, who had just noticed the bruise, asked in awe, squeezing the bruise to make sure that it was real. Yeah, it definitely felt real...
"With those murder weapons that she calls shoes," Mokuba explained. Mokuba gave a small smile in Serenity's direction, "Ding-Dong, the which is dead...."
Serenity gave Mokuba a disapproving look, "Bolidaman is stronger than that. She would never have ended that affiliation with 'Seto'. It makes no sense that she ended the affiliation. We haven't seen the last of Calista Bolidaman, I assure you of that."
Again, Mokuba smiled at Serenity, "Ding-Dong, the which is dead..."
"She'll be back," Serenity assured, "We will see her again."
"Ding-Dong, the which is dead..."
Serenity, at length, finally returned Mokuba's smile, "Which witch?"
"The wicked witch," Mokuba finished.
"Ding-Dong the which is dead.... Which witch? The wicked witch!" Mokuba and Serenity sang in perfect harmony. "Ding-Dong the which is dead.... Which witch? The wicked witch!"
"Hey," Serenity said just as the two were about to begin a new round of the famous Wizard of Oz verse, "am I fired?"
Mokuba bit his lip nervously, "Well, Seto didn't say you were fired. You should go ask him."
"But you said he didn't wanna be disturbed."
Mokuba shrugged his shoulders, "So? Ask him anyway...."
Serenity shook her head, "I'm too scared."
"Of what? Him? Don't be, he's just a little grumpy-"
"To put it lightly,"
"He's just a bit steamed cause Bolidaman ended her deal-by the way, I love you for doing that." Mokuba explained.
"That's just it, I am the sole reason that she ended the deal."
"And that is a bad thing because...."
"I don't know, Mokuba. I can be fired if I walk into his office right now, and nowadays, I really need that money."
Mokuba stood up, "Serenity, let's go," he said, grabbing her arms.
"Please, Mokuba, he'll tell me later if I'm fired or not, or better yet when I can clean out my desk."
Yet Mokuba, who hardly took no as an answer, tried to use Serenity's arms as guides, and he tried to lift her.
"Mokuba," Serenity started, "Please..." she said as she remained firm in her place on the couch.
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So, Kaiba made a phone call, and there's nothing wrong with that, right?
Actually, to tell you the truth, this phone call... Well, let's just say he told a little white lie.
Now, there is absolutely nothing wrong with telling white lies: They simply bend the truth a little. Often they are told simply to help someone or something.
So, there's nothing wrong with white lies, unless this little lie bends the truth a little too much so that it's gonna be hard to live up to what you just lied about. I'm talking about when...well, you'll see.
You see, Kaiba called up that mystery company, and the secretary immediately rejected a mere appointment with the CEO, until Kaiba said a magical phrase...
Ok, it's not so magical, but to one of his fangirls, it will be....
You see, the little white lie that Kaiba told was....
"Good afternoon, Mr. Kaiba," Serenity interrupted as she quietly closed the door behind her, "I know you didn't want to interrupted, but...ummm...is your coffee cold? Let me warm that for you." she avoiding saying her real reason for being here.
Kaiba turned his expensive leather 'I'm a really high and mighty CEO' chair around to face Serenity. Last time he saw her, she was laying unconsciously on a couch, and now here she was, talking and walking and ready to ask him a question. He noticed her false smile, and the hidden traces of anxiety in her voice.
"You look better," he said, eyeing her bruise.
Serenity laughed nervously, hopefully he wouldn't ask who caused the bruise, and why they caused it... Although he probably knew the answer to that question already.
Then a slimy little serpent of a thought slithered its way into Kaiba's mind.
Well, Serenity's a pretty girl, right Kaiba? She looks about the right age...and you mustn't forget her exceeding marks in English. Maybe, just maybe, she could do the job?
Kaiba, in response to Serenity's question, simply started doing to Serenity what every fangirl of Kaiba wished he would do to her (ok, maybe the next best thing): He started examining her.
Yes, that's right, his chillingly glacial eyes started tracing her up-and-down. He started taking into detail every small aspect of her body. All the while wondering if Serenity could be the right girl for the job. She looked about the right age. She was a little pretty, even though she was a Wheeler...
SEE? Didn't I JUST tell you that?
Serenity started hesitantly approaching Kaiba's desk, still awaiting his answer. 'Darn it, answer! Screw his eyes and their stupid stare!' she cursed as she kept her focus on anything but her boss's eyes.
"Mr. Kaiba," Serenity called, eyeing the coffee that had yet to be touched on the corner of his desk.
Kaiba remained silent for a moment, with his eyes piercing into her, which drove Serenity insane, but he finally replied. "Whatever,". A fixed stare still on her.
A little vague, but Serenity furtively approached his desk.
Hopefully, he wouldn't bring up anything about hiring a new secretary...
Go faster, Serenity, soon it will all be over with....
Serenity finally reached her boss's desk, and she picked up the cold cup of coffee.
Hopefully, he'd forget about Bolidaman Inc. and the affiliation.
Yeah, like that was gonna happen.
Serenity gave a nervous smile and started backing up, coffee cup trembling in her hands.
Keep on backing up, Serenity, just keep on backing up...
You have no idea what thought is roaring in his head.
She kept backing up, and backing up, all the while feeling those highlighted blue eyes watching her.
Why did those blue eyes have to be so vivid and so intimidating?
Finally, Serenity could feel the doorknob against her back.
Serenity felt a shiver run down her spine. Kaiba still stared at her intently. She gulped nervously, and left the room.
After she had fully shut the door and left, Kaiba turned his chair sideways and started massaging his temples.
Perhaps, just perhaps, he didn't need a fangirl to live up to his little white lie. Maybe all he needed was all the while right under his nose.
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Outside Kaiba's office, Mokuba scolded Serenity.
"You went in there to warm his coffee?!" he asked angrily.
"No...I umm...just chickened out. And were you listening to conversations again?" she asked, trying to reverse the blame onto Mokuba, who was pacing around the black couch.
Mokuba rolled his eyes.
"We'll deal with this later," he simply said as he slumped down onto the couch.
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Serenity entered her boss's office with pessimistic views that were way too depressed to even consider about thinking about considering becoming optimistic.
This time, she carried that beautiful silver tray with her, hoping that she had enough coffee for her boss live off of for about a year or two....
"Do you think that's enough coffee for him?" Mokuba's sarcastic tone echoed in Serenity's mind.
As soon as he heard the door to his office open, he looked up to his secretary.
She smiled nervously again, bringing the coffee cautiously to his desk that seemed to move farther and farther with everyone of her steps.
"Pour the coffee," he ordered as she was about to leave the tray of coffee on a nearby table.
She nodded in obedience. She brought up the silver teapot to his desk, along with a small and shiny silver cup.
She knew that he was yet again intently watching her, and he knew that she felt extremely uncomfortable (as would anyone) under his glare.
But she tried to play it cool, and he wanted to see how gentle she was when anxious.
As she poured the coffee, she tried so hard to make it look easy. She serenely poured the cup of flavored coffee, and he watched her all the while.
She seemed to be on top of things, for she spilled not s single drop of the coffee.
She stirred in the creme without making a single clanging noise of the spoon.
And he watched her as she finally pulled off a small, but real, smile.
So that's when he knew that she would be a perfect candidate for the job, and she really couldn't refuse his offer.
"Wheeler," he called, still staring at her keenly.
"Yes, Mr. Kaiba?" she replied as she looked up.
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CLIFFIE!
See if you guys can tell what Kaiba's white lie was, and what he wants to ask Serenity, It's really simple in my opinion.
But I didn't like that chapter too much.
That was a long chapter, and damn my hands hurt! I hope that chapter makes up for the cliffhanger of chapter seven, and the incredibly long time it took for me to update this thing. I hope you liked it.
But I have an important question to ask all of you: Should I continue writing this fic? I mean, do you readers actually like this story?
I hope you like this story...but please tell me the honest answer to my question!
R/R if you liked this chapter!
Tootles,
Celestial Night
