Chapter Twelve: Plans Of Destiny

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It was a subtle ring, but it was still loud enough to wake the slumbering Serenity Wheeler up.

"Groan," Serenity scowled as she looked below at the buzzing alarm clock. At first, she almost screamed when she saw the floor so below her, but when she remembered that she had unwillingly slept the night at Téa's house, her scowl deepened.

6:01 a.m.

Serenity fell back on her side when she glanced at the clock. She'd have to be in work soon to hand in those papers......

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"Good morning, Domino-" The TV was news reporter was cut short by the sound of Téa flipping the channel.

While flipping channels, Téa looked at the looked at the window that was behind the couch. judging by the early morning lights and the nervous expression upon Téa's face, it was time to wake up Serenity for the little talk that Téa had promised herself she would give.

Téa sighed as she returned to her channel flipping. She finally stopped at the Weather Channel which predicted bright blue skies for the day. As she stole a glance at the television clock, her sigh just got deeper and heavier.

Téa watched the television clock go from 5:59 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.

"Sigh Another hour....another day," Téa breathed as she focused herself on getting off of the couch she was so lazily slumped on.

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Joey Wheeler's stomps were heard coming frantically down the stairs. It very much resembled an earthquake cracking the earth's surface, but, alas, this was Joey at his medium anger level when he was piqued.

So when Joey the bull finally came down the steps that he was crushing with his infuriated force, he scanned the living room area around him. His eyes locked down on the little red sleeping bag that was huddled up into the shape of a body bag. The poor, little sleeping bag that was innocently sleeping on the living room floor.

"OK! WAKE UP!!!" Joey hollered to the Yugi that was sleeping on his living room floor. "I WANNA KNOW WHY YA TOOK MA SISTA TO TEA'S HOUSE, RIGHT NOW!" Joey kicked the defenseless little cocoon that was Yugi succumbed in his sleeping bag.

"Go away," The little cocoon mumbled as he scrunched himself up some more, "I'm trying to sleep here." The little sleeping bag tried to avoid Joey's question as he huddled his engulfed body together. Must Joey always ruin Yugi's pleasures with his ice cream? You see, at the moment, Yugi was dreaming about that luscious, creamy, chocolaty ice cream cone that Joey meanly threw away the previous day.

"NO! I WANT DETAILS, AN' I WAN' 'EM NOW!" And Joey fiercely kicked the little cocoon.

"Why are you so mean to me?" The innocent little cocoon mumbled more than asked. "I told you that I would tell you in the morning about Serenity, and then you made me sleep here because you thought I'd chicken out and never get the chance to tell you....And now you kick me during the night?" The little sleeping bag let out a small "Hmmph!" before it rolled up once more.

"OH?! YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ME ANGRY YET YUGI AN' YOU DON'T WANNA SO I RECOMMEND THAT YOU START TALKIN'!" And with that statement cleared, Joey took out one of those mega-powered, super bright, lord knows how much voltage flashlight.

And do you want to know what he did with that flashlight?

Guess.....

Poor Yugi......

Little Yugi squealed when he felt the flashlight's power burn through his eyelids into his poor, little, unsuspecting eyes.

"Quit it!" Yugi whined as he tried to cover his face with his sleeping bag. But that obviously didn't work since Joey kept poking the flashlight meanly into Yugi's sleeping bag so that Yugi could not avoid the light.

"He heh heh... I'll quit it when you tell me exactly why ya took ma sista to Téa's house," Joey explained as he dug his flashlight-holding hand into Yugi's unsafe haven of a sleeping bag.

"You know what, Joey..." Yugi murmured as his little voice breeched Joey's reign of continuous evil/sheer fun laughter.

"What?" Joey asked as he couldn't depict quite clearly what Yugi had just whispered amidst all his laughter.

"You think that you're not mean, but here you are taunting lil' ol' me with that stupid light of yours, and that's the anger.........That's the anger........ That's the anger that didn't leave me with the safe thought that Serenity would be fine with you....alone."

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.:..:.I won't tell you what I'm thinking
Cuz it's not the same thing you're thinking too
You could say I got a best friend
And she's always telling me what to do

She's out of sight, easy to find
She's in the front of my mind.:..:.

You probably have felt that boiling anger aroused by something so powerful or vicious or.....

Whatever....You've felt that anger right? That anger aroused by something unfair, at least in your eyes. You most likely have felt that surging indignation.....

And today, Serenity is taking out that raging, righteous anger on her teeth as she brushes them this morning...

Poor teeth...She was practically grinding them with her toothbrush that was already electrical, so Serenity actually enhanced its force when she scrubbed with all her might...

Oh.....There was much more than just scrubbing teeth going on in Téa's hallway bathroom this morning....

Serenity, smelling fresh with scents of wild berries from just taking her morning shower, glanced over at the extra clothes that Téa had given her.

Somehow, the thoughts of Téa kidnapping her made her trigger the thoughts that had consumed most of her night's sleep.

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"Honestly, I couldn't care less whether or not you got that file," That oh so familiar voice replied to Serenity's squeaks.

"But....Mr.---Mr. Kaiba, you said that file was very important." Serenity couldn't help but lower her neck and mumble more than speak as she answered him.

Seto Kaiba faced the window, so his back was away from Serenity. And that really scared Serenity half to death because she was literally talking to the back of a massive leather executive chair with a voice so eerie that it could freeze your blood in an instant.

"Wheeler, come closer, I have a more important vital topic to discuss with you," he ordered with his chair still shunning Serenity.

"Of--of course," she managed to speak as she let go of the door knob that she was clutching to and started to move a teeny-tiny bit closer to his desk.

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A transparent vision of a girl with flowing white hair and the most flamboyant blue eyes that any human can imagine appeared sitting on the bathroom sink, watching Serenity.

Serenity, what is bothering you? Cheer up, you're not one to frown: It doesn't look good on you.

Of course, to Serenity, this vision was never there. She neither heard nor saw it...

"Serenity, are you done in there? Breakfast is ready," Téa explained as she knocked on the bathroom door.

"No Téa! Gimmee ten more minutes!" Serenity answered back as she stared again at the clothes Téa had given her. "I need the time to think some things out," she whispered to herself as she blankly watched the extra clothes.

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Earlier that day.....

Seto Kaiba was having a rather restless night, but he managed to see himself through. (He really never got a full night's sleep, so there was no way that he was going to let a little talk with Isis get in his way:)

So when the alarm clock buzzed at 4:55 a.m., Kaiba was already awake because his internal clock never really let him full sleep past 4:50. So as he opened his chillingly icy blue eyes, he expected to find an empty pillow in front of his face because he usually slept in a way so that he always woke up to the sight of the bed's empty side. But today was different....

Today, he did not find that always-empty pillow empty. Today, the pillow had an inhabitant.

The first sight that Seto Kaiba saw as he opened those threatening orbs that he called eyes, was a massive, deep crimson-colored beetle. At least eight inches long, this thing had antennae that were like extra pincers that complemented the mini scissors on its mouth. It was completely colored in red, and the only part of its menacing body was the pair of eyes that were a rich black shade that went deep into a strange darkness.

Now, Kaiba wasn't scared. I mean, it was just a huge and evil-looking beetle, right? He truly wasn't scared, but he was definitely startled when he saw such a creature just laying happily on his pillow, almost staring at him.

Not caring about making any sudden movements to scare this little pincer, Kaiba raised himself, and, at the speed of light, picked up the pillow. To say he ran to the window would be the understatement of the century. But to say that he shot to the window and opened his balcony door comes somewhere close to how fast he actually ran.

"Get the hell off!" He ordered the little beetle as he vehemently shook the pillow until he clearly saw the tiny beetle fly off the pillow. Kaiba was an extremely hygienic person, and he would not stand for a dirty little microbe infect his spotless bed. That thing had probably a trillion waiting-to-contaminate germs just lingering all about it.

"That thing's not common in Japan. Probably came on the plane with Marik and Isis. Heh...Isis...." He laughed as he carried his pillow tediously to the hamper.

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Meanwhile.......

Téa had just entered her room when she realized something:

Serenity left her file on the bed unwatched.

Téa wasn't purposely looking for that file. All she was doing was staring at the bed that Serenity slept on to make sure the sheets and covers were still intact and didn't need setting, but....

It only took one simple glance to see the little golden file just calling out, "Téa! Come and read me! Read me! Read me! Read me!....."

Téa rolled her eyes as she took her stare off of the top bunk. She was a good friend to Serenity, and there was no chance in hell that she was going to betray that trust by looking at that file that Serenity had apparently forbid Téa to see.

So, Téa's not gonna look at that file, right? First of all, she's way too high-scrupled. Another thing, she only came into the room to get a hairbrush to set her hair for the morning.

"Now, to find that comb," Téa muttered to herself as she stared across the contents of her dresser top that varied from gel to silky shimmer pink lip gloss.

But still, Téa had that file stored in the back of her mind. Her curiosity wanted to look at it, but she was a good friend to Serenity, and she intended to keep that friendly trust intact.

"I'm not going to look at that file, and that's THAT!" Téa said to herself as she smiled because she had just spotted that hairbrush on the corner of her dresser top.

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"Hey," Serenity wondered out loud as she ran a comb through her sweet, berry-scented hair, "I left that file in my room, and what happens if--nah....." Serenity had a lot of trust within Téa, despite how much Téa and Yugi angered her when they kidnapped her and brought her here. "Téa wouldn't look at my file, especially after I yelled at her last night to leave me and the file alone."

So, Serenity happily started coming her hair again. She was as content as she could be with someone who has problems with organizing their mind(s) and was brought unwillingly to a "friend's" house. Until, of course, a little and sly thought slithered itself into the darkest corner of Serenity's mind.

"Oh my gosh!" Serenity wondered out loud again. Serenity had just realized that in any human's nature, when you explicitly forbid someone to do something, they do it anyway.

"No......Téa's not that kind of person. Téa's not that kind of person. Téa's not that kind of person....."

Sure, Serenity. Keep on telling that to yourself. Just keep combing your hair, and let your mind relax without a suspicion. I mean, Téa is one of your brother's best friends, right? Exactly! That's why I recommend you halt any progressing doubts in your mind(s) because Téa's not that kind of person.

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"What the hell does she think she's doing?!" Téa asked with bewildered eyes as she read through the file that Serenity was trying so badly to hide. Well, she really wasn't trying to hide it, but she obviously anted Téa nor anyone else near it, nevertheless read it.

But that's not the point. The point is that Miss Téa Gardner didn't do so well when she looked and/or picked up that file to begin with... (But, who really cares about the ethical point? What we all want to know is why and to what did Téa react so wildly to. Heh...Let's find out...)

"This could ruin a lot of things." Téa scowled as her eyes scanned thoroughly through the contents of the file. 'Well, it might not really ruin a lot of things. I mean, with what you found out last night, this could be the better thing to do......'

Téa felt confused for a moment. She shouldn't have read the file, first of all. But now that she did, it was like she had no other job but to presume the pros and cons about what Serenity would guarantee herself if she decided to go through with what this file said that she was going to go through.

Téa was just about to consider asking Serenity what was it doing and why this file was in her possession, but, then, she heard the little click of the bathroom door opening. Thank Ra for that stupid old creaky door that moaned whenever somebody opened it, for if it wasn't for that door, Téa would've been caught in an extremely ill-fated situation. Serenity was coming out of the bathroom, and either out of sheer luck she's go to the kitchen for some breakfast, or she'd curse Téa's day and find her standing with that forbidden file in her hands.

"Dammit," Téa hissed as she fleetingly pushed the file, to the best of her memory, to where she first saw it when she first entered the room.

"Thank Ra," Téa breathed as she put a relaxed hand over her chest and sighed a sigh or relief.

But you know very well that victory and/or relief lasts scarcely very long in this fic....

Téa was still relaxing her breathing rate when she heard her bedroom door open behind her.

"Hey Téa? ¾Téa, what are you doing?" Serenity asked in disbelief as she came inside only to find Téa mumbling "Thank you," and putting her hand over her chest while pacing her breathing.

"Serenity, I was simply looking for my hairbrush, and I thought I saw a mouse for a second, but it was a false alarm. And I get really scared of mice, so naturally I'd freak out and breath uncontrollably when I see or ever saw one," Téa quickly obliterated a sweatdrop and lied as she turned around to greet Serenity, who obviously didn't look too happy.

"Ok....Umm, Téa?" Someone was a little doubtful about Téa's behavior. (But she'd ignore it for now, anyway.)

"Yeah?"

"Can I have the matching sweater to this skirt?" Serenity asked as she frowned upon looking at her outfit. Téa personally thought that Serenity looked fine. She was wearing a cute, baby pink skirt with a white pantyhose and spotless Mary Jane shoes. Téa thought that the outfit flowed together perfectly, but obviously, Serenity found the blouse that she had borrowed a little too tight. (Téa did have a rather slim upper body compared to Serenity, so Serenity felt a bit self-conscious whenever she felt the low neck of the blouse and the extremely tight waist.)

"Why? I think you look fine."

"That's nice, but I'd really prefer the sweater to this skirt, please."

Téa rolled her eyes at Serenity's awkward-thinking mind. "Fine," she sighed as she shifted her body to head towards her closet.

"Thank you." Serenity immediately turned towards her bed when she saw Téa fully turn her back to head for the closet. She didn't wanna seem rude and show Téa that she mistrusted her, but she just had to make sure....

Serenity quickly wanted to make sure that her file was still perfectly unharmed, so she hastily turned her head to the bunk that she had slept on the previous night.....And...... Well, to put it lightly, her jaw practically fell to the floor.

"Hey, Téa?" Serenity asked with a voice that slightly quavered.

"Yeah?" Téa replied as she grabbed the hanger at the back of her closet that held the matching, baby pink sweater.

"Did you by any chance look at the file that I was filling out last night?"

Téa's eyes widened. "Why Serenity, what....what....makesyouthinkthat?" She asked all too quickly as her once stunning sapphire eyes became tiny little nervous dots. Not caring about the sweater, Téa almost instantly turned around to see Serenity glowering at the file on her bed that had the paper that was supposed to be inside of the file resting on the top and outside of the file cover. Obviously, Téa had forgotten one minor detail about looking at the file: When you look at the inside of a file that was clearly prohibited to you, always remember to put the inside of the file, as in the contents of the file, back into the file cover.

"It's just a hunch," Serenity snapped angrily as she stared daggers at the opened file, lying there so that the whole world could've read it.

And just when Téa thought that her breathing was as normal as it could get, she felt her heart beating impulsively, and she felt her mouth grow aridly dry.

And what Serenity and Téa didn't realize was that there was a devilishly red, BIG beetle watching them with its two deep, black eyes. It was huge, but since it was pasting itself to a cobweb-filled corner of her room, the low light barely gave it a chance to be seen. But when you looked carefully as a glimmer of sunshine hit its antennae-crowned head, it almost seemed as if the little creature was smirking.....

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Yes, that little beetle is important later in the story.

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Preview:

"You're questioning me? I really think you have no authority to do that when it's me that has the more important questions to ask....."

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