Firefairy032003 Hey everyone sorry for the cliff hanger (please don't hurt me... gives everyone lots of candy) Anyway here's the next chapter i hope you all enjoy it...

Serenity closed her eyes waiting for death to take her, thinking that it had, once she was surrounded by darkness and she passed out unconsciously…

Seto saw her lifeless body sinking to the bottom of the lake. 'No I can't lose you, not now!' he thought angrily to himself as he used all his strength to dive in after her and drag her limp body to the surface.

'Serenity please be okay, I don't know what I'll do if I lose you.' he said pleadingly to the silent girl lying in front of him. He swept her wet hair away from her face and tried to get her to start breathing again.

'Damn it!' he screamed in frustration as he got in his limo and rushed towards the nearest hospital.

'Why did you let me treat you like shit, when you needed me the most?' he thought to himself sadly as he noticed something for the first time since he approached her at the lake.

He noticed that there were more bruises than before, new ones covering up the ones that were almost healed. 'This isn't something she could of done to herself.' he thought miserably.

He than looked down at her long smooth legs, which were covered in scratches and bruises. 'What hell has she been going through all this time?' he thought sadly as they were near the hospital.

An idea had occurred to him, so he looked down underneath her shirt and there were bruises all along her chest and stomach. Seto had an idea of what had happened. 'No wonder she wanted to end her life, and I was only pushing her that much closer.' he thought sadly as they had finally reached the hospital…

A few hours later… Serenity was still in I.C.U apparently Seto was right the doctors had explained to him that she was rapped and abused several times and they had asked if he had any part in it.

'Why would anyone want to hurt such a sweet and innocent creature like Serenity?' Seto thought, pissed off that they thought he was responsible for the condition that she was in.

He walked into the room that Serenity was in and sat down next to the bed beside her holding her hand and pushing away her long wet hair.

'I'm sorry that I pushed you away and that I was never there for you. I just wish that I could of helped you get through it somehow.' he explained softly as a tear had slid down his cheek.

He angrily wiped it away as he placed a soft kiss on her forehead. 'Please pull through this Serenity, and if you do I hope that you're willing to forgive me and let me in.' he whispered sadly leaving the room…

A few days later… Serenity was getting better and the doctors thought that she would make it. Seto was visiting her after a long day at his office going over some paper work for Kaiba Corp.

He was holding her right hand in his and was still blaming himself for what had happened. She lightly squeezed his hand as she weakly tried to open up her eyes.

'Seto… I'm sorry… don't blame yourself for this… it wasn't your fault… but if it makes you feel better… I forgive you…' she whispered weakly as the doctors had rushed in amazed that Serenity had woken up.

'Sir, we're going to need you to leave the room now.' one of the nurses snapped at him.

'No! I'm not leaving her, not now!' Seto snapped angrily making the nurse flinch.

'I understand that you're upset, but if you want us to help your friend, than you need to listen to us.' the doctor explained trying to push Seto out the room.

'I don't have to listen to anyone, I can shut this whole hospital down if I wanted to!' Seto screamed as he watched the doctor flinch as the room was silent again.

After that they didn't say anything to him as he watched them run some tests on his sleeping beauty. Seto was still upset as he walked out of the room to get some fresh air.

Though once he was out of Serenity's room, he knocked into a tall hooded man that was walking towards Serenity's room.

'You should watch where you're going.' growled Seto as the man only smirked at Seto's words, apparently not listening to him.

'Maybe you should take some of your own advice.' the man said smirking pissing Seto off as the guy was about to walk into Serenity's room.

'So how do you know Serenity? I'm Chris by the way.' he said quietly but Seto only gave him a dirty look.

'That's none of your damn business.' Seto said venom dripping in his voice.

Chris only laughed as he muttered something under his breath, thinking that Seto didn't hear him. 'I guess my friendly visits weren't enough for the little slut.' he whispered in disgust.

'What the fuck do you mean by that!' Seto screamed grabbing him by the throat and pinning him against the wall.

Chris didn't say anything, but spit in his face and started laughing. Seto started to strangle Chris until couldn't breath. Seto could hear someone coming out of the room so he loosened his grip on Chris's throat.

Seto punched him in his chest as he let him fall to a heap on the floor as the doctor had exited the room. 'Now answer me, or you won't get to see the light of day ever again.' Seto growled angrily.

'Aww, does it upset you that she slept with me and not you?' Chris said smiling.

'What are you talking about!' Seto asked starting to lose his patience with him.

'Nothing only that she told me that she'd rather be with me than you since you can't give her what she craves most.' he said smirking at the fact that this was pissing off Seto.

'That's not true, she told me that you forced yourself on her.' Seto said through his teeth.

'It's not rape if she's enjoying it.' Chris said smiling.

'I hope you rot in hell you sick bastard!' Seto growled as he lunged himself at him punching him in the head, knocking him out cold.

After this Seto was in his own little world, but was soon interrupted as he heard nurses and doctors rush into Serenity's room.

'What's going on?' Seto asked in confusion and concern as he was about to enter the room.

'I'm sorry Mr. Kaiba but Mrs. Wheeler's condition has gotten much worse.' he explained sadly as they left him in the room which her giving them some privacy.

'Serenity please pull through, I know earlier you said that you had nothing to live for, but you were wrong. If you survive this, I'll prove you wrong by protecting you and always being there for you to keep you safe.' Seto said as more angrily tears had fell down his face.

At first a loud long beep had interrupted the long silence that had fell in the room, followed by a few more beeps signaling that she was still alive…

A few hours later Seto had been awoken as he could feel Serenity squeezing his hand weakly. 'Seto… is… that… you?' she asked him weakly.

'Yes and I meant everything I said if you heard any of it.' he said smiling as he was filled with happiness.

'It doesn't matter, all that matters is that you're here for me.' Serenity said as she had fell back asleep as a smile had crossed her face.

'Rest my little angel, as long as you're okay that's all that matters.' Seto whispered into her ear…

The next day Serenity was able to leave the hospital and was hesitant to leave with Seto. Seto didn't say anything as he smirked up at her.

'I can't believe that after all what happened, you still don't trust me.' Seto said quietly.

'It's not that… it's just…' Serenity started to explain but was trailing off.

'What is it than?' Seto asked her in concern, placing his finger underneath her chin, causing her to look up into his intense icy blue eyes.

'It's nothing, never mind.' Serenity answered him quietly trying to look away from him.

'Is it about Chris? Yes I already know what he did to you, and don't worry about it I already took care of him.' Seto explained smiling up at her.

'How did you find out and what did you do to him?' she asked him smiling weakly.

'Don't worry about it, he got what he deserved.' Seto said smirking as he picked her up bridal style and carried her to the limo.

'Serenity, why didn't you tell me what he was doing to you?' Seto asked her with concern shinning in his eyes.

'I felt ashamed, plus at the time I didn't think that you cared about me.' Serenity admitted sadly.

'If I didn't care about you than why would I still be here?' Seto asked her, capturing her lips in a heated passionate kiss.

'Mm… because you felt sorry for me.' she suggested smiling and touching her lips from where he had just kissed her.

'If I felt sorry for you than I wouldn't of done this.' he said kissing her yet again, this time Serenity returned it feeling safe and content for the first time in her life since Joey's death.

Once they had reached the mansion Serenity had entered the guest room unpacking her things and went outside to walk around the garden as Seto had went to go check up on Mokuba.

Though Serenity was shocked to see Chris standing there smiling up at her as he looked up at the mansion with disgust.

'What the hell are you doing here?' she spat at him angrily.

'I came here to see you.' he explained as he grabbed her by the throat and had kissed her roughly. She tried to shove him away from her, but he only tightened his grip on her throat and had picked her up slinging her over his shoulders…

Seto had just told Mokuba about what had happened and that Serenity was going to be staying with them permanently as he had went outside to go see where Serenity had walked off to.

At first Seto wasn't worried thinking that she had walked through the garden that was behind the mansion, but after an hour or so of looking for her, he started to get worried…

End of chapter well this fic is almost over i hope you all enjoyed this chapter and that you were all happy that i didn't let Serenity die, please read and review and i'll try and update soon