Chapter 1-
"character speaking"
'character's thoughts'
A/N: Here's a new SxS fic I'm still not sure whether it'll be a vampire type fic or not let me know what you think. So enjoy and I hope you all like it
As I lonely walk through the empty streets of Domino, Japan, all I see is death and destruction circling all around me, almost as if it was suffocating me, poisoning my lungs with its toxic fumes. I try to run or scream out for help, but words fail me, for my voice goes hoarse with fear as an icy cold hand clamps across my mouth, trapping the scream in my lungs, making them ache in desperation.
As I frantically try to look into the eyes of my captive, all I see is a pair of icy blue piercing eyes. He seems to smile sadly at me as though he is being forced against his will to keep me here. As I try to reach for the black hood that hides his face from me, I'm abruptly ripped away from him, awakening in a cold sweat.
Serenity's eyes frantically searched her surroundings that were around her wondering if anything she had just seen was for real. The familiarity of her small bedroom seemed to calm her as she realized it was in fact only a dream.
"It felt so real, as though it really happened, though I wonder who that guy was, he seemed so familiar." she thought to herself as a loud annoying ringing sound was going off beside her snapping her out of her thoughts.
As she looked around for the source of the sound, which turned out to be the red alarm clock that was on her nightstand beside her bed. The small red digits on the small device read that it was almost seven o'clock giving her another hour before she would start her first day at school at Domino University.
She yawned as she pulled herself out of bed as she tried several times to wake herself up. After the third attempt, she seemed awake enough to head towards the bathroom that she shared with her older brother Joey.
"I guess he's not up yet, though why am I not surprised, I should be used to this by now?" she thought to herself amused as she turned the hot water on in the shower before stepping inside it, trying to wash away her sweat slicked body.
After a few minutes in the shower, Serenity started to feel a lot better as she draped a towel around her petite waist before going into her room to find something to wear. She decided on a pair of black denim jeans and a dark blue long sleeved shirt with long bell like sleeves. She brushed out her long red auburn hair over her right shoulder, before she grabbed her bag and headed into the kitchen to start making breakfast for her and Joey.
Once Serenity had set two plates of food out on the dinning room table, she could hear her brother finally starting to get up and slowly make his way towards the kitchen. "Mornin' sis." he muttered as he attacked the coffee machine pouring a cup of coffee before sitting beside her at the table.
"Good morning, I'm glad to see you're finally up." Serenity muttered in amusement as she took a small bite of her eggs otherwise quite as she stared out the window lost in thought.
"You're in a quiet mood this morning. Are ya nervous 'bout your first big day at college?" he asked her curiously noticing how quiet she was being.
"No, I'm actually looking forward to it, why should I be it's not as though I'll be the only one there" Serenity said offering him a weak smile before carrying their plates to the sink as she waited for him to get finish getting ready so he could give her a ride to school.
Serenity sat outside on the front porch still unable to forget the vivid dream. "Why does he seem so familiar, is he one of Joey's friends? I don't think so, none of his friends have a cold demeanor, except for Yami and that definitely wasn't him." Serenity thought to herself not hearing Joey close the door behind him.
"You ready to go sis?" he asked placing his hand on her shoulder snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Huh, oh yeah I'm surprised you're actually ready to go on time for once." Serenity muttered smiling as she followed Joey as they started to walk the few blocks that lead to the University.
"Why do I get the feeling dat she's tryin to hide somethin from me? Oh well I'm sure whatever it is Yug can get her to tell him what it is." Joey thought to himself as Serenity walked silently beside him.
"So do you wanna have lunch with me and the gang later?" Joey asked her curiously trying to break the awkward silence that had fallen over them.
"Sure why not." Serenity muttered not even looking up at in his direction.
"Why so quiet sis, I thought ya were excited 'bout your first day at school?" Joey asked her curiously not being able to stand the eerie silence any longer, even though they were only a few blocks away from the school.
"I am I guess I'm just nervous is all." Serenity blurted out as she continued to stare at the ground in front of her.
"I don't see why, the gang will be there so it's not like ya won't know anyone there." Joey explained trying to reassure his sister as they had finally reached the school.
"I know, but other than Yugi and Mai the rest are your friends." Serenity pointed out angrily as she had walked off in her own separate direction.
"Hey man, where's your sister at, I was hoping on seeing her today?" Tristan asked as they had found the gang sitting near an empty flight of stairs.
"I guess she felt like being by herself, though she did agree to meet up with us at lunch." Joey explained making Tristan happy as he sat on the steps beside Duke.
"Where's Yug?" Joey asked the gang disappointed to see that his other friend wasn't there.
"He went to the library something about wanting to be left alone to look up some stuff for one of his classes." Tea explained as she had continued whatever conversation she was having with Tristan.
Yugi had wondered off to the library to be left alone. Though he had told the gang he was going there to look something up for one of his classes, it was a mere lie. He was actually planning on meeting up with Serenity there.
"Hey Yugi." Serenity said cheerfully glad to see him as she sat down at the table next to him.
"Hey Serenity, are you excited about your first day at college?" he asked her curiously.
"Yeah sort of… I just didn't get that much sleep last night is all." Serenity said softly massaging her temples trying to ease away the headache that she had gotten while on her way towards the library.
"Here let me help you." Yugi offered as he sat both their bags on the ground as he stepped inches in front of her.
"Yugi what are you doing-" Serenity tried to ask but was cut off as she closed her eyes feeling some sort of relief as Yugi had placed his hands over hers, helping her massage the headache away.
Serenity blushed deeply as she realized how close they were standing to one another. "Thanks Yugi." Serenity muttered as she took a step back away from him picking her bag up off the ground in the process.
"No problem I'm glad I could help… well I guess I'll see you later." Yugi muttered lamely as he bolted out of the room, a slight blush had crept on his face as well.
Serenity just laughed at this as she watched Yugi bolt out of the room and disappear down the hallway. "That was so awkward, though it could have been worse." she thought to herself quietly as she had started to make her way down the hallway as well towards her first class of the day.
Not even realizing what was going on, she had slammed into a tall dark figure, sending her bag to the ground as she had fallen as well. She felt a familiar pair of icy blue eyes piercing menacingly down at her.
"Next time watch where you're going, or else I won't be so forgiving." the tall CEO snapped as he glared down at the girl that had slammed into him.
"I-I'm so sorry… I-I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. Are you alright?" Serenity managed to get out softly as she had stood to her feet still not able to look up at him.
"Obviously or else you would of thought twice about bumping into me." he growled at her in anger as he arrogantly walked past her as she had heard her brother approaching him.
Ignoring what was going on around her Serenity had bent her head low as she quickly made the rest of the way to her class, ignoring the dozens of eyes that were staring at her as she walked past him.
"Move out of my way mutt, I'm not in the mood to play with you right now. Why don't you try asking Yugi to play with you, you're master is busy." Seto said coldly as he noticed Joey walk up to him.
"Shut up moneybags and for your information I'm not a dog. You are for knockin' into my lil sista like that." Joey snapped shaking his fist in his face.
"So that explains it figured someone that annoying and naïve could be related to you." Seto shot back at him as he stepped around Joey as he disappeared down the hallway in the same direction Serenity had went in.
"Hey! Come back here, I'm not through with ya yet!" Joey screamed after him as Tristan had hot him in the shoulder playfully gaining his attention.
"Come on man give it a rest already, when will ever learn you can't beat that jerk and probably never will." Tristan said smirking at this as Joey sighed in defeat.
"Yeah I guess so, though I still think he deserved it; so did ya see my sista yet?" Joey asked Tristan since he knew that he liked Serenity.
"No I guess she already went to her first class, oh well I'll see her I think she might be in my next class." Tristan said smirking at this as they had headed towards their first class as well…
Seto smirked to himself amused by the mutt's pathetic attempt in trying to put him in his place. "It's as though the mutt actually thought he had a chance against me." Seto thought to himself as he took his usual seat in the back of the class already bored.
Serenity was already seated in class as she stared down at the desk still upset by what had happened in the hallway. "I think Joey knows who he is, I should try asking him about it later." she thought to herself as she looked up at the seat in front of her barely paying any attention to what the teacher was saying.
She was still tired and still couldn't get over how close she and Yugi were to one another earlier. "Our faces were almost touching… though I don't even like Yugi in that kind of way?" Serenity thought to herself as she flipped open her sketchbook and had started to draw a picture from the night's previous dream.
She hadn't even heard the bell ring; the only thing that had snapped her out of her thoughts was feeling someone's hand touch her shoulder forcing her to look up from what she was drawing.
"Hey girlie, how's your first day at college?" Mai asked as she watched Serenity throw her stuff back in her bag and stand up following Mai out of the classroom.
Mai could tell that there was something troubling the younger girl. "What's wrong sugar, you feeling alright?" Mai asked her in concern since Serenity had went quiet at this.
"Yeah I', alright just tired I guess, everything seems to be going fine for right now." Serenity said quietly offering Mai a fake smile.
"Don't even try lying to me sweetheart, unlike your brother I can see right through that charade of yours, so you might as well tell me what's going on." Mai said as she took Serenity's arm leading her to a small deserted table to sit at.
"Well… let me ask you a question first, how did you know whether or not you like someone more than just a friend?" Serenity said quietly. Mai just stared at her giving her a puzzled look wondering what brought this question on, but decided to answer it anyway.
"Why do you ask sugar, is there someone you think you might like? The best advice I can offer you hon, is just continue to stay friends, trust me the guy will give you a sign if he's interested. No use in making the situation awkward for the both of you." Mai said smirking at this.
"And if they do… than what?" Serenity pushed as she stared down at the table blushing deeply.
"What do you mean sugar, it would be easier for me to help you if you told me what's bothering you because so far you're not making much sense. Don't worry you should know by now that whatever you tell me will stay between us girls." Mai said wondering if Serenity was going to tell her or not.
"I know that's not what I'm worried about… it's just last night I had some sort of nightmare… and than this morning when I ran into Yugi we started talking and we almost kissed." Serenity confessed as she stared down at the table blushing brightly at this.
"So than what do you need my help for sugar, it seems like you have it all figured out?" Mai asked her smiling at this before she stood up about to leave.
"What do you mean, I don't even know if I like Yugi in that type of way." Serenity said quietly as she stayed where she was not getting up.
"Well than just stay friends for now sugar and it'll come clear to you how you feel about him soon enough." Mai said smiling at this.
"Okay but what if I find out I like someone else?" Serenity asked thinking back to the strange nightmare she had had the night before.
"Just tell Yugi that you want to be just friends, I'm sure he'll understand just be honest with him sugar and nobody will get hurt." Mai said smiling at this before she headed towards her next class.
Serenity thought over what Mai had said. "If I tell him the truth no one will have to get hurt. Though I know it'll still upset him if he tries asking me out and I reject him." Serenity thought to herself as she had finally stood up to head towards her next class, only to slam into someone…
Seto had just come from yet another boring class that he felt he didn't need. He was about to head outside to the limo awaiting him to take him to Kaiba Corp, when he noticed the girl from earlier slam into yet again.
Seto towered over her glaring down at her in anger. "I thought I told you to watch where you're going, though I see that it's too difficult for you to comprehend, do you need me to put it in into simpler words, or will that still be too difficult for you?" Seto spat at her angrily.
Serenity sighed to herself in annoyance as she realized who she had bumped into. "I didn't do this intentionally, trust me if I can avoid running into I will. Now I can see why people think so coldly of you, you're being cruel to me as though I hurt you in some way, yet all I did was accidentally bump into you, it's not that big a deal." Serenity snapped back at him dusting herself off as she tried to turn her back to him and walk away.
Seto grabbed her wrist tightly forcing her to turn back to him as he locked eyes with her. "Let this be a lesson to you to not let this happen again." Seto said coldly before he shoved her away from him, watching her eyes widen in surprise as she fell to the ground once more.
Seto was about to walk away when he noticed that she had stood up and grabbed on to his arm, stopping him from walking away from her. He was about to say something to this, but she had cut him off. "Fine but how do you expect me to learn my lesson if I don't even know your name?" Serenity asked him softly locking eyes with him.
"Is that some kind of joke, how can she not know who I am?" Seto thought to himself puzzled as he searched her eyes to see if this was some kind of trick.
He rudely brushed her hand off of him before turning around not even stopping to look back at her, as though he was disgusted by the mere sight of her. "Seto Kaiba CEO of Kaiba Corps, now if you don't excuse I have more important things to attend to." he spat before quickly walking away from her.
Serenity's eyes widened at this as realization hit her. "So that's the guy my brother hates so much, I can see why, but I'm sure there's a reason behind that cold demeanor of his and I'm determined to find out one way or another." Serenity thought to herself as she headed outside watching Seto step into the black stretch limo that was awaiting him.
"Hey Serenity, I hope your day is going better than it was this morning." Yugi said softly as he walked up to her.
"Oh hey Yugi, yeah I guess so, can I ask you something?" Serenity said quietly being snapped out of her thoughts.
"Yeah what's up?" Yugi asked her curiously noticing that something was plaguing her thoughts.
"What do you know about Seto Kaiba?" Serenity asked as she stared down at the ground.
Yugi looked at Serenity wondering where this was coming from but decided to answer her anyway. "Kaiba is the one that held both the duels me and your brother were in and is the owner of Kaiba Corp, they design the duel disks that we use when we duel. Why do you ask, did you run into him?" Yugi asked her curiously.
Serenity nodded her head. "Yeah sorta, I noticed him earlier and he seemed kind of familiar is all." Serenity muttered quickly as she continued to stare down at the ground.
"Well I won't worry too much about it, though we'll just keep it between us, we both know how Joey reacts with just the mere mention of him." Yugi explained softly as he rested his finger on her chin, lifting her face up towards him gently.
"Thanks Yugi, I don't want Joey to get upset over nothing." Serenity said brushing a strand of her long auburn hair out of her face failing to notice the blush that was forming on her face.
"Serenity about this morning… I don't want to do anything that will make you seem uncomfortable." he finished quickly though Serenity could tell that he wanted to say something else.
"What would make you think that, you were just trying to make me feel better?" Serenity said smiling at this.
"I know, but the way you ran off… it made me feel as though I had done something to upset you." Yugi explained sadly.
"It wasn't anything you said or did Yugi it was me and I'm sorry if I made you think otherwise." Serenity started to explain, she was about to say more when Joey and Tristan had approached them.
"Hey guys, Tristan you remember my little sista Serenity." Joey said smirking at this not noticing that Serenity had sighed at this as she offered Tristan a fake smile, he seemed to buy it as he smiled back at her happily.
"Why is that whenever I'm around Joey he always tries to hook me up with Tristan, it's sad that he hasn't picked up on the hint by now that I only like Tristan as a friend." Serenity thought to herself bitterly.
"Yeah hey Serenity how are you, I haven't seen you in awhile." Tristan said nervously as Serenity offered him a fake smile just nodding in his direction.
However, he still smiled acting as though he had accomplished some sad and pathetic fantasy. Serenity sighed at this as she noticed them talking amongst themselves barely realizing she was even there. Serenity just kept her head down as she started to walk away, hoping that they wouldn't notice that she had left, especially Tristan.
Sadly she was mistaken the moment she had tried to head back the way she had came, she could feel Tristan's eyes on her watching her every move. She looked up in his direction, staring up at him as though she felt sorry for him.
"Sooner or later he's going to have to get rid of whatever sick fantasy he has of the two of us and learn to move on." Serenity thought to herself in annoyance as he started to walk alongside her.
"Where are you headed off to?" Tristan asked her innocently noticing that she had started to head away from the group. He had noticed the sad look she had thrown him, but he had dismissed it as nothing.
Serenity stopped and turned around to face him. "Away from you see Tristan women find it offense when you start stalking them." she thought to herself amused as she tried to think of a gentler way to put it. "Probably to the park to think of what to do for a project I have to do in art class and than head home. So I guess I'll see you later, tell Joey if he needs anything to just call me." Serenity said quickly as she continued to walk away.
Once Serenity had left Duke had snuck up behind Tristan snickering at what he had seen unfold before him. "Good job man and to think I didn't picture Serenity as the type that got scared off easily. Than again I shouldn't be surprised you did come on a little strong, I'm surprised she doesn't think that you're trying to be some type of stalker." Duke said smirking at this.
Joey and the rest of the gang had joined them wondering what they were fighting over. "What's wrong guys, are ya fightin over my sista again?" Joey asked them curiously, as they both nodded yes to this.
Yugi just laughed at this not surprised they always seemed to be trying to win her affection, yet only Yugi could tell that Serenity only liked them as friends and nothing more than that…
Serenity sighed to herself as she had headed towards the park trying to clear her head. "At least I was able to avoid being alone with Tristan for now. If it's not him, it's Duke, damn it why can't they see I don't like either one of them the same way they like me? Still it seemed as though Yugi was trying to tell me something, though if I'm right on what it was I'm glad that he was interrupted because I still don't know what to say to that." she thought to herself as she stared up at the sky.
She smiled sadly to herself before she pulled out her sketchbook starting to sketch the peaceful scenery that was in front of her. "What ever made me think that this would make my life easier? I mean what did I really think that living with Joey and going to the same school as him and his friends would make all my fears and insecurities go away?" she asked herself bitterly as she turned to another page in her sketchbook.
It was the finished draft of what she had rashly sketched that morning of what she could recall from the strange dream. "It seemed as though it was real and those eyes piercing back at me, they were just as cold and intense as Seto's." Serenity thought to herself touching the picture as though trying to remember more.
"Than again just because the guy from my dream and Seto have the same blue eyes and silhouettes, doesn't mean anything it's just a coincidence. Besides Seto doesn't seem to care for anyone other than himself and the person in my dream seemed as though he was fighting to change who he was." she thought to herself starting to remember more…
Seto pulled out his laptop flipping it open as soon as he had stepped inside the black limo that was awaiting him. The driver started to pull away from the school as the familiar silence fell between them. "Why is it that everyday that my time is wasted in that dump I run into one of the pathetic members of the geek squad?" he thought to himself in annoyance as he thought more on the girl that had ran into him before he had left.
"Yet for some reason she seemed familiar, but why I've never run into her before." he looked out the window lost in thought before an idea occurred to him. He looked back down at the laptop that was still residing in his lap as his fingers flew quickly across the keyboard.
His eyes stared at the screen in surprise not wanting to believe what he had found out. He had pulled up all of those that were witnesses or participants in the battle city torment. "Damn it that's why that girl seemed so familiar, she's the mutt's sister, but how she seemed nothing like the mutt." Seto thought to himself as the limo had stopped finally reaching Kaiba Corp…
End of chapter one hehe I hope you all enjoyed it, so now what will Seto do when he realizes that the flamboyant girl he had ran into is related to Joey Wheeler, the one person he despises the most.