I hate school! It is so killing at this point, and it's only the end of the first semester! When I get out of school, I am so going to have enough time to write my stories! So, here's the third chapter of One Touch, One Kiss!
Chapter 3-A Simple Change of Interest
After the windy storm went past the blimp and disappeared, Serenity was brought to the ward since she went into contact with an object that caused her to be unconscious in the first place, with Seto Kaiba saving her from her death. He still ordered Yami and Bakura to finish their duel before they went to check on Serenity, but Yami argued that she was her friend's sister. Seto refused to end the duel, with Tèa starting one of her friendship rants, but his initial response to her rants was this:
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, AND VISIT YOUR FALLEN FRIEND, BITCH!!"
Tèa scrammed before Seto lost all sanity within him. Yami, clearly did not want to start on his rival's rage, resumed the duel while Joey and the rest were at Serenity's bed while she recovered from the collision of the storm. Maria, however, started another argument with Joey about not letting his own sister make decisions of her own and that he wouldn't thank the guy who saved her. Joey retaliated that she was just jealous because she was an only child, and the fact that she didn't find the person that saved Serenity. Maria, infuriated that he insulted her family, dragged him outside so that she would finally kicked his ass and teach him some respect! While the whole thing was going around, Yami finally won his duel, with him carrying Ryou to the medical center since he collapsed after the duel ended.
"What the hell is going on out here?" Yami asked, confused at the situation.
Maria was clearly holding Joey by the collar, with bruises already from the contact of her fists, and bite marks on her wrists courtesy of Joey. Tristan had a black eye from trying to break it up, along with Duke being unconscious on the ground. Tèa and Mai were behind the scene since they clearly didn't want to escalate the process, and poor little Mokuba was trying to cool everyone down before his now pissed off brother came.
"Nothing. Just teaching Blond Boy here a lesson in respect!" Maria said.
"Hey, you're the one who started the argument, bitch!" Joey shouted.
"Enough!" Yami said. "What about Serenity's condition?"
"Doctors are still working on her, Yugi. We don't know if she's okay or not." Tèa said.
"That storm was kind of random, anyway." Mai said. "Why would something like that show up in the middle of today? As I far as I know, the weather didn't say anything about a storm."
"I thought that he was summoning Silfer on the field." Mokuba said. "Guess not."
Inside the medical room, Serenity felt something different within her body, nor did she not know about who saved her from falling. It was all such a mystery to her, like the woman that came from the lightening storm, or that burning sensation in her heart. She suddenly woke up, jolting from the state she was in. Her head still hurt due to the impact of the debris that knocked her out cold, and her brother was nowhere to be seen around her, except for the constant yelling of him and Maria. It wasn't pain that woke her up, yet something strange was going to her vision. The doctors actually finished the x-ray scans of her body to find any broken bones, but didn't see anything wrong with her, other than the mark of where the debris hit.
Once she left the room, everyone stopped what they were doing.
"Seren!" Joey said. "Are you okay!? Is there any broken bones?!"
"No, I'm fine." Serenity said. "Although, my head hurts."
"Well, we're just glad you're alright." Mai said. "Yugi, take Ryou inside."
~Twenty minutes later, Intermission~
"Let's head to that no good Kaiba, so that we can land this blimp and get Ryou some help!" Joey said. "He clearly has the upper hand!"
"Don't get so hasty, Joey!" Yugi said. "For all we know, he could be anywhere."
Mai recently left the group, since this was none of her business to start with. Tèa volunteered to watch over Ryou in his room while the rest headed to find Seto. Maria, knowing that she'll start another fight with Joey, returned to his room for the rest of his storage food, leaving: Yugi, Joey, Serenity, Tristan and Duke to see him. Mokuba came from the corridors of the dueling arena above to see everyone outside his brother's room. Apparently, he was still pissed off from the friendship rant hat Tèa had to start.
"What are you guys doing?" Mokuba asked.
"Mokuba! Where is your brother?" Yugi asked
"He's in his room, preparing for the next duel." Mokuba said.
Joey instantly ran to the door and started to banged on the door rapidly, with Mokuba panicking not to do that or he'll disrupt Seto's concentration on the tournament. Joey ignored him and continued, until the door opened and reveal Seto standing close, causing Joey to stop what he was doing. This was clearly not the time for him to be bothered, since he was preparing for the tournament and still pissed off from earlier.
"What do you geeks want?" Seto said. "If you insist on disqualifying you from the tournament, allow me to do the honors. You're wasting your efforts and my time standing around here as it already is."
Joey was about to pummel Seto, until Tristan intervened to remind him of why they were here in the first place. Once Yugi explained the situation, Seto allowed them in, but refused to land the blimp in order for Ryou to receive medical attention. While the argument wasn't going anywhere, Serenity felt something different about her personality. She didn't feel like this since the storm, and when her eyes averted to Seto's, his cold personality somehow connected into hers, bringing shockwaves inside her brain and caused her to lose portions of the innocence she had. Knowing that she had to do something, she started to join in the argument by pleading Seto into landing, yet he looked at her and said nothing.
Suddenly, a sharp pain inflicted inside of her, and Serenity couldn't take it after he looked at her a second time. Once he called for a medical team, Serenity instantly collapsed while the Soul Crystal took part of copying almost everything that Seto had: from his skills to his personality. Joey was at her side, while Tristan and Duke were rushing to get some cold rags. Yugi was somewhat confused of Serenity's condition, as well as the storm that came earlier which delayed his duel. Two minutes later, Serenity woke up, but she felt dizzy to the fainting incident that occurred to her. Her head was spinning with confusion, and looked around to find that she was inside Mai's room.
"Hon, are you okay?" Mai asked. "Your brother was frantically calling for the doctors when you fainted in Kaiba's room. They were busy at the moment, so he and the others sent you to my room."
"I don't know, Mai." Serenity said. "These headaches are really getting out of hand."
"Just try to rest up, hon." Mai said.
However, when Serenity looked at Mai, the Soul Crystal reacted again, this time how Mai appeared. The reaction made her nauseous and Mai was getting confused at her actions, but didn't know that she was turning about three years younger. Serenity excused herself to the bathroom and ran like she never ran before. Once she was done, she looked at the mirror, wide eyed at the figure in the reflection. She looked like she grown two years older.
Her woman posture was enhanced: breasts were a little bigger, height was about near Yami's, hair was a little longer, and to top it all, weight was dropped about eleven to twelve pounds. When she checked the stalls, one of them held her own personal duel disk, and another possessed an outfit that surely brought out the potential of her new figure. She looked at the mirror again, with Seto's personality kicking in. The innocent face that which categorize her was now replaced with bitter, determination, and a habit to insult people. Once she fixed her hair to the desire length with accessories, putting on the outfit and acquired her duel disk with her customary deck, she looked at the mirror one more time and saw the transformation of a young, naïve girl; to a beautiful, young lady.
'I will prove my existence...today.' Serenity thought. 'But, why am I feeling this way? I want to know more about this.'
I'll end it there.
R&R, people!