Hello back again with the seventh chapter. People reading this makes me so happy! It's pretty popular. Thank you so much everyone for your support~
(Also so you all know, it's pretty obvious but I'll say it anyway, even in the Nobody's POV Serenity will be referred to as a girl. Why? Well the author can't get confused now can she? Also her real name will be used, it's just everyone else that will refer to her as a guy and use the name Ren Sekai) Also for one the people reading this who requested that I use people's first names in all POVs I'll put their names in parenthesis so that you know who it is.
I loved some of the comments from the last chapter, I felt wanted. Keep notice to whatever romance comes because I try my best to get it to be comic since I never was interested myself in a full out gushy section . no offense. Also notice some of the darker tones in this chapter at some points; it's skipped about three weeks.
OCs: Still want/need them.
~Hoping Everyone Was & Is In Character. If Their Not Then I'm Truly Sorry~
~With Wuv Ru-Ru chan~
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh GX or any of its characters or some of the cards. Also I DON'T own Raina Kimamoto and Carson Konna, KawaiiAnimeLuverGirl (RK) and ThreesandFives (CK) do! I only own my OCs, most of the dialogue and some made-up cards XD.
Ru-Ru: Hey everyone it's good to be back!
Serenity: *smiles* It's been a while, three weeks.
Ru-Ru: Yep *laughs* Three long weeks in story time that is.
Serenity: Exactly, we actually updated so much faster this time. Give some special thanks to the person who's letting us use their internet.
Ru-Ru: *grabs cake* Anyway I've been having the strangest desire to eat sweets because of one of my new fav animes. Death Note! I wuv L!
Zane: … This has nothing to do with dueling.
Ru-Ru: I know, but most of this has nothing to do with dueling either. Anyway how 'bout a disclaimer Sempai?
Zane: Zeairu doesn't own anything but her own OCs, two other OCs that appears belongs to other people too.
Ru-Ru: That was… short…
Serenity: … Yes it was…
Ru-Ru: Umm… ok so… uh… Well please enjoy the seventh chapter… *goes to get more cake*
Chapter 7 – My Rival & My Crisis
Nobody's POV
"Hey Seto. It's been almost a month now hasn't it?" a rich coffee brown hair girl with amethyst eyes asked a tall, lean chocolate brown haired male with ice blue eyes known as Seto Kaiba. "Yes it has been nearly a month since she went there. Why?" he answered, gazing at his computer screen as he typed away. "Just wondering is all." She commented, taking a seat on the side of his desk. Kaiba sighed and stared at her from his seat. "Do you mind?" "Yes I mind." She answered. "Something's on your mind. So spit it out already." He gruffly said. "Do you really think… it was the right thing to do? Making her cross-dress and all. It's just wrong isn't it Seto?" she pondered endlessly. "You've become softer since you became a mother. But somethings just have to happen." Kaiba sighed as he stood from his desk. "Really, is it that or because of who she's related to?" the girl interrogated. Kaiba turned to look at her again, amethyst on ice, her eyes burned with determination and sympathy while his were stone, although softening because of her, his brother and another little girl you still couldn't penetrate his mind through them easily. "Seto you really need to loosen up, she's just a young girl. If you crush her now they'll be nothing left to repair. That's all I'm trying to say." The girl continued, jumping off the desk and walking in front of him. "You care about her." He questioned. "No not really." She muttered. He looked at her before grasping her wrists and pulling her close. "Really?" "… Well she reminds me of someone I know…" the girl said, pulling her wrists out of his hands and hugging his torso. "You mean her?" he asked again.
"Yes I mean her Seto." The girl nodded. Kaiba sighed heavily and gazed down at her, then to her stomach and placed his hand there with slight affection. 'My wife's a pain in the neck… that's for sure.' He thought as he kissed the top of her head.
…Somewhere Else Really Far Away…
Destiny: 3900
Duelist: 500
(A/N: Duelist is so unimportant that he doesn't have a name!)
"This isn't even fair, I can't even get a card on the field!" the duelist screamed at the blond. "You wanted to duel and see my deck, you came to find me. It's your own problem… plus the cards aren't illegal and I'm not using the anti rule. They're just rare cards." Destiny stated emotionless. "Now it's my turn. Time Angel: Chronos' Apprentice attack with Time Spin Burn!" A silver haired female monster in a white robe flew high in the sky and swings her large staff, a ball of bright light flashes and hits the defenseless duelist causing him to fall to his knees.
Destiny: 3900
Duelist: 0
"Game over, you lose." Destiny said before taking her deck out and placing it in her duel belt. "Come see me when you're feeling better if you want another shot." She walked away into the forest towards the Ra Yellow dorm leaving the Obelisk Blue in his place, another Obelisk steps behind the defeated student, a serious look on his face. 'So that's Timezone's deck.' He thought, glancing down at the student in front of him with his dark blue eyes. "Truesdale-san she was tough, I could just barely dent her life points. That deck of hers is chock full of rare cards, I've never even seen most of them before!" the duelist complains, slamming his fist on the dirt. "I have to beat her! I won't rest until I do." "Maybe you should first figure out why you lost in the first place before thinking of revenge." Zane stated as he turns and heads back to the Obelisk dorm. 'She's been watching him for a while now… and now she finally dueled him… interesting… another person to duel…' he thought, taking a last glance in the direction she left in not too long ago.
…Somewhere Else Millions of Miles Away…
Jaden: 1500
Syrus: 0
"I just knew you'd win again… come on let's go to bed." Syrus said. Serenity laughed and commented. "Why, it's still so early Sy!" "It's ten o'clock! That's not early Ren!" Syrus complains. "There's still time for another duel!" Serenity said a mischievous smile on her face. "Hey Ren why don't you duel Jaden? That'd be totally lishus, y'know." Chumley said from his bunk. "Yeah Ren, come let's duel." Jaden cheered. "Sure." Serenity said, standing. "Get your game on Ren!" Jaden said his catch phrase. "Right back at you Jay." Serenity said her smile still present on her lips. At that moment Jaden stops and stares at her before shaking his head, another comparison between Ren and Serenity. That trademark smile and determined eyes, it just gets you thinking of the possibilities that he's too dense to see. "Duel!" they both said right as the door flew open and there stood the Slifer Red headmaster, Professor Banner. "Children you can duel tomorrow it's late and there's school tomorrow morning. Lights out!" he said, rubbing one eyes. "Yes sir." The four said. "Gomen Sensei." Serenity apologized with a bow. "Yes, yes." Lyman nodded before shutting the door and returning to his own room. "I told you guys that we should've gone to bed." Syrus complained again. "Awww Sy you worry too much. What's the point of living with worries and regrets? That equals no fun." Serenity said with a wink. "Yeah but life isn't all fun and games either." Syrus mumbled.
"Anyway let's get some sleep there is school tomorrow… hey tomorrow's Saturday! That means Sunday there's no school! Yes! A break!" Serenity cheered. She'd been attending the academy for three weeks now, so the commotion of her victory against Crowler had become an almost distant memory to most. And because of Jaden's dueling habits she's often dueling someone, her e-mails back and forth with him and her aunt also continued. But even though she was smiling doesn't mean she wasn't hurting… she got some news from her aunt about her father's condition almost two days before…
Serenity's POV
I still remembered Aunt Sakura's message from two days ago…:
From: Sakura Valara
To: Serenity Valara
I'm glad everything is going well for you Serri-chan, but there's something you need to know. The doctors from the rehab he's at sent me a letter yesterday evening and there's something you should know. They said his mind state is getting worse; the possibility of him remembering you or anyone else in the family is slim to none. And also I don't want to ruin your fun but just be aware of this, if there's anything you want me to tell him I'll tell him when I go over there. Good luck Serri-chan.
Aunt Sakura
It hurt thinking about so much, but for Otou-san I had to smile, for everyone I had to. But maybe being here wasn't where I should be…
"OW!" a girlish voice yelled as I shot up out of bed just in time to see Syrus flying into the wall on the opposite side of the room. I widened my eyes and look in the direction he had flew from to see a sleeping Jaden, and then back at Syrus. "You okay Sy?" I asked the poor adolescent. He nodded and said. "Yeah…" I glanced back at Jaden then up at Chumley, who for some reason wasn't there, then over at the clock that said 7:30. "OH MY RA! SYRUS WHEN WERE YOU GONNA WAKE ME UP?" I shouted at the blue haired boy as I jumped up out of bed, got my clothes out of my bag and ran to the door. "Right after I woke up Jaden." He defended as he watched me scurry to get my shoes on. "Where are you going Ren?" "Well I have just enough time to take a shower or to eat. Either one I choose I need to get my shoes on." I said, finishing with my shoes. "But you're still in your PJs." Syrus pointed out. 'Well I can't change in here in front of you now can I?' I thought with a sigh. "I know that Sy, but I don't really care… hey get me some breakfast I'm gonna take a shower.'" I said, racing out in my PJs, clothes in arm.
Syrus's POV
"Well he sure is weird." I said after Ren had left before continuing to try and wake Jaden. "Come on Jay wake up." Smack! Another hit, but instead of hitting the wall I fell to the floor on the side of Ren's bed and my face hit something hard. I sat up and gazed down at the laptop that I had almost broke, if anything happened to the screen Ren would surely have a conniption fit about it and it would be my fault! So I'll turn it on to see if the screen's alright, pressing the button I waited for it to show signs of turning on, it showed the company name and slowly turned on. The screen wasn't damaged in the least, soon it started to go to the sign-in screen, but the name on the screen wasn't 'Ren Sekai', it was a girl's name. But before I could actually read it a male's voice screamed from behind me. "WHAT'RE YOU DOING WITH MY COMPUTER SYRUS?" Ren shouted from the doorway. I spun around to see his enraged face, personal space seemed to be a big thing to him I guess. "I-I'm sorry Ren! I-I fell and I was checking if the screen was alright!" I stuttered as he stomped over to me and grabbed the computer from the floor, holding it closely to his chest. "Don't touch my things." He growled, I noticed water dripping from him and then looked at the clock. '7:45… short shower.' I thought as I stared at the defensive male. "What's going on here?" Jaden yawned, sitting up from bed and stretching. "Nothing Jaden, just get up. It's seven forty-five. Hurry or we'll be late." Ren said reopening the laptop and turning it off before going around me and placing it back in the duffle bag next to his bed.
"Sy, make sure the window is closed up tight." Ren said from the outside. "Okay." I replied as I secure the window, shut and lock the door behind me and follow, well race, after Jaden and Ren who already started running off towards the dirt road which led to the school building.
Serenity's POV
Mental Note Number 6: Don't leave personal belongings laying around
'That was so close this morning… did he read the name? I have to change that just in case, I have to be more careful I guess.' I thought, clutching my stomach during the last few minutes of our last block. 'My stomach hurts so much… I hate this time of month…' "Okay class that's it." Professor Banner said, ending the class early like he usually does. Jaden turned in his seat to look at me before saying. "You alright Ren?" "I'm fine… just tired." I said. "But you're holding your stomach." He continued. "It's nothing; I've done this for the longest." I lied; he just nodded and turned to Syrus who was on his other side. I cringed again at another cramp, and that's when it hit me… I want some chocolate… now! Just then the bell rang and everyone stood up and pushed to get to the door. When I finally stood I looked around the room until I spotted some familiar faces coming our way… Rhodes-san and Kimamoto-san (Alexis and Raina). "Hey guys what's up?" Rhodes-san said as they stood at the end of our row. "Nothing really." Jaden responded. "Are you guys doing anything after school?" Kimamoto-san said. "Hey Sekai-kun. Are you alright?" Konna-kun (Carson) asked from the row behind me. "Yeah I'm fine." I answered as I take a seat on the desk-table-thing in front of my seat-bench-thing. Rhodes-san and Kimamoto-san (Alexis and Raina) eyed me suspiciously, eventually Rhodes-san (Alexis) looked back at Jaden and continued their conversation but Kimamoto-san (Raina) didn't look away… that is until that same Obelisk that she always messed with came over to her. "Hello Chazz." She said sweetly. "Hey Raina…" he responded, glancing at me. "Why are you hanging out with these Slifer Red losers?" That's cold… really… that's just rude… "Because they're my friends." Kimamoto-san stated. "Even him? You don't even know him." He remarked rudely.
"Sekai-kun? Yes Chazz… oh speaking of which Sekai-kun you never met Chazz did you?" she asked me. I shook my head and she motions to him. "Sekai-kun this is Chazz Princeton, he's an Obelisk first year." I nodded this time and looked at Princeton-san (Chazz), I doubt he deserves the added respect but my upbringing had it in my head to give respect until it was taken from them. For now he still had it… "Anyway Lex I'll see you later." Kimamoto-san (Raina) said to Rhodes-san (Alexis). "Bye guys… bye Sekai-kun, hope you feel better." She stared at me since I spaced off for a moment, then went off with Princeton-san (Chazz) out of the classroom, when they left Rhodes-san (Alexis) sighed and said to us. "She just broke our plans just to go with Chazz… she always does this. I think either he likes her or she likes him. Either which now I don't have anyone to go with today." "Where?" Syrus asked. "To the store for a bit, I had some things to buy. They're supposed to have some good packs there this week." She said. "We can go." Jaden said. Note that he said 'we', as in ALL of us, as in Syrus and I don't have a real choice… but then again I could get chocolate, so I'm happy with that.
I never got tired of being at the store, there was just so much to see and buy, you know. It was a girl thing maybe, but I knew not every girl was like that… hey what was that? I glanced over to a shelf in the distant side of the store and went to it, my eyes lit up when I read what it said…: 'Pocky'. I LOVED POCKY, with a burning passion! I never really got pocky when I was younger because we never really had the spare money to get it, but now I felt like I was reunited with an old friend: Pocky. (A/N: Imagine the song Reunited playing in the background for a moment) Yet sadly I didn't have the kind of money to be spending on pocky… just my weekly allowance Aunt Sakura sent to me each Saturday, and the money given each month. I had to save up so I could only spend what was necessary. "What's wrong Ren?" Jaden asked from behind me, I turned back to him and shook my head. "Nothing really." "Can't afford what you want?" he continued. "Not this time around." I said truthfully. He nodded and asked again. "What exactly did you want?" "… Well… I wanted some pocky sticks but I gotta save up. So I can't get them." I bashfully replied. He nodded again and laughed. "Pocky's good so I can't blame ya. Hey I got an idea." 'Jaden having ideas is normally a bad thing, better watch and make sure nothing explodes around here or anything.' I thought dreadfully. "As a welcome present I'll get you a pack or two to call it even." He finished, walked next to me and grabbed two. Now I felt bad, thinking bad thoughts and he's getting me something… Ra I have to stop jumping to conclusions.
"T-thanks but you don't have to, you know." I said. "I know but I want to. Come on." He said as he started walking to the counter to purchase them. I began following and that's when I remembered being little back in Domino, he used to do the same thing when he had the money because I never had it to buy what I wanted. It just proved that Jaden was the same whether he was with me or anyone of his friends, although I should never have been suspicious of that now should I? I trusted him with my life and if I had to I would even give my life to save his, he was just that important to me… I wonder if he knew that. As I passed by a rack two Obelisk girls squealed as they looked at one of the magazines. "She has to stop modeling soon to go on maternity leave you know that right Yumi. But they said that she'd be back after she has her baby." One of the girls said. "I wonder if she'll have a new album as well, being a company icon makes you so very busy." The other, Yumi, said. "Yeah I know right. But did you know that she's also the CEO as well. How does she manage?" the first girl commented. "I'm still wondering how she ended up marrying Seto Kaiba! Was it arranged or something Akiri?" Yumi asked. "No I heard that they actually are in love! How she made him fall for her is what I want to know!" Akiri squealed. "Wonder when her company will get another star, they need someone young who's cute and can sing. I heard that they're looking for a girl!" I didn't listen long enough to hear the name of the woman but I was able to see her picture on the magazine cover.
She had long rich coffee brown hair that cascaded to the middle of her thighs, bright amethyst eyes that were covered nearly half way by her bangs and healthy peach skin. She seemed to have been very slim at some point but her stomach now was a bit round, not very just a little… a pregnant stomach. She was tall and very pretty; I wondered where I've seen her before. "Hey Ren what cha lookin' at?" Jaden called from the counter with a bag in his hand. "Nothing." I said and went over to meet him. The girls that had the magazine looked at me, looked back at each other and then giggled. I was able to make out only a little bit of what they said though since we were leaving. "Sekai-kun's so weird." Yumi said. "Yeah but he's cute, wonder what he's like." Akiri giggled. I was thought to be cute? I never noticed that… OH MY RA A GIRL THOUGHT I WAS CUTE? I COULDN'T HAVE THAT! I rapidly shook my head which made them laugh more; I blushed and quickly left with Jaden and the others, their last sentence still making it into my ears. "That was adorable, he's so shy!"
Nobody's POV
As the group exited the building they were stopped by a running mad man… just kidding the mad man was Professor Banner. "Sekai! There you are! I have been looking for you everywhere!" he shouted. "What's wrong Sensei?" Serenity asked, stopping and allowing him time to catch his breath. "I thought that you would be at the dorm, but you weren't so I came to the school building." He continued. "I was at the store Sensei. Why were you looking for me Sensei?" she asked again. "Your family sent you a package; I needed to find you to give you it." He said, still trying to catch his breath. "Okay then." Serenity nodded. He handed her the package he had under his arm and stood up straight. "Well then I must be going, don't forget you have an extra class tomorrow." He finished and walked back in the direction of the Slifer dorm. "Extra class? Did you miss a class Sekai-kun?" Alexis asked, looking at the supposed boy then around the area. "No I just decided to try and catch up I should take some extra classes after school. Also I'll get extra credit for it so everything's fine." Serenity smiled with joy as she thought back to what she started by doing that, and then mentally frowned at all the hard work and all the sleep she lost because of the extra classes... were they worth the effort? "You don't want to stay in Slifer very long do you Sekai-kun?" Alexis asked. "No it's not that, it's that I want to try and make the most out of my time here. Part of that is studying." Serenity said, putting her index finger to her chin after a while. Alexis smiled at the thought of the supposed male actually trying to do well academically and not just trying to duel 'his' best.
"You'll do fine, I'm sure." She said. Serenity looked at her and lowered her arms before smiling. "Thanks… hey we all should be heading back; I've got a lot of things to deal with." Walking down the path Serenity stays behind the group, clutching her stomach every so often from pain, just barely holding back tears… but the tears weren't just from pain, from lying, from being stuck in this mental situation or even from being homesick… no mainly the tears were from the misery she hid… the misery that her father didn't remember her…
"Dinner time! I'm so hungry!" Serenity cheered as she stretched in the Slifer cafeteria. "I know right… hey aren't you gonna open your package Ren?" Jaden said pointing to the peculiar box that Professor Banner gave Serenity a few hours ago. "Huh? Oh yeah I forgot that I even had it." She laughed, rubbing the back of her head. Carson, Syrus and Chumley just shook their heads while Jaden laughed along for a while before becoming intrigued at the contents of the package:
1 box of Pocky
1 letter
2 shirts
2 pants
What an interesting package! Not really what was interesting was the secret package inside of the pants pocket for her little dilemma. "That's it?" Chumley asked. Serenity nodded and repackaged the items into the box before closing it. Quickly getting up and leaving she put the box in her room and the pocky in her duffle bag before locking the door and returning to the cafeteria downstairs. "Well time to eat then." She said as entered and took her seat again.
…Meanwhile Upstairs…
The window slowly was pushed up as a petite figure squeezed their way into the Slifer Red dorm room. With a sigh the person landed on the bed below the window and looked around the dark moonlit room. "Perfect now I can gotta get some proof before they come back." The person said a pretty mature female voice but with a slight higher pitch to it. Pushing back her hair she grabbed the duffle bag from the floor next to the bed and hulled it up onto the mattress in front of her legs. "Sekai you really need to keep your personal items in a better place than this." The girl smirked as she tossed the clothing to the floor and took out Serenity's laptop, along with the three packages of Pocky that Serenity had placed in the bag earlier and placed them to the side. She tossed the bag to the side and turned on the computer, to her disappointment Serenity had already changed the name and password. But little did Serenity know that this girl knew how to hack, like plenty of people could. Looking through the files she came across her sent and new messages, she opened the file when she heard voices coming up the stairs, hustling she stood, grabbed the Pocky and scrambled out the window. Once on the balcony she waited for the people to go to the door before climbing down the side and going in a different direction down the dirt road. Back with Serenity and the others sheer terror was spread across all of their faces as Chumley and Carson went to get Professor Banner Serenity turned to Syrus with a death glare and yelled. "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO MAKE SURE THE WINDOW WAS SHUT!" "I-I did! I know I did! It wasn't my fault." Syrus defended. "Yeah right!" Serenity growled as Jaden patrolled the room taking note to the clothing being Serenity's.
"Hey Ren, it's all of your stuff. But at least the person didn't take your computer." Jaden said as Serenity raced in and looked through the duffle bag. Frustration clearly marked on her face, as her eyes narrowed. "Hey Ren what's wrong, is something missing?" Jaden asked. "Yes…" She muttered angrily as she balled her fists. A car engine and crowd of people came in front of the Slifer dorm as she balled her fists and shouted. "MY POCKY'S MISSING!"
Ru-Ru: *Eating cake*
Serenity: Well Ru-Ru's to busy eating her cake to satisfy her new sweets fetish so we'll have to do this without her I guess.
Bastion: Oh, I suppose it's my turn.
Ru-Ru: *spits out cake* Hey who invited him here?
Serenity: He found the secret entrance to our hideout Ru-Ru…
Ru-Ru: Smart people are so mean! Hey how'd he find it? It's so securely hidden and locked.
Bastion: If you leave the building unprotected, wide open and in the center of Tokyo with a colossal light-up sign that states 'Zeairu's Hideout' it's location is extremely noticeable!
Ru-Ru: *thinking**shakes head* Nope still can't figure out how.
Serenity: Me neither.
Bastion: *anime fall* they didn't hear a word I said. I'm being treated like she's going to treat Tea Gardener in her Yu-Gi-Oh fanfiction.
Ru-Ru: Hey Serenity let's go get some cake.
Serenity: Okay! *leaves with Ru-Ru*
Bastion: Well please review and ignore the irresponsible author who is more concerned about her sweet tooth than her heath. *gets K.O.-ed by a shoe*
Ru-Ru and Serenity: See you all soon!