Hello everyone! XOXOserenityXOXO had requested that I write this story. So I decided to give it a whirl. Hope you guys enjoy!

CHAPTER 1

"Party!" shouted Mai as she popped open a champagne bottle after shaking it rapidly. The liquid squirted out everywhere in the living room, hitting some of the people around her. But everyone was feeling too carefree and was completely in party mode to even care about the mess. The party occasion? High school graduation!

Serenity Wheeler had finally graduated from high school and was feeling extremely blissful. Her mother had left for home early, but the rest of her friends and her brother had decided to throw her a graduation bash at a lavish hotel banquet. Yugi, Mai, Tea, Bakura, Tristan, and Joey had all pitched in.

Serenity was still dressed in her black graduation cap and gown. Her skin was glowing with pride and joy because after this summer, she was going to take a flight to America where she will be attending Harvard University to earn her bachelor degree. Today was probably the happiest day on earth for her. The only thing that could possibly beat this was graduating from Harvard. Her hard work at the study room and library had certainly paid off. There was a bright future ahead of her.

"I'm going to miss you, sis." said her brother, Joey.

Serenity gave Joey a warm hug, "Don't worry. We'll see each other every summer. I promise!" She could see that Joey was trying really hard to fight back the tears that were forcing their way out of his eyes. "Sorry, dad didn't make it. He's probably at home drinking his ass off." he said with a frown. It was pretty typical for their dad to miss out on precious moments.

After taking turning taking photographs with Serenity for the 100ths time, the guys began to mingle around the pool table while the girls wandered off into their own corner for a little girl talk.

"Serenity, I can't believe your done with high school already. Time really flies!" said Tea. "You're probably going to meet a handsome and smart guy at Harvard." she said and watched as Serenity blushed.

"I can't wait to get married." said Mai as she sipped from her glass of champagne. "I have my perfect dream wedding all planned out!"

"Really?" asked Tea, "let's hear it!" she squealed excitedly.

"I'm thinking about a beach wedding. The wedding cake is going to be three layers tall and I want it decorated with candy shaped like a starfish. My wedding dress is going to be super short with pearls decorated all over it and I'm going to make sure that it's designed by Vera Wang. Plus, I'm going to wear a white bikini underneath it."

"What do you have in mind for your bridesmaid's dress?" asked Tea

"Obviously something super simple because I don't want them to out shine me." said Mai.

They laughed a little.

Then Tea decided to share her dream wedding, "I want like a Japanese garden wedding. I want my wedding dress to be super long. I kinda would like it to be strapless. I don't really care who designs it though, as long as it looks perfect. I want my wedding cake to be decorated with pink cherry blossom flowers so that it would go with the theme. And I want my braid maids to be dressed in a kimono."

"You're going to make me wear a kimono?" asked Mai because she was sure that Tea would make her one of her bridesmaid.

"Yes, because it's my wedding!"

They turned and looked at Serenity who had been quiet the whole time.

"What about you, Serenity? What is your dream wedding?"

Serenity shrugged, "I don't really know. I never really thought about it?" It was true, Serenity spent way too much time studying for school. All that was ever on her mind were homework and studying. It was never about wedding or when she'll meet her prince charming.

"What? I've been planning my wedding since I was three years old." said Mai.

"I could picture you being a bridezilla, Mai." said Tea.

"Oh, you bet I will be. My wedding has to be perfect, I literally spent my whole life planing it out." Said Mai. The girls continued on making conversation about their future plans.

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"Everything will go exactly as I plan." he whispered to himself as he hid under Serenity's bed, facing downward so that he was laying on his stomach. It was a perfect plan and he had been plotting this scheme for awhile. It was going to be flawless and if it's not, a sharp man like Seto Kaiba always had a back up plan.

Serenity and her brother Joey will be too pre occupied at the graduation ceremony. Meanwhile, it gave Kaiba time to break into their house. Which was utterly easy because the mutt had a spare key under the doormat. All he had to do was open the front door and walked in dressed like a maintenance guy to avoid looking suspicious. It wasn't hard to find Serenity's room in the two bedroom townhouse that her and her brother lived in. It was either the room with a bunch of wrestling poster taped all over the wall or the room painted pink with a bunch of stuff animals. Kaiba best bet was that the pink room was Serenity's, no doubt.

It was now 3am and Kaiba's patient finally paid off. He heard some voices and some footsteps. Then the light in the room turned on and he could see Serenity's feet from where he was laying.

"Goodnight, Joey." he heard her say. He listened as she closed the door and locked it, keeping his breathing steady and inaudible.

She began to undress herself, dropping her clothes on the floor carelessly, letting her white bra fall right beside the bed where Kaiba was hiding. Then he heard her opening her dresser. Perhaps to change into a night gown. At the moment, he couldn't get a good view to know for sure.

After waiting for her to apply her nightly lotion and do her other night routine, she finally turned off the light and climbed into bed. He looked at his watch, there was no time to wait for her to go to sleep. He would have to act now before the sun came up.

Taking a deep breath, he slowly crawled his way out from under her bed like the scary monster children always warned us about. However, her hardwood floor let out a loud creeking sound and she rose up from her dreamless bliss and sat up her bed to turn on the Hello Kitty lamp on her night stand.

Kaiba quickly grabbed her and covered her mouth, but it was too late she had already led out a massive scream.

"Shut up. Shut the fuck up." he whispered in her ears.

There was an essence of terror that possessed her being, she kept struggling, but he held on to her tightly.

It didn't take long till Joey came knocking on her door. "Sis, are you ok?"

"Tell him you're alright or I'll shoot him on my way out." he threatened.

"Answer me!" called out Joey as he kept pounding on the door.

"Do it or I'll kill him." he whispered and uncovered her mouth. Serenity got a good glance at him. He was lethal and quick to the point of immorality, lean but muscular, with a cold chill releasing from his blue eyes. Kaiba. The warm room suddenly felt cold, almost freezing.

"Get rid of him." he demanded in the lowest voice that he could manage.

"I'm ok, Joey. I saw a spider. That's all." she said her voice sound distressed, but she was trying to keep it from breaking under pressure.

"Let me in so I could kill it." said Joey. It wouldn't be the first time he had killed a bug for his sister.

Kaiba pulled out his gun from his pocket, a well polished pistol, warning Serenity that he might actually pull the trigger if she didn't get rid of her brother soon.

Serenity stared at the gun, eyes widened. Kaiba was clearly not playing any games. "No. I threw my book at it. It's dead. Go back to bed. Please."

Her brother led out a chuckle, "That's the first time you ever killed anything. Alright than. Goodnight."

"Goodnight." She said.

Kaiba listened till Joey's footsteps faded away, then he released Serenity from his strong grip.

"What do you want from me?" she asked him, her voice low but was trembling with a great amount of fear.

"Don't question me." he hissed and stood up from her bed to open up her closet. He found a pink duffel bag and tossed it at her. "Pack."

"What? Why?"

"What the hell did I just say?" he whispered, "don't question me." he cocked the gun and pointed it at her.

Serenity began to pack as quickly as she could, shoving in as much clothes as she can in the small duffel bag because at this point she wasn't sure how long he was going to keep her and where at. But if he's making her pack, surely he doesn't plan on killing her. Right? She wondered and tried to take comfort in the thought that he may not want to kill her. Maybe he just wants to take her as a hostage to hold her for ransom. But for what? Too many questions were going on inside her head and she began to feel dizzy but continued on packing. Finally, she zipped the small duffel bag up and looked at Kaiba for other instructions.

He pointed for her to sit at her desk, "You're going to leave a note." he said to her, "Joey, I'm taking a long vacation. I can't handle the stress of going to college right now."

Long? How long is she going to be away for? What does he want from her? She took out a pen and paper from her desk with her trembling hands and began to scribble down what Kaiba had just said.

After she finished the letter, Kaiba grabbed her small fragile arm to drag her near the door and pressed his ears against it to listen if Joey was still around. "Do you think your brother is asleep?" he watched as Serenity nodded her head. "I'm going to walk you out into my car. We are going to exit from the front door, but if you try anything stupid, I'm going to kill your brother. I have no problem killing him, I hate that idiot anyway." he whispered and unlocked the door, turning the doorknob carefully so that it would not make a sound.

They took a step out, his hand still had a firm grip on Serenity's arm. They tip toed down the pitch-black hallway until they reached the staircase darkness ruled, "Watch your step." he hissed into her ears.

Tears filled Serenity's eyes, but she still obeyed and carefully walked down the steps with her duffel bag dangling on her side. She held on tightly to the stairwell as she proceed with caution down the steps. However, she was moving far too slow to meet Kaiba's tight schedule. With a simple movement, he lifted Serenity up on to his shoulder. She gasped a little. "Shh." he hushed her, feeling a bit annoyed that he had to. He made his way down the stairs promptly but silently as if he was really a ninja. Soon enough, they reached the end of the staircase. He put her down to unlock the front door and when he dragged her out, he carefully close the main door and continued to pull her to his car.

"Don't make a scene." he warned now that they were in public. He turned to stare at her, letting her know that he was dead serious. He looked into her eyes, pining his piercing blue eyes onto hers. She stared at it for awhile with intense fear. His eyes were as blue as any sky adorned by angels on any cathedral ceiling, but radiant with demons from the underworld.

He yanked her to his car, a black sport sedan that parked right across the street from Serenity's house. The window of his car were tinted pitch black. He walked her over to the passenger side, his eyes still on the look out for potential interference.

After opening the passenger side and forcing her on in, he walked over to the driver side and sat in, adjusting his mirrors to fit the surroundings.

"I don't understand." she said, her lips trembling from anxiety and vexation.

"Sweet, innocent, and naïve Serenity." he glowered at her.

Whatever does he mean by that? What did she do to deserve this?

He did not hesitate to start his engine, when he did he took off, and began driving her away. They drove down an excluded road.

"Where are you taking me?"

"Shut up! I'll take you where ever I desire," he sneered, raising his voice as if he had some legitimate authority over her.

Serenity hushed, knowing damn well that this man was not going to tell her his plans. But even though this man was acting like a vicious monster, she dared not detest him because it was not in her nature to hate any human being. Her heart was pure, her heart was special. Was that why he wanted her?

The road they were driving down was dark and eerie like a scene from a horror movie. They were heading through the forest, driving around winding roads that made her dizzy. They were surrounded by tall trees. Where ever he was taking her, it was at least two hours away from the population.

They finally reached their destination, a huge mansion that could surely be mistaken for a castle. He put his car in parking gear, and got out. Making his way over to Serenity's side to drag her on out. The sun was beginning to raise. Vampires would have fled to their coffins by now, but this particular heartless man did not fear the sun raising for he knew that no one would be watching him put his evil plan into action at his location.

She got out of the car, her bare feet on the freezing concrete. Her big eyes wandered around the area and she noted that if she did plan to escape, there really was no where to run to. At least in walking distant. She'd have to jack his car to flee to the nearest public facility for help. Her body trembled, part of the trembling came from the cold, but most of it was certainly from fear. Serenity's heart sank in dismay, though it wasn't weighted by the overwhelming fear, but from the evil monster that kidnapped her. She couldn't believe any human being could be capable of such evil. There's goodness in everybody, she reminded herself. That was really the only thing she had for her, the optimistic point of view she carried around.

"We're practically invisible here." Kaiba said, breaking the silent and interrupting Serenity's thoughts. The words that left his mouth turned into a fog into the cold air. At dawn, he could see that she was dressed in an oversized t-shirt with a picture of a brown teddy bear on it.

How long was he planning to keep her in this excluded place of his, and for what? What malicious plan did he have in store for her? God, if only she knew.

Kaiba grabbed her duffel bag and threw it over his shoulder, "Get in the house, come with me." he demanded, his voice was deep and filled with vile. Serenity stood still. "Did you not hear what I just said?" He marched over to her and grabbed a lock of her hair.

"Stop, please!" she begged, following him to prevent any more conflict. Hoping that he'd eventually let go of her hair. But he didn't, he held on to the lock of silky auburn hair as he dragged her down a long hallway in his mansion until he reached a certain room.

He opened the door and pushed her in until she landed on the hardwood floor. Finally, something within her snapped, "Why are you doing this to me? Let me go! Please!" she shouted. It must have been the first time she yelled this loud. She stood up and slammed both of her hands onto his hard broad chest.

He shoved her til she fell onto the hard floor once again, "I'm going to let you out of this room as soon as you calm down. Then we'll go over the rules you'll have to follow."

Rules? She obviously didn't follow what he was saying. She began to cry on the floor, "Please, let me go! I won't tell anyone, I promise!" she said in between her sobs.

He tossed the duffel bag at her and slammed the door shut, leaving the poor girl who was curled up like a shrimp on the floor to cry alone.