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I'm sorry to say that this book is finished. This is the last chapter, but I'm thinking about a sequel,

Love: A Somewhat Way Out of Life II: Icy Cold Wind, Burning Warm Fire

BUT it just depends on how this chapter ends! If you have any suggestions, then please leave them in your review!

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Sailor Dark

Chapter Thirty- Love: A Somewhat Way Out of Life

(1:02 p.m.)

It was the day before the gang had to leave to go back to Domino City, Serenity paid a visit to her mom and decided to go back home with Joey.

Even though Serenity was still in the hospital, she felt really good about going back home with her big brother. Her doctor kept her in the hospital for this long because being in a coma weakened her muscles and they had make sure that Serenity could walk without help first.

Actually, Serenity could walk without help, but, sometimes her legs just gave out and Joey particularly had to almost-carry her back to her room. The doctors said this was normal, but under you-know-who's commands, they had to let Serenity go back to Japan.

Kaiba often came by the check on Serenity, to see if she remembered him. Nothing came out of luck though. She knew Mokuba's name and who he was, she recalled him, but something about Kaiba repressed her memories and she sometimes couldn't even think around him.

Serenity sighed as she went back to her room, her legs hadn't given out on her this time and she was very happy about that.

As she crawled back into her bed, Joey poked his head through the door way and smiled. It looked like he had just arrived.

"Hey, sis!" Joey walked over to her bed, "We're leaving tomorrow, are you all packed?"

Serenity returned her brother's smiled, "I think so," She replied, "Who's taking us again?" She had tried so hard to get her brother and her friends to tell her his name.

"K—uh, that brown-haired guy…" Joey had almost let the name slip off of his lips.

He almost said it! She thought, Maybe something happened and nobody wants me to remember his name… Serenity had come to this conclusion about every time she thought of him. Joey wouldn't even give her clues, some brother he was…

"Please, Joey, I won't tell anyone if you told me!" Serenity pleaded with him, holding his hand.

But Joey shook his head, "You know I can't do that Serenity. He's someone you don't want to mess with. If I tell, he'll know in a heartbeat."

As the week passed, Joey had convinced himself that there were cameras everywhere.

At that point in time, Seto Kaiba himself, decided to walk in.

(1:05 p.m.)

"Yugi, you have to eat!" Tea exclaimed at the untouched food on his plate, "You're not going to starve yourself to death, are you?"

Yugi chuckled a little, "No, Tea, I'm just not that hungry."

Tea sighed, "You have been a little quiet lately…anything on your mind?"

Yugi lifted his eyesight from his cold plate of food to Tea's soft smiling face. "There's a lot to think about lately." He whispered, catching his breath by Tea's sight.

Tea shook her head, "I know, but Yugi," She stopped to take a breath, "Clear your head, what's the worst problem you have right now?"

He mumbled something Tea couldn't hear.

"Yugi, sorry, I didn't catch that."

"Serenity's accident, Joey's taking it pretty hard." Yugi sighed, "I've never seen him so depressed, it's like he living in a whole other world. He barely talks to us anymore. I even walked in on him reading a book; I didn't see the title because he shoved it under his pillow as soon as I started to talk to him."

"A book? Joey can read?" Tea teased. "Since when does Joey read?"

"No idea," Yugi answered.

(1:09 p.m.)

Joey tried to not to take any notice.

Serenity, however, put a smile on her face and greeted him, "Hi."

Kaiba just nodded and pulled a card out of his pocket, "Here," He said coldly, tossing the card to Joey, "Keep up with your stuff."

With that, he was gone.

A silence crept into the room before Serenity took the card from Joey's hands. "Let me see." She said.

On the card was a picture of a woman with long blonde curly hair (), holding a sword, and to Serenity, the card looked like an exact replica of Mai Valentine.

"Hey," Serenity gave the card back to Joey, "This looks just like Mai."

Joey fingered the card in his hands and turned to Serenity.

"This is his way in telling me that I should talk to Mai." Joey gave the card back to Serenity, "Here, you keep it. It might remind you of something."

For the first time in his life, Joey Wheeler turned his back on his only family member.

(Two Hours Later…3:15 p.m.)

"Mokuba, why don't you go back to bed? It'll take about five hours to get home in your own bed tomorrow." Seto Kaiba was talking to his little brother while trying to finish some important papers for Kaiba Corp.

"You're not thinking, Seto!" Mokuba stated, "Why do you think I would want to sleep in a bed that's not mine when mine's five hours away?"

"Mokuba, go to bed."

"It's 3 o'clock in the afternoon!" Then something clicked, "You want me to spy on Joey and Mai, don't you?"

"You didn't have to say it out loud." Kaiba retorted.

"Hah! I knew it!"

"Just go already!" Kaiba snapped.

"Fine, fine!" Mokuba held up his hands. "But if I get caught, you owe me big!" He left Kaiba's office.

"Then don't get caught," Kaiba mumbled, partly to himself.

(One Hour later…4:20 p.m.)

"She began to cry again, but composed herself quickly, 'Angel! You know that David set us up for the dinner party in Japan, and I also thought about how Adam will react if he even found out what was going on between us! Plus, I don't think he likes me that way and…' Her voice trailed off and Crystal handed her a tissue.

'…and I don't like him Crystal…'

Crystal looked at her confusedly as she parked her red convertible outside of the game shop.

'…I love him…'"

Joey shut the book and shoved it under his pillow just as soon as Mai's soft voice called at the door.

"Uh, come in!" He called and pulled his deck out of his pocket and pretended to organize it.

Mai let herself in and walked over to his bed and sat down, "I heard you reading, which book? I know from that little paragraph that you read that it's a romance." Mai gave him a soft laugh, "What's it called?"

Joey sighed and pulled out the book, then handed it to Mai.

Mai looked at the book and then her eyebrows rose in surprise, "Love: A Somewhat Way Out of Life? I've read this once; this girl goes behind her brother's back to date some guy that he doesn't like and then she ends up in a coma…" Mai gasped as soon as she realized it. "That's why you're reading this book, to find out what happens next, how sick are you?"

"What?" Joey sat up with a jolt, "What do you mean?"

Mai waved the book in front of his face, "What do you mean, what do I mean? Look at what you are doing! You're waiting to read the part that will play out the rest of your own sister's life! Do you think the pages of a book will tell you how you're going to 'save the day'?" Mai quoted the words with her fingers.

"What?" He repeated.

"Look at what you are doing?" Mai thrust the book on top of his lap, it landed open.

"Just wait until Serenity finds out about this!"

"Wait! Don't go!" Joey placed the open book aside and reached out to grab Mai's arm. "Please, don't tell her!"

"So, I guessed right, didn't I, Joseph Wheeler?" When he bowed his head, Mai felt pity for him.

"Alright," She sighed, "I won't tell her, but you should."

Mai walked out, leaving a troubled Joey behind.

(One Week Later, Back In Japan…1:30 p.m.)

"I don't think I should do this, Mokuba." Seto Kaiba fixed his tie for, what it felt like to him, the umpteenth time.

For the past week back in good-ol' Japan, Mokuba had somehow convinced Kaiba to go over to the Wheeler's place and tell Serenity who he really was. No idea how, but after he heard about the fight Mai had with Joey from Mokuba, he felt kind of guilty for separating the two.

That's right, guilty.

Something THE Seto Kaiba has never felt before.

"Come on, Seto. The sooner you do this, the better you'll feel."

"Fine, let's go."

(2:01 p.m.)

"Hey, haven't seen you in a while. Joey's not in, but—" Serenity Wheeler answered her and Joey's apartment door, to find Kaiba standing there…with a dozen of bright red roses in his hands.

"I'm here to see you," He cut her off then handed her the roses, Serenity took them then offered him inside. As soon as she found a vase for the roses she brought him a coke to drink.

"Thanks," He said as he took the can from her.

"So," Serenity started, taking a sip from her can of coke, "Are you going to tell me who you are, or am I going to have to play one of those guessing games to where you tell me if I'm right?"

Kaiba took a sip then placed the can on the coffee table in front of them, "Neither," He said, "Only if once I tell you my name that you never speak to me again."

"Why?" She asked, worried and troubled at the same time.

"Okay, small guessing game." Kaiba said. He picked up his coke and leaned back, a little game would do him some good. "My first name starts with an S, and my last name starts with a K."

"Okay, let's start with the last name first."

"Alright," Kaiba chuckled and took a sip of his coke.

(Two Hours Later…4:04 p.m.)

"Keela?"

"No."

"Kopu?"

"No."

"Kayup?"

"Not even close."

"Serenity?" Joey interrupted the two and shut the apartment door behind him.

"Hey, Joey." Serenity turned back to Kaiba, "Any b's in your last name?" She asked him.

Kaiba held up one finger, "One." He answered.

"What are you doing here?" Joey asked Kaiba, getting right in front of him.

"Having a conversation?" Kaiba retorted, "Or am I not 'allowed' to talk to a friend?"

Joey saw a flash of red, "Get out!" He said through gritted teeth, "I never want to see you here again!"

"Fine." Kaiba slipped on his coat jacket and left.

"Joey! How could you do that! He's not the man you think he is!" Serenity made a move to go after him.

"Serenity, he's just using you! Can't you see that?"

"How many times have I heard that, Joey Wheeler?" Serenity whispered, "He's helping me remember him, just give him a chance."

"I gave him a chance with your heart once, and he ruined it by letting you get hit by a car!"

"I gave him my heart once, Joey; just remember that if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be walking among you today."

Serenity ran out after Kaiba.

"Wait! Hey, wait up!" Serenity ran to catch up with Kaiba, just when he was about to step into his limousine.

"Sorry about Joey, he's just a little upset right now."

"You know, maybe its best that we don't speak to each other." Kaiba opened the car door and began to climb in…and the only way for Serenity to stop him…was to hug him.

That's when she saw Mokuba.

His eyes were bright and shining, and they seemed to tell her to do something. Then, he mouthed two words…

'Kiss him.'

Serenity's eyes grew wide and Mokuba nodded and mouthed the words again.

She slowly pulled away from Kaiba and pulled closer to his face, inch by inch they grew closer, until Kaiba couldn't take it anymore and met his lips with hers.

Everything came back in a flash of white light.

Seto! Serenity thought as she kissed the man that she loved, Thank you, thank you so much!

"Seto," Serenity breathed when he finally let go of her lips, "I remember everything."

In the limo, Mokuba gave Serenity a thumb's up sign.

In the apartment, Joey Wheeler closed the book and held it close to his chest as he watched the couple kiss again.

"Love is a somewhat way out of life, sis. I realize that now, I realize that you have found yours, and I need to accept it."

Fin

End of Chapter Thirty!

() This was an actual card, it's called Amazoness Paladin. Its attack strength is 1700 and defense is 300. Its also an effect card, it reads: Increase the ATK of this monster by 100 points for each monster on your side of the field that includes "Amazoness" in its card name, or is named "Amazon Archer".

Wow! It's over! It's done! Finished! Here are all the people that I want to thank! (IF I FORGOT YOUR NAME! I AM VERY SORRY!)

Family/Friends:

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Corkey—Wow! You've been through this whole book with me! Thanks little sis! We've had our differences from time to time, but we somehow put them aside to finish this story with your ideas and my writing skills! I'm sorry to hear about your parent's break-up, but I want you to know that I will be there when you call! (Well, most of the time…) I'm glad we met and I hope that we will always be there for each other in the future!

Mikeyxx—Even though you never reviewed I still know you are out there! (At least I made it on your favorites list…) I just want you to know that you gave me ideas around the first chapter and a little after that! Never would have got off of the first chapie without you! I can't believe I actually completed a story I never thought I would! Thanks to your help! I hope you and Mike find no troubles in your relationship!

Rachel—I almost forgot you! I know you haven't read to whole thing yet…but this is thanks in advance! You gave me some ideas…I think…anyhow, keep being the best little short Pilipino (Is that how you spell it?) friend you can be!

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