Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Fraud Identity ❯ Memory Lost ( Chapter 1 )

Fraud Identity I - Memory Lost

DISCLAMER: I don't own YUGIOH

Summary: Left alone by the Gang's outing, Serenity loses her memory. Mokuba then take this opportunity and proposes that his brother Seto is her boyfriend. Can truth become lies and lies become truth?
Genre: Romance/General.

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It was raining very hard. The howling sound of thunder vibrated the street's luminous air. A land was left barren, as no one seemed to walk at the late thunderous night.

Serenity held her umbrella tightly as she walked on the wide forlorn road. Her presence to a monotonous dread atmosphere added more mystery to defy nature.

"What an awful day!" She said as she forced herself to face the striking wind, blowing opposite of her direction. Who could have thought that a sunny day could easily be converted to a stormy night? Life has indeed full of unexpected results.

"Now great! A stressful girl was going home, exhausted, frustrated, depressed and most of all, alone in a stormy night like this!" she spat in exasperation. The storm was getting more on her nerves stride by stride. It added more blows to feel her depression and anxiety. Even with an umbrella, some raindrops still drenched her hair and uniform.

It was the last day of her school and she just finished her last exam. She was full of frustrations and loneliness these days. She had just also decided not to come at their group's outing due to her finals. So left alone, she had to spend two weeks all by herself.

`Did I double-check my answers? Oh did I change my answer on number 7?' She thought, panicking. ` Oh! Did I follow directions?, Aaaah!!' Her exam's performance was haunting her. She couldn't help it because she inclined herself too much in her studies. This was the package of being studious; you indeed exerted a lot of effort studying and yet after the exam, past actions will still haunt you down.

`Stop thinking about the past Serenity! It's over, get over it!!!' She thought strongly. `Now, worry about what you will eat, that you'll have to clean the house, wash your clothes, iron your clothes. Aah! It's too many'

She lifted her hand and touched her head, pushing her hair upward.
"Aw! What a day!! I wonder how they are doing right now. True, I'm envious. Who would not be envious on a 2-week holiday treat? How I wish I went with them. Well, it's not that I can't, I can if I want to. Yes, I want to, but this blasted school stuffs chain me in death!!" she said, lifting her hands in the air furiously.

She was now lost at her thoughts. Mixed emotions sunk her to numbness.

"I'm tired at all this" She said to herself dimly. She was walking down the cross road with no outward senses at all.

`Tired...'

`I'm tired'

"CRRRRSSSSH"

She heard a noise and looked at her right. A dreadful sight of a light which was moving towards her pinned her in motionless and fear. `Is this death? I can no longer feel. I can no longer move. Move Serenity move.' But then, she didn't. And the next thing she saw was black for she collapsed and didn't know what happened next.

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Seto was driving his car on his way home when a storm came out. He opened his wiper and drove his car at his normal high speed. There were only few cars on the street, challenging him to drive faster.

"Did I bring the important files?" he suddenly thought. He moved away his one hand from the steering wheel and used it to grope for the files.
As he did that, he couldn't seem to do two things at the same time, especially when a strong drops of rain was covering the car window. Hence, at a split of a second an image of a person holding an umbrella appeared on a driveway. His car was approaching it in a fast speed.
"Oh shit!" He stepped the break as quickly as he could.

"CRRRRSSSSH"

As the car stopped, he looked up and saw the person was not standing.

"Did I hit him?" He thought worriedly, still not knowing if it was a he or she. He moved out of his car to check. He didn't care if rain was pouring intensely outside. The answer to his question was much more important and let the rain to fall barely on his skin.

As he approached it, he saw a familiar face wearing a school uniform. She was lying at the street unconsciously.

The sight suddenly made him scared and confused.

He didn't know what to do. The situation was new to him. Never in his entire life he hit a person. He was on a state of uncertainty right now to do some necessary checking or first aid, because as far as he knew he didn't hit her. But the image on his sight was making that conception all wrong.

He was a mean person, but he was human after all. He had a conscience and somehow had a bit of mercy. And besides he was already lost in his thoughts and therefore he grabbed her up by his arms and carried her inside his car. It was like embedded in a human instinct that in a situation like this, a nearest hospital was your aid.

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Seto, drenching with water, walked hurriedly at the emergency room, carrying Serenity at his arms.

"Hey!" He said plainly. His prominent identity was enough to call the attendants' attention.

"Oh Mr. Kaiba!" the doctor gasped, shocked to see Seto. " What's wrong?" He walked towards Seto and scanned the unusual scenario: the CEO guy was carrying an unconscious woman, drenching with water, approaching the hospital. Well, with a woman was the most unusual characteristic there. The nurses and the people around couldn't help but to gossip.

"Mr. Kaiba come this way" The doctor said and led him to the room.

Seto put Serenity on a bed.

"What's wrong with her?" The doctor asked again.

"I was driving and I don't know if I hit the girl" He said plainly and directly, a very Seto-like answer.

"I see" The doctor started to make some move, checking Serenity's condition.

"Well, there seems to be nothing wrong with her physical body." Seto just stood on the doorway and waited impatiently. He kept on looking at his watch.

"So she's okay? I didn't hit her?"

"Looks like it"

"Ok. Fine. I'll leave" He then paced to walk away, assuming his business here was over. As for the payment, he just gave his credit card on the counter.

"But wait!" the doctor called out. There were still a lot of things to explain.

However Seto was already gone. He really acted this way, cold at other people. If he hit her or not was an enough answer to him, far beyond that didn't matter.

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The next day, a thunderous storm vanished like magic. A sun and a light breeze emerged, rendering another mystery and unknown events.

At Kaiba's house, Mokuba was busily playing videogames when the phone rang.

"rrrrring"

"rrrrring"

"Mokuba answer the phone!!!!" Seto yelled irritably. "Are you deaf or something?" He was on the other side of the room, actively doing his paper works. The constant sound of the phone irritated him. Seto still had a lot of things to do. He needed what they called `focus' where interruption like the ringing phone shouldn't exist.

"Fine!" Mokuba finally reached for the phone, following his brother's order.

"Hello?"

"I'm doctor Fritz from Mary hospital can I speak with Mr. Seto Kaiba please"

"Ok. Brother it's for you" Mokuba said with a tone of interest in his voice. A call from a hospital was very unusual.

"Who's that?" He yelled again.

"Doctor Fritz from Mary hospital" Mokuba also yelled, following his brother.
"Tell him I'm busy and just leave a message"

`Here goes my brother again… such rudeness! tsk tsk tsk' Mokuba mused. He was already used to these kind of responses. When there's a call, `tell him I'm busy'. When there's a visitor, `tell him to come back next time'. When there's a party affair, `tell my secretary to write an apology letter'. What's new!

" He said he's busy. Well, do you have a message for him?"

"Tell him he needs to see me as soon as possible regarding to Ms. Serenity Wheeler's case"

`Did I hear it right? Serenity.' It was like hearing a snow above the fire. He was not sure of what he had heard and asked again.

"Huh? Serenity? As in Serenity Wheeler?"

"Yes! It's very important!"

"Okay, I'll tell him."

Mokuba hanged up the phone. There was something at the call that bugged him. `That's unusual, very unusual'. Mokuba repeatedly thought, walking around the room, and swimming at interest. Unable to comprehend it any longer, he then decided to walk toward his brother's office. `In an incomprehensible situation like this, direct approach is the only solution: ask the person directly'

He peeked at the doorway and scanned his busy brother. His office was full of paper works scattered around. His brother was surely a workaholic person. After his work he always went straight to this room. He never wanted to waste even second of his time. `I wonder when will he stop acting like this. Does he have a social life? Maybe he should get a girlfriend or something, anything just to lessen that workaholism ' Mokuba indeed cares for his brother. He wanted the best for him, a social life for that matter.

"Brother?"

"Yes" Seto naturally said without looking up. He was reading the files of the corporation.

"Why did the doctor call you about Serenity?" He asked in curiosity. From the moment he heard the issue, he couldn't take it off his mind. He even forgot his paused game. `I don't get it. The name Serenity was something out of my brother's league. First she was a low profile girl, not related to our business. Second, she was part of Yugi's gang and Third, she was his enemy's little sister. But then why?'

Silence filled the place for a while.

Then Seto put his pen down and looked at his brother. He never hid secrets from him. However, what was it to hide anyway. Everything on his life was so simple, an endless cycle of work, school duel, work, school, duel. It was so repetitive and dull.

"Well, I'm so close on banging her with my car last night" he simply said with his usual cold voice.

"What?! You banged someone?" Mokuba reacted, eyes widening in exaggeration. His face changed to shock and worry.

Seto simply nodded as if hitting someone was not a serious case. `She is alive anyway. What's to worry?'

Mokuba suddenly reached for Seto's hand and dragged him forcefully outside the door.

"What? Where are you taking me? Hey Mokuba!! Stop it!" Seto ordered.

"Let's go there! The doctor said he wants to talk to you. It's very urgent!. Come-on"

"Hey wait! I still have things to do!"

"No! we're going there" Mokuba insisted.

"No! she has her so-called dog friends anyway. Just call them" Seto sternly reasoned out. Mokuba was still pulling him towards the door.

"Don't you know? They are all out of town. She is just all alone in her house." He informed, sounding worried. " Look, you just hit an unaided girl, and you still won't exert an effort to check her case? That is so rude brother! And besides, it's your fault why she's on the hospital. She is you responsibility!!" Mokuba continued assertively. In other sense, he was Seto's guide at moral values. Seto was surely ignorant when it comes to moral things.

Seto remained silent for a moment. He didn't know that. He was really planning to leave her there. Going to the hospital will just waste his time, but then his brother here was giving him some conscience. And we know that if anyone affects Seto's action the most, it was his brother Mokuba.

"Fine! Fine! You won." Seto finally gave in.

"Okay let's go there" Mokuba grinned and went out excitedly.

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Serenity woke up, feeling alienated to her perception.

`Aw. Where am I?' She scanned the place for a while and tried to recall the things and events of what brought her here. However, what her eyes can see and what her mind tells won't just coincide. She couldn't understand nor recall why she was lying here in this place. She couldn't understand why she was wearing a hospital cloth.

`Wait, hospital cloth? I'm in a hospital? Me, in a hospital? Me? Hey! Who am I anyway? Gosh!' backward musings brought her to a sudden realization of something unnerving: forgetting your own identity.

"Awwww! It hurts!" She put her hand on her head and massaged it strongly. Forcing to remember things made her head aches.

A door suddenly opened and a smiling nurse entered the scene.
"Oh! Our sleeping beauty is finally awake" A nurse greeted lively, putting down the tray of medicine.
Serenity just stared her in confusion. The pain on her head was now gone, probably because she was now diverted to a new senses and not on her mind. True that she was confused now on her own issues, and encountering a stranger in this strange place complicated things more.

The nurse however didn't care at Serenity's silence and just cheerfully organized the medicine on the table.

"You really look better today than last night. Before, you were soaking in water and looked so stressed and sick. You should better take this medicine on time"

`Who is this woman? And what is she talking about? I don't understand' she thought, eyes narrowing in confusion.

"Um, excuse me. May I know who you are"

"Oh! Yeah if forgot. I'm the friendly and at your service Ms. Belinda" The nurse said, gesturing her hand in enthusiasm.
"And me?" an unnatural question to an unnatural situation, amnesia. However, Belinda still didn't notice the strange question and just played along.

"You don't know? Well, you are the gorgeous princess Serenity who was brought here by your famous and handsome boyfriend Seto. You were both soaking in the rain, and he carried you in his arms." She put her hands together, and blinked her eyes sweetly. "That was so sweet!."

`So my name is Serenity huh, and was brought here by my boyfriend Seto. What? A boyfriend? Me has a boyfriend?' she recursively thought, still digesting the unfamiliar facts in her mind.

"So my dear, you better get well soon okay? Rest and regain you strength so you will not make your boyfriend worried and soaked again on the rain okay?" Belinda said before she walked out the door. This nurse was surely the no.1 gossiper on town. Her opinions and conclusions always became facts.

Confused at everything, she just nodded. After all, she really couldn't remember to make a smart retort.

`So at least now I know someone'

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"oh Mr. Kaiba. Thank God you came. Here seat" Mr. Fritz said as Seto and Mokuba entered his office.

"So what is it?" Seto questioned hastily.

"Well, I would still stick to what I said yesterday that you didn't hit her. However,"

"What?" Mokuba butt in with curiousness.

"The accident somehow brought her in a state of Dissociative amnesia or what we called selective amnesia."

"What the hell is that?" Seto remarked, feeling a little estranged at a some high technical terms.

"It is one of the Dissociative disorders where one loses a memory due to stress or trauma. I assumed that the girl was stressed out and the almost banging incident totally exceeds her control limit"

"So, what does it mean?" Mokuba asked.

"In short, she lost her memory temporarily. She needs to be taken good care of especially at her no memory state"

"So, she's going to be okay?" Mokuba worriedly questioned.

"I assume yes"

There was a silence. The doctor let them feel the gravity of the situation. Mokuba just remained quiet, feeling sad about her case. But Seto, he just observed if there was something more to discuss.

"Is that all?" Seto impatiently inquired.

"Yes"

Assuming that the discussion was over, Seto made a move to walk towards the door, adnd then Mokuba followed him from behind.


"So are we going to call Joey and his friends" Mokuba asked. This was some serious case and they know for a fact how much Joey worries when it comes to his sister.

"We are not messengers, let them find out themselves" Seto said coldly.

Mokuba was left with no choice and agreed. It was his brother's decision anyway. "Okay"

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Serenity sat uprightly at her bed, remembering and assessing her present state.

`Does anyone would help me out? What is wrong? Where is my family? friends? anyone? Or……' She stammered, remembering what the nurse said. `…him?' Being alone in the room with her confused state, a feeling of being non-existent was dominant.

Which seemed like an answer to her help, a door suddenly opened.

"Hi!" Mokuba vivaciously ran to Serenity and jumped on her bed.

Serenity was left again in confusion.

`Who are these guys? Oh, what a cute teenage boy, long hair and a very cheerful one. He was so friendly. And who's that other one?' She then shifted her stare to Seto. `Browned hair, tall guy, smug looking, handsome. Wait, what the hell am I thinking? I don't even remember a thing and here I am daydreaming. Snap it out Serenity!'

"Who are you?" Serenity finally asked, waking herself from reverie.

"So you really don't remember a thing? Well, I'm Mokuba Kaiba, Seto's brother" When it comes to introduction, always bring the name Kaiba and Seto. People will surely have an idea who the person is.

"Seto?" Serenity repeated, somehow interested. That name was the one that the blabber-mouthed nurse pointed out earlier as her boyfriend.

"Yeah. He's my brother over here. He's the one who brought you on this place" Mokuba said, pointing out Seto.

`Oh! He? he's my boyfriend? That handsome looking guy' Serenity tried hard to hide her blush. `Did I just fantasize a guy who is my boyfriend? Is this really true?'

"Do you really can't remember a thing? " Seto finally spoke. He was leaning on the wall with his arms folded on his chest. Of course he wanted to make sure that everything the doctor said was true. Still, his facial expression didn't change, calm and cold as usual.

`What a voice! So husky'

She then stared more at Seto.
'Is it really him?' she continuously mused as if she didn't hear the question.
Seto noticed her interesting stare, furrowed his eyebrow and pasted a questionable look. `I don't know amnesia also makes people deaf'. He thought arrogantly. His question though was still hanging. Serenity saw Seto's stare and shifted her gaze in embarrassment.

`Gosh! he caught me. But then, if he is really my boyfriend why would I worry?'

"You're right I can't" she awkwardly said, stooping down her head in shame.
She couldn't look at him directly right away after what happened.

`If he really is my boyfriend, why am I acting this way? I look like an idiot judging some beauty pageant. Hey Serenity, keep that face up. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. If you're not sure ask him!'

"Um, can I ask you guys something?"

"Shoot" Mokuba said with a smiling face.

"It is because the nurse said earlier that my boyfriend is the one who brought me here. And you, Seto brought me here" Her voice was getting weaker and weaker. She was somehow discomfited to talk, eyes still looking down. "So, are you my boyfriend?" this part was very weak but still audible to Seto. Serenity looked at Seto slowly, hoping not to get the same reaction earlier.

Mokuba then expanded his eyes in amazement. That was very interesting, and once in a decade question to his brother.

Seto however couldn't reply. He was surprised at her question. `What the? How that this bitch ever fantasize me as her boyfriend. Me? Seto Kaiba will go with that dog's little sister? Of course not!'
Seto was about to make a rude remark when Mokuba ran to him, hastily grasped his hand and remarked sheepishly.

"Of course he is! You are together for a year now" Mokuba rapidly said with his widest grin. ` This is finally the answer to my long yearning question' he thought.


To Be Continued

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