Title: Beautiful
Goodbye
Author: Adrian
Rating: PG15 (for language and just a
little implied sex. I can't do
smut scenes, but it was a great
setup for one
Pairing: SetoxYami
Spoilers: None
Warnings: A
little Anzu bashing. I don't usually do this but I had to
go with
the flow of the plot
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh, or any of
its affiliates, or the
song 'Beautiful goodbye' By Amanda
Marshall
Summary: Yami runs away from home, searching for
something, and finds
Seto Kaiba
Fed
up with my destiny,
And this place of no return
It's not enough.
Yami sat on a park bench, and
stared up at the sky. Several fluffy
white clouds passed slowly
over the sun. Trees leaves rustled sofly
as the wind blew against
them.
I can't stay with you anymore Yugi. I know you thought
we'd be
together forever. It was the same for me. I don't know
what it would
be like, to not be apart of you... but it's not
enough anymore. I
don't want to keep having to fight all your
tough battles for you.
I know it was hard for you before you
solved the puzzle. But you're
differant now. You're stronger, and
you have friends who would risk
their lives for you. I'm impressed
by you, by person you are, and
the person you will become.
Yami
closed his eyes
I have to go now. There's something I have to
get back. Something, I
only just remembered was once
mine.
Think I'll take another day,
And
slowly watch it burn
"Today's markets are tough
Mr. Kaiba. Especially when someone as
young as yourself has to run
an entire company all by himself. I
assure you that merging with
LYCOCORP will be the best thing you
could possibly do. All things
considered"
Seto blinked at the owner of LYCOCORP,
Daishiro Shouji. He was about
fourty-eight, with thin greasy hair,
and shifty brown eyes. The
buttons on his suit looked as though
they were going to pop off if
the man took a really deep
breath.
Seto stood. He was about two and a half feet taller
than Daishiro,
and it was amusing to see him straighten his
shoulders in a vain
attempt at looking taller.
"You
seem to think..." Seto began, his voice cool, even though
there
was an underlying note of steel within it. "That my
age, makes me an
easy target. You came here under the assumption
that I am an
inexperienced child. A puppet to be toyed with by my
board members."
Seto smirked as Daishiro shifted his
weight uncomfortably from one
foot to the other.
"Well,
you were mistaken." Seto pulled out his cell phone, and
pressed
a button. Five seconds later two large men burst into his
office.
Daishiro jumped about five feet in the air. Seto laughed
and
speed-dialed Mokuba while his security officers dragged
Daishiro out
of his office.
It doesn't really
matter
How the time goes by...
Yami
walked past Domino High school. He'd gone once with Yugi, but it
had
been one of the most boring and pointless experiences of his
life.
Now he just stayed home, or in his soul room.
Not that he had
anything against schools. It was just-- He'd been a
Pharaoh in
Egypt. He'd had the best tutors from all over the known
world. By
the time he was six, he could speak and write in twelve
different
languages. His education had been extensive, and his tutors
were
extremely thorough.
Modern schools just could not
compare.
Yami shook his head. How did he know all this anyway?
He couldn't
remember his own name, but Yugi's history homework was
a breeze. Yami
laughed a little, and shifted his backpack from his
left shoulder to
his right. It contained everything he owned, his
puzzle, some clothes,
and a picture of Yugi and his friends.
Most
people would call what he was doing running away.
But I'm not
running. I'm searching. Please understand Yugi.
Cause
I still remember you and I,
And that beautiful goodbye
"Seth! What are you doing!?" The high priest
held him close, and
brushed a gentle kiss across his lips. "I'm
sorry my Pharaoh, but
this is how it has to be. Perhaps we'll meet
again, but now I must
protect you, even if it is to my last
breath." Blue eyes flashed.
Pain, and what might have been
love swirled within them. The crimson-
eyed boy was given a hard
shove, and he fell back into darkness.
"No!
Seth!...No..."
Yami felt his throat tighten, and he
paused in the middle of crossing
the street.
"I
shouldn't have forgotten you... "
"If want to commit
suicide go jump off a building or something, but
get out of the
street." Yami looked up. Seto was a few feet away,
standing
next to his limo. The door was open, but he didn't get back
in.
Yami
managed a small smile. "Just the man I was looking for." He
took
a few steps towards Seto, then stopped. He swallowed, and
tried to
take another step, but his legs gave out and he fell
forward.
It was a surprise when he didn't hit the ground and
even more of a
surprise when he discovered Seto's arms wrapped
around him. Seto
ignored the sound of horns blaring as traffic
backed up behind his
limo. He pulled Yami's backpack off his
shoulder and tossed it into
the limo. Then he half carried half
dragged Yami into the car.
"What the hell happened to you
Yami?" Seto pulled out his cell and
dialed Yugi Motou's
number. The phone began ringing.
I can't go back to my old
life. Do you even know how long I've been
looking for you? Four,
five days, a week maybe. It's really hard.
Being far away from
Yugi, and blocking him out all this time. Its
been draining. I'm
so tired now. Please, I can't go back
We staggered
through
these empty streets,
Laughing arm in arm
"Hello? Yugi? I ... Hey!" Yami slid the door
to the limo open, and
jumped out. Luckily they were at a red
light, but Seto figured he
would have done it even if they had
been moving. He dropped his
cell phone on the seat, and followed
Yami.
"Hello? Kaiba?..." Yugi's voice was a mix of
worried, and hopeful,
but after a few minutes, he finally realized
Seto was no longer on
the phone. There was a small beep and the
line went dead.
Yami struggled against him, but Seto had a
firm grip on his arms. It
was only a matter of moments before his
strength gave out, and he
sagged against Seto's chest.
"I'm
sorry" He whispered into the soft fabric of Seto's shirt.
"I
just had to get away from them, from it all." Seto
rubbed his hands
up and down Yami's arms. He was more than certain
there would be
bruises in the places where he'd held Yami, if he
bothered to look.
"Tell me why you're acting like this!
What the hell is wrong with
you!?" He was shouting. He didn't
know why he was shouting, but he
figured, if he didn't shout he'd
wind up shaking Yami until his teeth
rattled out of his
head.1
The night had made a mess of me,
Your
confessions kept me warm
"I was looking at my
Dark Magician about a week ago. I was studying
my deck and
creating new combos. I started to think that I was alot
like my
Dark Magician. Yugi always has me come out to fight his
really
tough opponents, and then afterwards I go back to my puzzle and
wait
for the next match. But... I'm not just some trump card like
Exodia.
I don't want to be there just so he can win."
Yami stared
hard at the cement. Seto was standing uncomfortably close
to him,
leaning against the wall of a building. It was almost like he
was
afraid Yami would try to run off again. He hadn't said a word
since
Yami began speaking, but Yami knew he was listening. He'd had
Seto's
complete focus on him more than enough times during their
duels to
know for a fact when he was paying attention.
"Yugi has
always treated me like one of his best friends, so I don't
think
he honestly realizes... but I was... I am an actual person, and
I...
came to find you. Because we..."
Seto pushed away from
the wall he'd been leaning against. "Because
we're rivals.
Now come on, you obviously haven't eaten in at least a
week. I
won't take you home, if that's what you want, but that
doesn't
make us friends. Once you're strong enough, we're going to
duel.
You do have you deck with you right?"
Yami almost rolled
his eyes, but instead, he gave Seto a weak
smile. "I always
have my deck with me Kaiba. Only amateurs leave them
at
home."
And I don't really miss you,
I
just need to know,
Do youever think of you and I
And
that beautiful goodbye
Seto grinned when he caught
sight of Yami "You look ridiculous" Yami
made a face and
crossed his arms over his chest. "Well you are twice
my
size! What did you do with my clothes anyway?"
Seto set the
tray of food he'd been carrying on the table next to the
guest
room's bed.
"I had them burned" He said, dipping his
pinky into the applesauce
and licking it off. "What!?"
Yami nearly fell off the bed. Seto
grinned "I sent them to be
cleaned. But that reaction was classic. I
should have brought my
camera."
Yami counted to ten in his head, then reached
for a sandwich. He was
wearing one of Seto shirts, and it hung
down to his shins. The
sleeves were rolled all the way up to his
shoulders, and if that
wasn't bad enough, the entire thing was
pink! Why the hell would Seto
wear pink?
"Because I'm
secure in my masculinity." Seto said as if he'd read
Yami
mind. Yami raised a skeptical brow. Seto glanced at him "And,"
He
continued "Mokuba brought it for my birthday last year."
When
I see you now,
I wonder how,
I could have
watched you walk away
Yami grinned and snacthed the bowl
of applesauce Seto was currently
inhaling. "Hey! Give that
back!" Yami laughed and scooted over to the
other side of the
bed. Seto followed, and caught him around the waist
before he
could slide off. The bowl slipped from Yami's hands and
splattered
applesauce all over his face. Some of it started to slide
down his
neck, and into his shirt.
Seto's eyes followed some of the
sticky mess as it trailed down
Yami's cheek. It was about to drip
onto his favorite shirt, and his
body moved before he could think.
Yami froze the very instant Seto's
warm tongue touched his cheek.
He didn't know what to do, so he just
sat very still while Seto
licked applesauce off his face.
Yami had a sudden flash of
deja vu. Of Seto, with darker hair, half
naked, licking something
off him. Yami felt a hot blush spread across
his cheeks. It was
only then that he realized that Seto had stopped
licking
him.
"So, if you're feeling better, how about that duel?"
Seto's voice was
low, and Yami could feel his warm breath on his
cheek. He nodded, not
once meeting Seto's eyes. He felt Seto's
fingers brush against the
bottom of his chin, and he found himself
staring up into ice-blue-
eyes, except that they weren't cold at
all. They were burning. Yami
barely had enough time to breathe in
before he was swept up in to a
heated kiss.
If I
let you down,
Please forgive me now,
For that
beautiful goodbye
I'm sorry. I can't give this up. I
can't let him go. You weren't
there Yugi. You don't understand how
much I ahh! Ahhhhh! I don't
wan't you to feel what he's doing to
me, but somehow I do. I want...
Yes...Oh Yes. Just like
that...
Seto drew away slowly, and rolled so that Yami lay on
his chest. "I
don't understand why I feel this way..."
Yami closed his eyes, and
ran his fingers absently over Seto's
chest. "I don't understand why
you feel this way either, but
I don't really mind it all that much"
Seto gave a weak laugh
"I thought people in our situation were
supposed to talk
about it or something."
Yami lifted his head off Seto's
chest "Or something? People in our
situation?" Seto
blushed "I'm sort of new to this so...I don't
really..."
Yami kissed his shoulder "Don't worry about it now.
Besides,
I'm sure you'll get better with practice" He teased. Seto
pulled
a pillow from behind his head and smacked Yami with it.
In these
days of no regrets,
I'll keep mine to myself
Yugi
was the first to spot them. Jou, and Honda were the next to
notice.
Yami and Seto were coming out of a clothing store together.
There
was a man in a really bad suit following them with several bags
and
packages. The driver of Seto's limo got out and opened the trunk,
and
the clerk dropped the bags into it.
"Yami!!!!" Anzu
shouted and dashed towards him. She shoved a woman and
her kid out
into the street, and almost knocked over Seto. She
tripped, and it
looked like she was about to crash into Yami, but he
sidestepped
her just in time, and she hit the concrete hard. Of
course, you
can't keep an Anzu down, and she popped back up again as
if
nothing had happened.
"Oh Yami I missed you so much!
Where have you been!" She tried to hug
him, but he stepped to
the side again, this time though it was right
into Seto's arms.
Seto dropped a kiss on his temple, and got into the
limo. Yami
turned toward Yugi and the others. "It was good seeing you
guys
again." he smiled at them all, and slid into the limo next
to
Seto. The chauffeur shut the door, then made his way to the
driver's
side, got in, and pulled away.
Yugi stared after
the car. "Yami. Wait." he whispered.
And all
the things we never said,
I can say for someone else
"I always liked cats, but I've never had time to
get one." Seto held
up a yellow cat, with green eyes. "How
about this one?" Yami
nodded "I like them all, it
doesn't matter which one we get." Seto
held the cat up to his
face, and looked it in the eyes. "I dub thee
Danger Kitty!"
Yami choked on his apple juice "Wh--What kind of name
is
that?" He gasped. Seto shrugged "You have a better
idea?"
Yami grinned "Danger Kitty it is" They
paid for the cat, and left the
pet store. Yami linked his arm with
Seto's, and they made their way
towards the chauffeur. Seto held
up the small cage with Danger
Kitty "Take care of this would
you?" The chauffeur merely nodded and
took the cage. Seto
glanced down at Yami. "So, where to now?"
Yami
looked around "We're close to the game shop. Why don't we...
go
see Yugi?"
Cause nothing lasts
forever,
But we always try
Yugi stood at the
cash register and rang up the cards Jounouchi had
just picked out.
"I hope you like them." He said with a small watery
smile.
Jou frowned. "Aw c'mon Yug! You've got to get past this! I
mean,
it's not like he coulda stayed forever. The guy shoulda got a
life
a long time ago. An' any time you wanna talk to him..."
"You
know where I am." Yami finished from the doorway of the
game
shop. Jou jerked around, and fell on his ass. Yami stepped
forward,
and helped him up. Jou rubbed the back of his head
and
grinned. "So...uhh How long you been standin' there man?"
Yami
grinned "Long enough. And you're one to talk, Mr.
I-can-tie-my-shoes-
without-using-my-hands" Jou laughed a
little, and then moved over to
another counter to look through his
new cards.
"You could have come to see me." Yami
said softly. Yugi stared at the
buttons on the register. "You
could have told me you were leaving!"
Yugi snapped. Yami took
a few steps forward, and placed his hands on
the counter. "I
tried, but the words just wouldn't come out. I didn't
even know
what I was going to do once I left, but something came to
me and
I..."
Yami looked back at the doorway. Seto stepped
inside. "If you want,
we'll leave, but I..."
"No!
Don't leave!" Yugi moved from behind the counter and wrapped
his
arms around Yami's waist. "Don't leave again, without
saying goodbye"
And I just cant help but wonder
why,
We let it pass us by
Seto glanced at
his watch. He was leaning against a counter in the
game shop,
watching Yami duel Yugi and Jounouchi at the same time.
They had
been at the game shop for two hours, and something in the
air was
making him nervous. He hadn't taken his eyes off Yami the
entire
time they'd been there.
No, better yet-- He hadn't taken his
eyes off Yami since the day they
first met. Not the same day he
played Yugi's grandfather, and ripped
his BEWD in two. It was a
while after that, when he first discovered
that Yami and Yugi were
two differant people. Boy had that been one
heck of a
day.
"Yugi!!" Anzu syrupy voice rang through the
shop. Seto groaned. He'd
known. How had he known? Cause life was
just a bitch that way.
"We're here! And we're ready to
stud--" Anzu dropped the school books
she'd been holding. Her
eyes looked like they were going to pop out
of her head and she
started to pant. "Yami!!!!" She squeeled. She
nearly
bounded over to where he sat, but the size of the shop
wouldn't
allow for it, so instead she just hopped. Yugi shot Seto
an
apologetic look, and turned back to Yami who looked like he
wanted to
crawl under a rock.
"Sorry. It was such a
surprise when you showed up I forgot she and
Honda were supposed
to come by for a study group. Yami was getting
ready to dodge
another hug, when Anzu was suddenly jerked backwards.
She let out
a loud choking noise, and an even louder "Owww!!" When
she
hit the wall behind Seto.
Seto offered Yami his hand. "I
think we'll be going now. Wouldn't
want to distract your friends
from their studying." Yami nodded and
took Seto's
hand
"You're welcome to come by anytime" He nodded
to Yugi, Jou and Honda
and shook his head a little at Anzu.
"Did
you really have to throw her across the room Seto?" Seto
just
smirked, and pulled him out the door.
When I
see you now,
I wonder how,
I could have watched
you walk away
If I let you down,
Please
forgive me now,
For that beautiful goodbye
A.N.
This was written as an entry to a songfic challenge at The pharaoh's
palace II. I don't know what place it took, but I thought it was
still pretty good. Hope you like it
episode (dubbed) where yami is fighting one of Merrick's mind puppets
and Yami is all defeated and on his knees, the Seto shows up in his
chopper and tells him to get up cause he should never be on his knees
before an enemy. I just think that's how Seto feels towards Yami and
I also have this really great theory on why seto is always chasing
Yami for a rematch, I wrote it down somewhere but I can't find it
right now. .