INTO LIGHT

ShirokiRyuu

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Disclaimer: If I owned Yuugiou, post-series fanfiction would be quite different.

In case you can't tell who's speaking when, the lines strictly alternate, starting with Seto.

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"...Do you miss him?"

"...(yawn)...What?"

"Do you miss him?"

"...Mmm. All the time."

"Do you hate him for leaving?"

"'Course not. How could I miss him if I hated him?"

"...Hn."

"...Do you hate him, for not giving you the chance to duel him before he left?"

"..."

"...Do you hate me, for taking away the chance?"

"How could I hate you for that? It was 'destiny,' remember?"

"Yeah, it was. 'Duty of the Puzzle-bearer.'"

"...Do you wish you'd lost?"

"He's where he belongs now. With his family and all his friends, and everything."

"That's not what I asked."

"...Not fair."

"Answer the question."

"...Yeah. I do. It's selfish, isn't it? I did my job--"

"You're not selfish."

"--and he's where he belongs, but if I had the chance..."

"...How does it-- Nn, never mind."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Ask me."

"...What is it like, sharing your body with another person?"

"Mmm. Like you're a puzzle piece, one half of a big two-piece puzzle, and he's your other half."

"...A puzzle."

"Yeah. Different parts of the same whole, or the same person, or something like that. Not really complete without both parts."

"That's ridiculous. You're you, no matter where you go or who you meet. You don't need another person to be a complete you."

"...That's what it feels like, anyway. Like there are some pieces missing."

"..."

"...(yawn)...Kaiba-kun?"

"Yeah?"

"Am I your rival now?"

"What?"

"You know, since he was your rival and I beat him. Does that mean I'm your rival now?

"...I suppose."

"...I'm not sure I know how to be a rival. Do I have to do anything special?"

"...Go back to sleep, Yuugi."

"...(yawn)...'Mmmkay."