Seto - Sappy bitch.
HTYT - (glares at him) I sang this for my mates on Guitar Hero World Tour, and it inspired this. I actually didn't do to bad; I can at least sing in tune if not always in the right octave.
Yugi - (cuddles Yami close) Never leave me?
Yami - (kisses him) Never. EVER.
HTYT - Aw...
Seto - ...She doesn't own the song Monsoon by Tokio Hotel, nor does she own my sexy ass.
HTYT - I don't own anything but the plot. (glances at Seto's ass)...kudos on the nice ass.
Yami+Yugi - AHEM...
HTYT - (watches them stand and jaw drops as they turn) humunahumna....wha.....(drools at the sexy butts)
Tea - (picks up drooling Authoress) I'll take it this time. Seto, she does this again and it's your turn.
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Yugi stood center stage with the microphone in his hand, attaching it to its stand, looking out to the Ra-only-knows how many people out there. Each tiny memory of Yami flitted behind his eyelids when he blinked and it grew increasingly difficult not to cry.
Tea picked up her bass in her hand and looked at her friend. He missed Yami so much since he had entered the afterlife, and he had let that anguish at loosing him turn into words on a page, which, with Tea's surprising ability to come up with tunes, turned into a song. And now, with herself, Joey playing drums and Duke on guitar, they were playing in front of thousands of fans.
Yugi turned back to her and gave a slight smile and a thumbs up, signaling that she had to signal to their techies. Tristan and Kaiba looked at each other and nodded, then flicked the switches to the instruments and the lights, which Mokuba had programmed.
Tea began her warm up with the bass and Yugi leaned forward into the microphone, placing his hands on his own guitar and speaking the words that both made him happy and sad. "I'm singing this to someone who can't be here, but I hope is watching somehow."
Yami...This is for you...I just wish I'd actually got to tell you how I felt before you went...Ra damn it, I hope you can hear me somehow.
I'm staring at a broken door
There's nothing left here anymore
My room is cold, it's making me insane
I've been waitin' here so long
Another moment seems to've come
I see the dark clouds comin' up again
A tear already slid down his cheek as he sang the chorus, thinking of how much he wished Yami was there to hear him.
Running through the monsoon
Beyond the world
Til' the end of time
Where the rain won't hurt
Fighting the storm
Into the blue
And when I lose myself I'll think of you
Together we'll be running somewhere new
Through the monsoon
Just me and you
Kaiba listened and watched on, smiling slightly. He had probably been the only one who had known the entire time that Yugi was in love with the Pharaoh. Softening the light on his shorter friend, he thought to himself how he would feel if he didn't have Joey.
It scared him, and he only wished that nothing would tear them apart.
A halfmoon fading from my sight
I see your vision in its light
But now it's gone and left me so alone
I know I have to find you now
Can hear your name,I don't know how
Why can't we make this darkness feel like home?
A pair of heeled boots lightly thudded behind Tristan and Seto and a breeze told them someone was near to them and whipped around. ".....Holy shit....."
On stage Yugi sounded incredible, his voice perfectly rising and falling, another tear seeping down from his eye to his chin, only seen by those at the very front of the audience, and everyone wondered to just who he was referring to as he sang.
Nobody cared that it had begun to drizzle with rain, they just listened to the voice that was being carried through the stadium, feeling alive, feeling just how appropriate it was for the raindrops to fall.
Running through the monsoon
Beyond the world
Til' the end of time
Where the rain won't hurt
Fighting the storm
Into the blue
And when I lose myself I'll think of you
Together we'll be running somewhere new
And nothing can hold me back from you
Through the monsoon
Stunned, Seto stared at him, taking in the detail of the man in front of him. It wasn't possible, logical...he couldn't be there to hear Yugi...could he?
Tea flicked her head to the side with a slight smile at the man. She'd been a part of it, and so had Duke and Joey. Continuing her fantastically fluid bass playing, she turned back to the crowd, who were listening, enraptured by her friend's heartfelt performance.
Hey!
Hey!
I'm fighting all this power coming in my way
Let it take me straight to you,
I'll be running night and day
I'll be with you soon
Just me and you
We'll be there soon
So soon
He stood, leaning on the wall, watching Yugi. How long had it been? How long had it taken for the spells to take effect, restoring his body to its former glory? And for him to be ready to find his Yugi?
Smiling as Yugi's voice rang out in the evening air for one last chorus, he felt almost hypnotized by the sweet song that had come straight from his Aibou's heart to his. He'd heard Yugi sing so many times while waiting, sharing his anguish and stress, and crying out to sing with Yugi and to be heard. Finally, that moment had come.
Waving his hand, he smiled wider as the rainfall increased...
Running through the monsoon
Beyond the world
Til' the end of time
Where the rain won't hurt
Fighting the storm
Into the blue
And when I lose myself I'll think of you
Together we'll be running somewhere new
And nothing can hold me back from you
Through the monsoon
Through the monsoon
Just me and you
Through the monsoon
Just me and you...
As the song finished and cheers, screams and clapping went through the stadium, Yugi raised a hand to get rid of the tears that had fallen, watching the rain shower the people in the crowd, noting the irony in the water that drenched the listeners.
With a shout of thank-you and a final farewell, he took the guitar off and twisted to look back at his friends and band members, only then noticing the hooded figure with them. Walking up, he went to welcome the man who stood there.
Holding a hand out to offer a shake hello, his heart stopped as he saw the tanned fingers come out from the sleeve. Tilting his head up slowly to look at the black hood, his hands, now trembling went up and pushed the hood back, noting the rain had become heavier.
There, in reality and flesh and blood, stood Yami with a smile on his face and tears in his magenta-carmine coloured orbs.
He forgot they were on stage, not caring that their fans were watching them. The hands that had pushed the hood away hooked up around the neck of his Pharaoh and yanked him into the most passionate kiss anyone had ever seen, a death grip transferring to Yami's body, scared that any second he could vanish.
The crowd went silent. Nothing moved, no-one spoke, nor made a sound, just intently watching the pair caress each other's lips with their own. Some faces held a mix of disgust and horror.
A roar ensued. Almost the entire stadium cheered and screamed their happiness at the intimate gesture passing between the duo. Some girls and even a few guys cried in happiness, obviously figuring out that this person, whoever he was, was the one one Yugi sang about so passionately.
Yugi and Yami finally pulled back from the kiss, a torrent of tears falling from their eyes and all around them. "Yami?"
"It's me Yugi..." he pulled his Aibou in close to his body, and the pair collapsed to their knees in the embrace, crying in happiness and sharing whispers of love, while their friends cheered and smiled.
The rain thundered down even harder, but no-one in the stadium left. To have left in such a beautiful moment felt inappropriate, impolite and just unacceptable in every way. Fighting the increasingly heavy storm, they stayed in the pouring water. Because love like that didn't come around every day, and this was their chance to witness it.
'Running through the monsoon
Beyond the world
Til' the end of time
Where the rain won't hurt
Fighting the storm
Into the blue
And when I lose myself I'll think of you
Together we'll be running somewhere new
And nothing can hold me back from you
Through the monsoon
Through the monsoon
Just me and you
Through the monsoon
Just me and you...'
---
HTYT - Ok I've stayed off the water to stop the drooling...
Yugi - Is my voice really that good?
Yami - Your voice makes me want to sing with you.
HTYT - Thank you doctor. Apparently I'm ok to stay like this (points to empty space where she claims a doctor stands)
Tea - ...there's no-one there.
HTYT - ...Then I'm definitely going to need an IV and some fluid packs.
Joey - HOLY MOTHER OF CRAP!
(ALL turn to look at him) - What?
Joey - YAMI MAXED EVERYTHING OUT IN EXPERT ON GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR!
Yami - ...(blushes)...what can I say? I have a slight knack for the game. Plus the achievements look RE-HE-HEALLY good on my Xbox profile.