it should be obvious but i dont own yugioh so this story is the only thing that is mine :)
Okay so this is my first Yu-gi-oh fanfic so any input would be appreciated. For those who are reading my byakuya fics I have a mentalblock and will soon be updating when I have new ideas to put into the plot.
Pairings: Yami/Seto
Yami POV:
I knew something was wrong when I stumbled. Any other person would have thought it was nothing, but I never stumble. Having lived as a Pharaoh I never made such simple mistakes therefore my suspicions became more attuned to problems. My stuttering had begun not too long after ant the loss of appetite. Those signs in some people would be ignored, but I wouldn't. Having only recently acquired my own physical body these things worried me. Luckily my aibou and the Yugi-tachi ignored all the worrying signs. Speaking out of concern about these things to Yugis grandpa Sugoroku Motou he suggested that I go and see a doctor about the strange symptoms.
Several tests using unfamiliar technology and the doctor looked me in the eye and explained I have a… tumour in my brain. It's pressing on my speech centre making it difficult to talk sometimes. The man continues about how the brain is a difficult area and there isn't much hope for surgery. It would likely kill me before the tumour. I have about 3 maybe 4 months, but the doctor can't be sure. He even said if I was very lucky I might have as long as 6 months, but I wouldn't even be able to celebrate a birthday in my new body. At the best I will have lived 8 months of my new life… sometimes Ra can be unfair.
Sugoroku knows that I am ill, but he has promised me faithfully that the others won't know about my condition. He doesn't know how bad it is, just that I am ill.
School seems like a waste of time now and I occasionally skip out not bothering to even go. Why should I spend my time left learning things that aren't of any use to me… today was one of these days as I settle in my place at the park on the way to school. I realise quickly that I am not alone.
"Hey pharaoh, why aren't you with the rest of your possie?" the white haired former tomb robber quipped as he arrived at the park.
"Even I can find most of them annoying from time to time. I think the only one who doesn't is Yugi." I laugh slightly with Bakura who, during the times I skipped school had become my friend. I wanted to stay away from others since I would only make them sad in the end, but the spirit of the ring had spoken to me during the darker moments of my coming to terms with my disease. Now we shared a lot of things like the feelings he was developing for his 'bed buddy' the spirit of the millennium rod Marik.
The pair were strangely good for each other although Bakura seemed to rather die than admit any feelings to Marik. Today was another of those days were he would bitch about the blond and I would listen. It made me feel at ease to hear about my friends' happiness and although I probably won't be alive when they do confess to each other it will happen. I daze off thinking about life when I am gone, finally in the afterlife like I should have been months ago.
"Hey Yami? You still here?" Bakura laughed. "You were so out of it… I wonder were you thinking about someone in particular?" he smirked at the idea of me liking anyone.
I never said anything but I think he worked out that I have feelings for the CEO of Kaiba corp Seto Kaiba. A sad prospect for anyone, but for someone with little time to live then there was even less of a chance of confessing to said crush. At the hinted mention of my secret crush on Kaiba my cheeks heated with the sudden blush.
"Oh so you were thinking about 'Kaiba-boy'" Bakura said in a mock impression of Pegasus.
"Nnnn-no I wasn't." I attempted to be calm but my voice betrayed my embarrassment.
Bakura just laughed and we changed the subject. Its times like these when I really wished that I wouldn't have to leave, that fate wasn't giving me a taste of life just to take it away.
Over the next several weeks my health has begun to decline. My appearance is beginning to be affected. My hair is always dry and my skin is pailing. My sleep is disrupted by headaches and the doctors have now forced me onto pain medication. Yugi had become suspicious of my behaviour but I refused to say anything, it was too soon. I wouldn't want him to be sad. The longer I can keep this to myself the shorter they will have to be upset for. There is nothing to be done about my death… so there was only one thing to do for now and that was to make sure that I wouldn't be missed when I am gone.
Annoyed by my self-pity I attempt to distract myself by reading books or doing something. Over time I find it more difficult to think things through and I know it must be one of the side effects of my… condition, but that won't make it any easier to accept. I am proud of my mind and the things that I can do with it. To have my reasoning taken away from me is a hash blow.
Footsteps come closer and stop by my chair in the school library. Taking my attention away from my attempt at reading my book I look up into kaibas face. He glares down at me like usual only my heart beats slightly faster than usual. At this angel I see the sharp features of his face and the challenge in his eyes. For some reason I feel an attraction to this boy. More than would normally be accepted, but he will never know so it doesn't matter.
"Yugi, I want to challenge you to a duel." He almost growls. I internally wince at the name. Even having my own body doesn't seem like enough for him to believe that we are two separate people. Sighing I think about his challenge.
"Not now Kaiba. I am reading and don't feel up to duelling against you right now. Maybe later." I give the most pleading look that I can give him but he glares harder.
My reading session ruined and knowing Kaiba won't let me get away with refusing his challenge I get up and walk out of the library. Actually I walk right out of school. With nothing to do and the whole day and time to kill I go to my park knowing Bakura won't be there since he was still in school.