Sooooo since I didnt do review replies for chapter 11 on chapter 12, I guess I'll do both of those here right now okay?
RR: Chapter 11
InsaneEvilLittleEmmy- I'm sorry the chapters have been short. But I get them to at least 1000 words sooooo to me thats good. ^^' And yer already insane so why not be add a little more to it?
hellomaru- haha thanks! I also have some news of... dun dun du du! I GOT THE HIGHEST GRADE ON MY ENGLISH TEST ON A BOOK! WOOT! Oh I hope you liked chapter 12 =D
Doragon-chan- Yea, Yugi got help finally. ^^ It took long enough but it fit the story.
Fangirl4ver- Don't worry don't worry. You didn't miss much. ^^ Sorry about the last line scarring you. =( I love that line though. I've been wanting to use it for a couple of months now.
Spindlegal- I don't sleep that well either. -w- Annnnd your feeling was wrong. Probably. I dunno. But hey I'm happy I can scare people!
sakura2112- You're just gonna have to find out haha.
Silver5606- Winter you can kill him if you want. ._.' I can't think of anyway to use him in the sequel now. And there may not be a sequel unless I remember what I was gonna do for it. ^^'
Chapter 12:
InsaneEvilLittleEmmy- Maybe you arent as evil as your name implies? You feel sympathetic towards Seto who is all things considered, emotionally stilted. For him to reach a limit to where he actually reveals the emotions he keeps burried inside of himself, you can't help but want to reach a hand out to help. It's human nature. ._.'
MyFalseTruth- I think this is your first time reviewing my story o.o' Nice ta meets ya. Just look at Emmy's review reply to know why ya wanna hug them haha
skywright- Yo. Been a while. .-. Thanks for that. It made me feel a lot better. ^^ Though I had to read it 5 times (no lie) before I could even think I understood what ya meant. v.v' I still don't think I get it completely. hehe
Fangirl4ver- I think it's a neither pairing now. I wanted it to turn into a Yami/Yugi pairing but now I feel like there is no need for a pairing at all. I guess its mostly friendship now.
sakura2112- uhhhhh I've been going through a little bit of drama/problems in life. Sorry.
I had wanted there to be at least 100 reviews by the time I finished this story. Right now I don't know if that will happen but I'll get them sooner or later. ^^
Chapter 13
After Seto's revealing outcry, Yugi ran. He knew it was wrong of him to do so. He should have stayed with the older boy like Yami did. But he was so confused. No one had ever wanted to save him before. Hell he did his best to make sure people couldn't get close to him. Now he had Seto, Joey, Ryou, and Yami. Everything was happening so fast. For the first time Yugi was finally free to do something and there wasn't anything he could think of to do. All he'd ever known was being bound.
"What can I do?" He whispered, eyes filling with unshed tears as he ran far away from the prison he had been held in. Seto's confession weighed heavily on his mind, on his emotions, and made the strain stronger. What could he do to help Seto? He couldn't even help himself!
Yugi thought that when he was finally free of his father things would be normal for him. An agony filled smirk graced his lips. What normal? There's no such thing as normal for Yugi. Not once has he experienced normalcy in his life. "What can I do?" What can you do in a world that tries to play off the un-normal as normal? A world that makes you disgusted with yourself for being different, what the hell is normal about that? If anyone knew what went on in that room- Yugi shuddered at the thought.
For now all Yugi wanted to do was run. He wanted to run away and not come back even though he knew he would. If not for Seto then for himself. When he could finally face the demons of his past he would come back. With determination in his amethyst eyes, Yugi continued to run. Though he wasn't running away. Not anymore. Now he was running towards something. Finally Yugi was going to face his past, by stepping one step at a time in the direction of his future. "I'll be back, everyone." Good-bye my friends, he thought one last time, unable to look back at the place where he met all the people who changed his life no matter how little time he had had with them.
That day, the day Seto confessed his feelings in the empty room of torture that had held Yugi captive for so many years, Yugi was released and disappeared off the face of the Earth.
Every year after that fateful day, Seto dropped by the home of Jacob McClaime to stand in the room that caused his love so much despair.
"Ten years already," Seto said softly, looking around the room that stayed exactly the same, plus a few extra layers of dust. At twenty-eight years of age, Seto continued to make Kaiba Corp. a major industry through the years as Duel Monsters grew more and more popular. He probably payed more attention to Duel Monsters because that was the first time he saw Yugi's eyes light up. Yugi loved Duel Monsters. They never got to have a duel though, Seto thought with a sad smile on his face.
Yami was waiting for him outside the door frame. He looked the same as he did in Highschool, just a few inches taller and a darker tan. His crimson eyes widened in shock as a slightly smaller version of himself walked past, a smirk in his eyes with a secretive smile on his face as he looked at Yami. Lifting a finger and placing it against his mouth. "Shhh." A wide grin almost split Yami's face in half.
The smaller look-a-like quickly walked into the house and quietly made his way down the old steps. It was amazing how no sound came from them after all these years. Once at the bottom he saw the back of his old friend. "I'm surprised this house hasn't been destroyed," he said casually, leaning against the frame with a smirk on his face when Seto whirled around to face the only slightly familiar voice. His ice blue eyes widened almost comically wide when comprehension finally dawned.
"Yugi," the brunette CEO whispered softly, emotions flying across his face at the speed of light as he regarded the now taller young man who had been missing for ten years. "You're back."
"Yea," Yugi said, a smile on his face now as he looked at Seto with bright amethyst eyes. "I'm back. And this time I have a title."
"A title?" What could that possibly have to do with him coming back? Seto wondered.
"Yea. I'm the new King of Games." The smile turned into a grin when Seto stared at him in shock. There was a major dueling competition just last week that would make the winner the new King of Games. Yugi dueled. Yugi won. Yugi was back.
With a small smile on his face, Seto let his eyes close to hold back his emotions. "Well fuck me sideways. You was right under my nose and I never had a clue."
"Does that matter?" Yugi asked, still grinning as he started to make his way back up the steps. He couldn't leave Yami hanging up there all alone now could he? "I'm here infront of you right now."
And I'll never let you out of my sight, Seto thought with a determined look as he nodded at Yugi's words and followed the younger man up the stairs. Never again will I allow you to be hurt or let you run away.
The hidden eyes that know one ever saw were finally seen by people who actually cared about the beauty inside them and the voice that no one ever heard finally spoke and let everyone listen to his words, his story, and how he overcame a past of nothing but pain. Who cares about normal, Yugi thought to himself when he locked his arms through Yami's and held his hand out to Seto, when you can create your own normal with people who matter?
OWARI!
That was the final chapter of Hidden Eyes, Hidden Voice. Thank you everyone for reading my story and for all the wonderful reviews you've given me. If you guys want more then just send it in a review or pm and tell me what you want. I'm open to suggestions now that I'm done with this story!
Arigatou, minna-san! =D I love you all!
