Ok, here's the last chapter of this fic!!! Once again, I haven't written
in a few days. It may not be as good as the first few chapters. But then,
it will contain less mindless violence and more emotional angst, so maybe
it'll be better, or just as good, NEwayz!!!! Seto does a lot of snarling in
this chappie. R&R ONEGAI!!!!!!!
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CHAPTER 7
Blue eyes, filled with tears, locked onto brown ones, which were just as wet. Both pairs stared in shock and disbelief at the grave in front of them. They couldn't believe it. They simply couldn't make themselves believe that the little tenshi was gone.
"I gotta go, Seto. I'll see you back at my house, ok?" Jou sighed in defeat when his lover didn't answer him. "See ya 'round."
Seto stared numbly at the stone in front of him, and the rose on the ground in front of it. He was thinking about his tenshi, and how his favourite flower had been the white rose. It was probably a mark of the boy's purity. Seto was lost in his own dark thoughts, seemingly unaware of the world around him. So it was hardly surprising that he didn't even look up when one Yugi Moto came up to him. He spoke, nearly startling the taller boy out of his wits.
"Seto," Yugi said hesitantly. Seto looked up and glared, tears in his eyes.
"What do you want?" he snarled. "You've already taken everything there is to take away from me. Congratulations, Yugi. You've achieved your goal. I'm no more than a broken object now. So what more could you possibly want?"
Yugi cringed. "I.." He stopped, unsure of how to say this. He knew the taller boy would not accept what he had to say, but he had to say it anyways.
"I just wanted to say I'm.. I'm sorry. I know it's not enough, and I know I can never even begin to make it up to you, and I don't know why you haven't killed me yet. But I am sorry." Seto stared in disbelief, fury and pain at the shorter teen.
"You think I want to hear that, Yugi?" he asked.
"No," came the answer. "I know you don't want to hear it. But I'll say it anyways. I have to. And, Seto.." he trailed off, searching for some sign in the older boy's face of humanity, some sign that he was still alive. But there was none. Seto Kaiba was dead, in all the ways that really mattered.
"I don't want to hear it, Yugi. Just leave."
"I'm not leaving until you listen to me. You need to hear this. I think I know a way to ease the pain. It's not much, but it might help. At least.." He stopped, seeing that Seto had turned his face to him. At least he was listening. Then Yugi pulled a knife from his jacket pocket and handed it to Seto.
"What the hell's this for? A reminder, so that I'll never forget what you did? I don't want it. I don't need it. Trust me, I'll never forget this." Seto stared bitterly at the grave in front of him, tears on his face and rage in his voice.
"It's not for you. It's for me," Yugi answered him. Seto stared up at the teen, who was shorter than him, but above him since he was kneeling. He looked into Yugi's face, confusion, pain and fear written all over his own.
"It's a way for me to pay back my debts to you and Mokuba," Yugi began, but Seto cut him off.
"DON'T YOU EVER LET ME HEAR YOU SAY HIS NAME!!!!!!!!!!! He was the greatest thing that ever happened to me, he was my light; he was my hikari, while I was just his Yami. He was the only thing keeping me alive for most of my goddamned life!!!! And you TOOK THAT AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!" Seto was sobbing now, tears splashing onto his little brother's grave as he bent his head down.
"I'm sorry," Yugi whispered. "What..what do you want me to do?"
"I want you to die," snarled Seto. "I want you to burn in Jigoku, you little gaki!!!!!" Yugi didn't even blink.
"That can be arranged," he said. "After all, my grandfather always taught me to pay my debts. I took blood, so now I must give it. I took someone else's life, so now I must give my own. Go ahead. It's the least I deserve." He again offered the knife to Seto, who stared at it in shock and disgust.
"You want me to stab you with that?" he asked incredulously. Yugi nodded.
"Too bad," Seto snarled. "I'm not going to. I see right through what you're trying to do. You're trying to take the coward's way out. You're trying to kill the pain and the guilt. Well, I won't let you." Yugi stared at him in confusion and shock.
"Oh, don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about," Seto said. "I know all too well. After all, I tried the same thing myself."
"What?" Yugi gasped.
"It's true. And after I didn't succeed, I was recovering in the hospital, and Jou bought me the Evanescence CD. There's one song that I particularly like. Want to hear part of it?" Yugi shook his head.
"Too bad," said Seto. He began to sing.
"I tried to kill the pain
But only brought more
I lay dying
And I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal
I'm dying praying bleeding and screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?"
Yugi gaped in horror. Seto unrolled his shirt cuffs, showing Yugi the deep cuts in both of his wrists.
"I took the coward's way out too, Yugi. Or at least I tried to. I didn't succeed. I was condemned to live the rest of my long life here on earth, suffering every day without my tenshi. The least you deserve is not to rid this earth of yourself, although that is a very appealing thought. The least you deserve is to stay here, and suffer the same fate you've condemned me to. THAT's the least you deserve. Goodbye, Yugi. I hope we never meet again." With that, Seto stood and walked out of the graveyard, towards Jou's house. Yugi stared at his retreating back, then at the grave in front of him. He saw, lying on top of the mound of dirt, a single, white rose. He smiled sadly through his tears, and added one of his own before walking away.
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YAY!!!!!!!! IT'S DONE!!!! FINISHED!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! I don't like some aspects of this chappie, though. I mentioned earlier in the fic that I wanted to shift most of the blame to Tea, and I didn't manage to do that. I did manage to make Yugi look less human, a little bit. I totally forgot Tea had NEthing to do with this fic. Probably because she's not worth remembering, or thinking about. NEwayz, I'm done!!!! R&R ONEGAI!!!!!!!
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CHAPTER 7
Blue eyes, filled with tears, locked onto brown ones, which were just as wet. Both pairs stared in shock and disbelief at the grave in front of them. They couldn't believe it. They simply couldn't make themselves believe that the little tenshi was gone.
"I gotta go, Seto. I'll see you back at my house, ok?" Jou sighed in defeat when his lover didn't answer him. "See ya 'round."
Seto stared numbly at the stone in front of him, and the rose on the ground in front of it. He was thinking about his tenshi, and how his favourite flower had been the white rose. It was probably a mark of the boy's purity. Seto was lost in his own dark thoughts, seemingly unaware of the world around him. So it was hardly surprising that he didn't even look up when one Yugi Moto came up to him. He spoke, nearly startling the taller boy out of his wits.
"Seto," Yugi said hesitantly. Seto looked up and glared, tears in his eyes.
"What do you want?" he snarled. "You've already taken everything there is to take away from me. Congratulations, Yugi. You've achieved your goal. I'm no more than a broken object now. So what more could you possibly want?"
Yugi cringed. "I.." He stopped, unsure of how to say this. He knew the taller boy would not accept what he had to say, but he had to say it anyways.
"I just wanted to say I'm.. I'm sorry. I know it's not enough, and I know I can never even begin to make it up to you, and I don't know why you haven't killed me yet. But I am sorry." Seto stared in disbelief, fury and pain at the shorter teen.
"You think I want to hear that, Yugi?" he asked.
"No," came the answer. "I know you don't want to hear it. But I'll say it anyways. I have to. And, Seto.." he trailed off, searching for some sign in the older boy's face of humanity, some sign that he was still alive. But there was none. Seto Kaiba was dead, in all the ways that really mattered.
"I don't want to hear it, Yugi. Just leave."
"I'm not leaving until you listen to me. You need to hear this. I think I know a way to ease the pain. It's not much, but it might help. At least.." He stopped, seeing that Seto had turned his face to him. At least he was listening. Then Yugi pulled a knife from his jacket pocket and handed it to Seto.
"What the hell's this for? A reminder, so that I'll never forget what you did? I don't want it. I don't need it. Trust me, I'll never forget this." Seto stared bitterly at the grave in front of him, tears on his face and rage in his voice.
"It's not for you. It's for me," Yugi answered him. Seto stared up at the teen, who was shorter than him, but above him since he was kneeling. He looked into Yugi's face, confusion, pain and fear written all over his own.
"It's a way for me to pay back my debts to you and Mokuba," Yugi began, but Seto cut him off.
"DON'T YOU EVER LET ME HEAR YOU SAY HIS NAME!!!!!!!!!!! He was the greatest thing that ever happened to me, he was my light; he was my hikari, while I was just his Yami. He was the only thing keeping me alive for most of my goddamned life!!!! And you TOOK THAT AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!" Seto was sobbing now, tears splashing onto his little brother's grave as he bent his head down.
"I'm sorry," Yugi whispered. "What..what do you want me to do?"
"I want you to die," snarled Seto. "I want you to burn in Jigoku, you little gaki!!!!!" Yugi didn't even blink.
"That can be arranged," he said. "After all, my grandfather always taught me to pay my debts. I took blood, so now I must give it. I took someone else's life, so now I must give my own. Go ahead. It's the least I deserve." He again offered the knife to Seto, who stared at it in shock and disgust.
"You want me to stab you with that?" he asked incredulously. Yugi nodded.
"Too bad," Seto snarled. "I'm not going to. I see right through what you're trying to do. You're trying to take the coward's way out. You're trying to kill the pain and the guilt. Well, I won't let you." Yugi stared at him in confusion and shock.
"Oh, don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about," Seto said. "I know all too well. After all, I tried the same thing myself."
"What?" Yugi gasped.
"It's true. And after I didn't succeed, I was recovering in the hospital, and Jou bought me the Evanescence CD. There's one song that I particularly like. Want to hear part of it?" Yugi shook his head.
"Too bad," said Seto. He began to sing.
"I tried to kill the pain
But only brought more
I lay dying
And I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal
I'm dying praying bleeding and screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?"
Yugi gaped in horror. Seto unrolled his shirt cuffs, showing Yugi the deep cuts in both of his wrists.
"I took the coward's way out too, Yugi. Or at least I tried to. I didn't succeed. I was condemned to live the rest of my long life here on earth, suffering every day without my tenshi. The least you deserve is not to rid this earth of yourself, although that is a very appealing thought. The least you deserve is to stay here, and suffer the same fate you've condemned me to. THAT's the least you deserve. Goodbye, Yugi. I hope we never meet again." With that, Seto stood and walked out of the graveyard, towards Jou's house. Yugi stared at his retreating back, then at the grave in front of him. He saw, lying on top of the mound of dirt, a single, white rose. He smiled sadly through his tears, and added one of his own before walking away.
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YAY!!!!!!!! IT'S DONE!!!! FINISHED!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! I don't like some aspects of this chappie, though. I mentioned earlier in the fic that I wanted to shift most of the blame to Tea, and I didn't manage to do that. I did manage to make Yugi look less human, a little bit. I totally forgot Tea had NEthing to do with this fic. Probably because she's not worth remembering, or thinking about. NEwayz, I'm done!!!! R&R ONEGAI!!!!!!!