Sheep: Ha. I think I forgot to mention this before, but I was taking an actual vacation for almost 3 weeks. Oops! But, to make up for not telling all of you, I'm going to do some creative thinking, write a new chapter and post it on my birthday.
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It's amazing, isn't it? How so many lives and fates can depend on a single action... or on the action not taken. And how so many people depend on the outcome of a simple game...
Whether I win or lose can decide the fate of the whole world. Or, rather, whether Yami and I win or lose can decide it. If we win, we save the whole world and peace will hopefully be restored. If we lose, the world will fall under the control of chaos and madness.
Isn't that just perfect? Billions of lives depend on how a game is played by a teenager and an ancient pharaoh who once possessed the teen through an inanimate object. Sounds pretty ridiculous when you just hear it.
But when you're living it... It's completely different.
It's true what Morpheus said in that movie, The Matrix. "There's a difference in knowing the path and walking the path." Man, did I ever learn that the hard way.
But, how would you know if you're on the right path in the first place? How would you know that this path is the path that will ensure that the path you're on is the one that you were meant to walk on? How?
I guess the answer is simple: you don't.
Strategies, luck, faith. These things are what guide us, aren't they? They help us get through the path, even if they don't get you through safely. They help us bend the path so that it's easier to get to the end. But they can also help others make the path harder for us to walk.
So if the path that I have to take is just a game, what would happen if I lose? The path would break, shattering the ground beneath my feet, uprooting the very earth and rearrange it to make way for another person who has to walk my path. Or it would simply disappear, leaving me lost.
Both of those choices aren't that appealing, are they? No, they're not…
Losing a single duel could cost me everything I hold close to my heart and cause the world to be thrown into darkness. Yami has the strategies while I provide the faith to win. Both of us have tremendous luck.
But... what if I don't have the faith to go on and win? What do I do then? What would happen if I suddenly lose faith in myself and Yami?
Oh, I know. Jou would probably kick my ass. He'd remind me that everybody's there for me and Yami, no matter what. He'd probably do that while kicking my ass.
And, of course, Yami would always reassure me that we'd go through anything that the enemy has in store for us. That always makes me have faith that everything will turn out fine and all my friends will always support me.
...Okay, now I realize that I've been hanging around Anzu a tad too much.
Yami's been acting a little odd lately, too. It's not because Anzu's almost always around, either. He seems to be unsure about the future… Like he doesn't know if he's doing the right thing.
And he calls me unfaithful! He doesn't even know if he's going to do it!
Well, I can't blame him. The future's totally unknown. For example, I didn't really expect Kaiba to show up at our door soaking wet and looking like a lost puppy. (When I saw him, I though it was kind of ironic that he calls Jou a puppy. Wouldn't you think so, too?)
It's so quiet... Too quiet. I hope it was a good idea to let Kaiba stay at our place.
Oh, gods! I left him and Yami alone!
Almost panicking, I raced out of my room to the living room to see if anything had happened when I stupidly went for a shower and stayed holed up in my room. When I reached there, what I saw was definitely not what I expected at all.
"Pass the popcorn, Yami."
"Sure."
I felt the distinct flush of my blood rushing to my face.
"Oh, hey, Yugi. You finally came out of the washroom," my dark half said. He was curled up comfortably on the armchair and he peacefully handed Kaiba the bowl of popcorn from the coffee table. "We were just saying that you probably drowned in the shower."
"Actually, I thought you got tangled by your bathrobe, but I see you're completely fine," drawled Kaiba. He was lying on the sofa, one leg propped up on the back of it. "Something wrong, Yugi?"
"You do seem a little worried," said Yami. He looked at me full of concern.
I tried saying something, but I nothing came out of my mouth. The whole world had now officially turned upside down! Yami and Kaiba were inside my home, watching Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. And they weren't trying to kill each other!
"I-- uh-- Yeah," I managed to choke out. "Is, uh... Is everything ok out here?"
"Yep."
"Everything's fine."
"You don't want any drinks or anything?"
They both lifted up cans of soda from the floor at the same time.
"Want to watch The Two Towers with us?" asked Kaiba. He started to get up from being sprawled on the couch to make room for me. "You've been in there for so long that Aragorn's just about to come back from falling off the cliff."
"Nah, it's ok. I, uh, I don't really like movies with so much fighting. I'll just stay in my room. You know where to find me if you need me."
"Yeah," they both said and turned back to the TV. Kaiba went back to his former position.
Still feeling the shock of seeing something that was next to impossible, I managed to make it back to my own room without collapsing to the ground. Actually, I stumbled a couple times, but they didn't notice.
At least, I don't think they did. Damn! Now it's going to bug me for a while!
But, something was out of place. Erm... More out of place than usual, I mean.
Kaiba was a little... different, somehow. A little more revealed, more true. He seems so much more relaxed and content that I hope he finds what he's looking for in his heart.
Wait. Let me rephrase that.
I hope he finds who he's looking for.
~*~
Sheep: I couldn't help it. I just had to insert something from Lord of the Rings in here. If you go through my LotR fic, you'll see that I slipped in something from Yugioh in there, too.
So, I managed to continue the Seto/Yami/Yugi bit a little. And, no, if I'm planning to do a real fic of that particular story or any of these, I doubt I'll do a yaoi one.
Also, I believe that was my last poem from Yugioh. I'll put up a final chapter hopefully this week. If not, I'll put it up next week. That is, unless anybody can give me a good reason to continue this poem-fic with the cast.
Until then... Sayonara! ^_^
~*~
It's amazing, isn't it? How so many lives and fates can depend on a single action... or on the action not taken. And how so many people depend on the outcome of a simple game...
Whether I win or lose can decide the fate of the whole world. Or, rather, whether Yami and I win or lose can decide it. If we win, we save the whole world and peace will hopefully be restored. If we lose, the world will fall under the control of chaos and madness.
Isn't that just perfect? Billions of lives depend on how a game is played by a teenager and an ancient pharaoh who once possessed the teen through an inanimate object. Sounds pretty ridiculous when you just hear it.
But when you're living it... It's completely different.
It's true what Morpheus said in that movie, The Matrix. "There's a difference in knowing the path and walking the path." Man, did I ever learn that the hard way.
But, how would you know if you're on the right path in the first place? How would you know that this path is the path that will ensure that the path you're on is the one that you were meant to walk on? How?
I guess the answer is simple: you don't.
Strategies, luck, faith. These things are what guide us, aren't they? They help us get through the path, even if they don't get you through safely. They help us bend the path so that it's easier to get to the end. But they can also help others make the path harder for us to walk.
So if the path that I have to take is just a game, what would happen if I lose? The path would break, shattering the ground beneath my feet, uprooting the very earth and rearrange it to make way for another person who has to walk my path. Or it would simply disappear, leaving me lost.
Both of those choices aren't that appealing, are they? No, they're not…
Losing a single duel could cost me everything I hold close to my heart and cause the world to be thrown into darkness. Yami has the strategies while I provide the faith to win. Both of us have tremendous luck.
But... what if I don't have the faith to go on and win? What do I do then? What would happen if I suddenly lose faith in myself and Yami?
Oh, I know. Jou would probably kick my ass. He'd remind me that everybody's there for me and Yami, no matter what. He'd probably do that while kicking my ass.
And, of course, Yami would always reassure me that we'd go through anything that the enemy has in store for us. That always makes me have faith that everything will turn out fine and all my friends will always support me.
...Okay, now I realize that I've been hanging around Anzu a tad too much.
Yami's been acting a little odd lately, too. It's not because Anzu's almost always around, either. He seems to be unsure about the future… Like he doesn't know if he's doing the right thing.
And he calls me unfaithful! He doesn't even know if he's going to do it!
Well, I can't blame him. The future's totally unknown. For example, I didn't really expect Kaiba to show up at our door soaking wet and looking like a lost puppy. (When I saw him, I though it was kind of ironic that he calls Jou a puppy. Wouldn't you think so, too?)
It's so quiet... Too quiet. I hope it was a good idea to let Kaiba stay at our place.
Oh, gods! I left him and Yami alone!
Almost panicking, I raced out of my room to the living room to see if anything had happened when I stupidly went for a shower and stayed holed up in my room. When I reached there, what I saw was definitely not what I expected at all.
"Pass the popcorn, Yami."
"Sure."
I felt the distinct flush of my blood rushing to my face.
"Oh, hey, Yugi. You finally came out of the washroom," my dark half said. He was curled up comfortably on the armchair and he peacefully handed Kaiba the bowl of popcorn from the coffee table. "We were just saying that you probably drowned in the shower."
"Actually, I thought you got tangled by your bathrobe, but I see you're completely fine," drawled Kaiba. He was lying on the sofa, one leg propped up on the back of it. "Something wrong, Yugi?"
"You do seem a little worried," said Yami. He looked at me full of concern.
I tried saying something, but I nothing came out of my mouth. The whole world had now officially turned upside down! Yami and Kaiba were inside my home, watching Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. And they weren't trying to kill each other!
"I-- uh-- Yeah," I managed to choke out. "Is, uh... Is everything ok out here?"
"Yep."
"Everything's fine."
"You don't want any drinks or anything?"
They both lifted up cans of soda from the floor at the same time.
"Want to watch The Two Towers with us?" asked Kaiba. He started to get up from being sprawled on the couch to make room for me. "You've been in there for so long that Aragorn's just about to come back from falling off the cliff."
"Nah, it's ok. I, uh, I don't really like movies with so much fighting. I'll just stay in my room. You know where to find me if you need me."
"Yeah," they both said and turned back to the TV. Kaiba went back to his former position.
Still feeling the shock of seeing something that was next to impossible, I managed to make it back to my own room without collapsing to the ground. Actually, I stumbled a couple times, but they didn't notice.
At least, I don't think they did. Damn! Now it's going to bug me for a while!
But, something was out of place. Erm... More out of place than usual, I mean.
Kaiba was a little... different, somehow. A little more revealed, more true. He seems so much more relaxed and content that I hope he finds what he's looking for in his heart.
Wait. Let me rephrase that.
I hope he finds who he's looking for.
~*~
Sheep: I couldn't help it. I just had to insert something from Lord of the Rings in here. If you go through my LotR fic, you'll see that I slipped in something from Yugioh in there, too.
So, I managed to continue the Seto/Yami/Yugi bit a little. And, no, if I'm planning to do a real fic of that particular story or any of these, I doubt I'll do a yaoi one.
Also, I believe that was my last poem from Yugioh. I'll put up a final chapter hopefully this week. If not, I'll put it up next week. That is, unless anybody can give me a good reason to continue this poem-fic with the cast.
Until then... Sayonara! ^_^
