I'm finally back! Do you want to know the joke of the week? Well, my friend
doesn't exactly like Seto, and was ranting about it the other day. The
thing is, she just went on and on, and then said: Seto Kaiba is _so_ gay.
Unintentionally. I just looked at her for a while and started laughing...
It might not seem as much now (or in English o.O), but it sure was fun
then!
Many thanks to Diamond (oh, I will! ^^), highqueenofthegods (errr... I don't think Yami will kill her... I don't exactly have anything against her), firedraygon97 (I'm sorry, I seem to write some sort of a cliffhanger in nearly every chapter...), Sailor Comet (Ryou will be in next chappie, Bakura in the next or the one after that... And yes, poor Marik. He'll show up in the next chapter again, if everything goes as planned.), Synchronized Love (I hope you're better now! I think Seto will surprise everyone before I'm through with him in this fic...), Jadej.j (I'll try to...), Seventh Sage (^.^ I feel so evil for what I did to them... This chapter is to make it up), Renee the Rabid Squirrel (Yep, evil me! ^.~ You haven't read the worst of Yami's past, dare I say), Neko-chan (oooh, I think I already answered everything you wanted to know. How odd...), Chibizoo (wow, you people are too good to me! Don't worry about the other characters, anyone else than the main couples and the Unknown will not show up that often, they are there mainly for future reference - see, I'm planning ahead just in case people want a sequel ^.^), Hotaru the Demon Goddess (don't I just annoy people with the endings of my chapters... ^^), Naturi (thank you! Egyptian vampire guys do seem to be attractive, especially if they are certain characters from Yugioh...), Angelina (ei niin moni lue toisten kommentteja...) and Jadesaber (I personally like that, too)
Slaying the Dreamer, chapter 10: Whispers of Night
---Yami POV---
Darkness. Again I woke to darkness, as I had woken for so many years already. Would there be light sometimes, or would I just eternally be damned to these soft whispers of night?
And Yugi... I had completely screwed up last night. I had panicked, not even daring to try solving things, left everything as it was after Seto's revelation. I was merely a coward, nothing more. I didn't even deserve to try explaining everything to Yugi.
Falling to my depression, first I didn't notice the familiar presence filling my mind. But when it registered, it managed to jolt me away from my moody thoughts. Could he really have...? Willing myself not to hope so greatly, I lifted the heavy slab of stone out of my way, and rose from the coffin I used during the day.
And there he was, staring at me with a slightly confused expression, sitting on top of one of the other huge, stony boxes. His clothes were somewhat dusty - no doubt from searching through the tomb - and his violet eyes held a tone of sadness in them.
"I...I just had to see you... I don't know why, but I had to. Please forgive me."
"Nothing to forgive"
I closed the coffin and stood next to it. I didn't know what else to do... This feeling of helplessness was slowly becoming familiar for me, so much I had gone through lately. I didn't know what he was doing here, and the uncertainty of it made me feel weak.
But looking at him, I noticed that the little one wasn't much better off than me. He nervously twisted his hands on his lap and tried not to look straight at me - or the coffin. But he obviously wanted to.
"Are you afraid?"
"I don't know... Maybe. A touch."
"You needn't be. I wouldn't hurt you."
He stayed silent, still not looking at me. An uncomfortable silence enveloped the tomb, disturbed only by the sound of gentle breathing and to my ears heartbeats loudly echoing through it.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Sitting there, looking so rejected I couldn't resist him, he uttered that silent question that I didn't know how to answer.
"...It's not exactly something I would want to spread around. And truthfully, what would you have done if I had told you? I didn't want to lose you so quickly..."
He hid his face in his hands, curling into a sobbing ball. I didn't dare to go to him just yet, I had no proof yet he would want me anywhere near him.
"Yugi?"
"I...I don't know what to do..."
He stepped down and came towards me, tears filling his eyes, talking in a hushed voice.
"How can merely one person take this all? This has all been so sudden, I have no time to adjust to these changes! Friday began so well, I finally managed to piece together the puzzle that jiichan gave me such a long time ago, then I meet you and everything has gone crazy!"
I could feel my eyes widen.
"You didn't have the Puzzle as a whole until Friday?"
I smiled widely. Now at least one mystery was solved, the Puzzle didn't obviously start using the powers it has until all the pieces were together! That must be why I woke up, the Puzzle started calling for its twin...
Yugi looked at me in a confused way. He had his head tilted to the side, and looked so absolutely adorable I naturally went to him and hugged him.
"What...?"
"Without knowing it you just gave me an answer to a question that has been bothering me for a while now. Ever since I woke up, that is."
With a questioning look from the little one, I explained.
"I was asleep for a long time, I don't know how long. I woke up when you finished the Puzzle."
"Why were you asleep?"
"...I cannot remember. There are many things like that, I simply have blocked them out or something. I'm not exactly sure why, but Seto Kaiba said that it has to do with how I..."
I trailed off. How could I say anything of my past to this innocent human? He seemed to understand my hesitance to speak of the matter, at least he didn't further inquire on the matter.
"Do you still want to speak with Ryou-kun? He called and said he'd drop by this evening."
"That would be good. I still have a few questions he might be able to answer."
Yugi drew away from me, and starting to walk to the exit, he motioned for me to follow him.
---Seto POV---
Petty mortals bustled around me in their haste, thankfully leaving a small island of peace around me. Perhaps they thought I was grieving, the previous owner of Kaiba Corp. was supposedly a very dear person to me. So they left me alone, to silently observe them. I liked it.
But I couldn't waste the whole night like that, so I eventually rose from the comfy chair and headed for the office I knew was located within this mansion. I had many things to take care of, to get Kaiba Corporation to operate was only one of the most important ones. But with a little searching I was sure I could find everything essential from the papers the previous owner left behind.
I felt somehow odd, isolated, among all these humans. They seemed to go through the moment busily, caring only for the future, worrying about it all through the present. But me - I lived in the present. Sure, I had plans, but I didn't focus on them the whole time. It was important to me from time to time to let go of all of it, to watch the nights go by in their steady pace. In those moments I loved to think of myself as the observer of the passing time, the eternal watcher...
Looking out of a window in the large office, I now scorned it. Eternal? Even vampires weren't eternal, we could die also. We could die very easily if someone who knew how to do it came along. And that was part of the fascination, wasn't it? But those individuals who knew how to do it, who knew we existed, were extinct now... I hadn't had a good fight for a long time.
"So, you're the one who's supposed to look after me now... Seto, was it?"
What now? I turned around and saw a little brat standing in the doorway. Regarding him coldly, I was going to tell him to go away, when I thought a little on his words. And then he stepped in, talking.
"What are you going to do now, oniisan? Can I call you oniisan? I'm certainly not going to call you father, you're not _that_ old. And uncle is out of the question, too, I hate it."
The short, annoying mortal walked boldly in to the room and sat on _my_ chair! Such a daring little creature, not many would do that...
"Who are you? And why would I take care of you?"
The boy didn't even glance at me, he started wheeling on the chair.
"I'm Mokuba. And you are supposed to take care of me since you inherited the old jerk. You should be better at the fathering stuff than he was, otherwise I'll just go away, you know. And you'd have to blame yourself. But I'd hate to do that to you, you don't seem to be so bad."
I looked at him, the sudden assault of words making me feel a bit nervous. I wasn't good with kids, and why should I be? It's not exactly common for vampires to have to get along with one, so I never bothered to pay any attention to them. I suddenly had a feeling that might have been a mistake.
"Let us review this... You want me to take care of you? Are you sure?"
"Hey, it's not like I'd have a choice in the matter... Can we go shopping tomorrow?"
"...Why don't you just go to bed. We'll discuss that tomorrow. I have too many legal matters to worry about right now."
"Booooring! Let someone else take care of them for you!"
Despite his words he left, leaving me in blissful silence. Perhaps taking over this company hadn't been a good idea? Well, I could dispose of that Mokuba... But somehow I didn't feel like I should. So let him live for a while longer, I could always take care of that later if he turned out to be somewhat more of a nuisance than he was now.
Besides, I could learn something from him, this had opened my eyes to the possibility that I might need even some kind of skills with children, as unlikely as it seemed to me at this moment. Yes, that's what I'll do.
Satisfied, I started searching through the files for urgent matters. This would be a long night.
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AN: Sorry, another long wait and short chapter... I should be able to post ch 11 in two or three days. Please review, everyone!
Many thanks to Diamond (oh, I will! ^^), highqueenofthegods (errr... I don't think Yami will kill her... I don't exactly have anything against her), firedraygon97 (I'm sorry, I seem to write some sort of a cliffhanger in nearly every chapter...), Sailor Comet (Ryou will be in next chappie, Bakura in the next or the one after that... And yes, poor Marik. He'll show up in the next chapter again, if everything goes as planned.), Synchronized Love (I hope you're better now! I think Seto will surprise everyone before I'm through with him in this fic...), Jadej.j (I'll try to...), Seventh Sage (^.^ I feel so evil for what I did to them... This chapter is to make it up), Renee the Rabid Squirrel (Yep, evil me! ^.~ You haven't read the worst of Yami's past, dare I say), Neko-chan (oooh, I think I already answered everything you wanted to know. How odd...), Chibizoo (wow, you people are too good to me! Don't worry about the other characters, anyone else than the main couples and the Unknown will not show up that often, they are there mainly for future reference - see, I'm planning ahead just in case people want a sequel ^.^), Hotaru the Demon Goddess (don't I just annoy people with the endings of my chapters... ^^), Naturi (thank you! Egyptian vampire guys do seem to be attractive, especially if they are certain characters from Yugioh...), Angelina (ei niin moni lue toisten kommentteja...) and Jadesaber (I personally like that, too)
Slaying the Dreamer, chapter 10: Whispers of Night
---Yami POV---
Darkness. Again I woke to darkness, as I had woken for so many years already. Would there be light sometimes, or would I just eternally be damned to these soft whispers of night?
And Yugi... I had completely screwed up last night. I had panicked, not even daring to try solving things, left everything as it was after Seto's revelation. I was merely a coward, nothing more. I didn't even deserve to try explaining everything to Yugi.
Falling to my depression, first I didn't notice the familiar presence filling my mind. But when it registered, it managed to jolt me away from my moody thoughts. Could he really have...? Willing myself not to hope so greatly, I lifted the heavy slab of stone out of my way, and rose from the coffin I used during the day.
And there he was, staring at me with a slightly confused expression, sitting on top of one of the other huge, stony boxes. His clothes were somewhat dusty - no doubt from searching through the tomb - and his violet eyes held a tone of sadness in them.
"I...I just had to see you... I don't know why, but I had to. Please forgive me."
"Nothing to forgive"
I closed the coffin and stood next to it. I didn't know what else to do... This feeling of helplessness was slowly becoming familiar for me, so much I had gone through lately. I didn't know what he was doing here, and the uncertainty of it made me feel weak.
But looking at him, I noticed that the little one wasn't much better off than me. He nervously twisted his hands on his lap and tried not to look straight at me - or the coffin. But he obviously wanted to.
"Are you afraid?"
"I don't know... Maybe. A touch."
"You needn't be. I wouldn't hurt you."
He stayed silent, still not looking at me. An uncomfortable silence enveloped the tomb, disturbed only by the sound of gentle breathing and to my ears heartbeats loudly echoing through it.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Sitting there, looking so rejected I couldn't resist him, he uttered that silent question that I didn't know how to answer.
"...It's not exactly something I would want to spread around. And truthfully, what would you have done if I had told you? I didn't want to lose you so quickly..."
He hid his face in his hands, curling into a sobbing ball. I didn't dare to go to him just yet, I had no proof yet he would want me anywhere near him.
"Yugi?"
"I...I don't know what to do..."
He stepped down and came towards me, tears filling his eyes, talking in a hushed voice.
"How can merely one person take this all? This has all been so sudden, I have no time to adjust to these changes! Friday began so well, I finally managed to piece together the puzzle that jiichan gave me such a long time ago, then I meet you and everything has gone crazy!"
I could feel my eyes widen.
"You didn't have the Puzzle as a whole until Friday?"
I smiled widely. Now at least one mystery was solved, the Puzzle didn't obviously start using the powers it has until all the pieces were together! That must be why I woke up, the Puzzle started calling for its twin...
Yugi looked at me in a confused way. He had his head tilted to the side, and looked so absolutely adorable I naturally went to him and hugged him.
"What...?"
"Without knowing it you just gave me an answer to a question that has been bothering me for a while now. Ever since I woke up, that is."
With a questioning look from the little one, I explained.
"I was asleep for a long time, I don't know how long. I woke up when you finished the Puzzle."
"Why were you asleep?"
"...I cannot remember. There are many things like that, I simply have blocked them out or something. I'm not exactly sure why, but Seto Kaiba said that it has to do with how I..."
I trailed off. How could I say anything of my past to this innocent human? He seemed to understand my hesitance to speak of the matter, at least he didn't further inquire on the matter.
"Do you still want to speak with Ryou-kun? He called and said he'd drop by this evening."
"That would be good. I still have a few questions he might be able to answer."
Yugi drew away from me, and starting to walk to the exit, he motioned for me to follow him.
---Seto POV---
Petty mortals bustled around me in their haste, thankfully leaving a small island of peace around me. Perhaps they thought I was grieving, the previous owner of Kaiba Corp. was supposedly a very dear person to me. So they left me alone, to silently observe them. I liked it.
But I couldn't waste the whole night like that, so I eventually rose from the comfy chair and headed for the office I knew was located within this mansion. I had many things to take care of, to get Kaiba Corporation to operate was only one of the most important ones. But with a little searching I was sure I could find everything essential from the papers the previous owner left behind.
I felt somehow odd, isolated, among all these humans. They seemed to go through the moment busily, caring only for the future, worrying about it all through the present. But me - I lived in the present. Sure, I had plans, but I didn't focus on them the whole time. It was important to me from time to time to let go of all of it, to watch the nights go by in their steady pace. In those moments I loved to think of myself as the observer of the passing time, the eternal watcher...
Looking out of a window in the large office, I now scorned it. Eternal? Even vampires weren't eternal, we could die also. We could die very easily if someone who knew how to do it came along. And that was part of the fascination, wasn't it? But those individuals who knew how to do it, who knew we existed, were extinct now... I hadn't had a good fight for a long time.
"So, you're the one who's supposed to look after me now... Seto, was it?"
What now? I turned around and saw a little brat standing in the doorway. Regarding him coldly, I was going to tell him to go away, when I thought a little on his words. And then he stepped in, talking.
"What are you going to do now, oniisan? Can I call you oniisan? I'm certainly not going to call you father, you're not _that_ old. And uncle is out of the question, too, I hate it."
The short, annoying mortal walked boldly in to the room and sat on _my_ chair! Such a daring little creature, not many would do that...
"Who are you? And why would I take care of you?"
The boy didn't even glance at me, he started wheeling on the chair.
"I'm Mokuba. And you are supposed to take care of me since you inherited the old jerk. You should be better at the fathering stuff than he was, otherwise I'll just go away, you know. And you'd have to blame yourself. But I'd hate to do that to you, you don't seem to be so bad."
I looked at him, the sudden assault of words making me feel a bit nervous. I wasn't good with kids, and why should I be? It's not exactly common for vampires to have to get along with one, so I never bothered to pay any attention to them. I suddenly had a feeling that might have been a mistake.
"Let us review this... You want me to take care of you? Are you sure?"
"Hey, it's not like I'd have a choice in the matter... Can we go shopping tomorrow?"
"...Why don't you just go to bed. We'll discuss that tomorrow. I have too many legal matters to worry about right now."
"Booooring! Let someone else take care of them for you!"
Despite his words he left, leaving me in blissful silence. Perhaps taking over this company hadn't been a good idea? Well, I could dispose of that Mokuba... But somehow I didn't feel like I should. So let him live for a while longer, I could always take care of that later if he turned out to be somewhat more of a nuisance than he was now.
Besides, I could learn something from him, this had opened my eyes to the possibility that I might need even some kind of skills with children, as unlikely as it seemed to me at this moment. Yes, that's what I'll do.
Satisfied, I started searching through the files for urgent matters. This would be a long night.
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AN: Sorry, another long wait and short chapter... I should be able to post ch 11 in two or three days. Please review, everyone!