Reincarnation

Chapter 2

Now, usually a walk into town just by a couple miles wouldn't be so bad, if there wasn't a blizzard that night. Lucky for Seto it had ended, but it didn't help the fact he had old, ragged hand- me- downs that hardly kept any bit of himself warm. So, Seto walked through a blizzard, then, soaking wet and cold, he continued until he made it into the town. Seto stumbled, shivering, yet feeling very warm... He hadn't eaten much in the past days. But, as he walked the sidewalks, Seto found himself falling inside someone's snowy yard...

.....

"Are you sure your Mom said it was okay to come over to my house?" Yami asked over the phone.

"Of course she said it was okay, I just left out that your Mom's not home right now..." Yugi replied.

"Yeah, well, Dad is. The big game tonight, remember?" Yami said, yawning.

"Hey, do you see that thing outside? Do you think it's a lost dog or something?", Yugi asked.

"Right, I'll meet you there." Yami responded. "Last one there's a rotten egg, too!"

So, as the two raced outside, tied to get to the thing first they came to realize it wasn't a dog. "Oh my goodness, Yami, it's a kid!" Yugi exclaimed.

Yami bent down for a closer look, then felt the cheek. "Still warm, and breathing...." Yami replied.

"Let's get him into my house, Yami,. come on!", Yugi said.

Each grabbed onto one arm, and hefted him up between them. "This guy's really light." Yami commented.

So, they soon had him inside, and Yami stayed with the stranger on the floor until Yugi returned with his Mom. "Oh, dear. Let's get him out of these wet clothing and in a blanket." She replied.

"Yes, and we better lay him down somewhere too, Mom." Yugi suggested.

"Yami, can you get me a cold cloth, he has a fever right now." She asked.

"Yes, Mrs. Holten." Yami replied.

"Is he going to be all right, Mom?" Yugi asked, looking at the boy carefully.

"He should be now." His mother replied.

Yugi studied the other kid carefully. Black messy hair, pale skin, right now with a faint tint of red color from the fever, long, curling lashes, girlish fingers. Obviously bone thin too, with two soft looking lips. Yugi wanted to see his eyes, they must be some dark, rich tone, like Yami's.

Now, you might have already speculated that Yugi and Yami are in fact, Yugi and Yami. However, by legal name they are John and Sam. However, they call themselves by their little nicknames for each other. Anyway, Yugi and Yami are neighbors and have been best friends since they first met each other. Both are only a few days apart on birthdays. They both live in America and live with decent wage parents.

.....

Seto woke on something warm and soft, and could feel fingers stroking his hair gently. He opened his eyes slowly and found a little cherub like face staring down at him. "Wow, look at his eyes Sam, they're icy blue.", he cooed over the eyes.

"Who are you, where am I?", Seto said, sitting bolt upright.

"Shhh... You should rest, you were passed out in the cold...", the boy told him, "I'm John, what's your name?",

"It's Path, but I prefer Seth.", Seto responded.

It was true he didn't want to use his real name until he made it to Japan. "I have to get going and-", Seto got up, and fell to his knees.

"You're weak, you haven't eaten in a few days, have you?", Sam, or so Seto guessed asked.

"Just enough to live by.", Seto replied, "I have to get going now, sorry, I have to get to Japan.",

John and Sam looked at each other... "Will you excuse us for a moment?", Yugi asked.

He dragged Yami into his bedroom. "Do you think it's.... Seto?", Yugi asked.

"We'll see...", Yami replied back.

They then returned, to find Seth fast asleep on the couch. "Isn't that sweet? Poor thing hasn't eaten much, has he? We'll put a little more meat on those bones.", Yugi's Mother replied.

Seto stirred in his sleep under his breath, before settling back down. "Must... Find them," He whimpered in his sleep. "Have... To... Find.... Them...."

"Is it okay if he stays in the bottom bunk tonight, Mom?" Yugi asked.

"I guess so, it's the only bed we have around here." She replied.

"Thank- you, Mom!" Yugi said, hugging her tightly.

"As for you, Yami. You'd better head home, your parents will wonder where you are." She said in a strict tone.

"Yes, Mrs. Holsten! I'm going home right now! I'll see you tomorrow, Yugi! Bye!" Yami waved before heading home right next door.

So, the long night began, with Seth still asleep until a half an hour after being carried into the room. "Who are you really? With your ice blue eyes and pale cheek?" Yugi questioned quietly.

"I am a lost child in search of his angels is all." Seth shrugged.

"Who are these angels?" Yugi asked.

"Those I knew of in another life, how is it you talk as you do now?" Seto said in a half- hearted wondering tone.

"I am very well at my studies, much more than I let on to my parents." Yugi replied.

"You know then, of reincarnation?" Seth asked again.

"Yes, it is the rebirth of a soul into a new life. Sometimes it remembers it's past even." Yugi replied.

"I am a reincarnation of a high business man. I never admitted my love for two fair boys because I couldn't do that the whole world would ridicule my company for it, my little brother would be marked for it," Seto ranted. "Look what it got me, now I'm as alone in this world as anyone could ever be, an orphan. Without a brother to keep me company at all. Without two lovers that I never told I loved."

"I see... These two, what were their names?" Yugi asked.

"Ah, one you wouldn't know, but Yugi Moto... Ah, I wish I had had enough breath while I lay dieing next to them to vow my love." Seto replied.

Yugi lay in perfect silence. "Goodnight, Seth." Yugi whispered, snuggling into his blanket.

Seth yawned his goodnight before falling into a feathery slumber.

.....

Seth woke in the morning to find a bowl of warm oatmeal being pressed into his hands, with toast and milk. Oh God, real milk! He couldn't even utter a thanks before hunger over took him and caused him to start to engulf the food. "Slow down, there's plenty more!" Yugi chuckled.

"Sorry," He replied, blushing. "I haven't had a meal like this in my life. Real milk, can you believe this is real milk?"

"It's okay Seth, it's not disappearing." Yugi responded, smiling broadly.

"I know, but, what if this is all a dream and it did vanish, I wouldn't want it too. But, you never know." Seth replied.

"That orphanage wasn't very great sounding." Yugi responded.

"It's terrible, there are leaks in the ceiling, rats, holes in the walls and roof. The place is falling apart." Seth replied.

In the morning, his parents took Seth to the hospital, Yugi went along and watched as several tests were preformed on him. In the meantime, he peered over the desk that his parents were talking with the hospital. "An orphan? What orphanage?" His mother asked.

"One that has been in great need of tearing down, but, they have too many so it can't." the Nurse explained.

"Could we, possibly adopt him?" Yugi's Father asked.

"Why, absolutely if you filled out these forms, then all we'd have to do is send them back to the orphanage to let them know what happened." She said smiling brightly.

"He's going to be my adoptive brother?" Yugi asked.

"You don't seem to mind, Yugi." His mother replied.

"No, not at all." Yugi replied.

"The results are back too, apparently Seth has a weakened immunity system, low white blood cell count." The Nurse informed them.

"He doesn't have-" Mr. Holsten asked.

"No, his immune system is weak do to genetics." She replied.

So, Seth had become one of their family, yet Yugi couldn't help but want to know who Seth really was... Though he was certain he already knew.

End Chapter: Next Chapter, Seto finds out about Yami and Yugi, but, in genetic part of life, Seto was hurt in more ways than one. (No nothing to do with his sex area...)