Free Bird

Anthy: Weeeeeeee!!

Nail Bunny: Anyone know what she is so happy about?

BoogiePop Phantom: This new fic of hers...

NB: About...?

Anthy: Just proving that you can't escape...

BPP: Escape what?

Anthy: You'll have to just find out.

All: anime fall

BPP: pairings are as follows

Nail Bunny: SxYY, um...JxY...I think...

Anthy: I'm sure of the first one but not any others...

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Free Bird

Ultimate Weapon

When I think about my own existence

I often thought that I was me,

And nothing else

But "they" came to me

And "they" told me that I was needed

And since that day...

I have become less human...

Seto glanced down to see Yami walking next to him, blushing slightly but sincerely happy. It had been five days since Yami had (rather shyly) asked Seto out. And Seto, being...un-Seto, said "yes". The two of them were attached at the hip since then (or so it seemed). They were happy, and if they weren't, they were faking it well.

But Seto was very much so concerned about his "nameless pharaoh". He had been uncharacteristically shy and quiet when he had asked Seto out, and the CEO had wondered if there was something wrong. If anything, one could call Yami more of a "girlfriend" than a boyfriend. He put his heart and soul into making Seto happy, or at least trying to please him. But that is really irrelevant.

Seto wondered if Jonouchi and Yugi had put him up to it. they were always trying to get him to do things like that. But it had worked. They were together.

Since the two had been going out, Yami had convinced Seto to keep an exchange diary between them, and so far, it had been turning out well. Seto had just passed it to Yami, and would wait.

The two stepped into the classroom and sat on opposite ends of the room. The usual group (Ryou, Malik, Yugi and Jono) had gathered around Yami as he opened the diary and began to read.

" 'Meet me after school' Hnnn..." Yugi read aloud over his other's shoulder. Yami's face turned bright red as Malik whispered something about him (being Yami) and Seto doing the deed after school. Yami recovered quickly by nearly beating him with the diary.

The diary in itself was a little smaller than a notebook. It was light blue and had dark blue cat-prints all over it. Seto and Yami both could tote it around and no one would notice it. Perfect for being kept away from wandering eyes.

Seto and Yami met after school. Seto led him onto a path off of a main road that led into a forest. They walked in silence, Yami wondering what was on his boyfriend's mind. His red-violet eyes caught sight of an old military sign saying, "keep out" and he was about to ask about it when the two of them came to an old lookout tower. It was small, had no glass windows and was made of gray concrete. There was a balcony that gave them a view of the ocean.

"This...this is..." Yami couldn't find words. He was entranced by the view, by the sheer beauty of it.

"Yes...I thought it would be the perfect place...for the end..."

Yami looked at Seto, understanding what had just been said. His eyes began to tear, and soon he was trying to hold his sobs back. But it was no use.

"I...I know...when I asked you...out...Jonouchi and Yugi....they wanted me to do it...and I did...to prove that I can do something..." Yami fell to his knees, trying in vain to say something.

"I understand..."

"They why did you say yes?!" Yami's eyes glared up at Seto.

"How could I not? When something as cute as you comes up...I was surprised that you asked me...I had to say yes..."

There was a silence that reigned over them for a moment before Seto spoke once more.

"Let's start over, and fall in love..." Yami looked up at him and nodded. He stood up and Seto embraced him in a hug.

They walked away, declaring that their "special place". The two came to their separate roads, waved to each other and walked off. Yami was feeling much better, yet didn't hear or see the men walking behind him.

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The next day, Seto and Malik and Jonouchi were at the mall, just looking for nothing in particular. Malik finished up from his wandering off and walked over to them with a necklace, a pinkish crystal-like stone on a silver chain.

"Rose Quartz, to promote healing and love!" He said, happy as a clam.

"Why? And don't tell me 'because Ryou wanted it'." Jonouchi asked.

"Ryou and I had a big fight yesterday. This is to patch things up."

They all laughed, and their laughter and joy was interrupted by the shaking of the ground. An earthquake, nothing too special. But Malik ran outside, ignoring the warnings by Seto and Jonouchi that they were to stay where they were. They two followed him.

Seto happened to look up at the sky, to see a small greenish dot flying and striking unknown fighter jets that were attacking what looked like their city. He watched it, flying from plane to plane, explosion to explosion. He was oblivious to the world around him, to the screams of Jonouchi, looking for Malik.

Jonouchi didn't see Seto run off, but his eyes did catch a glint of pink. He looked to see a certain brownish-tan colored hand sticking up from the ground. He screamed in horror as the cruel reality hit him. Malik was dead.

Seto watched the green dot fall to the ground, and he went running after it. He stopped amidst the rubble and looked, as the dot got bigger and revealed who and what it was.

Yami touched down on the ground, eyes blurred and not yet registering what was happening. His right arm was no longer there, and had horridly warped and twisted itself to become a large weapon, like a beam cannon. From his back came two large biomechanical wings, and below them two glowing beams of light that were like wings and yet not. He blinked once, and then was aware of where he was, and was aware of Seto standing there.

There was a horrid sound of the weapon on his arm twisting and warping itself into his flesh-and-blood arm. Seto could faintly see a scar on his shoulder. There was another sound as the wings vanished into Yami's back. He showed no sign of pain due to this.

The next thing he was aware of was Seto wrapping his arms around him, as if to sheild him from the world.

"Seto...I have become a weapon..."

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Anthy: Yay! First chapter done!

NB: Loosely based on Saikano.

Anthy: But it will be deeper and worse.

BPP: Review!