Ok… working on chapter 5 of "The Reason"… bear with me, I've been writing in school and so I've had to keep putting my ideas off until I've been able to get on my laptop… course… it doesn't take much to be able to get on the laptop… just give them the old' puppy dog eyes… XPPP… ok… well… here we go… I'm hoping to make this chapter the longest one yet… here we go! Do be aware, this is the last chapter of this story… sorry guys…


The Reason
Chapter 5: Ending it all
I'm not a perfect person...
There's many things...
I wish I didn't do…

Storm clouds hovered overhead; threatening to spill forth a flood of water as a blonde angel, depressed and alone, walked through the park on his way to a place where he knew no one would follow. He had been planning this for over a month now… and now… the day had come to go through with it…

End it all…

All he needed was his silver blade….

But I continue learning...
I never meant to do those...
Things to you…

His CD player blaring in his ears, a song that reached his soul, and brought more tears to his already red eyes. The sleeves of his shirt were already stained red with his blood, from where he had cut himself with a plastic knife in the school cafeteria's bathrooms. His sleeves still dripped the liquid life essence, leaving a trail of blood behind him as he continued on.

"F-fuck… " He stammered as he turned his CD player up louder, trying to drown out all doubts… all worries…

All regrets.

And so I have to say...
Before I go…
That I just want you to know…

Thunder boomed overhead as he began running, newfound tears spilling from his eyes and staining his cheeks, but he didn't care. Nothing mattered to him anymore. His life had been turned upside down and dumped into the garbage can, and there was nothing he could do to clean it up again.

The drugs…

The sex…

The lies…

All of it…

Irreversible…

Unchangeable…

I've found a reason for me…
To change who I used to be...
A reason to start over new…
And the reason is you…

As he ran, he slipped on the concrete, and fell flat on his face. He didn't even try to break his fall, as he lay there and sobbed. "I'm such an IDIOT…" he exclaimed as he slammed his fist hard onto the concrete, causing it to become more scratched up. He did this numerous times, before he finally stopped, and brought himself to his feet.

He looked down at his CD player… it was trashed. Scratched up to no end, the top had busted off, and the CD skipped endlessly. It didn't matter anymore.

He tossed it aside, though the song still played in his head, a constant reminder.

I'm sorry that I hurt you…
It's something I must live with everyday…
And all the pain I put you through…

He continued on his way, his eyes to the concrete below him, as he walked along, a light rain now falling, beginning to wet his blonde hair. He looked up to the sky, and let the rain fall onto his face as he held back a sob. The only one he knew without a doubt would miss him would be his sister. But she had lived half her life without him. She could manage. So it didn't bother him.

His worries were disintegrated….

I wish I could take it all away…
And be the one who catches all your tears…
That's why I need you to hear…

He quickly walked into a local bar, placing all the money he had in his pockets onto the counter as he sat down, downing the beverage the bartender handed him within seconds. His tears were masked by the rain water on his face, and he was glad. No one needed to see how pathetic he had become. They didn't need to have him be another burden upon their lives.

He downed another beverage quickly and effortlessly…


Meanwhile, Seto Kaiba had been looking everywhere for the blonde. He had received word of Jou's intentions from a friend of Jou's, Miho. Miho knew that Seto liked Jou from the start, and went to him immediately, to try to get him to stop Jou. Now, the brunette was in a death race to try and find him before it was too late…

Before he could say what he wanted to say.

I've found a reason for me…
To change who I used to be...
A reason to start over new…


Jou's mind began racing with the thoughts of all those he loved as he sat there… some of which didn't even know how he felt.

And the reason is you…

Shizuka…

And the reason is you…

Yuugi…

And the reason is you…

Honda…

And the reason is you…

….and Seto…

His eyes filled with tears again, as he quickly ran out of the bar. He ran into the back of an alley and fell to his knees, burying his face into them as he cried softly. He hated the loneliness… the pain…

All of it… he wished it would all just vanish…

I'm not a perfect person…
I never meant to do those things to you…
And so I have to say before I go…

"Seto…." He muttered as more tears fell. "Seto… why can't you see how I feel…. Why cant I tell you that I…" he trailed off, as his mind fell into thought. He pulled out his dagger, and examined it.


Seto ran into the bar Jou had been in moments before, and began questioning the bartender of his whereabouts.

"Yea, he came in here real upset. He ordered a few drinks, and then ran out. He went around…" The bartender points to the left of the doors. "That way…"

"Thank you" Seto says quickly as he runs out.

That I just want you to know…


Blood poured out onto the pavement as Jou sat there, watching his wrists as his life's essence poured onto the ground. Salty tears fell to the ground, mixing in with the rain which was coming down harder than before. His mind had finally cleared of everything but one thing…

"S-Seto…."

I've found a reason for me…
To change who I used to be…
A reason to start over new…
And the reason is you…

He closed his eyes and sat there, thinking, letting his blood fall, as he heard footsteps coming towards him, and felt a pair of strong arms scoop him up.

"Jou! Oh god… JOU!" Came a voice, as Jou opened his eyes to see who it was.

It was Seto, soaked by the rain, thought his tears were evident. "Jou…! Hang in there… god… please, Jou…" He pleaded... which was a big surprise to Jou.

Jou only smiled weakly. He at least got his chance to tell Seto how he felt. "S-Seto…"

"Y-yea?"

I've found a reason to show…

Jou looked away slightly, becoming increasingly weak from the loss of blood "J-just w-wanted to say…. I love you, Seto…."

This brought more tears to Seto's eyes, as he pulled Jou closer, not caring that his coat was becoming stained with his blood. "Oh g-god… Jou… I love you too…. I always have… I just.. d-didn't know how to say it… g-god… please… don't go…" He sobbed softly.

Jou smiled, took Seto's face into his hands, and kisses him softly, before his body fell limp against Seto's, his life leaving him.

A side of me you didn't know…

"Jou…. JOU!" Seto exclaimed as Jou's body went limp. "…No…T-this is all my fault…" He said as a tear fell onto Jou's cheek.

"Jou…"

A reason for all that I do…

Seto sobbed softly, before he took a gun out of his trench coat, and pointed it to his head.

"W-wait for me, Jou…"

A loud gunshot sounded throughout the neighborhood.

And the reason is you…

As the young CEO lay there, dead and bleeding, his soul was greeted by a pair of warm, familiar amber eyes, a soothing smile, golden hair that caught every one of the sun's rays, and that same sweet face he had fallen in love with, all those years ago.


End
Well, that's it… this is the end of "The Reason"… I hope you guys, like it. And sorry for the revise of the chapters before it… I had to do it… they were just CRAPPY compared to this one… anyways… there is no more to this story… so don't ask……

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