Title: Destiny As We Make It
Summary: Shounen-ai/yaoi so for those who don't like this, please don't read and don't waste your time. Ryou Bakura is in love with his Yami but his other half just won't show his true emotions. Hurt and confused, Ryou becomes a sight for another's eyes… and when the unexpected happens, Bakura has to decide if he will let his hikari live and give him up… or risk losing him but let him stay? And when Bakura makes the biggest mistake ever, who will Ryou chose: Bakura or Seto? And who is this mystery guy and what is he planning? Pairings: BxR, SxMG, a little bit of YxYY and of course some SxR…
Chapter19: Yami talks to Yugi
Edited Version
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Gale: just to let everyone know, we are now in the process of checking and rewriting our previous chapters… so if you haven't gone back yet, I would suggest you go back and reread the newly edited ones- from theeleventh chapter up to this… thanks for keeping up with us!
Aya: and sorry for the long a/n's... we really ought to shorten those...
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Yami's POV
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"Don't worry Yami, it's all okay now… Ryou's helped me so much to ease the pain… wouldn't be long now… wouldn't be long until I finally will have my beautiful fallen angel…"
Seto's words echo in my mind as I walked back to the Game Shop, with only one thing in my still confused mind…
I had to talk with my aibou…
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Yugi's POV
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I check the clock once again, and as it had before, it showed that my yami was thirty minutes late… and that wasn't good… he's never been late before; well, actually, considering the circumstances, he never said when he was coming back, but still…
I sigh as I realize that day-by-day, I was starting to act as protectively as my other half is… I wonder what he and that bastard Seto is talking about…?
/Seto isn't as 'bastardly' as you think he is aibou…/
/YAMI! What happened! Why weren't you answering my calls before? Why did you block me! Is anything wrong? Maybe I should go there and see Seto-/ I stopped ranting at his sad hollow chuckles; clearly, something went wrong with their confrontation.
/Yami? What did he say/ I ask, trepidation gnawing at the ends of my nerves. /What did he say about Jou, yami/
/I… I think we took sides a little faster than we ought have… is Jou still there/ He doggedly answered me, and I felt him block some of the emotions threatening to cross over our link. I became puzzled to his actions then… and why would he be asking as to where Jou is?
/Yami, what's wrong? What's going on/
/This would be better discussed when I get home, Yugi…/ My eyes widen as he called me by my name. He rarely calls me by anything other than aibou anymore, let alone my real name… this must be something really serious…
… So serious that I almost missed the part where he asked again if Jou was still at the house…
/No, yami, he went home a few minutes ago… I wanted him to spend the night, but he told me no… and that he's already caused me more trouble than I deserved by just being his friend… yami, where are you? I've been so worried… did Kaiba do something to you/
He gave me one of those sad, hollow, little chuckles again, and I instantly knew that Kaiba did do something to my other half… /No… not really… he just made me realize how biased we really were with the affair between the three of them… and I'm already outside the shop, hikari… we really have to talk about your over- protectiveness, I think I'm rubbing off on you… now be a good little housewife – er, husband, and open the locks for me…/
I felt him there even before he said he was already at the front of the shop. I immediately opened the door for him, and gave him a very surprised look as I saw one of Kaiba's many drivers with one of his many vehicles outside. Have I been so engrossed with my conversation with yami that I failed to notice the car outside?
… But I had no time to marvel at my apparent inattentiveness as Yami shoved me back in and waved a goodbye to the man waiting outside. Almost instantly, the engines roared to life and the car was gone and speeding down the road the second Yami had me locked in a very intense gaze.
After drinking some hot cocoa, Yami and I finally proceeded to our 'talk', which turned out to be a huge disaster…
"Yugi, we made a very big mistake when we took Jou and Honda's sides… we didn't even try to get Seto's side of it all…" he began, and in an instant, my temper went flailing through the roof. How dare Yami defend him, when that… that… that walking iceberg from hell (1) broke his heart! I stopped him before he could comment on my thoughts.
"He left him! He didn't give a damn about what happened to Jou back then! Now he expects us to just accept him, and let him do what he wants with Ryou while Ryou's just barely coping up with life! And now that that idiot Tomb Robber has just come to senses!"
"... aibou…"
"He can't just waltz in and out of people's lives like that! He just can't play with everyone like as if he was playing with Duel Monsters! He just can't keep hurting people like that!"
"… Yugi…"
"NO! He's an insensitive jerk and he deserves to be alone for all eternity! He's lucky; Mokuba puts up with him, or else he wouldn't have anyone at all! And he completely busted a golden opportunity with Jou!"
"… hikari…"
"He' just using people as his puppets for his own amusement! He doesn't even know what others feel… what Jou felt and still feels for him! He didn't even give anyone a time to speak!"
"… like what you're exactly doing right now to him? Like what we all did when we heard of their break- up?" Needless to say, that promptly shut me up. Come to think of it, we never did hear Seto defend himself… or say anything to either clarify or deny the stories…
My silence encouraged Yami to go on… and as he went on, I became aware that we were, in fact, prejudiced judges… specially me.
"We didn't even stop to think and take his side… we became biased, and it was all because of our friendship with Honda and Jou… tell me Yugi, if you were in Seto's place, what would you have done when your so- called friends treated you that way? Suddenly judging you without even talking or trying to talk to you about what happened… wouldn't you feel alone?" I stared at Yami as his words sunk in… Seto was alone…?
"… yes, Yugi. While Jou had his friends support, even though from far away, he still had everyone else on his side. You, me, Honda, Shizuka, heck, even Otogi! But Seto? He didn't even have Mokuba by his side… Mokuba was on boarding school that time… and he couldn't bare to tell his younger sibling for fear that Mokuba might turn on him… you see, Mokuba's been with Serenity even before Jou and Seto got together, so it wouldn't be fair to them…"
"So Seto faced it all alone…? HOW?"
"Yes… and I don't know… I think he really hurt himself… and so, he must have felt pity for Ryou… and decided to play hero… Seth has had tendencies like that in the past… after all, they are still the same person… it's no wonder he's my cousin... maybe he just hasn't sorted his true feelings out for the two, and he's still confused."
I was looking absolutely terrible when he finished, and even more (if that was humanly possible me: but you're not human! Yugi: Yami! She's picking on me! yami: --sigh--) when he finally related the true story behind it all…
"So, you're saying that Jou betrayed Seto…? Yami, I'm thinking that they are both at fault here; Seto for being such a prick, and Jou for being overly jealous and for doing that… for cheating on Seto…" I was finally able to whisper to Yami softly, in between my tears. Seto didn't deserve any of the shit he went through…
"I know, aibou… and he should have let Jou explain…" Yami shook his head, and from that gesture, I gathered that there weren't much we could do but just sit tight in the sidelines and wait for them to sort this out for themselves…
"I really hope they solve this problem, Yami… I don't want any of our friends to get hurt anymore…" I tell him quietly, sadly…
"I really think they should fix this upon themselves, aibou… because we really can't do anything…"
"… yeah, nothing but to wait…"
"I just hope Bakura knows what todo with this situation…"
Little did they know that in the Ishtar household, Bakura was about to make the biggest mistake of his life… and that would be the start of the end of his relationship with Ryou…
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1. I got that quote from 'Serve Me', an SxJ fic… go read it guyz… sorry if I haven't asked for permission to use your quote, authoress- sama… hehe…
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Gale: finally!
Yume: finally what?
Gale: we have the story back on track, man! It's back on track to the real plotline!
Yako: huh?
Aya: didn't you guys know? She just made up the chapter content from chap 15 to this! It wasn't planned at all… hehehe…
Yume: that can't be right! (goes to check the outline she made)… … … … … … … OMFG! You're right! Seto wasn't supposed to say all those things! Gale- chan just made him do an almost monologue for almost four chapters!
Seto: WHAT! INJUSTICE!
WuFei: what the hell am I doing here, onna! This is not the Gundam Wing fic entitled 'Switched' I was told about by that loudmouthed frog, Maxwell! And that's my line, you blue- eyed brunette pimp!
Seto: I'm KAIBA SETO! I AM NOT A PIMP! YOU'RE THE PIMP!
WuFei: NANI! I AM NO PIMP! INJUSTICE! I SHALL CALL UPON MY BEAUTIFUL GUNDAM NATAKU TO SENTENCE YOU THE JUSTICE YOU DESERVE! PREPARE TO MEET NATAKU!
Duo: whoa, Wuffers… stop a minute, why don'tcha? Eh… my name's Duo… Duo Maxwell! I may run and hide, but I never tell a lie! That's me in a nutshell! And this, my newly found friends, is my dear comrade, Wuffers!
WuFei: MY NAME IS NOT WUFFERS! FOR THE LAST TIME, YOU BRAIDED BAKA, MY NAME IS WUFEI-
Heero: Chang, control your temper… you are scaring the audience. And you can't call Duo a braided baka… I'm the only one licensed to do that! I shall intoduce myself now. I am pilot 01, pilot of Wing Gundam, and Wing Zero… codename: Heero Yuy…
Trowa: … (crickets chirp)
Quatre: uh, guys? I tink we're in the wrong set… we should leave…
Duo: speak for yourself, Q-man! The bishies here have very nice attitudes, plus they're really good looking too! And around our ages, no less! Hey, what's your name, blondie? (flirts with Jou… and very successfully, too… poor Kaiba…)
Jou:… uh… (blushes a very rich red) you can call me by my name translated name, Joey.
Gale: theG- boysarehere!
Yume: eh, what?
Gale: the G- boys are here!
Yume: so?
Gale: they're the stars for my new fic, 'Switched'! it's my first 'other-than-yugioh-fic' fic!
Yume: okay… so why are they here?
Gale: I figured that they'd as well meet the yugioh cast… g- boys, yugioh cast! Yugioh cast, g- boys! YAY!
Yume:… riiiight…
Aya; it's so that the g- boys will already be familiarized with their future co- stars…
Yako: I think that purple- eyed chatterbox they call Max is doing pretty good… by himself…
Gale: you must mean Duo Maxwell, 'coz the Beyblade crew wouldn't be arriving until next chapter… and that's where 'Max' is…
Duo: (is flirting with everyone, including the yamis and Kaiba… currently with said CEO) wow, you have your own company at this age! Cool! I have my own gundam, wanna see! I named it Deathscythe, 'coz I'm Shinigami, the God of Death! And I like your life story! It's kinda like a soap opera!
Seto: (isn't pleased at all)… … hn… --;;
Duo: EIIIIIIII! And you talk like my Hee-chan too! YAY! I'm gonna have so much fun with you guys!
Gale: oh, I don't doubt that… especially when you meet Kai from the beyblade crew next chap… he takes Heero to a whole new level…
Duo: (is jumping with glee) YAYAYAYAYAY! More Heeros for little ol' me! (suddenly stops) waitaminute! Does that mean more evil and pink Relenas as well?
Gale: you've gotta stick around to find out, Duo- kun!
Duo: (tugs on his braid) I don't like the sound of that… (gulp)
Yume: OI! Insanity is everywhere! Bye for now… nad sorry for the looooong a/n… gomen, and thanks to our fave, LpGirl for reviewing again!
Duo: thanks LpGirl- chan! (hugs LpGirl)
Gale: Duo- chan, ask the nice people out there to review, please…
Duo: (pulls on his best Chibi eyes… all sparkly and tear- filled and violet… and uber CUTE!) Please review the nice little girls fic, minna!
Gale: (whispers in the background) oi… Quatre, Ryou, Yugi, Mokuba… join him! Please!
Said people: PLEASE!
Gale: so…can you decline from that kind request, oh kind reviewer?
Aya and Yako: (shake heads) Ja ne, minna! And no more long a/n after this!