Author: Wintersslayer
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Seto/Yami
Spoilers: None that I know of.
WARNINGS: Some language maybe. AND THIS IS A STORY ON SETO/YAMI! SO DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T LIKE.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh.
Summary: AU. Seto Kaiba is the greatest duelist ever. No one comes even close to besting him. So, Mokuba creates a hologram to challenge his big brother. However, no one ever expected the hologram to develop feelings...or for Seto to return those feeling.
Status: 11 of 11
A/N: Thanks so much for all the fantastic reviews! I'm glad that people liked the last chapter. Was a bit worried that it was too farfetched.
Well, the final chapter at last! Yayness! Not that I don't like this story (actually, I rather enjoyed writing it), but I started it like in last September or something, so it's taken me quite a while to finish it. I blame stupid classes and all the stupid homework I had to do. But anyways...at last it's almost done!
Okay then, here's the final chapter of Virtually Perfect!
START OF CHAPTER
Chapter 11
"Yami...? Is that really you?" Blue eyes widened as he stared at the other figure on the balcony. "Or am I still in a dream?"
He laughed. "No, this is all very real. As am I now, thanks to you." He crossed the short distance between them, and smiled up at the still-stunned brunet. With one hand he gently reached up to stroke the other's face, like he had done in the hospitial. His smile grew even wider when, for the first time, there was no shimmery effect as he did so. Instead, he felt smooth skin beneath his fingers.
Seto's mouth dropped open slightly when he felt Yami's touch, and he quickly reached out with his own hand to grasp the one stroking his face. He stared, completely amazed, as he rubbed the solid hand between his. "I-I can't believe this. You're...you're...real. You're actually real..." He looked at Yami as a slow smile began to spread across his lips. He reached out and slowly, as if he was afraid that Yami would disappear at any second now, wrapped his other arm around Yami's waist, gently drawing him against him. Without even realizing it, he had been holding his breath, and he released it slowly as he felt Yami's body press up against his own. He released the other's hand, leaving his own free to gently draw Yami's lips towards his own.
Yami sighed in bliss as he returned the CEO's gentle kiss, wrapping his arms around the other's neck tightly. This was even better than from when they had kissed in Seto's mind, and he never wanted it to end.
Long moments later, when it finally did, he sighed a dreamy sigh. "Now what do we do?"
The tall brunet smiled. "Well, I don't know about you, but I could use some sleep."
The other nodded, rather sleepy himself. "Sounds good to me then."
Taking Yami's hand once more in his own, Seto led him back towards the bed. He climbed in to the bed, wrapping an arm around Yami's waist as he settled down. Yami immediately snuggled up against him, deciding to use his chest as a pillow. Seto kissed him on the forehead as he drew the thick comforter up over them. A small, peaceful smile spread across his lips as he closed his eyes and fell into a peaceful slumber.
Mokuba stared anxiously at the clock in the entertainment room. It was nearly 11 in the morning, way later that when his brother normally woke up. He knew his brother hasn't been getting much sleep lately, which was why he hadn't checked up on him yet, deciding instead to entertain himself with some TV. However, now he was starting to get a bit worried. With sigh, he clicked off the TV and quickly headed back up the staircase and to his brother's room. The door was closed, as always. Mokuba gently knocked on the door. "Hey Seto? Are you up yet? It's kinda late..."
When he didn't receive an answer, he quickly opened the door a crack, then wider so that he could poke his head into his room. Opening the door a bit more, he crept into the room, looking around as he did so. Looking towards the desk, he smiled a bit when he saw the red crane in its glass case, then the five boxes full of the colorful paper birds. He wondered if Seto had reached one thousand yet. He had to be pretty close by now.
The younger Kaiba padded over towards the bed when he noticed that there was indeed a figure underneath the comforter.When he reached the bed, he had to slap a hand across his mouth to keep from gaspiing out loud. Not only was his brother sleeping with a rather peaceful smile on his face, something he had NEVER seen his brother do before in his life, but there was someone ELSE in the bed with him as well. Peering a bit closer, his eyes got even wider as he noticed the very very familiar looking red and black hair with its golden bangs. For a brief moment, a picture of Yugi flashed through his mind. But it was only a moment, for something deep down inside him was telling him that this was definitely not Yugi. Something was telling him that this was...Yami. The golden spikes in the hair could have been a give-away as well.
"How in the world..." Mokuba murmured in quiet disbelief to himself. He looked from the two occupants in the bed and back towards the five boxes of paper cranes, then back at the two again. It couldn't be...was his brother's wish actually granted?
His brother began to stir slightly, and Mokuba jumped back a bit in surprise. He watched in silence as his brother, with that peaceful smile still on his face, reach out and gently brush some of Yami's golden bangs away from his face. "Perfect. Isn't he, Mokuba?"
Mokuba jumped a bit, though he shouldn't have been surprised that his brother would detect his presence. "Seto...how...? Is he..." He didn't seem to be able to finish his questions. He shook his head a bit.
"I'm not really sure, actually, and yes, he is real. He's no longer a hologram."
"Amazing... So the folk tale was actually true then?"
"It would appear so."
The figure in Seto's arms began to stir from hearing their voices. "Seto...what's going on?" he asked as he blearily blinked open his eyes.
Seto gave him another gentle kiss on the forehead. "Mokuba is here, that's all."
Yami snapped wide awake at this. "Mokuba?" He sat up, Seto doing the same as he did so, and gazed at the younger Kaiba. "Mokuba," he said again as he smiled. "I owe you a lot of thanks."
The black-haired boy returned the smile. "So do I. For bringing my brother back. For saving him."
"Hey..don't I get a thanks here too? After all, I DID bring Yami back..." Seto pouted a bit, causing Yami to laugh and lean up to give him a kiss on the lips.
Mokuba stared at his brother. His brother hadn't been in this good of a mood since...well, since never really. With a shrug and a laugh, he climbed into bed to give the other two a big hug. "I'm so glad that everything worked out. I hope you guys will be really happy together."
Seto hugged his brother back, Yami doing the same. "So am I, Mokuba, so am I."
When Mokuba pulled back, he grinned suddenly. "I can't wait till Yugi and the others see him. I bet they'll be so shocked. I can't wait to see their faces! It'll be so funny."
An eyebrow raised. "You want to go see Yugi?"
"Yeah. After all, it was him who got me started on folding cranes. And I'm the one who got you started, so..." He trailed off, eyeing his brother hopefully.
"Yugi..." Yami murmured thoughtfully. "The one you based me from? The one you have a crush on?"
Mokuba's face turned a bit red. "Well...yeah."
"I think you two make a cute couple." He looked up at Seto, grinning mischieviously. "Don't you, Seto?"
A frown was his answer, then a reluctant, "I guess so..." With two pairs of pleading eyes at him, he couldn't help but resist. "Fine, fine. We'll pay a visit to the dork squad." He ignored Mokuba's frown. "Mokuba, go give Yugi a call while we get ready."
Mokuba grinned as he bounded off the bed and raced out of the room, calling out over his shoulder, "Thanks big brother!"
Seto rolled his eyes. "Yami, you have no idea what you just did..."
An hour later, Seto, Yami, and Mokuba were sitting at a small cafe with Yugi, Joey, Tea, and Honda. Yugi and his friends were quite surprised when they saw that the well-known anti-social CEO was indeed going to have lunch with them. However, they were even more surprised when they saw who was walking with the Kaiba brothers, Seto's arm firmly around his waist. Mokuba, having his digital camera ready, took a few pictures of their stunned faces, laughing as he did so. Joey, not quite believing what he saw, walked up to Yami and began poking him in the arm, continuing to do so until he got a rather nasty glare from Seto and finally backed off. Yami gave Seto a smile of thanks.
The lunch was thankfully peaceful, Seto too busy paying attention to Yami to make any dog comments about Joey. Mokuba smiled happily, glad for the chance to get to hang out with Yugi. After lunch was finished, he made promises to hang out with the group more often. He noticed the scowl on his brother's face as he did so, but he figured that him and Yami would be able to... convince him to allow him to hang out with Yugi some more.
That night, Seto was once again back in the beautiful paradise of his dragons. This time though, Yami was there as well, playing a game with the dragons. He smiled as he watched him race around, the dragons glomping after him in some mad game of chase. He laughed quietly as the dragons surrounded Yami, catching him, and Yami calling out in a happy voice, "Hey! No fair ganging up on me now!" Seto continued to smile as he thought of how drastically his life had changed during the past month or so. He was now so..peaceful. He had found something, correction, someone, that he didn't even know he had been looking for in the first place. Mokuba had wanted to give him a match in Duel Monsters...but what he had actually done was given him a match in life, someone who understood him, who didn't care about his money or his position in the world, but for HIM. Seto still wasn't sure if what he felt for Yami was what people called "love"- he didn't really understand the word. But whatever he felt for Yamil, and what Yami felt for him in return, it was incredibly powerful and awe-inspiring, life-changing even. For it had certainly changed his life.
A strange sound drew Seto out of his musings, and he turned towards the blue sky above him. Flying in a steady, slow circle, was a beautiful red crane, the actual bird and not the paper one that he treasured so much now. Seto nodded his thanks to the bird as well, watching as it flew away towards the mountains. He heard Yami calling out to him, asking him to help come even the odds against the dragons. With one final look towards where the crane had taken off towards, he turned and started to run towards Yami and the dragons, his smile never leaving his face. With a playful roar of his own, he tackled Yami onto the ground, his beloved dragons prancing about him in glee as their master joined in on the fun, on their side too.
In Seto's mind, all was perfect.
END OF CHAPTER
Gah...I so don't like writing endings. Don't think I'm too good at them. shrugs Oh well though. I was debating between funny or sweet. Hopefully, I managed a combo of both...
YAY, I'm finally done! SMILES I hope you all enjoyed the story! Thank you so much for reading, and for leaving those wonderful reviews! I really enjoyed reading what you guys had to say. Thanks so much for making this story a success.
Well, I do have another story in mind. The reason why it took me kinda long to write this chapter was cuz I was a bit busy thinking up the next story. grins sheepishly I know I know, bad me to start on another story before finishing this one. But I suddenly got inspired during the middle of this week, and needed to write down some stuff before I forgot it. It's AU, and it's Seto/Yami of course, also with some Joey/Yami (bleh, but Joey's not exactly too good in this fic- sorry to those who like Joey). Not sure about the title yet, but here's the summary:
Ten years ago, Yami had a beautiful relationship with Seto that ended tragically with Seto's death. Now, shortly after his engagement to his long-time best friend Joey, Yami meets a man named Seth, who curiously looks alot like Seto...
Not sure when it'll be out- need to work it out a bit more first. Er...hope this fic hasn't been done already. If it has been, please let me know and I won't do it then.
THANKS AGAIN SO MUCH FOR READING AND REVIEWING VIRTUALLY PERFECT! So you all next time then!