A/N: Everyone must weep! For this is the epilogue for season 1! And the beginning of season 2! Muwahhhhaaa! This chapter will cover the loose ends and start a established relationship in the next! Have no fear! I am here!
Assassin of the Shadows: Thank you! I thought I had made the last chapter a little too funny, but hell, it's supposed to be funny! I'm so glad I turned your sad day upside down! It feels so good helping the depressed out! And don't worry, I'm a woman too! So I guess I'm just saying that the female population is scary, because we are! (scanning brain) Conclusion: You are suffering from Post-Yaoi Fanaticness. It is mostly common among young women who are subjected to guy on guy anime action to acquire such a severe case. Therefore, actually turning back on their own gender community for the opposite genders in their favor...hey! I have that too! Go us!
Izzima: They say great minds think alike...Oh! And I did review your story! It was very good, keep at it, and I'll give you great reviews! And why do you make Seto so mean in your story...(pouts)..oh, well. I thought it was an attention grabber, keep at it! I want to read more!
Dragonlady222: Thanks, I agree, not the most dignified way to come out of the closet, especially for someone like a CEO billionaire!
Kerajeir: Exactly the way Siegfried should go down! I'll be waiting for your next review!
Thornangel: I loved the fight too! It only became a continuous because of you great people out there! You deserve a pat on your backs!
Seto'swifey: Siegfried's revenge...hmm...I'll think about it...
Amyrose300: Your such a dedicated fan! (Gives you a Seto plushie) Now, when you wake up at four am, you can wake up with grumpy Chibi Seto!
Growing Pain: You got it! Second season stays in the current story! Pray to Kami that they stay together, or do they...? (shifty eyes)
Ayeshagirl: Thanks for your constructive criticism, I appreciate it! But your going to have to wait for the lemon in season two! I'm prolonging it so you keep coming back! Mwahhaahahaaha! And I'll look into your story!
FireieGurl: Thanks! I'll update as fast as I can!
Thunderstorm101: My favorite part too! I kept on thinking about the reporter from Scary Movie and came up with this reporter, cool no?
LP-lova210: (eats cookie) I love cookies! I feel like a god! I don't know how I do it either, I just daydream the next chapter, then write it...math is power! Even though I don't pay attention to it in class...(sweatdrop)
koolmint26: Well, I wanted to keep the story close to the manga (or anime) so the people can relate to the story a bit and how it fits well with the plot line. And to make it as accurate as possible to the characters of course! I'm all for the evidence baby! And I will keep writing, because it is fun and I enjoy the reviews I've been getting! (Feels like a celebrity)
Black Winged Hikari Angel: Love your name! In my state, Nevada, we get the regular grades from K-5, 6-8, then 9-12, so just a little food for thought. My plot is a bit cute I guess.
Dark Magician of Chaos: Thank you!
Chiyoku Shibata: (ish loved) Thankies! I thought stopping it at the end of the first season might disappoint everyone, so I started a second season to accommodate Seto and Jou's relationship...maybe I'll even work on the third season, but I am on a writer's block...(cries)
Jyrotika: Okay, I won't give up on the story! No fear!
Bluerosety: Everyone loves my chapter I'm so happy! It makes me want to keep writing! (ish so happy!)
Wildred: Bitch fights rox! Can you imagine that Seto can actually bitch fight? Thanks for the review!
Note: I'm going to update once this weekend because my World History teacher had the nerve to give us a huge project which we must finish by Monday, so bear with me! I swear I'll give the beginning of season 2 either Monday, or Friday! Promise!
On with the show!
Chapter 7: Resting In Heaven's Arms: Seto's Confession to Jou
"So, that's how it was."
"You were chained to the desk, being forced to study while your stepfather towered over you with a bull whip!"
"That pretty much sums up who I am today."
"God, and I thought my life was terrible!"
Seto and Jou sat on the floor in Jou's apartment, the blonde resting against the wall with Seto's head laying on his lap. They had decided to talk about themselves to get to know each other, and were surprised to learn many things about their lives, all the way up to the contest for Jou. And that Seto's intentions was not to harm him but protect him.
"What about your dad?" Seto inquired, eyes still perched on the dark ceiling.
Jou sat in silence for a few minutes. Seto understood that it must be hard to talk about someone you loved was gone forever. He couldn't remember much of his parents, but he had known that his mother was a sweet beautiful woman and his father was kind and loving.
It wasn't fair that they had to leave him and Mokuba alone. And he had to give up his childhood at such a young age to take care of him all by himself.
Maybe it was the same for Jou...
"My pops wasn't father of the year, but he was a pretty neat dad. He was an alcoholic and it was true he couldn't hold a job, but it was my mother's fault. If she hadn't gotten a divorce because she was tired of him and had a lover on the side, he wouldn't have turned out that way. He tried, he really tried to quit drinking, and even managed rehabilitation and had a good job. But, I guess my father's time was up..." Jou held back his tears. "And he was so close to going back to the dad I remembered, and he had to die..."
Seto reached to brush the unshed tears from Jou's face. "You don't have to say anymore. But..." he sat up. "He saved you, didn't he? Sacrificed his life for you? And the gun you gave me that was once your father's, it helped me against Gozaburo. He saved the both of us."
Jou thought for a moment then gave a weak smile. "I think you're right. And maybe he did become my old dad that time, even for a moment."
Seto only nodded. Then Jou sighed. "Ya know, you sure have helped me a lot, you've always been there for me even if you make it indirect."
"I'm going to admit this, so don't feel so flattered. You have helped me also in certain ways." Seto grumbled. Jou smirked. "Yeah, but you've helped me the most."
"Really?" Seto raised an eyebrow.
"Well, yeah. I can name them right off!" Jou exclaimed, eyes alight with competition.
Seto shrugged and quirked a small smile."Go ahead."
"You helped me get over my dad's death."
"Which, in turn, helped me cause my father's death and be free from his ruthlessness."
"Well, you gave me the strength to fight back no matter how hard it was to obtain it!"
"Your friend helped me save myself from my hatred in form of a disgusting clown, no doubt."
"You became a role model for me when you would even die during a duel to save Mokuba!"
"And you saved your sister's eyesight with the prize money that–" Seto challenged but was cut off by Jou's quick reply.
"Yugi gave me. And if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have messed with Yugi's Puzzle to start with and I wouldn't have a true friend to give me the prize money and–"
"You sacrificed yourself for Mokuba against the Big Five in the virtual simulator, and even became Mokuba's first friend." Seto mocked interrupted back. "And–"
"Were worried for me when I went up against Marik remember? When I stopped breathing, you said that you would remember me as a great duelist?"
"How the hell did you hear that?"
"A little birdie with long black hair and a mouth the size of Kyushu..."
"I figured as much."
Jou smiled brightly, then laughed. Seto looked like him with a elegantly raised eyebrow. "What?"
Jou put up a 'V' for victory. "I. Won."
Seto looked at him with lost of expression. He was apparently surprised.
"Looks like I won't have to keep coming back for a rematch anymore, now would I?"
He was shocked by the rapturous look on Seto's face. "You didn't win."
Jou blinked. "Am I missing something?"
"That's right. Because you're going to give me your victory."
Jou puffed up his chest in a snuff. "Am not!" He yelped as Seto glomped him, and proceeded to tickle him mercilessly.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! NO! PLEASE! S-S-STOP!" Jou tried his best to halt Seto's attempts but failed and roared with laughter.
"Give up!" Seto laughed as well, relentlessly attacking him.
"Never!" Jou declared.
"I like that in a man, die with dignity Jounouchi!"
"Y-you s-s-sadistic b-bastard!"
"Give up!"
"No! Okay, okay! I give up!" Jou huffed, his face red with the after affects of laughter after Seto had stopped.
Jou looked up and saw the exhausted look on Seto's face. "Are you okay?"
Seto nodded. "Yeah, just tired." He didn't even mind when his head was put back into Jou's lap, and his vision became blurry from the sensations he received from Jou's stroking through his brunet locks. Ultimate Euphoria. Subconsciously, he took in the rest of Jou's room and came across an old guitar, well used with age, lain upright on the corner.
"You play?" Seto murmured. The strokes across his scalp halted momentarily, then resumed their grooming.
"Yeah, I play..."Jou replied. "You sing too?" Seto asked.
"Yeah, but I'm pretty bad at it."
"Right." Seto half sarcastically said. Jou pulled a small smile.
"I really am."
"Let me hear you sing." Seto demanded. He had thought Jou would not do it...
He thought wrong. Jou began to sing.
It was a soft tune, and whispered by Jou's mellow baritone voice brought soothing notions to Seto's head. And everything felt so calm and relaxed.
"I'm so tired," Seto murmured as Jou paused in his song.
Jou bent down and kissed the CEO's soft lips. "Go to sleep, Seto. You don't have to worry...your puppy will guard his master while he rests."
Seto chuckled as he watched Jou's face redden a bit with embarrassment at the small declaration. "My puppy, huh?"
The nod was all he needed and was finally able to claim sleep...
...finally resting in Heaven's Arms.
A/N: Epilogue ended! I was planning on a lemon, but I'm saving that for the second season where things REALLY starts to heat up! And because of all your great reviews, I'm going to put the second season in the same story, and change the summary a bit!
Don't worry, I have the entire second season sketched up! Prepare for the fluff, shock, angst, and sex-deprived depression! WHEEE!
Laterz!